Wednesday Journal, August 28, 2019

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August 28, 2019 Vol. 40, No. 4 ONE DOLLAR @oakpark @wednesdayjournal

JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest

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OPRF reboots frosh studies

Plan designed to open up access to honors, AP courses for students of color

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

On Friday, Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 officials announced a major curriculum change designed to address a historic problem at the high school — for years, the majority of students in freshmen honors courses have been white while college prep courses have contained a disproportionate amount of black and brown students.

In a statement, D200 officials said that starting in the 2021-22 school year, freshmen will no longer be separated into college preparatory and honors course levels; instead, they will all be “be given the chance to earn honors credit through one, high-level, rigorous curriculum” in English, science, history and world language.

During an interview on Friday, Greg Johnson, D200’s associate superintendent, said that once the single curriculum is See OPRF on page 15

SHANEL ROMAIN/Contributor

SOUNDING ALARM: Harvard Professor Cornel West speaks out against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies during a gathering at Unity Temple in Oak Park on Saturday. West was invited by the Leaders Network, a faith-based social justice organization comprising pastors from Chicago’s West Side, Oak Park and River Forest.

Standing in solidarity with West Side clergy Cornel West speaks in Oak Park on 400th anniversary of the slave trade

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

On Aug. 24, roughly 150 people gathered in Oak Park’s historic Unity Temple — the Unitarian Universalist church that worships in the century-old World Heritage

Site designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright — to commemorate a historic milestone.

Four hundred years ago, “about the latter end of August,” according to the early English settler John Rolfe, a Dutch ship carrying “20 and odd Negroes” arrived in the

colony of Jamestown — the first documentation of the arrival of Africans to what would become the state of Virginia.

For Harvard philosopher Cornel West, the ministers of the Leaders Network (the See CORNEL WEST on page 16

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PAST IS PROLOGUE: Community members march in a Maywood Bataan Day parade held in the 1950s.

77th Annual Maywood Bataan Day set for Sept. 8

On Sunday, Sept. 8, from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., at Veterans Memorial Park in Maywood, one of the longest-running World War II memorial events in the country will take place — the 77th Annual Maywood Bataan Day. “Today, no survivors are alive from the more than 100 young Maywood men of the 33rd Tank Company which was Federalized and sent to fight in the Philippines even before World War II began,” according to a statement released earlier this month the Maywood Bataan Day Organization.

“Yet their memory lives on in this moving community tribute to their sacrifice in the face of harrowing battles, surrender, and harrowing imprisonment after the Fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942. The citizens of Maywood were feeling helpless in the face of terrible events on the other

side of the earth. But they were not passive; they decided to do something about it.

“They quickly arranged an astounding show of support. On September 11, 1942, an estimated 30,000 people lined 5th Avenue in this suburb to watch hundreds of children march in support of the war effort. Later, a larger parade would step off – this second parade lasted 3 hours and involved literally thousands of participants. Bands, floats, celebrities, and politicians all marched to show their support for Maywood – and for all the small towns, that had placed their loved ones in harm’s way to fight for freedom.”

There’s more to the story. Experience it on Sept. 8.

Veterans Memorial Park is at First Avenue and Oak Street in Maywood.

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Corkless Wine connoisseurs sample vino and the various climate zones at the Oak Park Conservatory’s Uncorked night on Aug. 23.

Michael Romain

The menu not only includes coffee but a variety of specialty elixirs, sandwiches, salads and snacks.

Tim Inklebarger

Remembering Val

Fairgrounds Coffee almost ready

Oak Park’s newest coffee shop is almost open for business, according to a spokesperson for Fairgrounds Coffee.

The new shop, located at the corner of Lake Street and North Euclid Avenue in the District House condominium building, is set to open this fall.

The 2,462-square-foot shop seats 58 and will be Fairgrounds’ sixth location — fourth in the Chicago area.

The Oak Park Area Arts Council is holding a ribbon cutting for the Val Camilletti Memorial Mural on Saturday, Aug. 31 at 11 a.m.

The mural, which is located on the Union Pacific retaining wall near the intersection of South Boulevard and South Oak Park Avenue, is in honor of Camilletti, who owned Val’s halla Records for several decades across the street from the mural.

The mural was painted by Oak Park artist Joe Abboreno as part of the Art Council’s annual Mini-Mural Project. Learn more about the project at http://oakparkareaartscouncil.org.

Tim Inklebarger

Sugar Beet offers Link Up

Sugar Beet Food Co-op, 812 Madison St., has received a grant allowing the store to participate in Link Up Illinois, a program that gives LINK card shoppers double the buying power when purchasing produce.

“We’re very excited to be partnering with Link Up Illinois to bring more value to our LINK customers at the Sugar Beet,” said Chris Roland, general manager of the Sugar Beet Food Co-op. “This program will make the coop even more accessible, while increasing our support to local farmers, and spreading health through organic and sustainable produce.”

The match program is in addition to Sugar Beet’s Food For All program, which offers participants a 10 percent discount on all purchases Those participating in the Link Up program can earn up to $25 a day, in a dollar-for-dollar match, when they purchase food at Sugar Beet. More information about Link Up is available at experimentalstation.org/linkupoverview.

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BIG WEEK Medicare Seminar

Seminar for First-time Homebuyers Tuesday, Aug. 27, 6 p.m., Oak Park Village Hall: Learn steps in the home-buying process and financing options, including how to secure a mortgage when purchasing a first home. Made possible in partnership with the HUD-certified counseling agency West Cook Homeownership Center. Held the fourth Tuesday of each month. Questions: 708-771-5801, info@westcookhomeownership.org. 123 Madison St.

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Thursday, Aug. 29, 5 to 6 p.m., Community Engagement Space, Main Library: Learn what Medicare covers and what it doesn’t, as well as potential out-of-pocket exposure. Plus, get information about Medicare Supplements, Medicare Advantage Plans, Part D Prescription Coverage, and cost saving strategies for the year ahead. Presented by Ivan Morgan from Premier Medicare Benefits. Register: oppl.org/calendar. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Thursday, Aug. 29, 6:30 to 8:45 p.m., Maze Library: Hear original monologues from the Theatre Department professor of Columbia College Chicago and author of two novellas, Mademoiselle Guignol and Afterbirth. Open mic for all creative types follows. More: oppl.org/calendar. 845 Gunderson Ave., Oak Park.

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Toni Morrison: A Tribute Thursday, Aug. 29, 7 to 9 p.m., L!VE Café: Reflect on the work of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison.

Morrison died earlier this month at the age of 88. In partnership with Oak Park Public Library. 163 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park.

Thursday, Aug. 29, 8 to 9 p.m., Fox Park: Join NASA/JPL Solar System Ambassador Mark Benson for a night of telescope viewing and a discussion of current and upcoming NASA missions and discoveries.

Bring a telescope if you can. Weather permitting. Meets the last Thursday each month. Up next, Sept. 26 at Taylor Park, 7 to 8 p.m. More: pdop.org/events. 624 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park.

Labor Sing-along with Mark Dvorak Sunday, Sept. 1, 11 a.m. service, Third Unitarian Church: Join a modern-day troubadour as he sings and tells stories while playing guitar or banjo, all with a labor theme. 301 N. Mayfield, Chicago. More: 773-626-9385, thirdunitarianchurch.org.

‘Seducing and Killing Nazis’ Tuesday, Sept. 3, 7 p.m., Scoville Room, Main Library: Dutch author Sophie Poldermans, a women’s rights advocate, specializes on women and war and human rights-related issues from a legal, historiSOPHIE POLDERMANS cal and sociological perspective. Hear stories from her book, written about women she personally followed. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.

Mutt Strut Register now. Saturday, Sept. 7, 9 a.m., Maple Park: All two- and four-legged walkers and runners can do their part to support the Animal Care League. After strutting a 5K around Oak Park, enjoy vegan food, canine massages and agility course, giveaways and more. $40, adult; $25, ages 6 to 12; free, dogs and ages 5 and under. Virtual participants also welcome. Register: muttstrut5k.itsyourrace. com/register/. 1105 S. Maple Ave., Oak Park.

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ Thursday through Saturday, 8 p.m., through Aug. 31, Austin Gardens: See the Shakespeare classic set in post WWII. $35; $28, seniors; $15, students; free, children under 12 and dogs. Tickets/more: oakparkfestival.com, 708-3009396. 167 Forest Ave., Oak Park.

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ART BEAT

You’re Invited to Willard School’s 90th Celebration

A writer takes up residence

By MICHELLE DYBAL Contributing Reporter

For Laura Young, who just published her first novel, writing is a disciplined practice.

She teaches American Lit to high school juniors in the morning, then researches, writes and edits from late morning to 2 p.m. each day. And now, as the new Writer in Residence at the Hemingway Foundation, she has a dedicated space to work on her craft — the attic writing space in the Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Home in Oak Park.

Young, who has taught at Oak Park and River Forest High School since 2006, jobshares with another English teacher. At 3 p.m. daily, the mother of two elementaryschool-age daughters, picks her children up from school.

Her writing time is her own, however, with a place to focus and be productive since the designation was announced last May. “It gives me a quiet space to work with no interruptions,” she said. “Like Virginia Woolf said, ‘A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.’”

Young’s first novel, The Ways, was published this month as an eBook and paperback.

It took three years. She is writing her second novel, The Butcher, during her time at the Hemingway Home. Young describes her novels as “speculative feminist fiction.”

“It’s an imagined future, rooted in reality where everything exists in some way, but it’s the worst-case scenario,” said Young, who lives in Oak Park. “And there are feminist themes — reproductive rights, other rights that affect women.”

While the dystopian world Young paints in her fiction includes women relinquishing their children at age 5, as in The Ways, or sanctioned torture in her latest work, Young said she is nothing like the tone of these writings in her real life and people who know her are often surprised when they find out what she pens.

In addition to her three-year tenure with the Hemingway Foundation, Young has also weighed in on programming, suggesting a “one book, one village” read of The Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories

by Ernest Hemingway, along with lectures to discuss the stories and topics “that surround Hemingway, such as toxic masculinity, PTSD, gender, and race,” she said.

The Hemingway Foundation is calling the series for 2019-20, “A Moveable Read: Hemingway in the 21st Century.” It will feature “guest speakers discussing specific

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short stories and interrelated topics of toattend a day,” according to Executive Director Keith Strom. “A craft talk will take place at 2019-20 the end Kindergarten of each discussion.”

Night Interacting with others is also part ofInformation being the Hemingway Foundation Writer in Residence. When tours come through the Birthplace Home, guests are curious about Young’s writing, which she gladly talks about with them.

While Young finds OPRF6:30 a greatp.m. place toWelcome and Registration work, her interactions with teens doesn’t 7:00 p.m. Presentation end there. Her post as Writer in Residence Lincoln School Auditorium will also include a teen-focused assignment 511 Park Ave. River Forest — acting as a mentor to the student who Willard Auditorium writes the winning essay in the Hemingway 1250 School Ashland Ave. River Forest Foundation’s scholarship writing contest Forest families residing North of Chicago Avenue should attend the program at Willard, and River Forest families living South of for incoming seniors at(River Oak Park and RiverChicago Ave should attend the program at Lincoln)

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A ROOM OF HER OWN: Laura Young is the new Writer In Residence at the Ernest Hemingway Foundation. Her term runs through 2021.

Forest High School. In past summers, she has also led college essay writing intensives at the Oak Park Public Library.

Young has written and published her own creative nonfiction essays on the topic of motherhood and depression.

“I suffered from chronic depression my whole life and then from post-partum depression,” Young said. “It’s part of who I am, but I didn’t have a name for it. When I figured it out, writing was a way to deal with how I was feeling.”

“I write to help others and normalize it,” she added. “It can happen to anyone at any time. I made a point to talk about it. We learn empathy when we hear the stories of others.”

Laura Young’s first novel, “The Ways,” is available through Amazon. The Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum is located at 339 N. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park. More: hemingwaybirthplace.com.

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OPRF makes the leap

itting around the table in the superintendent’s office last Friday at Oak Park and River Forest High School, Karin Sullivan, the communications person, was the veteran.

She’s been at the school since the days of Supt. Steven Isoye and is starting her eighth year.

At the head of the table was Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams.

She is just beginning her fourth year as superintendent. And she has hired everyone else who was gathered last week to explain the school’s bold decision to end the academic tracking of incoming freshman starting in the fall of 2021.

There was Greg Johnson, associate superintendent, who oversees curriculum but has also taken on some of the duties previously assigned to the principal’s post. OPRF eliminated that position this year. Laurie Fiorenza is now director of student learning. And also brand new is LeVar Ammons filling the newly created post as director of equity and student success.

That’s a lot of new. And it is a lot of focus on, at long last, taking substantive steps to smash through the baked-in institutional racism that has guaranteed there would be an academic gap, a discipline gap, a connectedness gap for students and families of color at this high school.

Pruitt-Adams on Friday repeatedly came back to her preferred language to describe the divide as an access and opportunity gap.

OK. It’s an access and opportunity gap.

The conversation Friday was direct in acknowledging that the “restructuring” of freshman year — there’s a little hesitance in calling it detracking “though it borrows from the detracking research” — is a full-frontal attack on the school’s historic failings. But then there is also a little defiant pride in pointing to current efforts on equity, in talking up headway teachers are already making in individu-

alizing instruction, in what the jargon calls “culturally responsive teaching.”

And it is true that while detracking is the single, most direct and foundational assault on the access and opportunity gap, this school has been consciously laying bricks on a hard path to this consequential moment.

That we now directly and openly speak about the intrinsic racism that afflicts this school — and, yes, every other school and institution in this country — that the entire focus is on change, no longer if change is necessary but how fast we can go, is a testament to the new leadership of this school, the leadership of the school board(s) in setting this situation up over what is now multiple terms, the voters of Oak Park and River Forest who have, fully consciously or not, elected leaders pretty much singularly focused on equity with, finally, a responsible approach to fiscal concerns.

The enormity of the change that detracking freshman represents is made plain by the two year ramp-up the school is building in. There is more work to be done in professional development for teachers to make sure the combined college prep and honors curriculum for current seventh-graders as they arrive at OPRF in 2021 is, in fact, rigorous enough. There is work to do with those seventh-graders and their families to explain the opportunities and the expectations that “earning honors” represents.

Teachers and the school can change notably — supports can be structured for kids on the cusp and for top learners, too. Ultimately, though, we need to build a culture of aspiration and possibility where students previously pre-judged by test scores and other evaluation methods walk through those doors on Scoville and feel that they will determine their future and not be held back by a system built to squash their future.

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Alternative proposal floated for Frank Lloyd Wright center

Demolition opponents to attend Historic Preservation Commission meeting

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Opposition is organizing against a proposal by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust to demolish two historic buildings to make room for a new visitor and education center on land adjacent to the Frank Lloyd Wright home and studio – and now an alternative proposal has emerged.

An Oak Park architect, who has renovated three Frank Lloyd Wright homes – one of which he lives in – has joined with a group of preservationists and is suggesting a new proposal that would preclude the demolition of a historic residence at 925 Chicago Ave. and some of the alterations proposed for another historic building at 931 Chicago Ave. Paul Harding, of Harding Partners Architects, and others were expected to attend a meeting of the Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission on Tuesday, Aug. 27, shortly after press time for Wednesday Journal’s print publication.

It was to be the second time the commission heard testimony on the proposal. The commission, which only provides a recommendation to the Oak Park Board of Trustees, appeared poised to reject the proposal at its July 11 meeting.

Harding said in a telephone interview it is not a “binary choice” of either demolishing and altering the buildings versus not constructing a visitor center.

His alternative proposal would place the center further back from Chicago Avenue, behind the residential buildings in question. The alternative visitor center would have a smaller footprint – about 9,000 square feet for the existing proposal and roughly 7,600 square feet for the alternative proposal – than the one proposed by the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust.

Harding said he opposes the proposal to demolish the home at 925 Chicago – one of the oldest structures in the village – and remove some additions to the 931 Chicago building – once lived in by Wright’s mother Anna Lloyd Wright – also because of the precedent such demolitions would set for other proposed demolitions in historic districts in Oak Park.

“It blows apart the Oak Park Historic Preservation Ordinance,” he said, noting that such demolitions are typically only approved if the building is in disrepair or imposes a financial burden on the owner. “It’s such a terrible precedent, and other people will use that precedent.”

He said allowing one entity to demolish and alter homes in the historic district and not others would result in lawsuits against the village.

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VISITOR CENTER RE-ENVISIONED: Opponents of a plan to raze a historic residential building and modify another to make way for a proposed Frank Lloyd Wright visitor and education center have put forth an alternative proposal.

The Frank Lloyd Wright Trust released a statement in response to the alternative proposal, calling it unacceptable.

“The proposal distributed to the porches of neighborhood homes by a local architect was unsolicited and unauthorized,” the trust noted. “From the outset, the trust worked with a selected group of some of the most highly respected architects in Chicago, who were given critical information about the project’s goal and operational requirements.

“This proposal does not address the myriad of our considerations and proper context and does not provide an acceptable alternative to our carefully considered plan.”

Harding said he and a group of architects and concerned interests met with officials at the Frank Lloyd Wright Trust and presented Harding’s alternative proposal, but it is uncertain whether the plan gained any traction.

In a letter sent to neighbors of the home and studio, Harding argues that the legacy of the site where the homes in question and Wright’s studio now stand would be altered to the extent that it would “create a false history that never

existed in Wright’s time.”

Harding is encouraging stakeholders to turn out for the upcoming Historic Preservation Commission. Meanwhile, the local political group VOICE of Oak Park also is calling on its members to show up to the meeting to oppose the trust’s plan.

“Oak Park’s Historic Preservation Commission has denied past applications to demolish contributing properties,” VOICE’s Josh Klayman wrote in a Facebook post. “It has no grounds for making an exception for 925 Chicago Avenue— an exception that would open the door to other such demolitions and make a mockery of a Historic Preservation Ordinance that has served the village well since 1972.”

Klayman said in a telephone interview that many of the VOICE members are unhappy with the design proposed by the trust, but the bigger issue is the precedent set by the teardown.

“If the Frank Lloyd Wright people can say, “We need that space to build one of these because it would be good for us,” what precedent does that set?” Klayman asked. tim@oakpark.com

Home Avenue bridge closed for September

Village to repair pedestrian path over the Ike

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Those who use the Home Avenue pedestrian bridge over the Eisenhower Expressway will have to find another route for the month of September.

The village of Oak Park will be repairing sections of the structure, including replacing and patching sections of the bridge and

deck, according to a village press release.

The pathway, which was built in 1957, has been largely unchanged since its construction, aside from occasional patching and repairs.

The village approved spending $136,000 to repair the bridges along Home, East and Lombard avenues. The expenditure was approved after concrete broke off from one of the overpasses and onto oncoming traffic along the Eisenhower Expressway.

Part of the project entails installing wood paneling under the bridge to catch falling debris.

In April, the Oak Park Board of Trustees also approved spending $515,000 to repair pavement on the bridge decks.

“The Home Avenue pedestrian bridge has been on the village’s infrastructure to-do list for some time,” Public Works Director John Wielebnicki said in the press release.

“But it is a complex project that requires approval from a number of jurisdictions in the Ike ditch below.

“Not only does the bridge cross the expressway, which is the jurisdiction of the Illinois Department of Transportation, it also spans the CTA Blue Line and the CSX

Railroad tracks. Each of these organizations had a say in the scope and timing of the project,” Wielebnicki added.

The village has designated Oak Park Avenue the safest nearby detour for pedestrians and bicyclists while the Home Avenue bridge is closed.

The village plans to release updates on the project to Elementary School District 97 administrators.

More information is available at 708-3585700 or by email at publicworks@oak-park. us. tim@oakpark.com

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Oak Park’s initial 2020 budget outlook bleak Holding the line on tax increase could be ‘daunting’ task

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The Oak Park Board of Trustees kicked off its deliberations on the fiscal year 2020 budget, and the future looks tight.

Department heads gave trustees an overview of their obligations and operational priorities for the year, but wish-list items are likely to come at a minimum this year, according to trustees.

Oak Park faces a number of challenges with the 2020 budget that were covered last year by using $1.4 million in cash reserves from the municipality’s general operating fund.

That draw on budget reserves and other spending cuts enabled the village to hold the village’s property tax levy increase at 3 percent last year, but trustees are unlikely to take money from the reserve fund again this year.

That means the total levy of about $33 million in fiscal year 2019 could increase substantially in 2020.

let your voice be heard

Trustee Dan Moroney noted that union contracts resulted in a $1.3 million increase for salaries in the police and fire departments, and a proposed $400,000 pension contribution for police and fire would push that to $1.7 million for the departments.

“That would be a 5 percent [levy] increase with just those two numbers,” he said, calling the task of holding the line at 3 percent “daunting.”

Moroney said drawing from the fund balance this year is not an option.

The expiration of tax increment finance

(TIF) districts in the village also will impact revenue, he said, adding that the board faces “challenges up and down the process.”

“We have to have tradeoff, sacrifices, deferring implementation of certain projects, a high level of focus on efficacy of all our expenditures and realizing we can’t accommodate every advocate and narrowly focused constituent,” he said.

Trustee Simone Boutet said the budget presented to trustees at their Aug. 26 meeting is a preliminary document but the outlook for the 2020 budget is “looking pretty

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bad in terms of the debt service and some of the other projections.”

She said spending this year must be based on “outcomes and programs that have identified cost and outcomes so that we can make decisions.”

Deputy Village Manager Lisa Shelley reminded trustees and residents who attended the meeting that the budget discussion is still in its early stages and requests for various expenditures have not yet been placed in the draft budget. tim@oakpark.com

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Triton College employees threatening to strike

Workers lambaste board’s spending, request 4-percent raise

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Clerical, technical and professional employees along with mid-managers in various departments at Triton College, 2000 Fifth Ave. in River Grove, are threatening to strike if administrators don’t grant them a 4-percent pay raise.

The two union contracts covering the 145 classified employees and 65 mid-managers expired on June 30, 2019 and are still being negotiated.

Charles Harper, a field director for Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600, which represents the workers, said on Tuesday that administrators are asking the workers to “sell pieces of their contract and their time” for the pay raise.

“The two contracts are being worked out separately, but with each one the college is asking for some variation of working more to buy a bit of a raise,” Harper said, before comparing it to the 14- to 20-percent pay raises he said administrators have received

in the past.

“They said that they couldn’t hire and retain administrators at the low wages they were paying them, but there’s been a 70-percent turnover rate for mid-managers in the last five years,” Harper said.

In a statement released Aug. 26, the union also criticized other practices by the administration, such as “buying property for over $3 million” and “wasteful spending on advertising.”

Harper said that the expired union contracts included 2.5-percent pay raises. He added that during the last round of contract

negotiations, administrators told the two groups of employees “to be team players and take less of a raise,” because of massive budget cuts to community college funding made under former Gov. Bruce Rauner.

“Now that the state has committed to restoring funding to community colleges, the administration is not recognizing [the employees’ sacrifice],” Harper said.

Harper said that Sean Sullivan, Triton’s vice president of business services, has been the lead negotiator for the college.

The administration’s negotiating team includes two representatives from the college’s HR department. Representatives from the administration could not be reached for comment on Tuesday afternoon.

Harper said that there is no specific deadline for when workers will decide on a strike. The union has put in a request from the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board for mediation. They’re still waiting on a mediator to be assigned, Harper said.

On Aug. 22, around 100 members of the union presented petitions to Triton College President Mary-Rita Moore. Some members were also planning to speak during public comment at a Triton Board meeting scheduled for Aug. 27, after Wednesday Journal’s press time.

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Downed light pole shutters Lake Street businesses

Fallen utility pole closes businesses, park, cancels Festival Theatre

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Patrons at Lake Theatre thought they were going to see “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” or “Dora and the Lost City of Gold” – instead they got stuck with transformers.

Not the movie, but the mechanical device that provides electricity to the theater, 1022 Lake St., and its neighbors along the north side of commercial corridor.

Tom Dominguez, a spokesman for ComEd, said that earlier in the day on Aug. 22, a utility pole equipped with the transformer fell over in the alley behind the historic theater, crashing into the building and prompting the electricity provider to cut power to 12 separate customers along Lake Street.

At around 3 p.m., employees in the buildings adjacent to the theater were headed home early for the day, and movie goers stood around hoping the movie house would reopen.

The Oak Park Fire Department and Oak Park Police Department were on the scene shortly after the utility pole fell over. Oak

Park village spokesman David Powers said in an email, sent around 3:40 p.m., that Lake Theatre had reopened, but nearby Chase Bank was still without power.

“The park district closed Austin Gardens as a precaution and canceled tonight’s Festival Theatre performance,” Powers said in the email, adding that ComEd crews are replacing the pole and transferring the wires.

“According to the Fire Department, there was no indication of what may have cause the pole to fail,” Powers said.

The park remained closed throughout the evening of the 22 and into the afternoon the following day.

Dominguez said in a telephone message that ComEd got a call about the downed line shortly after 3 p.m. “[ComEd workers on the scene] don’t know what the cause of it was or when the pole initially fell,” he said. “The crews right now are bracing the pole and in the process of cleaning that up.”

Dominguez said in an email later that the utility pole collapsed needed to be replaced and collapsed under its own weight. Those who suspect a problem with their utility pole can report the issue on Comed’s customer service line at 800-334-7661, Dominguez said.

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POLE DOWN: A utility collapsed utility pole on Aug. 22 resulted in the temporary closure of several businesses in downtown Oak Park and Austin Gardens park.

River Forest to host public hearing on cannabis

Village prepares for legalized recreational use, beginning Jan. 1

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

River Forest residents will have the opportunity to share their opinions on allowing recreational cannabis business establishments in the village when the village board holds a public hearing on the matter, Monday, Sept. 9.

On June 25, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill that will legalize statewide consumption of marijuana for non-medicinal purposes, effective Jan. 1. While local officials will not be able to prevent people from possessing marijuana, they may determine whether residents can legally buy it in their hometown and under what circumstances.

During discussion at the Aug. 26 village board meeting, officials agreed to schedule the public hearing at 6 p.m., Sept. 9, preceding the regular board meeting, scheduled for 7 p.m. that evening.

In scheduling the public hearing, officials decided against an outright ban on recreational cannabis business establishments.

No formal vote was taken but no official spoke in favor of such a ban.

The discussion, which followed a presentation by Lisa Scheiner, assistant village administrator, centered on how the village should move forward in considering allowing recreational cannabis business establishments.

Although municipalities have until Dec. 31 to enact ordinances governing recreational cannabis business establishments, local officials have only until Oct. 1 to impose a local tax of 3 percent on sales.

Issues to be addressed include requiring the operator of a recreational cannabis business establishment to obtain a specialuse permit; allowing smoking lounges in such businesses; and establishing buffer zones around schools or daycare centers.

Trustees agreed with Village President Cathy Adduci’s recommendation to move the discussion forward by scheduling the public hearing.

Trustee Tom Cargie cited the value of obtaining citizen input in supporting the public hearing.

Several trustees supported the special-use requirement.

“Even if we ban the businesses, we won’t be banning use,” Trustee Respicio Vazquez said. “I’m in favor of exploring the uses.”

Trustee Bob O’Connell supported investigating the special-use requirement, noting, “It gives us control.”

“If we allow a dispensary, we can still ban a smoking lounge,” Cargie added.

In her presentation, Scheiner explained that municipalities are allowed to dictate the number of legal dispensaries within their boundaries; determine how cannabis businesses are operated, such as hours of operation; dictate the location of cannabis businesses as they relate to points of interest, such as schools, government buildings, and liquor stores; and regulate the zoning of cannabis businesses in specific districts.

She explained that existing medical marijuana dispensaries, such as those in Oak Park and Elmwood Park, would be each allowed to open a recreational cannabis shop at their current site. Noting the requirement for a 1,500-foot separation between establishments and the location of the medical marijuana dispensary near Harlem Avenue and Lake Street in Oak Park, O’Connell pointed out

that an area in the northeast corner of River Forest will be off limits for a new recreational cannabis business establishment.

The state is only allowing 47 recreational cannabis business establishments in 2020 within the Bureau of Labor Statistics Region called the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin region, which includes River Forest.

Noting that restriction and others, Adduci said, “There won’t be a proliferation.”

Police Chief Jim O’Shea said police officials in Elmwood Park and Oak Park have not reported seeing increases in drivingwhile-intoxicated arrests but noted the difficulty that police officers experience when stopping drivers they believe are impaired.

He explained that an officer can identify a driver as being impaired and can rule out alcohol as a factor but even testing a blood sample or urine sample cannot identify cannabis as a cause.

“We’re learning as much as we can,” he said. “We’re still trying to perfect the testing. Statistics are not as clear as we would want them to be.”

Adduci stressed the importance of publicizing the public hearing, especially through social media. She said those unable to attend the public hearing will be able to submit written questions.

“We still have a long way to go,” Adduci said.

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FRENCH CONNECTION: Stacy Fifer (standing) works with students at L’Institut français d’Oak Park in the Oak Park Arts District.

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Oak Parker’s business growing in the Oak Park Arts District

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

Parlez-vous français?

If you don’t know what that means, then you don’t speak French. A new school in Oak Park wants to remedy the situation.

L’Institut français d’Oak Park launched in 2016, with its first classes operating out of a space upstairs from Blue Max Coffee in Forest Park. The school only had a couple of full-time students and handful of drop-ins.

Three years later, Stacy Fifer, owner and founder of the school, occupies two storefront spaces on Harrison Street in the Oak Park Arts District and has nearly 100 adult and teen students eager to learn the language or improve their skills and four paid instructors.

Shortly after offering her first classes in Forest Park, Fifer moved to an unused Sunday school classroom St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church in Oak Park.

Fifer continued in at the church through 2017, but by then she had 40 students and was still growing.

She began renting the space at 11 Harrison St. in 2018 and has recently expanded to a second storefront in the business district.

“Being down there has brought me business because it’s brought more awareness,” she said.

Prior to having her own storefront, Fifer was advertising the old-fashioned way – word of mouth recommendations from former students and posting flyers at restaurants and coffee shops around town.

She also spreads the word about the school through social media outlets, she said.

The classes are offered to adults and “adult teens” who are given tips on how to integrate into an adult classroom setting.

Fifer, who has a Ph.D. in French and taught the language at the university level for 15 years – most recently at University of Illinois at Chicago – said her courses are at the university level.

L’Institut français d’Oak Park offers a series of seven classes for beginners and advanced courses ranging from intermediate grammar to advanced literature.

She conducts oral interviews for prospective students who might not know exactly at which level to enroll.

Fifer said she’s still amazed that her school has grown so quickly.

“It’s been exciting; I’ve been surprised and delighted along the way that it’s gone so well,” she said.

Over the last few years, the school has grown into something more than a place to learn the language.

“It has also developed into this community where I really enjoy watching the students get together,” she said.

She said some of the students meet outside of class in study sessions at places like Léa French Street Food in downtown Oak Park.

Fifer is holding an open house for the school on Sept. 10 from 5 to 8 p.m., and is holding a raffle with a chance to win 20 percent off of fall tuition. tim@oakpark.com

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OPRF could begin capital work next year Board hopes to start first phase in 2020, administration prefers 2021

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

The District 200 Board of Education is hoping that construction on an estimated $32.6 million worth of capital improvements can begin as early as the middle of next year.

Last December, the school board approved the first phase of a 10-year master facilities master plan created by the Imagine OPRF working group. As previously reported, the $32.6 million phase one construction work would include the renovation or construction of 76 general education classrooms, the reconstruction of the south cafeteria, the relocation of the library, the addition of all-gender bathrooms and the first phase of work on a new student commons area, among other improvements. The work would be funded by spending cash reserves.

During an Aug. 13 Committee of the Whole meeting, Mike Carioscio, the district’s chief operating officer, and Josh Czerniak, a principal with FGM architects, presented two options for sequencing that first phase construction work.

Option one involves starting work on the south cafeteria, the student commons and special education improvements in February 2021. The classroom renovations would take place in 2022 and 2023.

Option two involves starting work on the south cafeteria in June 2020 and starting

special education, student commons and some classroom renovation work in 2021. Remaining construction will take place in 2022.

During the Aug. 13 meeting, Czerniak and Carioscio said option one gives the district more time to make decisions and consider feedback from area stakeholders.

They added that this option would be less disruptive to ongoing programs like summer school and could realize roughly $500,000 in savings realized from a more efficient design process and combining construction bids. That savings, however, would be offset by an estimated $500,000 of cost escalation due to an extra year of work.

Option one would avoid the costs associated with an extra year of construction, but would incur an estimated $500,000 in expenses due to fees that will result from splitting projects into multiple bid packages and fast-tracking the construction process.

Czerniak and Carioscio explained that the second option involves greater construction risks and disruptions to student activities due to the compressed timeline. They recommended that the district pursue the more conservative option one, but added that they’d be able to execute either option — perhaps even a hybrid of the two options.

“It’s really how much risk are you comfortable taking?” Carioscio said. “The more you condense [the timeline], the more activity you have in the building. It will

be tough to operate the school in either scenario, but a more compressed time frame, with more activity in more of the building is going to be much more difficult for us to accommodate things the way we usually do them.”

All board members were in support of the more aggressive second option, but some explained that they still defer to the expertise of administrators and construction professionals.

“We all agree this is urgent, but that doesn’t mean reckless,” said board member Matt Baron.

“I don’t believe there’s a greater benefit in allowing extra time in the execution of the project, because I think your decisionmaking expands to fulfill the time you have,” said board member Craig Iseli.

“Being more disciplined about it is a little bit more efficient. It’s more risky, but a little bit more efficient. I would tend to lean toward wanting to go faster than slower.”

Board President Jackie Moore told Czerniak and Carioscio that the board’s preference is not license to abandon their expertise, adding that they should consider “not just what we say we want, but what’s feasible.” She said the board’s preference for option two “is not to the letter without your expertise being part of that final decision.”

“It’s probably not going to be either option one or two, but you’ve given us some food

“It will be tough to operate the school in either scenario, but a more compressed time frame, with more activity in more of the building is going to be much more difficult for us to accommodate things the way we usually do them.”

MIKE CARIOSCIO

District chief operating officer

for thought about how we might tweak both options and come up with something that is closer to satisfying all of the requirements,” Carioscio said, adding that the administration’s priority going forward will be to “minimize the risk while at the same time accelerating the timetable.”

Administrators are expected to return to the board sometime in September with a refined timeline and more concrete budget figures. They’re expected to present a preliminary report on how construction will impact school and building functions sometime in October.

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Oak Parkers still want rec center, survey reveals

Park district wins high marks, but there’s room for improvement

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

While Oak Parkers value and appreciate what the Park District of Oak Park offers, there is still room for improvement.

That was the major takeaway from a community survey conducted earlier this year

by Evanston-based Aqity Research. The park district does these kinds of surveys once every five years, and uses the results for both short-term and long-term planning.

In his Aug. 22 presentation to the park district’s board of commissioners, Jeff Andreasen, president of Aqity, said that out of all the Oak Park municipal entities, only Oak Park Public Library district has a better reputation than the park district, and that it did better than most other park districts not just in the Chicago area, but in the state.

But even with that in mind, there are sev-

eral things residents are looking for -- most notably, an indoor pool, an indoor running track and a fitness center.

And there was room to improve programming for college-age kids, according to respondents who felt that the park district doesn’t have anything to offer them.

Andreasen said the survey results were based on responses from 618 residents, which represents about 1.1 percent of Oak Park’s population. While they were able to get results from all parts of the village, the park district had trouble getting responses from renters.

Overall, Andreasen said, the respondents rated park district at 8.2 out of 10, higher than most other taxing bodies.

The complaints tended to do with limited parking and not enough maintenance. Residents complained about flooding in Barrie Park and argued that Rehm Pool needed a longer season.

The survey also revealed some other areas the park district could improve on. When residents who indicated they didn’t use any parks and facilities were asked why that was the case, most of them indicated that it was because they didn’t have children.

Andreasen said there is an opportunity for the park district to expand programming for older adults.

“Fifteen years ago, it was seniors who felt they were underserved by park agencies,” he said. “Nowadays, and I think it’s case here in Oak Park, you find seniors that feel they’re well-serviced, but now it’s that middle-age groups, the empty nesters, feel they aren’t served by the park district.”

In addition, lower-income residents are less likely they are to know about the park district scholarship program that is there to benefit them.

When asked what kind of features they would want to see, 23 percent of residents indicated they didn’t want anything. Among the rest, the fitness center got the most support, followed by the indoor pool and the indoor track.

When asked whether they would be interested in a rec center that would include all of those features, 80 percent agreed, with 41 percent agreeing strongly. When asked if knowing that this facility would also provide after school programming for teens would affect how they responded to that question, the number of residents who sup-

ported it strongly went up to 52 percent.

Those who supported the rec center also indicated that they felt it would provide a more affordable fitness center option and would improve the quality of life in Oak Park. Among those who opposed it, 61 percent felt that there were already enough fitness options in the area, while 24 percent felt that park district should spend the money elsewhere. Thirty-four percent were concerned that it would cause taxes and fees to go up.

When asked whether they might donate money to help building the rec center, 61 percent said they were “likely” to donate, but only 21 percent said they were “very likely” to donate.

When asked how the results compared to the last survey, Andreasen said it was hard to make apples-to-apples comparison because different surveys ask different questions.

Park board President Sandy Lentz said that this kind of feedback is an important part of the park district’s planning process.

“I think people are satisfied when they’re heard and understood,” she said. “That helps the community to feel that we’re responsive.”

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enerally, in life, equal is fair.

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Christmas tree. All birthdays and graduations were celebrated with This seems fair, right? Perhaps, if enthusiasm. We were all given the our kids were all independent adults same educational opportunities. The and had successfully made their way only time equality lost out was at in the world an equal inheritance Halloween. If we collected it (candy), would be fair. But our kids are not we kept it (eat what you kill, right?). all independent adults. They are still somewhere between childhood and Even upon my mom’s death, she adulthood. While they all make their insisted that her property be divided

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Armed robbery victim reports child assailant

An Oak Park resident who was robbed at gunpoint in the 300 block of Wisconsin, at about 5:43 p.m. on Aug. 23 said one of the two people who held him up appeared to be no more than 10 years old.

According to the police report, the victim said that he was approached by two males, one of whom he described as approximately 18 and the other about 10 years old. Police did not provide any other description.

One of the two displayed a black handgun and demanded the victim’s keys and wallet.

The victim complied and the two offenders fled in the victim’s vehicle, which was later recovered in the 200 block of North Latrobe Avenue in Chicago at 1:13 a.m. on Aug. 24.

No one has been arrested.

■ Naussan Harrison, 18, of the 3800 block of West Wilcox, Chicago, and Ladarian Frazier, 18, of the 8200 block of South Shore Drive, Chicago, were arrested in the 100 block of Adams at 7:44 p.m. on Aug. 19, and charged with the attempted armed robbery of a Forest Park resident in the 200 block of West Madison Street. Police did not provide information on when that incident occurred.

A Chicago juvenile also was arrested in the 7:44 p.m. on Aug. 19 in the 100 block of Adams Street and charged with armed robbery of an Evanston resident. No additional information was given.

Burglary ■ A residence was burglarized in the 400 block of South Taylor Avenue in Oak Park sometime between 8 a.m. on July 27 and

OPRF

Hoping to boost equity from page 1 rolled out in 2021-22, freshmen at OPRF will receive honors credit based on how they perform — not on the class they’re in.

Officials said that the information gleaned from students’ performance in this single curriculum will be more expansive than the more limited data, such as standardized test scores, that the school currently uses to determine which classes students will take during their sophomore through senior years. That status quo process, officials explained in the statement, has resulted in “racially predictable course placements.”

The new single curriculum is designed to expand access to honors and AP courses for black and brown students.

More importantly, Johnson said, the curriculum change should enhance how all students learn during their first year of high school.

10:02 a.m. on Aug. 19. The offender kicked in the rear door to gain entry and then ransacked the victim’s belongings, which were in moving boxes.

The loss is unknown.

■ A residence was burglarized in the 900 block of Wesley Avenue sometime between 7:34 a.m. and noon on Aug. 24. The offender gained entry by unknown means and removed two sets of keys. The estimated loss is $150.

■ A Chicago Heights resident’s vehicle was burglarized in the 100 block of Madison Street sometime between 6 p.m. on Aug. 19 and 12:36 a.m. on Aug. 26. The offender gained entry through unknown means and stole a pair of gold earrings and cash. The estimated loss is $120.

■ A residence was burglarized in the 1100 block of Clarence Avenue sometime between midnight and 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 21. The offender gained entry through an unlocked sliding glass door and then stole three wallets, an iPad and a leather purse.

The estimated loss is $820.

■ A vehicle was burglarized in the 1100 block of South Boulevard sometime between 10 p.m. on Aug. 18 and 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 19.

The offender broke the rear passenger side window and stole a backpack, two pairs of Ray-Ban sunglasses, an iPad, a forest-green motorcycle helmet and two guitars. The estimated loss is $4,605.

■ An apartment was burglarized in the

“Freshman year isn’t a selection process for [determining students’ future course study],” Johnson said.

During a presentation at a regular school board meeting on Thursday, Johnson explained that the roll of out the new freshman curriculum will take place over three years. The 2019-20 and 2020-21 school years will not feature any curriculum changes, he said; instead, teachers and administrators will research best practices, gather data and pilot the single curriculum model among a small cohort of freshmen. Full implementation of the single freshman curriculum will take place in 2021-22 school year.

Laurie Fiorenza, the district’s director of student learning, said Friday that the freshman curriculum change builds on efforts already underway to tailor learning to students’ individual needs and to expand the academic and social support system available to all students at OPRF. “As we continue to move forward, we want to systematize even more [those efforts] and expand the range of interventions that are available and the ways that kids can access those interventions,” she said. “The scope is

100 block of North Humphrey Avenue sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 22. The offender entered through a partially opened kitchen window and stole a laptop computer, two Samsung tablets, a cell phone, miscellaneous men’s jewelry, three pairs of sunglasses, a black and green Timberland backpack and $1,000 in cash and change. The estimated loss is $6,000.

nabis.

The police report stated that a police officer officer witnessed the man violate a “right-turn only” traffic signal and pulled him over.

Upon approaching the vehicle, the officer smelled “fresh cannabis,” according to the police report.

The officer also smelled “a new strong odor of car fragrance” known to be a “cover-up scent.”

The officer searched the vehicle and found a silver and black Charter Arms Undercover-brand .38 Special revolver and a sandwich bag with 12 clear baggies of a green, leafy substance believed to be cannabis.

Oak Park police arrested a 20-year-old Chicago man at noon on Aug. 18 in the 300 block of South Euclid Avenue and charged him with unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of a firearm without a concealed carry license and possession of can-

These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, Aug. 19-26, 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.

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bigger. It’s not just closing [learner gaps] for students, but how do we accelerate some of our top learners, as well.”

In an FAQ provided by Karin Sullivan, D200’s communications director, the district is careful to describe how the proposed freshman curriculum restructuring compares to detracking — a term that has generated some controversy.

“There are different notions of what tracking really is,” the FAQ explains. “For us, where there had been separate college prep and honors classes, we are moving to a single, rigorous, honors-level curriculum.

So in that sense, yes, we are detracking much of the freshman curriculum. In order to inform this work, we are drawing heavily from the detracking literature. This is an evidence-based practice that will enhance learning for all of our students.”

The FAQ also states that research shows that “increasing access to more rigorous curriculum increases achievement.”

In the statement released Friday, D200 Supt. Joylynn Pruitt-Adams was careful to distinguish between academic achievement and academic opportunity.

“OPRF, like schools throughout the United States, has been grappling with how to address differences in student outcomes that are predictable by race,” Pruitt-Adams stated. “While many people refer to this as the achievement gap, we view it as an opportunity gap. We believe that providing more students with access to honors-level experiences from the moment they enter our school will provide them with the opportunity to achieve at the highest levels.

We don’t need to fix students. We need to fix the system.”

To access the district’s FAQ on the freshman curriculum restructuring, visit oprfhs.org/academics/access-for-all.

A community information session on the restructuring will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 7 p.m., at the OPRF Tutoring Center, 201 N. Scoville Ave. Additional sessions will take place at all three middle schools.

Dates and times will be announced soon, officials said.

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West Side faith-based social justice organization who invited him to speak), and immigrant rights activists, that moment in Jamestown was part of the long arc of injustice that bends toward the Mexican border today and burnishes acts of hate-filled violence like the mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio earlier this month.

Diego Amite, 19, migrated to the United States from Colombia nearly two years ago to find a better life. Equipped with a temporary visa, Amite secured two jobs to pay for school and living expenses, and to send some money back home to his family in Colombia.

“I can say that I made the right decision to stay in this country,” he said, before adding that his optimism is tinged with fear that he might be deported at any moment.

“Immigrants and communities of color are historically made the scapegoats of our problems,” said Mony Ruiz-Velasco, executive director of PASO West Suburban Action Project, an immigrant rights organization based in Melrose Park.

“White supremacy is at the core of this country’s founding,” she said. “The Constitution was not written for someone like me — a queer Mexican woman. It was written by and for white men who came to this country to seize the land from those who were here and commit genocide on our first nations.”

Amite said he joined PASO to help fight for other immigrants who live in perpetual fear, some in literal cages at the U.S.-Mexico border, because of President Donald Trump’s policies.

Ruiz-Velasco said those policies were created by the cadre of “smart, calculated racists all around” the president, such as Stephen Miller, Trump’s senior advisor who was known to be hostile to Hispanic and other minority students while in high school and has argued that the Statue of Liberty “should not be seen as a symbol of welcome to immigrants,” according to the New York Times.

Ruiz-Velasco said the Trump administration’s effort to end “chain migration” will disproportionately impact the most vulnerable immigrants in the country.

Chain migration is a visa program that allows documented immigrants living in the U.S. to bring their spouses and children. Ruiz-Velasco said the program allows families to reunite.

Trump has called the program “terrible.”

“As long as the leader of the free world is breaking up families, don’t shut up!” said Rev. Ira Acree, pastor of Greater St. John Bible Church in Austin and co-chairman of the Leaders Network. “As long as he is destroying homes, don’t shut up! As long as he’s fanning the flames of racial hatred, don’t shut up!”

Rev. Marshall Hatch, a Leaders Network co-chairman and pastor of New Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church in West Garfield Park, who has taken groups of people to Ghana and stood in slave castles, framed the country’s immigration crisis in historical context.

“It is estimated that the average captured

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OAKPARK.COM | RIVERFOREST.COM African’s age was 13 to 19, but the Transatlantic Slave Trade was more diabolical than we’ve been taught because it was literally the trafficking of children,” Hatch said. “We can see from what’s going on at our southern border that America has a long history of abusing working children in factories and building our wealth on the backs of those who are disenfranchised, poor, young and vulnerable. We’re not just here for the people on the southern border, but we’re here for ourselves.

We will not go backward divided, we will go forward together.”

During a prayer, Rev. Alan Taylor, the senior minister at Unity Temple, called for blessings on the multiracial, ecumenical crowd of people gathered “in shared lamentation at the inhumanity of our nation’s policies in dealing with human beings seeking a better life than they have known.”

Cornel West, the Harvard philosophy professor and public intellectual, spoke moments before Amite and railed against the government’s treatment of immigrants, including many women and children who are being detained in overcrowded and dangerous facilities at the border.

“The condition of truth is always to allow suffering to speak,” West said during a roughly 6-minute soliloquy, adding that his analysis doesn’t begin and end with Trump.

“There’s a fascism in all of us,” West said.

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THIS LITTLE LIGHT: Attendees at Saturday’s Unity Temple gathering bask in a Gospel song after philosopher Cornel West spoke out against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

WHAT’S HAPPENING IN DISTRICT 91?

A Focus on Equity in Our Schools!

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n Tuesday, August 20th and Wednesday, August 21st, Forest Park School District 91 conducted mandatory equity training for all certified and non-certified staff. The equity training, part of an ongoing collaboration with the National Equity Project (NEP) based out of Oakland California, was conducted to help overcome the systematic bias that has plagued the Forest Park schools for decades.

“This training, which included board members and administrators last year, is an important step in recognizing the bias that exists in our schools,” explains Superintendent Dr. Louis Cavallo. “The NEP is an important partner in helping District 91 to not only identify equity issues, but more importantly to help us solve those issues.”

Over two days, NEP facilitators took participants through a series of special group exercises designed to develop strategies focusing on issues of inequity, including culture, race and different ability, as they pertain to personal bias, classroom practices, and school and district structures.

Going forward, each D91 school will have its own Equity Team to help implement changes in the schools, while staff will continue training throughout the year as part of their professional development.

To learn more go to FPSD91.org

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teven Cutaia’s office is full of books.

A lot of books. Cutaia, chief building official, permit processing manager and ADA coordinator for the village of Oak Park, says it’s all just a part of the job.

In his three-year tenure with the village, he has worked to streamline the permit process, putting as much online as possible. But the books, which include municipal and national codes both current and historic, take up a lot of space.

While he has made it possible for Oak Park residents and their contractors can get through the permit process without cracking open a book or stepping foot inside village hall, Cutaia says the books are important references to every aspect of building in the village.

Cutaia, who has worked in building permits in the Chicago area for 22 years, says the backbone of all these regulations is safety.

“In the past 100 years as we’ve developed these codes, everything evolved because we’re learning from our mistakes,” Cutaia said. “We learned that building tall buildings out of wood created a fire hazard. We learned that connecting a wide range of appliances to a limited number of outlets in a kitchen creates a fire hazard.”

He says the codes are meant to provide standards in building with the aim of making homes and commercial buildings safe.

Testing by the Underwriters Laboratory helps ensure that materials and methods are up to those standards. From fire codes to plumbing codes, he says that regulations that may seem arbitrary are not.

“With window size, they’ve done tests on how much space a fireman with a tank needs to enter a window,” Cutaia said. “With window height, they consider toddler height so that a toddler can get out during a fire, but that’s not so low a toddler can fall out. Con-

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

DO IT YOURSELF: Oak Park building department chief Steven Cutaia (right) walks resident Winston Trotter through the online permit application on the building department kiosk. Cutaia and his staff have been streamlining the permitting process by moving it from paper-based to digital. drawings, and on our field inspector to inspect. There should be at least three to five sets of eyes reviewing your project.”

“Everything is at everyone’s fingertips at a moment’s notice.”

Efficiencies

STEVEN CUTAIA

Chief building official for the Village of Oak Park

sistency in stair height and the grip size of the handrail are considered to deter falls.”

He states that codes are not static.

“Codes evolve because of the newest and latest technology,” he said.

He points out that old-growth oak is stronger than pine, so using pine in construction calls for different sizes of floor joists. The depletion of forests has led to more wood composites being used in construction,

which calls for new standards.

The entire permitting process is meant to result in safer homes for people to live in, and Cutaia says that is what he and his coworkers strive for.

“The whole system is a check-and-balance system,” he said. “We rely on the homeowner to use a knowledgeable architect, on the plan reviewer to review in depth, on you to hire a contractor to do the construction

Since taking the reins in Oak Park three years ago, Cutaia has worked to streamline a permitting process that could seem slow and disorganized. He points to a photograph from that time of a room filled with drawings of construction plans and says it could take hours for the right plans to be located for review.

Today, that room is used for office space and the drawings are submitted electronically.

“Everything is digitized,” Cutaia said.

“Everything is at everyone’s fingertips at a moment’s notice.”

In order to get a permit, a homeowner or contractor goes to the portal on the village website (villageview.oak-park.us/CityViewPortal) and proceed through a series of nine steps, no paper needed.

Drawings are uploaded, and the system automatically flags any department that See PERMITS on page 23

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SPEEDING THINGS UP: Steven Cutaia says digitizing the Oak Park building permit process has not only freed up space but has reduced the time it takes to process the applications and schedule things like inspections.

PERMITS

Going paperless from page 19 needs to review the permit, including forestry, parking, zoning, fire department or historic reviews.

Cutaia says the online system makes the permit application process much easier for everyone.

“When I came here, it took five applications just to do a small bathroom remodel,” he said. “We condensed everything to one single application. We wanted to streamline it for customers. Today, we have one fulltime person reviewing drawings, and the review is done in a timely manner because time is money. Our permit review time has been cut drastically.”

The reviewer can add notes for minor changes directly to the drawings online so that small changes don’t trigger a denial of the permit. Once a permit is approved and Cutaia signs off on it, a customer is issued a permit number and pays online.

“You don’t even have to come into village hall anymore,” Cutaia said.

If you do go to village hall, you can even teach yourself how to avoid such trips in the future at a kiosk, which explains how to use the online permit portal, right next to the building department reception desk.

“The kiosk is to teach the applicants that they can obtain a permit without leaving their living room or office,” Cutaia said.

He points out the now-empty rows of file cabinets in village hall and says the move to the online system has changed the way the office operates. The permit processing staff now consists of three permit technicians, one permit supervisor, one building inspector, and other jobs are outsourced to

consultants.

Cutaia says this allows the office to operate more efficiently. During the busy building season, they can ramp up their work and slow down in the depths of winter when there are fewer projects to review.

“We’re head and shoulders ahead of most municipalities in terms of technology,” Cutaia said. “We’re able to do an inspection within 24 to 48 hours. In a lot of places, it can take more than a week.”

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Compliance issues A complete list of building permit requirements is on the village website (www. oak-park.us/village-services/permits-processing-division) and Cutaia stresses that permits should be taken seriously.

“In a built environment, you’re so close to your neighbor, you don’t want anyone taking chances,” he said.

He notes that there are plenty of people who try to do work without permits.

“Unfortunately, we do find that a lot of homeowners do work without a permit.

We don’t do a search warrant. We’re a complaint-driven department,” he said, adding that typically, neighbors will complain if they think that non-permitted work is occurring. He says that when the department receives a complaint, they will investigate.

“When we get a complaint, we communicate with the homeowner. If there’s a contractor onsite, they get a ticket. The permit fee is doubled for starting work without a permit, and we can fine up to $800 a day per violation.”

However, those fines are rare.

“We’re not out for money, we’re out for compliance,” Cutaia said. “We’re out for a perfect product for you to live in. That’s what we strive for.”

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Help us celebrate the legacy of Roberta Raymond and her contributions as the founding director of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center.

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This senior living facility, with its architecturally award winning atrium, provides residents with a community room, library, laundry room, medical clinic and other conveniences.

A service coordinator is on staff to assist tenants who may need additional services. The units are studio and one bedroom, each with electric appliances, tile bath, and wall to wall carpeting. Modern fire and safety systems are installed in each apartment and common areas of the building.

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The Oaks is owned and operated by the Oak Park Residence Corporation and is funded by the Department of Housing and Urban Development through the 202/section 8 Program. Residents pay approximately 30% of their monthly income for rent.

For additional information, please visit our web site at www.oakparkha. org or contact us at 708-386-5812.

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RELIGION GUIDE Presbyterian

Check First.

First Congregational Church of Maywood

400 N. Fifth Avenue (1 block north of Lake St.) Come join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 11 am Pastor Elliot Wimbush will be preaching the message.

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

708-344-6150 firstchurchofmaywood.org When you're looking for a place to worship the Lord, Check First.

You’re Invited to A Church for All Nations A Church Without Walls SERVICE LOCATION Forest Park Plaza 7600 W. Roosevelt Road Forest Park, IL 60130

William S. Winston Pastor

ELCA, Lutheran

Good Shepherd

Worshiping at 820 Ontario, Oak Park IL (First Baptist Church) 10:30 a.m.—Worship

All are welcome. goodshepherdlc.org 708-848-4741

Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)

3:30-4:00pm

Nationwide

WJYS-TV (M-F)

6:30-7:00am

Chicago, IL.

WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

Chicago, IL.

Word Network

10:30-11:00am

Nationwide

(M-F)

www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

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

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920

Summer

Worship Service Lutheran—ELCA

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.

Sundays at 10:00 am 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

www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

(708) 697-5000 LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service

Fair Oaks

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

Grace Lutheran School

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship, 9:30am Christian Education Hour 8:30am Wednesday Worship 7:00pm Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org Methodist

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

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

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

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–Thursday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

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

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.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

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.

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

Aug 29Beheading of St. John the Baptist Christian Sep 1 Ecclesiastical year begins Orthodox Christian Hijra - New Year Islam 3 Paryushana Parva Jain 8 Nativity of Virgin Mary - Christian 10 Ashura Islam

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

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HANDYMAN For light to moderate work. Flexible hours. Retired ex-military preferred, honorably discharged with papers.

Salary commensurate with ability/ experience. Must have a vehicle.

Dial 1-312-866-0282 evenings.

URBAN FORESTRY TECHNICIAN The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Urban Forestry Technician II in the Public Works Department. This position will perform skilled work in the cultivation and maintenance of trees and landscaped areas including planting, pruning and removing trees and performing a variety of tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www. oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

This position is open until filled with first review of applications August 27, 2019.

P/T FOOD SERVICE WORKER (27.5 hrs/week ) Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Must have Food Handler’s License & customer service experience Starting rate: $12 per hour, based upon experience.

Resumes by August 30th to: Madeline Pietryla, Nutrition Program Manager mpietryla@oakparktownship.org Oak Park Township Senior Services 130 S Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302 Senior Product Manager sought by Envoy Global, Inc. in Chicago, IL. Responsible for overall strategy, road map, and ownership on an individual product. Apply @ www. jobpostingtoday.com #40118 Sr. Quality Assurance Tester sought by Coyote Logistics, LLC in Chicago, IL to develop test plans for new features. Apply @ www.

JobPostingToday.com, REF#27576.

Part Time Positions Available for 2019-2020 school year After-School Recreation / Day Care Worker Youth Development Specialist on site at Oak Park public schools The Day Care Program of Hephzibah Children’s Association is accepting applications for nurturing individuals to provide care and supervision of 5-11-year-old children in the After School Day Care program on site at Oak Park public schools. The days and hours are Mon – Fri from 2:30-6:00 PM and 2:00-6:00 PM on Wednesdays.

Plan and supervise arts and crafts, indoor & outdoor play, games, sports, homework help and more.

Requirements include: –previous experience working with children –6 semester hours in education, recreation, social work or related college courses

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

902 S. 3RD AVENUE (2 blks W of 1st Ave & 1 blk N of Madison)

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

For details Call 708-383-9223.

SUBURBAN RENTALS GREAT BALCONY & HEATED GARAGE FOREST PARK 1 BR $1200/MONTH ARISTON REALTY 708.771.5000 OAK PARK ROOSEVELT/OAK PARK AVE CORRIDOR 2 BR 4 ROOMS. Close to Blue Line. Onsite Laundry. Parking, Heat, Water included. $1175/month 708-383-9223 OAK PARK 3 BR 1ST floor of Victorian 2 flat in FLW Historic District. 2 double BR, w/ 3d small single BR. Refinished hdwd floors. Updated kitchen & baths.

Bonus basement hobby room.

Parking avail. for up to 3 cars. $1950 per month.

1 month move-in rent discount.

708-829-2467

LIKE A GREAT VINTAGE WINE OAK PARK 3 BR, 1.5 BA

Large apartment, high ceilings, hardwood floors, large yard space, garage incl.

$2000 PER MONTH ARISTON REALTY 708.771.5000

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SUBURBAN RENTALS

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property management, inc.

708-386-7355 • www.mmpropmgt.com 649 Madison Street, Oak Park Contact us for a complete list of available rentals throughout Oak Park and Forest Park.

Apartment listings updated daily at:

Immediate openings available for the 2019-20 school year.

AUSTIN RENAISSANCE APARTMENTS.

A HUD subsidized affordable Apartment property announces the opening of its waiting list specifically for Two Bedroom Apartments only! Resident rent is approximately 30% of gross household income, some restrictions apply. Our property is located on Washington Blvd in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

Apartments offered with an occupancy of two to four persons permitted. Properties feature modern kitchens, include appliances, and offer onsite maintenance and laundry facilities.

Austin Renaissance will accept requests for application packages by U.S. Mail postmarked no later than August 31, 2019. Send a written request for an application package that includes your name, mailing address. Daytime telephone number, Email address, and the number of persons in your household to: Town Center Realty Group LLC, PO Box 64, Huntley IL 60142-0064. You may also email a request to: mrpaul2u70@aol.com Application packages available by mail or email delivery only. No walk-ins or phone calls will be accepted.

Town Center Realty Group LLC

ROOMS FOR RENT AUSTIN CLEAN ROOM With fridge, micro.

Nr Oak Park, Super Walmart, Food 4 Less, bus, & Metra. $116/wk and up.

773-637-5957 Large Sunny Room with fridge & microwave. Near Green line, bus, Oak Park, 24 hour desk, parking lot. $101.00 week & up.

New Mgmt.

773-378-8888

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT

Contact MJ Joyce at mjjoyce@hephzibahhome.org Equal Opportunity Employer SAL’S POWER WASHING PART-TIME, FULL-TIME Seeking to fill Fleet Washing positions. Positions Require: --Clean Appearance --Drug-Free --Valid Driver’s License --Clean Driving Record --Ability to Speak English CALL 708-351-5236

CITY RENTALS

Find your new apartment this Saturday from 10 am – 4pm at 35 Chicago Avenue.

Or call us toll free at 1-833-440-0665 for an appointment.

THERAPY OFFICES FOR RENT Therapy offices for rent in north Oak Park. Rehabbed building. Nicely furnished. Flexible leasing. Free parking; Free wifi; Secure building; Friendly colleagues providing referrals. Shared Waiting room; optional Conference room. Call or email with questions. Shown on Sundays.

Lee 708.383.0729 drlmadden@ameritech.net

GARAGE/YARD SALES Forest Park

EVERYTHING MUST GO! 1126 TROOST SAT 8/31 8AM TO 12PM

Find everything you need in one stop.

LaGrange Park

HUGE BASEMENT & YARD SALE 1717 E 31ST ST FRI 8/30 & SAT 8/31 8AM TO 4PM

50 beer signs, antiques & much miscellaneous!

North Riverside

GARAGE SALE 9026 W 22ND

(1 BLK S OF CERMAK BTWN 13TH & 14TH AVE)

SAT – SUN – MON 8/31 9/1 9/2 8AM TO 3PM

DVD & VHS movies. Household items. Toys. Clothes (all sizes & ages). Games and Strollers.

Oak Park

HUGE YARD SALE 1036 N EUCLID SAT 8/31 9:30AM TO 2:30PM

Something for everyone! Gift items in original packaging, salesman samples , one of a kind items.

Gently used household items, tons of vintage dishes and collectibles, glassware, small furniture, holiday decorations, books, CDs, DVDs, printer, lamps, bath & body, etc..

In case of rain, sale will be Sunday, Sept 1 from 9:30-2:30PM. No early birds!

Oak Park

GARAGE SALE! 1145 S SCOVILLE (enter thru alley)

SAT 8/31 9AM TO 3PM SUN 9/1 9AM TO 1PM

The kids have cleaned out their rooms: xbox games, doll toys, super hero toys, Retro Lego Kits.

Vintage toys and Barbies still in their packaging and more. Other items include electronics (stereo and computer equipment), household items, craft supplies, Vintage clothes and accessories, and miscellaneous other treasures! Come and get some new-to-you items!

Oak Park

GARAGE SALE 1206 N FOREST

BACK ALLEY GARAGE DO NOT BLOCK ALLEY!!

SAT 8/31 9AM TO NOON

Fabric, furniture, art and office supplies, water bottles, sports stuff, clothes, board games, bags, outdoor furniture, TV and much more.

GARAGE/YARD SALES Oak Park

MULTI-FAMILY MULTI-BLOCK GARAGE SALES 500 & 600 S BLKS OF OAK PARK AVE, EUCLID & WESLEY FRI - SAT – SUN 8/30 8/31 9/1 9AM TO 3PM

(No early birds pls!)

Lots of items for sale! Clothes : men’s/women’s/kids and infants.

Baby items and toys. Garden items furniture, tool. Housewares, furniture, electrical items, computer items and lots more. Lemonade and cookie stand to keep you hydrated while you shop! Hope to see you there!

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GARAGE SALE 947 BONNIE BRAE SAT 8/31 & SUN 9/1 8AM TO 5PM

Furniture: Dressers, Sofas, Bed Frame, Hanging lighting Fixtures and Ceiling Fans, Bookcases Toys.

Garage on Augusta Between Bonnie Brae and Augusta. Park on Bonnie Brae Lots of really great stuff!!!

ITEMS FOR SALE APT SOFA FOR SALE Located in Oak Park. Macy’s, turquoise, like new. Must sell! $200.

708-476-6648 CERTIFIED WIND SURFER Full Size, with cover and sail $100.00.

WATER SKIS $10.00 708-488-8755 GARDEN TOOLS $5 TO $10.

708-848-8755 KAWAI DIGITAL PIANO Model PN81. $400 obo.

708-745-2986 LEATHER SOFA FOR SALE Beautiful, almost new, dark brown leather, 3 seater sofa for $1000.00 (originally $4500). Call 708-5240291 for evening appt. only.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS FOR SALE Stainless-steel Table Pool Table Twin Sleigh Bed Snow Sleds Cyclone Fencing & Gate Yamaha Upright Piano Weber Charcoal Grill Dirt Devil Hand Vacuum Martha Stewart Bernhard Cherry-wood Armoire Electric stove And much more!

CALL 708-447-1762

ITEMS FOR SALE OPRF CALCULATORS FOR SALE OPRF CALCULATORS FOR SALE: OPRF REQUIRES either TI-84 (B&W screen - $100) or TI-nspire cx (color - $127.50) for every student.

Selling 2 of the TI-nspire cx (w/ USB charger cable) at $50 each.

Cash only; can deliver in OPRF area; guaranteed to work; excellent customer service.

Call Ken @ 630 660-5293 or email cozetteken@yahoo.com.

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

Call Uncle Gary 708-522-3400

PETS While you’re away, your pets are okay . . . at home

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For almost a century, Westlake Hospital has cared round-the-clock for our community.

For the first time since opening, Westlakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Emergency Department doors, at 1225 W. Lake St. in Melrose Park, will be closed starting at Noon on Wednesday, August 14th.

Serving you has been our passion, our calling and our honor.

Generations of families have partnered with us for their healthcare, and thousands of new lives have been welcomed into the world at our birth center.

Thank you for trusting us with your health.

Ask for John

Published in Wednesday Journal Forest Park Review RBLandmark 8/21, 8/28, 9/4/2019

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Invitation to Bid The Park District of Forest Park (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Park Districtâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ownerâ&#x20AC;?) will receive bids for the Shared use Path Project, located at the 7501 West Harrison Street, Forest Park, Illinois 60130. Bid Documents, including Instructions to Bidders, Drawings, Technical Specifications, General and any Special Conditions, and Bid Forms, including required Contractor Certifications and Prevailing Wage Determination and Supersedes Notice, are available at Park District of Forest Park Administration Building, 7501 Harrison St., Forest Park, Illinois 60130 commencing on August 26, 2019 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Each bid shall be placed in an opaque sealed envelope and clearly marked â&#x20AC;&#x153;Park District of Forest Park, Shared Use Path Project.â&#x20AC;? The envelope shall be addressed and delivered to and received by the Park District at the following location: Administration Building, 7501 Harrison St., Forest Park, Illinois 60130.

No responsibility shall be attached to any person for premature opening of a bid not properly identified.

Bids will be received until 10:00 a.m. September 6, 2019. Immediately thereafter, the bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bids received after that time or at a different location will be rejected and returned to the Bidder unopened.

The Park District of Forest Park reserves the right to waive technicalities, to accept or reject any or all bids, and/or to accept only portions of a bid and reject the remainder. Owner will award the Contract to the lowest most responsible and responsive Bidder, as determined by Owner. In considering the Bidderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s responsibility, the Owner may evaluate, among other factors, the ability

of the Bidder to provide experienced labor sufficient in numbers to timely and properly complete the services, the financial capability of the Bidder, and the performance of the Bidder on other projects.

Bids shall not include federal excise tax or state sales tax for materials to be incorporated in, or totally consumed in the prosecution of the Work. A tax exemption certificate will be furnished by the Park District at the request of the Bidder.

The Park Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax exemption number shall only be used by the successful Bidder for the Work of this Project.

STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss

The Work of this Project is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. A prevailing wage determination has been made by the Park District, which is the same as that determined by the Illinois Department of Labor for public works projects in Cook County. The Contract entered into for the Work will be drawn in compliance with said law and proposals should be prepared accordingly and provide for payment of all laborers, workmen, and mechanics needed to perform the Work at no less than the prevailing rate of wages (or the prevailing rate for legal holiday and overtime work) for each craft, type of worker, or mechanic.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY

The Contractor(s) selected will also be required to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules, regulations and executive orders, including but not limited to those pertaining to equal employment opportunity.

Direct questions to Jackie Iovinelli, Executive Director, Park District of Forest Park, jiovinelli@ pdofp.org, 708-366-7500.

LEGAL NOTICE LAW OFFICE OF SCOTT LEVY Attorney for Petitioner 1525 E. 53RD STREET CHICAGO, IL 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the matter of MARIA ELENA DOMINGUEZ ROMERO, Petitioner and ANGEL ANTONIO RIVAS, Respondent, Case No. 19 D 79048.

In re the matter of ARMANDO LOPEZ-SANCHEZ, Petitioner and ALMA ROSA ALBARRAN REYES, Respondent, Case No. 2019D005910.

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before September 18, 2019, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

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 September 23, 2019, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal 8/21, 8/28, 9/4/2019

Published in Wednesday Journal 8/28, 9/4, 9/11/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE

Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the Angel Antonio Rivas, Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, Maria Elena Dominguez Romero, for Allocation of Parental Responsibilities and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19001984 on AUGUST 13, 2019 Under the Assumed Business Name of MEND WELL(NESS) with the business located at: 1118 LYMAN AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: IRENE WALTERS 1118 LYMAN AVE OAK PARK, IL 60304.

After the bid opening time, no bid shall be withdrawn or canceled for a period of sixty (60) calendar days.

Published in Forest Park Review 8/28 and 9/4/2019

LEGAL NOTICE LAW OFFICE OF LINDA EPSTEIN Attorney for Petitioner 722 W. Diversey Parkway Ste. 101B Chicago, IL 60614

PUBLIC NOTICES

Published in Wednesday Journal 8/21, 8/28, 9/4/2019

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Request of MARIO LOPEZ VALESQUEZ Case Number 2019CONC000987 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: MARIO LOPEZ VALESQUEZ to the new name of: MARIO LOPEZ. The court date will be held: on OCTOBER 25, 2019 at 10:00 A.M. at 50 W. WASHINGTON CHICAGO, COOK COUNTY, IL in Courtroom # 1707.

Published in Wednesday Journal 8/21, 8/28, 9/4/2019

BID NOTICE Village of Riverside 2019 Sewer Main Cleaning and Televising Services The Village of Riverside will be accepting sealed bids for Sewer Main Cleaning and Televising Services of Selborne Road and Parkway Road. Bids will be accepted at the Department of Public Works, 3860 Columbus Blvd, Riverside, IL 60546 until September 18, 2019, at 2:00 p.m., at which time the bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. Specifications may be obtained at the Department of Public Works, weekdays, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

This project is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act 820 ILCS 130/1-12. Contractors shall be required to pay not less than the prevailing wage rates currently in effect on the Project as established by the United States Department of Labor and the State of Illinois Department of Labor and comply with all other applicable provisions of the Act. Questions may be directed to the Public Works Department at (708) 442-3590. The Village of Riverside reserves the right to reject any or all bids, to waive technicalities, and to accept any bid which is deemed to be in the best interest of the Village of Riverside.

Published in RB Landmark 8/28/2019

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PUBLIC NOTICES

NOTICE OF NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING Meeting Date:

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Meeting Time: 7:00pm – 7:30pm (Drop in Anytime) 7:30pm – 8:30pm (Presentation to Neighbors) Meeting Location: Hunter’s Realty Office 6049 W. North Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 Subject Property Address: 6033 W. North Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 Proposed Development: Noah Properties, LLC is proposing to develop the currently vacant surface parking lot property located at 6033 W. North Ave., Oak Park, IL, with three (3) new four-story residential buildings. Each building will contain eight (8) residential units. Each building will measure 44 ft.-4 inches in height. Onsite parking for twenty-four (24) cars will be provided to support the residential development.

Please join us to see how the plans for the development are progressing and to get a preview of what will be submitted to the Village of Oak Park for consideration. Stop by anytime between 7:00pm and 7:30pm to meet with the development team and get a closer look at the plans. The neighborhood meeting and presentation will begin at 7:30pm.

Purpose of Meeting: Pre-Planned Development Submittal Discussion Meeting Contacts: Craig Failor Village Planner (708) 358-5418 Nicholas Ftikas Attorney for Noah Properties, LLC (312) 782-1983 Published in Wednesday Journal 8/28/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDS On September 5, 2019 the Village of Oak Park (Village) will request the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to release federal funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (PL 93383), as amended, for various activities pursuant to the Program Year (PY) 2019 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, including: public services, public facilities and improvements, housing rehabilitation, code enforcement, ADA sidewalk/curb ramp reconstruction, and water main & alley improvements. These activities will take place within the Village of Oak Park, Illinois at a total cost of $1,837,203. PY 2019 activities undertaken by the Emergency Solutions Grant Program will total $143,061 to assist persons experiencing homelessness or at risk. An Environmental Review Record covering these programs has been made by the Village, which documents the environmental review of the activities. This Environmental Review Record (ERR) is on file at the below address and is available for public examination and copying upon request from August 29 to September 4, 2019, 5 p.m. The ERR is also available on the HUD Environmental Review Online System (HEROS) at: https://www. onecpd.info/environmental-review/ environmental-review-records The Village of Oak Park will undertake the activities described above with grant funds from HUD, under PL 93-383. The Village of Oak Park and Cara Pavlicek, in her official capacity as Village Manager, and Tammie Grossman, in her official capacity as Development Customer Services Director, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, decisionmaking, and action, and that these responsibilities have been satisfied.

The legal effect of the certification is that upon its approval, the Village may use the grant funds, and HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

HUD will accept an objection of its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) that the certification was not in

fact executed by one or both of the responsible entity’s Certifying Officers; (b) that the responsible entity has failed to make one of the two findings pursuant to Sec. 58.40 or to make the written determination required by Secs.

58.35, 58.47 or 58.53 for the grant activity, as applicable; or (c) that the recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by Sec. 58.75 before release of funds and approval of the environmental certification by HUD. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58) and may be addressed to HUD at 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. Objections to the release of funds based on other than those stated above will not be considered by HUD. No objection received after 5 p.m., September 20, 2019 will be considered by HUD. Notice is also given that CDBG Tier 1 Broad Reviews were conducted for the following proposed projects - Village of Oak Park Public Works Infrastructure construction projects (4) that will: 1) make Sidewalk and 2) make Sidewalk Ramp Improvements to improve the mobility of persons with disabilities; 3) make Alley Improvements in low and moderate income areas to replace deteriorated infrastructure; and 4) make Water Main service line improvements to eliminate water main lead-based paint hazards. Further Tier 1 Broad Review projects - Village of Oak Park Housing Programs projects (3) that will: 1) reduce leadbased paint hazards for low and moderate income homeowners; 2) rehabilitate single-family homes for low and moderate income homeowners; and 3) rehabilitate multi-family buildings with 2-7 units to primarily benefit and improve affordability for low and moderate income renters. Tier 2 Site Specific Reviews will be completed for those laws and authorities not addressed in the Tier 1 Broad Reviews for each address under the Oak Park CDBG program when addresses become known.

Cara Pavlicek, Village Manager, and Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director (Certifying Officers) 123 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302

Published in Wednesday Journal August 28, 2019

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

RESOLUTION R - 2019 – 45 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF ADDITIONAL TAX FOR LIBRARY PURPOSES IN THE VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, ILLINOIS WHEREAS, the Board of Library Trustees of the Village of Brookfield has requested the corporate authorities of the Village of Brookfield to levy an additional tax of .02% for certain library purposes, pursuant to Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 75, 5/3-1 (2004); and WHEREAS, this .02% additional tax shall be in addition to the annual levy of .35% allowed for the establishment and maintenance of the library; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, as follows: Section 1: The corporate authorities of the Village of Brookfield herewith determine to levy an additional .02% tax for library purposes for the tax year commencing January 1, 2019.

Section 2: Such .02% additional tax shall be levied on the value of all taxable property in the Village of Brookfield, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, and shall be used for the purpose of sites and buildings, for the construction and equipment of buildings, for the rental of buildings required for library purposes, and for maintenance, repairs and alterations of library buildings and equipment.

Section 3: The levy of said additional .02% tax shall be effected by the adoption of an appropriate levy ordinance by the corporate authorities pursuant to statutory requirements, which ordinance shall be filed in the office of the Cook County Clerk.

Section 4: The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish a copy of this Resolution at least once in the Riverside/Brookfield Landmark, a newspaper with a general circulation in the Village of Brookfield, within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, and also the “Public Notice” attached hereto as

“Annex A” hereof, shall be included with such publication or posting.

Section 5: If no petition is filed with the corporate authorities of the Village of Brookfield within thirty (30) days after publication of this resolution, requesting that the question of the adoption of this resolution be submitted to the electors of the Village of Brookfield, or if all petitions so filed are determined to be invalid and insufficient, the Village shall then be authorized to levy the tax. However, if a petition is filed with the corporate authorities within said thirty (30) day period, which petition is signed by electors of the Village of Brookfield equal in number to 10% of the total number of registered voters in the Village of Brookfield and which asks that the question of levying such a .02% tax be submitted to the electors of the Village, then the question shall be submitted at the next applicable election, or at any special election called in accordance with law. The Village Clerk shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.

Section 6: This Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its adoption.

ADOPTED this 26th day of August 2019 pursuant to a roll call vote as follows: AYES: Trustees Gilhooley, Garvey, Conroy, Cote, Kaluzny, and LeClere NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTENTION: None APPROVED by me this 26th day of August 2019.

Kit P. Ketchmark, President of the Village of Brookfield, Cook County, Illinois ATTESTED and filed in my office, this 26th day of August 2019.

Brigid Weber, Clerk of the Village of Brookfield, Cook County, Illinois

“ANNEX A” PUBLIC NOTICE The public is hereby notified regarding the above “Resolution Authorizing the Levy of Additional Tax for Library Purposes in the Village of Brookfield, Illinois” determining to levy for the tax year beginning January 1, 2019, an additional tax of up to 0.02 Percent of equalized or assessed value of taxable property for particular building and equipment purposes in accordance with 75 Illinois Compiled Statutes, Section 16/35-5 that: 1. The specific number of voters required to sign a petition requesting that the question of adoption of the Resolution be submitted to

the electors of the Village is 1,327 voters.

2. The time in which the petition must be filed is from the date of publication of this Resolution until 30 days hereof, being the 27th day of September 2019.

3. The date of the prospective referendum, if one should be called pursuant to such petition, is the Consolidated General Election, held Tuesday the 17th day of March 2020.

4. The Village Clerk shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.

Published in Landmark 8/28/19

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION PS FUNDING INC. C/O KF PS TRUST; Plaintiff, vs.

POWER TEAM INC.; RANA MACK; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 869 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, September 17, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A,

Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-17-123-022-0000.

Commonly known as 318 South Austin Blvd., Oak Park, IL 60304.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a multi-family or apartment residence. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Ms. Mary E. Spitz at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Sottile

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

& Barile, LLC, 11351 Pearl Road, Strongsville, Ohio 44136. (440) 5721512. ILF1811026 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3128305

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, Alexander Potestivo, POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 263-0003.

Please refer to file number 111167.

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

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago IL, 60606 312-263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw. com Attorney File No. 111167 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 18 CH 03537 TJSC#: 39-3743 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 18 CH 03537 I3128708

es, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-12020 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 15288 TJSC#: 39-3976 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2018 CH 15288 I3128644

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION QUICKEN LOANS INC Plaintiff, -v.JACK LYDON, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR JOHN L. MEEKS (DECEASED), OAK PARK TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, JACOB ISSAC MEEKS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOHN L. MEEKS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 03537 914 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 June 13, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 16, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 914 N. AUSTIN BLVD, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-320-0401023 The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $100,175.93.

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

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

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST AND FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ACE SECURITIES CORP. HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-HE3, ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, -v.WILLIAM M. GREENLEAF, WILLIAM M. GREENLEAF, AS ADMINISTRATOR, DARIUS GREENLEAF, KENDRICK GREENLEAF, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF FREDERICK GREENLEAF, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2018 CH 15288 3417 ADAMS ST 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 June 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 23, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3417 ADAMS ST, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-16-111-0260000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate tax-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.VIVIAN HENDERSON, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT C/O ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTN: CIVIL DIVISION, 929 OAK PARK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 19 CH 00151 929 S. OAK PARK AVE 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 June 17, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 18, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South

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Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 929 S. OAK PARK AVE, Oak Park, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-307-0341012 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $155,140.15.

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

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

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF

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

For information, Alexander Potestivo, POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 263-0003.

Please refer to file number 117043.

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

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago IL, 60606 312-263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw. com Attorney File No. 117043 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 19 CH 00151 TJSC#: 39-3804 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 19 CH 00151 I3128844

October 4, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2010 S. 19TH AVE., BROADVIEW, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15-15-321-0210000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $140,556.54.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-15624.

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) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-15624 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 19 CH 01405 TJSC#: 39-3900 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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DARYL SATCHER, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., OAK PARK TERRACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2018 CH 08851 914 NORTH AUSTIN BOULEVARD UNIT #C-8 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 February 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 17, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 914 NORTH AUSTIN BOULEVARD UNIT #C-8, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-320-0401025 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, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building

and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-07459 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 08851 TJSC#: 39-5062 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2018 CH 08851 I3129322

gagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-13204 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018CH15199 TJSC#: 39-4227 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2018CH15199 I3129648

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.SPANISH L. BUSH, SANDRA J. BUSH, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR CWHEQ HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-S7, STATE OF ILLINOISDEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 19 CH 01405 2010 S. 19TH AVE. BROADVIEW, IL 60155 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on

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ERIC A. NEWSON AKA ERIC NEWSON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 12518 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, September 24, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-07-214-117-0000.

Commonly known as 5633 Murray Drive, Berkeley, Illinois 60163.

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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. F18090107 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3128906 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 ABFC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-WMC1 Plaintiff, -v.-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.J. MICHAEL BRUNO, BARBARA BEST, CODY STEPHEN BEST, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2018CH15199 812 CIRCLE AVE. FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 1, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 3, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 812 CIRCLE AVE., FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-405-0110000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mort-

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Local coaches prefer existing scheduling, rivalries over 2021 district plan

By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

The Illinois high school football season kicks off this week. Unfortunately, my excitement is a bit tempered this year given that this season and the next one could be the final seasons of IHSA regular season football as we know them.

Conference games have long been a part of what makes Friday nights special. Whether it’s the Chicago Catholic League, the East Suburban Catholic Conference or the West Suburban Conference, there are many longstanding rivalries that would likely become extinct if the IHSA has its way.

Last fall, in an attempt to stem the constant movement of schools changing leagues in order to make it easier to gain the five wins required for playoff consideration, the IHSA board of directors proposed abolishing conferences for football purposes beginning in 2021. The proposal was voted on by the schools and passed by a small margin. Instead of conferences, the IHSA will now determine a school’s final seven season opponents based on geographical districts. The first two games will still be scheduled by the schools. Needless to say, many coaches aren’t happy with this development.

“I hope it doesn’t happen,” OPRF coach John Hoerster said. “To look at leagues that have been around for a long time - like the Catholic League, East Suburban and the West Suburban Silver, these are some great, history-rich conferences with some great rivalries. There are some great relationships that have formed with the coaches. We get to spend a lot of time together in preseason and postseason meetings and at clinics. The thought of that being no longer in existence is sad to me.

“In the West Suburban Silver, we have a great group of coaches, teams and rivalries that have been going on for a long time,” Hoerster added. “That would be dissolved by this plan. It’s unfortunate because I don’t think this solves any of the problems that have been brought forward.

“There are some different ways [the IHSA] could go about it. But at the end of the day, if this is what we have to do, we have to do.

For me, it’d be sad looking forward to future schedules and not seeing schools that we’ve had fun battling with.”

Fenwick coach Gene Nudo isn’t a proponent of the scheduling changes either.

“It’s disappointing to me,” Nudo said.

“I like coaching in the Chicago Catholic

League. Nothing personal against the other schools [in a proposed district], but I feel Fenwick needs to play schools like Fenwick.”

I get that the IHSA wants to stop the constant movement of schools from league to league. But as Hoerster said, there are better remedies than abolishing conferences.

One possible solution would be to raise the minimum number of wins required for playoff consideration from five to six - as it used to be. Six would make a school merely eligible; seven would be an automatic bid. Yes, this change would likely necessitate a reduction in the number of classes from eight to six, but I’d be willing to live with that trade-off in order to ensure that traditional conference rivalries continue.

The IHSA’s long-standing motto is “Do What’s Right.” But it isn’t doing the kids and communities right with this district plan. Here’s hoping the coaches and athletic directors can persuade the principals to go back to the IHSA Board of Directors and consider a revote.

Otherwise, we’re looking at a messy situation for 2021 and beyond.

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OPRF coach John Hoerster (above) and Fenwick coach Gene Nudo aren’t in favor of the IHSA district plan which will dramatically change the scheduling for teams in 2021.

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Motivated Squad from page 47 sive perspective always has the capability of making a play,” he said. “Not only within the scheme of our offense, but when things break down, he’s able to make something out of nothing. From a defensive standpoint, he’s physical, has tremendous cover skills and tackles well. Jaden’s just a solid football player who still hasn’t come close to reaching his full potential.”

Running back Nazareth Bryant, who came on strong down the stretch for the Huskies last fall, looks primed for a big season.

“Naz has the potential to be one of the best backs we’ve had at OPRF.” Hoerster said.

“He’s a hard worker, leader and role model for our younger players.

Head coach: John Hoerster (9th season at OPRF, Naz is very coachable 54-29 overall record) and an amazing young Last season: 8-3, West Suburban Silver triman who has taken adchampions. Defeated New Trier 34-16 in Class 8A vantage of what he’s first round; lost to Brother Rice 27-17 in second been given.”

The Huskies have to round. replace the interior of Top returning players: Jaden McGill QB/CB, their offensive line, but JR; Nazareth Bryant RB, SR; Luke Elwart RT, SR; Fabian Gonzalez LT, SR; senior tackles Fabian Daemyen Middlebrooks LB, SR; Naahlyee Bryant DE, JR; Erik Skala WR, SR; Gonzalez and Luke ElMalik Donaly LB, SR; Toby Kunkel QB/S, SR wart should serve as Newcomers to watch: Jalen Bates CB, JR; Jake Birmingham LB, JR good mentors for the newcomers.

Outlook: Enough quality veterans are back to ensure that OPRF remains “Fabian and Luke are a viable contender in the league. If a batch of talented newcomers can two good, smart players quickly pick up knowledge of the systems and execute on both sides of the who are technicians ball, the Huskies could repeat as conference champions. and good leaders,” Hoerster said. “We also have a mix of younger guys who are doing a good job of picking up the concepts of what we do offensively. We’re going to have nice competition for the remaining spots not only going into Week 1 but throughout the season.”

Senior Erik Skala has the most returning experience at wide receiver. There are some OPRF running back Nazareth Bryant is known for his excellent speed and elusive moves. intriguing players in contention for the other positions, including seniors Gavin Tunney and Jaylen Davis, junior Jared SmithNewcomer Jalen Bates should help aug“We think Naahlyee is going to be an imPayton and sophomore Eric Locke. Locke’s pact player for us. He’s very athletic and ment the secondary. He’s a transfer student/ length reminds Hoerster of OPRF alum Jar- can make some big-time plays,” Hoerster junior defensive back from Immaculate ed Scott (now playing at Prairie View A&M said.

Conception (which won the Class 4A state after a stint at Wyoming).

Senior linebacker Malik Donaly is an- title last season). Bates played football his Only one starter returns on defense for other player with some varsity experience freshman year at Fenwick.

OPRF, but he’s a good one - linebacker Dae“Jalen is a talented young man,” Hoerster that’s expected to see more playing time. Semyen Middlebrooks. nior Toby Kunkel, the team’s backup quar- said. “He’s got some good varsity experience “Daemyen is just a really good high school football player,” Hoerster said. “He looks, terback, will also play safety. Other players and he’ll help us a lot of corner. He’s found defensive coordinator Tim Fischer hopes his way back to Oak Park and has done a talks and walks the part and brings a lot of will step up are junior linebacker Jake Bir- good job.” leadership to the defense.”

The Huskies should compete for the Junior defensive end Naahlyee Bryant mingham, junior defensive lineman Amari(Nazareth’s younger brother) played in cer- on Jones and senior defensive lineman Evan league title with fellow 2018 champions – Glenbard West and Hinsdale Central.

Failor. tain packages as a sophomore.

OPRF Huskies at a glance

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WEB EXTRA For more football news ws LOG ON TO OAKPARK.COM/ SPORTS/ “Every single week is going to be a battle,” Hoerster said. “We don’t have a week to take off, so the message we’re focusing on with the kids is to take things one day at a time.

We’re going to be young and inexperienced, but we have talent that we’re very excited about.”

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Fenwick looks to get back on track Friars have talent to make mark in new league

improved thanks to more experience at linebacker and in the secondary. Seniors Solomon Singleton (18 tackles, 3 pass

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Fenwick Friars at a glance

Contributing Reporter

The Fenwick High School football team finished 3-6 last season. Is a bounce-back season in store this fall? Head coach Gene Nudo is optimistic about a return to the postseason.

“I’m pleased with the development of our team,” he said. “We’re young and inexperienced in a lot of spots, but our enthusiasm has overcome our youth. We’ve got great senior leadership on this team. It’s nice to have guys that want to be out there; our guys love playing football for Fenwick and we’re excited about the team we’re going to put on the field.”

Senior Sean Carpenter is among the Friars’ top returning players. An all-Catholic League selection last fall, the 6-foot-5, 275-pound offensive tackle has embraced an increased leadership role.

“Sean has emerged into a position of leadership,” Nudo said. “The older guys [like Sean] are teaching the ropes of how Fenwick kids are supposed to act.”

The Friars return two other players who made all-Catholic League in 2018 – senior kicker/punter Bryan Dowd and senior strong safety/linebacker Tom Dvorak (46 tackles, 4 sacks in 2018).

“The other day in practice, Bryan hit a 35yard field goal with his left foot. He’s rightfooted,” Nudo said. “His leg has gotten stronger and he’s going to be a weapon for us. He’ll be able to flip the field.”

The defense has a chance to be much

Fenwick kicker/punter Bryan Dowd.

Head Coach: Gene Nudo (8th season; 50-30 record at Fenwick; 97-37-1 overall record in 12 seasons) Last Season: 3-6 Top Players: Sean Carpenter OL/DL, SR; Tom Dvorak SS/LB, SR; Danny Farnan LB, SR; Bryce Legan LB, SR; Bryan Dowd K/P, SR; Solomon Singleton DB, SR; Marc Thomas DB, SR Newcomers to Watch: Kaden Cobb QB, SO; Isaac Novak, RB, JR; Kevin Frazier FB/DT, SO; Eian Pugh WR, SO Outlook: Fenwick finished 3-6 last season with a relativelyy inexperienced roster. With more seasoned players returning this e), a fall (particularly on defense), return to the postseason is a good possibility for the Friars.

breakups, 1 interception) and Marc Thomas (18 tackles, 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovery) are speedy playmakers at cornerback.

Nudo feels senior free safety Greyson Cone is in store for a big year. Linebackers Danny Farnan (53 tackles, 4 tackles for loss) and Bryce Legan (46 tackles, 4 tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks) provide a very physical presence in the middle. The defensive line will feature senior William O’Brien and sophomore Quin Wieties at ends, and Emmett Bonaccorsi at tackle.

Offensively, sophomore quarterback Kaden Cobb (6-3, 180) had a good offseason as he takes over as the starter this season. The left-handed Cobb, who was a starter on the basketball team last winter, has unlimited potential and a chance to develop into an elite leader.

“Kaden’s done a good job. We’re coming to him with a lot, but there’s been no reason for us to tune it back at all,” Nudo said. “He’s got great field vision, and l think we’ll be Photo by Carol Dunning able to complement him with a very solid running game.”

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Fenwick sophomore Kaden Cobb takes over at quarterback this season.

Junior Isaac Novak will get the starting nod at running back. He’s quick to the hole and elusive.

“Isaac had a great offseason,” Nudo said.

“I’m pleased with the physicalness.”

Sophomores Danny Kent and Jacque Walls will get carries as well. At 5-11, 238 pounds, fullback Kevin Frazier will be a solid lead blocker and occasional runner in the ground game.

Although lacking experience, the wide receiving corps will have plenty of length and depth. Senior Brian Moore grabbed nine receptions for 103 yards last season. Junior Jonas Capek saw varsity time as well.

Top newcomers include sophomores Bryan Hunt and Eian Pugh (6-3, 170) and junior Nick Polston, who is also the reserve quarterback.

The skill positions will work behind a developing offensive line. Center Jimmy Liston started last year on the varsity as a freshman, while junior Jamie Moran was also pressed into service. The experience

of Liston and Moran along with Carpenter should foster development of the entire unit, which will have two sophomores starting in 6-3, 330-pound guard Rasheed Anderson and Liston.

The Friars hope to get off to a fast start.

After opening at home against Curie and Dunbar, Fenwick will encounter an extremely difficult three-game stretch – at defending Class 7A champion Nazareth Academy, at defending 5A champion Joliet Catholic and home against 8A semifinalist Marist.The football-only merger between the Chicago Catholic League and the East Suburban Catholic Conference has created six divisions. Fenwick is in the CCL/ESCC White Division, along with defending Class 5A state champion Joliet Catholic, Marmion Academy and St. Ignatius.

“We’ve got our challenge,” Nudo said.

“Everyone’s talking about the meat grinder in the middle, but our focus right now is on Curie. We can’t wait to take the field [August 30] and show what we’ve got.”

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OPRF junior Jaden McGill, with ball, is a dual-threat quarterback and one of the top players in the West Suburban Conference. He will also play cornerback on defense.

Conference champs will feature explosive offense, new-look defense

MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

The Oak Park and River Forest High School football team had a special season last year in more ways than one.

Head coach John Hoerster recovered from a lifethreatening heart attack during the summer of 2018.

While there was some uncertainty if he could coach the team, Hoerster worked the season opener from the press box and returned to the sideline in Week 9.

Hoerster’s determination during the recovery process inspired the Huskies, who finished 8-3, defeated New Trier 34-16 in the Class 8A state playoffs

and clinched a share of the West Suburban Conference Silver Division title along with Glenbard West and Hinsdale Central. OPRF earned its first conference championship since 1998.

The season’s best moment last year occurred on Oct. 12 when Henry Darrow’s 43-yard field goal in the closing seconds lifted OPRF to a 10-7 win at Glenbard West, (the first time the Huskies defeated the Hilltoppers since 2007 and also their first victory at Duchon Field in since 1998).

The Huskies enter this season with a talented roster largely void of experience. But Hoerster – who’s feeling healthy now – feels that if the team develops a solid work ethic, another successful year will be the result. “[August 30] will be the first time most of these guys step on a varsity field,” Hoerster said. “Hard

work beats talent. We can have all the talent in the world, but it has to be backed up with work ethic and studying film. If you’re filling the wrong gap, running the wrong route or making a mistake in coverage, your talent won’t help you. We have to make sure they understand their jobs and assignments.”

Even with an inexperienced roster, OPRF is highly regarded in the area as a ranked team in multiple polls. The few returning starters the Huskies have (5 total: 4 offense/1 defense) are among the best players in the West Suburban Silver.

For example, quarterback Jaden McGill enjoyed a solid 2018 season as a sophomore starter.

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