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Villa Park’s fire chief turns the page

Rakosnik retires after 10 years as village’s fire chief; Willowbrook

High School graduate’s professional firefighting career spans 40 years

Villa Park Fire Chief Ron Rakosnik is retiring today, Oct. 27, after 10 years of service to the Garden Village. The outgoing fire chief’s family, friends and colleagues are celebrating his re tirement this afternoon at Station 81, 1440 S. Ardmore Ave.

“I’ll miss every minute of it,” said Rakosnik while recently discussing his career. “I love this job. But it’s time to turn the page and go to my next chap ter.”

Rakosnik said he expected to be emotional while delivering a speech at his retirement celebration.

“It’s going to be difficult; I’m going to have a tough time,” he said. “It’s re ally hard for me to say goodbye.”

Before becoming Villa Park’s fire chief in 2012, Rakosnik spent over 27 years with the Lombard Fire Depart ment. A Lombard resident, Rakosnik retired from the Lombard department a few days before beginning his 10-year stint in Villa Park.

Rakosnik, whose career as a fire fighter spans more than 40 years, has deep roots in the area. He grew up in the Congress Knolls subdivision in unincorporated Lombard, and gradu ated from Willowbrook High School in 1975.

brother Don also volunteered at the York Center Fire District.

Rakosnik continued his service at York Center until 1999. His full-time career as a firefighter began in 1982, when he joined the Wilmette Fire De partment. After graduating from high school, Rakosnik worked at construc tion, plumbing and printing compa nies. While at the printing company in Northbrook, he noticed an ad about an opening at the Wilmette Fire Depart ment. He applied for and was hired for the position.

While working in Wilmette, Rakos nik went to paramedic school. He also met his future wife—Leanne—who was going through nursing school. Le anne’s father was a captain in the Wil mette Fire Department.

The Rakosniks have three chil dren—Michael, Kailey and Lindsey— and one granddaughter. Michael and Kailey graduated from Montini Catho lic High School. Lindsey is a graduate of Glenbard East High School. Lindsey and her husband Kevin Steder have a 1-year-old daughter—Samantha.

Influences on his career

“He was a little guy with a big stick,” Rakosnik said of Tonne. “He was a big influence on me with his values and ideas and the way he car ried himself. I didn’t always agree with him, but he was consistent. What more could you want? He was respected by a lot of people.”

After a few years in Wilmette, Ra

kosnik joined the Lombard Fire De partment in 1985. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in 1996, and became a battalion chief in 2005.

During almost all of his time with the Lombard Fire Department, Rakos nik worked on a shift—24 hours on and 48 hours off.

“I liked being on the shift with my

guys,” said Rakosnik, who noted that others didn’t care for that schedule.

As Villa Park’s fire chief for the last decade, Rakosnik has responded to fires in the village and in other nearby communities.

“I’ve gone to bed with this thing for

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During his senior year at Willow brook, Rakosnik, then 17 years old, began volunteering at the nearby York Center Fire District. He followed in the footsteps of his late father, Donald, who was a volunteer firefighter at the York Center district for several years.

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“I watched my dad, and I would hang out there with my dad and some other kids,” said Rakosnik, whose

Speaking about the major influenc es in his career, Rakosnik frequently mentioned the late Jerry Tonne, who died in 2005. A longtime member of the Lombard Fire Department, Tonne served as a deputy fire chief in the Li lac Village before his untimely death from cancer at age 57.

At Tonne’s request, Rakosnik served as a pallbearer at his funeral. Tonne’s wife and daughter will attend today’s retirement service for Rakos nik in Villa Park.

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in the Congress Knolls subdivision in unincorporated Lombard. He graduated from Willowbrook High School in 1975. Rakosnik started volunteering for the York Center Fire District during his senior year in high school. He began his professional firefighting career with the Wilmette Fire Department in 1982. “It’s time; it’s hard, but it’s time,” said Rakosnik, who is pictured recently outside of Station 81. “I’ll miss the camaraderie. I’ve been doing this my whole adult life.”

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District 88 appoints new Director of Business Services

The District 88 Board of Education recently ap proved the administration’s recommendation to appoint Olga Davis as the district’s new Director of Business Services, effective Nov. 14.

Davis will succeed Ryan Domeracki, who has been named as District 88’s Chief Financial Officer, effective July 1, 2023.

Since 2020, Davis has been the payroll and transportation coordinator at Oak Park Elemen tary School District 97. She was previously the payroll manager at Cicero School District 99.

“We are very pleased to have Davis join the District 88 team,” said Dr. Jean Barbanente, District 88 Superintendent. “Her experience, knowledge and skills will be a tremendous as set to our school community. She also is bilin gual in English and Spanish, which will be a benefit to our families.”

Davis earned her bachelor’s degree in ac counting from DePaul University and her master’s degree in business administration, with a Chief School Business Official (CSBO) endorsement, from Concordia University Chi cago.

Asked about her goals as District 88’s new Director of Business Services, Davis said she plans to immediately dive into the district’s five-year facility plan to understand where the district’s finances are designated. She also hopes to integrate more technology to advance the Business Office.

“I look forward to enhancing communica tion with community members, students and staff to make sure everyone’s expectations and needs are being met,” Davis said. “District 88 has a diverse student and staff population, and I’m excited to work with a multifaceted stake holder group.”

Davis lives in La Grange Park with her hus band and their two daughters.

District 88 hosts prospective board candidate workshop

On Tuesday, Oct. 18, District 88 hosted a Prospective Board Candidate Workshop for those who are interested in running for one of the four open seats on the District 88 Board of Education that will appear on the ballot at the Consolidated Election on April 4, 2023.

During the event, attorney John M. Izzo and District 88 Superintendent Dr. Jean Barbanen te discussed the following topics:

• Time requirements of being a Board member

• Expectations of being a Board member

• How to complete the filing/petition pro cess

• Participants also had an opportunity to ask questions about being a Board member and the election process

To view the presentation’s slides, go to dupage88.net/site/page/15163. For more in formation, contact D88 Director of Communi ty Relations Dani Brink at dbrink@dupage88. net or 630-530-3989.

District 88 Transition Program’s coffee shop opens

‘Perks & Possibilities’ Café was closed throughout COVID

The District 88 Transition Pro gram is thrilled to welcome com munity members back to its Perks & Possibilities Café, which is now open for the first time since 2020!

When visiting the café, which is located inside the Addison Public Li brary at 4 Friendship Plaza in Addi

son, guests are greeted by the aroma of freshly brewed coffee, snacks and juices lining the counters and – of course – friendly smiles.

The café is run by students in the District 88 Transition Program (with the guidance of staff), which helps individuals ages 18 to 21 who have a variety of abilities learn life skills, obtain job training at local vocational sites in a community setting and tran sition to a life of independence after District 88.

Perks & Possibilities Café is open from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

The café has been closed since 2020 because of the coronavirus dis ease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, and the group is excited to be back in action.

“Having a café to work in is amaz ing, because it brings so many new possibilities to the Transition Pro gram,” said Michael Losianowycz, a student in the program.

Transition Program student Ange les “Angie” Reza agreed.

“I love my job,” she said with a grin.

Perks & Possibilities Café is the

result of support and generosity pro vided by local intergovernmental agencies, businesses and donors. For more information, go to dupage88. net/TransitionProgram.

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Electronic auto insurance verification a success, says White

Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is highlighting the success of the Electronic Automobile Insurance Verification Program, which has led to a dramatic reduction of uninsured motorists. Over the first 14 months of the program—which launched July 1, 2021—the percentage of registered vehicles without verified insurance dropped from 12.7 percent of Illinois vehicles to 6.9 percent. During this same period, more than 540,000 vehi cle owners have either obtained insur ance or received license plate suspen sions.

“My office led the effort to establish and implement this electronic automo bile insurance verification system to reduce the number of Illinois motorists driving while uninsured,” said White. “I am pleased the program is working. The message for the motoring public remains simple: If you do not have au tomobile insurance, get covered now. It is the law.”

Under this program, insurance

companies work with the Secretary of State’s office to confirm electroni cally that motorists have automobile insurance. Vehicle owners’ automo bile insurance is verified electronically at least twice a year at random inter vals to ensure that vehicle owners are complying with the state’s mandatory automobile liability insurance laws. Most vehicle owners do not have to do anything, as electronic verification of automobile insurance is confirmed automatically.

If electronic verifications are unsuc cessful, the Secretary of State’s office sends a written request to the vehicle owner giving them the opportunity to prove they have insurance before suspending their vehicle registration. Vehicle owners must contact their in surance company or notify their insur ance agent that they received a letter with a specific reference number from the Secretary of State. The insurance agent’s responsibility is to confirm electronically with the Secretary of

State—through www.ILIVS.com--that the vehicle owner has automobile in surance on the verification date stated in the letter.

It is important to note that vehicle owners who receive the letter should not visit a Driver Services facility; instead, they should contact their in surance company or agent who can provide the necessary electronic proof of insurance needed to clear either the license plate suspension or the pending license plate suspension.

“This is the best example of a suc cessful public-private partnership led by Secretary White,” said Kevin Mar tin, Executive Director of the Illinois Insurance Association. “Secretary White has been a leader in efforts to re solve issues impacting road safety and the insurance industry. We appreciate all that he has done for Illinois.”

“We were pleased to work with Sec retary of State White’s office on the design and implementation of this im portant program to ensure all motorists

in Illinois are in compliance with the law,” said Phil Lackman, CEO of the Independent Insurance Agents of Illi nois. “We urge all Illinois motorists to seek the advice of a licensed agent to find the coverage that best suits their needs.”

Vehicle owners who do not current ly have automobile insurance must obtain insurance to avoid license plate suspension.

If vehicle owners are identified as uninsured, they must obtain automo bile insurance and pay a $100 noncom pliance fee to clear either the license plate suspension or the pending license plate suspension.

White chaired the Uninsured Mo torist Verification Advisory Commit tee that included insurance companies, traffic safety advocates and members of the General Assembly.

The committee reviewed best prac tices and helped provide the guidelines used to establish legislation and pro gram requirements.

FPDDC joins forces to make trail connection

On Tuesday, Oct. 18, Forest Pre serve District of DuPage County officials joined representatives from a local bike-and-run advisory com mittee along a new 1.7-mile section of limestone trail in Pratt’s Wayne Woods Forest Preserve in Wayne to celebrate an important connection between the forest preserve’s trails and the Elgin Branch of the Illinois Prairie Path.

The new trail segment marks the completion of the nearly 20-mile North Central DuPage Regional Trail, which spans northern DuP age County and connects the Elgin Branch of the Illinois Prairie Path on the west to Cook County’s Busse Woods in Elk Grove Village on the east. It includes side paths as well as on-road and off-street trails.

The final segment runs along the west side of Munger Road from For est Preserve Drive, crosses Army Trail Road, and ends at Smith Road, where it connects to the Elgin Branch

of the Illinois Prairie Path.

The Forest Preserve District has been working cooperatively with DuPage County, local municipali ties, and park districts to implement the North Central Regional Trail for

more than 25 years. The DuPage County Division of Transportation and the Illinois Department of Trans portation also had a role in its devel opment.

The Forest Preserve District re

cently received $1.5 million in Sur face Transportation Program funds and $152,000 from the federally funded locally programmed Trans portation Alternatives Program for the construction of this final segment.

The Villa Park Veterans of For eign Wars (VFW) Post 2801 Auxil iary invites the public to its Rockin’ 70s Halloween fundraiser this Satur day, Oct. 29. The fundraiser will take place from 5 to 10 p.m. at the VFW post, which is located at 39 E. St. Charles Road.

There is a $5 cover charge per per son. Food and drinks will be on sale at the fundraiser, which will feature raffles, games and a costume contest.

A local band—Full Volume—will provide live music from 6 to 9 p.m.

Oakbrook Terrace Fire Protection District adds fire truck

The Oakbrook Terrace Fire Protection District added a 2008 Smeal 125-foot main ladder truck earlier this year, and it is serving the community. The fire protection district conducted a nation al search for the truck that took around six months. Fire Chief Ralph Delucia Jr. said the truck, purchased from a suburban Philadelphia fire department, fits the department’s need and was “in the range of our financial purchase point.” He said the truck is equipped with a pre-piped water way which allows the flow of over 1,000 gallons of water per minute to fight fires. The truck was purchased to replace a 95-foot ladder truck that has been in use since 1991. “That vehicle met its service life and that was the reason for the replacement apparatus,” Deluca said. A fire truck, he said, typically responds to a fire with a company of three to four firefighters, and provides search, rescue and ventilation functions.

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Area police departments recently reported the following arrests and ci tations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that suspects are considered inno cent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Persons charged with domestic battery are not named in order to pro tect the privacy of victims. Juveniles age 17 or younger are not named.

Addison

Oct. 18

A 20-year-old Addison man was charged with two counts domestic bat tery in the 600 block of N. Lincoln at 5:55 p.m.

Oct. 17

Hadan Rodriguez, 41, of Addison, was charged with violation of bail bond in the 500 block of W. Stevens at 10:05 p.m.

Kenny E. Smith Jr., 32, of Berwyn, was charged with DUI in the 100 block of S. Lincoln at 11:34 p.m.

Gonzalo Vega, 49, of Carpenters

ville, was charged with DUI and no insurance near Par and Lloyd at 1:39 a.m.

Oct. 14

Jose A. Hernandez Velasquez, 21, of Bensenville, was charged with speed ing 40-plus mph over the limit and using an electronic communication de vice while driving near Fullerton and Grace at 12:32 a.m.

Oct. 12

Justice C. Small, 41, of Itasca, was charged with theft at 12:55 a.m.

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Oct. 15

Telisha M. Hoover, 28, of Villa Park, was charged with two counts of DUI and speeding near W. St. Charles and N. Michigan at 1:51 a.m.

A complainant in the 500 block of E. Lane reported at 2:43 a.m. that an unknown suspect attempted to remove a flag from their home and damaged some siding.

Oct. 13

A complainant at a hotel in the 1-100 block of W. Roosevelt reported at 11:32 a.m. that a suspect kicked the passenger side door of their vehicle while it was parked in a parking lot.

A complainant in the 200 block of N. Ardmore reported at 2:06 p.m. that a suspect damaged items in their home while the suspect was living there.

Oct. 12

Camille M. Lozano, 33, of Vernon Hills, was charged with battery/mak ing physical contact of an insulting or provoking nature in the 500 block of W. Division at 7:51 p.m.

Oct. 11

Police said Sliver A. Edosio, 23, of Villa Park, was arrested on a failure to appear warrant out of DuPage Coun ty near W. St. Charles and Route 83 at

11:43 p.m.

A 34-year-old Bellwood man was arrested on an original complaint and warrant for domestic battery on the above date for an incident that alleged ly occurred on Aug. 16.

A complainant in the 500 block of N. Ardmore reported at 9:53 p.m. that an unknown suspect damaged all four tires of their vehicle that was parked in a parking lot.

Retail theft was reported at a store in the 1-100 block of E. North at 11:05 a.m. A complainant reported that an unknown suspect removed multiple items from display shelves and left the store without paying.

Burglary to a vehicle was reported in the 700 block of S. Summit at 11:10 a.m. A complainant reported that an unknown suspect entered a vehicle that was parked on the street and removed a backpack and two tablets. The back

pack was later located without the tab lets.

A complainant in the 400 block of N. Addison reported at 3:08 p.m. that suspects threatened them and wanted them served with a no-trespass notice. Officers spoke with the subjects, and they were issued no-trespass notices.

Fraud, identity theft

According to information provid ed last week by the Villa Park Police Department, police reported three in cidents of residents being a victim of fraud or identity theft. A complainant reported that an unknown suspect

Unwanted person on property

According to information provided last week by the Villa Park Police De partment, police reported one incident of complainants having an unwanted person on their property.

Two Wisconsin women charged with burglary, retail theft

DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and Oak Brook Chief of Police Brian Strockis have announced that bond has been set for two Wiscon sin women accused of stealing more than $1,200 worth of merchandise from the Nordstrom Rack store in Oak Brook.

Kaphree Jordan, 25, and Aaliyah Guy, 24, both of Milwaukee, each ap peared at a bond hearing where Judge John Kinsella set bond at $50,000 with 10 percent to apply for Jordan and at $40,000 with 10 percent to apply for Guy.

Jordan and Guy have each been charged with one count of burglary

(Class 2 felony) and one count of re tail theft (Class 3 felony). Jordan has also been charged with one count of aggravated fleeing and eluding (Class 4 felony).

On Oct. 18 at approximately 4 p.m., officers with the Oak Brook Police De partment were on patrol at the Shops of Oak Brook when they allegedly observed a woman, later identified as Guy, run out of Nordstrom Rack with a backpack and enter the passenger side of a Kia automobile. Moments later, officers allegedly observed a second individual, later identified as Jordan, exit the store and enter the driver’s side of the Kia.

Officers followed the vehicle and activated their emergency lights and sirens at which time the Kia alleged attempted to flee on southbound Route 83. It is alleged that the Kia led officers on a high-speed pursuit on Route 83 to eastbound I-88, to eastbound I-290, to northbound I-294. The Kia ultimately was stopped on I-294 when officers de ployed spike strips. It is alleged that the Kia was traveling at speeds in excess of 100 mph during the pursuit. Both defendants were taken into custody at this time. It is alleged that a duffel bag containing 21 bottles of cologne and perfume valued at $1,273 was found in the Kia.

In response to OPEC cutting oil pro duction, Congressman Raja (Oct. 20 Villa Park Review) said he called on President Biden to press for a reversal, and also to “eliminate the oil refining bottlenecks that have been contributing to high gas prices.” Just now he is call ing for the president to do something?

OPEC might as well have done this as a “ha-ha” move—sitting back and watching how the U.S. has been hand cuffed from increasing our oil produc tion. We need to tell this administration loud and clear that we will not allow other countries to put us in this kind of stranglehold.

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If we are ever going to get back to Americans first, we need to blend to gether in Washington and stop being just left or right. It starts with rearrang ing the floor of the House and Senate, by sitting them and a checkerboard manner. By doing this it will discour age the members from being embold ened by their comrades as a group. Too simple?

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Election Day is Nov. 8, but it really isn’t an election “day” anymore. Under Illinois law, early voting can begin up to 40 days prior to an election. This year, early voting began in our area Sept. 29. What are Democrats going to come up with this year? We have 40 days of early voting, and polls should be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 8. Are we seriously supposed to think a huge chunk of people are still scared to leave their homes between Sept. 29 to Nov. 8, and need to vote by mail? If all McDonald’s locations gave away free soft-serve cones to all citizens 18 and older from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Nov. 8, all of those locations would be packed. People would come out of the wood work to get their free cones. People would be filing in all day. And if people could get their free cone anytime in the 40 days leading up to Nov. 8, they’d have no problem making it to McDon ald’s during that period. But we’re sup posed to believe that a large number of people need to vote by mail? What a joke.

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On Oct. 12 of 2018, Texas was the largest oil producer in the world sur passing Saudi Arabia. The current administration has put so many obsta cles and regulations on oil producers in the U.S. that is no longer the case. This administration does not work for the American people. We need change now.

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Someone suggested 10 “fact-check ing” outfits in the Oct. 6 edition of Speak Out. All of these so-called fact-checkers were left-wing outfits

like Politifact, the Washington Post and the Associated Press. Did any of these fact-checkers dive into Biden’s recent statement that his son. Beau Biden “lost his life” in Iraq? Here’s a fact check: Beau Biden died of can cer years after leaving Iraq, where he served as a lawyer. Did the fact-check ing industry go into action to refute Joe Biden’s false statement? No, because these “fact-checkers” exist to serve Democrats.

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When I was a kid in the 1970s, there was plenty of media talk about a com ing ice age. Then the media started yammering about “global warming” before transitioning to the current fo cus on “climate change.” Every weath er event is now a supposed result of “climate change.” Are millions of people that ignorant of history? What do they think the weather was like in the last 100, 1,000 or million years? Do they think there were no severe weather events during that time? Un fortunately, it seems a lot of people are just clueless.

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I’ve seen more ads recently for Ter ra Costa Howard, so I looked up her voting record and who her supporters are. She has been a very loyal sup porter of the Democratic agenda. She voted to repeal the Parental Notice of Abortion Act in 2021, and she gets a lot of support from unions, which guar antees she won’t support any reforms, especially pension reform. No thanks.

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To the commenter who said Speak Out should be renamed “the right-wing corner of hate”—thanks for the laugh! I didn’t think a right-wing corner of hate would have weekly comments suggesting Trump should be in jail.

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Thanks for the amusing comment that recommended a bunch of leftwing “fact-checkers” like Politifact and Snopes. Jussie Smollett has more credibility than those organizations. Politifact, for example, just drew ridi cule by trying to go after Gov. Ron De Santis of Florida. DeSantis said a cer tain county (Lee County) wasn’t in the forecast cone of Hurricane Ian. Politi fact said a small, mostly uninhabited island that is part of Lee County was in the forecast cone, and rated DeSantis’ claim as “Mostly False.” Many people pointed out that having that tiny island in the forecast cone would not warrant an evacuation of the entire county. But Politifact is a left-wing outfit that tries to discredit Republicans and defend Democrats.

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I drive around the neighborhood and see all these signs for worker rights,

Terra Costa Howard and Sean Casten. I try to figure out what I am missing and how anyone can support them. Amendment One will raise your taxes and change part of the Constitution in Illinois. When has changing the Con stitution ever worked out for citizens? My life in Illinois has not gotten better in last two years. On the federal lev el what has gotten better? Inflation, crime, gas prices, mortgage rates are all a direct result of Democratic poli cies that Sean Casten has voted in fa vor of. Let’s touch on JB Pritzker. He’s hoping people forget his complete

overreach and continued pushing of the COVID problem. Your kids suf fered in school because of his policies. Trump is not on the ballot, so let’s con centrate on what has happened in last two years because my life has gotten considerably worse. Vote them out and let’s start anew.

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I remember someone calling Speak Out regarding campaign commercials from Democratic candidates being almost all about abortion (referring to Speak Out, Oct. 13 issue). That caller is absolutely correct. I was watching a

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just about the last 40 years,” said Ra kosnik while holding his radio. “You’re not really off. You’re home, but you’re still on. As a chief, it’s a responsibility. That’s part of the job, to be with your guys in battle.”

Rakosnik said that when there’s a fire in Villa Park or a neighboring municipality, including Lombard, El mhurst and York Center, the response includes five fire chiefs, four fire en gines, three ambulances, two ladder trucks and a squad unit.

“We’re going to have 32 people coming,” Rakosnik said. “It’s orga nized chaos, it really is, especially at night. We’re all getting there at the same time, trying to organize it quick ly, so we can do what we have to do. It’s a rush, no question. It brings a lot of togetherness.”

Advances in fire prevention, firefighting

Rakosnik said there have been sev eral advances in fire prevention and firefighting during his career.

“Fires are down, which is good,” he said. “We’re learning from past mis takes. Things are somewhat fireproof. Everything is lighter—hoses, ladders and the air packs on our back are all lighter. We also have better technolo gy, like thermal imaging cameras that look through the wall for hot spots. All of that just helps you do your job more efficiently.”

Rakosnik also referred to the bene fits of smoke detectors and childhood education.

“Smoke detectors are interconnect ed, so if one beeps in the basement, the one in the bedroom also beeps,” he said. “And people are better educated. In Lombard we would teach first-grad ers to stop, drop and roll [when cloth ing catches fire], and talk about the danger of matches. As time goes on, you reap the benefits.”

One of the highlights of Rakosnik’s career came after responding to and in vestigating a fire at a Lombard home

in the mid-1990s. A resident reported moving a halogen torchiere lamp short ly before the fire started in a bedroom. Rakosnik and other investigators took a similar lamp from another room in the home and conducted and recorded a re-enactment. The video they record ed showed the lamp starting a fire.

“Within five minutes, the drapes were fully involved,” said Rakosnik while talking about the re-enactment. The video was played on Chicago tele vision stations, as well as nationwide and in Canada. Rakosnik and his col leagues helped to change the design of the type of lamp that caused the Lombard fire. Additionally, the safety labels were made more prominent on the lamps, which were manufactured to shut off if they tilted.

“I’ve had a great career; I’ve been very fortunate,” added Rakosnik. “I al most died one or two times. I was in a bad spot, but I got out of it. You revert back to how you trained.”

Recalling one his most dangerous incidents, Rakosnik described a fire that took place on the fifth floor of a residential unit in Lombard in the late 1980s. He and his fellow firefighters were told a woman was inside one of the units. (It turned out the woman was not at home.) Rakosnik entered the unit and attacked the fire. At that time, a bell went off—the bell indicated that his air pack was running out of air.

“I worked so hard to get there; now I’m out of air,” he said. “I started to panic. Here’s what you learn when you’re in training. You follow the hose out. You never let go of the hose. Nev er.”

Rakosnik made it out of the unit and walked outside to an ambulance to put on an oxygen mask.

“So many things go through your mind; I thought I was going to die,” he said. “When you find out there might be somebody in there, you do every thing and then some.”

Rakosnik said that incident high lighted the importance of having an

college football game on Saturday (re ferring to Saturday, Oct. 22), and of the four campaign commercials I saw sup porting Democratic candidates, three of them were about abortion rights and nothing else. Ronald Reagan once said, “I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left me.” I can certainly relate to that. The Dem ocratic Party left me, too. This country, and certainly this state, has so many problems and issues that need to be dealt with, but apparently, abortion rights is the only issue Democrats care about these days.

accurate count of who might be inside a building that’s on fire.

While serving as Villa Park’s fire chief during the last 10 years, Rakos nik has overseen a department that in cludes 24 shift personnel. The depart ment’s fleet includes three ambulances and three fire engines. Two of the am bulances are in frontline service, with one in reserve. The ambulances have a planned lifespan of nine years—six years frontline and three years in re serve. The fire engines (two frontline vehicles and one reserve) have a lifes pan of 21 years—14 years frontline and seven in reserve. The department will acquire a new fire engine in about a year.

“Our equipment here is state-of-theart; there’s nothing better out there,” Rakosnik said. “I think we’ve laid a good foundation.”

Rakosnik, who turned 65 earlier this year, initially came to Villa Park thinking he’d spend five years as the fire chief. He stayed for 10 years, and it’s time to move on. He said pension law requires him to retire before he turns 66 next May.

“It’s time; it’s hard, but it’s time,” he said. “I’ll miss the camaraderie. I’ve been doing this my whole adult life.”

While there’s a lot he will miss, Ra kosnik said he won’t miss getting up in the middle of the night to respond to a fire during the middle of winter.

Discussing his future plans, Rakos nik said he could serve as a fire depart ment’s interim chief for two or three months. He also plans to work with the Illinois Fire Chiefs Association to help conduct assessments of candidates for positions in various departments. He also might do some consulting work, and he’d like to write an illustrat ed children’s book about fire safety. While working in both Lombard and Villa Park, Rakosnik frequently visited schools to read to young students.

“I have a lot of things to share with people,” he said. “We’ll see what hap pens.”

Warriors earn a trip to playoffs by beating Morton

STAFF REPORT

The Willowbrook football team locked up an IHSA playoff berth by beating Morton 45-33 in last week’s regular-season finale in Villa Park.

The Warriors finished the regular season with an overall record of 5-4 and a West Suburban Gold Confer ence mark of 5-1. Downers Grove South won the conference title with a perfect 6-0 record. Downers Grove South and Willowbrook will both represent the conference in the play

offs. The Mustangs will battle in the Class 8A division, while the Warriors will play in the Class 7A level.

“I give these guys credit for what they’ve done throughout the entire year,” said Willowbrook coach Nick Hildreth in praising his team’s play ers after last week’s win. “They keep coming back and coming back. We were 1-3 this year. There were tons of opportunities when they could have taken the easy way out. I’m proud of the way these guys responded.”

Willowbrook will open the post-season with this Friday’s IHSA Class 7A battle at Wheaton North (81). The game will begin at 7 p.m.

The Warriors and the Falcons met in the quarterfinal round of last year’s Class 7A playoffs. Wheaton North defeated Willowbrook 10-3 in Villa Park to advance to the semifi nal round. Wheaton North went on to win last year’s Class 7A state title.

Willowbrook will open the post-season with this Friday’s game at Wheaton North; the Falcons won last year’s Class 7A state title

Letter to the editor

Reader notes that women had no rights at all in 1787

In a letter to the editor in last Thursday’s Independent Terry Han sen defended the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Terry cited Justice Samuel Alito’s remarks that “the Constitu tion makes no reference to abortion.”

Terry lamented that, under Illinois law, a fetus has no rights. I write not to question Terry’s beliefs but to point out that, at the time the Con stitution was written, women had no rights.

It’s true that there isn’t anything about abortion in the document craft ed by 57 men in 1787. There is noth ing in that document about women at all. There were no women among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, no women among the

people who voted to ratify it. There were no women judges and no wom en legislators because, at the time, women could neither run for nor hold office -- they couldn’t even vote. Legally, most women did not exist as persons.

Justice Alito also cited law books of the 1860s which had no guaran tee to the right to abortion. This was because hardly anything in the law books of the time guaranteed women anything -- they still weren’t persons (nor were fetuses). Change came slow – in 1839 one state grant ed women the right to hold prop erty in their own name – with their husbands’ permission. In 1866 the 14th Amendment was passed, guar anteeing equal protection under the

law – except for women. It defined “citizens” and “voters” as male. In 1869 the first woman was allowed to practice law in Iowa, but four years later the Supreme Court ruled that a state could bar a married woman from practicing law. It wasn’t until the next century that women finally got the right to vote. The early his tory of this country, and the laws of the time, was marked by women not being legal “persons.”

I now find it interesting that those who champion a fetus’ rights would base their reasoning on laws made when women didn’t have rights. To use a history of discrimination to deny women the right to control their own bodies is neither logical nor just.

Letters to the editor

‘Death is not the last word,’ reader reminds columnist

Recently, columnist Jill Pertler [Viewpoint, Slices of Life] wrote an article in your paper on “Defining Death and Rebirth.”

My heart goes out to her in the loss of her husband. She has various thoughts on death and what happens after death and what it all means.

For the Believer, there is the peace of knowing that our loved ones have new, eternal life in Heaven and that death is not the end of the story. And because of this certain hope, we can

know that we will see our loved ones again, once we’ve lived out our pur pose here on earth.

So, death is not the last word be cause love wins. There is love, light, glimpses of eternal life here, for those of us mourning those we can not see, for only a time.

So, in thinking about death, we can celebrate rebirth, eternally, with no more sorrow, death or pain, in the life to come.

46th District state rep candidate: Opponent is heavily financed, not me

I continue to be astounded every time I see my image on TV being criticized severely and emotionally by my opponent’s sister.

One must wonder about a candi date’s qualifications who cannot or will not (or either) speak for her self. Why is that? Also, I’ve been described as being heavily financed by radicals out of the mainstream. While her party organization has likely spent 100 times what I’ve humbly collected from mostly rel atives and a few friends and some generous voters in this district, I’m being described as “heavily fi

nanced.”

These financial records are all public, yet this candidate, her sis ter, and her party lie about finances, my position on the only issue that matters to her and her handlers. Mine is a hardworking shoe leather campaign financed on a shoestring budget unlike the untold tens of thousands of dollars being spent on behalf of my opponent.

SUDOKU

Fun by the Numbers

Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test! Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

Haunted houses in and near DuPage County

13th Floor Haunted House—5050 River Road, Schiller Park.

For more information, visit: https://13th floorchicago.com

Basement of the Dead—42 W. New York St., Aurora. Admission: $35 general admis sion, $50 VIP “skip the general admission line.” You are encouraged to purchase tickets online. For more information, visit: https://

basementofthedead.com

Curse of the Bayou and Hayride of Hor ror—199 Woods Drive, Lockport. For more information and admission prices, visit: www. chicagohauntedhouses.com/halloween/curseof-the-bayou-il.html

Disturbia Haunted House Chicago—1213 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove. Admission at the window: $35 general admission, $50

Halloween display now in its final days in downtown Bensenville

Live performers on the weekends and Oct. 31

The Village of Bensenville has partnered with the Wilkes family as they bring their an nual Halloween display to downtown Bensen ville, as they graciously did last year.

The display is located at the corner of Center and Green Street next to Bensenville Village Hall. It will be available in the evenings during the entire month of October for viewing.

The display will come to life with live actors on Friday and Saturday evenings from 7-10 p.m., weather permitting. Live performers will also be present on Monday, Oct. 31 for Hallow een.

Also on Oct. 31, in conjunction to the dis play, the Village of Bensenville will be hosting a family friendly Trunk-or-Treat event for ages 3-11 from 3-5 p.m. in the parking lot behind Village Hall. Bensenville organizations and businesses will be decorating their trunks and handing out candy. No registration required.

The Wilkes family has been building elabo rate displays in front of their Bensenville home for more than 20 years and have earned national recognition. Find them on Facebook and Tik Tok.For more information, visit: bensenville. il.us or wilkesfamilyhalloween.com.

Addison Halloween happenings

Friday, Oct. 28

Candy Carnival

From 5:30-7 p.m. at the Centennial Recre ation Center, 1776 W. Centennial Place, Can dy Carnival, for ages 12 and younger, returns to provide a safe, indoor fun filled Halloween event with games, candy, and memories the family will enjoy. Many Addison community organizations and groups collaborate to bring this event to the community. Registration is required. The presenting corporate sponsor for this event is Addison Bank & Trust. For more information, visit: addisonparks.org

Halloween dance party

From 10-10:30 a.m. at the Addison Public Library, 4 Friendship Plaza, join Innovation Arts Connection to discover the magic of imaginative play with singing, exploration,

Editor’s note:

and learning new dance skills all to a Hallow een theme. The library will explore multiple styles of dance and read a Halloween story to gether. Wear comfortable clothing and dance shoes if you have them. Limit 10 participants; please make sure to register. For more infor mation, visit: addisonlibrary.org/events or call 630-543-3617.

Saturday, Oct. 29

Scary story time

From 2-2:30 p.m. at the Addison Public Li brary, 4 Friendship Plaza, it’s almost Hallow een and the monsters and ghouls can’t wait to come out and try to scare you.

Join us at the library for some scary stories, songs, and a craft. For more information, vis it: addisonlibrary.org/events or call 630-5433617.

VIP “skip the general admission line.” You are encouraged to purchase tickets online. For more information, visit: https://hauntedhouse disturbia.com

HellsGate Haunted House—3101 Canal St., Lockport. For more information, visit: www.hellsgate.com

Insanity Haunted House—3800 E. Main St., St. Charles. Ticket prices: $17 general ad mission, $27 VIP (skip the line). For more in formation, visit: www.insanityhh.com or call 630-805-2638.

Massacre Haunted House—299 Mont gomery Road, Montgomery. Admission: $29.99 general admission, $39.99 fast pass online advance (shorter line than general ad mission). For more information, visit: https:// fearthemassacre.com

Midnight Terror Train Haunted House—5520 W. 1 11th St., Oak Lawn. Ad mission: from $20. Hours: opens at 7 p.m. For more information, visit: https://midnightter

rorhauntedhouse.com

Silverwood Screams—0N461 Silverwood Court, Winfield. For more information, visit: www.illinoishauntedhouses.com/halloween/ silverwood-screams-il.html

Sinister Sunset—239 E. Sunset Ave., Lombard (outdoors). Hours: 3-9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 3-10 p.m. Friday, noon10 p.m. Saturday and noon-9 p.m. Sunday (weather permitting). Admission: Free. For more information, visit: www.illinoishaunted houses.com/halloween/sinister-sunset-il.html

The Old Joliet Haunted Prison—401 Woodruff Road, Joliet. For more information, visit: https://hauntedprison.com

The Halloween Experience—37W955 Big Timber Road, Elgin. Admission: As low as $10 per person. All tickets must be purchased online through the website. For more informa tion, visit: www.thehalloweenexperience.com

Trilogy of Terror—11 E. Woodworth Place, Roselle.

Hinsdale, ladies (ages 21 and up; no children allowed): Feeling a little wicked and wild? Maybe you are feeling a little drained of posi tive energy or self-loved due to the lack of the crisp fall air and witches

Or maybe you are feeling a bit more like a witchy mom who

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Thursday, Oct.

Witches Night Out Monster Bash Fundraiser, Hinsdale

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BCA Hub Youth and Resource Center.

more information and to order tickets, visit: wwwthebcahub. org.

Thursday, Oct. 27 and Friday, Oct. 28

Glen Ellyn offers Ackerman Haunted Trail

The Glen Ellyn Park District welcomes visitors to the Ackerman Haunted Trail between 4-9 p.m. both evenings for a 10-minute scary walk along the trail. Recommended or ages 5 and older (at caregiver’s dis cretion), the trail will be less scary from 4-6 p.m. for younger patrons, then scarier from 6-9 p.m. for the older children. Before or after your adventure on the trail, enjoy Hal loween-themed games or purchase refreshments. All adults and children over the age of 3 who are walking the trail must register and pay the $5 fee. Ackerman Park is located at 800 St. Charles Road in Glen Ellyn. To reg ister or for more information, visit: gepark.com. Note: The event may sell out. Click on the registration button to be sure it is still open and/ or to add your name to a waiting list.

Also: Outdoor events may be can celled in case of unfavorable weather conditions. Check gepark.org/hotline for updates.

Thursday, Oct. 27 through Monday, Oct. 31

Halloween Happenings, Enchanted Castle, Lombard

From 3-9 p.m. each day at En chanted Castle Family Entertainment Center, 1103 S. Main St., Lombard.

On “Freaky Friday,” Oct. 28, start ing at 3 p.m., come in your best Hal loween costume and get $4 off your purchase of a R.I.P.’D Max Pack. For more information, call 630-953-7860 or visit: www.enchanted.com.

Halloween Walk, Village of Bolingbrook

The Halloween Walk is open to the public throughout the day through Oct. 31 behind the town center at 375 W. Briarcliffe Road, Boling brook Grab your friends and family and take a stroll among the witches, ghosts, and scarecrows. The walk al lows for safe family fun taking place outdoors. For more information, vis it: https://www.facebook.com/events /809506716847350/8095067735140 11/?ref=newsfeed.

Pumpkin Fest at Cosley Zoo, Wheaton

From 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day at Cos ley Zoo, 1356 N. Gary Ave., Whea ton, come see the animals and take in the thousands of pumpkins scattered on the zoo’s lawn. Children’s rides are also available for an additional fee. Apples, gourds, pumpkins, cider, cornstalks and various sizes of straw bales are available to purchase. Pro ceeds from your purchases benefit Cosley Zoo. Regular admission rates apply. For more information, visit: https://cosleyzoo.org/pumpkin-fest or call 630-665-5534.

“OAKtober” Walk at St. James Farm, Warrenville

Enjoy the fall colors at St. James Farm, 2S541 Winfield Road, Warrenville, as you learn about oak on a guided walk. If you wish, bring crayons and paper to make your own leaf and bark rubbings. Ages 5 and up; under 18 with an adult. $5 per person. To register by phone, call 630-933-7248 or visit www.dupage forest.org and follow the links.

Friday, Oct. 28 - Warrenville Park District Fall Fest

From 6-9 p.m. at the Recreation Center and Community Building, 3S260 Warren Ave. All activities in cluded with a $5 wristband. Costume parade, 6 p.m.; games and crafts; petting zoo; l.ive music; free taffy apples; inflatables; and Character Meet N’ Greet with Isabel & Mira bella from “Encanto.” Visit: happen ingnext.com/event/fall-fest-eid3a 099see8f for more information.

Saturday, Oct. 29

Trick-or-Treat Trail in Carol Stream

From noon-3 p.m., at Red Hawk Park, 651 W. St. Charles Road in Carol Stream, the Park District pres ents a Trick-or-Treat Trail around the park with games, candy and other ac tivities. Tickets are $10 for residents, $15 for nonresidents, and partici pants must register for a designated time slot and check in during their arrival window. Pre-registration is required by Friday, Oct. 28. Walk-up registration on the day of the event will be accepted as available. To reg ister, visit: csparks.org.

Pumpkin Palooza, DuPage Children’s Museum, Naperville

From 9 a.m.-2 p.m. at the muse um, 301 N. Washington St., Pumpkin Palooza is full of fun, not frighten ing festivities for the entire fami ly. Come in costume and celebrate the season with DuPage Children’s Museum. This event engages visi tors in creative experiences that ex plore S.T.E.A.M. concepts through play. For more information, call 630-575-8070 or visit: https://dup agechildrens.org/family-fun/pump kin-palooza

Wheaton hosting Haunted Halloween Flea Market at DuPage Fairgrounds

From 3 p.m. until midnight, Whea ton will host its Haunted Halloween Flea Market at the DuPage Coun ty Fairgrounds at 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton. Special guests in clude Sunny Doom Cosplay, who has spent the past 11 years establishing herself around the Midwest as a cos play contest judge and organizer for conventions and sports events. You can find her at conventions selling her jewelry which has been popu lar with a number of people in and around DuPage County. Another special invited guest is Christopher Kahler, a multi-instrumental musi cian and all-around filmmaker. The Wheaton Halloween Flea Market further welcomes Robert Pine, an American actor who has starred on

television and in film. He is proba bly best known for his role as Sgt. Joseph Getraer on the hit NBC tele vision series CHiPs from 1977 to 1983. In addition, Larry Dee Wilcox is an American actor also known for his role as California Highway Pa trol officer (later captain) Jonathan “Jon” Baker in the television series CHiPs. A Vietnam veteran, Wilcox races cars and is a private pilot. Tick ets are $10 per person and children 12 and younger are free. For more information, visit: zurkopromotions. com/wheaton-illinois-haunted-hal loween-flea-market.

Saturday, Oct. 29 and Sunday Oct. 30

Corn harvest at Kline Creek Farm, West Chicago

Everyone’s invited to 1890s fun in the fields during the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County’s Corn Harvest both days from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Kline Creek Farm at 1N600 County Farm Road in West Chica go. Throughout the day, visitors can tour the 19th century farmhouse, where heritage interpreters may be baking with corn, and explore the barn, chicken coop, sheepfold, and other buildings on the 200-acre liv ing history farm. Registration is not required for this program, and ac tivities are ongoing. Visitors should wear sturdy shoes for walking in the fields and be prepared to handle corn and stalks. For more information about Corn Harvest, call the farm at 630-876-5900. Corn Harvest is free, but there’s a $5 per person suggest ed admission donation to enter Kline Creek Farm.

Sunday, Oct. 30 Halloween at the Mill, Oak Brook

From noon-4 p.m. at Graue Mill and Museum, 3800 York Road, Oak Brook, visit the Mill or take a walk on our trails and receive a treat from the Mill witch just for stopping by. Costumes welcome, but not required. For more information, call 630-6552090 or visit: www.greuemill.org

Brunch and Live Music in Downers Grove

From 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel & Conference Center Chicago-Down ers Grove, 2111 Butterfield Road, Downers Grove, Brunch and Live Music is adding its annual Trunk or Treat to the mix. Wear your costumes and gather some candy at each ven dor station during the spooktacular market. Enjoy the crisp fall air while you brunch at the Doubletree Down ers Grove. Live music sounds com ing from the patio are sure to go well with fluffy pancakes, crispy chicken tenders and bottomless mimosas. Kids under 6 eat free! Pre-purchase your tickets online. Go to: https:// allevents.in/downers%20grove/ brunch-and-live-music-in-downersgrove/200023059216243#

Monday, Oct. 31

Glendale Heights Safety Town Halloween

The Village of Glendale Heights is getting into the Halloween spirit. Trickor-treating hours are from 3-7 p.m. On Halloween evening, children ages 15

and younger are invited to trick-ortreat at Safety Town Halloween for a safe and family friendly event. Safety Town Halloween runs from 4-7 p.m. For more information, contact Tanya Macko at 630-909-5459.

Friday, Nov. 4

Bloomingdale Park District’s Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt

On Friday, Nov. 4 from 6-7:30 p.m., it’s time to Gobble, Gobble as Tom the Turkey is on the loose at the John ston Recreation Center. Your help is needed to find him. Participants will find and solve clues hidden around the building. Craft and light refreshments provided during the event. Register one family member for section A1( for a family up to4). Register each additional child with section A2. Cost is $10 for residents; $15 for nonresi dents for a family of four; $3 for resi dents and $5 for nonresidents for each additional child. Code: 104622-A1 for a family of four. Code: 104622-A2 for additional child.

Friday, Nov. 4 through Sunday, Nov. 6

2022 Kap7 Champions Cup, FMC Natatorium at Ty Warner Park, Westmont

The Kap7 Champions Cup hosted by USA Water Polo is a three-day event with competition in two divi sions, with the best youth water polo players going for gold in the girls and boys divisions. The Champions Cup is specifically for athletes that are 14 years and younger, and in eighth grade or under. The event is antici pated to feature approximately 24 teams and 480 athletes. For more in formation, visit: https://www.discov erdupage.com/sports/events/2022kap7-champions-cup.

CCM World Invite Chicago

At ice rinks throughout DuPage County, the CCM World Invite is the premier AAA fall youth ice hock ey tournament featuring Elite AAA Division and a AAA/AA Division. Top teams from North America and around the world come to the area for the largest youth hockey tour nament in the world. Participating rinks include the Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville, Addison Ice Arena in Addison, Center Ice of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Seven Bridges Ice Arena in Woodridge, the Willow brook Ice Arena in Willowbrook and the Darien Sportsplex. For more information, call 630-4427285 or visit: https://200x85.com/ tournaments/ccm-tournament-series/ ccm-world-invite-chicago.

Saturday, Nov. 5

Lombard Christmas Mart

The annual Lombard Christmas Mart will take place from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Attendees can shop for unique holiday gifts from artists, crafters and vendors who will be selling their products at each of the following loca tions from Main to Elizabeth streets: Sacred Heart Church, St. John’s Lu theran Church, Calvary Episcopal Church, the First Church of Lombard/ Maple Street Chapel, First United Methodist Church and the Lombard Historical Society. The Christmas Mart is free and open to the public.

Custodian & Community Service Coordinator

First United Methodist Church is seeking a Custodian & Community Service Coordinator to work Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings from 8 a.m. until about 11 a.m., up to 10 hours per week. The person will be responsible for supervising the work of court-appointed community service workers. They will also be ultimately responsible for any work those community service workers are not able to accomplish. Work includes grass cutting, vacuuming and cleaning. Please submit a letter of interest to office@firstumclombard.org. Pay is $20/hr. 426941

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HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

Willowbrook’s football team finished the regular season with last week’s 45-33 West Suburban Gold Conference victory over Morton in Villa Park. Sophomore K.J. Rhodes of the Warriors is pictured while making a 23-yard touchdown reception during the second quarter. Rhodes scored a defensive touchdown in the first quarter when he intercepted a Morton pass and raced 33 yards into the end zone. Willowbrook held a 24-6 lead after Rhodes’s second-quarter touch down catch and the ensuing extra-point kick, but Morton rallied to take a 27-24 lead in the third quarter. The Warriors then scored three straight touchdowns to build a 45-27 lead. Willowbrook improved to 5-4 with the win, which secured a berth in the IHSA Class 7A play offs. The Warriors will open post-season play with this Friday’s game at Wheaton North (8-1). The same two teams met in the quarterfinal round of last year’s Class 7A playoffs. The Falcons defeated the War riors in Villa Park. Wheaton North went on to win the Class 7A state championship.

• Warriors

The Falcons beat Brother Rice in the semifinals and crushed St. Rita 35-6 in the championship game.

The Warriors needed to win their Oct. 20 conference game against Morton to earn a spot in the play offs. Willowbrook looked to be on its way to an easy victory against Morton, which finished the season at 3-6 overall and 3-3 in conference play. The Warriors led Morton 24-6 in the second quarter, but the visi tors scored two touchdowns to cut Willowbrook’s lead to 24-20 by half time.

Morton took a 27-24 lead after scoring a touchdown in the middle of the third quarter. The Warriors re gained the lead later in the third quar ter and added two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter to push its lead to 45-27.

Morton closed out the scoring on a touchdown run with about 30 sec onds left in the game.

Willowbrook scored the first touchdown of the night shortly after junior Carter Ferguson recovered a loose ball near midfield after a Mor ton lateral. Sophomore K.J. Rhodes delivered a 36-yard run on Willow brook’s first offensive play to push the ball to Morton’s 15-yard line. One play later, Rhodes fumbled the ball near the 5-yard line, but sopho more lineman John Koterba scooped up the ball and carried it into the end zone for a touchdown. Senior Adri an Guerrero kicked the extra point to give the Warriors a 7-0 lead.

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Rhodes scored the Warriors’ next touchdown on a 33-yard intercep tion return later in the first quarter.

Morton then scored a touchdown to reduce Willowbrook’s lead to 14-6.

Guerrero kicked a 27-yard field goal with about three minutes left in the opening quarter to extend the War riors’ lead to 17-6.

Junior quarterback Arthur Palicki fired a 23-yard touchdown pass to Rhodes in the second quarter to help Willowbrook push its lead to 24-6. Morton broke a pair of touchdown runs in the final four minutes of the first half to trim the Warriors’ lead to 24-20.

Morton completed its third-quar ter scoring drive on a short touch down run by the quarterback. The extra-point kick gave Morton a 2724 lead.

Palicki helped the Warriors regain the lead when he delivered a 12-yard touchdown run with about four min utes remaining in the third quarter. Guerrero’s extra-point kick raised Willowbrook’s lead to 31-27.

The Warriors added to their lead when senior Damian Banaszews ki carried the ball across the goal line on a 1-yard touchdown run on a fourth-down play. The extra-point kick gave Willowbrook a 38-27 lead with about eight minutes remaining in the game.

Palicki scored his team’s sixth and final touchdown of the night on a 9-yard run with a little more than two minutes to play.

Warriors close out regular season with a decisive win

STAFF REPORT

The Willowbrook girls volleyball team completed its regular season with last week’s 25-6, 25-14 West Subur ban Gold Conference victory over Leyden in Villa Park.

The Warriors finished their regular season with an overall record of 33-2. The team won the conference championship with a perfect 6-0 record.

Junior Calli Kenny provided four kills, 12 assists, six digs and eight aces in the Oct. 19 win over the Eagles. Senior Natalie Cipriano supplied eight kills and four digs. Senior Grace Conley contributed five assists and six digs. Senior Hope Reckamp bashed six kills, while senior Han na Mitrick had two kills and two digs. Sophomore Han nah Kenny handed out four assists and made two digs. Senior Caroline Radomski had two kills, two assists and two digs. Senior Kylie Brown delivered three digs. Se nior Lily Lowe had one kill, one block and one dig.

Willowbrook begins the 2022 post-season by com peting in this week’s IHSA Class 4A Downers Grove North Regional. If the Warriors win a pair of matches at Downers Grove North to claim the regional title, they will advance to next week’s Proviso West Sectional. The Warriors are the sectional’s No. 1 seed.

If Willowbrook earns a pair of victories at Proviso West to capture the sectional title, it would advance to a super-sectional at Hinsdale Central. The winner of that super-sectional would advance to the IHSA state semifi nals at Redbird Arena in Normal.

“We’re hoping to have a long stretch ahead of us,” said Willowbrook coach Irene Mason after last week’s victory over Leyden. “At this point in the season, the skills are there. We’re locked in. We know what we’re doing. We have to be prepared to give our best. If we’re locked in and focused on executing and being efficient and consis tent, it should be a fun run.”

One year ago, the Warriors won regional and sectional titles before losing a super-sectional to Mother McAu ley. Several of this year’s Willowbrook players were key members of last year’s team. Mason said the experience from last year’s post-season run should be beneficial in this year’s playoff push.

“It’s the best time of the year right now,” stated Ma son. “It does feel like we know what to expect. We know how intense the games can be. It comes down to exe cution in those final points. The experience is helpful. It should be fun.”

Warriors

STAFF REPORT

Willowbrook’s boys and girls cross-country teams ran in Saturday morning’s IHSA Class 3A Lyons Township Regional. The regional’s two races took place on a 3-mile course at Lyons Township’s south campus in Western Springs.

The Warriors’ boys team earned a sixth-place finish. Willowbrook’s girls team posted a seventh-place fin ish. Willowbrook’s boys team earned a berth in this weekend’s Waubonsie Valley Sectional. The top six teams at the Lyons Township Regional ad vanced to the sectional.

Senior Kevin Diederich led Wil lowbrook’s boys team with his 10th place finish in the regional’s individ ual standings. Diederich completed the 3-mile race in 16 minutes, 21.2 seconds.

Sophomore Adriano Quintero (17:36.5) turned in a 37th-place fin ish for the Warriors. Sophomore

CHRIS FOX PHOTO Rock Valley Publishing Willowbrook’s girls volleyball team finished its regular season with last week’s 25-6, 25-14 West Suburban Gold Conference win over Leyden in Vil la Park. The Warriors finished their regular season with an overall record of 33-2. Willowbrook won its conference title with a perfect 6-0 record. Senior Natalie Cipriano, who bashed eight kills and made four digs against the Eagles, is pictured during last week’s victory. Willowbrook is opening the IHSA Class 4A post-season this week at the Down ers Grove North Regional. If the Warriors win two matches to capture the regional title, they will ad vance to the Proviso West Sectional. Willowbrook is the sectional’s No. 1 seed.

Jake Skibbie (17:46.4) landed in 40th place, while senior Charlie Hayes (17:59.9) placed 43rd. Senior Henry Sloan (18:10.7; 47th) completed Wil lowbrook’s scoring lineup. The War riors’ boys squad posted a team total of 177 at the regional, which includ ed nine teams. Oak Park/River Forest won the regional title with 43 points.

The Huskies edged second-place Ly ons Township (48 points) and thirdplace Downers Grove North (49 points) in the team standings.

Sophomores Patrick Harczos (18:18.1; 48th) and Kasen Blain (18:27.6; 51st) rounded out the War riors’ regional participants.

While Willowbrook’s girls team did not earn a sectional berth, three Warriors—sophomore Amelie Oje da, senior Amelia Barrington and sophomore Malin Meeker—quali fied for the sectional as individuals.

The regional’s top five runners who weren’t members of sectional-quali

fying teams advanced to the sectional as individuals.

Ojeda finished Saturday’s 3-mile regional in a 25th-place time of 20 minutes, 15.6 seconds.

Barrington (21:42.2) finished 42nd for the Warriors, while Meek er (21:58.4) wound up 45th. Sopho mores Molly Brown (22:33.8; 49th) and Sophia Stasch (22:41.9; 51st) completed the team’s scoring lineup.

Freshman Allyson Stefani (23:58; 55th) and sophomore Rosemary Kling (24:03; 57th) also represented the Warriors at the regional.

Willowbrook posted a sev enth-place score of 211 at the re gional, which featured 10 full girls teams. York, the reigning state cham pion, won the regional title with its 24-point score.

Glenbard East (203 points) edged out the Warriors in the battle for sixth place and a team berth in the Wau bonsie Valley Sectional.

Public Notice

VILLAGE OF ADDISON DUPAGE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ANNUAL TREASURER’S REPORT

April 30, 2022

These statements reflect all cash receipts and disbursements, and all transactions of the Village Treasurer pertaining to the Village of Ad dison for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2022. A copy of the Village’s financial statements and the independent auditor’s report for said fiscal year is available for inspection at the Office of the Village Treasurer or on the Village web site at: www.AddisonAdvantage.org. Roseanne M. Benson, Treasurer, Village of Addison Combined Statement of Net Position All Governmental, Business Type and Fiduciary Fund Governmental Business-Type Total Primary Fiduciary Activities Activities Government Funds

REVENUES:

Program Revenues:

Charges for Services $ 9,462,157 $18,142,286 $ 27,604,443 $Operating Grants and Contributions 2,191,450 404,537 2,595,987Capital Grants and Contributions 857,796 - 857,796 -

General Revenues:

Property & Replacement Taxes 11,195,303 - 11,195,303Sales & Home Rule Sales Taxes 23,074,715 824,866 23,899,581Telecommunication Tax 634,206 - 634,206 -

Shared Income Taxes 5,241,506 - 5,241,506Other Taxes 3,868,139 - 3,868,139Other Revenue 2,199,705 5,362 2,205,067 2,544,128

TOTAL REVENUE 58,724,977 19,377,051 78,102,028 2,544,128

TOTAL EXPENDITURES 41,412,640 17,153,377 58,566,017 4,349,163

Change in Net Position Before Transfers 17,312,337 2,223,674 19,536,011 (1,805,035) Transfers (235,347) 235,347 - -

CHANGE IN NET POSITION 17,076,990 2,459,021 19,536,011 (1,805,035)

NET POSITION, MAY 1 105,087,038 54,748,993 159,836,031 62,984,645

NET POSITION APRIL 30 $ 122,164,028 $ 57,208,014 $ 179,372,042 $ 61,179,610

Combined Statement of Net Position

All Governmental, Business Type and Fiduciary Fund Governmental Business-Type Total Primary Fiduciary Activities Activities Government Funds

ASSETS

Cash and Investments $ 38,387,618 $ 7,418,660 $ 45,806,278 $ 61,079,556

Restricted cash and investments - 30,000 30,000Property taxes receivable (net) 10,837,787 - 10,837,787 -

Accounts receivable 272,373 3,546,848 3,819,221Other receivables 500,493 - 500,493 100,229

Inventory 72,711 70,760 143,471 -

Prepaid items 321,386 4,324 325,710 6,971

Net Pension Asset - IMRF 5,870,612 2,150,533 8,021,145

Due from other governments 8,221,475 1,021,830 9,243,305Capital assets not being depreciated 58,438,978 7,962,959 66,401,937Capital assets being depreciated, net of accumulated depreciation 96,818,331 57,123,202 153,941,533 -

Total Assets 219,741,764 79,329,116 299,070,880 61,186,756

DEFERRED OUTFLOWS OF RESOURCES

Unamortized charge on refunding 124,653 124,653OPEB items 510,243 92,358 602,601 -

Pension items - IMRF 1,591,056 582,833 2,173,889Pension items - Police Pension 5,115,820 - 5,115,820Asset retirement obligation - 170,093 170,093 -

Total deferred outflows of resources 7,341,772 845,284 8,187,056 -

Total Assets and Deferred Outflows of Resources 227,083,536 80,174,400 307,257,936 61,186,756

LIABILITIES

Accounts payable 1,961,129 1,788,605 3,749,734 7,146

Accrued payroll 723,391 167,824 891,215Accrued interest 263,700 81,797 345,497 -

Unearned revenues 2,799,345 - 2,799,345Retainage payable 100,766 59,541 160,307Other liabilities 1,433,273 164,730 1,598,003 -

Non-current liabilities: Due within one year 4,023,135 1,119,019 5,142,154 -

Due in more than one year 67,120,347 15,668,442 82,788,789 -

Total Liabilities 78,425,086 19,049,958 97,475,044 7,146

DEFERRED INFLOWS OF RESOURCES

Deferred revenue-property taxes 10,717,474 - 10,717,474OPEB items 1,528,619 330,633 1,859,252 -

Pension items - IMRF 9,788,650 3,585,795 13,374,445 -

Pension items - Police Pension 4,459,679 - 4,459,679Total deferred inflows of resources 26,494,422 3,916,428 30,410,850 -

Total Liabilities and Deferred Inflow of Resources 104,919,508 22,966,386 127,885,894 7,146

NET

Net investment in capital assets 131,849,612 50,252,474 182,102,086 -

Restricted for:

Special Service Area #1 - 30,000 30,000Pension Benefits Held In Trust - - - 61,179,610

and Streets 5,363,709 - 5,363,709Public Safety 991,662 - 991,662 -

Service - -Unrestricted (16,040,955) 6,925,540 (9,115,415) -

NET POSITION

SALARIES

$1 - $24,999 - HALIK, JAMES R, $25,000 - $49,999 - MALATESTA, JOSEPH M,COLEMAN, DEBORAH L,STRY CHARZ, MICHAEL A,CAVALIGOS, KATERINA D,HERRERA, ERIKA D,,O KICHICH, JOSEPH,OSTRANDER , JOSEPH,JESCHKE, ARNOLD A,CON NOLLY, JAMES M, $50.000-$74,999 - CARNEY, PAUL A,BEECHER, JOSIE A,CASTELLANO, BARBARA E,RO DRIGUEZ, ERICKA Y,CARRAZCO,

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Warriors run at the Lyons Township Regional

Senior Kevin Diederich (right - No. 2436) and sophomore Amelie Ojeda (far right - No. 2455) posted the fastest finishing times for Willowbrook’s boys and girls cross-country teams at Saturday’s IHSA Class 3A Lyons Township Regional. Diederich finished the 3-mile boys race in a 10th-place time of 16 minutes, 21.2 seconds. Ojeda completed the 3-mile girls race in a 25th-place time of 20 minutes, 15.6 seconds. Diederich helped the Warriors to a sixth-place finish in the regional’s team standings.

Willowbrook’s boys team earned a berth in this week’s Waubonsie Valley Sectional. Willowbrook’s girls team placed seventh in the regional and did not advance to the sectional, but Ojeda and two other Warriors—senior Amelia Barrington and sophomore Malin Meeker—did secure individual berths in the sectional. The regional’s top five runners who weren’t members of sectionalqualifying teams qualified for the sectional as individuals.

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Health department now offering bivalent COVID-19 booster for children ages 5-11

Appointments are now available for a free bivalent (updated) COVID-19 booster for children ages 5 through 11 years through DuPage County Health Department (DCHD). Boosters are now available by appointment only.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone ages 5 years and older get an updated booster if it has been at least two months since they completed their primary series or most recent booster vaccination.

These new boosters contain an up dated bivalent formula that both boosts immunity against the original corona virus strain and also protects against the newer Omicron variants that ac count for most of the current cases.

Everyone benefits from updated COVID-19 boosters, including people who have had COVID-19 infection already and those already boosted. Boosters not only protect us but help protect those around us.

“Having the updated bivalent boost

er available for children ages 5 and older means we have another opportu nity to protect this younger age group,” said Karen Ayala, executive director of DuPage County Health Department.

The DCHD continues to offer COVID-19 vaccines to individuals 6 months and older. To register for a vac cination appointment please visit dup agehealth.org/covid19vaccine or call DCHD at (630) 682-7400.

COVID-19 vaccinations will be ad ministered at the DCHD Central Pub lic Health Center in Wheaton. Addi tional opportunities to get COVID-19 vaccines and boosters are available in and around DuPage County through pharmacies and other medical provid ers—visit vaccines.gov to find a loca tion near you.

Bring your child’s vaccination card so your provider can add the booster dose.

Children 17 years and younger must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.

LEGAL NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICE

COUNTY

ILLINOIS

2023 ANNUAL BUDGET

A Public Hearing will be conducted by the Village Board of the Village of Bensen ville at the Village Hall, 12 S. Center Street, Bensenville, Illinois, commencing at 6:30p.m. on November 15, 2022 to discuss the proposed Annual Budget for the Village of Bensenville.

The proposed budget is available for pub lic inspection during normal business hours at the Office of the Village Clerk, 12 S. Cen ter Street, Bensenville, Illinois.

Any and all persons wishing to be heard on the Budget should appear at said meet ing.

Dated this 27th day of October, 2022 /s/ Nancy Quinn Village Clerk

Village of Bensenville (Published in the Addison Independent, Bensenville Independent & Villa Park Review Oct. 27, 2022) 427343

NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 78848 was filed in the office of the County Clerk of DuPage County on OCTOBER 6, 2022 where in the business firm of CAPITOL LAWN & SNOW, 226 E. CREST AVENUE, BENSENVILLE, IL 60106 was registered; that the true or real name or names of the person or persons owning the business, with their respective post office address(es), is/ are as follows:

Edward Orozco, 226 E. Crest Avenue, Bensenville, IL 60106.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereun to set my hand and Official Seal at my office in Wheaton, Illinois, this 6TH day of OC TOBER, A.D. 2022.

DuPage County Clerk (Published in the Addison Independent, Bensenville Independent & Villa Park Review Oct. 20, 27 & Nov. 3, 2022)

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PLY INC 2812.11, TERRACE SUPPLY COMPANY 3157.77, TESTING SERVICE CORPORATION 15618.5, THE BLUE LINE 1688, THE BLUEPRINT SHOPPE 1060.61, THE EMBLEM AUTHORITY 3240, THE FIELDS ON CATON FARM 18209, THE HOME DEPOT CRC/GECF 5807.71, THE SIVI GROUP 46846.56, THE ST FRANCIS GROUP 1000, THE VERDIN COMPANY 630, THERMFLO INC 5540.5, THERMOSCAN, INC. 1550, THIRD MILLENNIUM ASSOCIATES INC 18358.76, THOMPSON ELEVATOR INSPECTION SERVICE INC 10423, THURKOW, ALBERT CHARLES 446.87, TIM HAYDEN-PETTY CASH I 3027.39, TIM HAYDEN-PETTY CASH II 2584.96, TJH COMMUNICATION SERVICES INC 8510.8, TKB ASSOCIATES INC 14312, T-MOBILE USA INC 1230, TNEMEC COMPANY INC 2152.67, TNT LAND SCAPE CONSTRUCTION INC 14476, TOKARZ, TIM 1697.09, TOPCON SOLU TIONS STORE 14523, TORZ, ALEXAN DRA 1873, TOWN SQUARE PUBLICA TIONS 1360, TRAFFIC CONTROL & PROTECTION INC 28242.85, TRAFFIC LOGIX CORPORATION 2719, TRANS UNION LLC 3696.42, TREASURER, STATE OF ILLINOIS 10, TREDROC TIRE SERVICES 1551.35, TREESTUFF 499.98, TRI-TECH FORENSICS INC 17.5, TRI TECH SOFTWARE SYSTEMS 13597.72, TYLER TECHNOLOGIES INC 186067.04, TYNUS, MICHAEL 124.11, U S POSTAL

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(Published in the Addison Independent, Bensenville Independent & Villa Park Review Oct. 27, 2022) 427237

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