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The owners of Forest Park’s Rhythm & Blues Café are also the brains behind area fried seafood chain Surf ’s Up. In 2024 that restaurant started serving its brand of southern, beachside specialties at Soldier Field for Bears home games.

The location is in the United Club, a premium seating area on the east side of the stadium that features an indoor lounge and restaurant area. That’s where fans quickly became fans of Surf ’s Up.

“They’re like, ‘Wow, you guys sell shrimp? Shrimp in the concessions? What? Shrimp in the stadium?’ They get excited about that,” owner Denise Roy said.

It wasn’t until the 2025 season that Surf ’s Up’s signature wings made their downtown debut. Roy was con-

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Once a week, Republic Services traverses Forest Park to pick up residents’ trash and recycling. Between April 1 and Nov. 30., the waste hauler also picks up yard waste and, for an additional $122.91 a season, a 95-gallon bin for personal organics disposal. As the village’s agreement with Republic Services expires at the end of April, commissioners unani-

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est Park, Oak Park park districts discuss sharing pools

Preliminary talks depend on Oak Park voters approving $40M tax hike

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

The Park District of Oak Park is preparing to ask its residents in March to approve a $40 million tax hike to pay for construction of an indoor pool to replace an outdoor pool at Lake Street and Ridgeland Avenue. In response to the concerns of some Oak Parkers over losing access to one of its two outdoor pools, preliminary conversations have begun between the executive directors of the Oak Park and Forest Park park districts about ways the two could share access to an indoor facility in Oak Park and the aquatics center in Forest Park.

The discussions are infor mal at this point, and it is unknown if Oak Park voters will approve the tax hike referendum on the March 17 ballot.

The discussions between Jackie Iovinelli, executive director of the Park District of Forest Park and Jan Arnold, head of the Oak Park parks system, have involved allowing Forest Park residents to swim at the potential indoor Oak Park pool for their membership rates and vice versa.

Iovinelli said she and Arnold have a working relationship where they talk about their respective projects.

“I said, ‘If you guys are talking about an indoor aquatic facility, can we have a seat at

your table?’” Iovinelli told the Review. “We wouldn’t be being fiscally responsible by both building indoor pools, but our residents want one just as much as Oak Park.”

In very preliminary discussions, Iovinelli said that, if Oak Park gets an indoor pool to replace the Ridgeland Common outdoor pool, Oak Park residents would likely still want a second outdoor option like the Forest Park aquatic center.

Oak Park currently has a second outdoor pool at Rehm Park at East Avenue and Garfield

“And if it’s a -30 degree like today,”

Iovinelli said during a Jan. 23 interview, “any community is going to try to choose an indoor aquatic facility.” She added, “If we can get an opportunity for our residents of Forest Park to have an indoor pool, we absolutely will.”

But it’s about more than just the residents of Forest Park

“What I like about the opportunity is, instead of Forest Park has only this for us and Oak Park has only this for us, why can’t we work together so that it can be for all?”

Iovinelli said. “We’re just two communities trying to come together for the good of everybody.”

The Park District of Forest Park has been trying to find a leak in its outdoor aquatic center for the past few years. Iovinelli said they have found where the leak is, and it will be repaired by the summer.

Resident passes for the Forest Park aquatic center last year were $70 per person.

Bob Skolnik, a freelance reporter for Growing Community Media, contributed to this story.

PROPER TY TR ANSFERS

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Clerk from October 2025. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the clerk.

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501 Elgin Ave $790,000

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Mitts, Harrell lead in endorsement and cash in 8th IL House race

By BILL DWYER Contributing Reporter

The Illinois State Board of Elections has released fundraising figures for the 4th quarter of 2025 for the four candidates seeking to re place La Shawn K. Ford as 8th District Illinois State Re presentative.

T he four candidates, Jill Bush, Shantel Franklin, John Har rell and Latonya Mitts, have each exhibited different ways and sources of raising money and spending it — or not spending it. T here is also a significant gap in key endorsements among candidates

T he 8th House District covers parts of north Austin and Garfield Park, as well as parts of Oak Park, Forest Park, Berwyn, Broadview, Cicero, Countryside, Hodgkins, LaGrang e, LaGrange Park, Westchester and Wester n Springs

Mitts, a community activist and daughter of long-time alderwoman Emma Mitts, and Har rell, a community activist and pastor to cong re gations in both Chicago and Proviso Township, appear to have the broadest bases of political support, with numerous endorsements and hefty contributions from numerous unions. However, the other two candidates — Bush, the director of community eng agement for 29th Ward Alder man Chris Taliafer ro, and Shantel Franklin, a real estate agent and for mer legislative liaison for Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul — have their supporters and power bases as well.

Latonya Mitts’ filing papers list the same address as her mother’s 37th ward organization, and she has benefitted from access to a wide political circle She has also clearly not taken that for granted, working throughout last summer and into the f all establishing a presence on the West Side

“Every day is a work day,” her campaign posted in August on its Facebook page. Mitts spoke at a recent press conference alongside Cong. Danny K Davis, Alderman Emma Mitts and State Re presentative La Shawn K. Ford. In Se ptem-

ber she was on a panel with Alderwoman Mitts and 27th Ward Alderman Walter Burnett Jr., speaking to youth about the impor tance of voting

Besides her last name and her mother’s 37th ward organization, Mitts, who took in $41,300 in the 4th quarter, enjoys strong support from unions. She received $31,000 from the well-funded Laborer International Union of North America’s District Council PAC, and $2,500 from IBEW Local 134. Unlike other candidates in the race, Mitts has spent just $1,400 of what she raised so far, mostly $1,000 for Democratic voter contact software.

Mitts has been endorsed by for mer Il linois Secretary of State Jesse White and Cook County Sherif f Tom Dart, as well as, significantly, officials outside her West Side powerbase, including Riverside Township Democratic Committeeman Mike Zaleski and Lyons Township Democratic Committeeman Steve Landek.

Mitts is also supported by numerous powerful, influential and politically active unions, including the Illinois AFL-CIO the Chicago Laborers District Council (LIUNA), the International Union of Op erating Engineers Local 399, Mid-America Carpenters Re gional Council, IBEW Local 134 and Chicago Journeymen Plumbers Local Union 130.

No candidate had a better 4th quarter than Harrell. He had already loaned his campaign $44,195 in the 3rd quarter to pay for expenses. Between October and Janu ary 1, he took in $69,800.

Like Mitts, Harrell has been endorsed by numerous people and organizations beyond the West Side, including several west suburban mayors, half a dozen Chicago alderpersons, three Cook County commissioners, three state senators and U.S. Senate candidate Raja Krishnamoorthi. He’s also been endorsed by the statewide Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and SEIU Local 73 sent him $30,000. Another $5,000 came from perennial Chicago candidate Willie Wilson.

That cash haul allowed Harrell to spend $65,073 for such campaign essentials as web-

site design, legal fees and computer software, as well as staff and consulting. Harrell has spent heavily for campaign help, including $24,000 on consulting, $12,000 of that to for mer 5th District State Senator Ricky Hendon, who has been paid a total of $23,000.

Those sums pushed Harrell’s total spend to just under $100,000 so far.

Bush raised $35,433 the last three months of 2026, more than half of it from a total of $19,818 she loaned to her campaign. She received $1,000 from her boss, 29th Ward Al-

derman Taliaferro, and $500 from 7th Congressional candidate Jason Friedman.

Franklin raised $34,567 in the 4th quarter, from 50 donors, including $5,000 from The Cook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600 and $5,000 from for mer boss Attorney General Kwame Raoul. She spent more than $26,000 of what she raised, much of it for what appears to be two full-time campaign staffers and numerous part-time staff, and related expenses.

Franklin saw a nice infusion of additional cash on Jan. 20, when Raoul sent her $25,000.

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Inside Scoop on local fun and get out of your house, too

Journal and Review invite you to a casual mixer at Robert’s Westside

Looking to meet new neighbors? Want to find out more about entertainment options in Oak Park, Forest Park and River Forest? Need something fun to fill your pre Super Bowl Sunday?

Well, then, our Inside Scoop event is made for you.

Growing Community Media, publisher of Wednesday Journal and the Forest Park Review, will host our first Inside Scoop event on Sunday, Feb. 1 at Robert’s Westside in Forest Park. Drop in. We’ll go from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. at 7321 Madison St. It’s fun and it is free (you will have to buy your own drinks, though).

Three local arts and fun venues will be on hand to provide the entertainment.

Comedy Plex in Downtown Oak Park will offer comedy. The Forest Theatre Company will perform a scene from a recent show. And Donnie Biggins, our Robert’s Westside host, will take a Name that Tune twist. The snacks are on us. It is fully casual. And you’ll find more reasons why living here is so great while meeting neighbors you really ought to know.

More Inside Scoop events are in the works. We’ll cover the voracious food scene, summer in the villages and the best things to do in the villages with your kids.

mously approved a resolution at the Jan. 12 council meeting that authorizes a request for proposals for residential municipal waste, recycling and landscape waste collection services. The village is seeking a new, five-year collection ag reement, with a potential one-to-three-year extension, beginning May 1, 2026.

At the Jan. 12 council meeting, Commissioner Michelle Melin-Rogovin said, “Residents have talked to us about their interest in recycling and composting, and we’re definitely incorporating and looking at that feedback.”

Melin-Rogovin later told the Review that, since Re public Services started offering organics collection in Forest Park in 2022, several residents have asked her for a more user-friendly composting option. She has heard feedback that includes the desire for a year-round program, bins that are smaller and easier to clean, and a way for residents to get back their organic waste as compost to use in their gardens

“I would really love to see us have village-supported compost pickup available,” said Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, who’s been a Forest Park resident for 8 years. “And I’d love for that to be, not only for individual residences, but also for people who live in condo buildings or apar tment buildings because typically they have a different waste hauler.”

For one season, Bloyd-Peshkin used Republic Services’ organic collection service, splitting the cost and bin space with her neighbor. But she wanted a year-round service instead. Now, she and five of her neighbors’ households share a 32-gallon bin that is picked up every other week by The Urban Canopy Compost Club.

“It’s actually perfect for our needs,” Bloyd-Peshkin said. In the 8 months that she and her neighbors have been using Urban Canopy, they have diverted 1,470 pounds of organic material from the waste stream. “Multiply that by the number of people in Forest Park, and this could have a huge impact.”

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, landfills produce methane, a greenhouse gas that’s 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.

“It’s one of those small things that could

be a really big thing,” Bloyd-Peshkin said. But when it comes to reducing the amount of waste in landfills, she added, “not a lot of people are going to turn to an external vendor” like Urban Canopy.

According to Village Administrator Rachell Entler, about a dozen people use Re public Services’ add-on organics disposal. She told the Review that the village has asked those who are submitting waste collection proposals to price composting

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services as an add-on cost, so that households can decide if they want to pay an additional fee.

Melin-Rogovin told the Review that not all the village’s request for proposals must include composting, and that she’s researching separate providers whose services can be incorporated into waste hauler’s offerings.

“They would still most likely be an addon service that residents would opt into, but they would offer more of the needs and services that residents are wanting,” Melin-Rogovin told the Review. She added that there would likely be an education component for built-in waste collection services after a provider is chosen, along with information about other available options.

“We want this to be cost effective, easy to use and responsive to residents’ needs, but we also need to make sure that residents are aware of exactly how to use it,” MelinRogovin said.

If the village gets a new compost service, “It becomes the responsibility of the Environmental Control Commission and the village to educate people about what they can compost,” said Bloyd-Peshkin, who is on the ECC. “And we know that’s doable because we’ve accomplished it with recycling pretty well.”

OUR QUIETEST NEIGHB OR S

The Nebel family’s short, hard lives and the grave marker that survives

Many people buried in Forest Park didn’t make it into newspaper headlines, or are even mentioned in news articles at all, but their lives were no less compelling and complex. While it is very difficult to find all the details of the Nebel family, the few we can find suggest a story of a typical family at the end of the 1800s.

AMY BINNS-CALVE Y

Augusta Nebel’s incredibly moving monument in the old German Waldheim section of Forest Home Cemetery draws a visitor’s attention, but trying to find even the basic facts of her life illustrates the challenges of tracing the history of immigrants in the United States. In records, Augusta’s maiden name is spelled both as Kampfert and Kampifert, and her first name appears as both Augusta and Auguste Augusta was born on Aug. 21, 1861, but it is not certain where she was born. On her marriage certificate, her birthplace is recorded as Chicago, but so is her husband’s, who later tells the Census that he was born in Germany, leading one to think the marriage certificate might be inaccurate.

On Aug. 8, 1883, Augusta, at the age of 22, married a man three years older whose name is found in various records as Friedrich, Fritz, Fred, and Pritz. His occupation is listed as “stonecutter.” Her new last name is Nebel, but in at least one place it is spelled “Nabel.” On March 30, 1884, baby William was born.

Sadly, he died a few months later on Aug. 1, 1884. On Oct. 12, 1886 another baby boy was born, Fritz, but he did not make it to his second birthday and died on July 30, 1888. This is not unusual at the time, as in the late 1800s around four out of every 10 children did not live to their fifth birthday. Sadly, Augusta followed her two babies and died on March 22, 1889.

Fritz remarried Dora Schmitt on Aug. 20, 1889 (she was 18 at the time and he was 31). In the 1920 Census, they are living in California. It doesn’t appear that they had any children. They both died in California, Dora in 1925 and Fritz in 1934, but their remains are buried here, in Forest Park

It’s easy to speculate, based on these slim details, what

Augusta’s life was like. Since he was a stonecutter, maybe Friedrich/Fritz worked in the Forest Park cemeteries. Augusta’s first child was born only 7 months after the wedding. Perhaps the couple rushed the wedding, or the child was born prematurely and that’s why he died soon after birth. Augusta died a short six months after her second baby, so it’s possible they fell both ill to one of the many diseases that were rampant at the end of the 1800s, or the birth could have been difficult and she never recovered. It’s impossible to know why Friedrich/Fritz married again so soon (less than six months after Augusta’s death), but he might have been anxious to recover and start a new family

All five are buried under a large and truly unique monument. One wonders if Friedrich/Fritz carved the tall pyramidshaped boulder with its dramatic vertical crack appearing to split the boulder in two. Atop the tapered boulder is an elegant urn draped with delicately carved roses. (An ur n can symbolize a life lived – the vessel that once contained a life.) On the front, is a scroll engraved with Augusta’s name and dates of birth and death as well as the phrases “Hier ruht in Frieden” and “Ruhe sanft” (“Rest in Peace Here” and “Rest Gently” in English). On the adjoining side of the boulder are the names of the two children, Willie and Fritz. But most remarkable is the life-sized figure of a small child, hand pressed to the forehead in grief. This figure does not have wings so it doesn’t appear to be an angel. Perhaps it is a portrait of a child – maybe one of the Nebel children? It is a work that captures deep and agonizing sadness. It would be easy to miss this monument, as it is in a section of the graveyard close to the Eisenhower and overshadowed by the United Ancient Order of the Druids monument. But once discovered, it is a testament to a time and family whose full story we might never know.

References: LA Times, Public Records

Amy Binns-Calvey is a volunteer with the Historical Society of Forest Park and the author of ‘More Dead Than Alive: Stories of Forest Park’s Quietest Neighbors.’

7TH DISTRIC T DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

Anthony Driver Jr. runs for Congress in 7th District

He’s led the SEIU an ccountability

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

Editor’s note: Ahead of the March 17 primary, Growing Community Media is profiling the candidates running in the 7th congressional district in Illinois. Whoever wins the November election will succeed Rep. Danny Davis, who is retiring after nearly 30 years in the position. This week, GCM talked to Anthony Driver Jr.

Anthony Driver Jr. is a lifelong Chicagoan whose career as a political strategist and organizer has led him to drive change across municipal, state and federal levels of government.

Driver is for mer executive director of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the largest labor council in the Midwest, and for mer president of Chicago’s Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, where he is now a commissioner so that he can give his community his all in running for Congress.

A Bronzeville resident — who is buying a home in the Back of Yards neighborhood, down the street from where he grew up — Driver was inspired to run to improve daily life for his community. He was further motivated after running ground operations for Operation Swing State to mobilize Democratic voters. Driver lived in Milwaukee for five months ahead of the last presidential election, leading door knocking and phone calling ef forts.

“I saw how we missed the average working-class voter,” Driver said. “That’s the same thing that’s happening in the state of Illinois, where I think we’re missing people.” So, Driver is running to unite the 7th congressional district, which stretches from Englewood, along the Eisenhower, to the western suburbs.

“I’m a labor organizer. I build coalitions. I bring people together,” said Driver, who was political coordinator of SEIU and the executive director of the SEIU Illinois State Council, where he led policy initiatives, legislative and political strateg y for the common good. “I’ll be a person who brings the rest of the Illinois dele gation together and fights for things that are going

Currently, SEIU is working on reversing the freeze that the Trump administration has put on child care funding in Illinois, pushing state legislation that would help unionize 100,000 rideshare drivers, and that which would provide basic protections to workers in extreme heat.

As SEIU’s political coordinator, Driver helped successfully advocate to raise Chicago’s minimum wage to $15 an hour; create the Fair Work Week ordinance that requires certain employers to give workers predictable schedules and compensation; pass a paid leave ordinance that requires Illinois workers to get at least an hour of paid leave for every 40 hours working; pass the Workers’ Rights Amendment that updated the Illinois Constitution to guarantee workers’ rights to organize and collectively bargain in the public and private sector; and create Chicago’s first civilian oversight structure of the Chicago Police Department.

“I was a big part of that, so much so that, once the ordinance passed, I was tapped to

said of his role at Chicago’s Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability. CCPSA works to increase police accountability and violence prevention by advocating for policing refo rms.

As president of CCPSA, Driver led the ef fort in residents having a say in the next Chicago Police Department superintendent, Larry Snelling. He also successfully fought to eliminate the Chicago Police Department’s gang database. He said the database had about 130,000 people in it — many who were wrongfully included, like his own father — who would be denied employment at a government agency. The list was also shared with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which the CCPSA is aiming to restrict from joining municipal police forces with future reforms.

Driver would have similar public safety initiatives if elected to congress. He promises to pass meaningful gun legislation, expand expungement and reentry services, and increase funding for community-

based safety initiatives, like violence interention and trauma recovery services.

When it comes to housing, Driver has been fighting to lift the ban on rent control, equitable development and transpublic money is spent. As a congressman, he would aim to increase federal funding for af fordable housing, public housing and homeowner programs for first-time owners.

dvocate for free, universal health care, capping the cost of prescription drugs and increasing investments in mental health and Black maternal health. He’ll do this following his successes in expanding public health resources and challenging policies that undermine access to care in Illinois. Driver added that those in the health insurance and pharmaceutical industries should be banned from donating to campaigns, or at least have a cap on how much they can donate.

“The only way we ever get to universal we ban people from buying our politicians,” Driver said. iver plans to have three district satellite offices and bring together a council of community leaders, mayors and elected of ficials to help push forward le gislation. He also aims to bring the 7th district congressional office into the digital age.

“We are missing young people in large swaths,” Driver said. So, he aims to make the office more accessible and have a portal for residents. “There needs to be a constant feedback loop that doesn’t just consist of lobbyists and special interests, which is kind of how things go in D.C. right now.”

Driver’s endorsements include SEIU, Rep. Jesus Chuy Garcia, state Sen. Lakeisa Collins and nine aldermen — nearly 40 community leaders from all across the district.

Other Democratic candidates who have thrown their hats in the ring for Davis’ seat include Richard Boykin, Kina Collins, David Elrich, Melissa Conyears-Ervin, Dr. Thomas Fisher, La Shawn Ford, Jason Friedman, Rory Hoskins, Danica Leigh, John McCombs, Anabel Mendoza, Jazmin Robinson, Reed Showalter, and Felix Tello. Republican candidates are Chad Koppie and Patricia Easley.

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SURF’S UP Brings the wings

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fident that it would make a difference … for the Bears.

“I said that when we g et these Hennessy wings in the stadium, the Bear ’s about to do something. I’ve b een laughing at that. I’m li ke, I told y’all these Hennessy wings got them going,” she said.

Surf ’s Up was invited to S oldier Field by i ts official food and beve rage partner, Levy. According Levy the c ompany is: the disruptor in defining the sports and entertainment hospitality experienc e. An d this c ollaboration brings to g ether Chicago institutions to create a dy namic and unforgettable g ame-day atmosphere fo r Chicago Bears f ans throughout the stadium.

“Levy found us and asked us to be a pa rt of their team,” Roy said. Surf ’s Up has a c ontract for three more seasons at S oldier Field . T hey also have their own kitchen at the stadium. Most vendors use a shared

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kitchen. I ts g ame-day menu includes Hennessy wing s, bu ff alo wing s, p lai n wing s, cheese frie s, re g ular frie s, frie d shrimp and fried biscuit s.

“Those are b etter than beignets,” Roy said. S he also said that they are hoping to expand i nto other parts of the stadium.

Surf ’s Up signature Hennessy wings

“People are really scrambling around because they ’re seeing p eople walking around with our wing s. But if you’ re looking for our wings and y ou do n’ t have that [ United C lub] seat, now you’ re j ust you’ re wingless.”

As it is, more than 10,000 p eople fl ow

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Morris, 83 IBM marketing director

George William Morris, 83, a beacon of love and generosity, died on Jan. 17, 2026 in the peaceful surroundings of ForPark. Born on Feb. 26, 1942, in Chicago, his journey was rked by an unwavering commitment to excellence, an insatiable curiosity for life, and a heart that knew no bounds. His quest for knowledge led him to a bachelor’s de gree, followed by a master’s de gree in Business from the University of Chicago. At the young age of 19, he began his career at IBM, climbing the ladder with grace and tenacity to become marketing director. His expertise and vision later guided him as a senior business consultant with Blackwell Consulting. His professional journey did not end with retirement; he transitioned into a successful career as an appraiser and realtor. His faith was the compass that guided him through life’s storms and celebrations. His love for the arts was

as profound as his faith. Together with his wife, Connie, he traversed the globe, soaking in the cultures of many countries and exploring the vast beauty of the United States. His passion for plays, musicals, concerts and outdoor venues was matched only by his love for the city of Chicago, Bears games, and discovering great restaurants. He was an avid sportsman, enjoying racquetball, biking, and an exercise routine that ke pt him vibrant and full of energy. His grandchildren were the beneficiaries of his youthful spirit as he guided them through museums and accompanied them to festivals, sharing the wonders of the world.

His le gacy is warmth, compassion, and an unwavering commitment to his family and community.

George was the husband of Connie Mackin; father of Jeanine Ostrowski, Jennifer Agne, and Jill McBrien, and his stepchildren, Jeremy and Crystal; grandfather of Matthew, Analise, Jacob, Kristiann, Katlynne, David, Dominic, May, and Noah; and great-grandfather of Miles, Reese, and Cillian.

His story is a masterclass in living fully, and a beautiful testament to a le gacy that will endure.

Visitation was held on Jan. 22 at Zimmerman-Harnett Funeral Home 7319 W. Madison St., Forest Park, followed by funeral Mass at St. Bernardine Church 7246 W. Harrison St. Forest Park. Interment private

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“That’s pretty g ood foot traffic. In one day you making wh at you make in four days at a re g ular store. It ’s a c onstant fl ow,” she said.

Good news: the Bears will have those Hennessy wings next season too!

Dennis Limbaugh, 76 Lifelong

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Dennis C. Limbaugh, 76, died peacefully at home on Jan. 13, 2026, after a courageous battle with cancer spanning more than a decade. Born on Feb. 14, 1949, he was a lifelong resident of Forest Park. He dedicated more than 25 years to his career at Jewel Foods, where he was known for his strong work ethic, loyalty, and the many lasting friendships he for med. His love of life, along with his kind and generous spirit, will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved him.

Dennis was preceded in death by his parents, Glen and Arleen, and his beloved sister, Inez. He was the husband of Sharon (nee Cotter), the love of his life, with whom he shared 53+ years of mar riage; the father of Melissa and Christopher (Deirdre); the brother of Douglas (Kate); the grandfather of Zianna, AJ, Johnny, and Jack; and the uncle of Jason (Cathie) Pope and Jeff Pope. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made Mayo Clinic (https:// mayocl.in/4aXW6Tv). Please dedicate donation to Urology Department, Dr. Kwon Research.

Private services will be held at a later date

Man pepper sprays Luv 2 Smoke employee, steals $3K

By JESSICA MORDACQ Staff Reporter

On Jan. 19 at 10 p.m., police were dispatched to Luv 2 Smoke at 7507 Roosevelt Rd. for a retail theft. There, a woman told police that, the day before, a man robbed the store while one of her coworkers was working. The coworker showed her a photo of the man, who came in while she was working so she called the police. The man pepper sprayed her before stealing $3,000 worth of merchandise. Video footage confirms the interaction. Police canvassed the area for the man with ne gative results.

Theft

Police responded to Boost Mobile on Harlem Avenue on Jan. 13, where earlier that day a manager saw on surveillance footage that a sales associate stole money from the cash re gister, and merchandise from a display shelf and storage cabinet before leaving through the business’ back door. According to the police re port, the woman stole 44 items estimated to cost over $36,000. Police were shown footage that showed part of the theft and tried to call the suspect but couldn’t reach her. The manager said he’d sign complaints ag ainst the employee if police found her, which they hadn’t at the time of the re port.

Aggravated battery

On Jan. 13, a caller re ported to police around 10 p.m. that a suspicious person was on Madison Street after leaving Mugsy’s Tavern, where he threatened to shoot and kill people. At the bar, the caller told police a man was asked to leave multiple times for pouring his own liquor and threatened the bartender before driving away. The witness then went to Shortstop Lounge, where she saw the same man pacing by his car. Police found the man and told him he was no longer allowed at either bar and to leave the area, but he instead got closer to officers, spitting on one as he raised his voice. Police performed an emergency takedown, and the man continued pulling away from officers. He was charged with aggravated

battery of a police officer and four counts of resisting an officer.

Suspicious person

Police responded to Portillo’s on Jan. 15, where an employee said a man who frequently asks for food and money on the property was in the bathroom and refused to leave. According to the police re port, officers are familiar with the man as several local businesses have called to have him removed. Police escorted the man out of the building and advised him not to return to establishments that he has been trespassed from.

Domestic battery

Police were dispatched to a parking lot in the 100 block of Harlem Avenue on Jan. 17 at 10 p.m. after a business owner called about a couple who were fighting outside. The man told police that he and his girlfriend were arguing, when she pushed him, and he fought back when she started hitting him. The woman told police that they were arguing in the car, and her boyfriend pulled her hair and slapped her. She said she got out of the car, and so did the man, then police arrived. Police re ported no physical injuries to the woman, she declined medical attention and didn’t want to sign complaints against the man. Police provided her with a domestic violence victim information sheet and took the woman to the police department, where she was picked up by a family member. The man was released on the scene.

These items were obtained from Forest Park Police Department reports dated Jan. 13 - 19 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.

OUR VIEW

Three pools, two villages

Public swimming pools, whether indoor or outdoor, are a high-value asset. They cost a lot to build, a lot to maintain, and in a landlocked village, space for them is at a premium.

That’s likely why the Park District of Oak Park is proposing to subtract one outdoor pool to construct an indoor facility it claims the public wants and needs. Well, voters will decide on March 17 if they are ready to take on yet higher taxes to pay for a $40 million project that eliminates the outdoor pool at Ridgeland Common.

District officials faced some skepticism at a public meeting for residents last week. There were fair questions about the wording of the referendum question, which does not specify a location for the indoor pool and concerns about losing one of the two outdoor pools. Credit to the park district for answering those questions.

Most interesting to us was the out-of-the-blue comment from Jan Arnold, the park district’s executive director, that she has had infor mal conversations with Jacki Iovinelli, her counterpart at the Park District of Forest Park, about some level of collaboration that would allow Forest Parkers access to the proposed indoor pool in Oak Park at resident rates while allowing Oak Parkers to access Forest Park’s quite wonderful aquatics center on Harrison Street.

Over the decades, this page has been enthusiastic about creative collaborations between local gover nments to save taxpayer money while upgrading services. Why can’t Oak Park and River Forest merge into one fire department? Why can’t village gover nments in Oak Park and River Forest absorb the services provided by township gover nment? There are lots of missed opportunities

Perhaps the most notable failure to communicate was between Oak Park’s park district and Oak Park and River Forest High School many years back when the parks wooed and nearly begged OPRF to join them in jointly building a shared pool and indoor rec center at Ridgeland Common. This was near the end of the school’s era of supreme arrogance and led to the painful decades-long fight over how to finally replace the obsolete twin pools at OPRF

We like the pool in Forest Park. It’s spacious, regularly updated and works for all ages. There are already Oak Parkers paying the non-resident rate to enjoy the facility

We’ll need to see the equivalency of sharing resident rates between the two villages while Oak Park taxpayers are still paying the tax hike over the next 20 years to build an indoor pool.

So for now a distraction to the question on the table: How will Oak Parkers vote and how strong a case can the park district make over the next seven weeks?

OPINION

Dr. King’s other title was ‘Reverend’

This neck of the woods is very liberal. All but one precinct in Forest Park voted between 77% and 88% for Harris, while in our neighbor to the east the vote was around 90%. And from what I hear and read in opinion columns, most of those would identify as progressives.

On the religious-to-secular continuum, progressives tend to fall toward the non-religious/ anti-religion side of middle. According to the Pew Research Center data from 2014, only 15% of atheists identify as Republican or lean Republican, while 69% identify as Democrat/lean Democrat, and 17% have no political leaning

HOLMES

As our village has become steadily more progressive, every congregation in town except Living Word has declined in membership or closed. And that makes me wonder if progressives realize how foundational Nicaean, mainstream Christianity was to Martin Luther King Jr.’s thinking and how strongly he came to disagree with some of the tenets of the 18th-century Enlightenment which have influenced the progressive world view.

Let me explain.

Taylor Branch wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning Parting of the Water, which most people consider to be the definitive King biography. Branch reports that when King was in seminary, he was drawn to Social Gospel theology, which in the mid-century 1900s was similar to the current progressive movement.

Walter Rauschenbusch was a prominent leader of the Social Gospel who, in his 1907 book Christianity and the Social Crisis, urged churches to prioritize addressing social problems over focusing on personal salvation.

Branch reports that King was all in on the Social Gospel until in 1950 he read Moral Man and Immoral Society by Reinhold Niebuhr. Branch wrote, “Niebuhr appears to have changed … [King’s] fundamental outlook on religion. … Niebuhr attacked the Social Gospel’s premise that the steady advance of reason and goodwill in the moder n age was capable of eradicating social evil. Niebuhr ridiculed Dewey’s notion that ignorance was the principal cause of injustice, stating instead that it was our predatory selfinterest.”

Niebuhr contended that “War cruelty and injustice survived because people were by nature sinful.” (82)

“Niebuhr,” Branch wrote, “combined an evangelical liberal’s passion for the Ser mon on the Mount with a skeptic’s insistence on the cussedness of human nature.” (86)

Regarding Thomas Jefferson’s phrase “wall of separation between church and state,” Branch quoted Niebuhr as declaring, “There is no problem of political life to which religious imagination can make a larger contribution.” (86)

King wrote in his Letter from Birmingham Jail, “I am grateful to God that through the Negro church, the dimension of non-violence entered our struggle. Non-violence demands that the means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.”

These days I often hear progressives talking about rights. The word “rights” doesn’t appear once in the index of the 650-page collection of King’s writings titled, A Testament of Hope, but the word “love” or agape, the Greek word for love in the New Testament, has 25 entries.

“At the center of nonviolence stands the principle of love,” wrote King in a 1958 piece titled, An Experiment in Love. “We are not referring to some sentimental or affectionate emotion. … It is the love of God operating in the human heart.”

Rev. Bill Teague, the pastor of Hope Taber nacle in Forest Park, does not focus on social issues at the expense of his members’ relationship with Christ, but at the same time he is the director of Logistics for the Proviso Township Ministerial Alliance Network (PTMAN). Every one of PTMAN’s monthly breakfast meetings begins with prayer, and on Jan. 17 the organization sponsored a three-hour forum for candidates running for Congress in the Seventh District. Likewise the Community of Congregations in Oak Park and River Forest defines itself as, “an interfaith organization serving the wester n corridor of the Chicago region by supporting programs like Housing Forward, Beyond Hunger, Celebrating Seniors, and the Holiday Gift Basket Program.”

Rev. King would approve of the balance.

At least partly foundational to the progressive view of religion and human nature is the 18th Century Enlightenment. An AI summary of the movement states, “The Enlightenment view of sin shifted away from traditional Christian doctrines, particularly Original Sin, emphasizing human reason, autonomy, and capacity for improvement rather than innate depravity; thinkers argued against collective guilt, focusing instead on individual moral failing as a result of ignorance.

King, after his reading of Niebuhr, never again held that exalted view of human nature. He tempered his social action with an insistence on non-violence and a willingness to go to jail for breaking even unjust laws because the rule of law is needed to place guardrails around human “cussedness.”

If we progressives want to anoint King as our DEI “patron saint,” we have to somehow account for the fact that the foundation of his world view is biblical religion, and it’s at the core of his speeches, essays and, of course, sermons

A LOOK BACK IN TIME

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Shu ing on down

The two weeks leading to Super Bowl XX, local schools were g etting into the spirit with their own pep rallies and versions of the famous Super Bowl Shuf fle. St. John Lutheran School had an all-school pep rally where teachers performed the “St. John Shuf fle.” The Review reported, “The performance was a perfect mix of verve and artistry.”

Kindergarteners at Field Stevenson performed their own version of the “Shuffle” at their school’s Bears Day event, which aired on WGN-TV that evening.

The local boosters no doubt helped the Chicago Bears dominate the New England Patriots 46-10 on Jan. 26, 1986, the last Super Bowl victory for Chicago.

Jill Wagner

Top: Kindergar teners at Field-Stevenson showcasing their own version of the Super Bowl Shu e which was lmed by WGN -TV in 1986.

Above: St. John Lutheran School all-school pep rally for the Bears included teachers per forming the St. John Shu e.

Le : Students at St. John Lutheran School show their Bear pride with headbands and Bears gear at the school’s pep rally

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FREDDIE MAC SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2020-3

Plaintiff vs. ERIC BLAKE, CLARA D IVY

Defendant 24 CH 178 CALENDAR 57 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on February 23, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 15-15-124-043-0000. Commonly known as 1612 S. 19 Ave., Maywood, IL 60153. The real estate is: 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: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Altman, Strautins & Kromm, LLC d/b/a Kluever Law Group, 200 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1880, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. SMS001018-24fc1

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3279983

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIGURE LENDING LLC Plaintiff, -v.-

MELISSA COLEMAN A/K/A MELISSA Y COLEMAN A/K/A MELISSA Y WHEATLEY, TRACY COLEMAN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LUCILLE COLEMAN, LUCILLE COLEMAN, LAW TITLE INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD

Defendants

2024CH03113

645 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 18, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 19, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 645 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-10-321018-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

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

ESTATE FOR SALE

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).

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT

PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

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

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC

333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820 Chicago IL, 60606 312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 2314770IL_906039

Attorney Code. 61256

Case Number: 2024CH03113

TJSC#: 45-3070

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2024CH03113 I3279887

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.-

JACQUELINE DESHANA GILES, DEBRINA TARINA RANSON, RICKY R GILES, HELEN GILES, OSCAR GILES, NAPOLEON GILES, JR, CHERYL GILES, VICTOR GILES, RODNEY GILES, PATRICIA GILES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF NAPOLEAN GILES, DECEASED, DAMON RITENHOUSE, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF NAPOLEON GILES, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 2022 CH 04195 1916 S 17TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 21, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 24, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 1916 S 17TH AVE , MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-15-315023-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $179,796.99.

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

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

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).

For information, contact CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325, ROSEMONT, IL, 60018 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 22-022095.

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. CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 6400 SHAFER CT, STE 325 ROSEMONT IL, 60018 561-241-6901

E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM

Attorney File No. 22-022095

Attorney ARDC No. 6306439

Attorney Code. 65582

Case Number: 2022 CH 04195

TJSC#: 45-3024

Case # 2022 CH 04195 I3280129

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Plaintiff, -v.-

CARLOS CORTEZ, LUBIA SANCHEZ, VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD Defendants 24 CH 01358 1127 NICHOLS LANE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 30, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 24, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R,

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1127 NICHOLS LANE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-02-338009-0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

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 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC

333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820 Chicago IL, 60606 312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 2316946IL_1005559

Attorney Code. 61256

Case Number: 24 CH 01358 TJSC#: 46-4

Case # 24 CH 01358 I3280132

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2018-RP2 Plaintiff, -v.-

IRMA HENRY, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Defendants 2019CH14770 2105 S 20TH AVE BROADVIEW, IL 60155

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 15, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 24, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2105 S 20TH AVE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15-15-329003-0000; 15-15-329-004-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no

January 28, 2026

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).

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 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. 14-19-10976 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2019CH14770 TJSC#: 46-88

Case # 2019CH14770 I3280312

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MATRIX FINANCIAL SERVICES

CORPORATION

Plaintiff vs. GINA M. BRADEN

Defendant 20 CH 3059 CALENDAR 60

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on March 9, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-19-101-065-0000.

Commonly known as 1207 DEGENER AVE., ELMHURST, IL 60126. The real estate is: 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: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Suite 201, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 2000801

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3280824

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

U S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF WATERFALL VICTORIA III-NB GRANTOR TRUST Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ERNESTINE HUDSON; AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS, INC.; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; ERIC HUDSON AK.A. ERIC TERRAN HUDSON; JULIE FOX AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ERNESTINE HUDSON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 25 CH 5156 CALENDAR 60 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on March 4, 2026, at the hour 11:00 a.m., Intercounty’s office, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, IL 60602, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-08-201-012-0000. Commonly known as 43 49TH AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104. The real estate is: 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 189 5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in the Judgment of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold AS IS subject

to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Suite 120, Naperville, IL 60563. (630) 453-6960. 1422-216338

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3280463

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT, LLC Plaintiff, -v.-

MYRTLE A MCCREE, CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO THE CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UTA 1104323

DATED 07/07/1997, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO THE CHICAGO TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UTA 1104323 DATED 07/07/1997, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 2024CH08455 1036 22ND AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 1, 2025, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 3, 2026, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at public in-person sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1036 22ND AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

Property Index No. 15-15-113027-0000

The real estate is improved with a brown brick, one and a half story single family home.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT

PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Chicago, IL, 60606. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

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

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT

PIERCE, LLC

333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820 Chicago IL, 60606

312-346-9088