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TWO MONTHS MISSING George McDade, chair of Cook County Crime Stoppers, was among those passing out fliers at 8 Corners in Brookfield on Nov. 30. See story and more photos on page 3.

Gretchen McCarthy meticulously reproduces local landmarks and more By BOB UPHUES

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You may have seen those meticulously painted clay replicas of notable Riverside landmarks — the water tower, Arcade Building, Swinging Bridge, Riverside Presbyterian Church, the township hall and more — on sale at the Riverside Public Library and Riverside Historical Museum. You may have even bought one, or a whole set, to hang on your Christmas tree. But don’t call them ornaments. For their creator, longtime Riverside resident Gretchen McCarthy, that moniker rankles. “I resent that they call them ornaments because people put them on a tree,” said McCarthy during an interview and tour of her studio late last month. “They are works of art and they should be displayed. … They are collectibles.” But now that the holiday season has hit over at the Riverside Public Library, there will be a bump in sales nonetheless. “People love them, and you know there’s going to be a See McCARTHY on page 9

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Seven candidates file for the March 17 primary By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

The rematch between Congressman Dan Lipinski and Marie Newman in the upcoming Democratic primary is more complicated this time around. In 2018, Newman nearly beat Lipinski in a headto-head contest, ultimately losing by a

little more than 2,000 votes after a hardfought campaign marked by sharp ideological differences and harsh attacks. This time, though, two other candidates, in addition to Lipinski and Newman, have filed to run in the March 17 Democratic primary in the 3rd Congressional District, which includes the southern portion of Brookfield. The more formidable of the two newcomers appears to be Rush Darwish, owner of a small multimedia video production company and a former television news and sports anchor. The other candidate who

filed nominating petitions is Charles Hughes, a former precinct captain from the Southwest Side of Chicago. Darwish is waging a serious campaign and raised just over $425,000 by Sept. 30. Darwish, who says he is running to represent the middle class, has also loaned his campaign $80,000. “My belief is that Dan Lipinski and Marie Newman come from a class of wealth. It’s just a fact, and I think that’s the biggest problem we have right now in Washington D.C.,” DarSee 3RD DISTRICT on page 7

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Crime Stoppers offers reward for information Erica Thompson has been missing for more than two months

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The search for missing Brookfield resident Erica Thompson entered its third month last week, with about a dozen people, including the woman’s relatives and representatives from an organization called Cook County Crime Stoppers, distributing fliers asking for help in and around Eight Corners, the last place she was seen on Sept. 25. In addition to passing out leaflets with pictures of Thompson and her dark purple Nissan Juke, which also has been missing since Sept. 25, Cook County Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for any information leading to a resolution of the case. The number to call is 800-535-STOP. Brookfield police have been encouraging anyone with information to call an anonymous tip line at 708-244-4862 or email tips to the West Suburban Major Case Assistance Team, mcat@mcatpolice.org. “Every little bit helps keep attention on our missing person,” said Brookfield Police Chief Edward Petrak regarding Cook County Crime Stoppers’ interest in the case. “It helps keep the case on people’s minds.” In early November, Thompson’s face and the number of the police tip line started being shown along expressways throughout the Chicago area on billboards owned by Clear Channel Outdoor, after a former Brookfield resident who works for the company learned of the search for the 53-yearold woman, who at the time of her disap-

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HOPING: Michael Russo (above), Erica Thompson’s son, speaks about his mother to the media at 8 Corners in Brookfield to draw attention to her disappearance. Dana Kujawski (below) Erica Thompson’s sister, asks for anyone with information to come forward. pearance lived by herself. In the more than two months since Thompson disappeared, police have reported few new developments about their investigation publicly. “We’re still really in the dark, and it’s relentless every day,” said Dana Kujawski, Thompson’s sister who along with Thompson’s son, Michael Russo, were at Eight Corners distributing fliers on Nov. 30. “I feel at this point, we have to find her one way or another,” Kujawski said. “It’s like a nightmare.” Petrak said the case continues to be actively investigated on a daily basis by the Brookfield Police Department’s detective division, with assistance from a pair of regional police task forces, including the west suburban Major Case Assistance Team (MCAT). “The investigation has been continuous since the day she went missing,” said Petrak. The chief also revealed some new information about the investigation in a phone in-

terview on Dec. 2. According to Petrak, the FBI has helped Brookfield police search cellphone data, including that of Thompson’s phone, whose whereabouts police were able to track during the early morning hours of Sept. 26, the morning after she was last seen. Cellular data revealed that the phone traveled from Brookfield to other neighboring suburbs, including Countryside, Hodgkins, McCook, Forest View, Summit and Bridgeview. As a result of that information, for two days in November, Brookfield police enlisted the help of a nonprofit organization and searched waterways that cut through those areas, including the CalSag Channel, using a sonar-equipped boat to try to locate vehicles that might have matched Thompson’s. Petrak said the search ended up locating more than a dozen vehicles, including one whose dimensions were similar to Thompson’s Nissan Juke. However, after sending a diver down to inspect the vehicle further, it turned out to not be a match. In the meantime, police continue to examine video evidence for any glimpses of Thompson’s vehicle and hope someone might call in with a key piece of information. “We hope one of these things [the billboards, reward and news reports] leads to the tip that brings Erica home,” Petrak said.

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BIG WEEK

December 4-11

Riverside Children’s Theater Guild Presents “Saving Christmas”

The Riverside Children’s Theater Guild proudly presents their original holiday musical comedy “Saving Christmas” this Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8 at 3:00 p.m. at the Riverside Township Hall Auditorium, 27 Riverside Rd. General admission is $5.00. See what happens when Santa’s sleigh crashes in the Enchanted Forest and all the fairytale creatures must rally together to save Christmas and defeat the evil Krampus. All the good little girls and boys (and grownups to) won’t want to miss this family-friendly, one-hour show, jam packed with Christmas magic.

Sign up for breakfast with Santa North Riverside Parks and Rec will hold a Breakfast with Santa event on Sunday, Dec. 15 from 9 to 10:30 a.m. at the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave.

Lux Cantorum in Riverside Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church, 250 Woodside Road in Riverside, hosts a choral concert by Lux Cantorum, Chicago’s premier sacred choral music ensemble, on Sunday, Dec. 8 at 4 p.m. The program, “Joy,” lets you leave the overwhelming pressure of the upcoming

And more The advanced acting classes at Nazareth Academy, 1209 W. Ogden Ave. in LaGrange Park, present “Frozen Jr.,” a children’s musical based on the popular movie on Dec. 8 at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. in the Romano FamilyTheater.Tickets are $5 at the door beginning a half hour before the show. ■

Aging Care Connections continues its Seminar and a Snack Series on Dec. 5 at 10 a.m. at Aging Care Connections, 111 W. Harris Ave. in LaGrange with “Navigating the Holiday Season and Special Occasions.” Learn how to make these events joyous and treasured. Free. Registration required. Contact RenataVitali at 708-603-2277. ■

holidays behind with music that focuses on the spiritual virtues of love, hope, and peace. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Students tickets $15 at the door only. Visit luxcantorum.org for advance ticket sales.

Holiday Magic, the annual festival of lights at Brookfield Zoo, 3300 Golf Road in Brookfield, returns Dec. 7-8. The zoo is open each day of the event from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Come early and stay later for the festivities, which begin at 4 p.m. Guests should park in the north lot. Regular admission and parking fees apply. For more, visit CZS.org/Magic or call 708-688-8000. Riverside Parks and Rec invites children to drop off letters to Santa Claus at a special mailbox that will be placed on the east side of the historic water tower, 10 Pine Ave. Letters received through Dec. 20 will get a response, but the mailbox stays open until Christmas. Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, 9210 Broadway Ave. in Brookfield, presents“Symmetry,”an ■

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exhibit of work featuring artists BalaThiagarajan and Rita Sharha through Dec. 21. An opening reception will be held Friday, Dec. 6 from 7 to 10 p.m. Gallery hours areThursdays from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Lyons Township High School para-educators are holding a collection of new winter hats, scarves, gloves/ mittens and socks for District 204 area children and adults in need.The drive continues through Jan. 14, 2020. Drop off items at the libraries/discovery centers at either the North Campus, 100 S. Brainard Ave. in LaGrange or South Campus, 4900 S.Willow Springs Road inWestern Springs. Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., presents a look at the innovation of Walt Disney: Creativity Frame by Frame on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. Then on Dec. 9 at 4 ■

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Eat a pancake breakfast, play games, make a craft and visit with Santa and Buddy the Elf. Bring the family and your camera. Tickets are $6 per person and they are limited, so you must pre-register to attend. Visit the rec department or call 708-442-5515. p.m., kids ages 11 through high school can design custom holiday ornaments at a Teen 3D Workshop. Register online at brookfieldlibrary.info, at 708-485-6917 or in person at the library. Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, invites kids in preschool and kindergarten to Hands On Stories on Dec. 10 at 1 p.m. Registration suggested at 708-442-6366 or by emailing youthservices@riversidelibrary.org. ■

North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., hosts a Senior Drop-in on Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Meeting Room. Play cards and socialize every Friday. ■

For adults and seniors there’s Conversation Café/ Café y Conversacion (for learners of both languages)

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P O L I C E

LTHS Santa Write Night

Lyons Township High School’s Discovery Center staff invite kids in kindergarten through third grade to the South Campus, 4900 S. Willow Springs Road, Western Springs, for its annual Write Night, where you can type letters to Santa on Discovery Center computers and receive an immediate response from the North Pole. Write Night is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 10. Participants and their families may drop in anytime between 4 and 6:30 p.m. There is no admission charge, but a donation of one non-perishable food item is requested. All food will be donated to a local food pantry. The event includes a story room, coloring room, face-painting room, cupcake decorating, sing-alongs and more. Register by Dec. 7 online at lths.net/HolidayWriteNight, call 708-579-7436 or email Belinda Salutric at bsalutric@lths.net.

“Alex” by Jennifer Oldis-Kryczka

New solo show at RAC

Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents a solo show featuring the work artist Jennifer OldisKryczka as part of its RAC Spotlight series involving artists who are part of the RAC community. Oldis-Kryczka’s portraits are made slowly through thin layers of oil deposited over time, allowing her to explore color relationships, forms and reveal the inner essence of her subjects. The show runs Dec. 6 through Jan. 4, with an opening reception on Sunday Dec. 8 from 3 to 6 p.m. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Free and open to the public.

on Dec. 7 at 10:30 a.m.; Internet 101 on Dec. 10 at 6:30 p.m.; Book Club on Dec. 10 at 6:45 p.m.; and Just Craft’ Around: Artful Gift Tags on Dec. 11 at 2 p.m. To sign up for senior and adult events, call 708-447-0869 or visit www.northriversidelibrary.org/events. For kids there’s Lapsit Storytime (toddlers through age 5) on Dec. 5 at 10:30 a.m.; Tales & Treats (ages 2-5) on Dec. 7 at 10:30 a.m.; Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2-5) on Dec. 10 at 11:30 a.m.; and Tech Fun for Teens: Heat Transfers (grades 5-12) on Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. and on Dec. 10 at 6 p.m. Brookfield Church of Christ, 3700 Forest Ave., hosts seminar by biblical archaeologist Tal Gerald on whether archaeology proves or disproves the Bible on Dec. ■

Riverside Lions collecting X-mas lights

The Riverside Township Lions Club is collecting unwanted Christmas lights for recycling. Working and non-working lights that are for indoor or outdoor use can be dropped off at the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, or the North Riverside Public Library, 2401 Desplaines Ave., during normal business hours through Jan. 15, 2020. Lights will be processed, sorted by component and recycled back into useful products. Proceeds benefit Lions Clubs International.

7 at 10 a.m. The seminar for all ages culminates with a tour of the Oriental Museum at the University of Chicago. Refreshments served. Call 708-485-7606 for more info. The Brookfield Elks Lodge, 9022 31st St., hosts bingo every Monday night. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m. minimum cash payout of $2,275 a night, plus pull tabs, lightning, tic-tac and raffles. ■

The community is invited to jog, walk or run inside on the indoor track at the Lyons Township High School South Campus fieldhouse, 4900 S.Willow Springs Road in Western Springs from 6 to 7 a.m. on days when school is in session through March 20, 2020. Free.

R E P O R T S

Riverside cops obtain warrant for 2018 car theft Riverside police on Dec. 2 announced they have obtained a warrant for the arrest of a 24-year-old Chicago man in connection with the theft of a vehicle from the 300 block of Lionel Road back in May 2018. According to police, Alejandro Arce, whose last known address was in the 400 block of North Leamington Avenue in Chicago, stole a 2006 Acura RSX from the driveway of the Lionel Road home and later ditched it in the 3400 block of West Melrose Street on Chicago’s Northwest Side. Riverside detectives recovered the vehicle and observed that someone had peeled the steering column, with pieces of it thrown in the back seat. Police handed over the pieces to the Illinois State Police Crime Lab for fingerprint identification. In February, state police said they had identified a potential suspect, but needed more info. But Riverside reported that recently they had identified a suspect from fingerprints left on the steering column, the plastic pieces torn from the column and from elsewhere inside the car. They have been trying to locate Arce since making that identification but have been unable to do so. As a result, on Dec. 2 police issued a press release seeking to enlist the public’s help. Anyone with information on Arce’s whereabouts can call 708-447-2127 or email Detective Jim Lazansky at jlazansky@riverside.il.us. Police say anyone who calls with information can remain anonymous, if they wish.

Garage burglary Brookfield police responded to a building in the 4500 block of Forest Avenue after someone called to report that during the overnight hours of Nov. 28-29, someone entered the detached garage and stole various tools that had been left inside. It was unclear whether the offender used force to enter the garage or if the building was left unlocked.

Vehicle break-in North Riverside police responded to the parking lot just east of Burlington Coat Factory, 2208 Harlem Ave., on the evening of Nov. 9, after a 24-year-old Chicago man called to report that his 2009 Chrysler van had been burglarized. The victim told police he’d parked his vehicle about 5:30 p.m. and was shopping with his family at another store for about 40 minutes. When he returned to the van, the victim observed that the passenger side sliding door window had been smashed out and that about $300 in merchandise purchased elsewhere — which had been left in between the

middle row seats and covered with a jacket — had been stolen.

Mall kiosk targeted The owner of the jewelry business Timeless Pieces, which operates out of a lowerlevel kiosk near Old Navy in the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, called police on Nov. 28 to report that someone had forced entry and stole nearly 100 pieces of jewelry valued at almost $2,000. The victim told police he secured the kiosk about 9:15 p.m. on Nov. 27. When he returned to work the next day at 6:15 p.m., the entry gate to the kiosk was open and racks of jewelry were found on the floor. Detectives continue to investigate the incident.

Package thefts caught on camera A resident of the 4000 block of Deyo Avenue, Brookfield, called police on the afternoon of Nov. 25 to report that their home security cameras had captured video of the thefts of packages from the front porches of homes across the street. According to police, the video showed a newer model white Jeep Patriot traveling southbound on Deyo Avenue before stopping in front of one the homes on the block. Two men are seen exiting the vehicle, each of them running up to the porches of different homes and taking packages left there before running back to the Jeep and speeding off southbound.

Allegedly drunk and speeding North Riverside police charged a 24-yearold Bolingbrook woman with driving under the influence of alcohol and speeding after an officer on patrol reported her driving a gray Subaru 62 mph in a 35 mph zone while southbound in the 2200 block of Cermak Road about 4:40 a.m. on Nov. 28. According to the police report, after she failed field sobriety tests, a breath test revealed that the woman’s blood-alcohol content was .14, which is nearly twice the legal limit of .08. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Nov. 25-Dec. 2 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.

— Compiled by Bob Uphues

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Art Jones will have competition in the March primary By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Art Jones won’t have a free ride in the Republican primary for the 3rd Congressional District this time. Unlike two years ago when Jones, who has espoused neo-Nazi views, had no competitors in the Republican primary and thus became the Republican nominee by default, Jones will face two opponents on the March 17 Republican primary ballot. Will County board member Mike Fricilone and Oak Lawn resident Catherine O’Shea have also filed nominating petitions to run in the primary. Fricilone, a 65-year-old Homer Glen resident who works as a sales manager for a furniture retailer, announced his candidacy for Congress in June. He said he was motivated to run in no small part by his desire to make sure that Jones did not become the Republican nominee again. “That’s part of the reason I’m running,” Fricilone told the Landmark. “We can’t have

people with Art Jones’ views running on ei- rison, who also serves as the chairman of ther side of the aisle. He’s an extremist and the Cook County Republican Party issued a strong statement dehis views are not what nouncing Jones Monday this country is about.” afternoon after Jones Jones called Fricilone filed his nominating a non-entity and atpetitions on Monday tacked Sean Morrison morning, the last day for and state Republican candidates to file their chairman Tim Schneinominating petitions. der for attacking him. “The Cook County “The people want a Republican Party vehefighter for white people’s mently condemns Arrights,” said Jones, who thur Jones’ candidacy,” added that he was confiMorrison said in his dent he could win a constatement. “His ractested primary. ism and bigotry have “I’m going to swamp no place in our party these two people who are or American politics. running against me,” That’s why, knowing that Jones said. “They want a SEAN MORRISON Cook County Commissioner a monster like Arthur fighter and that’s me and Jones doesn’t just willno one else.” ingly go away, we spent Jones, 71, also said his many months recruiting views about the Holoa strong, credentialed caust are not relevant to Republican candidate this campaign. “I’m concerned about America now and to run in the 3rd Congressional District. I America in the future and not what hap- believe we have found an outstanding canpened 70 years ago,” Jones said. didate in Will County Board Member Mike Cook County Commissioner Sean Mor- Fricilone — a principled, conservative Re-

“The Cook County Republican Party vehemently condemns Arthur Jones’ candidacy, His racism and bigotry have no place in our party or American politics.”

publican — who will take on Dan Lipinski in November.” O’Shea is a late entrant in the race. She is a realtor who lives in Oak Lawn. Like Jones, she filed on Monday. O’Shea is a former Democrat who served for six years on the board of the Worth Township Schools Treasurer’s Office. “I was a Democrat until 2016,” O’Shea said, noting that she decided to become a Republican because she was fed up with high taxes and too much government in Illinois. “The Republican Party is less government,” she said. “People are being taxed out.” O’Shea, 54, said her experience as a realtor helps her understand people’s problems and why they are moving out of Illinois. “I serve all the areas in the district in real estate,” O’Shea said. “I hear and see the struggles they are going through and why they have to sell.” Jones, 71, did not return a call requesting comment about why he decided to run for Congress again. He received 26 percent of the vote in the 2018 general election, losing to Lipinski.

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3RD DISTRICT Four Democrats vie in primary from page 1 wish said. “I think the time has come for a middle-class person like myself to help serve the middle-class people of Illinois District 3.” Darwish, 42, grew up in Stone Park and Bensenville, and now lives in Palos Hills. He is seeking to become the first Palestinian American congressman from Illinois. He is the son of Palestinian immigrants who once ran a sports apparel store in the North Riverside Mall. Darwish worked as a television news anchor in Kearney, Nebraska and as sports reporter and anchor in Tyler, Texas before moving back to the Chicago area in 2006. He is running an energetic campaign. On Dec. 1 he ran 31 miles from the western edge of the district in Lockport to the eastern edge of the district in Bridgeport to generate publicity for his campaign. Darwish says his ideology falls between the more moderate and socially conservative Lipinski and the unabashed liberalism of Newman. Darwish does not support the single payer Medicare for All health insurance plan that Newman is backing.

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“I think we need to have an insurance system that is supported in fact by the government, however I do believe in Medicare for all those who want it,” Darwish said using a phrase that presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg uses to describe his health insurance plan. “We need to have a system that still gives people a choice to keep their insurance if they’re happy with it.” Newman, who has been endorsed by presidential candidates Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Cory Booker, dismissed the idea of Medicare for All Who Want It. “Medicare for All Who Want It is not a thing,” Newman said. “It’s something that he made up. I’m not sure why he made it up but he did.” Newman said she supports rolling out Medicare for All single payer health insurance system over a few years. “Medicare for All is the most effective way; it is the best way for us to ensure that we have the highest quality of care and that our entire nation is covered, and make sure that health care is not a privilege; PROVIDED health care is a right,” NewJOGGING THE DISTRICT: Rush Darwish ran 31 miles from one end of his district to the other to generate man said. publicity. Lipinski supports building on the current Affordable Care Act. and 2019 but was knocked off the ballot both Although he does not have a campaign webDarwish said he supports the controver- times. site yet and is just starting to raise money sial Boycott, Divestment Sanctions moveHughes told the Landmark that while he Hughes says his political connections will enment that advocates boycotting goods made liked Bill Lipinski he has no hesitations able him to become a serious competitor. in Israel, divesting from investments in running against Dan Lipinski. A previously announced candidate, lawIsrael, and sanctioning Israel until it with“Dan and Bill are two different people,” yer Abe Matthew, dropped out of the race draws from land conquered in the 1967 war. Hughes said. “Dan is not like his father in Darwish’s parents come from an area that last month and endorsed Newman, who was a lot of ways. His father was conservative was captured by Israel in that war. philosophical about being denied a one on Hughes, 55, is a former city employee who financially.” Hughes said he is concerned about the one rematch with Lipinski. now works as a mechanic for NICOR. He “I’m actually not going to worry about was part of the 23rd Ward Regular Demo- leftward drift of the Democratic Party. “I’m also running because I think the can- who’s in the race or not in the race; I’m gocratic Organization when it was run by Bill Lipinski, the father of Dan Lipinski and his didates who are running are getting too far ing to continue to work hard,” said Newman predecessor in Congress. Hughes tried to liberal and it’s not good for the district and who also said that she has appeared at 238 run for alderman in the 23rd Ward in 2011 it’s not good for the country,” Hughes said. meet-and-greets thus far this year.

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Brookfield capital projects loom in 2020 budget

Officials hope to leverage TIF funds By BOB UPHUES Editor

Following a three-hour workshop earlier this month to get direction from elected officials, Brookfield’s village government staff unveiled a 2020 budget at the village board’s committee of the whole meeting on Nov. 25, outlining a host of capital projects as well as a couple of initiatives for raising additional revenue for operations. Trustees are expected to adopt the budget at their meeting on Dec. 9. Later, the board will pass an appropriations ordinance, which sets the legal spending authority for village government. That ordinance typically mirrors the budget adopted by the village board. The budget that will be adopted next month shows expenditures in the general operating fund at about $18.3 million, outpacing revenues by about $200,000. However, after interfund transfers, including $600,000 from the motor fuel tax fund to the general fund, the 2020 budget predicts a slight surplus for general operations by the end of next year. Village Manager Tim Wiberg said that while he would prefer not making a transfer from the motor fuel tax fund to help pay for operating costs related to street maintenance, it was unavoidable in the short term. But, he said, the 2020 budget represents movement toward that goal. Last year’s operating budget deficit before interfund transfers was closer to $600,000. “It’s progress,” Wiberg told village trustees at the Nov. 14 budget workshop. The budget includes a number of key new/ongoing and one-time expenditures from the general operating fund, which pays the day-to-day expenses of the village. The village will hire a new full-time recreation supervisor for the Department of Parks and Recreation, which largely has been a one-person operation since Recreation Director Stevie Ferrari was hired about a year and a half ago. The expense line item for salary and benefits is expected to be $75,000, according to the budget document. Since that time, Ferrari has expanded the department’s program offerings and events. Continuing as a solo act isn’t sustainable, Wiberg said. While the department employs a part-time staff, that person’s time is spent mostly as an instructor for the department’s preschool program. “I don’t think it’s sustainable that [Ferrari] continues doing what she’s been doing,” Wiberg said, adding he’d like to see even more recreation programs and partnerships developed to benefit residents. The village has also budgeted $64,000 to buy two new police squad cars, with a third

vehicle being funded through proceeds the police department has set aside in its seizure/forfeiture fund. Another $50,000 has been earmarked to rehabilitate the police department’s bathroom and locker room facilities, which mainly haven’t been touched since the present village hall was built in the 1970s. One of the largest capital expenditures out of the general fund next year will be $260,000 to replace the roof of the Brookfield Public Works building on the village’s south end as well as the roof over a structure next door to it, which houses public works equipment, signs and other items. Two other large items are a $100,000 line item to buy the fire department new selfcontained breathing units and $100,000 to replace the village’s alley grader. The present grader is only a couple of years old, but it is too big and difficult to maneuver in the village’s narrow gravel alleys. The village’s plan is to trade in the grader and buy a smaller vehicle that’s easier to handle. The village also owns another older, smaller alley grader which still can be used in tandem with the new grader. The village will continue its bond-funded road improvement effort in 2020, and plans to issue the remaining bonds early next year as that campaign winds down by the end of 2021. Brookfield is also planning some significant expenditures within its three existing tax increment financing districts, including earmarking $200,000 for both the Eight Corners and Ogden Avenue TIFs to fund a façade improvement incentive program. The village also plans to use $100,000 in TIF funds to pay for an Ogden Avenue landuse study, and will use TIF funds to pay for the roughly $340,000 first phase of a makeover to the area immediately south of the Congress Park train station. Also at Eight Corners, the village hopes to use a $250,000 state grant in conjunction with TIF funds to replace the fountain at the Veterans Memorial Circle, a project estimated to cost a total of $320,000. Brookfield officials also hope to obtain a $340,000 open space grant from the state to help fund a complete renovation of Candy Cane Park on the village’s north end. The $680,000 total cost for that project would be spread over two years. In 2019, the village instituted a host of fee and fine increases, which brought in an additional $400,000 to help ease the budget crunch this year. In order to help balance the 2020 budget, the village plans to impose a 2 cent-per-gallon local tax on the sale of gasoline, which is expected to bring in an estimated $100,000 in additional revenue. The village also has sought permission from Metra to increase its daily commuter parking fee from $1.50 to $2, which would bring in about $36,000 in new revenue.

The Landmark, December 4, 2019

Third try not the charm for ATM burglary crew Riverside Citgo’s owner seeks more police patrols By BOB UPHUES Editor

The owner of the Citgo gas station at the corner of Harlem Avenue and Longcommon Road in Riverside has asked police to step up their patrols in the area after a crew of smash-and-grab burglars targeted the business for the third time within a month in their efforts to steal the minimart’s ATM. On Nov. 28 about 4:50 a.m., just 10 minutes or so before the business was scheduled to open, they struck again, smashing in the glass front door and prying off the top of the ATM, which was bolted to the floor, before making their getaway in a blue Dodge Durango with no license plates. Riverside police reported responding to the gas station in two minutes, but the offenders were already gone. Surveillance video showed at least two offenders, both wearing masks and gloves, inside the business. The vehicle was last seen driving away northbound on Harlem Avenue, but later

MCCARTHY A labor of love from page 1 boom whenever there’s a new one,” said Library Director Janice Foley, who displays one of McCarthy’s library portraits in her office. “People will rush in for them.” The library gets its stock from the Riverside Historical Museum, which orders the landmark buildings by the dozen and then reorders when the stock gets low. The local landmarks, which are smaller than a typical commission, are very affordable, too, at $20. And while McCarthy may be best known for her renditions of Riverside landmarks, she has tackled a wide variety of architectural subjects, including Abraham Lincoln’s home in Springfield as well as scores of homes — some in full 3D splendor — in Riverside and beyond. Heck, she can even create a replica of your own home, like she’s done for scores of residents for the past 29 years. “They are done by one person; there are no molds; each one is individually done,” said McCarthy, a School of the Art Institute graduate who had a long career as a designer for Marshall Field’s, Wilton and independently before stumbling on her late career as a home portraitist. “I work now because I love the work,” she said. McCarthy was working as a freelance designer back in 1990 when she’d gotten a commission to create a small two-dimensional

that day, police reported finding the stolen top of the ATM on the parkway in the 100 block of Herrick Road. “How they got all the way to Herrick Road, we don’t know,” said Police Chief Thomas Weitzel, who noted the piece of equipment was being processed for fingerprint evidence. “Detectives are canvassing the area house to house to see if anyone has a Ring doorbell video.” Pankaj “PK” Kapadia, one of the gas station’s owners, said he hoped Riverside police could increase patrols near the gas station even more than the once-an-hour checks they’ve been making since the first incident on Nov. 2. He purchased the business in April, expanded the hours of operation and spent tens of thousands of dollars to upgrade it, Kapadia said. The frequency of the burglary attempts and the expense associated with replacing glass and equipment has been wearing on him, he added. In July, he experienced the first break-in when someone smashed the glass front door and stole liquor and cigarettes. In the early morning hours of Nov. 3 a crew of masked man smashed the door and made the first unsuccessful attempt to steal the ATM. Sim-

ilar incidents took place on Nov. 13 and 28. The ATM hasn’t even been operational since Nov. 2, Kapadia said, and there’s no money kept in the top part of the machine that was stolen. After the second incident, he taped a sign onto the front door, stating “No ATM service please,” but the burglary crew made their third attempt anyway. On Dec. 2, an ATM was sitting, sans top, outside of the business. There was no ATM inside. “Four times is too many times,” said Kapadia of the burglaries at the business since July. “I can’t sleep at night. I wake up every hour to look at the [video feed from the security] cameras. I am scared. “The cashiers, when they come in in the morning, are scared, too.” Kapadia said he thinks his business may be an attractive target since it’s one of the few along Harlem Avenue that is not a 24hour business. While he acknowledged that Riverside police have stepped up their patrols in the area, he’d like them to increase even more, at least in the short term. “Maybe they could be patrolling every half an hour and stay here for like 10 minutes, because right now these have happened three times in like one, two weeks,”

copy of the Chicago Board of Trade building. She was carrying the mock up with her when she went to vote at the township hall. Local Realtor Judy Jisa, who was serving as an election judge and was a neighbor, saw the mock up and the reaction was instant. “When she would sell houses, she would commission me to do these plaques,” said McCarthy, referring to the first two-dimensional home portraits that Jisa would present to her clients. But, she quickly became something of a phenomenon outside of the village after being profiled on the WTTW show Wild Chicago and in a 1991 magazine edition. “It was such a hit in Northshore Magazine; it went into doctors’ offices, and so all these doctors were calling me up,” McCarthy said. And because the Wild Chicago episode would get rerun every so often, McCarthy would keep being exposed to more and more people. Ben Hollis, the host of Wild Chicago, even commissioned her to create of portrait of his mother’s home. “I never took out an ad,” said McCarthy, who has maintained a simple rule with respect to accepting commissions — never bite off more than you can chew. “Never, ever get yourself where you can’t do the work,” McCarthy said. “You can’t say, ‘I can do it,’ unless you can do it.” It takes about a week, she said, to complete a commission, and she does all the work inside her home, which includes a bright, small, second-floor studio/office. Early on, she experimented with mass producing plaques by creating molds, but she abandoned it because of the byproducts of doing so at her home.

“That stuff was so caustic, it took 10 years off my life,” said McCarthy, who shows no sign of slowing down despite that experience. Instead, she now slices off pieces of white modeling clay and lays over them scale drawings of her subject homes, drawn on onion-skin paper from photographs. McCarthy then pierces the paper with a needle along the lines of the drawing, giving her an outline to guide her sculpting tools. The homes — in both two and three dimensions — are intricately detailed, down to the flowers in hanging planters and stained-glass windows. After the sculpting is complete, the clay is baked in her kitchen oven for about an hour before it’s left there to air dry. The following day, McCarthy begins painting. If you want to commission McCarthy to do your home, it ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer won’t necessarily be cheap, but ATTENTION TO DETAIL: Gretchen McCarthy specializes in it’s not unaffordable either. Dedetailed depictions of local landmarks and homes. pending on just how much work you want her to do — a two-dimensional plaque versus and a selves. fully in-the-round replica — you can expect “All of my clients are happy people,” Mcto pay between $300 and $1,000. Work doesn’t Carthy said. “They love their families, they begin until the price is agreed upon. love their homes. When they see these, they “You have to trust me,” McCarthy said. hold their heart.” “It’s not art by the yard. It won’t leave my McCarthy maintains a website at littlehouse until I’m happy.” homemaker.com, and she can be reached at But the results, she said speak for them- 708-447-2674.

Kapadia said. “At this moment we need some protection.” Weitzel said police in the suburbs and Chicago met recently to exchange information and try to establish patterns for the more than one dozen similar burglaries that have taken place since October. Police believe all of the vehicles involved in the burglaries have been stolen and some have displayed license plates stolen from other vehicles. Weitzel said police believe more than one crew is involved, although they all appear to be using similar methods, wearing masks and gloves and using one person as a lookout. The crews also have avoided bank properties, which likely would be considered federal offenses. The ATMs being targeted are privately owned. Weitzel said Chicago police believe a number of the vehicles used to commit the burglaries were rental vehicles stolen from a Hertz business near Midway Airport in late October. That heist was brazen. According to CBS Chicago, two Dodge Ram pickup trucks rammed their way through a security gate, allowing a number of people to enter and steal 8-10 vehicles from the lot.

The Landmark, December 4, 2019

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Close, but not quite there yet. That’s the status of talks between Riverside Elementary School District 96 and the Hollywood Citizens Association (HCA) about the HCA’s offer to lease more than 10,000 square feet of land west and north of the Hollywood House to D96 for the token rent of one dollar a year. D96 wants to get control of the land just south of Hollywood School to build an expanded playground. The HCA made its offer in October after rejecting an offer by D96 to buy and tear down the Hollywood House. D96 recently made a counterproposal to the HCA’s lease offer. Last week D96 Superintendent Martha RyanToye and HCA President Gonzo Schexnayder met over coffee for about 90 minutes at the Starbucks in Lyons to discuss the proposed lease. “I think we’re close,” said Schexnayder after the meeting. “I Hollywood House think we just have to iron out a few final details and we’ll see where it goes from there.” Neither Ryan-Toye nor Schexnayder would reveal the details of the district’s counterproposal, but Ryan-Toye said the district’s concerns centered on the length of the lease, some questions about playgrounds, and questions about the village of Brookfield requiring that the driveway from Washington Avenue to the Hollywood School parking lot be widened. “It’s not terribly different from what they presented to us,” Ryan-Toye said of the district’s counterproposal. The HCA’s offer, made on Oct. 1, proposed leasing the land to D96 for the rent of one dollar a year for 30 years with two 10-year options to renew the lease at market rates. The school district has concerns about what those rents would be in 30 years. “We’re still trying to decide the length and what would happen after 30 years,” RyanToye said.

Schexnayder said the two sides should not get hung up trying to guess what conditions will be like three decades from now. “Let’s not try to imagine what the people on the HCA and the school board are going to have to do in 30 years when we have a problem we can solve today,” Schexnayder said. “And let’s solve that problem today.” Ryan-Toye said the district still would like to buy the Hollywood House lot outright if the HCA ever decides it wants to sell. Both Ryan-Toye and Schexnayder said they are optimistic that they will be able to reach an agreement. “I do anticipate coming to an agreement,” Ryan-Toye said. “It just has to be workable for both the HCA and District 96 and I think both groups are trying to think far into the future for the good of the area and serving children in that area and building a playground — and those things, as we try to anticipate a 30-year-plus future, can get complicated.” Schexnayder also said he was encouraged by progress on the talks. “We’re encouraged that the school board came closer to what we have offered than they had previously,” Schexnayder said. “That’s a good sign.” S c h e x n ayd e r said that he is hopeful that an FILE agreement can be reached soon. “We have some small issues to iron out before we can move forward and we’ll see what the school board says,” he said. Ryan-Toye said the district would very much like to build a small expansion to the back of Hollywood School, a multipurpose room, and install a new playground next summer when work will be done on the district’s other three elementary schools, but an agreement with the HCA will have to be reached soon to allow time for bids to go out for work to be done this summer. “My only concern is timeline,” Ryan-Toye said. “I would very much like to see this work happen in 2020 and I know we’re getting up very close to the timeline. We’re getting very close to final, final deadlines, but we’re going to keep working. I think we have the month of December to see what we can do and after that I think maybe things can still be negotiated but I’m not sure.” Ryan-Toye said a new playground for Hollywood School won’t be built until an agreement is in place.

The Landmark, December 4, 2019

Snapchat threat on guns leads to expulsion of D103 student School board votes 6-1 to expel student By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

The George Washington Middle School student who made a social media post about bringing guns to school has been expelled. At a special meeting on Nov. 19 the Lyons School District 103 Board of Education voted 6-1 to expel the student who is, according to a GWMS parent who asked not to be identified because of the sensitive nature of the case, an eighthgrade boy from Stickney. “It was a very emotional and hard decision to make,” said school board member Shannon Johnson. “You don’t ever want to do it but you’re looking out for the other 699 kids.” The expulsion came after a disciplinary hearing on Nov.18. Winifred Rodriguez cast the only vote against expelling the student. The school board voted to expel the student without agreeing to pay for his alternative education. “I can’t be passive about it, we have to send a strong message,” said District 103 Superintendent Kristopher Rivera. The post appeared on Snapchat in early November and was apparently forwarded to the FBI by Snapchat. On Nov. 5 FBI agents and Stickney police visited the boy’s home. No specific threat was made other than mention of bringing guns to school.

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Grant to help fund more work at Grand and Prairie

Four more brick paver crosswalks to be built next summer By BOB UPHUES Editor

A streetscape improvement project for the area in and around the Prairie Avenue Metra station in Brookfield that was partially completed in 2018 is set for round two next year. The roughly $206,000 project will add four new high-visibility, brick paver crosswalks to the commercial district in addition to sections of brick paver sidewalk in the areas where the crosswalks are being laid. In July, the West Suburban Mass Transit District agreed to award Brookfield a $73,000 grant to help pay for the work, which will be rolled into the bid package for the village’s 2020 street improvement program. However, the village will not use referendum funds to pay for the village’s portion of the cost. It’s likely that the village’s general operating fund will lend the roughly $133,000 that is Brookfield’s share to the Grand Boulevard tax increment financing district (TIF) fund. In time, the Grand Boulevard TIF, which

is expected to be approved by the village board in January, will repay the general fund as funds accrue due to increased assessed value of property within that TIF district over time. Three of the new crosswalks will be built north of the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad tracks, one of them located across Grand Boulevard between Burger Antics and Creative Dental. The others north of the tracks will connect the east side of Prairie Avenue and the west side of Grand Boulevard with the point of the Grand/Prairie/ Brookfield Avenue corner outside Brookfield Breakfast restaurant. The fourth crosswalk will be located south of the BNSF tracks crossing Prairie Avenue on the south side of Burlington Avenue. Like the crosswalks and sidewalk sections constructed in 2018, these will not be stamped concrete or painted asphalt but actual brick pavers, which will create some pedestrian and traffic disruption temporarily. After receiving many complaints about the time it took to complete some of the improvements in 2018, Village Manager Timothy Wiberg said workers will use a quickdrying concrete next year to move things along and cut down on the time streets or corners might be closed to traffic. The work will complete the project started in 2018, which included building four brick

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First, a contract in North Riverside

he saga that is North Riverside’s relationship to its firefighters and contracted paramedics is an epic fail. We’re five years out from an actual contract between the village government and the unionized firefighters. Toss in the mountain of legal bills and the string of failures every time the village makes it to court or arbitration and you have to wonder what went wrong with common sense and compromise. And, of course, the firefighters are not blameless in this mess either. Maybe there is a small opening, though that opening seems to come with a long wide-open window. In November a majority of the village board seemed to agree to extend for five years an updated contract with Paramedic Services of Illinois to continue to provide paramedic services. That pact came with a promise that the village will engage in serious review of a proposal from Local 2714 to begin hiring permanent full- and part-time paramedics and gradually diminish reliance on contract hires through PSI. Fire Chief John Kiser, who is wary of the constant carousel of PSI part-timers filling shifts, prudently suggests a task force of village staff, elected officials and firefighters to study this idea. We agree that getting all parties around a table is a good start for multiple reasons. But first … first there has got to be a new contract with firefighters. There is no innovative, acceptable path forward so long as these unionized village employees are without a contract. We’d hope that, with frustration deep on both sides and an agreement to study the union proposal on paramedics, this could be the moment to compromise and settle this contract. There won’t be a better time.

Komarek’s more modest plans

There is no denying that facilities at Komarek School District 94 need substantial upgrades. There is also no getting around the thumping that local taxpayers handed down last spring when the school district proposed a big process of demolition, new construction and renovations along with a stiff price tag — $22 million. The school board and administration have taken note and, chastised, are back with what we expect to be a much more modest building plan and much reduced tax hike. D94 is also working hard and fast to draw many more people into its circle in advance of final decisions and a likely vote in 2020. The first of five focus groups were held Dec. 3. But there are opportunities to learn more and share opinions at events on Dec. 7, 9 and 10. Two more modest building options are on the table. After public input, the school board will move quickly to adopt a referendum question on Dec. 17 at a special meeting. The Landmark supports some level of renovation at this school. Like voters, we’ll wait to see which option the school board backs and the price tag attached to it.

The Landmark, December 4, 2019

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Christmas, and college football, bowl me over

urkey day is over and now we can think about the next holiday as if we haven’t been barraged by it for at least a month. As I write this column I take a break from Cyber Monday and tell myself how much I saved by spending so much. I do believe there is some logic there, the most being I can stay home and not have to worry about putting on make-up and jockeying for a parking place. That being said, I will proceed. I confess to having watched a lot of football over the weekend and with the help of the remote, I was watching two games at a time. At this juncture I cannot tell you which teams I watched, but I can say I was not happy with all of the results, including my alma mater Nazareth, which lost in the state finals. However, looking at the sports section today I will have enough football to watch coming up to last me for a long time. Time was there were only about four or five bowl games around New Year’s to watch, featuring elite teams. How things have changed. Even if your record isn’t great, there’s a bowl game for you. Looking at the paper today, I counted 41 or 42 bowl

games coming up, I lost count after 35. The names meant some company has paid a lot of money to get their name out there. OK fans, mark your calendars for some of these games, all names are followed by the word “bowl”: Belk, Redbox, Music City, ServePro, World First Responder, Camping, Quick Lane, Gasparrilla, Camellia, Cure, Cheez-It and my favorite, Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. No Toilet Bowl? There you have it. The football games run from Dec. 20 with the Bahama Bowl to Jan. 13 and the National Championship. The teams? You will have to get that info yourself. I like college football, but even for me this is a bit of overkill. Of course, time will be made for the Bears and golly, gosh oh gee, college basketball has begun. Thank you for the responses from last week’s column about the sweet potatoes. Son Michael took Nanny’s (my Mom’s) job this year and did very well. I am relieved to know that both of my children are good cooks and will never starve; they can always make sweet potatoes. Is it me or do the holidays come sooner each year? Or is it the older you get the faster time goes by?

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Matthew McGovern, 20 Brookfield resident Matthew J. McGovern, 20, of Brookfield, died on Nov. 13, 2019. Born on Nov. 30, 1996. He was the son of Gregory J. McGovern and Charmaine L. McGovern (nee Prell); the brother of Erin and Mallory McGovern; the nephew of Claudia (Michael) Venhuizen, Paul McGovern and the late Mark McGovern, Laurie (Douglas) Fetterman and Kurt (Cheryl) Prell; and the cousin of many. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Robert McGovern and Jane McGovern (nee Butler) and Theodore Prell and Rita Prell (nee Fleming). Visitation and service were on Nov. 20 at Hitzeman Funeral Home & Cremation Services, followed by private interment. The family appreciates memorials to the Facial Pain Association, 408 W. University Ave., Suite 402, Gainesville, Florida 32601.

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RBHS upsets OPRF at Thanksgiving Classic Bulldogs place second in tournament By JAMES KAY Sports Editor

You might have had the weekend of Thanksgiving off, but Oak Park and River Forest and Riverside Brookfield high schools spent Nov. 29 sparring in the Bill VandeMerkt Thanksgiving Classic. RBHS’s Paul Zilinskas tallied 23 points and went 5-8 from 3-point range. Jamir Truman established himself as a force in the paint and ended the game with 14 points. OPRF’s Isaiah Barnes poured in 25 points and his teammate Josh Smith contributed 23. Zilinskas, Truman and Barnes earned all-tournament team honors. “I am definitely pleased with where we are at,” said head coach Mike Reingruber. “We had some really good moments throughout the four games we played, and a lot to be optimistic about. We have a lot of respect for that OPRF program but none of the preseason hype fazed our kids, luckily. We beat a really good team and I am glad we seized the opportunity there.” Before the season, Reingruber told the Landmark that the team would rely on hitting from beyond the arc, which is exactly what they did on Nov. 29. In the first quarter, RBHS came out firing from the perimeter and Zilinskas ended the quarter with a contested three over OPRF’s Rashaad Trice in the corner as time expired to give the Bulldogs a 21-15 lead. With a 6-point lead heading into the second quarter, it was clear that RBHS was feeding off the energy of the rambunctious home crowd, propelling their momentum. “I think we were clicking on all cylinders, especially at the end of the first half,” said Reingruber. “We had 30 points off the bench, which is kind of unheard of in high school. We have eight guys who know how to put the ball in the basket, and they all were able to do that on Friday.” The Bulldogs started to pull away at the 4:15 mark when Zilinskas hit another three to increase the Huskies’ deficit to 11. Over the last four minutes of the half, RBHS kept pushing the ball down the floor and finding the open man See TOURNAMENT on page 16

LONG RANGE: RBHS wing Paul Zilinskas (No. 10) buries a three-pointer in front of OPRF’s bench in the first quarter of last Friday’s game. Photo by James Kelly

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Nazareth falls in state finals to Mt. Carmel Roadrunners unable to defend state title By LAUREN RECCHIA Contributing Reporter

Nazareth Academy showed everyone this season that they could compete with the very best, but on a windy, rainy night in DeKalb, something had to give in a battle between two undefeated teams. The Roadrunners (13-1) were defeated by Mt. Carmel (14-0), 37-13, Saturday in the 7A state championship game at Huskie Stadium. Down 14-7 with 4:33 to play in the first half, junior quarterback JJ McCarthy connected with senior running back Derrick Strongs Jr. for a 62-yard touchdown pass to keep the game within one point after a missed point after. The Roadrunner defense kept the Caravan offense in check to start the second half, holding them to a field goal to stay within 10 with 8:13 to go in the third quarter, and to an unsuccessful field goal attempt on their next possession. “Our defense played out of this world,” McCarthy said. “They gave us the stops we needed, and our offense needed to execute more.” Nazareth couldn’t hold on in the fourth quarter, as Mt. Carmel junior quarterback Justin Lynch rushed for two touchdowns in the last six minutes to seal their victory. Lynch finished with five rushing touch-

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Comeback brewing from page 15 from deep. OPRF’s Josh Smith halted the momentum with a coast-to-coast transition layup that resulted in a 3-point play to make the score 41-29. However, RBHS wing John Hanley scored eight points in two minutes and gave the Bulldogs a 52-35 lead going into halftime. OPRF didn’t go away in the second half. The Huskies forced RBHS to turn the ball over during the last six minutes of the third quarter by using a full-court press that sparked their comeback. After Barnes struggled to get anything going in the first half, one RBHS fan, who trash-talked OPRF’s squad on the sideline throughout the event, yelled, “Let Barnes shoot! He can’t hit anything!” Spurred perhaps by that remark, Barnes took over and had two monster dunks, and went 4-4 from midrange and 3-point range in a four-minute span. After sophomore guard Demetrius Dortch hit a contact la-

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SLING IT: Nazareth’s JJ McCarthy (No. 2) said after the loss that his team will be back at state a year from now. downs on the night. McCarthy went 8-for-25 with 116 yards passing, while sophomore wide receiver Tyler Morris nabbed three catches for 24 yards. Strongs finished with 24 yards on six carries to go with two receptions for 66 yards. On defense, senior linebacker Marcus Griffin led the team with 11 tackles, while senior line-

yup and Barnes threw a full-court outlet pass to Smith for a lay-in, the Huskies made it a one-possession game after Barnes pushed off his defender and buried another midrange shot. “The guys showed tremendous fight being down [more than 20] points,” said Maloney. “We did that in 6-8 minutes. I think that is a testament to the heart these guys play with and that when we clamp down, we are going to be tough to beat.” With six minutes left to play and the score 68-66 in favor of the Bulldogs, Reingruber called a timeout to regroup his team. “We just had to calm them down more than anything,” said Reingruber. “Basketball is a game of runs and that was theirs. I told them to move onto the next play, and it was as simple as that.” The Huskies’ comeback efforts were stunted after the timeout when RBHS guard Ryan Gaynor hit back-to-back transition threes to give his team a 74-66 lead. Both teams traded baskets the rest of the way and the duel ended in an 88-79 RBHS win. RBHS followed the upset over Oak Park up with a 57-49 win over Kenwood. They placed second in the tournament. St. Rita won the 8-team tourney.

backer Riley Theobald tallied seven. “It was tough stopping [Mt. Carmel’s] running game,” Griffin said. “We stopped them when we needed to, but overall things didn’t go our way.” Nazareth opened the scoring in the game with an explosive 65-yard interception return by freshman defensive back Kaleb

Miller with 9:18 left to play in the first quarter. “I could tell that our team was a little down, so I wanted to be the spark,” Miller said. “I baited the quarterback a little bit and just ran up and took it home. I really give props to our line on that one. They put a lot of pressure on [Lynch] and he had to get rid of it quick.” Mt. Carmel head coach Jordan Lynch knew that the Roadrunners, who have played in the state title game in five of the last six seasons and won three, would not be an easy foe by any means. “We knew coming into this game that Nazareth would be a tough opponent,” said Lynch. “They won state last year, they came in with an undefeated record, and we knew we would have our hands full. [Head coach Tim] Racki does a great job over there.” McCarthy knows that this team can bounce back next year, as they will be returning eight starters on offense. “The things we’re going to do next year are going to be scary, I can tell you that,” said McCarthy. “Next year is going to be tremendous. We’re going to have a lot of up and coming freshman and sophomores and a lot of players coming back, and it’s going to be huge. We’re going to push all summer and be ready.” “We got better every week this season, and we’re still going on track,” he added. “There’s just 364 days until we come back here in this spot, and it’s going to be a different outcome.”

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AT THE RIM: OPRF’s Josh Smith takes the ball to the basket in the Huskies’ 88-79 loss on Nov. 29

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FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 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. 14-18-05678 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 06558 TJSC#: 39-6480 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2018 CH 06558 I3138437

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, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES

CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-17365 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 05883 TJSC#: 39-6512 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 2018 CH 05883 I3138403

real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 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. 14-12-14848 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 019546 TJSC#: 39-7341 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. Case # 12 CH 019546 I3138921

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ABFC 2007-WMC1 TRUST ASSET BACKED FUNDING CORPORATION ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007WMC1 Plaintiff, -v.CLEVELAND ARMSTEAD, YVETTE PENNYMON ARMSTEAD A/K/A YVETTE PENNYMON, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 2018 CH 05883 309 SOUTH 22ND AVE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 3, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 6, 2020, 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 309 SOUTH 22ND AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-10-124-0110000

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.JESSIE BRUMFIELD Defendants 12 CH 019546 1526 N. AUSTIN BLVD. OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 11, 2012, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on January 7, 2020, 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 1526 N. AUSTIN BLVD., OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-106-020; 16-05-106-021 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

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