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Your local source since 1951. One Dollar I Thursday, June 27, 2013 A WAJPORTS companyI ACHICAGOSUNTIMESc0rnpublication I niles.suntimes.com Nues Herald-Spectator Go Mind-blowing mind-reading rin Rosemont (Page 49] Przewoznik (from left to right), Keith Sokolowski, and Tom Sok discuss the Niles Park District's plans Read the full story [Page 5] IDanielto build a skate park with Executive Director Joe LoVerde.I NATASHA WASINSKI-ForSun-T/mes Media Food Cherries a sign that Skaters chartnewplan summer is here (Page 38] Niles Herald-Spectator I 2013 Sun-Times Media I All Rights Reserved CHICAGO'S SPLASH DOSE OF STYLE, SOCIETY AND CELEBRITY 1 90CTLO9 7I S31IN J_sNOJ.NO f0969 w, JOIN THE PARTY TODA C0O0O0 Isla ..L>W:N.jt O000O0 5T03 US ONLINE AT CHICAGOSPLASCOM * 5O-3u,UOi Th-39gfrpre ThURSDAY JUNE 27 2013 NIL w COLD WELL L BANIÇGR D V I RESHNT1AL BROKERAGE *QÑEi L THINKING: -7 F1imuch eqbi o I have? 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Chicago IL 60654 -. ..,. -," .- 'H " - -r 7 THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2013 *Community Contact Us it NUs 4erald-Spectator Skate park plan rolls forwardS Pioneer Press Timothy P. Knight IBYNATASHAWASINSKI I 312-321-3000 IContributor Publisher & CEO, Sun-Times Media Keith Sokolowski Jim Kirk I and his clan of Editor in Chief, Sun-Times Media extreme bike riders [email protected] were starting to lose Jill McDermott hope that a skate 847-682-5907 VP, Advertising park would come to [email protected] Nues. Advertising After all, a few years had Display Ads I passed since they first floated 312-321-2400 the idea by the Niles Park District. Classified Ads Tired of riding to Park Ridge, 347-998-3400 Glenview and Chicago to jump [email protected] ramps and grind rails, the BMX DavId T. Sherman boys set the wheels in motion Niles teenagers listen to the park board discuss plans for a skate park June 18. The group of friends have been 312-646-9552 with an online petition request- working with park officials for three years to build a recreational center for skateboarding, BMX biking and Advertising Director ing the construction of a local Iinline skating in the village.I NATASHA WASINSKI-For Sun-Times Media skate park. More than 1,700 Customer Service people backed the proposal. and Delivery A park committee was sub- motocross, freestyle scooter not the ones that are here " he of the teens distributing cam- Service or Subscriptions sequently formed, and a corn- riding and inline skating. said at the Park Board meet- paign literature, ringing door- 877-855-7722 missioner touted the project The space - 85 feet by 117 ing June 18. "I was under the bells and taking political bro- [email protected] during the 2011 election, but feet - is large enough to ac- impression that the skate park chure pictures at a Niles park then communication was cut commodate bike riders and commission was in charge of location for the new skate park Customer Service Hours off, Sokolowski claimed. more, Executive Director Joe the location, was in charge of during the 2011 park commis- Mon-Fri., 6:30 a.m.-4 p.m. The slow-moving project LoVerde said. He said a typical pricing, was in charge of the sioner election," Czarnik wrote Sat. 6:30 am-noon gained traction again last weekskate park covers an area of design overall." in the release. Sun. 8 am-noon when the 17-year-old and his about 6,000 square feet. Sokolowski also noted that O'Donovan explained last TV Weekly Delivery friends were handed a pre- The enclosed park would Park Board President Dennis week the project "wasn't in 800-945-5000 liminary layout design for the feature bank ramps, grind rails O'Donovan had "run (his) en- the park's eyes" when he ulti- future park. and quarterpipes for the ath- tire campaign on the promise mately got elected due to the Editorial "I'm actually quite impressed letes' tricks. that we would have this skate Park Board's other priorities Ben Meyerson I we did this," Sokolowski said. The park board in Novern- park a lot sooner." for facility renovations. 312-321-2864 "We honestly didn't think this ber allocated $25,000 in its lt wasn't the first time Now, with all commissioners News Producer would happen." 2013 calendar year budget O'Donovan had been chastisedon board, LoVerde suggested [email protected] The park district earlier in for the project. A recent pro- for his role in moving the proj- the teens stay actively involved the year had eyed the Iceland posai from American Ramp ect along. to help hammer out the de- Ryan Nilsson I Skate Complex as the future Company, headquartered in A year and a half ago, corn- signs so the first wave of con- 847-486-7375 home of the skate park, but Joplin, Mo., pegged the park's missioner Ray Czarnik, then struction could begin as soon Managing Editor for Sports total cost at approximately serving as president, issued a as possible. [email protected] additional construction costs and the possibility of flooding $83,000. release about the skate park "The committee needs to scrapped such plans. Though grateful for officials' stating the park board did get together, work hard, get A WRAPPORTS Washington Terrace Park, on efforts, Sokoiowski expressed not "condone the actions of the pieces you need and we'll COMPANY Washington Street and Ballard concerns over communication a commissioner who speaks come up with the proper fund- Road, is now the slated site forand the direction the project on behalf of the Niles Park ing and get it going," he said.