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Quigley competes in h-o-r-s-e on esPn By mark gregory editorial director

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On a day when Allie Quigley should have been preparing for the Euro League semifinals, she was instead filming a H-O-R-S-E competition that featured six players from the NBA and one other from her WNBA ranks.

The competition aired on ESPN in a two-night event and saw Chicago Sky sharpshooter Quigley, a native of Joliet who starred at both Joliet Catholic Academy and DePaul University, win her first game against 10-time NBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Chris Paul, now of the

Oklahoma City Thunder. She then fell in the semifinals in a close matchup against Chicago Bull guard Zach LaVine in an all-Chicago contest.

“I probably haven’t played H-O-RS-E since I was 10 or 11-years old and never would have imagined I would be playing on ESPN,” Quigley said. “I will look back and remember this as one of the coolest experiences.”

In the all-Chicago semifinal, Quigley, a three-time WNBA All-Star, two-time Sixth Woman of the Year and two-time WNBA three-point competition winner held her own with LaVine, the two-time NBA dunk contest champion, but LaVine used his hang time and athleticism to ulti-

mately earn the win.

“I had control and had the chance to keep the game close to the ground with jump shots, but I missed. He won fair and square,” Quigley said.

“You want to give the fans something crazy and something fun to watch, but at the same time, shoot shots that you knew you could make.”

While LaVine was in his home outside Seattle, Quigley was at her home in Deerfield. With each player shooting at their homes, players like Quigley, retired WNBA star Tamika Catchings and Atlanta Hawks All-Star Trae Young shot in their driveway, while LaVine, Paul, retired Detroit Pistons guard Chauncey Billups and

retired Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce had paved outdoor half courts and Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley, the eventual champion, had an indoor court in his home.

“That was a fun part of it. Some people had the nice courts and some people have courts like the rest of the world and that is OK,” Quigley said.

With Quigley advancing to the semifinals, which aired April 16, she was able to keep the WNBA in the headlines heading into the league’s draft, while her match-up with LaVine set the stage for the start of the 10-hour documentary “The Last Dance” which will air on ESPN beginning Sunday and will chronicle the

sixth, and final, championship run of the Michael Jordan era Bulls in 1998.

“It gave us a lot of spotlight and especially with the draft coming up (April 17), it was nice to give the WNBA some love in this time of no sports,” Quigley said. “I am the first one to put on any NBA game or March Madness – I am a big fan of basketball at any level. It was tough at first when you keep scrolling and there is nothing on, but it was exciting to give the public something to watch and now we are all just waiting for [The Last Dance] documentary Sunday.”

Up next for Quigley is the WNBA

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Assessor’s Office announces changes due to COVID-19 south suburban reassessment continues; other property values will be examined for Covid-19-related adjustments Last week, the Cook County Assessor’s Office updated its plans to reassess the southern and western suburbs of Cook County and adjust property values in the northern suburbs and Chicago if the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have a significant impact on real estate.

“This is an unprecedented crisis and we’re taking necessary steps to address it,” said Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi. “In view of the state and federal governments’ declaration of Illinois and Cook County as major disaster areas, and the pandemic’s toll on markets and property values, we are adjusting assessments to reflect this reality. To do so for only one portion of the county would unfairly shift the tax burden and create an inequitable system.”

In Cook County, one-third of the county is reassessed each year, with the south and west townships of Chicago scheduled to be reassessed in 2020 and those assessments will continue.

While properties in some south suburban townships have already received reassessment notices, those which have not will receive notices that reflect estimated economic effects of COVID-19 on property values.

North suburban and Chicago portions of Cook County, which are not scheduled for reassessment, as well as properties located in south and west suburban townships which have already received reassessment notices, will have their property values reviewed for estimated effects of COVID-19 following the appeal process.

Property owners are not required to appeal in order to receive the COVID-19 review and adjustment for eligible properties.

The end of this release has a summary of changes to both the reassessment, review, and appeal processes.

“We know property values were affected by the events of 9/11 and the 2008 housing crisis,” Kaegi said. “We’re already seeing the effects of this global health crisis on hiring, income, and construction - all of which dovetail with real estate values. Property owners should know we’re taking these circumstances into account. It’s the right thing to do.”

Commercial property owners are encouraged to use the online Real Property Income and Expense (RPIE) form to provide information on changes to rent or expenses at rpie.

cookcountyassessor.com.

Adjustments to property values this year will not be reflected until the second-installment tax bill received in the summer of 2021 because Cook County tax bills reflect the assessments of the previous year.

Property owners can take advantage of online services and information at CookCountyAssessor.com.

Additional information about property exemptions and online filing of certificates of error will be available next week.

Summary of changes to reassessment, review, and appeal processes South and Western Suburbs Property values for the south and western suburbs will reflect the impact of the pandemic on real estate markets in accordance with the disaster declaration and corresponding changes in value.

For River Forest, Riverside, Oak Park, Palos, and Calumet: • All properties located in these townships already received reassessment notices as part of the scheduled 2020 reassessment process.

• The values on these reassessment notices do not include any adjustments based on COVID-19.

• Appeals for these properties can be filed until May 1. Any appeals that have already been filed will be processed and do not need to be re-submitted.

• The CCAO will mail updates to all properties about their property’s COVID-19 adjustment. No action or appeal is necessary for eligible properties to receive this adjustment.

For Berwyn, Lemont, Lyons, Worth, Stickney, Orland, Cicero, Proviso, Thornton, Bremen, Rich, and Bloom: • All properties in these south and western suburbs will receive reassessment notices this year.

• This notice will include information about adjustments to values due to COVID-19’s impact on the market.

No action or appeal is necessary in order for properties to receive a market adjustment.

• Appeals for these properties can be filed after these reassessment notices are mailed. Dates will be posted at CookCountyAssessor.com.

North Suburbs and Chicago In non-triennial assessment areas, the CCAO would typically only reassess properties that have permits or other special applications. The north

suburbs and the City of Chicago are not part of this year’s triennial reassessment.

For Evanston, Norwood Park, Rogers Park, New Trier, and Barrington: • Some properties have already received reassessment notices due to permits or other special applications.

• Appeals for these properties can be filed until May 1. Any appeals that have already been filed will be processed and do not need to be re-submitted.

•Information about adjustments to assessed values based on estimated COVID-19 effects will be sent to all eligible property owners, regardless of whether they filed an appeal, after the appeal deadline.

For all other townships in the North Suburbs and Chicago: • Appeal deadlines for north suburban and Chicago properties will be posted at CookCountyAssessor.com.

• Reassessment notices for these townships, with recent permits or special applications, do not include value adjustments due to the COVID-19 market impact.

• Information about adjustments to assessed values based on estimated COVID-19 effects for eligible properties will be sent to property owners, regardless of whether they filed an appeal, after the appeal deadline.

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state

gov. Pritzker closes illinois schools for the remainder of the year Following the lead of nearby states, Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday announced Illinois’ public and private schools will remain shuttered for the rest of the school year.

The announcement came one month after Pritzker first announced a temporary school clo-

sure amid the COVID-19 pandemic, and on the same day the state announced 62 more deaths and 1,842 new confirmed cases — the largest single-day spike so far. That brought total deaths to 1,134 and total cases to 27,575.

Pritker said the state’s COVID-19

curve is “flattening, not flat,” and key metrics to watch are hospitalization rate and how long it takes for the number of cases to double. Both are decreasing, but not at a level that indicates the curve is declining yet, he added.

Illinois Department of Public

Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said Friday’s new case count appears so high because health care personnel are testing more people, and she and Pritzker agreed that fatality and case count increase rates have not peaked yet.

The state reported 7,574 more people tested in the past day, the second largest daily total thus far.

There now have been 130,163 people tested for the virus in Illinois.

“Folks, I’ve said time and time again, my decisions are hard ones, but they will follow the science. And the science says our students can’t go back to their normal routine,” Pritzker said. “... My priority remains unchanged - how do we save the most lives during this very diffi-

cult time.”

In an average day, Pritzker said, 2 million K-12 students would meet in large groups in hallways, classrooms and extracurricular activities before going home.

That pattern “opens up a nearly limitless opportunity for potential COVID-19 infection in a time when our health care workers, our researchers, our scientists and our first responders need us to bend the curve downward,” he added.

The governor said one of the difficulties in the decision was the fact that students would have fewer instructional hours, and that Illinois is an education landscape in which some districts are better able to enact remote learning than others.

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One thing Quigley has going for her in quarantine is that her wife is also a teammate of hers, WNBA All-Star Courtney Vandersloot.

While Vandersloot worked the camera for the H-O-R-S-E competition, she is normally Quigley’s workout partner as the duo hopes to lead the Sky to a successful WNBA season.

“We help us every day come up with our workouts and I motivate her when she isn’t really feeling it and she does the same for me, so it definitely helps to have someone to work out with,” Quigley said.

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