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May 8, 2019 Vol. 39, No. 40 ONE DOLLAR @oakpark @wednesdayjournal
JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest
Fair housing pioneer Bobbie Raymond dies at 80 Page 12
Oak Park mourns OPRF senior
Thomas Hunt, 18, died in a May 4 car crash in Oak Park By TIM INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer
A THOUSAND SEEDLINGS: Lissa Dysart tends to tomato plants in the backyard of her home in Oak Park.
Oak Park’s ‘Tomato Lady’ Lissa Dysart’s passion has turned into a cottage industry
By MICHELLE DYBAL Contributing Reporter
They range from half-inch gems to voluptuous 3-pounders; palest of yellows and reds so dark, they’re called black; striped and mottled; pink and orange; round, oblong, heart- and pear-shaped beauties. All future promises from 4- to 8-inch stalks reaching for the sky at pop-
up greenhouses in a modest backyard in southeast Oak Park. The 90 varieties of tomato seedlings, along with a selection of vegetable plants are up for sale out of the home of Lissa Dysart this Saturday. Dysart’s craving for quality, homegrown tomatoes comes from a childhood experience. Growing up in Crystal Lake, she said there was a farm nearby with community garden plots. Her fam-
ily would garden there and “have tons of tomatoes and eat them at every meal throughout the summer.” By the time she moved out, “horrible hydroponic tomatoes came into being,” she said. To counter tasteless grocery-store tomatoes, Dysart had a 5-gallon bucket with a tomato plant on a fire escape while livSee TOMATO LADY on page 15
Thomas Hunt, an 18-year-old Oak Park River Forest High School senior, has died after being involved in a multiple-vehicle car crash that took place on May 4, at about 10 a.m. at the intersection Oak Park Avenue and Adams Street. Police are still investigating the crash, but they say Hunt was traveling southbound on Oak Park Avenue, attempted to pass a vehicle and collided head-on with another vehicle headed northbound. The vehicle headed northbound also collided with a parked car and the vehicle Hunt attempted to pass, according to police. Neither of those motorists were injured. Hunt was taken to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood for treatment and was pronounced dead at 5 p.m. on the day of the accident. Police report that the crash resulted in the closure of Oak Park Avenue between Jackson Boulevard and Adams Street for nearly five hours, while police investigated the scene. Lynda J. Parker, OPRF assistant principal for student services, said in a letter to parents See OPRF SENIOR on page 15
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Foley-Rice makes endangered buildings list Landmarks Illinois has released its list of most endangered historic buildings in the state, and the shuttered Foley-Rice automobile showroom building on Madison Street made the list. The planned demolition of the building made headlines earlier this year after the Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission voted to declare the building a historic landmark to save it from demolition. The site, located at 644 Madison St., is slated for a Pete’s Fresh Market grocery store. Despite the commission’s unanimous vote to preserve the building, the Oak Park Board of Trustees unanimously denied the landmark designation. They did direct the developer of the project, Jupiter Realty, to work with architects to attempt to save the façade of the building – often referred to as a façade-ectomy. But the developer is not obligated to do so. Landmark Illinois noted in its list of 12 “endangered buildings” that the dealership “was built in 1924-27 and remains one of the best preserved and most architecturally striking examples left from the time when Oak Park’s Madison Street was an automobile sales district.” “Despite vocal protest from the community and recommendations for local land-
marking from their own Historic Preservation Commission, Oak Park officials recently agreed to allow a developer to demolish the vacant building to make way for a new grocery store,” the advocacy group noted in its press release. “Locals continue to push for the historic building to be incorporated in the development.” The other endangered buildings include: ■ James R. Thompson Center, Chicago ■ Sheffield National Register Historic District, Chicago ■ Washington Park National Bank, Chicago ■ St. Mary’s School, Galena ■ Booth Cottage, Glencoe ■ Hoover Estate, Glencoe ■ Millstadt Milling & Feed Company, Millstadt ■ Chancery and Piety Hill properties, Rockford ■ Rock Island County Courthouse, Rock Island ■ Ray House, Rushville ■ Greek Housing at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign More information about the most endangered buildings is available at www.landmarks.org/preservation-programs/mostendangered-historic-places-in-illinois.
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Parading Students on the float for Washington Irving Elementary School cheer and throw out candy while the Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School marching band performs on May 4 during the 39th annual Multicultural Festival parade in Oak Park. More photos on page 18.
Timothy Inklebarger
Eagle Scouts build fence for Sojourner House
On April 28, Oak Park and River Forest High School senior Nate Gallagher led a team of Scouts from Troop 2 in Oak Park, along with a group of his friends, in constructing a privacy fence for Sojourner House — a property at 324 N. Austin Ave. in Oak Park. The house — the result of a collaboration between the nonprofit Housing Forward and the Oak Park Housing Authority — is meant for people who need immediate shelter. The fence took two days to build and was Gallagher’s Eagle Scout project, participants said. Gallagher raised $890 of his $1,000 goal through a GoFundMe campaign. Back row, left to right: Marcos Stocco, Ben Moyer, Benjy Ross, Gallagher, Joey Pascarella, Zeke Wells and Liam Donovan. Front row, left to right: Gibson Sokolowski,
Oak Parker gets $15,000 state art grant
Jeremy Pierre and Connor Kuehl. There were more Eagle Scouts who worked on the project, but aren’t pictured, participants said.
Michael Romain
The Illinois Arts Council Agency has awarded a $15,000 grant to Oak Park-based artist Michael Dinges, according to a press release from the organization. The 2019 Artist Fellowship Award provided the grants to 17 artists across the state for a combined $255,000. The council also handed out 21 grants to artists for $1,500 each. The grant program funds artists from 12 different disciplines in its mission “to build a strong, creative and connected Illinois through the arts.” Dinges’ grant was in the visual-based arts (painting, craft and installation) category. More about his work is available online at www.michaeldinges. com.
Timothy Inklebarger
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BIG WEEK Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest: Mother’s Day Concert Pro Musica Youth Chorus Spring Concert Saturday, May 11, 3 p.m., United Lutheran Church: Join in celebrating Older Americans Month, with a concert dedicated to senior citizens. Four ensembles will sing, including a rendition of Jim Papoulis’“Stand Together.” Reception follows. Tickets at the door: $10; $7, children; free, seniors. 409 Greenfield St., Oak Park.
Lux Cantorum: Choral Mosaic Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m., Pilgrim Congregational Church: Hear Chicago’s “premier sacred choral ensemble” present Tibetan Buddhist chants, AfricanAmerican spirituals and works commissioned for royalty, as well as an ethereal piece accompanied by Aaron Marsala on handpan. $15.Tickets/more: LuxCantorum.org. 460 Lake St., Oak Park.
Become a Friend of Freadom® Saturday, May 11, 2 to 3 p.m., Book Discussion Room, Main Library: The Freadom® Road Foundation’s mission is to break the cycle of intergenerational incarceration through literacy. Learn more about making a difference in the futures of children at risk. More: thefreadomroadfoundation.org. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.
Community Tribute to Pete Seeger Friday, May 10, 8 p.m., Martin Recital Hall, Dominican University: Celebrate the folk singer’s 100th birthday, with the music of Mark Dvorak and the Power of Song singers. Raffle prizes, Seeger memorabilia available. Proceeds support those experiencing homelessness and hunger. Presented by musicandpotlucks.org. Tickets $20; $10 students with ID. Tickets: events.dom.edu/ PeteSeeger. 7900 W. Division, River Forest.
Family Members with Mental Illness: Challenges,s, Help & Encouragement Thursday, May 9, 7 to 9 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Learn how families can find help for their loved ved ones and support for themselves. Dispel myths hs of the “normal family” and explore how research arch in brain function and self-care present hope for healing. Brought by Thrive. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.
Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Wednesday, May 15, 7 p.m., Community Engagement Space, Main Library: Join area organizers of this nation wide group to discuss local gun violence prevention efforts with Chicago Police Sergeant Jermaine Harris. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.
Sunday, May 12, 4 p.m., Chapel, Concordia University Chicago: Hear Ernest Bloch’s Concerto Grosso No. 1 and Cesar Franck’s Symphony in D Minor. Concerto competition winner Leah Iosevich perform Ralph Vaughan Williams’s The Lark Ascending. Preconcert lecture at 3 p.m. Children’s books for Infant Welfare Society will be collected. $28; free, students through college. Tickets/more: SymphonyOPRF.org, 708-2182648. 7400 Augusta, River Forest.
“The Public” Wednesday, May 15, 7 p.m., Lake Theatre: Join the Oak Park Homelessness Coalition, Housing Forward and Oak Park library for a viewing and discussion. The Public tells the story of civil disobedience that turns into a standoff with police when homeless people take over a public library seeking shelter from the cold. $20; $10, students. Proceeds support housing-related causes. Tickets: endhomelessnessoakpark.com/events. 1022 Lake St., Oak Park.
Huskie Booster Bash Thursday, May 9, 7 to 10 p.m., FitzGerald’s: Support the students of Oak Park & River Forest High School in arts, activities, academics and athletics while enjoying music, games, silent auction, open bar, heavy appetizers and more. $65, pre-sale; $75, at the door. Tickets: huskieboosterclub.org. 6615 Roosevelt Rd., Berwyn.
Mother’s Day Gift Making Mot Through May 11, 1 to 5 p.m., Bead in Hand: Make a wire bird’s nest, peas-in-a-pod pendant or “Modern M Mom’s nest.” $5, includes materials and instruction. Chain/cord are extra. All ages, younger kids may ne need help. More: beadinhand.com/ mothers-da mothers-day-gift-making.html. 145 Harrison St., Oak Park.
PPoetry off the Shelf: Youth Laureates Wednesday, May 8, 7 p.m., Poetry Foundation: Hear 2019 National Youth Poet Laureate Kara Jackson of Oak Park and other young laureates from Chicago and the UK, including Oak Park & River Forest High School Class of 2013 graduate Natalie Richardson. The poets are part of an exchange organized by OPRFHS Spoken Word teacher Peter Kahn and Young Chicago Authors. Free. 61 W. Superior St., Chicago
Author talks Monday, May 13, 7 p.m., Beer Shop: At Authors on Tap, meet Renée Rosen, whose Park Avenue Summer takes readers to New York City, 1965, and Cosmopolitan magazine. Her historical fiction includes Windy City Blues, What the Lady Wants and Dollface. Jamie Freveletti pens the Emma Caldridge series. In partnership with The Book Table. 1026 North Blvd., Oak Park.
Wednesday, May 15, 7:30 to 9 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Meet author Annette Hulefeld, a psychotherapist and spiritual mentor, and hear her personal story as told in Rooted in the Stars, Planted on the Earth. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.
Genealogy - DNA Behind the Scenes Monday, May 13, 7 to 8:30 p.m., Veterans Room, Main Library: Join Dr. Daniel Hubbard to explore different DNA tests, the components of genetic heritage, how DNA testing can be used for genealogical problems and more. 834 Lake St., Oak Park.
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Sounds Good! Choir sings it forward By MICHELLE DYBAL
some proceeds are donated to the Good Memories Chorus, an offshoot of Sounds Good! Illinois. Members hear about Oak ome who want to do good, pay it for- Parker Miguel de Leon’s solo performance ward. Then there are those who sing at the National Museum of Mexican Art it forward — supporting each other and how he’ll perform one of the solos at the through difficult times and triumphs; Sounds Good! spring concert. Hausman, who claims she came out of sharing a love of music to learn a new skill, awaken a dormant one, or to keep song the womb singing, said the best part of the in one’s soul, bringing joy to the community. choir is interpersonal connection. “It’s harder to make friends when you’re “The last concert, everybody was happy,” said Gordon Waldron, Sounds Good! Choir older,” she said, but Hausman has made new member from Oak Park. “I invited somebody friends and is helping to foster a sense of community among choir members to the concert, and he was happy. with a photo directory. Later that evening, I tipped the The choir is a non-audiUber driver more because I tion group and fits many was happy. I figured, he older adults’ schedules probably passed that because attendance on. I call that ‘Chain is not mandatory. Reactions of HappiAll singers, through ness.’ I think everypurchase or scholarbody who sang had ship, receive music a similar experience and practice CDs for … and all those are each program. For a huge explosion of the OP/RF group, one happiness.” member makes a reThe Sounds Good! cording of each rehearsChoir, formerly Encore al available. There are also Chorale, originated in the “tune-ups” held for all Sounds Washington D.C. area. It was Good! members as a review. the result of George WashingPhoto by David M. Goldman “It has enriched my life more ton University’s Creativity and Aging Study, which showed Oak Park/River Forest than I can say,” said Sheila older adults engaged in the Sounds Good! Choir in Scott, retired Trinity English arts were in better physical and concert, conducted by teacher who had not sung bethis since she was herself mental health. While Encore Linda Crabtree Powell. fore a student. “I get the satisfacCreativity still exists, Encore tion of having learned the muIllinois, which started in 2016, changed its name this season when it be- sic, the excitement of performing, and also, came its own entity. There are seven Sounds just socially, I have never met such a wonderful, warm, welcoming, generous group.” Good! Choirs in Illinois with 400 members. The Sounds of Spring Concert features The Oak Park/River Forest group is the largest and is led by Conductor Linda songs such as “Blue Skies,” “Moon River,” “And All that Jazz” and “Edelweiss” accomCrabtree Powell, retired choral director of Trinity High School and creator of BRAVO panied by piano. Besides the local show, all at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School. All seven Sounds Good! Choirs combined for a Sounds Good! Choirs are led by professional concert at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. choral directors. Powell said the entire process brings her The OP/RF choir began three years ago with 30 singers and now numbers 100, rang- joy — from selecting music, to rehearsing notes and rhythm, teaching and articulating in age from 53 to 93. “People flock to sing with her,” said Bar- ing the music, through conducting the final bara Hausman, a lifelong Oak Park/River performance. “I want it to be a great experience, but I Forest resident. “She walks that interesting line between wanting it to be fun, enjoyable, also have high expectations of what I want and having connection, and keeping some the final performance to be,” said Powell, a River Forest resident. “Seeing them imdiscipline and direction and musicality.” The group rehearses every Tuesday for prove and prepare for the programs in such 1.5 hours during the season for two annual a committed way … it’s really rewarding.” See “Sounds of Spring” performed by the programs. Rehearsals are more than singing and fine tuning music for performances. Oak Park/River Forest Sounds Good! Choir, There is a somber moment to remember a Friday, May 10, 7 p.m., Pilgrim Congregamember’s recent memorial service. Judy tional Church, 460 Lake St., Oak Park. Free Steed announces her art exhibit and sale admission. at the River Forest Public Library, in which
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magine my surprise that an actual conversation has broken out on the digital posting of our coverage of the decision to remove a WPA mural from Percy Julian Middle School. Now the story widens out as Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School and Mann School plan to put two additional WPA murals into storage. In brief, the story is that students at each school have raised concerns about the display of murals created some 90 years back as part of the Depression-era Works Progress Administration. The murals at the middle schools were painted by one artist and purport to show children playing summer and winter sports in Oak Park. Not surprisingly all the children shown are white, sort of whiter-than-white in a life-was-never-actually-like-this-in-the-first-place sort of way. I’m no art critic or art historian but the middle school murals seem like fourth-rate Norman Rockwell. They were nostalgia pieces the day they were glued to the wall. They represent to me an Oak Park that never existed. And most certainly they don’t represent the fantastic diverse mix of people who call Oak Park home these days. This is the sort of story with every potential to go sideways once it is posted online and on social media. A stark position on why history should never be erased is followed by a stern “how dare you” damage our children by exposure to this perverse art. And then I expected a race to the rat hole and finally our decision to close comments on the story. Instead, over the course of the week, the discussion at OakPark.com and on Facebook has become more nuanced. More people are joining in the conversation rather than devolving to the usual five suspects reinforcing their own views. We’re hearing from the “add artwork that reflects diversity” and the “don’t subtract existing artwork” viewpoints. There are the proponents of the “teachable moment” view. Some suggest that it is imperative to hear the voice of students who are concerned or upset by the art.
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Others worry that students triggered by a mural won’t be able to cope with more overt racism in the world. There are the supporters of independent decision-making at each school and those who believe this is a topic with broad policy implications that the school board should take up. Some commenters worry that, in the month after District 97 adopted a powerful racial equity policy, the murals are a small but real distraction, others that the point of the equity policy is to see everything school-related through the lens of racial equity. We have people using the words “with all due respect” who actually seem to mean it, not just as a preface to a bluntforce takedown. As the local editor and publisher who sometimes contemplates shutting down all comments because who needs more miserableness in the world, this is a golden moment. So please, join the conversation, explore the grey, admit your conflicts, acknowledge when a fair point has been made. Yes, we won some awards: It’s spring in Illinois so the soybean fields are underwater, road construction is just underway and the drive to Springfield is as endlessly dull as ever. But drive we do, as last week was the annual gathering of the Illinois Press Association and its awards for editorial and advertising. A couple of years ago when we remodeled our offices, we ditched 20 years’ worth of handsome plaques we’d won. There were boxes and boxes and walls covered with plaques that required a whole lot of Spackle. But we gladly accept the new ones that come our way, this year General Excellence in advertising for the Journal, Austin Weekly News and Forest Park Review, General Excellence in editorial for the Austin Weekly among large circulation weeklies. Many awards for our editorial design staff. And especially proud of the first place earned by Michael Romain for his 10 essays which ran parallel to the America to Me documentary.
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The swearing-in ceremony for new Oak Park village trustees took a political turn at Monday night’s meeting, when a number of residents argued that the board should adopt a revamped diversity statement written by the Community Relations Commission. Approving the diversity statement, first written in 1973 and most recently updated in 2015, is standard procedure for each incoming board. Oak Park’s existing diversity statement ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer states that the village “encourages the contributions of all citizens, regardless of race, A NEW BOARD: Newly elected village trustee color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, Arti Walker-Peddakotla made her presreligion, age, sex, sexual orientation, genence felt during her first board meeting at der identity or expression, marital and/or Oak Park Village Hall. familial status, mental and/or physical impairment and/or disability, military status, he said. economic class, political affiliation, or any In a telephone interview, Zapler said the of the other distinguishing characteristics commission was working to get the new lanthat all too often divide people in society.” guage on the agenda, but board members exThe proposed statement goes further, spepressed concern that the new language was cifically calling for authentic representaa “major change and they should get input tion and equity. from residents.” “We believe in equity, because diversity Trustee Deno Andrews said at the meeting and inclusion are necessary, but not suffithat the issue should be postponed because cient, to achieve fairness and justice,” the it was never placed on the board agenda, proposed language states. “By and several constituents said embracing equity, we work to they were unaware that the disbreak down systems of opprescussion was taking place. sion in order to seek fair opHe said the Community Reportunities and outcomes for all ■ To read the two dilations Commission also did residents. We reject racial barnot list the item on its website riers that limit and divide us, versity statements visit or agenda. “I don’t think we and we reject bias towards any www.oakpark.com can have a document that talks group of people.” about inclusion and equity and VISIT OAKPARK.COM Incoming Trustee Arti Walkcollective shared power and er-Peddakotla said it is “shamehave such a substantial rewrite ful” that the board has not yet that was done in virtual secret with handmoved forward on a new equity policy and picked public input,” he said. that it refused to put the proposed new lanFormer Village President David Pope also guage up for a vote. argued that a rewrite of the diversity state“The Community Relations Commission ment should be a “jumping off point for a has been asking for a year-and-a-half, along more engaged conversation with the comwith Trustee [Simone] Boutet, to just get munity as a whole. something on the agenda, so the board can “We should not rewrite something simply at least consider their work,” she said. “This based on a small number of folks sitting in a is not how government should run.” room deciding this is the new language and She said the board chose not to bring the handing it to the village trustees,” he said. item up for a vote because some board mem“We should instead use it, for something bers are “not comfortable” with the new as important as this issue, to meaningfully statement. “Your discomfort is exactly what engage the broader community and have you need to feel,” she said, “because your folks sit at the table and help to define what comfort comes at my, at our expense.” it means and what it means for the future of Tom Zapler, chairman of the commission, the community.” also called on the board to vote no on the The existing diversity statement was apexisting diversity statement. “For too long proved by a five-to-two vote, with Walkerthe community has taken the path of tradiPeddakotla and incoming Trustee Susan tion, civility and moderation that ignores Buchanan casting the No votes. the urgency of oppression and inequality,” tim@oakpark.com
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Lou Cardone, longtime Onion Roll owner By MELISSA ELSMO
said Holdstein, “but Lou was gentle and sensitive with those who were more vulnerable.” Lou made connections with many customers during his 30 years of restaurant ownership, but none more signifiou Cardone, former owner of the Onion Roll (1984cant than the day Judy Amato walked into the Onion Roll 2014), died peacefully at home on May 3, 2019 with his in 1988. She had popped in to pick up a tray of lox and wife Judy by his side. One of nine siblings, Luigi “Lou” or “Louie” Car- bagels for an office meeting and quickly became a regular done, emigrated to Chicago from Ceglie del Campo, It- at the restaurant. Much to her surprise, Lou asked for her aly in 1955 with his family. After settling on Taylor Street in phone number. “I was pretty much instantly in love,” said Judy Cardone. Little Italy, the Cardone family made their way to Galewood to put down roots. Surely pasta graced the large Italian fam- “He gave me yellow roses and that was pretty much it.” The couple married in 1994 and enjoyed taking 42 cruisily’s table on a regular basis, but Lou made an unlikely business leap later in life that would leave a long-lasting es during their 31 years together. In 2007, however, Lou’s health took a turn; his kidneys had stopped functioning mark on the Oak Park culinary community. and doctors recommended dialysis to stabilize One fateful day in 1984, he received a tip that his condition. He resisted the idea and that the owners of the Onion Roll were looking to prompted Judy to have herself tested as a livsell. Lou and his brother Johnny jumped at the ing organ donor for her husband. She was not chance to take over the combined deli/restaua match because of differing blood types, but rant and the unlikely adventure of “two Italher willingness to donate opened the door to a ian guys” running a Kosher deli began. The progressive “paired kidney exchange” or “kidCardone brothers left an indelible mark on the ney swap.” The couple matched with a mother North Avenue deli for 30 years. and daughter with ideal blood types and three Forest Park resident Deborah Holdstein, a months later Judy donated a kidney to the longtime regular at the Onion Roll who has mother and Lou received one from her daughseen the business through ownership transiter as part of the Paired Donor Transplant Protions over the years, looked back fondly on LOU CARDONE gram at UIC. the three decades Lou and Johnny helmed the “His life was my life,” said Judy tearfully. “He loved me so humble establishment. “When Lou ran the the Onion Roll, it was a place where much, I know he would have done the same thing for me.” During the years they owned the Onion Roll, he would people knew who you were and knew how you liked your coffee,” said Holdstein. “There was a friendly tone in the wake at 3 a.m. every day to pick up donuts and bagels before returning to the restaurant to begin prep for daily place that helped make community connections.” Savoring bialys, bagels and corned beef sandwiches, service. Around 7:30 he would return home to bring his customers would engage in light-hearted conversations wife a cup of coffee from the shop and would invariably or deep political discussions while dining at the deli. scribble a love note on the cup. “This guy is my heart,” sighed Judy, revealing a collecLou was known to join in the conversations and attempt to “solve the problems of the world.” Although Lou was tion of cups squirreled away in a closet. “Sure, Lou came a Chicagoan with roots in Italy, Holdstein thought there off as gruff at first, but under it all he was a sentimental was something very New York about him. He had a no-non- guy with a heart of gold.” Some cups displayed simple messages while others had sense personality and was unafraid to throw a few barbs at his regular customers; he gave the impression of being an silly cartoons taped to the side, but one stood out. Scrolled on the disposable cup were the words, “Hi Baby! May your assertive manager with good instincts about people. “He’d give me a hard time because he knew he could,” eyes always sparkle. May your smile always shine. I’ll love Contributor
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OATH: Anthony Lozzi, director of Finance and Facilities, swears in new and incumbent board members.
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ON A ROLL: Lou Cardone worked the counter for 30 years. you always.” Those who knew him say Lou was a man of integrity, a good person and a better neighbor. During the years he owned the Onion Roll, he was pleased to know his community well and hoped his customers felt as if they were part of his family. Lou Cardone died at home on May 3, 2019 due to complications from a stroke. He was the father of Jennifer and grandfather of Brandon. Donations may be made in Lou Cardone’s name to UIC Transplant c/o Dr. Enrico Benedetti, Professor and Head of Surgery.
D90 board members sworn in, officers elected
During a special meeting held on April 29, the three incumbents and one newly-elected board member were sworn in to the River Forest District 90 Board of Education. Incumbents Cal Davis, Barb Hickey and Rich Moore assumed four-year terms. New member Katie Avalos was elected to a twoyear term. Moore was voted in as board president, Hickey assumed the role of vice president, and board member Stacey Williams will serve as secretary.
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New officers elected to D97, D200 boards D97 gets new board president while top board officers stay seated in D200
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The Oak Park School District 97 and High School District 200 school boards swore in new members and elected new officers during meetings held less than a month after the April 2 local elections. During a meeting held April 30, the D97 school board welcomed new members Gavin Kearney, Jung Kim and Cheree Moore while incumbent Holly Spurlock returned to the board after a successful re-election bid. The board unanimously voted
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to elect incumbent Keecia Broy as the new board president. She replaces Spurlock in the position. They also unanimously voted to elect Kim as board vice president. During a meeting held April 29, the D200 school board welcomed new members Gina Harris and Ralph Martire while
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incumbent Sara Spivy, who returned to the board after a successful re-election bid last month, was sworn in to her second term. The board unanimously re-elected incumbent Jackie Moore as president while re-electing Spivy as board vice president. Board member Craig Iseli was elected board secretary. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
Oak Park swears in new park commissioners By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter
It was a changing of the guard at the Park District of Oak Park board of commissioners as commissioners Victor Guarino and Paul Aeschleman officially retired and newly elected commissioners were sworn in. Both Guarino and Aeschleman chose not to run for re-election this year, leaving incumbent Kathleen Porreca competing with architect Christopher R. Wollmuth, Parks Foundation of Oak Park board President Jake Worley-Hood and Oak Park District 97 Board President James Gates for three spots. Porreca got 31.44 percent of the vote, while Worley-Hood came in second and Wollmuth came in third. Getting 25.58 percent and 23.68 percent, respectively. The changeover was completed during a May 2 special board meeting. The meeting also saw the commissioners elect officers. Commissioner Sandy Lenz was elected president, while Commissioner David Wick became the new vice president. Porreca was elected treasurer and Wollmuth was elected secretary. Park district Executive Director Jan Arnold praised the departing commissioners, crediting them with being vital to some of the major changes the parks have seen over the past eight years, including installing artificial turf on several fields, improving maintenance practices and adding new facilities at Austin Gardens and Ridgeland Commons. “Without the direction and leadership
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“Be sure to challenge, push, question. Provide ideas and input. The staff here is phenomenal – they’ll take small ideas and make it into big things. PAUL AESCHLEMAN
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of both of you, none of this would have occurred,” Arnold said. The departing commissioners even wound up getting a few gifts. Arnold gave both of them framed posters showing the new park district facilities, while Porreca gave them gag awards. Guarino got a “Top Dog” award – a reference to their disagreements over the dog park, while Aeschleman got an award that referenced his push to reduce a number of garbage bins. Aeschleman thanked a large number of
park district staff by name, as well as Oak Park taxpayers and his wife, and his fellow commissioners for remaining civil even when they disagreed. He also had some words of advice JAKE WORLEY-HOOD for those continuing to serve on the board. “Be sure to challenge, push, question,” he said.” Provide ideas and input. The staff here is phenomenal – they’ll take small ideas and make it into big things. Certainly don’t hesitate to put ideas out there. One thing you’ll find from staff that they’re very, very open for new ideas.” Guarino said that one change he appreciated the most was the change in the way the park district changed its “organizational attitude.” Instead of necessarily tearing down underused facilities, he said, the park district looks at how to expand programs and improve the facilities themselves. He thanked the park district staff, giving special thanks to the “frontline staff, the people out there picking up trash, trimming bushes, [providing] customer service.” “It’s great to be a commissioner, because we get a lot of praise, but I basically do nothing – those are the people who do the real work,” he said. “If they didn’t do their jobs, nothing that we do would really matter.”
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Byline purchases Community Bank for $40M By Timothy Inklebarger Staff Reporter
Byline Bancorp announced today it has completed the purchase of Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest. Byline revealed plans last October to purchase the bank. The merger was valued at about $40 million. Byline said in a press release that each share of Community Bank common stock was “converted into the right to receive 7.9321 shares of Byline common stock and $33.38 in cash.” Byline also noted that it brings the company’s total assets to about $5.3 billion. “We are very pleased to complete this transaction and welcome Community Bank’s customers and employees to Byline,” Alberto Paracchini, Byline president and chief executive officer, said in the press release. “Oak Park and River Forest are two important communities that will complement the Byline franchise well. We look forward to providing the same high level of service and relationship banking that Community Bank customers appreciate and deserve.” Community Bank president and CEO Walter Healy said the “combined organization will continue to be actively involved and committed to the communities we serve.” “The added size will enable us to provide our customer convenient new services and technologies, and enhanced resources to serve their needs,” Healy said. Contact: im@oakpark.com
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Taglia will recuse as North Avenue townhouses near OK Oak Park trustee owns parking lot. Zoning Board enthused about project By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
New townhouses are likely headed to the northeast corner of Oak Park, pending approval by the Oak Park Board of Trustees. One trustee who won’t be voting, though, is James Taglia, who owns the parcel of land at 6033 W. North Ave., which is now a 17,400-squarefoot asphalt parking lot. Developer Noah Properties plans to build two five-unit residential townhouse buildings on the land. The buildings are ERIC DAVIS planned as 38-feet, OP Township trustee 5-inches tall and include 2,400-squarefoot units with 400-square-foot garages. They are expected to sell for between $550,000 and $600,000, according to Nicholas Ftikas, an attorney with Sam Banks Law Offices who is representing the developer. Noah Properties was given unanimous approval by the Oak Park Zoning Board of Appeals at its May 1 meeting. The developer needed a special-use permit to build residential on the commercial corridor.
“We’ve been working since 2013 to revitalize North Avenue between Austin and Harlem.”
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A rendering of proposed townhouses on North Avenue. “We believe that the proposed multi-unit residential development will help preserve and enhance the residential environment of the immediate neighborhood and provide economically diverse housing options, expanding the village’s real estate tax base,” Ftikas told the zoning board. The deal was brokered by David King of the Oak Park-based commercial real estate firm David King & Associates. Taglia said in a telephone interview that he purchased the lot from Oak Park businessman Mike Kelly in 2012 through his company Deep River Development, LLC, and that he would recuse himself from the vote, when it reaches the board of trustees. Taglia said there have been several interested buyers over the years – Burger King, a title loan company and a car rental business – but he believes townhouses are a “far superior use.” “I was always hoping for a nice develop-
ment to come along,” he said. “This appears to be a good outcome potentially.” He said the property is under contract and the sale will go through if the board approves the project. He declined to reveal the terms of the deal. Taglia did reveal that he came up with the spur-of-the-moment name for his LLC after seeing a billboard for Deep River Waterpark in Mellville, Indiana. Eric Davis, a member of the Oak Park Township Board of Trustees, voiced his support for the project at the meeting, speaking as a resident and member of The North Avenue District community group. “We’ve been working since 2013 to revitalize North Avenue between Austin and Harlem,” he said, adding, “We’re already on record as supporting more residential projects on North Avenue, where the supply of retail and office space exceeds market demand. Davis said his group believes residential
development along the commercial corridor “can help build the customer base for existing businesses and add more foot traffic and vitality to the district while reducing vacancies, including vacant land.” He said the project is “precisely what our district needs to thrive.” Viktor Schrader of the Oak Park Economic Development Corporation, a group that works to attract new business to Oak Park, said OPEDC endorses the project. Schrader said the townhouses “fits within an exciting new narrative” for North Avenue, considering other residential development planned for the street. Zoning Board member Jim Lencioni said the first-floor family rooms in each townhouse are ideal for work-live spaces “which is the thing we’re trying to encourage along North Avenue. “This is a great project,” he said. tim@oakpark.com
Music school greenlighted for Hales Mansion Zoning Board of Appeals allows parking variance for school By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Hales Mansion could soon have a new tenant, following unanimous approval by the Oak Park Zoning Board of Appeals that clears the way for the Language & Music School to relocate to the mansion at 509 N. Oak Park Ave. The school, which plans to relocate from its longtime home at 150 N. Oak Park Ave., first had to receive approval for a variance that would reduce the number of parking
spaces from seven to nine at the small parking lot on the Hales grounds. Language & Music School owner and founder Maria Fermi said the school is encouraging students and parents to walk or bicycle to the school or be dropped off. “We will also be providing a financial incentive to students who do so when we first transfer to the new location,” she said. “We will have a space set aside for bikes to encourage this.” Adding two more parking spots to the property would require “a lot of creative decisions and compromise some of the natural areas as it currently is,” she added. The issue now heads to the Oak Park Board of Trustees for a final decision. Zoning board member Jim Lencioni said more parking spaces at the site would bring
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more traffic to the area and add “two ugly spaces” to the property. Board member Don DeBruin agreed, adding that it would “ugly up the property and
it wouldn’t do anything functionally for the school or the traffic or anything else, in my opinion.” Fermi said in a letter to the board that “rapid growth” at the school has prompted administrators to hold some lessons at places like the Oak Park Public Library and various restaurants in the area. “We have had the same problem with a shortage of rooms for music lessons, and to work with it we reconverted our staff room and offices into one-on-one classrooms,” the letter noted. “We also now open on the weekend whereas previously we did not.” The current location has eight classrooms, but the Hales Mansion location would grow that number to 18. tim@oakpark.com
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Bobbie Raymond, open housing pioneer, dies at 80 Founded Oak Park Housing Center to maintain integration By DAN HALEY Publisher
We’re honored. We’re humbled. And we’re a little boastful. Again this year, our independent and locally owned community publishing company fared well in the annual Illinois Press Association editorial and advertising awards. Among our four publications we received 51 awards. That includes General Excellence in editorial for the Austin Weekly News and General Excellence in advertising for Wednesday Journal, Forest Park Review and the Austin Weekly. Our colleagues earned awards for reporting, columns, photos, page design, special projects, community service, events, informational graphics, diversity coverage, Freedom of Information reporting and more. We’re three months out from marking the 39th anniversary of our start in community journalism. A lot has changed. Much hasn’t. Our work is still about fair reporting, empowering many voices and growing community. Our thanks to our readers and advertisers on Chicago’s West Side, Riverside, Oak Park, Forest Park, River Forest, Brookfield and North Riverside for your support.
Bobbie Raymond, a foundational figure in Oak Park’s long experiment in racial integration, died Tuesday morning at Rush Medical Center in Chicago after an extended illness. She was 80. Raymond was the founder and life force of the Oak Park Housing Center, a nonprofit focused on maintaining racial integration in Oak Park. It opened in 1972 in the basement of what is now First United Church. The Housing Center grew from Raymond’s 1960s master’s thesis on integration and was a critical piece of Oak Park’s visionary efforts to discover if long-term residential integration was possible. With political and market forces conspiring to speed the resegregation of Chicago’s West Side, many experts predicted that Oak Park would soon follow that path. The Housing Center was created to mitigate white flight, address issues of redlining and to boost white demand for housing in Oak Park. “I and the staff of the Oak Park Regional Housing Center will greatly miss our strong founder, mentor and friend, Bobbie Raymond,” said Michael Stewart, technical assistance/marketing director of the organization. “She was a very strong and feisty woman that loved Oak Park and did her best to work towards a strong, integrated, diverse and artful Oak Park and surrounding community.” After her retirement from the Housing Center, the native Oak Parker and Oak Park and River Forest High School graduate, pursued her many other interests including painting, gardening, play writing, traveling. She was a key figure in the rebirth of the OPRF Alumni Association and took great pride in its efforts to fund life-changing summer learning and travel experiences for high school students who were unlikely to have such opportunities. But it was in housing and integration that
Bobbie Raymond Raymond, a former child actress, made her mark. As part of her work at the Housing Center, Raymond helped found the influential Oak Park Exchange Congress, which gathered the few like-minded communities from around America to share best practices on integration efforts. She was also among the founders of A Day in Our Village and a housewalk in the Austin neighborhood. Sondra Sokol, former Oak Park village clerk and a longtime friend, said, “Oak Park was her life. She helped put Oak Park on the map.” Sandy Burns, Raymond’s attorney, confirmed her death, reporting that Raymond had been “ill for a while. There were ups and downs.” Burns said a memorial service will be planned. Rob Breymaier, a successor of Raymond’s in leading the Housing Center and also a District 97 school board member, said, “No other person has had such a profound and lasting influence on Oak Park.”
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State grants closure of Westlake, but saga continues
State votes 7-0 to allow closure, matter heads to court – again By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
The months-long attempt by Pipeline Health, the California-based company that also owns West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, to close Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park underwent another dramatic twist: the governor getting involved just after a state agency approved Pipeline’s application to discontinue services at Westlake. The Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board voted 7-0 on April 30 to allow Pipeline to close the hospital. After the April 30 hearing, Pipeline officials had indicated in an email that they planned to close the hospital by May 3. On the day of the planned closure, however, a Cook County Circuit Court judge issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting Pipeline Health from closing Westlake at least until 5 p.m. on May 7. The court decision was the result of the village of Melrose Park filing a complaint for administrative review of the state board’s ruling. In an April 26 letter to the review board, Ari Scharg, Melrose Park’s attorney, urged board members to defer a decision
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STILL BATTLING: Dr. Raymond McDonald, a specialist in geriatric medicine at Westlake, speaks with reporters outside of court in Chicago on April 11. on Pipeline’s application to discontinue services at Westlake until a lawsuit that Melrose Park filed against Pipeline in March alleging fraud and conspiracy during the purchase process is resolved and an “equitable transition of Westlake to a new owner” is completed. Hours before the the unanimous vote on April 30, the review board issued a 4-3 decision in favor of postponing the closure while the lawsuit played out, but without a 5-person
majority, the board could not make a final decision, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The review board has one seat that needs to be filled and one member was absent. On May 6, Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration announced that the governor was withdrawing the nominations of two of the review board members — Julie Hamos and Michael Geldner — who voted against delaying the closure, according to Capitol Fax.
In a statement, Pritzker’s office said he would replace the members with appointees “who more closely share the governor’s vision for hospitals around the state. We appreciate their willingness to serve. The governor’s priority is to work with communities to ensure their health care needs are met.” “It’s a good start,” said state Rep. Emanuel “Chris” Welch (7th), whose district includes Westlake’s service area. “He never should have appointed them in the first place. Those two have never done anything to help poor people. Now the governor needs to do more to ensure our community continues to have access to health care.” Welch said the governor should call for a re-vote on the closure. He also joined state Rep. Kathleen Willis (77th) and Melrose Park Mayor Ron Serpico in calling for Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul to intervene. “Raoul was elected on a platform of access to health care,” the three lawmakers wrote in a joint Op-Ed published in the Chicago Sun-Times on May 6. “He now has the opportunity to stop an out-of-state investment company from stripping health care access away from 40,000 low-income, minority people.” Scharg said on Tuesday that a judge was scheduled to decide “whether we have a reasonable likelihood of success and if so, may stay the implementation of the board’s ruling until she enters a decision on the lawsuit.” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
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Three in stolen car burglarize vehicle Three men driving a stolen red Cadillac worked together to burglarize a vehicle in the 7100 block of Roosevelt Road at 9:45 p.m. on May 2. One of the men reportedly entered the victim’s vehicle and took an iPhone. He then entered the red Cadillac occupied by two other men. The Cadillac fled the scene, stopping at Harlem and Garfield, and the three men entered the CTA Blue Line station. It was later discovered that the Cadillac had been stolen from Chicago. The estimated loss is $800.
Theft ■ Someone stole $183.09 worth of vodka and Pepsi from Walgreens, 811 Madison St., at 9:30 a.m. on May 2. The offender took four 1.57 liter bottles of Tito’s Vodka, a 750 ml bottle of Tito’s Vodka and a 12-pack of Pepsi, according to police. The offender exited the building, entered a black Chevrolet sedan and fled westbound on Madison Street. ■ A blue 2013 Dodge Caravan, left running and unattended, was stolen from the first block of Chicago Avenue at 6:22 a.m. The estimated loss is $10,000. Police later arrested Tezell Tyson, 25, of the 5900 block of Superior, Chicago, after being found in the
stolen van. He was arrested in the 500 block of South Austin Boulevard at 5:03 a.m. on May 3. ■ A building was burglarized in the 300 block of North Oak Park Avenue, sometime between 3 p.m. on April 26 and 9 a.m. on April 29. The offender entered the building through the boiler room and stole a 100-pound pipe threader, an impact hammer with a bit set, a heavy-duty auger with a bit set, zoom lock high-pressure pipe-fitting equipment, HVAC refrigerant tester, and various drills and hand tools. The estimated loss is $13,700. ■ A Melrose Park woman was the victim of theft in the 700 block of South Austin Boulevard at 5:25 p.m. on May 4. A man approached the victim and grabbed the woman’s iPhone out of her hand as the CTA Blue Line train came to a stop at the platform. The offender fled and was last seen in the South Harrison alley at Humphrey. The estimated loss is $900.
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■ A residential garage was burglarized in the 1100 block of Highland Avenue, sometime between 7:30 and 9 p.m. on May 1. The offender entered through an unlocked side
service door and took a gray Trek Hybrid bicycle with a tan stripe along the frame. The estimated loss is $300. ■ A shed belonging to an Oak Park business was burglarized in the 6100 block of North Avenue at 2:30 a.m. on April 30. The offender stole four cases of Penzoil Motor Oil, using a dolly that also was in the shed. The offender was last seen headed westbound. The estimated loss is $400. ■ Someone broke into a residential garage in the 1300 block of North Harlem at 12:28 p.m. on May 3 and stole a blue 2015 Nissan Altima by means of a key that had been left inside. The estimated loss is $9,000. ■ A 2012 Dodge Grand Caravan was burglarized in the 1100 block of North Marion Street, sometime between 2:30 and 5:30 p.m. on May 4. The offender gained entry to the victim’s unlocked Dodge Grand Caravan and stole a dark brown purse with a wallet, three credit cards, cash, identification, red eyeglasses, blue reading glasses, pens, pencils, an inhaler and keys. The estimated loss is $150.
Criminal damage Someone used a brick to damage a 3-by-5-
foot glass window of a business in the 6100 block of North Avenue, sometime between 10 p.m. on April 29 and 6:30 a.m. on April 30. The estimated loss due to damage is $1,000.
Battery An Oak Park resident was the victim of battery in the 900 block of Pleasant Street at 8:03 a.m. on May 4. Four men exited a 2010 or 2012 silver Honda or Toyota, and one of the offenders, who wore a red suede jumpsuit and a White Sox baseball cap, struck the victim in the face. The offenders then drove off in an unknown direction. These items, obtained from the Oak Park and River Forest police departments, came from reports, April 29-May 3, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Anyone named in these reports has only been charged with a crime and cases have not yet been adjudicated. We report the race of a suspect only when a serious crime has been committed, the suspect is still at large, and police have provided us with a detailed physical description of the suspect as they seek the public’s help in making an arrest. Compiled by Timothy Inklebarger
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Two more murals set for removal at local schools
School board gives tentative approval to take down outdated artwork By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
School officials at both Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School and Horace Mann Elementary School are following the lead of their counterparts at Percy Julian Middle School by removing murals depicting primarily white people. The decision was made by District 97 school board members to support removing the two additional murals, following a request from school administrators and some parents and students. Chris Jasculca, a spokesman for the school district, said in a telephone interview that the decision does not require approval by the school board unless the cost of removal exceeds $25,000. It is not yet determined how much the removal will cost each school, but Jasculca said they are expected to be taken down sometime this summer. The mural removed from Julian last month, titled “Child and Sports - Winter,” was painted by Ethel Spears in 1937, as part of the Works Project Administration’s Federal Art Project. It depicts exclusively white students skating outdoors in winter. Similarly, the mural at Brooks is titled “Child in Sports – Summer” and is a companion piece to the painting removed from Julian and also was painted by Spears in 1937. The painting at Mann is titled “Community Life of Oak Park in the 19th Century,” and was painted by Emmanuel Jacobson and Ralf Henricksen, with assistance from Charles Copeland and
Irene Biannucci, in 1936. The murals at Brooks and Julian are both 16 feet, 10 inches long by 6 feet, 2 inches high. The mural at Mann is 7 feet high and 75 feet long. Jasculca said the issue concerning the murals rose to the surface from a discussion by students in social justice clubs at the respective schools. “The students [at Julian] said, ‘The commons is a place where we eat every day and socialize every day, and for us, when we see this mural there’s not that sense of belonging,’” Jasculca said. He said the school district aims to foster a sense of belonging and inclusion, adding, “If we’re committed to the goals we have been striving to accomplish, we have to take their feedback seriously,” he said. He noted that there is a variety opinions concerning the removal, with some residents and other stakeholders voicing their opposition to taking the murals down. “Some are adamantly opposed to removing them,” he said. The Julian mural is being stored in a climate-controlled space in the D97 administration building. Removing the mural at Mann might be trickier, and more costly, because of its size, according to Jasculca. “The mural at Mann is more complicated because it stretches across the length of the hallway,” he said. tim@oakpark.com
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TWO VIEWS: (Above) “Community Life of Oak Park in the 19th Century” at Horace Mann Elementary. (Top) “Child in Sports - Summer” at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School.
Celebrate Mother’s Day with the
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Sunday, May 12th • 4pm VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending Leah Iosevich, Violin Concerto Competition Winner BLOCH Concerto Grosso No. 1
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FRANCK Symphony in D minor
Pre-Concert Conversation at 3PM with David Leehey.
Free parking in the garage located at 1124 N. Bonnie Brae Place (one block west of Harlem Avenue between Division and Thomas Streets) in River Forest. Chapel just west of garage exit. Single tickets: $28. Students through college attend free of charge. Tickets are available through our website: SymphonyOPRF.org & also at the door. Email TheSymphonyOPRF@gmail.com or call 708-218-2648 for more information. Last chance for Tablescapes raffle. Reception during intermission. Please bring children’s books and/or cash donations for the Infant Welfare League.
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A thousand seedlings from page 1 ing in one Chicago apartment, then grew plants in a small plot of land between apartment buildings at another. Inside her Oak Park home, where Dysart has lived since 2002, planting starts by February, a laborious process with so many seeds in recent years. She has Netflix to keep her company as she plants. Shelves with shop lights, set up in her basement, provide light for the sprouts in the early months. “Anybody could do this,” she said. The plants, all grown organically, all non-GMO, primarily open-pollinated, heirloom varieties, start as seeds she chooses after culling through garden catalogs in the cold winter months. Favorite sources are Baker Creek, Seed Savers, Pinetree, and Fedco, as well as seed swaps. Growing so many varieties is simply explained by Dysart’s curiosity. She has also taken on the job as seed buyer — along with heading up the Edible Garden Tour — for Sugar Beet Food Co-op, an add-on to her job as marketing director, which is fitting given her gardening acumen and the co-op’s need for someone to oversee these responsibilities. When Dysart’s home-grown plants are big enough and the weather is right, the seedlings move outside to temporary greenhouses. Although her yard has a large tree, it doesn’t leaf out during the hardening-off process, when the plants adjust to being outside. Sunlight streams through the tree branches and reaches the greenhouses — one of which is new this season to accommodate the growing number of young plants. Dysart has 1,000 seedlings this year, a new record. Although she’s been growing vegetables from seed since the late 1990s, she didn’t start selling until eight years ago. A gardener Dysart taught to “seed start” decided to post her extra plants on Craigslist. “It paid for her seed purchases and gardening whatnot that year,” Dysart said. “So the next year I tried it and it worked out nicely. This has grown from there.” She’s been called the “Tomato Lady” on the Garden Club of Oak Park-River Forest’s Facebook page, where locals ask garden questions, share successes, exchange plants and raise butterflies. One man who recognized Dysart on the Berwyn Bungalow tour even jokingly called her his “dealer.” Gardeners are that passionate about their plant suppliers. Besides the Garden Club’s Facebook page, Dysart reaches customers by an email list generated from previous sales, word of mouth, and by Craigslist, where she still generated one presale this year. Besides tomatoes, there are melons, winter and summer squash, cucumbers, eggplant, peppers and a few others like
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Accident victim mourned from page 1 that Hunt was “considered to be a selfless individual who always thought of others before himself.” “Thomas is one of three Hunt children to attend OPRFHS and was well known and liked by peers and adults alike,” Parker said. “He was a part of our graphic design class and is credited for creating the cover of Tabula this school year.” Parker said Hunt cared deeply for his sister, an OPRF sophomore, “and always looked out for her to assist when she needed it most.”
kale, cumin and Romanesco. Although some varieties are recognizable, many are very different from what gardeners can find elsewhere — white-fleshed melons, color-changing hot peppers, cucumbers that look like potatoes, a Native-American squash that has been around for more than 400 years. “I like the tie to history,” Dysart said. “They’ve always been grown this way. It just makes sense; it’s more natural.” By every measure, her effort is a success. She sold all 70 tomato varieties and other vegetable plants she grew in 2018. “To me it’s a little bit like throwing a party, where it’s a lot of work and before it happens I’m like, ‘Why did I do this?’ Dysart said. “And then when it happens, I’m like, ‘But it’s great and it’s fun and everyone really enjoyed it and people are asking are you going to do it again?’” She relishes the fruits of her labor with the harvest from the 30 to 40 plants she keeps for herself, nestled in her front yard where there is enough sun to sustain vegetables. What she doesn’t consume as a “garden snack” — such as a small tomato warmed by the sun and popped right into the mouth off the vine — she will put into a tomato-basil bread salad, a brown-rice-flour breaded fish topped with a tomato-herb vinaigrette or a simple caprese salad. Rich rewards for her efforts.
She said in Hunt’s’ memory, students will wear T-shirts on Monday designed by the late student. The school will provide counselors and social workers starting at 7:15 a.m. in the OPRF College Center, room 207. Counselors and social workers also will be available at the start of each of Hunt’s classes. “It is never easy to bear upsetting news and it can be overwhelming to process,” Parker said. “Nevertheless, we are confident that our Huskies will rally together to support and console one another and embrace Hunt family during this difficult time. In an interview on May 6, Hunt’s cousin, Kayla Petroskey, 18, said that the two had planned to attend DePaul University together in the fall. They had grown closer while preparing for the college experience, she said.
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LOOKING FORWARD TO SUMMER: Lissa Dysart’s backyard has been set up for her tomato enterprise. To obtain the list and preorder, email red135@gmail.com. The seedling sale is Saturday, May 11, 9 a.m. to noon, 1026 S. Cuyler, Oak Park, enter through garage. Seedlings are $4 each (cash) for 3-inch peat pots.
“He wasn’t just my cousin, he was a really good friend,” said Petroskey, who lives in California. “He was a friend to everyone he knew. He always knew the right things to say to people and could really connect with others. He had a really good heart and bright future. He was really artistic and extremely smart.” A Meal Train, which is an online platform that allows people to raise funds and “coordinate meals, childcare, rides, dog walking, visitors, and more” for families going through illness and bereavement, among other experiences, had raised nearly $5,000 of its $10,000 goal as of May 7. Roughly three dozen volunteers had signed up to prepare meals. To access the Hunter family’s Meal Train site, visit: https://www.mealtrain.com/ trains/v99q5y. CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com
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menu at New Star by doing ew Star Restaurant (7444 away will all canned products W North Ave, Elmwood in favor of using the freshest Park) had been serving up ingredients available. SecondCantonese cuisine since ly, she renovated the restau1954, but Jinny Zhao’s rant, ripping up the carpeting ownership has brought fresh life and replacing it with modern to the North Avenue mainstay. wood floors, updating the wall Zhao is proud to carry on the New finishes and restoring the Star traditions started by the Moy original restaurant artwork. family, but she had a unique viLastly she transformed the sion for the restaurant and she outdated and under-utilized has been streadily bringing her banquet room into a vibrant vsion to fruition. hibachi venue. New Star’s Zhao has helmed the Elmwood menu has also been expanded Park restaurant for four years, to offer Thai, Japanese and but this isn’t her first foray Food Writer Hibachi dishes. Traditional into the restaurant world. Chinese dishes continue to Thirty years ago, Zhao took satisfy longtime customers, her first job at a south side but sushi and hibachi are Chinese restaurant. Eventuattracting a new generation ally she bought the place and of customers to New Star grew the staff from 5 to 150 in Elmwood Park. before retiring. Zhao is particularly “I retired for 6 months,” proud of New Star’s says Zhao with a laugh, updated egg rolls. The “being retired is terrible perfectly fried eggfor me so I bought this rolls, come two to a New Star.” portion and feature a Zhao took over the bounty of BBQ pork, restaurant with the inshrimp, vegetables in tention of updating it in a pleasing peanut sauce. every way. She first made changes to the
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IN GOOD COMPANY: (Top) Lunch accompaniments at New Star in Elmwood Park. (Above) Thai Basil Noodles are a vegetarian option at New Star. As part of the lunch specials they come with fresh spring rolls and egg drop soup for $9.95. (Right) Miso Soup at New Star in Elmwood Park.
“They are the best around because we use best quality meat, vegetables and peanut butter,” says Zhao confidently, “and our Crab Rangoon is made from real crab, too.” New Star also offers a vibrant, high-value lunch menu filled with a diverse array of Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Hibachi specials. The Japanese “pick two” maki special comes with both a warming bowl of miso soup and a green salad. The generous portion of vegetarian Thai basil noodles come with egg drop soup and and order of fresh Thai spring rolls. Today New Star celebrates its long history in Elmwood Park, but the expansive restaurant has been redesigned to welcome a types of Asian food lovers. “People who live here were used to the old-style Chinese cooking, but now we are not so old-fashioned,” says Zhao proudly.
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Spark Joy This Mother’s Day By Carmen C. Rivera
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nless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you know that Sunday is Mother’s Day. Hopefully, you’ve devised a plan to avoid not being seated at your favorite local brunch spot or overspending on something that mom really doesn’t need. Hat’s off to you if your day is all set! No one enjoys spiraling from panic when you realize that you’ve completely forgotten to honor the one person who’s always taken care of the family or that woman who has given you life (whether you were born to her or chosen by her). Time is fleeting and life is short so it’s time to drop everything and begin assembling the special day for your own Queen of the castle, the way she wants and deserves. In Oak Park, we are surrounded by so many great communities, local merchants and original places to visit. So, if your perfect gift for mother
equals tangible goods, shop right in town. Buying local means, you’re buying one of a kind, sometimes handcrafted goods and supporting our local economy. Our town and neighbors, including the Austin community, Brookfield, Riverside, Forest Park, Berwyn and River Forest, along with so many others, feature the most adorable independent shops that you’ll encounter. You definitely want to peruse the beauty and originality that exists within a 5-mile radius of your own home. There is an abundance of dining options, so you can please every palate preference. Have a craving for some fine dining, want a dog friendly bar, farm focused dishes, or tacos out on the patio? Be sure to make a reservation, today! With so many specialty restaurants that exist nearby you have the opportunity to treat mom to whatever craving she may have or simply treat her to a custard cone.
From getting pampered to painting while sipping libations, to visiting a Frank Lloyd studio and a walk through a beautiful park to catching a flick at the classic movie house, momma should benefit from the existence of the vibrant communities of beauty and the ease of access to it all. Whatever it is you do for mom try not to spend too much money. With all she does or has done, this is the one day that she wants to feel special. But the last thing mum wants you to do is break the bank. Without much planning or thought and the one thing that won’t cost you a dime, is to give mom the gift of your time. Take time for mom this year, especially if you haven’t in a while. Sit with her for tea, talk trash about whatever it is she loves to gripe about, and laugh. Take her for a drive and chat while helping her pick up the house. Hang outside on the front stoop and
The best gift you can give to your mom this Mother’s Day is you. Regardless of what you do, listen to your mother. She’s telling you what she needs daily by asking you to pick up your socks, take out the garbage or her best attempt at trying to understand what’s going on during the Billboard Awards (me the other night). She’s trying to spend time with you, then give it to her.
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House with mobster ties hits the market ‘Machine Gun’ McGurn once owned Kenilworth Ave. home By LACEY SIKORA
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ne of the nice things about living in Oak Park or River Forest is that the homes are full of history. You don’t have to live in a mansion in the estate section to own a good story in connection with your house. While the two towns have had their share of local celebrities – Ray Kroc, John Mahoney and Carlos Zambrano, not to mention Ernest Hemingway and Frank Lloyd Wright, have all called the near-west suburbs home – a few infamous former residents were more renowned for their criminal acts. The home at 1224 N. Kenilworth Ave. in Oak Park was briefly owned by one of those criminal minds. Once home to Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn, a member of the Chicago Outfit who played a role in one of Chicago’s most notoriously violent chapters, the house eventually became more celebrated as a long-term family home.
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HOOD IN THE HOOD: The home at 1224 N. Kenilworth Ave. was owned by Al Capone enforcer Jack “Machine Gun” McGurn from 1934-36.
Who was Jack McGurn? Jack McGurn was born Vincenzo Gibaldi in the early 20th century in Sicily. He immigrated to the United States as an infant with his parents, settling in New York. He moved to Chicago as a teenager and changed his name when he took up boxing, under the premise that boxers with Irish names got
more bookings. John Binder, who runs Oak Park-based Gangster Tours, says that McGurn boxed for years under the name “Battling Jack McGurn.” Binder, who stops by the Kenilworth house on his tours, says that McGurn’s stepfather purportedly had mob ties and was killed by bootleggers in Chicago in 1923.
Seeking revenge, McGurn gathered friends and killed three to five people he thought were responsible for his stepfather’s death. Around this time, McGurn began working for Al Capone’s gang. Binder says that McGurn became one of the gang’s top killers and was suspected in numerous murders. See MOBSTER HOUSE on page 25
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Forest during his two-and-half-hour tours and says that for years from the 1920s through the 1980s, the area was famous for the number of people connected to organized crime who lived here. He states that from page 23 it’s not really surprising that some many mobsters called the area home. Binder says the Chicago police kept a file “By and large, when the hoodlums were on McGurn, and while he was a suspect in looking to buy a house, they were looking the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre of 1929, for the same things we are: location, short he was never brought to trial commute to work,” Binder due to his alibi. He claimed said. “They might’ve wanted that he spent the whole day good schools for their kids. with his girlfriend, Louis The upper-income guys wantRolfe, and she confirmed this ed nicer houses like you have when questioned by the police. in parts of Oak Park and River He later married Louise, Forest, and they also needed and they lived in the house on to be near their work in places Kenilworth Avenue from 1934 like the West Side of Chicago, until McGurn’s death in 1936. Elmwood Park and Forest While McGurn had some Park.” monetary success early in his Binder notes there was also career with beer distribution a sense of community among rights and as a part owner of the mob members who lived JACK “MACHINE GUN” Chicago’s Green Mill jazz club, here. MCGURN but Binder notes that his later “They really liked to live years were not as fortunate. near their friends. There was “He was down on his luck and started to a herd effect,” he said. “They had a tightrub his superiors the wrong way,” Binder knit life and tended to socialize with the said. “He was killed gangland-style in 1936 people they worked with, more so than the in Chicago.” rest of us.” Binder, who authored “The Chicago Outfit and Al Capone’s Beer Wars,” discusses Gangster houses the careers of local mobsters, the gangBinder visits the former homes of 13 no- sters’ families and interesting features of torious gangsters in Oak Park and River each home, including secret tunnels, hid-
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that her parents have both passed away, she and Brian are selling the house as they prepare for another chapter in their lives. Sharpe says there is so much about the house that will appeal to the next owners. “It’s a typical bungalow, but it’s really big, with two large bays in the front,” Sharpe said. “You can sit in the kitchen and see the rest of the house.” The home’s arched doorways and original woodwork have been maintained, as has the fireplace’s original tile, and The house today with 2,400 square feet on the first floor and 1,100 on When Pauline Trilik the second floor, there is Sharpe’s parents purchased more than enough room for the 1927-era bungalow in the a family. 1960s, it was the amount of In April, Al Capone’s space, not the home’s past JOHN BINDER home on the South Side of that drew her parents’ interAuthor and tour guide Chicago sold for more than est. twice its $109,900 asking There was an in-law suite price and garnered dozens upstairs that was perfect for of offers. her grandfather, and there “Some people are just was enough room downstairs fascinated by that story,” for her parents to run a catering business. Although she moved out Brian Sharpe said. A real estate agent with Oak Park’s in 1984, Sharpe moved back in with her husband, Brian, in 2011 to help care for her Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices, Pauline Trilik Sharpe is listing the house for aging parents. She says the Jack-and-Jill bedrooms and $595,000, and it will be included on Berkbathroom on the first floor were ideal for shire Hathaway’s open house event, Paint her elderly parents and caregivers. Now the Town Cabernet, on May 19.
den rooms and gangland murders on his tours. His next tour will run on May 26 and more details can be found at www.chitowngangstertours.com. For Binder, homes like 1224 N. Kenilworth Ave. make the tour what it is. “What Pauline and her husband have is a bona fide gangster house,” Binder said. “It’s not just a rumor like a lot of these connections can be. A gangster really lived there.”
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HANDSOME PRAIRIE INFLUENCED HOME, evident in gorgeous original wood and beautiful art glass windows throughout. Beautiful entryway, classic wood mantle, French doors, built- ins. Charming coach house. Special home much loved by same family for two generations. .........................................................$899,000
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INVITING SPACIOUS HOME offers mid century/prairie style features with a large open floor plan. Unique feature with dual fireplaces in both kitchen/family room & living room/dining room. Professionally landscaped yard with a built-in in-ground hot tub and inviting fire pit. ..........................................$1,250,000
HANDSOME TUDOR with classic original archway details beautifully blends w/ tasteful updated bathrooms and kitchen. Spacious formal living room with wood burning fireplace. Lovely dining room with built in corner cabinets. OUTSTANDING BACKYARD. Finished basement! ......................................$799,000
RIVER FOREST HOMES STATELY BRICK/STONE ENGLISH STYLE HOME with 6 bedrooms and 7-1/2 baths. Features include a formal living room with limestone wood burning fireplace, dream kitchen, sun-soaked breakfast room, Smart Home ready, white oak floors, mud room, 10 ft ceilings........................................................$2,490,000 BURMA BUILT BUHRKE HOUSE combines Tudor revival & chateau style architecture elements. Gorgeous décor and impeccable attention to detail and care found in house and landscaped grounds, extends to fabulous in ground pool and patios. Perfect for entertaining. ......................................................$2,199,000 BEAUTIFUL, CLASSIC HOME offers everything for today’s modern living. Custom-built home has the highest quality finishes. No detail was missed. Brick and stone exterior, wrap around porch, eleven-foot ceilings and oversized windows. LL has 2,000 feet of living area. .............................................$1,595,000 SPECTACULAR HOME offers modern/elegant architectural design, tasteful decor and impeccable attention to detail throughout, featuring 4 bedrooms and 5 full baths. Music room, private office, butler’s pantry, family room. Full basement w/wet bar, game room and rec room. ................................$1,550,000 BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN VILLA combines wonderful upgrades and finishes in a comfortable family home. New kitchen and four full floors of elegant living. All the rooms are spacious and sunny. Situated on a large corner lot in a quiet area but close enough to walk to the train! ....................................................$1,349,999 HISTORIC PRAIRIE is believed to have been built around 1891 and remodeled by William Drummond in 1916. It has all of the classic features: Incredible natural woodwork and phenomenal art glass windows. Elaborate pool and pool house in back yard. Too much to list. A Must See!! ............................... $1,199,000 SETTING A NEW STANDARD in approachable elegance, this five bedroom, 3-1/2 bath home will exceed your ex-pectations with wide plank hardwood floors, striking lighting and custom millwork throughout. One of a kind floor plan, and three fully finished levels. .........................................................$1,175,000 PRICE REDUCED A PERFECT 10! Nothing to do but move in. Many upgrades and finishes in this 4 BR, 4-1/2 BA home. Has what you want… kitchen that opens to family room, 1st FL office/den, screened in porch overlooking back yard, wonderful master suite. Elaborate basement, 1st FL laundry. ............$1,095,000 PRICE REDUCED STATELY LANNON STONE GEORGIAN is move in ready with five large BRs, and three full BAs. Large room sizes, remodeled gourmet kitchen, family room, three fireplaces , full finished basement, walk up third floor storage with 10 foot ceiling. Slate roof. Attd 2 car garage. .....................$970,000 IMPECCABLY MAINTAINED COMTEMPORARY HOME in quiet section of RF. Includes 3 bedrooms, 3 full and 3 half baths, an expansive foyer, unique bamboo floors, multi-faced gas fireplace, private office, updated kitchen, screened in porch, in-ground pool..................................................................................$865,000
UNIQUE QUALITY BURMA BUILT HOME with 5 bedrooms and 3 full, 2 half baths. House has many wonderful features; 2 separate office areas, hardwood floors, kitchen with all newer appliances, adjoining eating area-family room. Finished basement. Three car garage ........................................................$845,000 MOVE IN READY home within walking distance to train and schools with everything you need and want. Wood burning fireplace, library, extra large designer eat in kitchen, family room, 3 bedrooms, two full baths, living space in basement, brick paver patio, 2 car garage.................................................$699,000 BEAUTIFUL, BRIGHT, METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED north RF home on a generous lot. Rich hardwood floors, crisp white molding, wood burning fireplace, French doors, expansive yard. Lower level has newly finished rec room and tons of storage. Rare attached garage!!..............................................$625,000 GREAT CURB APPEAL in this classic lannon stone house. Put your own touches on it and make it your own. Great bones, traditional layout. Everything you want… LR, separate DR, 1st FL family room, kit w/ attached brkfst room. 4 BRs, 2-1/2 BAs. Finished bsmt, attached garage......................................$599,000 GREAT LOCATION & EASY LIVING in this single family Tri-level home on a quiet Cul-De-Sac street. Great flow for entertaining, complete with family room. MBR has an en-suite European bath. Finished lower level has a 1/2 bath, study and exercise room. Growth to make it your own. ....................................$585,000 VINTAGE CHARMER on tree lined cobblestone street. Warm, inviting home with lots of potential! Living room is centered with a cozy fireplace, separate dining room, bright kitchen and spacious family room. 2nd floor has 3 BRs and 1 full BA. Large deck overlooking backyard. ................................................$450,000
OAK PARK HOMES UNPRECEDENTED ESTATE in the Frank Lloyd Wright Historical district of Oak Park! This meticulously renovated 5 BR, 5 full / 2 half bath property offers exquisite details and refined finishes that boast timeless materials and over the top custom millwork. This is a showcase home! ...................................$1,545,000
CENTER OF TOWN VICTORIAN with high ceilings, four spacious levels of living in beautiful Oak Park. This 5 BR, 3-12 BA home offers a formal entry, wood burning FP, sun room, family room, eat-in kitchen. Great flow, tons of natural light & storage throughout this beauty! ....................................................$605,000 MOVEIN READY with space for everyone! Enjoy the well thought out design of this 5 BR, 4 bath home! 1st FL includes open floor plan, kitchen/family room combo, BR, full bath. 2nd FL features 4 BRs, 2 full baths, laundry. Finished basement with additional BR and 4th full BA...................................................$584,900 WONDERFUL GUNDERSON HOME in Ideal OP location! Set on a Wide Lot with a Side Driveway. This 5 BR, 2-1/2 BA home features a spacious foyer, large DR adjacent to eat-in kitchen, heated mudroom and a three season porch on the 2nd FL. Addl living space on 3rd fl & in the finished bsmt......................$577,888 GORGEOUS, UPDATED VICTORIAN home with an open front porch, newly renovated kitchen, art glass windows, wood floors, neutral color palette, spacious 3rd FL family room, well-lit basement, fenced-in backyard, 2 1/2 car garage. Truly a move in ready and well-maintained home. ...................$549,000 LOVELY BRICK HOME and its original details blend seamlessly w/ 2 story stucco addition on a large lot. Home offers 4 bedrooms, 2 full and 1 half bath, beautiful woodwork throughout, wood burning fireplace, updated kitchen. Plenty of storage, 2 car garage…so much to see.....................................$539,900 CLASSIC QUEEN ANNE HOME with 3 bedrooms, 3-1/2 baths includes LR with gas FP and attached Sun room. 1st FL family room, updated kitchen with attached breakfast room. Great closet space. Finished rec room in basement. Custom deck. Great house for entertaining!..............................................$519,000 PRICE REDUCED FRESHLY PAINTED BUNGALOW on quiet cul-de-sac block with beautiful slate entry, art glass windows, hardwood floors & stunning period lighting throughout! Gas fireplace, built-in bookcases, cooks kitchen. Fin rec room with full BA, laundry/utility room & plenty of storage! .........$499,000
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MOVE FAST! Lovely 4 bedroom, 2-1/2 bath Tudor home with beautiful original woodwork, windows with built –in screens, wood burning stone fireplace, built-in shelving, family room with surround sound system. Two car garage w/2 extra spaces. Meticulously maintained! ................................................$669,000 PRICE REDUCED WELL MAINTAINED 1894 FARMHOUSE that is ready to move in to. 4 BRs, 2 full BAs. First floor features a LR/DR combo, kitchen with Island and a full bath. Basement is semi finished with laundry rm, TV area. Hardwood floors. Cen Air. New back porch. Great street in NW OP. ......$449,000 CLASSIC NORTH OP HOME with impeccable curb appeal. Three bedroom, one and a half bath home includes a wood burning fireplace, stained glass, family room, eat in kitchen, ample closet space, expansive deck overlooking a beautiful yard. Discover the best of Oak Park!...........................................$449,000 ORIGINAL CHARM AND CHARACTER can be found in this stucco side center entrance Colonial. Oak and maple flooring, central air, built in bookcases, art glass windows, brick fireplace with gas starter, sunroom, eat in kitchen, finished basement, deck and 2 car garage...............................................................$399,000
FOREST PARK HOMES AWARD WINNING RENOVATION of this impressive 4 bedroom, 3 full bath luxury home! Large open floor plan, designer kitchen, mud room with built-ins, huge pantry. ..................................................................................................$599,000 RARE BRICK FOUR SQUARE HOME includes 4 BRs, 2 full, 2 half BAs, hardwood floors, remodeled kit w/attd fam rm, storage space in garage, deck with private fenced yard. ......................................................................................$389,000 A GREAT HOME for your finishing touches to make it your own! Sunny LR with bay window. Separate dining area with attached family room leading out to deck. ...............................................................................................................$225,000
ELMWOOD PARK HOMES RECENTLY UPDATED COLONIAL located in EP’s RF Manor. Huge 2-story addition which includes a family room and 2-room master suite. Lots of windows and natural light. ................................................................................$485,000 NOT YOUR TYPICAL RAISED RANCH! This is a move in ready brick and stone house. Featuring 3 BRs, 2 Bas, LL open floor plan w/rec room, laundry, wet bar area. ................................................................................................................$329,900
CONDOS/TOWNHOMES/2 FLATS RIVER FOREST 3BR, 2-1/2 BA. Rare opportunity! ...............................$795,000 RIVER FOREST 2BR, 2BA. Top floor, large patio. .................................$220,000 PRICE REDUCED RIVER FOREST 2BR, 1BA. .....................................$145,000 RIVER FOREST 1BR, 1BA. Newly updated............................................ $114,500 PRICE REDUCED OAK PARK 2BR, 2BA. ..............................................$210,000 OAK PARK 1BR, 1BA. Big, bright top floor unit. .....................................$119,500 NEW LISTING FOREST PARK 2BR, 2BA. ............................................$290,000 FOREST PARK 2BR, 1BA. Own backyard & garage.............................. $219,900 FOREST PARK 1BR, 1BA. Balcony. ...........................................................$92,500
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1004 N. Harvey Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $434,800 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 1-3
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1217 N Marion St, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group . . . . . . 449000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
846 N. Elmwood Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $524,900 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 12-2
730 Woodbine Ave, Oak Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group . . . . $679,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 12-2
824 Bonnie Brae Pl, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $699,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4
1041 N. East Ave, Oak Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re/Max In The Village. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $699,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12-2
937 Monroe Ave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff Realty Group . . . . . . 779000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
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7832 Madison St. UNIT 23, River Forest . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $479,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 12-2
7828 Madison St, River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $529,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sat. 12-2
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How I almost didn’t come to be
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suspect many families have someone who is the de facto historian/archivist and best source for information about their extended family — the second cousins, the deceased aunts and uncles, et al. He or she knows not only the trunk and limbs of the family tree, but also the branches and twigs. My cousin Judy fills that role for the Hubbuch family. In March I visited her in Cincinnati, and she gave me a photograph of a celebration of my Uncle John and Aunt Patsy’s 10th wedding anniversary. The photo was dated Feb. 14, 1946. There were five couples seated around a table at Club Madrid, which, according to the sleeve was the “largest theater night club” in Louisville. The souvenir photo was slightly out of focus, but the celebrants were in their best clothes. In addition to John and Patsy, my Uncle Pete and Aunt Margaret plus two other couples were in attendance — and there was my mom and dad. Or so it initially appeared. Closer examination revealed that the woman on whose knee my dad had his hand was not my mother, but according to the handwritten note was one Helen Lips! Who? Where was my mother? I did some quick math. I was born Feb. 28, 1949, so my mom got pregnant in June of 1948. Sometime between my dad’s lovey-dovey liaison with this temptress on Feb. 14, 1946 and June 1948, he and Ms. Lips broke up; my dad met and wooed my mom; the two of them planned a wedding; got married; and my mom got pregnant. I suppose World War II had created stiff headwinds in the life journey of most young people. Everyone was in a hurry to catch up on living their lives. But the Club Madrid photograph sent me down a reflective path. I realized how little I really knew about the life of my father before I entered his life. I know nothing about the very busy 27 months of his life that is the backdrop to my very existence. Of course I do have a partial version of my dad’s life before I knew him, but his is the curated story that he chose to tell. He may have left out certain chapters. He may have lied. He may have exaggerated. He may have forgotten. He may have misremembered. Those crucial (for me) 27 months are now gone forever. My dad and his siblings and friends in that picture are dead. I have no idea if there are any letters or diaries that might explain anything. I doubt it. All I have is the Club Madrid photograph of my Dad with his hand on Helen Lips’ knee. We like to think we knew our parents, but I’m not so sure we know much at all.
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WORTH SAVING: Hill Motor building on Madison Street in Oak Park
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The case for preserving the Hill Motor showroom
n 1987, The National Trust for Historic Preservation published one of its seminal works, The Buildings of Main Street, paying tribute to Main Street America’s rich architectural history of wonderful commercial structures to be found in towns and cities all across the urban landscapes of the country. When published, the book was the first to classify these structures, not on the usual basis of style, but rather as parts of a common vocabulary of buildings designed to meet business and urban needs in the early 20th century. With the publication, the National Trust urged community leaders to make decisions grounded in a historical perspective of the community, for a community’s history is its soul. The book opened the eyes of community leaders everywhere to the wealth of architectural treasures in their midst. It turned the tide. From the East Coast to the West, and towns and cities in between, the barbaric practice of simply knocking down any building from another era gave way to thoughtful and skillful preservation and
adaptive reuse of historical structures. The science and technology available to architects and structural engineers today make saving any structure, or portion thereof, a viable option when thoughtfully and creatively applied. In other words, where there is a will, there is a way. Beginning in the 1920s, Madison Street was Oak Park’s very own Motor Row, similar to Chicago’s historic Motor Row on the near South Side. Chicago’s Motor Row has lost some of its historic structures, but the brakes were put on demolition and now the remaining structures are being preserved, adapted and reused. In 2000, the city of Chicago named its Motor Row a historic district, and in 2002, Chicago’s Motor Row was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Concerning the Hill Motor Company building, there is much to preserve, both in terms of south Oak Park’s history with its own Motor Row, and also in terms of the
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An offer for Mohr
Every elected leader has some sort of tote board, an abiding goal, a to-do list that they measure themselves against, about which they tout each success along the way. For Oak Park’s mayor, Anan Abu-Taleb, that goal has been reducing — ultimately eliminating — the number of square feet of real estate that the village government haphazardly accumulated over past decades. Coming into office six years ago to a municipal government under substantial financial strain and rising taxpayer upset over perpetually rising property taxes, Abu-Taleb saw villageowned parcels large and small, from downtown Oak Park to Madison Street, to odd lots on North Avenue as lost opportunity. With the great benefit of a roaring economy and deft moves in his “Oak Park is open for business” mantra, Abu-Taleb and the village board steadily off-loaded that inventory. Like the tall buildings or not, three of the four high-rises downtown are built on land fully or partially owned by Oak Park taxpayers. New townhouses at Madison and Home are on land packaged by the village government. When Pete’s invests in a second Oak Park store at Madison and Oak Park Avenue, it will be on village land. Both the townhouse and the Pete’s project were amped up by recent and strategic purchases of land — a Car-X and the original Robinson’s Ribs location — by the village to expand the footprint of the parcels. So when, a while back, Abu-Taleb called to trumpet that, in looking at his tote board, all the village-banked land had been or was about to be sold off, he was a rightfully proud mayor. Which led us to ask, perhaps with a leading question, if this meant the village government was swearing off ever buying land again. He gave us the right answer. No. Under the right circumstances village government might buy a piece of land in order to control the development, speed an environmental clean-up, pair-up with a developer who owns other contiguous parcels. This comes up based on our reporting last week that the village made a substantial offer of $4.4 million for the decrepit Mohr Concrete property at Harlem and the Ike. That offer was rejected as too low. Now on the market with an asking price of $7 million we’ll soon see if the village’s offer was reasonable or not. There are multiple arguments, pro and con, that can be made as to whether the village ought to buy this large piece of land. Won’t current zoning allow the village to control the future development? How can the village make an offer without fully understanding the cost of what everyone assumes will be a notable environmental remediation? Fair questions. But, we’d argue, an unfair objection at this point is that village government doesn’t know what the hell it is doing when it buys real estate. The successes of the past six years in effectively selling off its non-producing parcels prove to us that, in the right circumstance, Oak Park can be a strategic buyer, the best buyer. Time and the market will tell.
Topping out in River Forest It can be hard to get current on the ground realities to mesh with a town’s once-in-a-generation Comprehensive Plan and its rarely revisited zoning ordinance. That’s the situation in River Forest right now. The village board has, in recent years and on a one-off basis, approved several new developments which exceed height restrictions as specified in the zoning code. We’ve supported those decisions. Now, though, with a Comprehensive Plan update nearing completion, the village board is conflicted on whether that document ought to reflect the greater heights recently permitted. We say yes. And further, River Forest should not long delay a more substantial review of zoning so that reality, the Comprehensive Plan, and the zoning laws are in sync.
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ryce, don’t suck my blood!” When this is the first thing a grandfather hears from inside the bathroom where he sits, momentarily indisposed, he knows it’s going to be a long (but interesting) day. The second thing he realizes is that, somehow, his 5½-year-old twin grandsons have already become familiar with vampires. Useful information for later when Tyler, at lunch, suddenly announces, “I’m a butter monster!” shortly followed by “An alien ate my eyes!” I ask him, “Did you hear that somewhere?” “No, I made it up.” I was afraid he’d say that. This is what comes of playing too much Ghostbusters in the morning. The Orkin Pest Control man pays a visit and sprays under the sinks, which, of course, fascinates them even though they’re hiding behind my legs. The ensuing conversation about this (I can’t remember how) leads to the following pronouncement by Bryce: “Special people don’t die.” You mean in movies? Because in life, everyone is special. And everyone dies. But that’s not useful information — not yet anyway. Recently, I attended a memorial service, where one of the eulogizers recalled the dearly departed, an epicurean and all-around lover of life, as someone “who looked at bread as a delivery system for butter.” If memory keeps people alive after they’re gone, then Rich will live on every time I encounter, or think of, butter. Which will also remind me of Tyler the butter monster. Lunch went well, by the way. On their request, I made “bacon with pasta,” the latter serving as a delivery system for the former — as well as for butter. The boys like it so much, they have two “helpings,” which is a nice old-fashioned term for “seconds.” I tell them how much I, too, like it, if I do say so myself, and Bryce says, “You really like it because you’re having it with us.” Why that’s true, I say. I can’t imagine anything better than being right here, right now, sharing this meal — except maybe giving Tyler a ride on my shoulders, with Bryce straddling Dad’s, at the zoo on a sunny spring day, which we did the week before. These shoulder rides won’t last much longer because the boys are getting heavy. But it’s a grand tradition nonetheless and will live on as long as any of us remember. I also like the tradition where they slide their hands in mine as we make our rounds, checking on the general welfare of golden lion tamarinds, gibbons, squirrel monkeys, the solitary orangutan, the Gorilla family, the cloud leopard, sea lions, the beak-agape bellowing of a penguin, dolphins, giraffes, polar bears, bison (OK, Bryce, buffalo), the endangered rhino rolling in the dust after a shower, and the panhandling peahen and Guinea fowl around our feet at the picnic table. Zoos are a delivery system for the animal world, what’s left of it.
Holding hands won’t last forever either, but I will remember the feeling. Hands are a delivery system for emotional security. Bryce’s favorite number is “100 thousand million,” as in, “What if there were 100 thousand million screaming penguins?” which is consistent with his current penchant for excess, such as getting excessively wound up during playtime at my place. What begins as happy exuberance can spiral out of control and before you know it, he’s trying to suck Tyler’s blood while I’m in the bathroom. That forces me to draw the line, which doesn’t always have the desired effect, but it does let him know there is a line to be drawn. Useful information for future reference. So we’re working on learning to throttle down whenever my “out of control” red flag goes up. Useful skill. Let’s hope. It helps to redirect by reading a book — books being a delivery system for settling down. In the afternoon, we prepare for our weekly visit to see Grandma, which involves picking up the 100 thousand million pieces of play-abilia that have been remarkably well distributed throughout the learning laboratory formerly known as my apartment. Another useful skill, still evolving. A visit to Geppetto’s Toybox is dangled as an incentive. Toy lust has been known to overcome chore aversion. On this day, it works. As Bryce puts on his shoes, Tyler picks up the piano horn (looks like a clarinet with piano keys, obtained recently from the aforementioned toy-lust emporium). He blows a respectably loud fanfare out the window. Me: Tyler, are you announcing our departure to the neighborhood? Bryce: What’s a neighborhood? Me: Good question. Tyler: I wanted them to think it was a tornado siren. Geppetto’s, with its diorama of the original Disney woodworking studio, generates a discussion about Pinocchio and the nose that grows from lying and the importance of being a truth-teller (Thank you, Geppetto’s). We buy them a couple of spinning tops, but what they really want is a popsicle-making kit, top-of-the-line, $40. We tell them we can’t buy it because it’s not summer yet. Our noses grow slightly longer. At Grandma’s, Tyler suddenly feels under the weather (curious phrase, which I don’t use because it would necessitate another definition for Bryce, the word collector). Tyler curls up on the couch under a blanket and falls asleep. Bryce should be thrilled to have all the attention, but he’s bereft. He keeps trying to wake up his brother, whom he suddenly misses, and slumps to the floor, forlorn. Grandma reads him The Day Jimmy’s Boa Ate the Wash. As the story progresses, Tyler’s eyes flicker, then open. He lies perfectly still, listening. Books are also a delivery system for focused attention. Spending the day with Tyler and Bryce is a delivery system for hugs and kisses and questions and answers and surprises and testing and hand-to-hand combat and time-outs and smiles and roughhousing and hiding the butter in the refrigerator. And most important of all: Remembering.
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The pros and cons of aging The month of May seems to be the time especially designated for recognizing seniors. It has become a pleasant tradition. As a senior, I particularly appreciate it, although being a senior is not an easy status in life. For example: ■ Parts of the senior body (often parts you didn’t know existed) suddenly hurt. ■ That sharp memory has faded to the extent that the senior’s vocabulary becomes limited and less appropriate. ■ Climbing stairs and opening jars and packages are now challenges. ■ The senior’s hands never seem to be able to reach the spot that itches on the aging body. ■ The seer-sucker wrinkles are everywhere on the senior and he/she resembles an overgrown prune following the morning shower. ■ And speaking of showers, they are now the must-use necessity and the bathtub has become a bathroom relic. ■ The apple-crunching, corn-on-the-cob-nibbling teeth are often replaced by ill-fitting dentures. ■ All newsprint and book editions are impossible to read. Therefore, very few seniors escape having to use prescription eye glasses. ■ As the eyes begin to fail, so do the senior ears. Many of us decorate our ears with hearing aids.
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■ More times than not, when you admire beautiful thick hair on someone over 70, he/she is wearing a hairpiece or wig. Some of the senior ladies are blonde or red haired — what fun! ■ Unfortunately, many younger folks have a tendency to speak past seniors to others who may be present. They feel that we seniors haven’t the capacity to think or speak for ourselves. Being a senior has its benefits, too, even beyond the “senior deductions” on many charges. Probably our most valuable benefit is having lived and developed a history of our years. We may dwell on sweet memories. We are able to remember and take in stride some of those tough times and the sadness of losing loved ones. It was and is a part of life. I believe we seniors have a special appreciation of our families, dear friends, the beauty of nature that surrounds us, and a gratefulness to those who help us in so many ways, large and small. We seniors who live in this warm and welcoming community are especially fortunate. Each and every day I feel blessed and enjoy my senior status.
Harriet Hausman River Forest
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Seniors Week all year round Wednesday Journal, once again, is to be commended for focusing special attention in its May 1 issue on “Celebrating Seniors Week.” The events that issue highlighted run through May 9. They include Chair Yoga, An Introduction to Conscious Aging Workshops, Fall Prevention for Seniors, and Choosing the Right Contractor. More and more organizations are increasing their focus on senior services or have been created to do so, such that there is now a wide variety of service and/ or educational providers. Oak Park’s mayor and the village trustees initiated a village-wide effort by forming the Aging in Place Commission. Oak Park Township Services provides an extensive array of programs. The Center for Gerontology at Concordia will continue to share invaluable information and advice about understanding the complexities of aging. And people are working on establishing more effective methods of making all such information readily available. Such institutional help is critical. But, individually, how much are we doing? I could go on and on about how pervasive elder abuse and neglect are. But this is a time (and should not be the only time), to celebrate our Seniors.
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I had a Social History professor who lectured extensively on how families separated in the latter half of the 20th century, often by great differences, with the advent of modern modes of transportation and communication. Indeed, many of our aging relatives now live far away and, as a result, we only occasionally see them. Why don’t we celebrate them by talking more often on a deeper level? And let’s celebrate those closer to home by spending time with them more often than just on holidays. We can celebrate them by encouraging our children to start learning about their life experiences and accomplishments. We can take them to musical and dramatic events, lectures, quiet concerts, and myriad entertainment and educational opportunities. We can also just sit quietly at home or in the park and share our joys and concerns. We can celebrate our seniors by continuing to show them our appreciation for all they did for us. In many cases they sacrificed a great deal so we could have opportunities they never did. Thank you, Grandma and Grandpa. Let’s try to be better at providing ways to make their lives more meaningful and enjoyable. Wouldn’t we want the same?
Lance Taylor Oak Park
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In defense of tall and/or multi-unit buildings Many Oak Parkers are talking about potential problems associated with ongoing and proposed development, and as urban planning professionals and Oak Park residents we share some of these concerns. The 2014 Envision Oak Park plan — developed as a map for Oak Park’s future, with extensive public input — includes a variety of objectives for the village’s future growth, including the promotion of infill, transit-oriented, and mixed-use development, and we believe that grounding future development in the principles of the Envision Oak Park plan will allow for diverse development that suits the needs of all residents. Today, despite the future outlined in Envision Oak Park, the village lacks clear guideposts, which contributes to an overly “a la carte” development process. Updating village plans and codes should provide more
certainty for developers and the community alike and help Oak Park grow sustainably, thoughtfully, and more affordably. Oak Park can achieve growth using a variety of tools: re-thinking surface parking lots; relaxing restrictions on in-law units; encouraging 2- to 4-unit apartments (like many the village already has); and, of course, building upwards. As we plan, it’s important to acknowledge the benefits of multi-unit construction, including tall buildings, as well as the potential problems that have received more attention. For example, the household energy use and carbon footprint for buildings like Albion is roughly 1/3 that of a typical singlefamily suburban home because of less space and less driving per household. Taller, multiunit buildings also create less storm water run-off per household and help preserve
open space by supplanting “greenfield” development that could happen otherwise. Locating apartments/condos, offices and shopping near transit is one of the best ways to limit driving and congestion regionally, which will ensure that the traffic impacts of local development will be small. Multi-unit development can also boost local economies. For example, people living in apartments and condos are more likely to shop locally, and the denser parts of cities tend to generate a net positive cash flow while lower density areas tend to be net negative. Oak Park is an ideal location to leverage growth that is green, livable and equitable. And new development — particularly multiunit buildings — can help the village generate another type of green: cash. At the same time, changes are needed to manage
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Benefits of reusing old buildings from page 33 showroom’s wonderful, whimsical and beautifully detailed masonry and terra cotta work of the south- and east-facing facades. Under the classification system used by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the building would be considered a modified “arcaded block.” Designed by famed Oak Park architect Eben Ezra Roberts in 1924, the Hill Motor Company building was among his final works before his retirement in 1926. The arcades and structure of the building are beautifully articulated by columns and frames of terra cotta. The large bays of windows, designed to show off the latest luxurious Packard automobiles, are made possible by an inner skeleton of structural steel. Above each window bay is a clerestory window grouping. Beneath the parapet is a cornice of terra cotta, and incorporated within that cornice, centered on each bay and carved in stone, are “grotesques.” Gargoyles are a type of grotesque. In this case, they are whimsical caricatures of the people who built and repair automobiles, holding tools or symbols of their craft. They are a very unique feature, and a direct tie to Oak Park’s Motor Row. One can easily imagine that by exposing the clerestory windows to the open space and skylighting a portion of this “showroom,” what an elegant and attractive “Pete’s Café” this would be, a great addition to the neighborhood to meet and eat. It makes sense to preserve several bays, including the arched entranceway on the south-facing façade and two bays on the east-facing façade. Both facades would require some restoration of the terra cotta.
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THE GOOD OLD DAYS: The Packard showroom in more elegant times. The village of Oak Park already has a good track record of working with developers for the preservation and adaptive reuse of two properties just down the street from the Hill Motor Company building. First, the masterful restoration, modification and reuse of the building originally designed as a Cadillac showroom (which is now Sugar Beet), was designed originally by Detroit architect Albert Kahn, famous for his
industrial and commercial structures and a leader of the modernist movement of the time. In the case of the new Walgreens at Madison and Oak Park, the masonry facades of what was originally known as the Collins Building, a commercial structure of the period of Motor Row, were expertly preserved with the use of a structural steel backup frame.
this growth with better transparency and forethought and to ensure local housing remains affordable for all. https://books.google.ca/books?id=esA0 1PHdvxcC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=cal thorpe+comparing+households&source= bl&ots=M69pNtXQiN&sig=jkJFLLveBh -cya4u4koWlF-5pRU&hl=en&ei=BynZTpyCFOPw0gGl_5mRCg&sa=X&oi=book_resu lt&ct=result#v=onepage&q&f=true https://www.citylab.com/equity/2011/12/ missing-link-climate-change-single-familysuburban-homes/650/ https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/8/22/the-more-we-grow-the-poorerwe-become
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By working with the developers of these properties, the village has taken great steps to preserve the architectural history of this part of Oak Park. That type of cooperative effort must be successfully employed again to preserve the facades of the Hill Motor Company building. In 2006, the architectural/engineering firm of Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates performed an historic survey of the village, including the Madison Street Corridor. Prominent throughout the report is the historic importance of Oak Park’s Motor Row. At One time in the ’50s, there were 16 new auto dealerships and their associated businesses along Madison Street. The survey by Wiss Janney noted seven existing properties along Madison that were considered meritorious, two of which were considered to be significant for local landmark status, and one property deemed by Wiss Janney to be worthy for consideration to be placed on the National Register of Historic Places. The building Wiss Janney was referring to was the Hill Motor Company building. Preservation of our history must always be primary and consistent in the village of Oak Park. E.E. Roberts designed more buildings in Oak Park than any other architect. He had the respect of his friend and neighbor, Frank Lloyd Wright. As we would not tear down a Wright building, or a Drummond building, or a Maher building, we should preserve the facades of this Roberts building. There are architectural and structural solutions that allow for the incorporation of the facades, or portions thereof, into the design of the new structure. It would be elegant. With a spirit of cooperation in the community and good will among the parties involved, it can be done, and it should be done. Here’s hoping to see you at Pete’s Packard Café! Richard Katz, R.A., is a member of the Oak Park Architectural League.
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want to commend the Chicago Housing Authority Board of Commissioners, which voted recently to permit residents with a criminal conviction on their record an opportunity to access public housing. It has been a 20-year-plus struggle to get to this important milestone. HUD adopted the “One Strike and You’re Out” rule in 1996, effectively banning people with criminal records from public housing. In 2011 thenHUD Secretary Shaun Donovan sent a letter to all public housing authorities in the U.S., asking them to rethink their admissions criteria and to join HUD in “welcoming these deserving citizens back into our communities.” In 2014 the CHA Board of Commissioners engaged with a coalition of anti-homelessness advocates, reentry service providers, and CHA tenants and staff, with support from the Mayor’s Office, to create what become known as the CHA Reentry Pilot. Over the past decades we have chipped and whittled away at public housing and affordable housing. At the same time we have undertaken a construction boom in U.S. government-subsidized housing in the form of prison cells. Some 2 million people were locked up at the federal, state or local level. Eventually, almost all of them will return to the community. The question of where they will live is an immediate and
critical one, and has important consequences for both the ex-offenders and society-at-large. Ideally, incarceration should change an offenders’ assessment of the benefits and costs of crime in two ways. It should alter their value system, and it should enhance and enrich the options available to returning ex-offenders by offering real alternatives to their lifestyle before incarceration. Most ex-offenders return to families or friends in their old neighborhoods. Often, this is the environment that helped them get into trouble in the first place. Chances are, they don’t have a job. Chances are they can’t afford first and last month’s rent. That creates the conditions — the lack of stability, the chaos, the poverty — where crime can flourish and where re-incarceration becomes almost inevitable. The vote by the CHA board is a significant step forward. I hope that public housing authorities and advocates will follow their example. Now let us move urgently to creating enough affordable housing so every one of our people in Chicago, and across the nation, have access to a safe, healthy place to stay. Danny K. Davis represents the 7th Congressional District of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives, which includes Oak Park.
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Re-using buildings enriches Oak Park
Your column on preservation really captured the reasons why re-using old buildings enriches a community [Moving ahead, honoring the past, Ken Trainor, Viewpoints, March 20]. I totally agree about the improved Walgreens and Sugar Beet —every time I drive by, I think what if that corner had gotten the average dumpy Walgreens? And Hill Motor Sales has such a handsome façade and fascinating con-
nection to Madison’s past as Auto Row. I just heard that Hill Motor was selected as one of Illinois’ 12 most endangered historic places. Maybe that will open a few more eyes. After all, here in Oak Park, Frank Lloyd Wright is our #1 industry, and a clean one at that. Let’s keep expanding that ethos all over town.
Karen Heller Oak Park
Why not replant the Madison trees? We have been repeatedly named a Tree City USA and were even declared an Arboretum in 2015. However, except for five swamp oaks, the Madison Street road “diet” project will apparently send all the remaining median strip trees to a landfill, or shred them for mulch. Either way, why aren’t they being replanted on our parkways, donated to the Park District of Oak Park or
even offered to local residents? The village’s website states: “Due to financial limitations, more than one season may pass before a new tree is planted [on a parkway]. May is the favored tree-planting month. Why should our parkways remain on a tree “diet” when living trees are available?
Constance Coleman Oak Park
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n Friday, April 5, standing in Calexico, California, facing our southern border with Mexico, President Trump exclaimed to refugees and migrants: “Go back! Our country is full!” Then U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, was forced to resign within hours of the scene on the border. She had failed to solve the immigration crisis in ways consistent with Trump’s warped mind. Response of the news media to the event was muted. Perhaps the men and women of letters were too stunned to respond, or possibly they were just too disgusted. I too spent the weekend cringing in silent solitude. President Trump’s outcry was his declaration of moral bankruptcy. It was his admission that he failed to understand and to meet the challenge of a humanitarian crisis. Above all, it was a display of ruthless lack of compassion. Unfortunately, he was not speaking just for himself. He also spoke for all of us, regardless of whether we agree with him or not. Trump slanders and defames the refugees and treats them like insurgent hordes of lepers. Closing the border would be a quarantine, but it would not be a cure for the underlying disease. Our border security forces are overwhelmed by multitudes of our Central American neighbors trying to survive. To rebuff them with a proclamation that our country is full, implies a necessity to halt all immigration. Will the Statue of Liberty be given a “No Vacancy” sign to replace her torch? The caravans of men, women, and families at our southern border are driven by desperation. Their lives are imperiled by hostile
conditions in their homelands. Similarly, my mother and I were desperate as we fled from Russian captivity during World War II. We became refugees and fled to Germany, a country under siege. I empathize with human despair for I felt the horror and anguish of a ubiquitous threat of death. On Friday, April 12, President Trump announced he is exploring an option to relocate illegal immigrants to Sanctuary Cities like San Francisco, Chicago and others. Our president said, “They want more people. We’ll give them an unlimited supply of people. We’ll see how they like that.” But that is a threat to use unfortunate humans as instruments in a vengeful, spiteful, political grudge and it’s a misuse of power. In response to Trump’s threat, mayors of Sanctuary Cities replied: Bring them on. We’ll welcome them with open arms. Trump’s proposal is two-sided. The good side is that the refugees and migrants would receive better treatment in the Sanctuary Cities than in the cages of the government detention centers. Their families would be spared from being torn apart. Children would not be separated from their parents. Our Hispanic communities would embrace and accommodate the immigrants and thus minimize their stress from displacement. The bad side is that dumping needy migrants would stress and burden the resources of the cities. Trump might also attempt to bankrupt the cities by withholding federal funding. America’s resurgence to greatness has its roots in the hearts of her people, not in the current-day executive branch of the government. Fred Natkevi is a longtime Oak Park resident.
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How are we doing on climate issues?
Thank you for publishing “PlanItGreen’s local report card” in the May 1 Viewpoints section. The report card focuses on community strategies including energy, waste, transportation, water, food, and economic development and asks the question, “As a community, how are we doing?” It is a great example of “thinking globally while acting locally” to address climate change and other sustainability issues. I applaud the work that has gone into this project for the past nine years, work done by many people in Oak Park and River Forest, under the coordination of the OP-RF Commu-
nity Foundation, Seven Generations Ahead, and PlanItGreen. I strongly encourage all our elected officials, and all citizens, to read the report and ask themselves, “Is there anything else I could be doing so that we make progress even faster?” And I encourage other communities to adopt a similar approach. For anyone who hasn’t yet read the report, it is posted on the PlanItGreen website, at https://sevengenerationsahead.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/PlanItGreen-2018-Report-Card-FINAL.pdf.
Art Spooner
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Why North Ave. District supports Sears redevelopment North Avenue District Inc. has been working since 2013 to revitalize North Avenue from Austin to Harlem. We support the projects proposed for the former North/Harlem Sears site and the Wabansia/Neva parking lot to its east. We also believe plans can continue to be improved in response to community input. We support the projects because: ■ Community members are in favor of more multi-family housing on North Avenue. We worked hard with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) to survey Galewood residents for the North Avenue revitalization plan. Altogether, 800+ of these residents took a survey in 2018. (Everyone living between Armitage and North Avenue, Austin to Harlem, got a postcard asking them to do so.) More than half favored new multifamily housing on North Avenue. Only 17% opposed it. ■ A team of real estate professionals from the Urban Land Institute (ULI) recently assessed North Avenue (Austin to Harlem) as an excellent location for multifamily development. They wrote in their report: “The panel expects new, well-designed residential development to lead North Avenue’s revitalization.” They said it’s an ideal location for such projects, citing service by multiple bus
lines, as well as proximity to Metra and a variety of shops and services, at lower prices than downtown. ■ Today’s market-rate renters are tomorrow’s potential homebuyers in our community, per ULI. Others are downsizing seniors who wish to remain in the neighborhood. ■ Renters already occupy many of the units along North Avenue, including a number of condominiums owned by investors, and have generally proven to be good neighbors. ■ Multifamily development is needed for North Avenue to thrive — to replace vacant properties, to provide more customers for our many fine businesses, and to add vitality. There are now numerous commercial vacancies because the supply of retail and office space exceeds demand, due to the Internet and other factors. (As of December 2018, the estimated vacancy rate was almost 20% for retail and at least 12% for offices.) ■ Tucker Development is an experienced organization with a good reputation and solid track record. Judith Alexander chairs the North Avenue District Inc., an independent 501c3 corporation. Its board includes business/property owners and concerned residents from Chicago and Oak Park. Learn more about it on Facebook and join the conversation: https://www. facebook.com/groups/107435609823334/
Criticism of Hubbuch is unfair I just had to respond to Ms. Wolkstein’s comments (May 1) about John Hubbuch and his “Confessions of a lapsed liberal” [Viewpoints, April 24] because her characterization of him is so unfair and off base. I have known John for over 35 years and he is anything but a racist. He has volunteered countless hours coaching children of multiple colors, backgrounds, and ages in basketball and soccer for at least 20 of those years, and I bet none of those kids has anything but affection and respect for him. He has served the community in so many ways: District 97 school board member, YMCA board, president of the OPRF Booster Club just to name a few. And in those capacities I am guessing he has more than a passing knowledge of the challenges our school system faces in regard to racial parity. He is absolutely correct that the achieve-
ment gap must be addressed long before a student enters the front doors of the high school. And yet he is berated for stating the obvious. In his own words, “We hide in the shadows so as to avoid charges of racism, misogyny and insensitivity.” Ms. Wolkstein just proved his point. Re the art at Julian: The WPA was a program that helped put folks to work in the worst depression this country every suffered. That art reflects who we were then. Why not commission new art to hang next to it that shows who we are now? Our history is our history. We should learn from it and improve it but not erase it because it might make us uncomfortable. John Hubbuch is just the voice of the child who cried “but the emperor has no clothes.”
Mary Vostal Oak Park
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rump is using Barr and Graham in an attempt to shove the Mueller investigation to the back-burner. Trump has declared that the investigation into the interface between his campaign and Vladimir’s Kremlin is done! His sycophants in Congress are stressing his “victimhood.” Watch as his Republican lapdogs begin to call for an “investigation of the investigators!” Mark my words, a clamor will metastasize into a fake groundswell of phony outrage — even calls to re-open the investigation of Hillary’s emails! — anything to distract. The Democrats in Congress — after watching for two years from the sidelines, as the Republicans “fiddled while Rome burned” — are focused on dealing with Trump’s “obstruction of justice.” This should be looked into. However, most voters find these machinations boring, “inside baseball,” and tedious. In short, if there is no way to indict a sitting president, or if it’s determined that the Senate will never go along, then this may be a waste of time. Most important, it is not health care or any other issue that seems to affect the average citizen. So, Yes! Take care of the “obstruction” issues, pursue them, use them for occasional headlines; but do not allow Trump to be perceived as a victim! Instead, the DNC and the 23 Democratic candidates should focus on one huge issue from the Mueller Report — as well as all the other issues that are of vital, daily interest to voters.
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In Springfield, the wheels were set in motion to move Illinois from a flat to a graduated state income tax structure. This should come as no surprise as the marketing for a graduated income tax has been in full swing for months now. Under the jingoistic “Fair Tax” banner, the plan claims only people making above $250,000 would pay more in taxes and 97% would see no income tax increase ... in theory. In practice, it offers neither. The graduated state income tax plan, as it stands today, would actually result in yearly tax hikes, in perpetuity, on nearly all taxpayers. Not just the top 3% of earners, but every worker, from McDonald’s burger flippers to McDonald’s CEO, each and every year. How is that possible? Inflation. The legislation for a graduated state income tax does not include provisions to index the tax brackets against inflation. This means higher incomes can either bump a taxpayer into the next tax bracket (a phenomenon known as bracket creep) or push more of a taxpayer’s income into the highest bracket for which they qualify, even if that higher income is merely keeping pace with inflation. When the legislature gets around to raising tax rates or creating new brackets, which the state could do at any time, it will only exacerbate the problem. No inflation indexing is like having an invisi-
Affirming our commitment to welcoming all
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was at Oak Park Village Hall Monday night for the biennial “ceremonial” board meeting, held to swear in new board members and thank old ones for their service. Since 1973, three years before I moved to Oak Park, this has been an opportunity for the new board to affirm our Village Diversity Statement. As the residents and leadership of the village became more inclusive and diverse, this statement was revised to intentionally include the village’s commitment to welcoming all and including them in the fabric of our community. This act of affirmation was no big deal for us but it resonated with those who were being named. It always made me proud to be
an Oak Parker. This past two years has been the first time in decades without a person of color, LGBTQ person and only one female board member. Over these two years, residents of Oak Park and our other village governments have made real progress toward the inclusion and equity, which were always implied by our Diversity Statement. Our Community Relations Commission saw this and prepared an updated Diversity Statement 18 months ago to recognize Oak Park’s growing awareness of ongoing issues of exclusion and unwelcome. Diversity is not enough. Inclusion and equity must be a part of our commitment as a village.
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The Democrats should focus on Volume One of the Mueller Report and the 12 earlier indictments of Russian intelligence officers. While criminal conspiracy itself was not proven (a very high bar), Mueller has laid out, chapter and verse, the Russians’ attack on America’s 2016 election — to benefit the Trump campaign and to damage Hillary’s campaign. Mueller was able to lay out Trump’s cooperation and communication with a hostile foreign power. It is all there in Volume One of the Mueller Report and those 12 indictments of Russian agents. The DNC ought to orchestrate an effort to get that word out with talking points every week, even every other day — till November 2020. The Democratic candidates ought to raise the issue of election security and Russian involvement in 2016 (and 2020) in every speech they give. They must demand action by the federal government to make our election process safe before 2020, rather than conduct a post-mortem after November 2020. Neither the Trump administration nor the Republicans in Congress have made any attempt to harden our election defenses against a Russian attack — Democrats must call them on it — again and again! The future of the country and our electoral system depends on it! Plus, I believe the Russian and Putin and Trump attack on American Democracy is a very significant and winning issue! Bob Haisman, an Oak Park resident, is a retired teacher and longtime member of the Democratic Party of Oak Park.
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Over the past year the CRC has called at the board meetings for the board to consider the issue of equity. The village administration and leadership stonewalled all efforts to bring this to the board for consideration (too busy with other issues, too tone-deaf to notice this was the key issue over the past year). They then said this could not be approved at this time and actually promised to “rehash” the work of the CRC. This is what happens when the whole community has not had representation on the board. This is why the “no” votes to the current statement were so important. All those who can, should attend the special meeting of Community Relations Commission, May 15, 7 p.m., Room 101, village hall, to show your support for inclusion and equity. Let’s not go backward on our commitment to welcome all. Teresa Powell is a former Oak Park village clerk.
ble tax hike every year that politicians don’t have to vote on. It just happens naturally. Think-tanks from the progressive Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy to the conservative Tax Foundation strongly recommend indexing income taxes for inflation to ensure the tax system treats people fairly from year to year. It’s sound economic policy that, ironically, is already built into our current single-rate (flat) income tax structure. The majority of states with graduated taxes index their brackets to inflation, making Illinois an outlier, which is, coincidentally, one of the criticisms of our flat income tax. The federal personal income tax has dozens of provisions that are indexed to inflation. Why the state would neglect to provide inflation protection for working families, yet give public sector retirees compounded 3% inflation protection on their tax-exempt pensions, is anyone’s guess. Since we’re about 18 months away from a vote, I assume there’s time to remedy this and other major flaws in the current graduated tax plan. But unless inflation is completely addressed, citizens should vote a hard No on the graduated tax plan. It’s the only fair thing to do.
Nick Binotti Oak Park
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Donald Jurkowski, 74
DCFS social work administrator Donald Jurkowski, 74, a resident of Oak Park, died peacefully on April 28, 2019. Born on Feb. 17, 1945, he was a USMC Corporal and recipient of the Purple Heart, Vietnam. He graduated with honors from Milton College in Milton, Wisconsin with a degree in Sociology and received his M.A. in Social Services Administration from the UniDONALD JURKOWSKI versity of Chicago. Until his retirement, he was a social work administrator for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Donald Jurkowski was the husband of Bonnie for 50 years; the father of Odin (Deanna), Orion (Kimberlynn), Pan, Theron (Leslie McLaughlin), Conan (Beth), Bronwyn and Don (Yvonne) Jurkowski; and the grandfather of 12. Private interment at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery has been held. The family appreciates memorial donations to the Navy Marine Corps Relief Society (www. nmcrs.org).
Paul Bouman, 100 Renowned musician and teacher
Paul Bernhard Bouman, 100, died peacefully on April 28, 2019. Born on Aug. 26, 1918, in Hamburg, Minnesota, after two years of high school in Minnesota, he entered the high school of what was then Concordia Teachers College in River Forest in 1933 and set about the vocation of becoming a Lutheran school teacher. His horizons expanded by contact with teachers and friends at Concordia — Carl Halter,
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Gerhard Becker, Edward Klammer, and Paul Manz — who were in the vanguard of a revival of the great Lutheran church music tradition. In 1939, he became a teacher and church musician in Ebenezer, Milwaukee, moved to St. Paul in Melrose Park in 1945, and then to Grace Lutheran in River Forest in 1953. While in Milwaukee, he met his Victoria (nee Bartling) who died in 2011. Their 65-year life together was blessed with five children, Stephen (Janet), John (Robin Schirmer), Helene Debelak (Charles), Mark (Mary Jane Keitel), and Janet Peterson (Randy); 11 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren. Their home became a center of PAUL BOUMAN love and laughter for all who entered it. The kids remember a busy father whose disciplinary style sweated the small stuff but granted freedom to explore and make big mistakes. He taught for 44 years and became an acknowledged expert in directing and writing music for children’s choirs. He received a B.A. from Concordia in 1945, an M.Mus. from Northwestern in 1951, studied at the Westfaelische Landeskirchenmusikschule in Germany in 1964, and the Westminster Choir College in the 1970s. His musical output expanded over the years and especially in his long retirement, as he published over a hundred choral anthems, songs, and works for organ. One special commission came from the Oak Park Children’s Choir to write new music based on Robert Louis Stevenson’s poetry. For several years, he served as a faculty member of Lutheran Summer Music in the role that is now named the Paul Bouman Endowed Chapel Choir Chair. In 1971, he and Carl Schalk co-founded the Bach Cantata Vespers series at Grace, which is now in its 49th year as the second longest such series in the U.S. Paul Bouman last worshipped at Grace on a snowy Palm Sunday, some 86 years after he first entered its doors as a student. Among the last things he said while in Loyola Hospital was a prayer for the people of this church. He achieved many things in his long career. But most might remember the twinkle in his eye, a firm grip on the elbow to connect one person to another, a ready quip, a robust singing voice, and the way he lived out his favorite
phrase from St. Augustine, that “a Christian should be an ‘Alleluia’ from head to foot.” The family appreciates donations to Grace Lutheran Church and/or its Bach Cantata Vespers series (graceriverforest. org/giving/) or to his other favorite charity, Jeremiah Community Renewal Corporation c/o Grace Lutheran Church.
St. Giles Catholic Church in Oak Park. Interment was private. To honor Krys’ memory as a voracious reader and supporter of her local library, please consider donating to the children’s or community programs of the Oak Park Public Library (oprf.iphiview.com).
Jacqueline Leonard, 58
River Forest resident
Resident of Oak Park
Jacqueline D. Leonard, 58, a longtime resident of Oak Park, died on April 30, 2019. Born on Feb. 6, 1961, she was the mother of Antonio Leonard; the grandmother of Antonio J. and Diamond; the daughter of Dorothy (Michael Smalley) and the late Maxwell Leonard II; the sister of Michael (Diane), Rosetta Conley, Cynthia (fiancé Michael JACQUELINE LEONARD Reaves), Stephanie (Michael) McCarty, Latonya (Kedrain) Bell and the late Maxwell Leonard III and Patricia; the niece of many; and aunt and friend to many. Visitation and services were held on May 6 at Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home with private interment. The family appreciates memorials to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (www. nationalmssociety.org).
Krystyna Kazieczko-Kuszak, 68 Oak Park resident
Krystyna Kazieczko-Kuszak, 68, of Oak Park, has died. She was the wife of Jer, who preceded her in death; the mother of Adam (Kristin) and Beth (Tom) Mannix; the grandmother of Keira, Peter, J.J. and Jimmy; the daughter of the late Ewdokia and Tadeusz; the sister of Sue and the late Irene; and the aunt of Joshua, Meredith and Annamarie. Visitation was held on May 3 at Forest Park’s Zimmerman-Harnett Funeral Home with a funeral Mass celebrated on May 4 at
Patrick Guinan Patrick E. Guinan, of River Forest, has died. He was a longtime employee of First United Church of Oak Park. Patrick was the brother of Timothy (Ellen), Michael, Sheila (Dan) Martinotti, Mary Beth (Richard) Schumacher, Carol (Michael Carroll) and the late Daniel Guinan; uncle, cousin and friend of many; and the son of the late Edward and Joan Guinan. Visitation will take place on Thursday, May 9 from 10 a.m. until time of service, 11:30 a.m., at First United Church of Oak Park, 848 Lake St., in Oak Park with interment private. In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates donations to First United Church of Oak Park or to the Oak Park-River Forest Food Pantry. Arrangements were handled by Drechsler, Brown & Williams Funeral Home.
Timothy Wright, 59 Oak Park resident
Timothy J. Wright, 59, of Oak Park, formerly of Rockford, died on May 2, 2019. Born on July 12, 1959, he was the husband of Janet (nee Arey); the father of Maxwell Wright; the brother of Christine (Larry) Eggan, Peter Wright, and Michael Wright; and the uncle of Laura Wright, Kevin (Maura Seward) Eggan, Emily (Dean) Galanis and Jacob Wright. He was preTIMOTHY WRIGHT ceded in death by his parents, Dorothy and Robert and by his brother, Robert. Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 9 at 1 p.m. until time of service, 3 p.m., at Oak Park’s Drechsler, Brown, & Williams Funeral Home, 203 S. Marion St., followed by a private interment. In lieu of flowers, memorials to the American Red Cross are appreciated.
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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) 9:00 a.m.—Education Hour 10:30 a.m.—Worship
All are welcome. goodshepherdlc.org 708-848-4741
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.
Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)
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West Suburban Temple Har Zion
1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community. Interfaith families are welcome. Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920 Sunday Schedule Christian Education for All Ages 9:00am Worship Service 10:00am
Child care available 9-11am
fairoakspres.org OAK PARK MEETING OF FRIENDS (Quakers) Meeting For Worship Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Park Art League 720 Chicago Ave., Oak Park Please call 708-445-8201 www.oakparkfriends.org
Roman Catholic
Ascension Catholic Church
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
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., 5:30 p.m. Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m. Parish Office: 708-848-4417 Religious Ed Phone: 708-848-7220
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
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
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23 Declaration of the Báb
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Christianity Islam
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PUBLIC NOTICES 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: Y19001255 on May 1, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of ONE ON ONE COMPUTING with the business located at: 9817 S. KENTON AVE, OAK LAWN, IL 60453. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: ROBERT GERARD OGLE, 9817 S. KENTON AVE, OAK LAWN, IL 60453 Published in Wednesday Journal 5/8, 5/15, 5/22, 2019
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Public Notice ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDDING Request of bids for the flooring replacement at Dole Center, 255 Augusta, Oak Park, IL. Owner: Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302 The Park District of Oak Park will accept sealed bids for the Flooring Replacements at Dole Library Center in Oak Park. The project consists of the removal of existing flooring and installation of new LVT flooring at Dole Center. The Park District of Oak Park will receive individual sealed Bids until 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) on Tuesday, May 21st, 2019, at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois. The bidding documents and requirements will be available on the Park Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website as of 5:00 pm Wednesday, May 8th, 2019. A non-mandatory pre-bid walk-thru is scheduled for Monday, May 13th at 10:00 a.m. (Chicago time) at 255 Augusta, Oak Park, IL 60302. Bid bonds will be required by bidding contractors. Copies of the bidding specifications are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-andrfps/ For additional information, contact Chris Lindgren at chris.lindgren@ pdop.org or (708) 725 2050. Only the bids prepared in compliance with the bidding documents will be considered. This project must adhere to the Prevailing Wage Act of 2018. The Park District of Oak Park encourages minority and women owned business firms to submit bids for this project. Park District of Oak Park By: Chris Wollmuth, Secretary Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St. Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 5/8/19
PUBLIC NOTICE Public Meeting Notification Village of Brookfield Candy Cane Park Master Plan The Village of Brookfield conducted a planning initiative to identify improvements for Candy Cane Park in 2015 and developed a Master Plan for the park. The Village is now looking to apply for a grant from the State of Illinois to assist with funding the planned improvements. A community open house will be held to review the Master Plan from 2015 with the public on Wednesday, May 15th, between 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM. The open house will take place at the Village of Brookfieldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Council Chambers, Edward Barcal Hall, located at 8820 Brookfield Ave. Brookfield, Il 60513. All members of the public are invited to stop in anytime during the open house advertised time period to view the plans and provide comments. The purpose of the open house is to inform the community about the project and to collect additional community input on the Master Plan for Candy Cane Park prior to submitting for the State grant. Attendees will learn more about the project, have the opportunity to ask questions, and provide written comments. For questions, please contact Stevie Ferrari, phone 708485-1527 or email sferrari@brookfieldil.gov We look forward to hearing from you. Published in RB Landmark 5/8/2019
LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION May 23rd, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting The Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 in Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Illinois for the purpose of considering and hearing a request for a map amendment to change the zoning of the property located at 9037-49 Monroe Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 (PIN 15-34-223-001-0000). The properties proposed to be rezoned are as follows: Address
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The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application materials may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall. Comments, if any, should be provided in writing prior to the date of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Elyse Vukelich, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, or in person during the public hearing. Please reference PZC Case 19-03 9037-49 Monroe. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access may be granted through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in the RB LANDMARK 5/08/2019
LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION May 23rd, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting The Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, May 23rd, 2019 in Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Illinois for the purpose of considering and hearing a request for a map amendment to change the zoning of the property located at 3650 Grand Boulevard, Brookfield, IL 60513 (PIN 15-34-410-043-0000). The properties proposed to be rezoned are as follows: Address
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The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. The application materials may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall. Comments, if any, should be provided in writing prior to the date of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Elyse Vukelich, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, or in person during the public hearing. Please reference PZC Case 19-04 3650 Grand. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access may be granted through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in the RB LANDMARK 5/08/2019 NOTICE OF 2019-2020 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING DATES FOR RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 208 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on April 30, 2019, a resolution was passed establishing that the 2019-2020 meetings of the Board of Education, Township High School District 208, Cook County, Illinois, will be held in Room 201 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. in the Riverside Brookfield High School building, 160 Ridgewood Road, Riverside, IL 60546. The Regular Meetings will be held on the second Tuesday of each month. The Committee of the Whole Meetings will be held on the fourth Tuesday of each month with the exception of June, July, August, November, December, and March. Meeting dates can be found on the Riverside Brookfield High School website (www.rbhs208.net). Published in RB Landmark 5/8/2019
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PUBLIC NOTICE 2019 Keystone Metal Fence Installation Sealed written bids for the River Forest Park Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2019 Keystone Park Metal Fence Installation shall be received until 10:00 a.m. local time, June 5, 2019, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud. Specifications are available at www.rfparks.com or may be picked at the River Forest Park District office, 401 Thatcher Avenue, River Forest, Illinois, starting May 1, 2019 between 8:30 A.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday through Friday. This is a State of Illinois/Cook County prevailing wage project with a certified payroll to be turned into the Park District. The Board of Commissioners of the River Forest Park District reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive any technicalities or formalities which it deems to be in the best interest of the District. Published in Wednesday Journal 5/8/2019
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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. on Friday May 24, 2019 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 19-17, Water and Sewer Main Improvements. In general, the improvements consist of the installation of ductile iron water main, including valves, domestic services lines, fire hydrants, and precast valve vaults; installation of sewer main, precast manholes and drainage structures; restoration of street pavements, pavement patches, curb and gutter, sidewalks, pavement markings, and restoration of landscaped parkway areas; and all appurtenant work thereto. Plans and proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Friday May 10, 2019, at noon. A non-refundable deposit of $50 is required for each set of plans and specifications. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue plans and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified. No bid documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening. All prospective bidders must prove they are pre-qualified by the Illinois Department of Transportation before receiving bid documents. The work to be performed pursuant to this Proposal is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer Published in Wednesday Journal 5/8/2019
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ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDDING For: Construction Services for the Carroll Center Addition & Remodeling. Owner: Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St., Oak Park, IL 60302
The Park District of Oak Park will receive separate sealed Bids until 10:00am (Chicago time) on Friday, May 24th, 2019 at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois. The Park District is taking a construction manager approach and is looking for bids for Plumbing, Masonry, Concrete, Carpentry and Landscaping. This breakdown is available on Wednesday, May 8th at 5:00pm online along with the drawings. A pre-bid walk-thru is available by appointment only. Contact Chris Lindgren at chris.lindgren@pdop. org. Copies of the bidding specifications are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-andrfps/ For additional information, contact Chris Lindgren at chris.lindgren@ pdop.org or 708-725-2050. The Park District of Oak Park reserves the right to reject any or all bid or to accept any bid, which, in its judgment, will be to the best interest of the public. Only the bids in compliance with the provisions of the bidding specifications will be considered. Park District of Oak Park By: Chris Wollmuth, Secretary Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302
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CLASSIFIED PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, County Division. In the matter of the petition of Marisa Lynn Voss for change of name to Sammy Hayden James Voss, Case No. 2019CONC000481 Notice is given you, the public, that I have filed a Petition For Change of Name in this Court, asking the Court to change my present name of Maris Lynn Voss to the name of Sammy Hayden James Voss. This case will be heard in courtroom 1707 on June 21, 2019 at 10:30 a.m.. Published in Wednesday Journal 4/24, 5/1, 5/8/2019
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK NA F/K/A RBS CITIZENS NA SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, F.S.B. Plaintiff, -v.EDNA R. MCCOY, CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE U/T/A DATED 10/17/1990 A/K/ A TRUST NO. 1182-CH, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 00566 205 S HARVEY AVE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 1, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 24, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 205 S HARVEY AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-307-0160000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, 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
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are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-18077. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-18077 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 18 CH 00566 TJSC#: 39-2476 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. I3118880
For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-027765 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3119649
of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-08522. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-08522 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 009347 TJSC#: 39-1818 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. I3119183
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 or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-06406. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-06406 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 08189 TJSC#: 39-1794 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. I3118826
est 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 or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-14679. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-14679 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 13559 TJSC#: 39-1648 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. I3118616
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. WILLA M. SPENCER AKA WILLA SPENCER; Defendants, 17 CH 11395 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, June 12, 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. 16-07-420-004-0000. Commonly known as 420 Wesley Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302. 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.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A RBS CITIZENS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, F.S.B SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO HINSDALE FEDERAL BANK FOR SAVINGS Plaintiff, -v.CARL T. GROESBECK, LEIGHTON HOLDINGS, LTD., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 009347 331 N. TAYLOR AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 21, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 331 N. TAYLOR AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-109-0110000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, 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. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/ B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, -v.ERNEST BROWN, MELENA ASHER, DANIELLE BRIDGES, ERNEST BROWN, III, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VERA BROWN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR VERA BROWN (DECEASED) Defendants 2018 CH 08189 1114 NORTH 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 March 14, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 17, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1114 NORTH AUSTIN BLVD, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-307-0300000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC Plaintiff, -v.CONDE BASEY, 714 N. AUSTIN CONDO ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNIE BASEY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, CARY ROSENTHAL, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ANNIE BASEY (DECEASED), DENEENA NORTON, WALEAH V. BASEY A/K/A WALEAH V. PAYNE Defendants 17 CH 13559 714 NORTH AUSTIN BL., GNE 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 May 25, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 17, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 714 NORTH AUSTIN BL., GNE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-105-0221003. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the high-
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OPRF badminton sends five to state
Remington, doubles power sectional runner-up Huskies By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor
The Oak Park and River Forest High School badminton team finished second at the Stevenson Sectional on May 2, qualifying five players for the state tournament at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston this weekend (May 10-11). OPRF finished with a score of 10.5, trailing only the sectional host/champion Patriots. The Huskies’ teams of Halley Bergen/ Emma Proctor and Maya Jamroz/Nelida Schalich-Ayllon finished third and fourth, respectively, in doubles. When the OPRF teams faced other, Bergen and Proctor won a hard-fought 21-13, 13-21, 21-19 decision. OPRF junior Olivia Remington placed fourth in singles. Remington won four of five matches, her only loss against sectional champion Shibani Ram from Stevenson.
Fenwick boys water polo The Friars defeated Loyola Academy 1311 in the championship game of the Metro Catholic Aquatic Conference tourney in Oak Park. Payton Comstock, who will attend the U.S. Naval Academy in the fall, scored six goals and Nate Fisher added four to power the Friars’ offense. Dan Badja, Alex Figus and Ramses Flores scored a goal each. In the semifinals, Fenwick cruised to a 10-4 win over St. Patrick. The Friars established a 6-0 lead at halftime and never looked back as Comstock scored a team-high four goals. Dan Lynch and Jack Nettleton scored twice and Diego Sahagun dished out two assists.
OPRF girls water polo The Huskies split a pair of West Suburban Conference Silver Division games at Lyons Township. OPRF edged York in the opener, 11-9, as Mary Vanek led the victors with five goals and four steals. Bennett Gloor contributed four goals with Addie Kosterman and Natalia Nikolic adding a goal apiece. Goalie Sydney Mosher had 10 saves. In the second game, host LTHS defeated
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OPRF badminton players (left to right) Anika Carlson, Emma Proctor, Halley Bergen, Olivia Remington, Nelida Schalich-Ayllon and Maya Jamroz. the Huskies, 11-5. Vanek (2 goals) and Gloor (goal, 6 steals) led OPRF offensively, while Mosher finished with seven saves.
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OPRF boys track & field The Huskies scored 138 points to claim the McCarthy Memorial Invitational, hosted by Hinsdale Central on May 3. OPRF accrued points with strong performances in both track and field events. Junior Tyrone Clarke and senior JT Lowder both won a pair of races. Clarke placed first in the 200-meter and 400-meter events with respective times of 22.15 seconds and 50.38 seconds. Lowder dominated the hurdles by winning the 110 (14.13) and 300 (38.79) races. In the relay races, the Huskies’ quartet of Rapharoah Dallas, Clarke, Amir Blanchard and Lowder finished first in the 400 (42.23), while Amari Sanders, Dallas, Naz Bryant and Blanchard placed second in the 800 (1:30.84). Senior Keon Gilbert fared well in the field events by winning the discus at 139 feet, 10 inches and taking second in the shot put, 51-3. Teammate Mykolas Saloninas won the shot put with a throw of 53-7. Kwesi Yeboah notched second in the triple jump at 43-5.50 and Josh Cotter was third in the pole vault at 12-8.
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OPRF senior JT Lowder is one of the top hurdlers in the state.
Fenwick boys track & field The Friars finished 12th at the McCarthy Memorial Invitational. Senior Joseph Wermes led Fenwick with a fourth-place showing in the 800 at 2:01.55 Wermes also joined Jared Williams, Chris Brady and Owen Filbin to post a time of 8:33.56, which yielded a fifth-place result in the 3,200 relay. Promising freshman Stephen Brown ran well, taking sixth in the 200 (23.25) and 11th in the 100 (11.62).
Taylor Divello went the distance in the Huskies’ 5-3 victory against Glenbard West in Glen Ellyn. Divello (6-2) allowed three runs and seven hits with seven strikeouts and two walks against the Hilltoppers. Ali Burns and Maeve Ryan sparked OPRF (16-6) with two hits apiece. Fiona Girardot knocked in two runs, while Maddi Grant and Jacky Neumann each chipped in an RBI. In other games last week, the Huskies crushed Proviso West 17-1 but were swept by Penn from Mishawaka, Indiana 12-6, 9-3 in a doubleheader. Despite a tough day against Penn, several Huskies played well in the twinbill, including Nellie Kamenitsa Hale (7-for-8, 3 doubles), Girardot (4-for-7, 3 runs scored) and Grant (3-for-7, 2 RBIs).
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Drew Mullen, far right, recorded a time of 3 hours, 5 minutes and 1 second (7:03 pace per mile) at the Boston Marathon.
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Running man from page 48 zqualifying race. He recorded a winning time of 3:06.08, beating out 138 runners. The key to victory was picking up the pace at Mile 21. “I kept going as far as I could until the end,” he said. In terms of the Boston Marathon, Mullen recently realized one of his top goals with an outstanding effort at the renowned race this year. “My goal has always been to re-qualify for the Boston Marathon while running it,” he said. “Until this year, it hadn’t gone so well.” Re-qualifying for Boston in recent years had been a struggle for various reasons, including a stress fracture in 2016 and hypothermia in 2018. He missed the cut with times of 3:15.52 and 3:36.15, respectively, in 2015 and 2017. In mid-April this year, Mullen recorded an excellent time of 3 hours, 5 minutes and 1 second (7:03 pace per mile). Painful lessons from the past finally paid off.
“This year, the first 5K was the slowest I’ve run it,” he said. “I think a little bit of experience and wisdom finally paid off. The Boston Marathon is a bit of a difficult course to run. You have to hold back those first few miles because if you go out too fast you can burn up your race early.” Mullen noted that the Boston Marathon is quite different than the Chicago Marathon. “The Boston Marathon is more point to point,” he said. “They take you out early in the morning on a bus 26.2 miles from the city. The course has a couple of turns; otherwise, it’s a pretty straight line. There’s some elevation loss, mainly in the first half of the race, and then there’s some nasty hills. Climbing up those hills is tiring on your legs, but after that it’s a bit downhill.” For Mullen, 45, becoming an outstanding distance runner has been a process. Many variables are involved, such as good health, consistent motivation, proper training and race experience. “It took me a long time to figure out if you put in the work, your body will adapt,” he said. “I’ve surprised myself at how much I’ve improved over the years. I’ve always loved running, but I’ve never been able to run fast. It’s been rewarding to be able to have the success I’ve had running. I
am in the best shape of my life.” Although he’s run at national events, Mullen also participates in several races in the Chicago area and he’s a board member of the Oak Park Runners Club. If you’re wondering how he balances career and a family of five with such a steadfast commitment to running, he says an understanding wife and some workout creativity have gone a long way. “It helps that my wife is a runner so she understands the time commitment,” Mullen said. “I’ve just tried to find different ways to do the training.” For example, rather than taking a 45-minute train ride to work downtown, Mullen typically runs three or four times a week into Chicago. “I run eight miles into work, which takes about an hour, and we have a shower and gym at my work,” he said. “So I figure it only costs me 15 minutes to get in some good exercise.”
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Friars sweep OPRF, Trinity in soccer
Nourse, Shearer and Giufre make key plays against area rivals By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter
Since a pedestrian 4-4 start, the Fenwick High School girls soccer team has been on a roll. The Friars are unbeaten in their last seven matches, highlighted by recent shutout victories over area rivals Oak Park and River Forest and Trinity. Fenwick edged OPRF 1-0 on Saturday, May 4 at Priory Park in River Forest. Juliana Giuffre scored the game-winning goal off an assist from Anissa Nourse. Goalkeepers Audrey Hinrichs and Mary Heneghan combined to post the Friars’ 10th shutout this season. Led by senior captain Margaux Shearer, the defense also excelled against the Huskies. Four days earlier, Fenwick blanked Trinity 4-0. It didn’t take long for the Friars (10-4-1) to establish an early lead against Trinity (7-11), which was missing some key players due to injuries. In the third minute, Nourse raced her way to the goal and then dished
off a nice pass to defender Alyssa Ruiz, who drilled it in for a 1-0 lead. In the 37th minute, Nourse converted a penalty kick to raise the Friars’ lead to 2-0. In the second half, goals by junior forward Taylor Hultquist (49th minute) and Nourse (67th minute) sealed the win for Fenwick. Nourse, Courtney Youngerman and Lily Reardon each had an assist in the match, while goalkeepers Heneghan and Hinrichs combined for the clean sheet. “Coming out victorious against our rivals Trinity and OPRF added to our sense of Friar Pride,” Shearer said. “As the season progresses we’ve come to realize how crucial our team’s chemistry is, especially with so many new players. The trust and love we’ve built for each other are really what lead us to having success on the field.” Nourse echoed Shearer’s sentiments about the Friars’ recent pair of wins. “We’re very excited to have won our last two games against our neighboring schools,” Nourse said. “We played quality soccer as a team. They were great warm-up
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Fenwick junior Jacqueline McMahon is part of a defense that has recorded 10 shutouts this season. games for our upcoming opponents. “We want to continue to improve our communication as a team so we can connect more passes and make the correct runs. Our team has been working very hard at practice and we hope to finish the season strong.” Fenwick is one of three unbeaten Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Red teams. The Friars will need to maintain their excellent defense with upcoming matches
against Loyola and St. Ignatius (the other GCAC undefeated teams). According to Shearer, continuing to foster each player’s strengths will be important down the stretch. “I think that we need to further identify the strengths of each individual,” she said. “All of our players have so much talent. It’s just a matter of executing where everyone’s skills need to be played.”
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Mullen hits mark at Boston Marathon Oak Park runner crosses the finish line in brisk 3:05.1 By MARTY FARMER
events like 5K races. I always was a slow runner as a kid but I loved it. “I just didn’t realize that I could get faster if I trained,” he added. “About ife is a marathon, not a sprint, for 10 or 11 years ago, I started cycling and Drew Mullen. improved my fitness. Then I ran a few Over the past eight years, the Oak 5K races and started seeing Park resident has run in improvement.” 107 events, collectively Since those seminal moments, covering 1,200 miles. In 2018 Mullen has literally and figuraalone, he amassed almost 3,000 tively been off to the races. miles on the road comprising “My first half marathon and both actual race and personal marathon were in 2012,” he runs. said. “Since then, I’ve run 20 Mullen’s personal-best times marathons and two 50-milers. include: 2 hours, 59 minutes, Only six or seven of the mara42 seconds at the Rogue Run thons have been run well, but Half Marathon (26.2 miles) in DREW MULLEN I’m finally learning to not fight Medford, Oregon; 7:58.20 at the Oak Park runner the course and weather. JFK 50-mile race in Boonsboro, “I think what happened is as I Maryland; and 39:05 at Oak got more into running and racPark’s 10K Frank Lloyd Wright ing, I found out my body could Race in October 2018. handle these distances. RunIt’s been a pleasant, albeit ning became more interesting.” unexpected, journey for a man In 2015, Mullen won his first who once frowned on the no26.2-mile marathon in 13 career attempts tion of long-distance running. and a $1,000 prize at the Providence “My wife [Lisa] had run some half Rogue Valley, which is a Boston Marathon marathons, and I thought she was crazy for running that long of a distance,” See MULLEN on page 46 Mullen said. “I just wanted to run shorter
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Drew Mullen, from Oak Park, jumps for joy as he crosses the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
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