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D91 officials outline present, future of district Supt. Cavallo asks parents to talk up schools to drive enrollment
By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter
A thin crowd gathered at Forest Park Middle School on May 15 for District 91 officials’ annual “State of the District”
presentation, which outlines the current and future state of Forest Park schools. “It’s all about continuous improvement,” Superintendent Louis Cavallo told the crowd. “At D91 we have a process, and it’s a process that works pretty well. We set measurable
goals and we work toward achieving them. Those goals are based on these core values. And where did these core values come from? From the community.” See STATE OF DISTRICT on page 12
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MENTOR: Angalia Bianca was arrested more than 125 times in her life. The Forest Park resident’s work as a Chicago violence interrupter has now been recognized by the United Nations affiliate group, City of Chicago, National Association of Social Workers and more.
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A ‘Ghost’ that finally came to life
’m pleased to announce our book, The Ghost of Cleopatra, has been published. It’s like having a baby after being in labor for 27 years. I can’t wait to show off the kid. I wouldn’t have even found the story, if the Review hadn’t assigned me to cover it back in 1992. Since that time, I’ve wanted the world to know about Edmonia Lewis and her statue. I would never have co-written a book, though, if Gail Tanzer hadn’t walked into my kitchen. She was accompanied by Jean M. Pierre, who became a valuable team member. J.P. researched 19th-century forms of transportation and mapped out the travels of Edmonia, born in New York of Haitian descent. A native of Haiti, JP also gave us vital information about Haitian history, culture and customs. Gail had already published biographies of prominent sculptors, so she knew how to write in book-length form. I had never written anything longer than a two-page article. Gail kept us on a tight writing schedule — a new chapter every two weeks. It took us nine months to complete the first draft, so it was a full-term manuscript. Like most newborns, it had some excess fat, in our case about 100 pages. Nevertheless, it was accepted by the first publisher we approached. We worked with the publisher for a year and revised it six times. We also supplied the images and had it formatted into book form. All the publisher had to
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Forest Park Review, May 22, 2019
What’s next for Forest Park’s longest-serving mayor Calderone plans to spend more time with grandsons
By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter
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hen he was first elected mayor in 1999 Anthony Calderone had no idea that he would serve as mayor for the next 20 years, becoming the longest-serving mayor in village history. He merely wanted to get his hometown moving again and stop what he considered the decay of the town. But once in office he found that he loved the job, and he also seemed to enjoy the power that came with it. He went on to serve five terms and defeated four opponents along the way, parting with an emotional goodbye at the May 13 Village Council meeting. On Monday night he spoke with the Forest Park Review in an extended telephone interview about his time in office and what it feels like to no longer hold the post. Calderone said that he immensely enjoyed being mayor, which is likely no surprise to anyone who ever watched him preside over a meeting. “My heart, gut, soul was all the way in to being mayor,” Calderone told the Review. “Forest Park’s been my life and (being) mayor ended up becoming my passion. I never thought I would be mayor 20 years but after you start serving and you find out that you can do good at what you’re doing it tends to grow on you so I truly feel like I left part of my heart at the village.” Calderone said that he takes pride in the revitalization of Madison Street, the professionalization of village operations, and all sorts of improvements to Forest Park. Very few ever questioned Calderone’s love for Forest Park, where he has lived his entire life. “I think Tony was a good mayor,” said Calderone’s successor Rory Hoskins, who started as an ally of Calderone’s but later turned a critic. “I think he certainly cared about Forest Park. He knew Forest Park very well.” Calderone prided himself on being a mayor who got things done. He wasn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. After a terrible flood in 2011, garbage and water damaged furniture piled up around town. When the village’s waste hauler couldn’t send a truck out to help Calderone took matters into his own hands and quickly arranged for the village to hire a garbage truck to come out. And Calderone spent a long day walking behind the garbage truck tossing all kinds of things into it. “I never ever thought I would end up working behind a garbage truck,” Calderone said at his last Village Council meeting. While Calderone might have dropped out of Proviso East High School, he used his business smarts and hard work to benefit the village. He dropped by Village Hall al-
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THROWBACK: A standing room only crowd gathered at Village Hall on April 26, 1999 watching the newly elected mayor Anthony Calderone pick up the gavel for the first time. most every day during his time as mayor, delving into the details. Calderone especially enjoyed working although some say that his commitment waned over the last couple of years and that with other elected officials, which was apparent when the former mayhe had sort of tuned out. ors of Westchester and ElmVillage Administrator Tim hurst — who, like Calderone, Gillian, a childhood friend who are both Italian — and Cook delivered newspapers with County Clerk Karen YarborCalderone as a boy and then beough attended and praised came a long-time political ally, Calderone at his final village disputed the notion that Caldecouncil meeting. rone tuned out at the end. Calderone started his own “As someone who worked with alarm company, Illinois him every day, I don’t think Alarm, when he was just 22 that’s true,” Gillian said. “I years old. Before becoming talked to Tony a minimum of mayor Calderone served as once a day every day and most an auxiliary police officer of those included Saturdays and and in 1992 was appointed to Sundays.” the Police and Fire CommisHis long-time administrative sion by then-mayor Lorraine assistant Sally Cody said that ANTHONY CALDERONE Popelka. He and Gillian were Calderone was an extremely Former mayor elected to the Village Council knowledgeable and involved in 1995. In 1999 he challenged mayor. Popelka, who was running “He was very hands on and for her fourth term as mayor, very detailed orientated,” and defeated her in a very said Cody who also is retiring. tough race winning 55.66 percent of the vote. “There wasn’t a lot that slipped by him.” In 2003 Calderone was unopposed but by Critics say he was too involved for a small town, part-time mayor, and that he too often 2007 Forest Park was divided into pro- and interfered with staff. But Calderone liked anti-Calderone camps and Calderone was
“Campaigns are always spirited and time, I believe, sometimes mends, heals wounds.”
challenged by his next-door neighbor and onetime school classmate Theresa Steinbach who had supported Calderone in 1999. Calderone defeated Steinbach winning 53.42 percent of the vote and bitter feelings lingered. But they might be thawing a bit. “Recently she started to wave to me, so maybe that’s a good sign,” Calderone said. Calderone won his last two mayoral races by similar solid but not large margins, defeating Marty Tellalian with 53.78 percent of the vote in 2011 and winning 52.01 percent of the vote to defeat Chris Harris in 2015. Calderone said that age, he is 63, not fear of defeat was the main reason he decided not to run for another term as mayor. “As time marches on the community changes, in people, in business, in revenues and, let’s face it, I’m not getting any younger and so the ability to put in, literally, between the couple hats I was wearing easily 80 hours a week,” Calderone said. “That gets a little more challenging as time marches on so that was a factor.” A few days before the April election Calderone endorsed Harris, even though the two had a bitter race between them four years ago and had feuded on social media. Some felt that Calderone’s support of Harris was more of a rebuke to his competitor Hoskins, rather than an actual endorsement of Harris’ candidacy. “Campaigns are always spirited and time, I believe, sometimes mends, heals wounds and certainly I felt that Chris matured in the last four years and frankly he asked for my support,” Calderone said of his decision to endorse Harris. “Chris was the only one that personally asked me for my support.” Calderone, who was strongly supported by this newspaper when he ran for mayor in 1999, has had an often difficult and contentious relationship with the Forest Park Review for at least the past 12 years. At times Calderone has refused to talk to the Review. He could be very sensitive to criticism. Calderone said that he simply got tired of dealing with a constantly changing cast of editors and felt that some of them just assumed that there was wrongdoing going on. “The editor’s position has been like a revolving door and there’s been good ones and there’s been some not good ones,” Calderone said. Calderone said that some Review editors just assumed that wrongdoing was going on and didn’t carefully check their facts. “But if you’re going to be an investigative reporter thinking that there’s always something kinky going on, I think it’s best that you always do your fact checking,” Calderone said. He said he also got tired of having to educate a new editor every couple of years, or even more frequently. “In early days I would take the time to eduContinued on page 5
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Proviso track stars qualify for state On May 16, Proviso East High School, 807 S. 1st Ave. in Maywood, hosted the 3A Boys Track and Field Sectionals. Several athletes from Proviso Township High Schools District 209 performed well enough to qualify for the state competition, which will be held May 23 through May 25, at Eastern Illinois University. Proviso West Panther Kyshun Robinson qualified for state in the long jump while Panthers Jalon Jones, Isiah Guider, Katrell Askins and Kyshun Robinson qualified in the 4×400-meter dash relay after taking first place in that event. Askins also qualified for the 400-meter dash. Proviso East Pirate Isaiah Tyler qualified for state in the long jump. Proviso West placed fifth as a team while Proviso East placed sixth. The two track and field squads were separated by three points.
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Continued from page 4 cate and reeducate and fully inform and then over the years I found myself having to do a lot of extra work for a newspaper that really should have been doing the work on their own,” Calderone said. “It’s weird to be constantly teaching. I don’t think that’s our role.” Calderone has left office after presiding over a few years of budget deficits. Forest Park has run budget deficits largely because of declining sales tax revenue, Calderone said. Calderone also angered those on both sides of the controversial video gaming issue first by not pushing for it and then quietly supporting adding it in 2016 in the face of an advisory referendum that opposed it by a two to one margin in 2013. Voters eliminated video gambling in a binding referendum last year and Calderone said that village will miss the revenue that video gambling generated, especially given the village’s budget problems. But that’s not his problem anymore. Looking ahead Calderone will spend more time with his two grandsons, one aged three and another who was born about a month ago. He says it will take time for him to get accustomed to not being mayor. “I need to just decompress,” Calderone said. “I am certainly not going to be showing up at meetings. I don’t think that’s my place. There’s a new regime there now and it’s up to them to do whatever the future of Forest Park is going to be.”
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PASSING THE TORCH: Outgoing executive director Sally Cody switches out the name plates on Monday, May 13, 2019, during a village hall meeting at the Village of Forest Park.
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Forest Park Review, May 22, 2019
Second activist announces bid to succeed Davis Kina Collins files papers to run for 7th Congressional District seat By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter
Another candidate has announced her run for the Illinois 7th Congressional District seat. Gun violence prevention advocate Kina Collins filed the paperwork establishing her candidacy on May 13, her campaign announced. According to the statement her campaign released, Collins, a native of Chicago’s Austin community, co-authored legislation signed into law in 2018 that established the Illinois Council on Women and Girls — a body that advises the governor on gender policies in Illinois. Some of the goals of the council include helping to end the gender pay gap, bolstering legal protections against workplace sexual harassment, and confronting domestic violence, among others. Currently, Collins is a national organizer with Physicians for a National Health Program — a 20,000-member organization comprising medical doctors, medical students and other health care professionals who support universal, singlepayer health insurance. She’s also a leader with Generation Progress — a progressive research and advocacy group created by the Center for American Progress, a liberal public policy think tank — and the founder of the Chicago Neighborhood Alliance. In her role with Generation Progress, Collins worked to launch the Beyond the Gun Campaign, a national violence prevention initiative. In her statement, she said the 7th Congressional District,
“the most diverse” in the state, has “some of the greatest disparities in the country. The residents of our district deserve a fighter. We deserve full access to quality health care, neighborhoods and school zones free of gun violence, and reforms to a criminal justice system that disproportionately targets the lives of men and women of color.” On her campaign website, Collins advocates for the implementation of a single-payer Medicare for All health care system, supports safe and legal abortions, calls for the defunding Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and supports a $15 federal minimum wage. Collins’ campaign noted that a full policy platform will be available on the Kina Collins website in the fall. In February 2018, Collins quit her position with the campaign of then-candidate for governor, J.B. Pritzker, over racially insensitive comments he made about black politicians, namely Secretary of State Jesse White and former Senate President Emil Jones, during a leaked phone conversation with then-governor Rod Blagojevich. “The 26-year-old Austin resident joined Pritzker’s cam-
paign last November as a West Side organizer,” according to an ABC 7 report published at the time. “But when she heard the tapes from 2009 where Pritzker and Rod Blagojevich were talking about possible candidates to fill Barack Obama’s Senate seat and Pritzker called Jesse White the ‘least offensive’ black candidate and Emil Jones too ‘crass,’ Collins quit the Pritzker campaign.” “It was the thought of having to come back to my community and defend those comments which I couldn’t reconcile with, and so because of that I had to draw a line in the sand and leave the campaign,” Collins told reporters. Collins is at least the second candidate under 40 to publicly announce a bid to succeed the powerful Danny K. Davis, the 7th District’s longtime incumbent. Oak Park teacher and activist Anthony Clark announced last month that he would make a second bid for the office. Davis beat Clark, 74-26 percent, in the Democratic Primary election on March 20, 2018. Davis has so far not publicly unannounced his intentions. The next Democratic Party primaries are in 2020.
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Kiwanis awards inaugural Andy Collis scholarships The Kiwanis Club of Forest Park presented two college-bound Forest Parkers with the first-ever Andy Collis Community Service Award at the organization’s annual pasta dinner fundraiser on May 18. Xavier Skinner, a soon-to-be graduate of Walther Christian Academy in Melrose Park, received $3,000 to go toward his education at Triton College. Dylan Bartlett, who attended St. Patrick High School in Chicago, was awarded $3,000 for his education at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota.
Collis’ wife Virginia and son Jimmy presented students with the awards, which recognize students’ academic performance, as well as their community service work. It was named after the late Andy Collis, a longtime Kiwanian, school bus driver, and village treasurer. Collis died in July 2018 at age 86. The award was funded through a gift from the Sorice family, local entrepreneurs who own a number of bars in Forest Park.
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Two charged in police chase A Chicago police chase ended in Forest Park around 2:20 p.m. on May 15, with officers arresting two people while a third eluded capture, according to Forest Park Police Chief Tom Aftanas. Forest Park schools were placed on lockdown for about 20 minutes during the chase as a precaution. Aftanas said Chicago police chased a stolen vehicle involved in an armed robbery down the Eisenhower Expressway about 1:50 p.m. The vehicle had been carjacked somewhere near Malcolm X College in Chicago the day before, Aftanas said, and had been involved in “at least” four armed robberies in Chicago since that time. After being chased down the Eisenhower, the vehicle exited the interstate and pulled over at the intersection of Dunlop Avenue and York Street in Forest Park, where three people got out of the car and started running, Aftanas said. Chicago police were able to immediately get two of the people in custody, according to Aftanas. A spokesman for the Chicago Police Department said a 17-year-old received two felony counts of robbery, a felony charge for aggravated possession of a stolen vehicle, and a felony charge for aggravated battery. Chicago police also charged Joshua Walker, 19, of Chicago with a felony robbery, aggravated possession of a stolen vehicle, aggravated fleeing, misdemeanor for driving on a suspended license, and multiple traffic citations. The third individual ran away. Shortly after the arrest, Forest Park police spotted a Chevy Malibu traveling at a high rate of speed north on Desplaines Avenue toward Harrison Street, Aftanas said. Police chased it east on Harrison Street, north on Harlem Avenue and eventually to Lake Street in Oak Park. At that point, Aftanas said the officers received a call from the Chicago Police Department that the car was not involved in the earlier armed robbery. Forest Park police
abandoned the chase as the car traveled east toward Chicago. “Our chase policy says we chase for a forceable felony, which includes armed robbery. If we don’t know why the car is fleeing, we terminate,” Aftanas said, adding that the policy is designed to protect officers, pedestrians, other motorists and offenders. “On Lake Street, where there’s shoppers and only one lane of traffic in each direction, there’s going to be a car crash,” Aftanas said. Eventually, Chicago police called the Forest Park police and said the car officers were chasing was involved in the initial incident. They said the third individual ran from the stolen car at Lathrop Avenue and York Street and, at some point, hopped into the car.
Man steals car from car wash David Rios was charged with felony motor vehicle theft about 4:20 p.m. on May 13, after he allegedly stole a Ford Expedition from Spotless Carwash, 7802 Madison St. The victim told police he was washing his car and left the keys in the vehicle when Rios, 42, of Arlington Heights, jumped in and drove away. A witness told officers she saw the vehicle head east and strike two large planters at the intersection of Madison Street and Desplaines Avenue. Oak Park police then spotted the car driving east near Austin Boulevard and Madison Street at a high rate of speed. They pulled the car over at Jimmy’s Food and Deli, and Rios jumped out of the car and ran in an unknown direction. Chicago police later found and arrested him in an alley at Leamington Avenue and Madison Street. Rios told police he had been arrested for burglary in Maywood a day before and was released on an I-bond on May 13. He said he walked by Spotless Carwash but denied ever being in the vehicle.
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SCHOLARSHIP: Two college-bound students received $3,000 awards.
Serial burglar charged Christopher Adams, 27, was charged with burglary, after attempting to break into a Chevrolet parked on the 600 block of Grove Lane at 10:22 a.m. on May 19. Multiple witnesses told police they saw Adams walk up and tamper with the door handles of the parked car. Adams told police he is homeless and he knew what he was doing was wrong because he had been arrested for burglarizing vehicles multiple times before.
Slumped over steering wheel with weapon Police spotted Kameron Hooper slumped over the wheel of his parked Chevrolet Malibu about 12:13 a.m. on May 19 on the 7500 block of Harvard Avenue. When officers knocked on the window, Hooper, 31, of Waukegan, didn’t respond. Police opened the unlocked driver’s side door, and Hooper immediately woke up. He refused medical attention, refused to exit the Chevrolet Malibu and kept his head slumped between his legs. Officers smelled cannabis in the car. After several requests, Hooper got out of the car. Police spotted a vaping device and blunt in the center console of the vehicle. As officers reached for the items, they noticed an empty pistol magazine. Hooper told police he had a 9mm pistol under the driver’s seat. Officers recovered the gun, as well as four rounds of ammunition and a chambered round. Hooper did not hold a concealed carry license, but did have a firearm owner’s identification (FOID) card. He was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, as well as local ordinance citations for possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Traffic stop reveals gun, booze, cash Police spotted a Ford without a front license plate traveling “substantially faster” than other cars around it at 11:29 p.m. on May 18 on the 500 block of Harlem Avenue.
A registration check revealed the driver to have a suspended driver’s license. Officers curbed the vehicle in the car wash parking lot at Harlem and Lexington. The driver provided police with a paper driver’s license — saying that it might be suspended, but he wasn’t sure — and said he had no insurance. He told police he was leaving a party but that he hadn’t drunk any alcohol. He denied having any illegal items in the vehicle. Police asked him to exit the vehicle. Instead, the man opened his glove compartment, rummaged through and then ate a piece of gum. While he was digging through the compartment, officers spotted what appeared to be an open bottle of cognac in the backseat. Officers again asked if he had any illegal items in the car. The man handed police his cellphone and $1,360 in cash from his pocket. Police searched the car and uncovered a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the glove compartment. The man said he was on his way to the firing range and had withdrawn the money from a bank. He later said he was on his way home from his goddaughter’s party in Tinley Park, and had drunk alcohol. He did not hold a concealed carry license, but did have a FOID card. The man received a misdemeanor charge for unlawful use of a weapon, driving while his license was suspended, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, illegal transportation of alcohol, and display plate attachment.
Eight spools of copper wire stolen Between 10 a.m. on May 10 and 9 a.m. on May 16, someone stole eight spools of copper wire from the ComEd substation, 769 Desplaines Ave. An employee told police the copper wire was valued at $24,000 total. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, May 13-20, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.
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Police raise thousands in annual ‘Cop on a Rooftop’ Some 15 volunteers from the Forest Park Police Department stood on the rooftop of Dunkin’ Donuts for seven hours on May 17, raising awareness and dollars for Special Olympics Illinois. Detective Mike O’Connor estimated this was the sixth year Forest Park has participated in the annual “Cop on a Rooftop” fundraiser, saying that the department raised about $2,900 for the disability advocacy organization, Submitted photo slightly less than the $3,200 STAND UP: Low temperatures didn’t keep the Forest Park from last year. “I think the spotty weather police department down. kept some foot traffic away, but I am very happy with Special Olympics are held. In September, what the people of Forest Park and sur- officers will also gather at O’Hare Interrounding areas donated,” O’Connor wrote national Airport for the Plane Pull, where in an email. they will race other first-responders in pullIn June, the department will continue ing a real airplane down a runway. raising money for Special Olympics Illinois Residents who want to donate to Special through a torch run — a several-leg, multi- Olympics Illinois can visit the Forest Park podepartmental race that winds through the lice station or online at specialolympics.org. state and ends in Springfield, where the Nona Tepper
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BIG WEEK Graduation Celebration Library staff will celebrate the milestones of the class of 2019 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on May 24 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.
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Staff from the Howard Mohr Community Center will travel to Theater at the Center in Indiana from 10:15 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on May 29 for a screening of “Dames at Sea,” a parody of early Hollywood movie musicals. Lunch is included. Tickets are $76 for residents and $80 for non-residents. Reservations required. Call the Howard Mohr Community Center at 708771-7737 to sign up.
Learn the ins and outs of your tablet, eReader, laptop and smartphone from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on May 22 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson
Reading Awake Book Group Join fellow book lovers for a discussion of author Barbara Kingsolver’s “Unsheltered,” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on May 22 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.
Honor Society Samuella Booker-Alley received the National Junior Honor Society “Outstanding Achievement” award at a ceremony on May 16 at Forest Park Middle School, recognizing her outstanding citizenship for the year. At the 16th annual induction and honors ceremony, officers for the National Junior Honor Society were also selected, with Milo Gittings named president, Christina Morgan as vice president and Natalie Castro as secretary. Nona Tepper Submitted photo
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Join library staff for popcorn and a screening of “Flamingo Road” from 1:30 to 3 p.m. on May 24 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.
Enjoy live music and entertainment, authentic German food and beer, games for the kids and shop wares from local vendors. The fest will run from 4 to 11 p.m. on June 7, and 12 to 11 p.m. on June 8, at the Altenheim Picnic Grove, 7824 Madison St. Learn more at German-
Pokemon Science Tweens can share their Pokemon knowledge—and match charactes like Bulbasaur and Venusaur to their real-life plant equivalents—from 4 to 5 p.m. on May 22 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd. Participants receive a free mini-fig for attending.
Progress Center Appreciation Luncheon Celebrate the work of the Progress Center for Independent Living from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on May 22 at the Howard Mohr Community Center, 7640 Jackson Blvd.
Teen Tinker Time Teens can get hands-on with circuits and more from 4 to 5 p.m. on May 28 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.
History Discussion Group Join book lovers for a discussion of author Neal Bascomb’s “The Winter Fortress: The Epic Mission to Sabotage Hitler’s Atomic Bomb” from 2 to 4 p.m. on May 26 at Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 Madison St.
Chopin Elementary Orchestra Fundraiser Kagan and Gaines will host a concert as a fundraiser for the Chicago Public School Orchestra from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on May 25 at Gwendolyn Brooks Middle School, 325 S. Kenilworth Ave. in Oak Park. Tickets are $25, free for children age 17 and under.
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Forest Park Review, May 22, 2019
BIANCA In deep
from page 1 I just went deeper and deeper into hell,” she said. Now of Forest Park, Bianca is a data specialist and violence interrupter for Cure Violence, previously known as CeaseFire, an anti-violence program at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) that was the subject of the 2011 documentary, The Interrupters. Bianca, along with writer Linda Beckstrom, recently released a book about her life titled, In Deep: How I Survived Gangs, Heroin, and Prison to Become a Chicago Violence Inter Interrupter, which details her time in Oak Park and Forest Park — where she now organizes an annual Christmas gift drive for homeless children. Last year, she raised $900 for presents that she hand-wrapped and delivered to those living in shelters. “When I was about 20 years old, and I was already pretty deep into my destruction mode by 20, people would say like, ‘Get your life together. What are you going to do when you get old?’” Bianca recalled. “I was always like, ‘Oh I don’t have to worry, I’m going to write a book.” Growing up in the Little Italy neighborhood in Chicago, Bianca said her mother left in the middle of the night when she was just 5. The child of a strict Sicilian family, she said her parents were cheating on each other and, per Sicilian tradition, the mother must leave her household when leaving the relationship. Bianca remembers waking up in the middle of the night and seeing her mother with a suitcase. “She told me she was going out to buy milk for my breakfast and for my cereal,” Bianca said. “I somehow knew she wasn’t coming back.” Her grandmother raised her. Bianca would sit on the radiator and look out the window of her grandmother’s home, waiting for her mom to return. Her family felt bad and spoiled her as a distraction. “By mid-high school, when I was dropping out, I was already hitchhiking across the country and sometimes by myself. I was fearless,” she said. “I look back and I laugh because I could picture me hitchhiking through the mountains with my backpack, and my little jean skirt on, and my jean jacket from school, and my saddle shoes. Sometimes I’d get out of school from Oak Park and I’d [think], ‘I feel like going to California’ and I just wouldn’t even go home. I would just start hitchhiking.” Bianca landed in Tucson, where a roommate introduced her to heroin. After a few years, she returned to the West Side of Chicago, addicted but without a reliable connection to buy the drug. “I got tired of drinking codeine cough syrup, so I was like, ‘I’m going to find some real heroin,’” she said. “I just went to Humboldt Park and made a connection and started copping from them.” She joined the Latin Kings gang and started dealing with them, looking up to the
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Author and violence interrupter Angalia Bianca leaders as role models. Bianca scammed air“Usually my prayers were, ‘God, please lines for free tickets and cash, robbed tricks, let the dope man be there,’ or ‘God, please stole from department stores and more. She don’t let me get busted for stealing’ or ‘God, bounced in and out of prison, where she please let the judge give me an I-bond and earned her GED and about 80 college credit release me. So I didn’t really think God had hours. anything for me, and I had a lot By this time, almost all of her of nerve to even ask for help. So family members had given up I made a deal with God in my on her, either taking care of or cell with tears in my eyes, and adopting out her five children, I said, ‘God, if you will take the and then cutting ties. Only her taste of the streets and the herAunt Louise would write to her oin from my mouth, I will, until in prison, sending her pictures my last dying breath, I will help of her children and motivapeople.” tional messages about getting Bianca has now been sober clean. One day, her aunt called for nine years. Lincoln Correctional Center When she first got out of prisin southern Illinois and told a on, she stayed at the nonprofit prison counselor that her father A Safe Haven and worked at a had died. Bianca broke down. A gourmet salad shop. During her ANGALIA BIANCA prison counselor took her hand commute, she would occasionAuthor and violence and said, “You should take comally get off the bus on the city’s interrupter fort that your father died peaceWest Side and, in an effort to fully with his loved ones around keep her word to God, started him.” talking to the groups of young The counselor’s words echoed men she saw hanging out on the in her mind. “I knew in that moment I was corners. going to die from either a drug overdose or “I’d be kind of joking but not joking, a bullet and be left in some alley on the West saying, ‘When you go to prison, and trust Side of Chicago.” Even if she were identi- me you will, let me tell you how that looks fied and her family notified, she didn’t be- the first night when you think you’re havlieve her family would bury her properly or ing fun and the cell door slams on you and notify her children, since they had already you’re not getting out for a while,” she said. cut ties. She began to pray. “Let me tell you the ugly side up front. That
“Let me tell you the ugly side up front. That way you won’t be shocked.” shocked
way you won’t be shocked.” An official from Cure Violence noticed Bianca and was shocked that an older white woman was connecting so well with the young men. He offered her a job as a violence interrupter, which meant stopping shootings in advance by intervening in dangerous situations and building relationships. She was stationed in the far north Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago — then-nicknamed “The Jungle” — and her new colleagues made bets about how long she would last. “A lot of the areas we work in are African American and Latino, so to look at me you wouldn’t think I’d have credibility,” she explained. But after a month, every kid on Howard Street was asking about Bianca. She was promoted within the organization but is currently engaged in a federal suit against Cure Violence, alleging that UIC and program heads did not take her claims of sexual assault by a senior Cure Violence administrator seriously. She has reunited with her children and family, an affiliate of the United Nations named her a “Goodwill Ambassador,” and she’s one math class away from finishing her college degree. Bianca would like to eventually earn her master’s in psychology from UIC and dreams of actress Sandra Bullock playing her in a movie based on the new book about her life. She lives in her grandma’s old home in Forest Park. “A lot of people would say, ‘Oh yeah, I regret my whole past life, I wish I could do it over,’ but I don’t say that and the reason is because all that pain that I caused myself has given me the experience to save youth today,” she said. “So now I’m able to help humanity because I lived that life and recovered from it.” CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com
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Lots of summer programs for kids Opportunities abound for the children of Forest Park residents this summer to learn, develop character, be safe and have fun By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter
Still trying to figure out the perfect summer program for your young one? Below are a few local opportunities.
Howard Mohr Community Center The Howard Mohr Community Center will hold two programs for children and teens this summer. Summer Clubhouse at the community center is for children age kindergarten to fifth grade. The camp activities include swimming, field trips, structured games, creative projects and free play. The one-week sessions begin on June 10 and are provided every week through August 16. The cost per resident child per session is $125, and for non-residents kids $150. Teen Clubhouse at the community center is for children in grades 6 to 9. Participants will experience everything provided in the summer clubhouse plus their own field trips and the development of leadership skills. The cost for resi-
STATE OF DISTRICT Equity, enrollment from page 1 Cavallo highlighted the state’s rating of all D91 schools this year as commendable — the second-highest rating the Illinois State Board of Education awards — as well as the district’s equity work. He noted that the D91 Board of Education and administrators have spent the last year undergoing training from the National Equity Project, an Oaklandbased organization that aims to help eliminate academic achievement gaps between majority and minority students. As a result of that training, the D91 board wrote and launched an equity imperative that charges district officials to consider how all new measures will impact those who have been historically and systematically marginalized in society. The board also made an effort to reach out to parents by hosting Engage Café monthly coffee meetups. Administrators met together once a month to discuss equity issues in the schools, adopting Indigenous Peoples Day in place of Columbus Day, committing themselves to hiring more teachers of color, reflecting on how to make registration more accessible, and more. Next year, all staff at D91 — from teachers to bus drivers to custodians — will receive training from the National Equity Project. “It’s more than just an equity imperative; it’s a moral imperative; it’s the right thing to do,” Cavallo said. “It impacts how everyone interacts with kids and how everyone believes what kids can do. If they don’t have a belief that all kids can achieve at high levels, they won’t.” The district has also partnered with River Forest District 90 and the West Cook YMCA to start the Power Scholars Academy, a summer school program that provides academic and social support to at-risk students. Cavallo said Power Scholars supports D91’s academic goal of increasing its math and English Language Arts scores by 10 percent by next year. “The state has been stagnant; they literally have not budged. The state scores have stayed the same for the last
dents is $130 per person, and $150 for non-residents. Call the Howard Mohr Community Center at 708-771-7737 for more information. There is no deadline to register.
Park District of Forest Park The Park District of Forest Park has three programs scheduled for kids of different ages. Children who are pre-kindergarten through first-grade can enroll in Kamp Kiddie, and go on field trips, engage in arts and crafts, games, child-centered play swimming and more. All programs are focused on developing children’s gross and fine motor skills. The camper to counselor ratio is five to one. Kids who are in grades two through five can enroll in Summer Day Camp—Unplugged!, which will include structured games, free play, swimming, arts and crafts and weekly field trips. Weekly sessions for both camps begin June 10 and end August 12. The cost per session is $125 for residents, and $190 for non-residents.
four years while ours have crept up little by little. But a little is not good enough for us,” Cavallo said. D91 installed math coaches in every grade level this past year, reorganized the middle school schedule and committed to training teachers on formative assessing, so they can feel comfortable intervening immediately to target student needs. Officials have also mapped D91’s curriculum across grade levels and schools to make sure it is consistent and that there are no content gaps. Next school year, teachers will continue to receive professional development in formative assessment of students, as well as teaching strategies that help students understand and solve math problems in multiple ways. The district will also add afterschool programming for its primary students and two new sections of preschool. “The research is really, really clear on how much better kids who have a preschool opportunity do in school, and also should over time boost our test scores. It’s also very clear through the research how much it does for those marginalized groups,” Cavallo said, noting that the additional sections of preschool could also help stymie the district’s declining enrollment, which he attributed to declining birth rates in Cook County and the village’s supply of rental housing. “We’re in a competitive market, right? There are lots of school districts in a small geographic area. People have a choice as to where they live, and if there’s housing available, we want them to come here, so we want to make our schools as attractive as possible.” Ed Brophy, assistant superintendent of operations, noted that D91’s low enrollment has also impacted how much money the state gives the district under the new evidencebased funding model, which the state adopted in August 2017. He said the new formula gives the district just $1,000 in new revenue each year and does not account for how many buildings are in the district. The state calculates that the district needs 1.77 buildings based on its enrollment, according to the formula, and D91 has five. It also stated that D91 is funded at 156 percent of “adequacy,” the state’s term for how much it should cost to provide a high-quality public education. “The district is at a high percent of adequacy because the
Students enrolled in sixth through eighth-grade can enroll in Teen Summer Adventure Club for trips to the Indiana Dunes, Navy Pier and Great America. Call the park district at 708-366-7500 for more information. There is no deadline to register for the park district camps.
Bears Scouting Director to bring football camp to Proviso East Champ Kelly, the director of pro scouting for the Chicago Bears, is bringing his two-day CHAMP Camp to Proviso East High School, 807 S. 1st Ave. in Maywood. The camp, which takes place June 20 through June 21, is for young people ages 10 to 18. “CHAMP Camp teachers campers football specific skills while educating campers on important core values of a successful life,” according to information on a flyer distributed to market the camp. “Younger campers will learn basic drills while older campers will engage in more advanced training,” the flyer said. “Drills included one-on-ones and extensive group work.” The camp features a range of guest speakers, including former college and NFL players and local community leaders, among others. Campers will get a limited edition CHAMP Camp t-shirt and lunch. Registration is free if done by May 26. There is a $25 fee for those who register after May 26. See SUMMER on page 17
formula does not account for the number of schools that we have and that’s very important for our community to know,” Brophy said. He added that if the state passes a bill to impose a property tax freeze, it would negatively impact the district’s finances. “We don’t see a lot of new revenue from the state from the evidence-based funding model; that would severely impact our district finances,” Brophy said. “So for a district like ours, this would be very critical to our finances.” Cavallo said the district needed to increase its test scores as a way to drive enrollment, but also called on parents to talk up the schools to neighbors. He noted that the district recently also hired a new public relations manager to help promote the district. “Every month we are trying to promote positive aspects in the school district. You’ve seen this not only in the ads that are run on social media but also the special events, like Project Kindness, the 3K race,” said Scott Dunnell, the district’s communications manager, adding that next year the district would focus on promoting individual D91 schools and programs. “We’ve tried to get more expansive in this first year to create more of a brand equity. So that the messages [will] be positive, they need to be regular and consistent.” Board member Eric Connor said he thought this strategy would help combat the middle school’s poor reputation. He also called for parents to write positive reviews of the school district on sites that families use to shop for homes. “The middle schools always started out, ‘It was a bucket of blood over there and the discipline was running wild,’ and so there was a principal brought in who was a disciplinarian and really improved the discipline in the middle school. Then it was the scenario out there, ‘Well we got all these kids coming in from Chicago who are not residents who are taking advantage of our schools. But our schools are [supposedly] bad, so why would they?’” Connor said. “There’s a lot of rumors out there that persist in the community by people who generally don’t have kids in the school. I don’t know hardly any parent who has a child in the school that doesn’t believe we have a really good school system.” CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com
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ith a new mayor in office, there will be many opportunities to watch for changes in the direction and focus of our village government, some big, some small. We got a hint about one such change last week when the Review reported on an ongoing protest by union workers at a Madison Street construction site. This is the apartment and commercial project being constructed by Michigan Avenue Real Estate Group, owned largely by Jerry Reinsdorf, the sports mogul. The development company chooses, when possible, to avoid hiring union workers on its projects. When possible would be when municipalities don’t turn the screws on a developer to force hiring of union workers, local workers, minority workers, to force pay levels at prevailing wages. Forest Park lacks Home Rule authority to enforce such hiring but has also typically lacked the will to make such hiring an issue as projects move through the permitting process. The village council unanimously approved the Madison Street project 13 months ago. Former Commissioner Tom Mannix made a last-minute request for village staff to urge the developer to hire union workers but that request came late and lacked muscle. Now with Rory Hoskins seated as mayor, it seems as if Forest Park might be ready to be more forceful in demanding that developers use union workers and follow other more progressive hiring standards on wages, benefits, safety. Hoskins has a strong connection to labor and his views come as no surprise. When, hopefully, another notable development comes forward, we will see how persuasive Hoskins can be in bringing his village council with him down this new path which might be packaged as part of a “responsible bidder ordinance.” Meanwhile, buried well down in last week’s coverage, was Hoskins’ casual aside that the time may come when he asks Forest Park voters to again consider Home Rule authority. When, fairly early in his 20-year tenure, former Mayor Anthony Calderone sought Home Rule powers, that referendum went down in spectacular fashion. Times, of course, change but we presume Home Rule would remain a heavy lift.
Our library launches
The bids are in, the construction contracts signed and the anticipated remaking of Forest Park’s public library is ready to begin. The six-month, $1.3 million project has many purposes: Using limited space more effectively, repurposing space to meet the dynamic needs of this modern library, and widening accessibility for all visitors. This project has long been contemplated and library trustees have been socking away money for the effort. Now we’ve all gotten a boost as the library has won a $50,000 grant from the state to fuel accessibility work specifically to remake restrooms constructed just before America became aware of this inequity. Of course, the library had planned to redo the restrooms but now we have help from our fellow Illinoisans. And the library has that $50,000 extra to invest in the facility or programs as this erupting gem moves forward.
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Memories and the Future
hat good are memories? Here’s what I’m getting at. Memorial Day is supposed to be a time to remember those who died in the nation’s service, but my father refused to join the VFW or go to the Memorial Day Parade back home. He had flown 50 missions in a B-26 bomber during the Korean War, and I think, if he were alive today, he would be diagnosed as having PTSD. It was scary. On some of their bombing runs, there would be antiaircraft flak going off all around them. The memories of war haunted him. So what do you do with the bad memories you carry around? On the one hand, bad memories, if not processed, can poison almost every interaction we have. A friend of mine and I were talking about a mutual acquaintance who always looked at the negative side of things, and my friend made the comment, “Her approach to life seems to come from unhealed pain.” On the other hand, I know folks— most of them being senior citizens— who have gone through a lot of hard times. You know—”stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod.” But, somehow by God’s grace they have integrated that bitterness into their character in ways that have made them sweet and wise and patient with life. Then there are the good memories that some folks idealize and then get stuck in. “The good old days” is what they call them. They can become, like bad memories, a prison which prevents people from moving on in life. Good memories can also be used, of course, as a solid foundation on which folks can build their lives. That is what parents try to give their children. And finally, there are some of us who have selective memories, folks who so closely identify with their tribe, for example, that they deny the dark side of their ancestors’ history while exaggerating their nobility. I found a website called The Southern Agrarian in which the following paragraph appeared: “That which makes The South such a beautiful culture is sadly missing in today’s “politically correct,” multi-cultural world. It takes a conscious effort to recover that lost culture and way of life. The Southern Agrarian is where you’ll find those who try to live life with the quiet dignity that the title Gentleman or Lady calls for, while sinking our roots deep into our native Southern soil. The goal of The Southern Agrarian is to remind you and those around you that The Lost Cause was an ideal worth fighting for – and worth making a part of our lives today.” The memories included in The Southern Agrarian are of course selective. Those who wrote the above paragraph failed to mention what another website did acknowledge.
“Southern culture valued a behavioral code in which men’s honor, based on the domination of others and the protection of southern white womanhood, stood as the highest good. Slavery also decreased class tensions, binding whites together on the basis of race despite their inequalities of wealth.” Mothers’ Day, which we celebrated a week and a half ago, is of course another opportunity for selective memory. The Hallmark cards we give our moms tend to be exercises in hagiography, the biography of saints or idealized persons. One comedian, after reading a card his mother received, quipped, “That ain’t the woman who raised me!” So here’s a metaphor to consider pondering for Memorial Day. When driving from Forest Park to the Morton Arboretum, say, it’s important to look through the windshield more than through the rearview mirror. Every once in a while it is extremely important to see what’s behind you in the mirror, especially when you are changing lanes. But to make progress, you have to look ahead more than checking up on where you’ve just been. Clearly, it is true that those who fail to study history are bound to repeat it. But memories are meant to be spiritual foundations, on which we build the future. Solid foundations are to be constructed when we are children. They are not meant to be lived in. I’m not sure how to apply the above to where we in Forest Park are at as a community. We seem to be focused on what lies ahead more than where we’ve been. And that’s good, right? But, part of my uncertainty comes from the fact that we come from so many different psychological, cultural, religious, and geographical places that when we do look in the rear view mirror we have such diverse memories that it at times is hard to form any kind of shared identity. If you have ever worked on a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle, you know that the diversity of pieces doesn’t form a unified picture without a lot of patient, hard work. Which makes me wonder as we approach Memorial Day, if we should AS A COMMUNITY invest significantly more time than we do now in coffee shops, restaurants, parks, taverns and around kitchen tables sharing memories with people we need to get to know better, to get below the surface where our spiritual foundations (aka memories) lie hidden until we share them. But then—so we don’t get stuck in a debate about who had it worse and who was privileged—after looking in our individual rear view mirrors, we could look forward and together write a shared vision of the future of our town—a picture on the cover of the puzzle box, if you will—which will have the power to guide us in how to put all those diverse pieces fit together into an attractive, comprehensible whole.
TOM
HOLMES
Every once in a
while it is extremely important to see what’s behind you in the mirror, especially when you are changing lanes. But to make progress, you have to look ahead.
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order to be considered. Those participants who have been selected will be notified by May 24. Acceptance forms must be returned by June 1 to secure spots in the program. Students who want to enroll in the transition and sophomore enrichment camp must complete an application form available in the main offices at each D209 high school and online here. Spots will be awarded in the order that district officials receive the applications, which are due by May 24.
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Registration for Proviso East summer program drawing to close Registration for Proviso Township High Schools District 209’s expanded free summer programming has been open since last month and will end by June 5, D209 officials said. During a regular meeting on March 12, the school board voted unanimously to continue and expand on last summer’s program model. In addition to offering credit recovery and accelerated courses, the district’s summer school will also include a five-week STEAM Camp for incoming freshmen. “That program, led by one of our fabulous science teachers at Proviso West, will challenge students in a very exciting curriculum,” said Nicole Howard, the assistant superintendent for Academics and Student and Family Services. Board members added that the teacher is also a Proviso West alum. Howard said that at the end of the summer the district will showcase the projects students complete during the STEAM camp. Last summer, Howard, said the district provided “opportunities for credit recovery, skill development and enrichment” to approximately 1,100 students. This year, the district’s Summer Theme Camp, which features literacy and STEM components, will be opened up to sophomores.
At the March 12 meeting, Supt. Jesse Rodriguez said that the district’s summer camp has come a long way from what it was just a few years ago, when students were only offered remedial programming. The district’s retooled and expanded summer programming, he said, will give D209 an edge over private schools and other districts in the competition for students. Rodriguez credited district leadership, particularly the board’s Student Achievement and School Innovation committee, which is helmed by board member Claudia Medina, who works closely with Howard, for the summer program upgrades. “This is what students need,” Rodriguez said. “Many school districts and private schools are competing with us.” In a statement the district released on May 10, Rodriguez outlined the changes to the summer program, explaining that last summer, the district “launched an enrichment that included original credit courses in journalism, mural arts, and consumer education. “This year, we have expanded our summer programs to include freshman STEAM programs where students must create a product and execute a real startup company.” Students and parents can access a list of summer course offerings by clicking here. In order to enroll for original credit courses, students must meet with their counselors to obtain a registration form and return the form before the June 5 registration deadline. There is no fee for D209 students, but non-district students will be required to verify their residency and pay a course fee. Students can enroll for the STEAM course by completing an application form available in the main offices at each D209 high school and online here. Applications must be submitted by May 20 in
The West Cook YMCA will hold Camp Magellan at St. John Lutheran Church, 305 Circle Ave. Camp activities include visits to forest preserves, swimming, games, sports and field trips. To register go to www.westcookymca. org/camp, contact the youth development department at 708-366-2764 or daycamp@ westcookymca.org or register at front desk at the West Cook YMCA building in Oak Park, 255 S. Marion St.
Concordia University Chicago Concordia University Chicago is offering three summer sessions. It will hold Cougar Kids Baseball Camp for children ages 7 to 12 that will focus on “learning the game of baseball, teaching campers to be athletic and allowing them to have fun.” Each camp day will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 3 p.m. The four weeklong sessions are scheduled for June 10, 17, 24 and July 8. The cost for one session is $400, two sessions $700, three sessions $900, and all four sessions $1000. Email CUCBaseballcamp@cuchicago.edu for more information. Concordia is also offering Creative Composer Camp for Pianists, a program scheduled for August 5 to 9 that will be available in a morning session (9 a.m. to 12 p.m.) and an afternoon session (1 to 4 p.m.). Students will learn how to use music theory to create original melodies and compositions, improvisations, turn songs into electronic music using computer software, and much more. Tuition for the piano camp is $295 per student for either the morning or afternoon session, or $495 for the entire day. A minimum of two years of previous piano lessons is high recommended. Concordia will also offer Ultimate Frisbee Camp for youth ages 9 to 17. The first session is slated for the week of June 24, and the second is for August 5. Participants will learn technique, drills to improve their skill level, and enjoy competition. The camp will take place on Concordia’s football field, with the first session slated for the afternoon and second in the morning. The cost is $120 for the first camper and $100 for each additional family member. Call Concordia at 708-771-8300 for more information.
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L E T T E R S
Thanks to everyone Last week, hundreds of people enjoyed a great pancake breakfast supporting Forest Park Cub Scouts Pack 109 and the charitable work of Forest Park Firefighters Local 2753 at our local firehouse. Thanks to everyone who came out to give their support. For Cub Scouts, the breakfast supports iconic events like the annual Pinewood Derby, and helps keep our many outdoor activities and camping trips affordable to all families in Forest Park with boys or girls from Kindergarten through 5th grade. Special thanks to the Firefighters, who are the backbone of this amazing event! Thanks also to Karen Dylewski and the Forest Park Community Center for the many supplies and publicity, Commissioners Joe Byrnes and Ryan Nero for flipping flapjacks, St. John’s Lutheran Church for the griddles, and District 91 and all the Forest Park businesses that posted our information.
Forest Park Cub Scout Pack 109
Dominican University Dominican University will offer its Summer Gifted and Talented Program for highly-motivated, academically-gifted and talented students entering grades 2 through 8, and 9 through 12 in the fall. Courses are one-week long, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., and there are four weeks of course offerings in math, science, writing/humanities, and fine/ performing arts, plus a high school week dedicated for rising 9th to 12th-graders. The four sessions are scheduled for the weeks of June 17, June 24, July 9, and July 16.
Forest Park Public Library The Forest Park Public Library’s Summer Reading Program will kick off with a Field Day with activities and food at the Park District of Forest Park on June 1. More information is available online at the fppl.org and in the library’s summer program guide. Staff Reporter Michael Romain contributed to this report.
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RELIGION GUIDE Presbyterian
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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
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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
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Grace Lutheran Church
7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m. Childcare Available
Grace Lutheran School
Preschool - 8th Grade Bill Koehne, Principal 366-6900, graceriverforest.org Lutheran-Missouri Synod
St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church
305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship, 9:30am Christian Education Hour 8:30am Wednesday Worship 7:00pm Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org Methodist
First United Methodist Church of Oak Park
324 N. Oak Park Avenue 708-383-4983 www.firstUMCoakpark.org Sunday School for all Ages, 9am Sunday Worship, 10am Children’s Chapel during Worship Rev. Katherine Thomas Paisley, Pastor Professionally Staffed Nursery Fellowship Time after Worship
808 S. East Ave. 708/848-2703 www.ascensionoakpark.com Worship: Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00, 11 am, 5:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 pm Saturday Taize Prayer 7:30 pm First Fridays Feb.– Dec. & Jan. 1
Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor
Roman Catholic
St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park
CELEBRATING OUR 107TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Thursday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca
Roman Catholic
St. Edmund Catholic Church
188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m. Parish Office: 708-848-4417 Religious Ed Phone: 708-848-7220
St. Giles Family Mass Community
We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue. Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish. Our Mass is family-friendly. We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy. Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8. For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.
Third Unitarian Church 10AM Sunday Forum 11AM Service Rev. Colleen Vahey thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield, Chicago Committed to justice, not to a creed Upcoming Religious Holidays
May 23 Declaration of the Báb Bahá’í 28 Ascension of Baha’u’lláh Bahá’ 30 Ascension of Jesus Christianity Jun 4-5 Eid al-Fitr Islam 6 Ascension of Jesus Orthodox Christian 8-10 Shavuot Judaism 9 Pentecost Christianity
To place a listing in the Religion Guide, call Mary Ellen: 708/613-3342
Forest Park Review, May 22, 2019
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SYSTEMS ANALYST The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Systems Analyst in the Information Technology Department. Applicant will need to be knowledgeable and capable to apply the principles and techniques of various programming languages, database, computer programming, on-line programming and programming documentation. Additional skillsets include systems analysis and design techniques, such as database normalization, business analysis, workflow procedure, modular programming, stored procedures, and interface with operating system. Our technology environment consists of MS-SQL & Tools, Superion OneSolution CAD/ RMS, CityView Permit, Licensing & Inspections, ERSI ArcGIS, Laserfiche and web software (Java, HTML, Adobe ColdFusion and Drupal).http://www.oak-park.us/ . Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application position open until filled.
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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Public Works Service Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 11th, 2019 for the following: PROPOSAL # 19-128 Village of Oak Park Fire Station Overhead Door Replacement
In print • Online • Available to you 24 / 7 /365 PublicNoticeIllinois.com PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Public Meeting On May 29, 2019 at 11:00 AM at Walther Christian Academy, 900 Chicago Avenue, Melrose Park, and on May 29, 2019 at 9:00 AM at St. Joseph High School, 10900 Cermak Rd., Westchester, a meeting will be conducted by Proviso Township High Schools District 209. The purpose of these meetings will be to discuss the district’s plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who will attend private schools or be home schooled within the district for the 2019-2020 school year. If you are the parent of a home-schooled student or parochial student who has been or may be identified with a disability and you reside within the boundaries of Proviso Township High Schools District 209, you are urged to attend. If you have further questions pertaining to this meeting, please contact Vanessa Schmitt, Director of Specialized Services at (708) 338-5919 or at vschmitt@ pths209.org. Published in Forest Park Review 5/22/2019
There will be a pre-bid meeting at the main fire station, 100 N. Euclid, Oak Park, IL on Wednesday, May 29th at 9:00 a.m. Proposal forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708-3585700 or by stopping by the office located at 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 7:30am and 4:00pm. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No bid documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Published in Wednesday Journal 5/22/2019
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BID 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 AM on Tuesday, June 11th, 2019 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 19-6: Pavement Preservation. In general, the improvements will require the following construction: Asphalt surface patching, Fiber modified crackfilling, Maltene based Rejuvinating, microsurfacing, thermoplastic pavement marking, and all appurtenant work thereto. The work will take place in various locations throughout the Village of Oak Park. Plans and proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at noon. There is no fee for 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 5/22/2019
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DOCKET NUMBER: Modification to PC 18-11 Planned Development (Fenwick High School – Parking Garage) HEARING DATE: June 6, 2019 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits. LOCATION OF HEARING: Room 201 (Council Chambers), Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302 APPLICANT(S): Fenwick High School, 505 Washington Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 OWNERS OF RECORD: Fenwick High School, 505 Washington Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 & 423-425 S. Scoville LLC & 427-429 S. Scoville LLC SUBJECT PROPERTY ADDRESSES: 505 Washington Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 (I Institutional Zoning District) LEGAL DESCRIPTION: Lots 1 to 12 and Lots 20 to 24 and Vacated Alley Per Document Number 88576924 and the Vacated Alley Lying North of Lot 8 All in Block 4 in East Avenue Addition to Oak Park, A Subdivision of Blocks 52 to 54 and 59 to 61 in Village of Ridgeland, A Subdivision of the East ½ of the East ½ of Section 7 and the Northwest Ÿ and the West Ÿ of Section 8, Township 39 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian, In Cook County, Illinois. PIN: 16-07-421-011, 1607-421-020, and 16-07-421-021; Including All of the 15’ Public Alley Lying Between and Adjoining Lots 13 to 19 and Lot 12 and Lot 20 and Vacated 15’ Public Alley in Block 4 in East Avenue Addition to Oak Park, A Subdivision of Blocks 52 to 54 and 59 to 61 in Village of Ridge-
land, A Subdivision of the East ½ of the East ½ of Section 7 and the Northwest Ÿ and the West ½ of the West ½ of the Southwest Ÿ of Section 8, Township 39 North, Range 13, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois. REQUESTS: The Applicant is requesting approval to modify their approved Planned Development for a privately owned parking garage, of five (5) stories, with approximately three hundred and fifty (350) parking spaces designed in the same style as the existing historic building along Washington Boulevard, by (i) reducing the number of parking space within the building by approximately twentynine (29) parking spaces, which will be relocated to a surface parking lot on site and (ii) making minor exterior elevation changes to the garage, pursuant to Section 14.5(J) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance. Copies of the proposed plans depicting the requested modifications are on file and are available for inspection at the Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Persons with disabilities planning to attend and needing special accommodations should contact the Village Clerk’s Office at 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, or call (708) 358-5670. ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN THESE PROCEEDINGS ARE INVITED TO BE HEARD. David Mann, Chairperson OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION, Sitting as a Zoning Commission Oak Park, Illinois 60302
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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the 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
PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19001236 on May 1, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of JUST ADORABLE CREATIONS with the business located at: 4820 WEST FULTON STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60644. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: MICHELLE RENEE ELDER 4820 WEST FULTON STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60644.
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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y19001289 on May 7, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of THRIVE MOBILE with the business located at: 3325 VERNON AVE, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: EARL ALAN HILL 3325 VERNON AVE, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513 Published in RB Landmark 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2019
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 SVITLANA VOLOSHYN for change of name to LANA ZARANOK, Case #20193003476. Notice is given you, the public, that on May 7, 2019, I have filed a Petition For Change of Name in this Court, asking the Court to change my present name of Svitlana Voloshyn to the name of Lana Zaranok. This case will be heard in courtroom 0204, Distict 3, Cook County, IL on July 9, 2019 at 9:00 a.m.. Published in Wednesday Journal 5/15, 5/22, 5/29/2019
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 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
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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 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
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
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 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 14-17-14679. 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
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 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 14-18-05151. 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. 14-18-05151
Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 05973 TJSC#: 39-1807 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. I3119150
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. 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
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
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.KATHLEEN A RYAN, TIMOTHY M RYAN JR, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA–DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 2018 CH 05973 7652 WILCOX ST FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 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 7652 WILCOX ST, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-108-0030000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, 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
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR ARGENT SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-W3; Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOHN CALVIN SCOTT; AQUA FINANCE INC.; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; AKEEM SCOTT; LAURETTA F. SCOTT; GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF JOHN CALVIN SCOTT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 7377 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 19, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-15-318-024-0000. Commonly known as 2016 South 22nd Avenue, Broadview, IL 60155. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. W18-0317 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3120309 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division. Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest, Plaintiff, vs. Jo Foster Murray, et al., Defendants. Case No. 15CH 10648; Sheriff’s No. 190050-001F. Pursuant to a Judgment made and entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, will on June 12, 2019, at 1:00 P.M. in Room LL06, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said Judgment: Address: 216 S. Maple Avenue, Unit 35, Oak Park, IL 60302.
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Improvements: Residential Condominium. Sale shall be under the following terms: 10% down by certified funds. Balance in 24 hours, certified funds.. Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments, and any prior first mortgages. Premises will NOT be open for inspection. For information: Frank R. Martin; Righeimer, Martin & Cinquino PC, Plaintiff’s Attorney, 230 W. Monroe, Ste. 2500, Chicago, IL 60606. Tel. No. (312) 726-5646. This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I3120371
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 14-18-12354. 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. 14-18-12354 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 14303 TJSC#: 39-1155 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. I3119325
SERVICES CORPORATION, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO FIRST FRANKLIN FINANCIAL CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.ROGER A. SMITH, SHARON SMITH, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2016 CH 16822 430 S. 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 September 19, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 18, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 430 S. TAYLOR AVENUE, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-322-015. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $318,426.61. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: Aaron D. White, Jr., CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C., 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600, CHICAGO, IL 60606, (312) 4449300 Please refer to file number 26890/ 62299ADW. 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. Aaron D. White, Jr. CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. 30 S. WACKER DRIVE, STE. 2600 CHICAGO, IL 60606 (312) 444-9300 Fax #: (312) 444-9027 E-Mail: AWhite@chuhak.com Attorney File No. 26890/62299ADW Attorney Code. 70693 Case Number: 2016 CH 16822 TJSC#: 39-3000 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. I3121242
JR., RUTH ANN ROWE, FV-I, INC. IN TRUST FOR MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE CAPITAL HOLDINGS LLC Defendants 2018 CH 04049 1115 NORTH OAK PARK 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 April 1, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 3, 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 1115 NORTH OAK PARK AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-112-0210000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate 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 14-18-01408. 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. 14-18-01408 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 04049 TJSC#: 39-2126 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. I3120029
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.ANDREW CADE A/K/A ANDREW CADE, SR, FAITH B. CADE, BANK OF AMERICA, NA Defendants 2018 CH 14303 845 S. HARVEY OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 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 845 S. HARVEY, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-126-0360000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION REAL SOLID SOLUTIONS, LLC, A NEW JERSEY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AND ASIAN KNIGHT CAPITAL LLC, A CALIFORNIA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO GRANITE INVESTMENT GROUP, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF THE SECURITY NATIONAL MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 20061, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO NATIONSCREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST BY MERGER WITH NATIONSCREDIT HOME EQUITY
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 20054, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-4 Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT BRADFORD ROWE
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