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January 24, 2018 Vol. 36, No. 20 ONE DOLLAR

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Carjackings rising fast in 2018 Oak Park mayor promises vigilance, police schedule public meetings

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Police Department held a public meeting in December 2017 about the dramatic rise in carjackings in the village over the course of the year. At the time Oak Park had experienced 16 carjackings during the year.

The number, while alarming, pales in comparison to the four carjackings that have taken place in the first few weeks of 2018 in Oak Park and one in River Forest – all five were at gunpoint.

The 2018 carjacking and carjacking attempts took place on: ■ Jan. 2, in the 1100 block of South Harvey Avenue at 9:20 p.m.

■ Jan. 11, in the 900 block of Belleforte Avenue at 9:30 p.m.

■ Jan 16, in the first block of Pleasant Street at 8 a.m.

■ Jan. 17, in the 1100 block of North Kenilworth at 6:30 p.m.

■ Jan. 19, in the 500 block of Monroe Street in River Forest at 6 p.m.

Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb tells Wednesday Journal that “if somebody comSee CARJACKINGS on page 15

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UNDAUNTED: Community members from Oak Park joined Forest Park and River Forest residents last Saturday during the second annual Chicago Women’s March in downtown Chicago.

Area residents flock to second Women’s March Activists focus on numerous issues, hoping to speed up social change

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Sam Bonwit worried over his future after learning how a hero died.

The 6-year-old read how a man shot Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968, as he stood on

a Memphis balcony in solidarity with a group of striking sanitation workers. Sam learned how a girl just three years older than himself was taken into custody after marching alongside Dr. King. “Are we going to get arrested?” he asked his mom, Julianne, worried as he fussed over his

“No being mean” sign.

Julianne Bonwit shook her head and took his hand.

“Although we still want things to change for the better, things have changed a lot See MARCH on page 14

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OPRF doc-series lands $5M deal The Steve James documentary film series exploring the intersection of race and education at Oak Park and River Forest High School, titled America to Me, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival this month, and James returned home with a TV deal.

Deadline Hollywood is reporting that Starz will pay somewhere in the range of $5 million for “world rights license

Steve James filming “America to Me” in 2015.

fee,” with Lionsgate handling the film’s release overseas.

Carmi Zlotni, the president of programming for Starz, said that James’ film “is extremely socially relevant and timely, which exemplifies our diversity strategy. Steve’s ability to bring the real and honest portrait of these students and the complex and compelling issues they face through this series is admirable.”

David Linde, CEO of Participant Media, which produced the film along with Kartemquin Films, said the Starz deal will allow the series to screen “to audiences everywhere.”

The docu-series, which examines a year in the lives of OPRF students, teachers and administrators as they deal with the racial equity gap, premieres in the fall.

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How segregated is your school district?

Vox reported earlier this month on two recent studies that find most school districts draw attendance zones that “are gerrymandered to put white students in classrooms that are even whiter than the communities they live in. The result, they say, is that schools today are re-segregating.

“In America, there is already a massive amount of residential segregation, shaped by a long history of racist government policies,” Vox reports. “This is why everyone going to the nearest school perpetuates very segregated classrooms. But using school zones, we can actually gerrymander these lines so we’re not recreating the underlying segregation.”

The fascinating thing about this article, beyond the fact that it spotlights cutting-edge research on school segregation, is that it uses 2013 data from one of those studies to “show you what your district would look like if everyone went to the nearest school. Using that baseline, we’ll show you whether or not your district reduces segregation — or

exacerbates it.”

So how did Oak Park Elementary Schools District 97 and River Forest Elementary Schools District 90 fare in the Vox analysis (which didn’t seem to include high school districts)?

Vox concluded, according to the data they used, that the “first thing you’ll notice about Oak Park ESD 97 is segregation between attendance zones” and that the district recreates “the segregation in the underlying area.” But not by much.

What about D90?

“The first thing you’ll notice about River Forest SD 90 is the small number of black and Hispanic residents in the entire district,” the data tells us. That said, D90 “draws attendance zones in a way that lessens the amount of segregation that already exists in the underlying neighborhoods.” And by quite a lot apparently.

You can take a deeper look at the Vox report and the underlying data and academic studies it used in its analysis by typing, “We can draw school zones to

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Wild Suburbia Thursday, Jan. 25, 7 p.m., Trailside Museum: Coyotes, opossums and raccoons are living among us. Hear Chicago Audubon’s John Elliott discuss concerns, learn how wildlife gets into neighborhoods and how we can live with them. Register: 708-366-6530. 738 Thatcher Ave., River Forest.

What’s Going on as the Garden Comes Alive?

Sunday, Jan. 28, 2 to 4 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Master Gardener and author of Illinois, Indiana & Ohio Monthby-Month Gardening, Beth Botts, will speak at the monthly meeting of the Garden Club of Oak Park and River Forest.

As a 25-year resident of Oak Park, she understands clay soil, shade and tight spaces. Free; all welcome.

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Thursday, Jan. 25, 6:30 too 8:45 p.m., Meeting Room, Maze Branch: Hear Oak Park resident and short story author Alexei Collier kick off this monthly event for all creative types.

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More Than a Mic Wednesday, Jan. 31, 5 to 7 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Speak your mind at this spoken-word freestyle. Meets monthly, for teens and adults. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

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Celebrate Wellness and Hephzibah Sunday, Jan. 28, 3 to 4 p.m., Ahimsa Yoga Studio: Experience a Gentle Flow Yoga Class, for all levels, while benefitting Hephzibah Children’s Association’s Group Homes, which helps those between 3 and 12 who were abused and neglected. $50 donation includes Hephzibah yoga T-shirt. Register: ahimsayogastudios.com/ events/. 441 South Blvd., Oak Park.

CALENDAR EVENTS ■ As you’ve likely noticed, our

Calendar has changed to Big Week. Fewer items, higher profile. If you would like your event to be featured here, please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published. We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights.

Email calendar@wjinc.com.

Saturday, Jan. 27, 3 to 9:30 p.m., Unity Temple: Hear a variety of Franz Schubert music performed by world-class musicians including talent from the Lyric Opera, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and an international award-winning pianist. With four concerts in one, stay for all four or any one of them. Hear lieder (song recital) at 3 p.m., chamber music at 4:20 and 5:30 p.m. and piano music at 8:15 p.m.

A Viennese dinner by Eastgate Café is available at 6:30 p.m. $55; $100, with dinner.

Tickets/more: schubertfestivaloakpark.org. 975 Lake St.

Dirt is Good: The Microbiome and Human Health Monday, Jan. 29, 1:15 p.m., Nineteenth Century Charitable Association: Hear from Jack Gilbert, PhD, coauthor of Dirt Is Good: The Advantage of Germs for Your Child’s Developing Immune System. $10, suggested donation. Questions: 708-386-2729.

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OPRF Resilient Communities Forum Wednesday, Jan. 31, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Nineteenth Century Charitable Association: Hear local voices on climate-change action - RF Village President Catherine Adduci and OP Mayor Anan Abu Taleb share their takeaways from the North American Climate Summit. Other residents share insights from the UN climate talks in Bonn, Germany, the Chicago Community Climate Forum and updates on local initiatives. Afterwards, participants explore opportunities to help. RSVP: greencommunityconnections.org. 178 Forest Ave., Oak Park.

NAMI Education and Advocacy Seminars Various Sundays, 1:30 to 3 p.m., Small Meeting Room, Main Library: The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) series is for family members of individuals living with a mental-health condition, those working in schools and mental health fields or others interested in learning more. Free. Cosponsored by the Community Mental Health Board of Oak Park Township.

Questions: 708-524-2582 x 103. Register: namimetsub.org/

family-programs/family-advocacy. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

•Jan. 28: Navigating HIPAA and Other Privacy Laws •Feb. 4: Managing Procrastination and Developing Executive Functional Skills in Youth •Feb. 18: Anxiety in Youth and School Refusal •March 4: The Importance of Special Interest Trusts •March 18: Self Care and Compassio

Take Part: Sanctuary City Post Card Project The Oak Park Art League invites young artists to explore human rights and diversity through a creative lens. Postcard designs will be in a May 2018 exhibit, Sancturary, as part of its Art for Social Change series.

More: oakparkartleague.org/sanctuary.

Friday, Jan. 26, 11 a.m. to noon, Meeting Room, Dole Library: Explore items from the Special and Multicultural Collections, then create postcards illustrating what it means to be an openhearted community. Best for ages 5+. Since this program follows the story time “Everyone Is Welcome,” families with children 3 to 5 are invited to join both programs. Questions: 708386-9032. 255 Augusta St., Oak Park.

Saturday, Jan. 27, 2 to 4 p.m., Meeting Room, River Forest Public Library: Express what it means to be welcoming in words and images by decorating postcards. For elementary and middle schoolers. More: riverforestlibrary.org, 708-366-5205. 735 Lathrop Ave.

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ART BEAT

Coming to terms with Iraq

By DOUG DEUCHLER

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Theater Critic

n addition to offering all-new seating in their auditorium, Berwyn’s 16th Street Theater has currently opened a powerful three-part play called Harbur Gate.

It’s the Midwest premiere of a bold, stirring, military story by Kathleen Cahill that contains both humor and tragedy. This powerful work dramatizes three different pairs of American veterans fighting in Iraq in the last decade.

All three sections of this unique play, set at different times in different places, are interconnected by one single explosive event.

Six soldiers, in pairs featuring a male and a female, appear in each of the sequences.

Ann Filmer’s direction is smooth yet gripping. The acting is excellent.

The characters examine how those who have experienced horrific wartime wounds, physical as well as emotional, can go on.

It’s a diverse group, ethnically and sexually. But in each scene there is intense conflict, in both gender roles and sexual tension.

In the first sequence, which takes place in an American apartment, a male and a female Army medic, played by Laurence Stepney and Arti Ishak, are about to receive Purple Hearts from the Army for being wounded in battle.

They are roommates who were involved in a convoy explosion in the northern desert of Iraq. The male is a cross-dresser who effortlessly slides into show tunes; the woman is lesbian who continues to mourn for a lost female comrade. There are very funny moments in the tight dialogue, but each character continues to suffer from the lingering effects of their trauma. They have both been wounded in various ways. Their pain is ongoing.

The middle story, the only part of the play actually set in Iraq on the night of the incident, is grippingly intense as two soldiers travel through the desert in pitch darkness in a convoy. They are en route to Mosul on a seemingly deserted road from the U.S. base on the Iraqi/Turkish border. The experienced driver, played by Stephanie Shum, has a running argument on the road with a younger, sexist Marine, Felipe Carrasco, who is not convinced women should be soldiers and gripes about being with a female driver. He verbalizes common misperceptions about gender in the military.

In the third episode, a female veteran suffering from PTSD, played by Debby Banos, finds comfort when she meets a blind painter

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Harbur Gate in the park (Jay Worthington). Both have suffered greatly in the war. Part of the artist’s inspiration comes from a 19th-century painting by Winslow Homer showing a Civil War veteran harvesting golden wheat with a scythe, demonstrating the transformative power of art.

Playwright Cahill, as she explained in a post-curtain, “talkback,” question-and-answer session with the audience, was partially inspired to write her play by sitting in on therapy sessions at a V.A. hospital for female veterans. Many of the participants in these support groups had experienced military sexual trauma. At the time Cahill was beginning to write her play, there was a push for “gender neutrality” in battle — allowing women soldiers to go into combat.

Harbur Gate runs about 90 minutes with no intermissions separating the three stories.

This riveting production is technically exceptional — tightly directed with sharp performances. The scenic design, which quickly shifts between sequences, is by Nicholas Schwartz. The original music and sound design is by Barry Bennett. Benjamin L. White designed the lighting, which is especially intense in the second story, the convoy episode. Tony Churchill created the projections that provide the sense of movement and heighten the tension. Rachel Sypniewski did the costumes.

Assistant directors are Kristina McCloskey and Juan Munoz.

I’ll admit I don’t often seek out war stories. But when I’ve seen a well-written, gripping play like this one, it stays with me for a while. This work has a lot to say.

Running Thursdays and Fridays, 7:30 p.m., and Saturdays, 4 and 8 p.m., through Feb. 17. $22; $18, low-income and military.

Part of Oak Park Theater Month, Thursday and Friday, Feb. 1 and 2, tickets are $15 (promo code OPTM18). Tickets: 16thstreettheater.org, 708-795-6704. 16th Street Theater, 6420 16th St., Berwyn.

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Pastors meet at Austin Blvd.

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unday afternoon was the unofficial sendoff for Sally Iberg, the pastor these past seven years at Pilgrim Congregational. You might know it primarily as the “donut church” from Farmers Market or as home to a wonderful preschool.

But this church with a fairly small, diverse and mighty congregation, has long had greater ambition on social justice issues. That explains the genuine thanks offered Sunday by, among others, Michele Zurakowski, head of the Oak Park-River Forest Food Pantry and Lynda Schueler, leader at Housing Forward.

The reason I was there, and among the many speakers, was Iberg’s profound efforts to forge alliances with her faith colleagues in Austin. And it was the Sunday testimony of three of the West Side’s most noted black ministers — Rev. Ira Acree, Rev. Cy Fields, Rev. Marshall Hatch — that made plain that true and game-changing connections have been made.

All three of those powerful men spoke of the Father’s Day Sunday in 2015 when Rev. Hatch issued an invitation to a unity service in the troubling wake of the murders of the Bible study group meeting in the legendary Mother Emanuel Church in Charleston. Those dozen African American faithful had been gunned down by a young white supremacist. Across America, the calls for forgiveness from the families of the victims were stunningly welcomed.

Hatch issued the unity service call and it was heard in Oak Park by among others Iberg, Rabbi Max Weiss of Oak Park Temple and Rev. Alan Taylor of Unity Temple.

Together with members of their congregations, that trio of white faith leaders joined with Hatch, Acree, Fields and other West Siders in the welcoming sanctuary of New Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church on Washington Boulevard in Garfield Park.

I wrote about that afternoon and its profound impact on me in this space two years and seven months ago. And I’ve often thought of that afternoon in the dark and divided days we endure at this moment.

But to hear these black men stand in the pulpit of Pilgrim Congregational on Sunday affirmed that something with deep meaning and possibility had taken place.

Rev. Hatch remembered “people, neighbors we had not met yet, flooding across Austin Boulevard. We saw the barriers broken down.” And he recalled Iberg, who brought intensity, anguish, and, remarkably, thanks to the black ministers for having the trust to welcome white ministers into their church.

Iberg “was a spiritual ball of fire, in the African American tradition,” Hatch

Sally Iberg said Sunday in perhaps the most sincere compliment that might be offered.

Rev. Fields was wonderfully candid Sunday, speaking of Iberg: “It was the first time, up close, that I saw a white woman full of spiritual passion. I knew in theory about such people but had never seen it. It gave me hope. I felt that we were not alone.”

That afternoon was magical, maybe miraculous if you are inclined to see such things. But it could have ended there. Both the West Side and the Oak Park ministers could have felt the rush but returned to the suspicions and the fears that had kept them apart all these decades.

It hasn’t evolved that way.

Iberg had recently taken the helm of the driftless Community of Congregations in Oak Park and River Forest.

She infused that group with her fire, led a movement to formally widen its reach into the West Side, and helped convene the group’s annual meeting in Rev. Acree’s church last January. For their part, Fields, Hatch and Acree welcomed the Oak Parkers into their West Side Leaders Network, a bold and inclusive welcome.

This village of Oak Park has been slowly coming out of its defensive crouch toward Austin the past few years. Thirty years squandered but still good. In this moment, we need to keep this plague of carjackings from reigniting the fears.

Only forward.

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The Community of Congregations will host its annual meeting on Monday, Jan. 29 at Oak Park Temple, 1235 N. Harlem. Dinner at 6:30. $15 suggested donation. Keynoter will by Mony Ruiz-Velasco, an Oak Parker and executive director of PASO. The topic: What happens when the religious community steps up on immigration.

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Clark likely to make ballot against Davis

Hearing officer’s decision sets up two-person primary race

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

The Democratic Primary for the 7th Congressional District seat is shaping up to be a face-off between incumbent U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis and Anthony Clark, Oak Park and River Forest High School teacher and community activist.

On Jan. 22, a hearing officer overruled a series of objections filed by Davis surrogates, Ricky Hendon and Cherita Logan, against Clark’s nomination papers and recommended that Clark’s name appear on the ballot for the March 20 Democratic Primary election.

A three-person Cook County electoral board was scheduled to make a final decision on the matter on Tuesday. Board members typically take up the hearing officer’s recommendations.

A third candidate in the race, Ahmed Salim — a regulatory compliance officer who lives in Chicago — was knocked off of the ballot after a hearing officer sustained objections made by Hendon and Logan that claimed that Salim didn’t have enough valid petition signatures.

During an interview on Jan. 22, Clark said he was relieved with the hearing offi-

cer’s decision but conceded he’s approaching the last leg of the primary handicapped somewhat after having to stave off what he described as the Davis team’s frivolous and undemocratic objections.

Hendon, a well-known Chicago political operative and former state lawmaker, and Logan, Davis’ district director, claimed that Clark’s campaign had obtained fake signatures and that Clark and his mother, Blanche, had engaged in fraud by claiming to have circulated petition sheets that were actually circulated by other people.

During the challenge process, which lasted roughly a month, Clark said, he had to round up people who had been subpoenaed to appear at hearings to testify to the validity of their signatures, and on Clark’s and his mother’s behalf.

After uncounted hours of labor and roughly $12,000 in legal fees, Clark said, his campaign was able to show that they had enough valid signatures for Clark to appear on the ballot. According to election documents, Clark showed that 1,841 of the 2,750 signatures he filed were valid — 485 greater than the 1,356 signatures needed to stay in the race.

“The time I spent fighting this challenge I could have been campaigning, going doorto-door, talking with community members,” Clark said. “The objection process is too often manipulated and used by incumbents

ANTHONY CLARK

DANNY DAVIS

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7th District congressman

and people in power to maintain that power and to fight back against up-and-comers they feel threatened by.”

Clark also claimed that the Davis campaign has engaged in intimidation tactics, such as the time when someone claiming to be the congressman called Clark’s home urging him to drop out of the race.

He added that there have also been “fake Facebook accounts created by people posting under my campaign posts. … It’s essentially cyber-bullying. I’m not a victim and

I’m not fazed by this, but really?”

When reached by phone for comment on Monday evening, a Davis spokesperson said the congressman was in Washington D.C. working to end the shutdown of the federal government.

“It’s been disheartening to see how the machine operates, to the point where the public has essentially accepted it, saying this is just the way they operate,” Clark said. “This shouldn’t be how they operate.”

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More than just a crime statistic

Longtime Oak Parker an active volunteer for numerous causes

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Charges have yet to be filed against the man suspected of killing 81-year-old Oak Park resident Patrick Dooley on Jan. 6.

The suspect is undergoing a mental health assessment before police decide whether to charge him for the crime.

But to many in Oak Park, Dooley was more than just a crime statistic.

Chronicling Dooley’s commitment to public service and volunteerism is beyond the scope of any one article, but he was well known as a regular face at the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest, among others.

Michael Dooley, 76, Dooley’s brother, who lives in Mendota Heights, Minnesota, tells Wednesday Journal that his brother also was a union activist for a local branch of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees and a longtime

employee of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services.

Dooley born in Minnesota and raised in the Minneapolis suburb of Richfield. He attended seminary and became a Diocesan priest as a young man, but left the priesthood after about a decade and moved to Chicago, Michael Dooley said.

As a DCFS worker, Dooley inspected daycare centers to ensure they were being run properly, according to Michael Dooley.

“He did work with lots of different causes and stuff I didn’t know until this week,” Michael Dooley said in a recent interview.

He noted that Dooley donated to a number of causes such as the Red Cross.

Michael Dooley described his brother as a soft-spoken man who enjoyed frequenting various ethnic restaurants and was a foster parent.

“He was always trying to help people; that was his nature,” Michael Dooley said.

Frank Lipo, executive director of the Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest, said Dooley was a frequent volunteer for the organization.

“He was a great guy who volunteered for us at our cemetery walk and our house walk – two of our big events,” Lipo said.

Lipo said Dooley would be sorely missed.

“Like a lot of Oak Parkers he talked passionately about politics and unionism and various causes,” Lipo said.

Karen Kelly, a volunteer at the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio, who knew Dooley for some 20 years, also described him as a “very giving person.”

“He cared about people,” Kelly said, adding that her overall impression was that Dooley was a “peaceful and quiet person.”

She expressed her dismay at Dooley’s unexpected death. “He was … not the kind of person to get into a fight,” she said. “He was not combative and aggressive.”

Kelly said he should be acknowledged “for having helped a lot of people.

Gene McCormack also was a friend of Dooley’s who volunteers at the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio.

“I loved sitting with him because he loved to talk about Frank Lloyd Wright and the organization,” McCormack said. “It’s like having an Irish uncle that you would sit down with and listen to and talk to and exchange pleasantries with.”

Oak Park police reported in early January that Dooley’s body was found in his apartment and had died as a result of multiple injuries due to an assault. Police initially reported that charges were pending against

Police arrest juveniles for burglaries on Franklin Ave. Fingerprint analysis helps match offenders to their crimes

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Police recently arrested two juveniles from Chicago in connection with home burglaries on Franklin Avenue, according to a press release issued by River Forest police.

“Our department, along with our partner agencies, will continue to use a combination of boots on the ground, intelligence gathering and technology to prevent, identify and arrest dangerous habitual criminals who choose to commit crimes in River Forest,” Police Chief James O’Shea said in a statement.

On Jan. 4, the intruders broke into a home on the 900 block of Franklin Avenue on Jan. 4, stealing two cars from the garage and jewelry from inside the house.

River Forest investigators later recovered both of the stolen vehicles and some of the jewelry.

Investigators and crime scene technicians processed the cars for physical evidence once they were located, and fingerprints indicated multiple offenders were involved.

Three of those identified through fingerprint analysis were juveniles from Chicago.

Another was an adult, also from the city. These four suspects are “persons of interest” in other home burglaries in the area. As a result, River Forest police have received assistance from police departments in Elmhurst, Norridge and Chicago.

On Jan. 16, River Forest police responded again to a home burglary on the 900 block of Franklin Avenue. Someone forced open the service door of the garage and took back one of the cars — they had kept the keys from the previous burglary. Investigators recovered the car in Chicago and processed it for physical evi-

dence.

Officers arrested two juveniles in connection with the burglaries at a home in Chicago on Jan. 21, charging one with attempted burglary and the other with burglary, possession of a stolen motor vehicle, and criminal trespass to a motor vehicle.

Cook County Juvenile Detention Center officials screened both juveniles for housing at their facility, but offenders did not qualify for transfer per Cook County protocol. As a result, both were released to their guardians pending a juvenile court preliminary hearing date in January.

River Forest police and their law enforcement partners continue to search for other suspects responsible in the burglaries.

“In partnership with the community, we will protect our village,” O’Shea said in a statement.

Patrick Dooley a family member suspected of the crime but later said the suspect was being held in a mental health treatment facility and undergoing a mental health assessment.

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D200 hires interim HR director

Gayle Wahlin will serve until Brenda Horton returns

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

The Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 school board recently approved the appointment of Gayle Wahlin as interim human resources director while Brenda Horton, the current director, is out on leave.

District officials did not elaborate on the reasons for Horton’s leave of absence or how long she’ll be out.

According to a memo drafted

by Mike Carioscio, D200’s chief information officer, Wahlin “has over 30 years of experience in education and has completed a number of interim leadership assignments since her retirement in 2007.”

Among her assignments, Wahlin has been director of professional service for the DuPage Regional Office of Education, and an HR assistant superintendent, as well as an interim superintendent, for Fenton Community High School District 100.

The D200 board voted on Wahlin’s appointment during a special meeting, Jan. 16. Wahlin will perform Horton’s duties on a monthto-month basis unless her employment agreement is terminated earlier.

She’ll be paid $800 for each full day she serves as interim HR director and will “receive no other compensation, insurance or fringe benefits from the board during the term of this agreement,” according to the agreement’s language.

Wahlin also won’t receive any vacation leave, sick leave, holiday pay or personal leave during the period of her temporary employment.

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Oak Park ends Divvy bicycle program

Expense and lack of use prompts close vote by trustees

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The fledgling Divvy bike-sharing program in Oak Park was killed last night by the Oak Park Board of Trustees on a 4-3 vote, with trustees voicing their disappointment with the low ridership and high cost of the program.

Trustees Bob Tucker, Dan Moroney, Simone Boutet and Deno Andrews cast the votes to end the program, while Mayor Anan AbuTaleb, Andrea Button and Jim Taglia voted to extend the contract and give Divvy more time to improve.

The program, which was first approved in 2013 and rolled out in summer 2016, failed to attract enough riders for Oak Park to recoup enough of the annual cost of the program.

Officials in 2017 estimated Divvy’s cost to the village at about $26,665 a month.

The village attempted to renegotiate the contract with Motivate, which operates the Divvy program, but the 10 percent reduction in price, which would have reduced the monthly cost to $24,068, was not enough to persuade trustees to continue with the program.

Oak Park residents, several of whom had attended a recent meeting at Oak Park Pub-

lic Library to discuss the increasing tax burden in the village, testified to the board in favor of ending the program.

James Peters, who organized the Oak Park Property Tax Watch meeting earlier this month, told trustees that each ride was costing the village an estimated $17.48 and asked if there was a long-term plan for making it profitable. Peters asked for a threemonth extension on the program to give the village time to come back with such a plan.

But Ron Burke, executive director of the Active Transportation Alliance, a nonprofit that advocates for biking and using public transportation, said the Divvy program in Oak Park had not been given enough of a chance to be successful.

He said village expenses related to accommodating motor vehicles was certainly higher than the estimated annual cost for the bike-sharing program, but those numbers are never discussed publicly. “[Driving is] a big expense, and if we were to be a little more efficient here and there, we could easily pay for Divvy,” Burke said.

“So we do need to have standards for performance for Divvy. I agree there needs to be improvement … but I also think we need to have standards of performance when it comes to cars and roads and parking in this village.”

Divvy Marketing Director Kelly Goldthorpe said the 13 stations around Oak Park in-

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attracted 20 new Divvy memberships.

Trustee Andrea Button, however, said she didn’t believe the village had enough data to call the recent downward trend “permanent.”

“I’m not ready to call it a failure just yet,” said Button. “I think Divvy is still pretty new to Oak Park, which is why I’m willing to try it for one more summer.”

Trustee Deno Andrews expressed his support for bicycling in the village but added that the program is averaging 34 rides a day.

“We have two years of data; we had two of the mildest, longest, most beautiful summers in Oak Park history, but people aren’t using this,” Andrews said. “Ninety-two percent of Oak Parkers own their own bicycle. As far as I see it, less than 1 percent of Oak Parkers uses Divvy, and the village is screaming, ‘We don’t want this, we don’t need this.’”

The village announced in a press release that Tuesday, Jan. 23 was the last day the program was available in the village.

Asked whether members would be compensated for their membership fee, village spokesman David Powers directed members to contact Motivate, the company that runs the Divvy program in the Chicago area.

Oak Park members can contact Divvy customer service at www.divvybikes.com/contact or 855-533-4889.

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Under the proposed one-year contract that would have reduced the cost by 10 percent, the village still was projected to pay about $170,000 for 2018, after including the projected revenue from memberships, rides and marketing revenue.

Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb noted that the cost to the village would be about $129,000 for the year.

Trustee Bob Tucker said a recent editorial in the Chicago Tribune noted that profits are not the only measure of success when it comes to the Divvy program – it also gets people out of their cars and exercising, he said.

“I think that’s important to consider; on the other hand, these numbers make me cringe,” Tucker said. “They are really not good in Oak Park.”

He added that part of the problem with Divvy is that although the system is connected to the Divvy bike program in Chicago, many might be unwilling to ride through low-income neighborhoods to the east of the village.

Trustees discussed pursuing different bike-sharing programs that are less costly, but have not taken a close look at what service they might use to replace Divvy.

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Local vets cope with life after combat Service dogs, volunteerism and more have helped Forest Park veterans find peace in civilian life

By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

On any given night, 39,471 veterans are homeless, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. For a short time, Forest Park resident Corey Perkins was one of them.

Perkins served in the Navy during Desert Storm, on a nuclear submarine patrolling the Persian Gulf. After being discharged honorably in 1992, he returned to his home in Oak Park, where his mother had moved his family from the West Side of Chicago ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer when he was in sixth grade. Perkins got job after job, but a series of layoffs led to his los- ADJUSTING: Corey Perkins, of Forest Park, is a veteran who overcame homelessness with the help of Housing Forward and the V.A. ing the Oak Park home.

Ross, who experienced combat as a pla- and biting my pants, I know it’s time to go to Perkins stayed with friends and family, regular inspections and check in with my toon leader in the Army’s 4th Infantry Di- the hospital.” sleeping on their couches. Other times, he social worker on a daily basis.”

He has also found meaning and support One of the aspects of Housing Forward’s vision, saw half of his company in one fire crashed in his car. He didn’t want to feel like a burden to others, but his situation made program that Perkins loves is the close re- fight get killed in two hours. “I was scared by working with the mentally ill through that feel impossible. Being without a home lationship he has formed with his social out of my mind for the first 30 days,” he re- the National Alliance on Mental Illness, a made him question everything, including worker, Cecilia O’Neil. “She has been an calls. “Then I became spiritually dead. Clin- national organization that raises awareness angel. She has always checked on me, even ical depression is like feeling nothing while and provides mental health support. Ross is his worth as an individual. also a peer support specialist trained by the at times she didn’t have to,” he said, adding: still being functional.”

“I became very withdrawn,” he said.

“We all go through things in life that may be Ross, who said he was “almost homeless” Depression Bi-Polar Support Alliance, an Perkins had never dealt with a state of mind like that before, and reflected on a struggle, but you have to understand that at one time, has found tremendous support organization that provides education and the unwavering faith of his late mother, there are people and organizations out there in a service dog named Eli whom he received support to those with mood disorders.

Now “my job is to be extremely open,” Ross from an organization called War Dogs Makwho raised her two children alone. He that will help you.”

Like Perkins, veterans John ing it Home. Ross said that Eli can actually said, laughing. “I’m 71-years-old and have drew strength from lessons Ross and Harold Wilson find sup- sense when he is going to have a medical cri- been nuts for a long time. I want to enjoy life.” he learned as a child spent in port from Forest Park and May- sis. “When he starts kicking me in the leg CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com church. Perkins knew he needwood’s Vet Centers, creating their ed to be able to help himself and own ways of dealing with the ups push his life forward. and downs of life after leaving “As long as you keep pushing military service. Although never forward, things will work out,” having actually been homeless, he said. “My struggle is not Since shelter season began in September, the nonprofit Housing Forward has been both are still suffering from the over, but I will continue to stay forced to turn away more than twice as many homeless people compared to the same trauma they experienced during in this fight until it works out.” time the year before, due to an increase in single moms with children looking for a spot the Vietnam War. What enabled Perkins to get COREY PERKINS to lay their heads. Families are guaranteed shelter at Housing Forward’s PADS shelter Wilson, who served as a Navy off the street and back into his Veteran sites, which reduces the number of beds available for single adults.

SEAL in the Mekong Delta, beown home was a combination “As you might imagine, children in the shelter is not ideal for a host of reasons but a lieves he will always have sympof his own perseverance and reality that we are trying to manage with the resources we have,” Executive Director toms of Posttraumatic Stress help from the Veterans AdminLynda Schueler wrote in a Jan. 11 email. istration and Housing Forward, a nonprofit Disorder, which can include intrusive flashPADS shelters now regularly reach capacity Sunday through Thursday nights, and ofbased in Maywood. The process began when backs, emotional numbness, difficulty conficials are forced to turn away about 20 people those evenings. Housing Forward operates he visited the Veterans Affairs office at centrating and more. back-up shelters Friday and Saturday nights, so fewer people are turned away then. The One way Wilson copes with the struggles Hines VA Hospital.

Maywood-based nonprofit held a meeting with local stakeholders, Jan. 23, at St. ChristoThe VA placed him in a program run by related to adjusting back into civilian life is pher’s Episcopal Church in Oak Park for an “open discussion about possible responses Housing Forward, which not only found to seek support and fellowship with other to what the PADS shelter is currently experiencing,” Schueler said in the Jan. 11 email. him an apartment in Forest Park, but also Vietnam vets, who weren’t always welcomed Since PADS opened its first shelter site in 1992, the organization, now called Housing partners with him to ensure that he remains home as heroes. “When I came back from Forward, has served close to 17,000 people in Oak Park, Forest Park and Berwyn. in his own home. “I have my responsibilities Vietnam some people spit on me and called

“My struggle is not over, but I will continue to stay in this fight until it works out.”

that I have to meet, like having a job, looking for work or going to school,” he said. “I have

us baby killers. I’ve been coming to the Vet Center for many years,” he said.

Housing Forward shelters packed with families

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Oak Park Ethics Committee rules against complainant

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Ethics Committee ruled to dismiss a complaint from an Oak Park resident who says Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb violated ethics and conflict-of-interest ordinances over a proposed development at Madison Street and Oak Park Avenue.

Oak Park resident Chris Donovan, who has opposed the development, says the mayor acted inappropriately in his communications with executives of Jupiter Realty, which was chosen as the preferred developer for the project.

Abu-Taleb recused himself from the deliberations of the Ethics Committee, which is made up of the remaining members of the Oak Park Board of Trustees. Donovan on Dec. 28 had filed a lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court to force the local Ethics Committee to hear the complaint.

Simone Boutet was the sole dissenting vote to dismiss the complaint, arguing that the committee should rule against the complaint, rather than dismissing it.

Donovan voiced a number of complaints against the mayor at the hearing, noting he believes Abu-Taleb engaged in “ex parte communication” with the developer. The term became part of the board’s vernacular last year, when Village Attorney Paul Stephanides warned trustees to not attend a public meeting held by another developer, Albion Residential, on its proposal for a high-rise building in downtown Oak Park.

Wednesday Journal filed a Freedom of Information Act request for that letter from the village attorney last year but the village rejected the request, saying the document does not have to be released because of attorney client privilege.

Donovan argued that meetings held with the Oak Park Economic Development Corporation (OPEDC) – Abu-Taleb serves as a voting member on that board – and Jupiter also would constitute ex parte communication.

The OPEDC is a quasi-governmental nonprofit that contracts with the village to attract and retain business development in Oak Park. It is not subject to Freedom of Information Act requests for documents concerning the Jupiter development.

Donovan also argued that the mayor has held private meetings with residents, Jupiter executives and OPEDC members in 2017.

“Those meetings were not made public, and the contents of those meetings are still not part of the record,” Donovan said.

“When those meetings did become public knowledge the village president cancelled future meetings. That was about the same time the village attorney issued his warning about ex parte communications with Albion. Coincidence? I think not,” Donovan said.

Donovan said his lawsuit goes to trial in Cook County Circuit Court on March 12, although it is unclear whether the lawsuit is moot, considering the Ethics Committee’s ruling to dismiss.

Donovan said in a telephone interview fol-

lowing the Ethics Committee hearing that he has filed a Freedom of Information Act Request for the letter from the village attorney to trustees directing them to not attend the Albion meeting.

Donovan said if the village responds to his FOIA request, he might drop the lawsuit. If the village rejects the FOIA, however, Donovan said he might amend his complaint to try to force Oak Park to release the letter.

Following Donovan’s testimony before the Ethics Committee on Jan. 16, Stephanides stated that nothing in the complaint violates

any provision of the village code and recommended the Ethics Committee dismiss and deny the complaint.

Boutet said that nowhere in Donovan’s complaint is there an allegation that AbuTaleb stands to gain anything personally from the proposed Jupiter development.

“I think there’s a lot more we can talk about with respect to transparency in the village and the way we do development, but I don’t think that conversation is appropriate when we’re strictly hearing this ethics complaint,” she said.

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Trustee Jim Taglia noted that “the business of municipal government is competitive, and Oak Park needs an active and vigorous advocate to advance the village’s interests.

“The mayor understands this and takes his responsibility seriously.”

Taglia said he believes the complaint has “become somewhat of a personal issue” for Donovan.

“Cooper’s Hawk [restaurant] doesn’t help the mayor’s business, but he does what’s best for the village as a whole without fail,” Taglia said.

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Oak Park passes tough massage parlor ordinance

New rules prompted by 2017 prostitution sting

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Board of Trustees has approved an ordinance aimed at preventing prostitution businesses posing as legitimate massage establishments from opening shop in the village.

The ordinance, which was approved unanimously at the Jan. 16 board meeting, comes after Oak Park police busted three massage businesses in August that were operating without licenses and performing sex acts.

The village heard the proposal first in October, but Trustee Simone Boutet worked with the Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation (CAASE) and Working America, a division of the AFL-CIO, to strengthen the ordinance.

Boutet read a statement from CAASE policy director Megan Rosenfeld, who called massage businesses a common front for prostitution and sex trafficking.

“Victims are forced, coerced and tricked

into working for these estabentrance that allows a view from lishments,” Rosenfeld wrote. the outside of the front of the es“Research shows that there are tablishment where customers are more than 9,000 establishments greeted. They also must post a noin the U.S. that advertise mastice somewhere in the workplace, sage services but are, in fact, such as a back office or break being used for commercial room, with contact information sex.” for the National Human TraffickShe added that the National ing Resource Center.

Human Trafficking Hotline ■ Businesses are forbidden from analyzed more than 32,000 inplacing ads suggesting they proSIMONE BOUTET cidents of human trafficking, vide services that would constiTrustee and the second highest volume tute a felony. of calls was connected to mas■ Massage businesses are subsage businesses. ject to inspection twice a year by the village The ordinance requires a criminal back- and can receive fines of up to $750 a day for ground check and fingerprinting of appli- being in violation of the ordinance. cants or those renewing a license. Business■ Operating hours must be between 6 a.m. es also must maintain a record of massages and 10 p.m. performed, by whom, and how much was ■ Those who are intoxicated or under the charged. influence of drugs are not allowed to receive The village also can reject a massage es- services or remain in the establishment. tablishment applicant for having a criminal ■ Customers are provided written notice record or a misdemeanor related to the mas- that state law prohibits solicitation of a sexsage therapy profession or having run a mas- ual act and that it is a Class 4 felony. sage business that engaged in prostitution.

■ Massage therapists must hold a license The ordinance also requires: from the state.

Eric Davis, a representative of The North ■ Businesses must maintain a clear glass

Avenue District (T-NAD), a nonprofit organization that advocates for the development of North Avenue, said that if the ordinance had been in place, it might have prevented the three illicit massage parlors ordered closed in August from opening in Oak Park.

He thanked the board for incorporating into the ordinance the provision suggested

by T-NAD that “a business can be denied a license based on civil or criminal wrongdoing [non-massage parlor related], but such convictions are not an automatic bar to a massage parlor establishment business license.”

One of the businesses shut down in the August police sting was King Spa, 6441 W. North Ave. Owner Tina King was charged with prostitution as was an employee of Angel Spa, 1102 Chicago Ave. Two others were arrested at a different Angel Spa at 6340 Roosevelt Road for performing massages without a license.

Boutet said in a telephone interview that the ordinance could be a roadmap for legislation in other communities. “If other communities adopt this as a model ordinance, [illicit massage businesses] won’t be able to go anywhere,” Boutet said.

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Officials approve Willard School expansion

Expect a new STEM class, special education room by fall 2018

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

River Forest trustees unanimously approved a plan to reconfigure Willard School at a regular board meeting, Jan. 8. Trustee Respicio Vazquez recused himself from the vote, since his law firm represents River Forest District 90 schools.

The redo will cost about $1.8 million and run about 5,000 square feet, although they will not increase the footprint of the building.

“There are space issues,” said Anthony Cozzi, D90 finance and facilities director. “We’re not looking to add employees, but there are certain suboptimal educational space issues.”

Cozzi said some children who need additional instruction are being taught in a storage area underneath stairs. The school psychologist meets with students and parents in an open area at the top of the stairs on the second floor, which doesn’t provide much privacy.

To address these issues and more,

officials plan to add a multi-purpose room and remodel two classrooms on the existing first floor of the building, and build a second-floor addition to the north end of Willard School, the only part of the building without a second floor. Two new classrooms, four new offices, and a new bathroom and multipurpose room will be featured on the new second floor of Willard.

“These offices aren’t just offices; these are small classroom instruction spaces,” Cozzi said. “There is learning going on there. It’s not just putting people into an office with a desk and a chair.”

One of the new second-floor classrooms will be a STEM classroom.

One of the new rooms on the first floor will probably be a gross motor special education sensory room, said Sven Dahlquist, architect.

Both multipurpose rooms and the new STEM classroom will have airconditioning, although mechanical a/c units will be added to all new construction so D90 can expand the service.

Construction will begin at the end of the 2018 school year and should be ready by the time school starts again the next fall.

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MARCH Resist

from page 1 since the ’50s and ’60s,” she told her son.

“Marching is one way to go about doing that and changing things this year.”

To accelerate the pace of change, Bonwit organized her kids — and 30 friends — to march down Circle Avenue last Saturday to the Blue Line, where the group caught a train into the city for the second Women’s March Chicago. Bonwit’s group joined about 300,000 activists and protestors who descended on the Loop on the anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, carrying colorful signs that read “Tweet us with respect,” “Who runs the world?” “Resist fear, assist love,” and many, many more.

Pink “pussyhats” dotted the crowd as Oak Parker Michelle Mbekeani-Wiley spoke on behalf of the League of Women Voters.

“The power lies at the polls; the power of the polls can change society,” MbekeaniWiley said, reminding participants that marching is just the beginning.

Mbekeani-Wiley said this year’s march had the same sense of unity as last year’s, but instead of feeling like a reaction to Trump’s election, this one felt more proactive, offering tangible steps they can take to promote affordable housing in Oak Park, avoid voter fatigue, and address the systemic racism that stifles society.

“Stay engaged in every election; every aspect of local and federal politics impacts our livelihood. Mobilize the vote and make sure you’re pushing every population to the polls,” she said.

Learning how she can stay involved — and feeling rejuvenated by the power of a progressive crowd — is why Bonwit felt compelled to organize a group to attend this year’s march.

Bonwit’s father, James Murphy, died two weeks before Nov. 8, 2017. Then the electoral college declared Donald Trump the 45th president of the U.S., she said, after he ran the most openly misogynistic presidential

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PUSSYHAT: Residents from Oak Park join others from Forest Park on the Blue Line on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018, during the second annual Chicago Women’s March in downtown Chicago. campaign in recent history and lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton.

Looking for a way to feel empowered, she started getting involved, attending every Forest Park District 91 Board of Education meeting she could to learn why Forest Parkers pulled their kids out of public schools.

She started attending Proviso Together meetings, learning more about the neighboring communities of Maywood and Melrose Park and the local high school system.

She turned her running group into a progressive advocacy organization called Run-

ning for Our Rights.

But Bonwit still felt discouraged about the way the country was progressing. Sam’s attitude wasn’t helping; the 6-year-old felt angry at Trump over his promise to build a wall separating the United States from Mexico.

Combined with Trump’s vulgar comments about which immigrants were OK to stay in the U.S., Bonwit felt like she had to constantly shield Sam from the evening news.

Looking for comfort, Bonwit decided to attend Women’s March Chicago, even though some of friends of color had been complain-

ing that they didn’t feel like the movement embraced them or their ideas.

“A lot of people just go to these marches and it’s a feel-good moment, but the real work is still to come,” she said, adding, “Forest Park can feel sometimes so separate, like we have our nice Madison Street downtown area and we want to keep it for ourselves.

But there’s cool things going on in other areas, too. We need to make sure that we get out of our comfort zone and we represent not just our own privileged place of being, but other perspectives as well.”

Dominican U. president receives inaugural Cornerstones Award Carroll recognized for exemplifying order’s values

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

The Dominican Sisters of Sinsinawa’s Leadership Council recent bestowed its first-ever Cornerstones Award on Donna Carroll, Dominican University president and the Wednesday Journal’s 2017 River Forest Villager of the Year.

Starting this year, the Cornerstones Award will be presented annually to a woman who exemplifies her life and ser-

vice after the qualities of the order’s four founding sisters: abundance of hope, courage in adversity, commitment to a shared mission and deep faith in the providence of God. Carroll has served as Dominican University’s first lay president since 1994.

“During her 24-year tenure, [Carroll] has successfully bridged the traditions of the university’s past with the realities of today’s academic environment,” a Dominican University press release reads. “Under her leadership, the university has experienced unprecedented growth in student enrollment, faculty hires, degree programs, building construction and operating bud-

get.”

Wednesday Journal named Carroll its 2017 River Forest Villager of the Year for her work protecting undocumented students, in the wake of President Donald Trump’s decision to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

DACA allowed individuals who illegally entered the country as minors to receive a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation and be eligible for a work permit.

Carroll will be formally presented with the Cornerstones Award on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the Sinsinawa Mound, in Sinsinawa, Wisconsin.

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Eight vehicles burglarized in 24-hour period

Oak Park police report that eight vehicles were burglarized between the evening of Jan. 17 and the early morning of Jan. 18.

The burglaries include: ■ A $200 Garmin GPS stolen from a vehicle in the 600 block of S. East Ave. ■ A leather rainbow change purse with cash worth $10 was stolen from a vehicle in the 700 block of S. Carpenter Ave. ■ No loss was reported from vehicles burglarized in the 600 and 700 blocks of South Carpenter Avenue, the 600 block of South Wesley Avenue, and the 600 block of South Grove Avenue.

■ Another vehicle burglarized in the 600 block of South Grove suffered only loss due to damage. The burglar caused an estimated $2,000 worth of damage to the vehicle’s dashboard in an attempt to steal the radio.

■ A garage was burglarized in the 700 block of South Kenilworth Avenue. The burglar gained entry to the garage and stole a $155 pair of Rayban sunglasses from the vehicle parked inside.

Criminal trespass arrest ■A

19-year-old resident of the 400 block of South Taylor Avenue in Oak Park, was arrested at his home at 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 14 for a criminal trespass to motor vehicle warrant.

■ A 20-year-old Maywood resident was arrested along with three Chicago juveniles at three locations in Oak Park — 1101 N. Euclid, 1200 N. Oak Park Ave. and the intersection of Euclid and Greenfield — and charged with criminal trespass to motor vehicles throughout Oak Park and River Forest. The arrests took place between 4:40 and 4:55 p.m. on Jan. 14.

Burglaries ■ A vehicle was burglarized in the 1100 block of South Lombard sometime between 8:45 a.m. on Jan. 16 and 9:04 p.m. on Jan. 17.

The offender removed the victim’s wallet, which contained miscellaneous identification valued at $10.

■ A vehicle was burglarized in the 300 block of South Grove Avenue sometime between 6 p.m. on Jan. 13 and 6 a.m. on Jan. 14.

The burglar ransacked the vehicle and took an iPhone charger. The estimated loss is $20.

■ An apartment was burglarized in the 200 block of North Oak Park Avenue, sometime between 7 a.m. on Jan. 11 and 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 15. The burglar entered by unknown means and stole a 55-inch LG television, an iPhone 7, an iPad Air, cash, two containers of laundry detergent and 12 rolls of toilet paper. The estimated loss is $2,128.

Theft

Criminal damage to property

■ The silver 2016 Nissan Altima that was stolen from the Hertz car rental, 629 Madison St., at 12:20 p.m. on Sept. 12, 2017, was recovered by the Des Plaines Police Department at 2:33 p.m. on Jan. 16. No apprehensions were made.

■ Two men stole $363.93 worth of Rogaine hair care products — seven boxes total — from Walgreens, 6412 W. Roosevelt Rd., at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 21. They were last seen headed eastbound in the Roosevelt alley from Ridgeland.

■ Two Chicago men from the 100 block of North Pine were arrested in the 400 block of South Boulevard at 10:09 p.m. on Jan. 21, and charged with theft. No additional detail was given.

■ Someone stole 25 feet of copper downspout from a residence in the 700 block of Superior around 4 a.m. on Jan. 13. The total loss is unknown.

■ Someone cut up five cone barriers and threw several ladders around the parking lot of Unity Church, 405 N. Euclid Ave., causing approximately $40 in damage. The incident happened sometime between 5 p.m. on Jan. 12 and 8:05 a.m. on Jan. 14.

■ The back window of a vehicle was damaged by unknown means in the 100 block of North Grove Avenue sometime between 1 p.m. on Jan. 11 and 2:10 p.m. on Jan. 13. The estimated damage is $200.

■ Police suspect a projectile was used to break the side front window of a vehicle in the 700 block of North Marion Street sometime between 4 and 10 a.m. on Jan. 14.

Harassment by electronic communication A 32-year-old Alsip woman was arrested at 10:30 a.m. on Jan. 19 in the 1500 block of Maybrook Drive in Maywood and charged with harassment by electronic communication. The victim was identified as an Oak Park resident.

CARJACKINGS

Incidents and tension rising from page 1 mits a crime on our streets, in our homes, in our shops, anywhere in our village, the police will not rest until they are prosecuted.”

“We treat everybody with respect and dignity; we don’t want to violate anyone’s civil rights, but we have a job to do, and job number one is to keep our community safe,” he said, noting that the carjackings have become increasingly common throughout the Chicago area.

Oak Park police are working to bolster their efforts hiring five new patrol officers in recent weeks, bringing the police force to 116 sworn officers.

While residents are scared and looking for answers on how to stay safe, many in the village also have voiced concerns that information from the OPPD has not been quick enough.

Oak Park Police Chief Anthony Ambrose confirmed in an email that the police department is considering establishing Twitter and Facebook accounts to better communicate with the public.

“This includes researching how police in

other communities are using these social media tools to communicate with residents,” Ambrose said. “If we are to take on this added responsibility, we want to do it right and provide a useful service.

“Reaching out to our peers in other communities may help avoid any potential negative impacts in an effort to inform residents quickly could have un-

intentionally on investigations or future prosecutions. Anything police post likely will be considered part of the official public record.”

Meanwhile both Oak Park and River Forest police departments have scheduled public meetings to further educate residents about crime in the village. OPPD meetings will be held at:

■ These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, Jan. 11-21, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest.

Compiled by Timothy Inklebarger

■ Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 6:30 p.m. at the Oak Park and River Forest High School north cafeteria, 201 N. Scoville Ave. ■ Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 6:30 p.m. at Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison St., room 201 ■ Thursday, Feb. 1 at 6:30 p.m. at the Oak Park Main Fire Station, 100 N. Euclid Ave. ■ Friday, Feb. 2 at 9:30 a.m. at Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison St., room 201 Police will share crime statistics and other topics such as street lighting, surveillance cameras, according to an OPPD press release.

“High visibility is a key strategy to prevent crime,” Ambrose said in the press release. “That’s why the numbers of marked cars patrolling our streets and alleys have increased significantly over recent weeks.

But plain clothes officers in unmarked police cars are deployed strategically as well to make neighborhoods safer by having officers on the street observing, without being detected.”

River Forest also has scheduled a series of meetings over the course of the year. Those meetings, all of which will take place at River Forest Village Hall, 400 Park Ave., will be held: ■ Wednesday, Jan. 24, from 4:30 to 6 p.m.

■ Wednesday, April 25, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

■ Wednesday, July 25, from 10 to 11:30 a.m.

■ Wednesday, Oct. 24, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

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Studio 8’s ‘vintage made modern’ shop moves to Madison Street

Owner wanted more space to refurbish furniture

By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

It’s tempting to call Studio 8 an antique store. “Not so,” said Melody Kratz, owner.

She prefers “vintage made modern” to describe what customers will find when they first walk into her new shop, which she plans to open in Forest Park in February after a move from Oak Park.

“We are absolutely thrilled to be part of Forest Park,” Kratz said, adding: “I love the idea of being part of a community of other shops similar to ours and having a vested interest in the town.”

Kratz got into the refurbished furniture and funky knickknacks business several years ago, after leaving her job in printing sales to become a stay-at-home mom.

In order to, in her words, “stay sane,” she began scouring the alleys around her Oak Park home, picking up discarded furniture, “bringing it back to life” by overhauling it and then selling the repurposed pieces.

Once her practice started to pick up revenue, Kratz decided to move from renovating in her home to opening a shop at 1125 Garfield St. in Oak Park. She named the business Studio 8, and worked on restoring furniture right in the middle of the store. Not long after opening, friend Leah Goodwin also began selling her estate jewelry at Studio 8, with Kratz keeping a cut of her sales. Business-wise, Kratz said the jewelry addition was a good

move, but it meant that she no longer had the space to restore furniture right in the store.

After three years at the Oak Park location, Kratz realized she had lost what had drawn her into the business in the first place—the ability to create unique pieces of furniture to compliment the vintage knickknacks in the store. “That’s when I decided to move to Forest Park,” she said. “Our new location isn’t much larger, but it gives me the workspace to continue creating pieces to add to our inventory.”

Kratz said her business has never been an antique store in the traditional sense, although she believes that Studio 8 fits right in with the antique shops and other unique stores on Madison Street. “You will never find broken, dusty or outdated items here,” she said. “We are constantly evolving and staying with the current trends.”

Goodwin’s estate jewelry will still be for sale at the shop’s Forest Park location, and joining Kratz as a business partner will be Brian Shamhart, a seasoned antique dealer who Studio 8 has worked with before. With the help of Shamhart, Studio 8 plans to get into the estate sale consulting business.

Shamhart “will help grow it and get it to the next level of what I want to do on the retail end, as well as helping people do estate sales, all aspects of vintage stuff,” Kratz said, adding: “People come in all the time and sell us stuff. It’s a big way we get our inventory, and kind of fun for people who don’t always have an outlet to bring stuff straight in to someone who knows what they’re dealing with.”

Studio 8 will take the space of Empower-

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RE-NEW: Owners Brian Shamhart, left, and Melody Kratz in their current store on Garfield Street in Oak Park. They will begin moving inventory into their new building on Madison Street in Forest Park on Feb. 2 and plan to open a few weeks after. ing Gardens, a nonprofit that aims to provide people with disabilities meaningful, long-term employment. From April to November, Empowering Gardens operates at 7730 Madison St. During the colder months, the nonprofit relies on friends with empty storefronts to provide it space rent-free.

Landlord Tony Aiello had been doing just

that at 7316 Madison St. until he found a new tenant in Studio 8.

Anna Solares, a co-director of Empowering Gardens, said she doesn’t know where she will relocate her nonprofit until the weather warms up. “We are trying our best to keep everyone working,” Solares said of whether or not anyone will lose their job.

Oak Parker Frankel faces Rosado in judge race

Candidates face off in Democratic primary

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Judge races can be a tricky thing for voters.

Candidates are forbidden from discussing politics and how they would rule on cases, often leaving voters to base their decision on their qualifications and whether they got a good impression upon meeting them in person.

In the primary race for 11th Subcircuit Judge, Oak Park resident Scott J. Frankel faces off against Rosemont resident Joanne Rosado.

Both candidates have a long history as attorneys. It is Frankel’s first run for public office, while Rosado ran unsuccessfully for the seat in 2014, but was appointed to fill the vacancy in the 11th Subcircuit when Judge Kathleen G. Kennedy vacated the position in

January 2017.

Frankel has a law degree from Ohio State Law School, where he served as editor of the Ohio State Law Journal.

He clerked for a federal judge after law school and then worked at the ChiSTEVE FRANKEL cago law firm Mayer Brown.

Frankel served in the Cook County Public Defender’s Office from 1989 to 1992, and has since been in private practice.

He said in an interview that he has worked cases at every level – from federal court to traffic court.

“I’ve shown that I’ve committed my career to the struggle for justice and that I would be a good judge,” he said.

Frankel has received endorsements from Craig B. Futterman, a clinical professor

of law at the University of Chicago Law School, as well as other attorneys.

More information about his candidacy is available at his campaign website at www.frankelforjudge.com.

Rosado also comes JOANNE ROSADO with extensive experience as an attorney. She notes on her campaign website (www.joannerosado.com) that her appointment to the 11th Subcircuit was made at the recommendation of Illinois Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis.

She served as an assistant Cook County public defender beginning in 2002, where she “provided legal services to member of the community and their families throughout Cook County,” she notes in campaign literature.

Rosado has tried more than 100 bench tri-

als and over 50 jury trials.

She said in a telephone interview that she brings diversity to the bench and believes in social justice and reform.

“Everything I’ve done throughout my career is being a community servant, and this is being a community servant at the next level,” she said.

She is a board member of the Puerto Rican Bar Association and has served as a mentor through various legal organizations such as the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois.

She graduated from John Marshall Law School in 2001 and from DePaul University in 1992 with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Rosado has received a number of endorsements, including Congressman Danny K. Davis, Oak Park Committeeman Don Harmon, and several Chicago aldermen, including the 29th Ward’s Chris Taliaferro. * Editor’s Note: Scott Frankel is a family member of a Wednesday Journal employee.

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The following Catholic Elementary Schools are opening their doors to parents from Oak Park, River Forest, Forest Park and surrounding communities during

National Catholic Schools Week Sunday, January 28– Saturday, February 3, 2018

For parents seeking a value-based education and academic excellence for their grade school children, the following open house events are the perfect opportunity to learn more about the many advantages of sending your children to Catholic School. Parents can tour buildings, get familiar with individual curriculums and other program enhancements including: computer training, foreign language programs, athletics, band, summer enrichment classes, and affordable preschool and after-school day care. Most of all, hear from administrators, faculty and students about what a difference the Catholic environment can make in the positive development of your child.

ASCENSION SCHOOL

Love, Kindness, Respect 601 Van Buren St. Oak Park, IL 60304 708/386-7282 Fax: 708/524-4796 ascensionoakpark.com/school Principal: Maryanne Polega Pastor: Fr. James Hurlbert • Preschool for 3 & 4 year olds • Kindergarten-Grade 8 • Comprehensive Extended Day Program All-School Open House: Sunday, January 28, 2018 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

ST. GILES SCHOOL

Academic Excellence. Catholic Values. Nurturing Community.

Lifelong Leadership.

1034 N. Linden Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302 stgilesschool.org Principal: Mrs. Kathy Lofgren Pastor: Fr. Carl Morello • Grades PK3 – 8 • Flexible preschool scheduling with extended day option • Before and after school care PK3 – 8 • After school enrichment K – 8 • National Blue Ribbon School Open House Sunday, January 28, 2018 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Event begins in the church; tours and open house follow.

ST. LUKE PARISH SCHOOL

A Catholic School Cultivating Academic Rigor and Excellence 519 Ashland Ave. River Forest, IL 60305 (708)366-8587 school-stlukeparish.org Principal: Timothy Wesley • Preschool through 8th grade • Full and half day 3YO and 4YO preschool, plus full day kindergarten • Rigorous curriculum • National Blue Ribbon School • Before and after care program • Fine Arts program including music, visual arts, and Spanish • Support for student learning needs • STEM program Open House: Sunday, January 28, 2018 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Can’t make the open house?

Please call the school office to schedule a private tour.

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Over 75 years of faith formation and academic excellence in the Dominican Tradition.

1515 Lathrop Ave. River Forest, IL 60305 708/771-5905 Svfschool.org Principal: John Glimco Pastor: Fr. Thomas McDermott, O.P. • PreK3 through 8th Grade • Flexible plans for Preschool • Full Day Kindergarten • Before and after school care • Gifted/Enrichment Program • Daily Hot Lunch Open House: Sunday, January 28, 2018 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (school in session to observe) Can’t make the Open House?

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Wright Trust extends reach east on Chicago Avenue

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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT

Officials mum on future plans for newly acquired 1888 home

By LACEY SIKORA

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he Frank Lloyd Wright Trust extended its reach east of the renowned architect’s Home and Studio, acquiring the singlefamily home at 925 Chicago Ave. on Dec. 6, 2017.

The purchase expands the Trust’s holdings on Chicago Avenue in Oak Park

to three: the Home and Studio, purchased in 1974; 931 Chicago Ave., purchased in 1989 and currently used for staff offices; and 925 Chicago Ave., immediately to the east of 931 Chicago Ave. The Trust paid $340,000 for the property and, according to the Cook County Assessor, the property has a market value of $598,420.

See WRIGHT TRUST on page 22

COURTESY OF WRIGHT PRESERVATION TRUST

GROWING: The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust purchased 925 Chicago Ave. (top, far left) in December, extending its street frontage to about 400 feet along Chicago Avenue from Forest Avenue, where Wright’s Home and Studio (above) is located.

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WRIGHT TRUST No immediate plan from page 21 In an email exchange, Frank Lloyd Wright Trust President and CEO Celeste Adams declined to comment on whether or not the seller of the home received any sort of charitable consideration for selling the home below market value, but she did affirm that the Trust had been aware for two years prior to the sale that the property would become available.

“This acquisition was a long-term decision by the Board of Directors. The Trust has no immediate finite plan for the property,” Adams stated in the email. “The planning process will include full consideration of the history of the property, its relationship to the Home and Studio property and its potential uses in future years to serve the mission of the Trust and benefit the community. The Trust will share plans with the community as they evolve over time.”

The Italianate style home was constructed in 1888, one year prior to Wright’s construction of his own home at 951 Chicago Ave. Adams indicated that the Trust has some historical information on the home and would continue to research the history of the home. When asked if the Trust planned to keep the house intact, she referred to her email statement.

The home at 925 Chicago Ave. is part of Oak Park’s Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie School of Architecture Historic District, and thus is awarded all of the protections available under local statutes. Due to the age of the home, it likely would be considered a contributing resource to the historic district under the language of Oak Park’s guidelines: “In a historic district, most buildings contribute to the significance of the area without individually having the credentials of a landmark. These buildings are referred to as ‘contributing resources.’ They help to maintain the historic integrity of the neighborhood.”

As a contributing resource, any proposal to demolish or partially demolish 925 Chicago Ave. would require a certificate of appropriateness from the village’s Historic Preservation Commission.

Robie House restoration update Wright’s landmark Frederick C. Robie House at 5757 S. Woodlawn Ave. in Chicago is undergoing a 14-month interior restoration by the Trust. Approximately 40,000 visitors tour the home each year, and public tours will continue during the restoration.

Visitors will be able to observe the restoration work in progress and learn about the methods used to restore an architecturally significant landmark.

Karen Sweeney, preservation architect and the Trust’s facilities director, is the project manager. Harboe Architects, who spearheaded the recent Unity Temple restoration project, is working with general contractor

Courtesy of Marc Willis

Courtesy of Frank Lloyd Wright Trust

Courtesy of Dana-Thomas House Foundation

Irving House in Decatur (top), Robie House Restoration (left), Dana-Thomas House in Springfield (right).

Bulley & Andrews on work that includes plater and coloration of walls and ceilings, woodwork, floor treatments, light fixtures and restoration of selected leaded glass windows and doors.

Rooms being restored include the main entry and stairway, billiards room, children’s playroom, living room, dining room and guest room.

Wright in the Region As the Trust gears up for the Wright Plus Housewalk on May 19, tickets are selling fast for Wright in the Region on Monday, May 21.

The all-day trip, titled Wright’s Pride of the

Prairie, departs from the Rookery Building at 209 S. LaSalle St. in Chicago at 7 a.m. and returns at 8 p.m. Visitors will travel to Springfield and Decatur to tour two Wright masterpieces.

One of his most opulent residences, the Dana-Thomas House in Springfield is a museum owned by the Illinois State Historic Preservation Agency.

Designed by Wright in 1902 for Susan Lawrence Dana, the house is the 72nd building designed by Wright and contains the largest collection of site-specific, original Wright art glass and furniture. The home’s 35 rooms span over 12,000 square feet and include 16 varying levels.

The Edward P. Irving House in Decatur is the private home of owners who discovered the house on www.savingwright.org in 2013.

Designed by Wright in 1909, the Prairie Style home was completed by Wright’s assistants Herman Von Holst and Marion Mahony.

The two-story brick home features six bedrooms, 4.5 bathrooms and maids’ quarters. Points of interest include a built-in grandfather clock in the entrance, a builtin oak sideboard in the dining room with leaded glass panels, and glass steps leading to the attic.

More information on the Robie House restoration and Wright in the Region can be found at www.flwright.org

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This condo retains vintage charm, but has a large master bedroom, excellent closet space, newer windows, a large eat-in kitchen, and lovely updated bathrooms. There is a private front entrance with an original built-in mirror + closet, as well as a back entrance with shared built-in bookshelves. There are two bay windows in the living room and dining room, along with an original stained glass window. Natural light is abundant here, with South, West, and North-facing windows.

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LEGENDARY 1883 ITALIANATE VILLA on Keystone available for the first time in 37 years! A one of a kind house with 7BRs, 3BAs, new hardwood floors, custom stain glass windows, eat-in kitchen. Meticulously preserved original features. AND unparalleled 2014 Guest House! ..............$1,650,000

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OVER 60 LEADED GLASS WINDOWS in this four BR, three BA house with gleaming hardwood floors and beautiful wdwk throughout. Located in the middle of town, it offers custom cabinetry, Batchelder tiles in LR, hand painted tile in kitchen, Ann Sacks designer tile in bathroom. .........$889,000

STUNNING & SOPHISTICATED RENOVATION of this Mid Century 3 BR ranch. Perfectly updated for today’s living! Gracious living, dining and family rm. Magnificent GOURMET kitchen. First floor laundry/mudroom, finished LL, attached 2 car garage. Private yard with patio. ..........$835,000

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UNPRECEDENTED ESTATE in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical district of Oak Park! This meticulously renovated 5 BR, 5 full / 2 half bath property offers exquisite details and refined finishes that boast timeless materials and over the top custom millwork. This is a showcase home! ............$1,875,000

PREPARE TO BE IMPRESSED with this STUNNING 5 bedroom brick home that was renovated from top to bottom in 2010. This home offers endless amounts of quality upgrades. Exceptional lower level like none you have ever seen. New 2 level brick and stucco heated garage.......$1,495,000

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AMAZING GUT REHAB with second floor addition. Open first floor plan, family room, mud room. 2nd floor laundry room. Hardwood floors, fabulous wood and wrought iron railings. New custom deck and fenced back yard.

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VERY UNIQUE PRAIRIE HOME sits on a beautiful corner lot. The home suggestive of Tallmadge & Watson has a dramatic family room that opens to the kitchen. Expansive LR with fireplace. Basement has 2nd half bath, and storage. Nice size yard with private brick patio & XL 2 car garage. $629,000

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NEW LISTING RIVER FOREST 1BR, 1BA. Open floor plan. ............................................................$169,900 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1BA. Rare, spacious unit. ........................................................$87,500 RIVER FOREST 1BR, 1BA. No stairs! .........................................................................$85,000 OAK PARK 2 Flat ............................................................................................... $549,900 OAK PARK 2BR, 1-1/2 BA. Generous closet space. ........................................$129,900 FOREST PARK 2BR, 1-1/2 BA. Security elevator bldg............................................$97,000

HULBERT BUILT HOME located on a fantastic corner lot in Historic Oak Park! Five bedroom, two and one half bath home with natural woodwork, hardwood floors, and art glass windows. The kitchen/breakfast room overlooks spacious backyard, two car attached garage....................$617,000

STUNNING VICTORIAN! Updated 3 bedroom, 3 bath home. Original details have been preserved, and well considered updates added to create an ideal blend of historical character and contemporary design. House sits on an extra large lot with professional landscaping. .......................$549,000

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In The Village, Realtors® 189 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 (708) 386-1400 HomesintheVillage.com

THIS WEEK’S FEATURED PROPERTIES Harry Walsh, Managing Broker

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Oak Park • $625,000 5BR, 3.1 BA Call Steve x121

Oak Park • $619,800 5BR, 3BA Call Kyra x145

Oak Park • $544,500 3BR, 2.1BA Call Elissa x192

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Forest Park • $237,900 3BR, 1BA Call Mike x120

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Home of The Week Laurie Christofano

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1035 S Kenilworth Ave Oak Park • $474,500 3BR, 2.1BA

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Please recycle Every bit helps!

Sunday, January 28, 2018 ADDRESS

REALTY CO.

LISTING PRICE

TIME

1040 S. Maple, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$325,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 107 Le Moyne Pkwy, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$362,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

SINGLE FAMILY HOMES

210 N. Taylor Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Weichert Realtors Nickel Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$450,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 11-1 635 N. Ridgeland, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$455,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2

Last year, 9 million of the 11 million tons of newspaper in the U.S. was recovered and recycled.

631 N. Taylor, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gullo & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$475,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 1179 Home Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$509,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12 1230 N. Grove Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$749,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 1227 Franklin Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$835,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

How Much We Recycle

Recycling Rates of Certain Commodities

828 Jackson Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$889,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1206 Lathrop Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$899,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Aluminum Cans

210 S. Euclid, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,149,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2 146 Keystone, River Forest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gullo & Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,325,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 306 Gale, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . United Real Estate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,387,500 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 344 Keystone Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gagliardo Realty Associates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,650,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11:30-1:30

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75%

Corrugated Cardboard Newspapers

1030 Ashland Ave, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,400,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1

CONDOS

Here’s a look at newspaper recycling success...

78% 55% 22%

Plastic Bottles

Source - American Forest & Paper Association

More importantly, the amount of old newspapers in the municipal solid-waste stream decreased, reducing the need for new landfills.

U.S. Newspaper Recovery

70%

1046 S. Kenilworth Ave. UNIT 2, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beyond Properties Realty Group. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$274,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-11 60%

TOWN HOMES

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REALTY CO.

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15 Forest Ave. UNIT 19, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$549,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1 15 Forest Ave. UNIT 19, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . @properties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$549,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 11-1

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How Old Newspapers Are Used

9 Million Tons of ONP Were Recycled in 2000 Printing & Writing Paper 2% Other* 19%

Newsprint 38%

Tissue 6%

Paperboard 15% Exported for Recycling 20% Source – American Forest & Paper Association, 2002 *Egg cartons, building materials, etc.

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Surviving my trip … and the questions it raised

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arsha and I were so excited about our anticipated tax cut that we decided to blow all of it, and then some, on a trip to sunny and warm California.

As the day of our departure drew near, I came down with my usual case of reservation remorse whereby the initial excitement of travel wanes and the fear of getting to the airport, passing through security, getting bags checked and picked up, renting a car and checking into the hotel morphs into a Donner Party experience.

Marsha talked me down and off we went. The flight was fairly uneventful.

Nonetheless, I couldn’t help but wonder whether anyone likes to fly. As I sit in my tiny little seat in my tiny little capsule hurtling through space, it seems to me that no one on board — pilots, passenger attendants, or passengers — is having much fun. Yet it is the only way to go a long distance in a relatively short time.

You just have to do it. Like a colonoscopy.

Maybe this Elon Musk genius, instead of building spaceships, could spend some time building a plane that goes faster with 5 more inches of leg room. Although I hear he’s working on a Hyperloop train similar to the old vacuum tube system except for people.

We used Santa Monica as our base of operations. If you want to see what Oak Park will be like in the future, go to Santa Monica. It is bigger, more expensive, better restaurants, hipper, greener, more diverse, more liberal, more ethnic, more crowded — and dirtier.

It also has a lot more homeless people. They were everywhere, hanging out in the parks, malls and fast food joints. Surprisingly, the homeless and the homeful seemed to get along in a kind of harmony. The homeless did not ask for money or go crazy for the most part, and the homeful let them sleep and hang out in selected areas. There was hardly any interaction. It was almost like we were living in parallel universes, and perhaps we are.

I am ambivalent about the homeless. I feel sorry for them, but they make me feel guilty about my good fortune. After eating lobster and drinking a $15 glass of wine at a fancy restaurant on the pier at Santa Monica, I walked back to the hotel, mingling with those whose lives have not been nearly so fortunate. How should a person aspiring to be good feel about this disparity? Even more importantly, what should he do?

Joshua Tree National Park is three hours by car from Santa Monica, but it feels like three million years. The plight of the homeless and the gaping disparity of wealth in the world are nothing here. Desert, giant boulders, and ancient cacti shift your thoughts to the origins of this little speck of dust in the cosmos.

How did it all begin? How did it come to this? Can something come from nothing? How will it all end? Will anyone remember me in a thousand years, or even a hundred?

Well, time to leave for the airport. How long will it take to get to LAX? Will the plane leave on time? What’s the weather in Chicago? Will I be seated near a colicky infant? What days are we grandparenting this week?

Perhaps we are defined by the questions we ask ourselves.

JOHN

HUBBUCH

Middle school math doesn’t add up

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id you know that math teachers at Oak Park District 97 middle schools have been relying on free — and old — resources for two years? And that the district currently doesn’t plan to have proven, uniform math materials until at least 2020?

In a meeting with Dr. Helen Wei, the current curriculum director at D97, she said the middle school has a curriculum, and everything’s going according to schedule. Is there really a curriculum?

To have this make sense, I’m going to define the word “curriculum.” If you can, stick with me because it’s important.

The district says they have a math curriculum. What they have is a list of topics aligned to Common Core standards, learning objectives, and assessments that evaluate mastery of those standards. And it’s taken them two whole years to get to this point. I would argue

that D97 doesn’t have a curriculum because they don’t supply the following to teachers, which, most education experts agree, are also essential components of a curriculum: ■ Specific units and lessons that teachers teach ■ Assignments and projects given to students ■ Books, materials, videos, online supplements and readings The point is this: a curriculum without resources is not a curriculum, no matter how much the district insists they have one. The issue is an incomplete curriculum. D97 makes learning materials available, but they are free and old. I have two children at Brooks who come home with badly scanned materials on their Chromebook — worksheets that were meant to be printed, with

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What love means

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Divvy out, but not biking

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y the time you read this, the last of the light blue Divvy bikes that have dotted Oak Park for the past year will have been carted off and presumably slipped into docking stations in city neighborhoods where Divvy has been better received.

It was just a week back that the Oak Park Village Board, in a narrowly split vote, chose not to renew its contract with Divvy, apparently not persuaded by the company’s lackluster offer of a 10 percent discount on a new pact.

It’s not often that the Journal offers an “on the one hand this/on the other hand that” type of editorial. What’s the point of that, after all?

But we are legitimately split on how Divvy arrived in Oak Park and, now, how it is exiting.

We are all in on sustainability. Pro-actively encouraging biking and walking is essential as a defining aspect of life in Oak Park. And that means more than just some good words and painting a few stripes and declaring bike lanes. It means making investments in bike infrastructure the same way we pay millions to maintain roads for automobiles.

But sustainability also applies to the mid- and long-term use of taxpayer dollars to heavily subsidize a Divvy program that likely wasn’t a perfect fit for an inner-ring suburb. We’re not convinced that Oak Park has the density of residents or tourists to support this program.

What works in the West Loop or the Museum Campus is not so simply translated to Oak Park.

Divvy rode fast into Oak Park and Evanston as the program made its initial excursion out of the city center. We don’t believe it was studied thoroughly. We don’t believe Divvy was nimble or invested enough to adapt to this village.

There are, shame on us for just discovering, other bike-sharing programs out there that offer more flexibility for riders and less taxpayer funding than Divvy. Trustee Andrea Ott, a proponent for continuing Divvy through this year, is leading an effort to study alternatives.

That’s good work.

This moment’s reality is that there is a heightened concern about government spending by all local taxing bodies. There’s going to be more scrutiny and programs deemed discretionary — e.g. bike-sharing, wayfinding signage — are going to be on the bubble. That’s OK. Up to a point.

Ethics complaint or just complaining?

Something is going to be built at Oak Park and Madison — or Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb is going to go down trying. The vacant, village-owned block on the northeast corner of that intersection has been vacant for 30 years. It’s the world’s most expensive Christmas tree lot — for five weeks of the year.

Last week the village board, in its guise as the duly constituted Ethics Commission, squished a complaint from a frustrated citizen, Chris Donovan, a regular in the public comments portion of village board meetings and in the Journal’s Viewpoints section, who seemingly doesn’t like plans for a retail and condo project on that site, doesn’t like the so-called “road diet” to ease traffic on Madison, really doesn’t like the proposed “road bend” intended to gather more square footage for a large retailer, a grocery store, we’ve reported. Mostly though, Donovan doesn’t seem to like the village’s two-term mayor.

Abu-Taleb has private talks with developers, says Donovan. Who do we expect to be having private talks with developers? Abu-Taleb is on the board of the reconstituted Oak Park Economic Development Corporation. Who else would be on the board of OPEDC? Is it all perfect? No. We’ve raised concerns about transparency, but we recognize the inevitability of tension between full transparency and getting projects actually built. Not a strength of Oak Park in the past.

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Every year without knowing it, I have passed the day When the last fires will wave to me And the silence will set out Tireless traveler Like the beam of a lightless star Then I will no longer Find myself in life as in a strange garment Surprised at the earth And the love of one woman And the shamelessness of men As today, writing after three days of rain Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease And bowing, not knowing to what.

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W.S. Merwin

hat does love mean?”

The question popped out of the annual New Year’s letter from my favorite high school teacher, Alex Rakowski.

It’s just the kind of question he would have asked us back in the late 1960s. Al was a priest then, but he met a woman named Jude (a nun) at an “encounter group,” if you recall that term, at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, if you recall that once-upon-a-consciousness-raising icon.

As with many of our seminary instructors, he left the priesthood after my class graduated in 1970. Al and Jude have been married for over 40 years. Half a lifetime. Two very interesting half-lifetimes.

We stayed in touch, and every January his letter accompanies Jude’s illustrated summary of the past year. Though, by his own admission, he has slowed down a lot on the brink of 88, Al still volunteers at Friendship Botanic Gardens in Michigan City, tending, cultivating, weeding, planting, and landscaping, as he and Jude have done together for 20 years.

And he does his share of remembering. “I wonder whether you guys get together like you used to years ago. It was a delight to listen to your bull sessions. …

And now? It’s 2018. Where are your thoughts these days … what does love mean?”

What does love mean?

Back in high school, Al didn’t teach many conventional subjects and when he did, he taught them unconventionally. He fostered independent thinking and nudged us toward becoming more relational. We needed that. I needed that. We learned to speak to one another from the deeper, more honest and private core of our developing selves. It was transformative.

What does love mean? Back then we didn’t have an answer. We were just starting out. We had to love in order to learn what love means.

Now I can claim to have learned something about what it means, having loved in small ways and large, having experienced lesser loves and greater. Having felt love’s sting and its elation, having learned that it can end, that it can come alive again, and that it can last. That love ages and mellows and mutates and seems to have a life of its own. That we are somehow inside it, and it is somehow inside us, and somehow also between us — almost,

but not quite, tangible. That it is something we long for and that seems to long for us. That it may very well be divine, or a function of the divine.

That love is even possible, that it is real, that it transcends circumstances which, by any reasonable expectation, should end it. That our capacity to love can grow. That it is something we must be worthy of, though often we aren’t.

That it is possible to have a love affair with life itself, with all its attendant melodrama and reconciliations and breakthroughs. That love is both the means and the end, the power and the source, humbling and exalting. That it breaks through our defenses and breaks our hearts and takes our breath away. That our greatest successes and greatest failures involve love. That sin, as Msgr. Jack Egan once said, “is a failure of love.”

Love is the most powerful force on earth and the most vulnerable. Through it we bridge our respective subjectivities.

Through it we come to own ourselves even as we lose ourselves completely in another. Or so it seems. A great paradox and mystery. Maybe the greatest.

But what does love mean?

It means, among so many meanings, that a loving high school teacher can open the door to a deeper understanding of love. That, almost a half century later, he can still inspire a reflection on love by a former student, now grown older himself. It means spending the first half of his life living out the Christian message of love through his priestly, institutional ministry and the second half in a loving partnership with his soulmate — and half of that second half tending his small corner of the earth, as lovingly as if it were Eden itself.

In each of these halves he provided a model of love’s meaning, helping that former student see the riches in his own treasure-laden life.

Love has been an active yeast, a seed that germinated, a tree bearing fruit. When I was young and searching, I used to look for the meaning “of ” life. At some point I realized I had my prepositions mixed up and started looking for — and finding — the meaning “in” life.

We love to the extent we’re capable. We love as well as we can for as long as we can — until at long last we set out like the beam of a lightless star, or like a flower that has finished blooming and returns to the bulb, or like a gardener coming home to the garden.

This is what love means, as far as I can tell.

Happy New Year, beloved teacher.

KEN

TRAINOR

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W E D N E S D A Y

by Marc Stopeck

JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest

Editor and Publisher Dan Haley Senior Editor Bob Uphues Associate Publisher Dawn Ferencak

Divvy’s demise exposes village drawbacks on biking In 2014, the Active Transportation Alliance advised the village of Oak Park on an update to its bike plan and about where to locate Divvy stations. At the time, we said Divvy ridership would likely be so-so in the early years unless the bike plan was implemented in parallel to create more comfortable bike routes, and unless more stations were added to make additional trips feasible with Divvy.

Although bicycling is growing, surveys show that most people don’t bike, and the main reason is fear of being hit by a car going to the store, school, etc. People won’t ride bikes — Divvy or otherwise — if they don’t have safe, connected bike routes that avoid heavy or fast-moving traffic.

For the most part, we don’t have that in Oak Park.

Moreover, many Oak Parkers, and others who work or visit here, would love to let Divvy worry about oiling the chain, airing the tires and locking the bike, but often the stations aren’t near their trip origins and destinations.

In short, successful bike share programs have better station coverage than Oak Park.

Given the cost reductions and revenue enhancements that village staff negotiated with Divvy, the

influx of downtown residents who are likely to use Divvy, and the fact that cycling is a healthier and more sustainable alternative to driving, we thought it made sense to give Divvy in Oak Park another year.

That didn’t happen as the board canceled Divvy.

But trustees said they want to support cycling in Oak Park. That would be a welcome change! Oak Park spends millions of its own dollars annually to subsidize roads and parking, including parking spots that are empty much of the time, but spends very little of its own funds on dedicated biking and walking infrastructure (beyond standard sidewalks), instead relying primarily on relatively small and inconsistent state and federal grants.

Nearly all transportation infrastructure is subsidized by government. Biking and walking deserve their fair share and don’t get it in Oak Park. Let’s finally change that, starting with implementation of the village’s bike plan, improving our busiest crosswalks, and ensuring that sidewalks are suitable for people with physical limitations.

Ron Burke

Executive director, Active Transportation Alliance Oak Park

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The key to change

Watching as many gathered downtown last Saturday, not in protest, but rather in celebration of ideals. Feeling grateful that I have known and spoken to so many men who share my respect for women as equal individuals. Individual minds who will not be indexed or categorized.

We have a choice not to succumb to the ignorance of the “us and them” mentality. Because there is no “Us” or “Them.” There may be strength in numbers and collective inspiration to speak out against injustice, yet sometimes adamantly protesting or proclaiming political, ethnic, racial, sexual, religious or economic divisions are the tools of those who seek to deflect blame for failure to confront our own individual fears and insecurity about dealing with our neighbors directly. One mind to one mind. Discussion removed from the influence of mob emotion or “group-think.”

Long after the march has ended, the streets are cleared, and the signs dismantled, we each have a responsibility to speak up as required and raise awareness for rational solutions to ignorance and misconceptions. Movements can be historical and accelerate momentum. But daily discussion — one-on-one in the trenches — will always be the key to change.

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It’s not personal, it’s politics

Danny Davis has an opponent in the primary [Why is Davis afraid of open debate, competition? Viewpoints, Jan. 17]. Danny is a politician. The first thing a politician does is challenge the opponents’ petitions.

If nothing else, you drain some of their resources. Barack Obama, among many others, did this.

MATH

Curriculum now from page 35 instructions to measure, draw, and work on an actual piece of paper. Often, they have no background information to refer to when they don’t understand something.

What’s worse is that materials and methods are inconsistent. As an example, one teacher uses a discovery-based learning method while in other classrooms students learn the same topics via traditional teaching methods. Sometimes these approaches are mixed within a single classroom. The problem is that students are encountering inconsistent notations, language and learning approaches. This adds to confusion and non-mastery.

What happens when they move to the next grade? And what’s the point of a standard assessment if everyone is learning topics

If you are an incumbent, especially a longentrenched incumbent, you don’t even consider a debate. If you are an incumbent, you try to avoid even mentioning the name of any opponent. It’s politics.

Politics ain’t bean bag.

Allen Matthews Oak Park

differently? There is no debate.

Our kids can’t wait. This muddle of materials and approaches is not up to the standards of this town or this district, and the 2020 target to get new materials is completely unacceptable. Children are only in middle school for three years. Thousands of children will get a sub-par math education until this issue is resolved, and, by the way, did you know Helen Wei announced her resignation? I can’t imagine that she’ll be rushing to resolve this issue before she leaves.

So my ask for Superintendent Kelley and the board is this: Do not approve a 2020 — or longer — deadline to study and buy new math materials. Spend money from the referendum to get any and all help you need to evaluate and purchase proven math materials in a timely matter, at least by the start of the 2018-2019 school year.

Students and parents deserve better. The district has the funds. And we don’t have time to wait.

Erika Gimbel is a resident of Oak Park.

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taying at the top of your game is always a challenge. Creating a community of “life-long learners” is a key goal of our local school district.

But actually committing yourself to constant study and improvement is a real challenge once you finish school.

This is especially true for small business owners. WIth the relentless pressure of running the company, working with employees, servicing customers and satisfying clients, there is little free time available for taking classes or learning with intention.

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June Wood, 82 Writer, patron of the arts, ‘family first’ traveler

June Catherine Wood (nee Cullicott), 82, of River Forest, died peacefully on Jan. 21, 2018. Born in Berwyn to George Cullicott and Mary Cullicott (nee O’Rourke), she moved to south Oak Park in 1941 and attended Irving Elementary School, Oak Park and River Forest High School, and the University of Illinois at Navy Pier.

In 1955, she married Gerald Wood and moved to the naval JUNE WOOD air station in Chincoteague, Virginia.

In 1957, they returned to Oak Park, moving to Broadview in 1965, Riverside in 1976 and River Forest in 1986 while raising their four children.

Her employment included turns as pre-

school instructor in Broadview, owner of a children’s clothing store in Riverside, freelance writer for publications throughout the Chicago area, and office manager at Ahern Funeral Home in Oak Park. She was also a volunteer with the Religious Education program at St. Luke Parish in River Forest.

In recent years she enjoyed a close relationship with her children and grandchildren who would often stop by around 5 o’clock for a chat and a cocktail. “Family first” was her mantra. She loved to plan vacations and travel with family members. She also loved weddings and special occasions, especially Christmas. She was always up for a dance and a sing-along (despite not being particularly gifted with vocal range). In her heyday, she enjoyed getting friends from the neighborhood together and throwing parties for the people she loved.

The daughter of newspaper writers, she was a great reader, writer, and patron of the arts, taking her children and grandchildren to the theater on myriad occasions. And she encouraged the playing of musical instruments.

She believed in the value of an education. It doesn’t matter how long it takes, she would say, just get a degree.

June Wood is survived by her husband, Gerald A. Wood Sr.; her four children, Julianne (Dennis) Marani, Maureen (Mark) Kelty, Gerald (Elizabeth) Wood Jr., and Elizabeth (Mike) Jaros; and 13 grandchildren, Andrew Ozga, Emily Ozga, Mark Kelty Jr., Joseph Kelty, Jack Kelty, Caroline Kelty, Katie Wood (Wes Szamotula), Claire (Alfonse Drechsler), Maggie Wood, Nora Wood, Jake Jaros, Mary Jaros and Jennifer Jaros; her brother, John (Barbara) Cullicott; and five nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brother, George Cullicott Jr.; her mother, Mary Cullicott; and her father, George Cullicott Sr. Visitation will be held on Saturday, Jan. 27, from 10 to 11 a.m. at St. Luke Catholic Church, 519 Ashland, River Forest 60305.

Mass of Christian Burial will begin at 11 a.m. Private interment for family members will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery, 7750 W. Cermak Road in Forest Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

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or over 30 years, Parenthesis has been raising funds to support young mothers through its annual Kitchen Walk.

A favorite of homeowners, architects, designers and curious neighbors, the walk draws crowds of the kitchen-curious on the last Saturday of April every year.

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erty and changing the future for young moms who are experiencing poverty and homelessness in Chicago and the neighboring area.

Laure Zumdahl, New Moms CEO and president, is excited to have Parenthesis complement New Moms in Oak Park and River Forest, and welcomes joining the Kitchen Walk tradition.

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Thomas Patrick Guare, 63, a lifelong Oak Park resident, died on Jan. 12, 2018. He was unusually well-traveled, taking multiple trips to Africa, Hawaii, Europe, and many other destinations.

Tom enjoyed spending time with his extended family, taking in countless ballgames and concerts over the years, and was an enthusiastic supporter of his cousins’ athletic endeavors. In addition, he was a well-known lover of animals, especially his golden retrievers and the neighborhood dogs that he had the privilege to dog-sit over the years.

Thomas Guare was the son of Charlien Steffens; the brother and best friend of Richard Steffens, as well as the aunts, uncles and cousins who survive him.

Visitation, followed by a funeral Mass will be held on Jan. 24 at Oak Park’s St. Giles Catholic Church.

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William S. Winston Pastor 7824 West Madison Street | Forest Park 708.366.2206 www.thealtenheim.com

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Engage Christian Church Engaging God, His Family, and His Mission 1000 S. Elgin Ave. Forest Park, IL (In First United Church) To stay connected visit our website and join us on social media www.engagecc.org Facebook: @EngageCC Twitter: @engagecchurch Instagram: @engccchurch

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West Suburban Temple Har Zion

1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community.

Interfaith families are welcome.

Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org

324 N. Oak Park Avenue 708-383-4983 www.firstUMCoakpark.org Sunday School for all Ages, 9am Sunday Worship, 10am Children’s Chapel during Worship Rev. Katherine Thomas Paisley, Pastor Professionally Staffed Nursery Fellowship Time after Worship Presbyterian

Fair Oaks

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Lutheran—ELCA

744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920

United Lutheran Church

409 Greenfield Street (at Ridgeland Avenue) Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and children’s chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m.

Childcare Available

Sunday Schedule Christian Education for All Ages 9:00am Worship Service 10:00am

Child care available 9-11am

fairoakspres.org OAK PARK MEETING OF FRIENDS (Quakers) Meeting For Worship Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Park Art League 720 Chicago Ave., Oak Park Please call 708-445-8201 www.oakparkfriends.org

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

Grace Lutheran School

Preschool - 8th Grade Bill Koehne, Principal 366-6900, graceriverforest.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod

Christ Lutheran Church

607 Harvard Street (at East Av.) Oak Park, Illinois Rev. Robert M. Niehus, Pastor Sunday Bible Class: 9:15 am Sunday School: 9:10 Sunday Worship Services: 8:00 and 10:30 am Church Office: 708/386-3306 www.christlutheranoakpark.org

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

Lutheran-Missouri Synod

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

808 S. East Ave. 708/848-2703 www.ascensionoakpark.com Worship: Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00, 11 am, 5:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 pm Saturday Taize Prayer 7:30 pm First Fridays Feb.– Dec. & Jan. 1

305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship 8:30am & 11:00am Adult Bible Class & Sunday School 10:00am Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org

188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m.

Parish Office: 708-848-4417 Religious Ed Phone: 708-848-7220

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 107TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

St. Giles Family Mass Community

We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue.

Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish.

Our Mass is family-friendly.

We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy.

Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8.

For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.

Traditional Catholic

The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass

Our Lady Immaculate Church 410 Washington Blvd Oak Park. 708-524-2408 Mass Times: Sat. 8:00am Sun. 7:30 & 10:00am Operated by Society of St. Pius X. Confessions 1 hr. before each mass

Third Unitarian Church 10AM Sunday Forum 11AM Service Rev. Colleen Vahey thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield, Chicago Committed to justice, not to a creed Upcoming Religious Holidays

To place a listing in the Religion Guide, call Mary Ellen: 708/613-3342

Jan 25 Conversion of St. Paul Christian 31 Tu BiShvat Jewish Feb 2 Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple Christian Imbolc - Lughnassad Wicca/ Pagan Saint Brighid of Kildare Celtic Christian 3 St. Blaze Day Christian Setsebun Sai Shinto 4 Four Chaplains Sunday Interfaith 8 Nirvana Day Buddhism 11 Cheesefare Sunday Orthodox Christian Transfiguration Sunday Christian

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If this is you, call the Daycare at 773-261-1433 or fax your Resume to 773-261-1434.

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If interested please contact Irena Rybka at (847) 815-6889 PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Parking Enforcement Officer in the Police Department Field Services Division. This position will perform a variety of duties and responsibilities involved in the enforcement of Village parking regulations; and to provide general information and assistance to the public.

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CLEANING Pam’s A+ Cleaning Service

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PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Teresa Santoyo, Petitioner and Jose Cortes, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-009797.

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before February 13, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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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 Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Original File Number: 986766100037 on December 30, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of ANDREW JOHNSTON with the business located at: 1114 ELGIN AVENUE APT. NO. 3, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: ANDREW JAMES JOHNSTON 1114 ELGIN AVE., NO. 3, FOREST PARK, IL 60130; SAMANTHA CONCETTA BELLINDER 1114 ELGIN AVE., NO. 3, FOREST PARK, IL 60130.

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Sealed separate bids will be received by the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97 (the “Board�) for the following project:

tained in the Bidding Documents for the project shall be submitted with the bid. Incomplete, late or non-conforming bids may not be accepted.

Sealed separate bids will be received by the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97 (the “Board�) for the following project:

celled or modified after the time for opening of bids without the Board’s consent for a period of ninety (90) days after the scheduled time of bid opening.

OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 97 HOLMES ELEMENTARY ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS 508 NORTH KENILWORTH AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 & 2018 LIFE SAFETY WORK VARIOUS LOCATIONS OAK PARK, IL 60302

No bids shall be withdrawn, canceled or modified after the time for opening of bids without the Board’s consent for a period of ninety (90) days after the scheduled time of bid opening.

OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 97 HOLMES ELEMENTARY ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS 508 NORTH KENILWORTH AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302

The Bidding Documents for the project (which include the bidding instructions for the project and other related documents) will be available Monday January 15th, 2018 and may be purchased from Springer Blueprint Services – 1640 S. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60643 – 773-238-6340. The Bidding Documents are available for viewing/ download online without cost or purchase at the Bulley & Andrews, LLC FTP Site, https://ftp.bulley. com, username: Holmes, password: bulley1891.

HOLMES/ 2018 LIFE SAFETY BID GROUP 2 – Demolition, Masonry, Misc. Metals, Millwork, Roofing, Doors/ Frames/ Hardware, Glazing, Drywall, Division 10, Foodservice Equipment, Window Treatments, Fire Suppression, Plumbing, Mechanical and Electric.

Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. prevailing time on Wednesday January 31, 2017 at the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Administrative offices, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302, and will be publicly opened and read at 2:15 p.m. prevailing time on that date. Bids shall be submitted in an opaque sealed envelope clearly marked: Oak Park Elementary School District 97 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302 Attention: Bulley & Andrews Project: HOLMES ELEMENTARY ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS & 2018 LIFE SAFETY WORK BIDÂ PACKAGE 2 Scope of work for Bid Package 2 generally includes, but is not limited to: Demolition, Masonry, Misc.

Metals, Millwork, Roofing, Doors/ Frames/ Hardware, Glazing, Drywall, Division 10, Foodservice Equipment, Window Treatments, Fire Suppression, Plumbing, Mechanical and Electric.

All bids must be submitted in accordance with the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project. Bid security in the form of a bid bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the base bid amount shall be submitted with the bid. Should a bid bond be submitted, the bond shall be payable to the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302. All documents and information required by the bidding instructions con-

The Bidding Documents for the project (which include the bidding instructions for the project and other related documents) will be available Monday January 15th, 2018 and may be purchased from Springer Blueprint Services – 1640 S. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60643 – 773-238-6340. The Bidding Documents are available for viewing/ download online without cost or purchase at the Bulley & Andrews, LLC FTP Site, https://ftp.bulley. com, username: Holmes, password: bulley1891.

The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or parts thereof, or waive any irregularities or informalities, and to make an award that in the Board’s sole opinion is in the best interest of the District.

The site will be available for visits by appointment to be coordinated with Bulley & Andrews, LLC. Interested parties may inspect the existing conditions. Schedule an appointment with Jason Stonchus of Bulley & Andrews in advance if you wish to visit the sites.

All bidders must comply with applicable Illinois Law requiring the payment of prevailing wages by all Contractors working on public works. If during the time period of work, the prevailing wage rates change, the contractor shall be responsible for additional costs without any change to the contract amount. All bidders must comply with the Illinois Statutory requirements regarding labor, including Equal Employment Opportunity Laws.

For additional information on the project, contact Jason Stonchus of Bulley & Andrews, LLC at jstonchus@bulley.com or 773-6452024.

Future Bid Package 3 – Flooring, Painting and Landscaping, is expected to be available on or around February 1st 2018: with a bid opening date of February 15th, 2018; Dated: 01/10/2018 Jason Stonchus Bulley & Andrews, LLC

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BID GROUP 1E – EXCAVATION & SITE UTILITIES Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. prevailing time on Wednesday January 31, 2017 at the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Administrative offices, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302, and will be publicly opened and read at 2:15 p.m. prevailing time on that date. Bids shall be submitted in an opaque sealed envelope clearly marked: Oak Park Elementary School District 97 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302 Attention: Bulley & Andrews Project: HOLMES ELEMENTARY ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS BID PACKAGE 1E Scope of work for Bid Package 1E generally includes, but is not limited to: Site utilities and excavation.

All bids must be submitted in accordance with the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project. Bid security in the form of a bid bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the base bid amount shall be submitted with the bid. Should a bid bond be submitted, the bond shall be payable to the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302. All documents and information required by the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project shall be submitted with the bid. Incomplete, late or non-conforming bids may not be accepted.

No bids shall be withdrawn, can-

The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or parts thereof, or waive any irregularities or informalities, and to make an award that in the Board’s sole opinion is in the best interest of the District.

The site will be available for visits by appointment to be coordinated with Bulley & Andrews, LLC. Interested parties may inspect the existing conditions. Schedule an appointment with Jason Stonchus of Bulley & Andrews in advance if you wish to visit the sites.

All bidders must comply with applicable Illinois Law requiring the payment of prevailing wages by all Contractors working on public works. If during the time period of work, the prevailing wage rates change, the contractor shall be responsible for additional costs without any change to the contract amount. All bidders must comply with the Illinois Statutory requirements regarding labor, including Equal Employment Opportunity Laws.

For additional information on the project, contact Jason Stonchus of Bulley & Andrews, LLC at jstonchus@bulley.com or 773-6452024.

Dated: 01/17/2018 Jason Stonchus Bulley & Andrews, LLC

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LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Rosalino Enriquez, Petitioner and Maria Beltran Roman Respondent, Case No. 2018D-000061.

LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Margarita Alcazar, Petitioner and Pedro Jesus Alcantara Respondent, Case No. 2017D-079720.

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

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before February 13, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before February 20, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615

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 of the Village of River Forest, County of Cook, State of Illinois, on Wednesday, February 8, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at the Community Room of the Municipal Complex, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois on the following matter: The Zoning Board of Appeals will consider a zoning variation application submitted by Maureen Huston, owner of the property at 631 Edgewood Place, who is proposing to construct a detached garage.

The applicant is requesting variations to Section 10-9-7 of the Zoning Code for the purpose of constructing a detached garage in the side yard adjacent to the house. The proposed garage will not conform to the requirements for side yard setback to the building wall, side yard setback to the roof eave, and the combined side yard setback.

The Zoning Code requires a side yard setback equal to 10% of the lot width or 5 feet, whichever is greater. The lot frontage is 95.79 feet wide, requiring a minimum side yard setback of 9.58 feet. The applicant proposes to construct the garage so that the corner of the garage nearest to the southwesterly property line will have a setback of only 3 feet.

The Zoning Code requires the roof eave to maintain a minimum 3’-0” side yard setback. The applicant proposes to construct the garage so that the corner of the roof eave of the garage nearest to the southwesterly property line will have a setback of only 2 feet.

The Zoning Code requires a minimum combined side yard setback equal to 25% of the lot width or 10 feet, whichever is greater. Based on the lot frontage of 95.79 feet, the combined side yard setback is required to be about 23.95 feet.

With an existing setback of 14.02 feet from the existing house to the northeasterly side property line plus the proposed 3 foot setback for the garage, the proposed combined side yard setback is only 17.02 feet.

The legal description of the property at 631 Edgewood Place is as follows: LOT 2 (EXCEPT THAT PART CONVEYED BY GEORGE L. THATCHER AND OTHERS TO ANNIE C. MILLER, SAID PART CONVEYED BEING THAT PART OF LOTS 2 AND 3 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING ON THE EAST LINE OF LOT 3, 13 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT;

THENCE WEST PARALLEL WITH THE SAID SOUTH LINE, 201.05 FEET TO THE ALLEY; THENCE NORTH PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT, 70 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT, TO THE WEST LINE OF THATCHER AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH, 70 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING) AND (EXCEPT THAT PART BEGINNING AT THE POINT OF INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH CORNER OF SAID LOT 2 AND THE WEST LINE OF LOT 3 IN BLOCK 1; THENCE NORTH ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT 3 EXTENDED TO A LINE 83 FEET NORTH OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT 3; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG A LINE 83 FEET NORTH OF AND PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 3 EXTENDED TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 2 AFORESAID; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ON SAID SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LOT 2 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; BEING ALL OF THAT PART OF SAID LOT 2 LYING SOUTH OF A LINE 83 FEET NORTH OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 3 EXTENDED) IN BLOCK 1 IN THATCHER’S RESUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 20 AND 21 AND PRIVATE STREET ADJOINING SAME IN THATCHER PARK LYING EASTERLY, SOUTHEASTERLY AND SOUTHERLY OF OAK AVENUE WITH THAT PART OF LOT 3 IN SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING EAST OF THE EAST LINE OF OAK AVENUE IN THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS; AND ALSO THE NORTHEASTERLY 1/2 OF THE VACATED ALLEY LYING NORTH OF A LINE 83 FEET NORTH OF AND PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 3 IN SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING EAST OF THE EAST LINE OF OAK AVENUE IN THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. All interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. A copy of the meeting agenda will be available to the public at the Village Hall.

Clifford Radatz Secretary Zoning Board of Appeals

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, February 7, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 02-18-Z: 838 Madison Street, Karla Linarez Karla Linarez, Applicant, is seeking a variation from Section 5.3 (Table 5-1: Commercial Districts Dimensional Standards) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, which section requires a buildto-zone of three (3’) to five (5’) feet along Madison Street, to allow construction of a mixed-use building featuring a zero (0’) foot setback along Madison Street located at the premises commonly known as 838 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois; Those property owners within 500 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing.

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

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

DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 24th Day of January, 2018 Published in Wednesday Journal 1/24/2018

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 208-REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL-TELEPHONE COMPANY SERVICES Riverside Brookfield High School District 208 is requesting proposals for a 3-year term for telephone company services. The bid specifications will be available on January 24, 2018 by emailing beraneks@ rbhs208.net Proposals are due by Wednesday February 7, 2018 at 10:00 am in the Business Office located at 160 Ridgewood Road, Riverside, IL 60546 Published in RB Landmark 1/24/2018

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

In re the marriage of Silvia Torres, Petitioner and Jose Mario Gonzalez De La Torre Respondent, Case No. 2017D-008390.

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before February 27, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING MEETING OF THE VILLAGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES February 12, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.

Regular Meeting The Village of Brookfield’s Board of Trustees will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 12, 2018 in Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Illinois for the purpose of considering and hearing the proposed draft of the Village of Brookfield’s Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan outlines development and redevelopment goals and strategies for the Village’s next ten to twenty years.

The Plan may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall and on the Village’s website.

Comments, if any, should be provided in writing prior to the date of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, c/o Emily Egan, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, or in person during the public hearing. Please reference Comprehensive Plan.

Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access may be granted through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall.

By the Order of Kit Ketchmark, Village President.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, vs.

ANTHONY PUGLIESE; ANTHONY EDWARDS, JR., AS TRUSTEE AND NOT PERSONALLY UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 3RD DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2004, KNOWN AS TRUST 637 S. HUMPHREY, OAK PARK IL, 603041714; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 16 CH 6141 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, February 16, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-17-114-027-0000.

Commonly known as 637 South Humphrey Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-037757 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3072654

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-21664.

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.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-13-21664 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 014770 TJSC#: 38-4 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE OF STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A Plaintiff, -v.JOHNNIE WATSON, LAQUILLA HARDMAN, JOHNNIE NELSON WATSON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS– DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 16 CH 014770 1218 N. AUSTIN BLVD. 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 April 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 6, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1218 N. AUSTIN BLVD., OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-127-0300000.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.AUSTIN L. DEWALT, BOULEVARD POINTE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2017 CH 09914 127 WASHINGTON BLVD #2 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 October 20, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 28, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 127 WASHINGTON BLVD #2, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-321-0341011.

The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-09349.

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.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-09349 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2017 CH 09914 TJSC#: 37-9825 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.

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Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 16-031157 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3073073

of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 30, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 6, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1401 WEST WILLIAM STREET, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305 Property Index No. 15-01-209-0120000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $942,568.81.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 601294948.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

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.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 601294948 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 17 CH 02177 TJSC#: 37-10882 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.

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of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-01730.

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.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-01730

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 002798 TJSC#: 37-11074 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.

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section (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier’s or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Ms. Edyta Kania at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Di Monte & Lizak, 216 West Higgins Road, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068-5736. (847) 698-9600.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3073947

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

SHEILA CONNER; STEVEN CONNER; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY; THE STATE OF ILLINOIS; CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Defendants, 16 CH 15506 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-08-311-001-0000.

Commonly known as 200 South Humphrey Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, NA; Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BARBARA J. BASSETT, AKA BARBARA BASSETT, DECEASED; CHARLES L. BASSETT; JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR BARBARA J. BASSETT AKA BARBARA BASSETT, DECEASED; Defendants, 16 CH 4712 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, March 2, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-18-419-006-0000.

Commonly known as 1114 South Scoville Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 16-016885 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3074186 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE BSSP TRUST 2007-EMX1, MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2007-EMX1 Plaintiff, -v.JOHN F. EDWARDS III, KIMBERLY A. EDWARDS, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, STATE OF ILLINOIS-DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES vLC Defendants 17 CH 02177 1401 WEST WILLIAM STREET RIVER FOREST, IL 60305 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.MARIA C. RIVERA Defendants 17 CH 002798 1024 S. RIDGELAND AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 7, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 9, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1024 S. RIDGELAND AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-308-0110000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION ABC BANK F/K/A AUSTIN BANK OF CHICAGO; Plaintiff, vs.

CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR FOR COSMOPOLITAN BANK AND TRUST, NOT PERSONALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 11TH DAY OF MAY, 2000, KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 7444; VILLAGE OF RIVER FOREST; GEORGE CHIARELLI; DETAIL WERKS, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 11363 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, February 26, 2018, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-01-304-004-0000.

Commonly known as 1123 Franklin Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305.

The mortgaged real estate is a two story single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by sub-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-1 Plaintiff, -v.ELIZABETH L. PURNELL, KENNETH PURNELL JR. A/K/A KENNETH PURNELL, STATE OF ILLINOIS, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 14 CH 000292 110 S. HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 2, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 22, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL,

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60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 110 S. HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-305-0030000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-22714.

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.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-13-22714 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 000292 TJSC#: 38-554 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.

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close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 12107.

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) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 12107 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 12 CH 42453 TJSC#: 37-10613 I3071938

-v.JOEL A. WILLIAMS, STATE OF ILLINOIS-DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VERA J. WILLIAMS, LORITTA WILLIAMS, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR VERA J. WILLIAMS (DECEASED), SFVG, INC., ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, PATRICE L. WILLIAMSWOODRUFF Defendants 17 CH 000970 52 50TH AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 15, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 20, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 52 50TH AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-08-102-0250000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-00743.

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.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-00743 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 000970 TJSC#: 37-10513 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE CO. Plaintiff, -v.KELVYN BROWN, PAULINE BROWN Defendants 17 CH 004524

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03946.

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.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03946 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 004524 TJSC#: 37-10549 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, vs.

ADAM MARCOLINI; STEPHANIE MARCOLINI, AKA STEPHANIE FLICKER Defendants, 17 CH 3791 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-22-418-013-0000.

Commonly known as 2901 SOUTH 11TH AVENUE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-009457 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3072529 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, LP Plaintiff, -v.BYRAN STEWART A/K/A BYRAN J STEWART, FIRST SUBURBAN NATIONAL BANK Defendants 12 CH 42453 200 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 16, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 20, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 200 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-304-0150000.

The real estate is improved with a one and a half story single family home with a detached garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff,

3806 WARREN AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 15, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 20, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3806 WARREN AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-320-1100000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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.

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Wednesday Journal, January 24, 2018

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Huskies hold off Hinsdale Central Fuller and frontline of Ross, Roberts and Hoehne power OPRF victory

By MELVIN TATE

should come in and give up that big of a lead in a short period of time.”

The 26-6 closing run by Hinsdale Entering Saturday’s West Sub- Central marred what was otherwise urban Conference Silver Division a largely dominant performance by the Huskies (14-4, 5-0 matchup at Hinsdale West Suburban Silver).

Central, the Oak Park OPRF never trailed and River Forest High and held the Red Devils School boys basketball scoreless for almost the team intended to shake first six minutes of the off recent losses to game while building up Notre Dame and Wheaa 13-0 lead. OPRF led 20ton-Warrenville South.

10 after the first quarter.

For the first three “We’ve got to keep quarters, the Huskies pressure up in all four looked like the team that quarters,” OPRF senior started the season with forward Malachi Ross nine consecutive victosaid. “When our subs ries, forcing numerous CHARLIE HOEHNE come in, they’ve got to turnovers and establishOPRF junior come with waves of ening total domination ergy like the starters. on the glass. However, We can’t ever let our foot the fourth quarter left off of the gas pedal.”

OPRF coach Matt MaloThe Red Devils (4-13, ney a bit frustrated.

2-4) pulled within 26-23 “I thought up until the last five minutes, we played tremendous bas- with about 3 1/2 minutes left in the ketball,” Maloney said after the Hus- first half, but OPRF went on a 13-1 kies’ 65-57 win. “When we took our run to take a 39-24 lead into halftime. top seven guys out, we were up 28 Impressive inside play by Ross and points. There’s no way (the reserves) junior forwards Charlie Hoehne and Contributing Reporter“

“We came out ready to play, but we’ve got to close out a little better.”

Anthony Roberts fueled the Huskies’ spurt.

Maloney praised the work of OPRF’s frontline players.

“That’s the best Malachi has played all year,” said Maloney of Ross, who had 12 points and nine rebounds. “Malachi is a high-energy guy on the glass who finishes around the basket and gives us extra possessions. That’s what we need from him if we’re going to be dangerous the second half of the year.

“Anthony’s coming along nicely,” Maloney added. “I thought Charlie had his best game in a while. It was good to see him rebounding and shooting the ball well.”

Ross, Roberts (8 points, 5 rebounds), and Hoehne (8 points, 11 rebounds) led the way to a 34-18 rebounding edge for the Huskies.

“We’ve got big bodies and we know how to use them,” Hoehne said. “We came out ready to play, but we’ve got to close out a little better.”

OPRF senior guard Isaiah Fuller scored a game-high 15 points. Teammates Dashon Enoch added nine points and Chase Robinson had eight points.

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OPRF senior forward Malachi Ross had 12 points and nine rebounds against Hinsdale Central.

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Fenwick falls to Morgan Park in Glenbard hoops shootout Rematch between 2017 Class 3A finalists at When Sides Collide Shootout

given that OPRF was missing two starters to injury — Amaya Coleman and Darse Sanchez.

“This was a really nice win for us,” OPRF coach JP Coughlin said. “With Darse out, that’s 19 points per game we have to replace. A bunch of kids stepped up today. Joi [Holman] was fantastic on both ends for us.”

Ahsha Spencer led the Huskies with 19 points and Holman scored 11.

OPRF is on the road next weekend with games Friday, Jan. 26 at Proviso West (6 p.m.) and Saturday, Jan. 27 at Lyons Township (6:30 p.m.).

By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

In a rematch of last year’s Class 3A state finalists, Morgan Park defeated Fenwick, 76-67, at Glenbard East in the When Sides Collide Shootout on Jan. 20.

The Mustangs previously outlasted the Friars 69-67 in overtime in the 3A 2017 state championship game.

On Saturday, nationally-ranked sophomores Adam Miller (Morgan Park) and DJ Steward (Fenwick) put on a show for the fans. Miller made nine straight 3-pointers en route to a game-high 32 points, while Steward recorded a doubledouble of 20 points and 10 rebounds.

Leading 55-54 at the start of the fourth quarter, Morgan Park went on a 9-0 run to establish some distance from Fenwick. The teams essentially traded baskets the rest of the way.

Fenwick guard Damari Nixon scored nine points and junior swingman Billy Bruce chipped in eight. Forward Lucas Kolovitz, filling in for injured senior Michael O’Laughlin contributed eight points and 11 rebounds, for the Friars.

The Friars earned a split over the weekend with a 60-52 victory in overtime at St. Rita. Steward scored 24 points

Fenwick girls basketball Senior forward McKenzie Blaze scored a game-high 24 points in a 51-42 loss against visiting Montini. The Friars host Homewood-Flossmoor on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 2:30 p.m.

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Fenwick sophomore DJ Steward scored 44 points in two high profile games over the weekend. and Damari Nixon also reached double figures with 12.

Fenwick (14-6) faces host DePaul Prep on Friday, Jan. 26 in Chicago. Tipoff is 7 p.m.

OPRF girls basketball The short-handed Huskies defeated host Hinsdale Central 59-46 on Saturday. The win was particularly impressive

Fenwick wrestling The Friars finished seventh out of 16 teams with a score of 71 at the Chicago Catholic League Championships.

Montini won the title with 344.5 points, with Mount Carmel second (265.5) and Marmion third (204).

Fenwick sophomore Jacob Kaminski (20-2) advanced to the 195-pound title bout, losing to Montini’s Pete Christensen via a fall at the 3:34 mark of the match.

Friars’ Adam Zuber and Aidan Flaherty finished fourth in the 132- and 182-pound classes, respectively.

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WRESTLING Crunch time from page 52 points, easily out-distancing themselves from second-place Dekalb, which had 170.5 points.

At the Cheesehead Invitational in Kaukauna, Wisconsin on Jan. 5 and 6, Rundell won his weight class again as OPRF finished second out of 32 teams. The only team ahead was Montini, currently ranked No. 1 in most state wrestling polls (OPRF is No. 2).

And on Saturday at OPRF, the Huskies once again turned in a very solid performance in their own invitational, winning with 209 points. Christian Brothers, a St. Louis-area school, finished second with 166.5 points and Minooka was third with 145.5 points.

OPRF had two individual winners, Rundell at 106 pounds and Ashford Hollis at 285 pounds. Rundell defeated Christian Olsen of Crystal Lake South via technical fall, handing Olsen his first loss of the season (he entered the final with a 35-0 record).

Hollis defeated Artese Gregory of Plainfield East via pinfall at the 1:00 mark.

For Hollis, the win served as a testament to the hard work he has put in this season.

“I thought it went pretty well today,” said Hollis, a junior who is also an All-Wednesday Journal defensive lineman in football. “The season started a bit rocky for me as I wasn’t conditioned coming from football. But the last few weeks I’ve gotten better.”

The Huskies also had eight wrestlers that placed second in their weight classes - Ogunsanya at 113, junior Eddie Bolivar at 132, junior Torry Early at 138, senior Eddie Ordonez at 145, sophomore Joe Chapman at 152, sophomore Danny Lingen at 160, sophomore Daemyen Middlebrooks at 170, and junior Brian Ziech at 195.

Ziech, who transferred to OPRF from Fenwick, was pleased with his performance. Yet he also knows he has work to do, given that he missed much of the regular season with an injury.

“It was okay,” he said. “I have a lot of room for improvement and I’ve got a long way to go. I spent half the season recovering from knee surgery and made my debut about four weeks ago. Coming back to face such worthy opponents humbles me.”

Ziech also appreciates the family environment of the OPRF program, which has helped him deal with the transition from a

Photos by Jamil Smart

(Below left)106-pounder Jake Rundell is a top contender to win an individual state title for OPRF. (Left) Junior Ashford Hollis excels in wrestling and football. (Above) Eddie Ordonez placed second at 145 pounds in the Huskie Invite.

Hollis said. “This is my junior year so I still have time, but I would like to advance to state this year and place.”

Ziech has high hopes as well.

“My goals are to try to make it Downstate and maybe place if I’m fortunate,” he said.

“Then continue to lift weights after the season and improve between my junior and senior years. I want to become a better wrestler and a better person.” private to a public school. Although he considers his former teammates at Fenwick good friends, he is enjoying the new friendships he is making with the Huskies.

“It’s been a difficult transition (from Fenwick),” he admitted. “But the wrestlers here have helped me develop even further as a person.

There’s a bit more camaraderie here because all the guys are from the area.”

Other top finishers at Saturday’s meet included junior Jake Cagnina in fifth place at 182 pounds, freshman Connor Nagela in fourth place at 106, senior Kedrick Bryant in sixth place at 152, sophomore Ronnie Massari in sixth place at 160, senior Ibrahim Mohkatar in sixth place at 170, senior David Smith in sixth place at 182, and junior Jaylen Pascascio in sixth place at 220.

In addition to the team’s success, the Huskies have received a few very good individual seasons. Ogunsanya leads the team with 31 individual wins; his record is 31-4. Rundell has a 30-2 mark; Eddie Bolivar 30-6; Chapman 29-7; Ordonez 28-10; and Middlebrooks 27-7. Also, sophomores Nico Bolivar, Early, Hollis, and seniors Elijah Osit and Jack Fisher each have posted at least 20 wins.

“As a team, we hope to go all the way,”

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OPRF primed for postseason Perennial state title contenders in wrestling cruise to home invite win in finale

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ith four team state titles - 2009, then a three-peat from 2014 through 2016 - along with several individual state champions, the Oak Park and River Forest High School wrestling team has been the school’s best athletic program during the last

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OPRF wrestler Eddie Bolivar has a 30-6 record this season. He finished in second place at 132 pounds during the Huskie Invite on Saturday, Jan. 20.

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decade.

Last year, the Huskies were considered the Class 4A favorites as they went for their fourth consecutive state title.

However, OPRF was upset by Montini in a classic state quarterfinal match that went down to the wire. Yet despite losing good wrestlers to graduation, including two-time state champion Jason Renteria, the Huskies entered this season with the usual high expectations.

As OPRF gets ready to embark on another postseason run, the team has enjoyed another successful regular season. The Huskies went 23-2 in dual meets and will likely be a major contender once again in the 4A dual-team tournament in late February.

OPRF also has fared well in tournaments. During the Rex Whitlach Invitational at Hinsdale Central on Dec. 15 and 16, sophomores Jake Rundell (106 pounds) and Josh Ogunsanya (120 pounds) won their weight classes as the Huskies finished in first place out of 24 teams with 266.5 See WRESTLING on page 51

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