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The Molly Culture:

How it Effects Chicago Black Youth By: Mary L. Datcher Defender Senior Staff Writer

To be young, gifted, and Black—it’s a term that was worn proudly on the chests of Black America four decades ago. From the voices of Nina Simone to Aretha Franklin, the influence of music has become the soundtrack to a revolutionary cause of independence for many. The pride of singing these lyrics written in 1969 was sung and released by Simone and embraced by so many people around the world.

To be young, gifted and black, Oh what a lovely precious dream To be young, gifted and black, Open your heart to what I mean In the whole world you know There are billion boys and girls Who are young, gifted and black, And that’s a fact!

Let’s fast forward to 2012 when rap recording artist Future releases “Double Cups & Molly”, the song that was one of the most requested records on Chicago’s Urban radio stations. We go from celebrating our culture, our strength and pride to popping the designer drug Molly.

Double cups and molly, codeine molly cirus I’m twisted and I’m faded, I’m po’ing up and I’m driving She foreign and exotic She a ride it like Ferrari Give her this and let her pop it Give her this and let her top ya Let that girl win her a Oscar The fear and concern of our heightened

violence and homicide that has increased in our backyard, which has us burying our latest victim, a 13-month toddler. Dillan Harris was in a stroller with his mom as they were standing at the bus stop when assailants hit him in a police chase fleeing a fatal shooting of Marvin Carr—friend of rap artist, Chief Keef. The sporadic nature of these crimes is a constant discussion in our communities and often there is some type of illegal substance found in the system of the folks committing the crime.

Whereas crack cocaine was the drug that dominated the 1980’s, heroine in the 1990’s and over the last 20 years, a combination of marijuana laced with crack among an array of quick hits. But in the last decade we’ve seen a disturbing trend of various forms that have taken shape in our community with young people being the victims. The designer drug ‘Molly’ is not new, having found a home among rave party goers since the 1980’s. Its chemical name is methylenedioxymethamphetamine, but it is more commonly referred to as MDMA — the active ingredient in the party drug Ecstasy.

Although, we’ve often connected the growth of synthetic drugs to white kids on both sides of the spectrum from trailer home parks to the well-manicured lawns of Winneka, its power through music is glorified in Black neighborhoods across America.

The Chicago Defender had an opportunity to speak with the generation that is most affected by the wave of this drug on how it’s influence has impacted their peers and the dangers for the next generation.

Anthony Amir Graham-Fort, 28 is a Community Program Director in Harvey works with young people in music. “People of color

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weren’t dealing with pharmaceutical drugs in our neighborhood. There was cocaine, weed and then later crack cocaine,” he said. “In these White neighborhoods, the substance is straight raw when it comes to cocaine. It’s an expensive drug so we had crack cocaine (a derivative of cocaine) in the Black neighborhoods and then eventually they had crystal meth which is now a form of the ‘Molly’.”

The origin of ‘Molly’ is a synthetic drug MDMA or ecstasy, giving users the euphoric high of amphetamines and the psychedelic effects of hallucinogens in its purest form. The problem is that the drug is not pure and what is found on the street is often ‘dumbed down’ versions of the pill. The pill can be bought for as little as $5-$10, mixed with bath salts and sometimes rat poison making it affordable to the young targeted market. The street value for pure ‘Molly’ can easily value for up to $150 a gram --$4,250 an ounce with distribution channels throughout Canada coming through Vancouver and making its way to U.S. major cities.

Community peace activist Chimeka Powell, 26 has dealt with the backlash of the generational landslide of ‘Molly’ and how it is gradually becoming the new drug epidemic. “Every time it’s passed down, it becomes less than its purest form. It reached to Chicago and now we have kids ‘crunking’. They are taking formaldehyde getting the side effects of how it’s eating at their brain,” she said. “It’s raises the blood pressure and elevates the body temperature. It’s to the point that they are losing oxygen to their brain. These kids are literally passing out and their bodies are overheating.”

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CHICAGO POLITICS

Cook County Goes “Back to the Future”

By Maze Jackson Defender Political Editor As Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle prepares to raise the Cook County sales tax by one penny, she should consider that it was that same penny that got her predecessor “lynched in the media.”

On December 4, 2006, Todd Stroger was sworn in as Cook County Board President. He replaced the interim Board President Bobbie Steele, who had only been in office since August 4th of that same year, completing the term of Stroger’s father. John Stroger had been County Board President until he was incapacitated with a stroke.

New County Board County Board President Stroger only had three months to craft an $3.1 billion budget that had a $500 million deficit . “The apparatus was in place to put a budget together, but no one took responsibility during the interim presidency,” Stroger said during an interview.

Stroger consulted his advisers, who all agreed that county government needed to be reformed. Stroger mandated across-the-board cuts of 21% for all 28 departments under his control. He requested the same from the other county officers, who all generally complied, with the exception of the Sheriff’s and State’s Attorney’s Offices.

When Stroger directed the hospital system to make “$90 million” in cuts, they recommended closing Provident and Oak Forest Hospitals. “Oak Forest was in the South Suburbs, and our flagship hospital, the County Hospital is 45 minutes away from Robbins. Our (Black) people needed that hospital, especially with so many Blacks moving to the South Suburbs,” Stroger stated.

“And when you look at Provident, that hospital was the biggest economic engine in that community, plus Michael Reese (hospital) was going to close. It was just too important to close, so we went back to every department and scraped together every bit of money we could, and we kept those hospitals open and balanced the budget in our first year.”

In Stroger’s 2nd year, Cook County found itself $238 million in the hole again because “the union agreement increased every year. We had to solve the problem.”

So Stroger along with Ralph Martire and the Center for Tax and Budget Accountability came up with a plan that “paid the bills without taking it out on the employees or over burdening the taxpayers, but we knew we needed revenue.”

In 2007, after trimming as much waste as possible, making almost every reform suggested by advisers and critics alike, and even voluntarily signing on to the Shakman decree, President Todd Stroger passed a balanced budget that included a one penny sales tax increase.

“Not only was the budget balanced, it addressed the structural deficit created by the labor agreements that continue to increase every year, “ Stroger said. “When President Preckwinkle came in she basically replicated my plan, but when she cut the sales tax, she found herself back at square one.”

As Preckwinkle seeks to pass the same one-penny sales tax that many say was the deathblow to the Stroger Presidency, she is finding unlikely opposition.

“The sales tax may be the easiest for the County Board to pass, but it will be hardest on the working families when everyday purchases - diapers, toothpaste, kid’s clothes - get more expensive. And it will be hardest on businesses who risk losing customers to Indiana or Will County. Cook County needs revenue to provide quality health services and a just criminal justice system, but a tax that hits the hardest on the hardest hit is not the way to go,” County Commissioner Bridgette Gainer (D-10) emphasized.

The “Toni Tax” as it is being called will likely pass, but no politician ever wants their name directly associated with a tax. Just ask Stroger.

“The newspaper and media made my name and tax synonymous. Say tax and people said Stroger. Water, property...any tax was The Stroger Tax, and I only asked for one penny,” Stroger finished. “At least I kept the hospitals open for that penny.”

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The “Lost Boys”of Chicago Part I

By Robert T. Starks Defender Contributing Writer

The Lost Boys of Sudan were refugees of the civil war in Sudan that began in 1983 and lasted for almost 20 years. This war drove some 20,000 young boys and their families from their homes in southern Sudan. Most of these young boys were under the age of 10 and were threatened with induction into the northern army or with death. Many were killed or died in the trek from their home villages to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. The survivors of this religious-ethnic tragic war became known as the Lost Boys of Sudan. By 2001, four thousands of these young boys, with the assistance of the International Rescue Committee, made it to the United States where they received help from American families. These brave boys have endured a great deal of pain and suffering in their exodus from Sudan to Ethiopia to Kenya and finally to America. They suffered from hunger, dehydration, exhaustion, drownings, and the crossfire of the warring forces.

Young Black boys in Chicago and across America share a great deal in common with these lost boys. Violence is the reality that is reflected in both cases and the boys in both cases are the lost ones. Indeed, the streets of Chiraq share some of the characteristics of the civil war conditions of the Sudanese villages that the Lost Boys of Sudan were fleeing from. On the South and West sides of Chiraq, young boys are constantly fleeing from the crossfire of the warring drug gangs in their neighborhoods. Families that are able to, have moved out of the city or to neighborhoods where they think that it is safer for their boys. However, it is clear that there are few if any neighborhoods that are free of the scourge of shooting by those engaged in the illegal drug and gun trade. According to the U.S. Census, from 2000 to 2010 Chicago lost 181,000 Blacks and 72,000 fewer in the region as a whole. Many of these were families that moved seeking safe neighborhoods and schools for their children and especially their boys. Chicago is not alone in this regard. The Census shows that half of the cities across the nation with large concentrations of Blacks have seen declines in their Black populations. Most have offered the same explanation for their reasons for relocating -- family safety.

Unfortunately, the focus of the speculation about the reasons for this upsurge in violence is young African American boys and young men! African American boys have been characterized as the cause and the effect of the violence by too many who refuse to look at the underlying causes. In reality these critics are blaming the victims for their victimization. The reality is that Black males, regardless of their ages, suffer from what Colorlines describes as “systematic and widespread, not individual and personal” racism and white supremacy. “Systemic problems require systemic remedies”. Therefore, before we can systematically blame these African American Lost Boys and Men who are for the most part victims, let us examine the underlying reasons for their behaviors.

BLACK MALE LIFE EXPECTANCY, HEALTH CARE AND MORTALITY According to data from the U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services, Asian Americans have a life expectancy at birth of 86.5 years, Latinos 82.6 years, whites 78.9 years, Native Americans 76.9 years, and Blacks 74.6 years. Since Black women on average live longer than Black men the average Black man’s life expectancy is closer to 71 years. “Which means, when measured by the blunt calculus of mortality, there is no human life more tenuous and fleeting in this country than that of a Black man” says Colorlines. The reasons for this gap in life span are the overwhelming presence of the most deadly diseases amongst Black men, cancer, heart disease, and HIV/AIDS, all of which can be treated if caught early. However, Black men are more likely to not have adequate health insurance, primary doctors or follow up care when diagnosed with a disease. Experts have for a long time equated poverty with illness. Black men are less likely to engage in preventative health care and in many cases they do not have access to the quality health care facilities and doctors. While we clearly see the shortened life span of the older Black males, we often overlook the increasing shortened life span of the youngest Black males.

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LOCAL NEWS

ComEd’s Icebox Derby Pushes Girls Toward STEM take home the W!” Because each contestant will receive a $1,000 scholarship for completing the program, each girl gets to be a winner. But, the girls aren’t the only ones excited to be a part of Icebox Derby. Team mentors are more than happy to help their young students excel in their new field.

“Being a mentor for these girls is very fulfilling being an engineer and seeing such young talent get their hands dirty,” said Cherish Anderson,

(L-R) Nakia Chappelle, 14, Jacquelyn Butler, 13, and Lauren Clay sit in the Icebox Car they are building with the help of mentor, Paula Corey (Photo Credit: Deborah Baylis)

By Arionne Nettles Defender Contributing Writer

ComEd is influencing Chicago area girls to push their STEM skills to the limit in its second annual Icebox Derby competition.

The local energy company teamed up with Girls4Science, Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana, the Chicago Urban League and Operation PUSH to introduce young students to STEM-related career fields in science, technology, engineering and math.

Along with these community partners, it launched its Icebox Derby with 30 teen girls from across Chicagoland.

Women make up only 28 percent of engineering and science professionals, according to the National Girls Collaborative Project’s State of Girls and Women in STEM report. Icebox Derby helps its participants explore STEM in a fun and educational way and ComEd hopes these young students will continue to delve into the subject after the competition’s completion.

“We are a company that’s very focused on diversity, and right now, we don’t see a lot of it in STEM,” said Anne Pramaggiore, president and CEO of ComEd. “We’re trying to create that by generating interest at a young age. These young ladies are ages 13 to 19 — it’s the perfect age to bring them in and draw their atten-

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engineering design tech at ComEd. “They’re so eager and excited to do the task at hand. It’s just great to see. I grew up in Chicago and this is something that I definitely didn’t get to do. I didn’t know much about engineering at all so for these girls to get such great exposure. I’m just happy to be a part of it.”

To follow the journey of these phenomenal young girls, visit theiceboxderby.com or search the hashtag #IceboxDerby.

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ComEd President and CEO, Anne Pramaggiore tion. And, in ten years, we hope to hire them. That’s the goal.”

The six teams will spend a total of four weeks working alongside a professional mentor. So the girls would also learn about the higher education process of earning STEM degrees, ComEd recently added college-aged mentors to the teams.

“The folks that work on this — our great employees — came up with the idea of adding in the college mentors this year to give the young ladies both a look at what professional life is in STEM as well as the educational processes around it,” Pramaggiore said. “We thought that the college-aged mentors could connect with them even more effectively because they’re a little closer in age. The girls really get a full experience, interacting with mentors on a very personal level to get any questions answered.”

For the girls, learning skills and meeting new friends makes the experience even that more enjoyable. Daina Wilson, a 13-year-old eight-grader at Beasley Academic Center, loves the science that she’s learning and is confident that her team “Fast & Flawless” will take home the win.

“My favorite part is bonding with different girls,” said Daina. “I’ve met friends from different schools, and from different neighborhoods, too. And I know we’re going to

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OPINION

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By Kai EL’Zabar

Defender Executive Editor With the recent passing of one of our fiercest warriors in defense of our Culture —Abena Joan Brown, Founder, President and CEO of ETA Creative Arts Foundation, I have thought more about our cultural institutions, and their importance to our culture. Abena was in the truest sense a Race woman. I am endeared by the description though it might make many uncomfortable and confuse others because their vocabulary is limited and most likely more pedestrian and academic or intellectual. This malady is a disease of the times.

In short a Race man or Race woman 1. Is a loyal member of the Black Race who dedicates their life to directly contributing to the betterment of Black people. 2. Race men and Race women remain consistently confrontational with the ideas, people, institutions, and/or nations that threaten the well-being of the Black race.

Thus I fancy myself the same unapologetically. In Abena’s efforts to bring Black theater to the Black community she shifted the paradigm to tell our stories from our pen to stage just as years before her Robert Abbot saw the necessity to do so through the Chicago Defender newspaper as the voice of Black people. He notably referred to our people as ‘The Race’. Today we still stand upon his shoulders and all the Race men and women who understand and accept the responsibility to reserve and tell our story as we see it evolve out of our experience and emerge colorful, richly textured and multi-layered.

James Baldwin wrote, “I remember once a few years ago, in the British Museum a Black Jamaican was washing the floors or something and asked me where I was from, and I said I was born in New York. He said, “Yes, but where are you from?” I did not know what he meant.

“Where did you come from before that?” he explained. I said, “My mother was born in Maryland.” “Where was your father born?” he asked. “My father was born in New Orleans.”

He said, “Yes, but where are you from?” Then I began to get it; very dimly, because now I was lost. And he said, “Where are you from in Africa?” I said, “Well, I don’t know,” and he was furious with me. He said, and walked away, “You mean you did not care enough to find out?”

Now, how in the world am I going to explain

to him that there is virtually no way for me to have found out where I came from in Africa?

So it is a kind of tug of war. The Black American is looked down on by other dark people as being an object abjectly used. They envy him on the one hand, but on the other hand they also would like to look down on him as having struck a despicable bargain.” ~ “A Rap on Race,” published in 1971 James Baldwin ,Margaret Mead If for no other reason it is important that we note the value in knowing from where one has come as it will serve as a road map in assisting you in where you will go from here. It is most important that we write our own story just as it is that you choose your own life. Only then do we really come to value human integrity.

So in receiving the news of Abena’s passing I talked with one of her protégées Runako Jahi who served as artistic director at ETA under her leadership. We spoke of her legacy, which he noted had much to do with her ability to read people and assess their skillset quickly while transposing it from its raw untrained state and place them in a position where they could be nurtured as they developed honed their skill to become a polished professional. This she did for many Blacks by enabling them to do what they were good at without necessarily possessing a college degree. She recognized the value of knowledge and ability grounded in one’s commitment to their craft or art giving them an opportunity they may never have otherwise received. All this she did because she understood and embraced the invaluable role culture plays in our lives.

She had the where withal to foresee the future if we do not take responsibility to rescue our culture, capture, document it as it occurs, record and archive it, and of course teach, market and promote it amongst ourselves as we share it with the world. She was very clear that we have to own our story if we are to navigate our future. Abena saw the danger in allowing others to shepherd our stories. She once told us, “If we’re not careful, one day the history books will report Ellington as white.”

This is not so far fetched . . . Notazke Shange noted poet, playwright, novelist wrote a the children’s book, “Ellington Was Not A Street,” because she could see how we are failing to tell our children about who we are, what greatness we come from, how those whose shoulders we stand on have contributed to the world and continue to effect change and impact the world in a positive way to advance it forward. Although this book was written for ages 4 -8 it is homage to African-American men who made history and influenced culture, including Duke Ellington, Paul Robeson, Dizzy Gillespie, and W.E.B. DuBois. The setting is a home, filled with the folks who made it happen, as observed by a small girl whose presence, greeting the guests or peeking around the corners, adds the child’s point of view; it’s not a bad idea for all adults to check out and brush up on their history. Anyway it makes

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Robert S. Abbott (Founder) 1905 – 1940 John H. Sengstacke (Publisher) 1940 – 1983 Frederick D. Sengstacke (Publisher) 1983 – 2000

Col. (Ret.) Eugene F. Scott (Publisher) 2000 – 2003 David M. Milliner (Publisher) 2003 – 2004 Michael A. House (Publisher) 2008 – 2013

President/Publisher: Cheryl Mainor for a fabulous gift on any occasion.

With that in mind we should note that the greatest gift we could give to our future generations after love is our legacy. Knowing and being able to continue to build upon what our ancestors have built is far more creditable to a race’s success than is discussed.

It’s no secret that our culture is under siege because after years of being robbed and raided is now established by the many as worthy of high stakes exploitation. After years of observation, study, copying, mimicking and literally stealing from its creators they now have the impudence to attempt to take it from us in front of our faces. You see it daily.

When our jazz artists first went to Europe where they were received with open arms, they thought it was for the love of their music as a form of high compliment in respect for their artistry. For years they traveled back and forth sharing their music. Today the numerous European jazz festivals as are those in America are primarily made up of white musicians who have become the jazz artists they envied, admired but mostly studied and now replaced.

The same goes for the Blues and look out Rhythm and soul when you have so many who mimic the art form of those numerous talented vocalists from Marvin Gaye, intimidated by Robin Thicke, to Michael Jackson intimidated by Justin Timberlake. Hip Hop has seen a copycats worldwide none greater than the rap

world of music. We can talk about things that seem small and yet they are far from petty as it impacts the world.

From our bodies to the way we walk, talk, sing, dress, play ball — it’s all about the rhythm of life in which we are in tune that’s envied around the world by Filipinos, Japanese, Europeans etc., and no one wants to say it.

Well I said it. Just look at Kim what’s her name, . . . or white boys referring to each other as ‘Bro’, hugging and slapping each other on the back giving five, dappin’ , now referred to a ‘bump’.

So when we look up and there are other folks talking about researching your art and culture you better ask to do what? You better proceed very cautiously. This is happening all around us. We see where the Chicago Wall of Respect created in 1967 by Black artists is concerned and the DuSable Museum founded by another Race Woman, Margaret Burroughs.

It is in the best interest of our community that we step up and look around us to see what’s going on in clear sight. There are those who seek to take the DuSable Museum out of our hands but belongs to the Black people and therefore should be guided under Black leadership to continue Dr. Burroughs’s vision. We must own our culture to allow for the continued development and growth od a viable iconic cultural institution.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Aretha Franklin: Maintaining Her Musical Roots

By Mary L. Datcher Defender Senior Staff Writer

The essence of Soul music cannot be mentioned without the names of iconic entertainers that have created a signature sound that is remixed, reworked and constantly remastered to this day. The preservation of music history, Black music history, has become relevant now more than ever. One cannot drop the name of Aretha Franklin without referencing her as the ‘Queen of Soul’ a description that was crowned by Chicago’s legendary radio broadcaster, Pervis ‘The Blues Man’ Spann. During the 1960’s, Spann, a radio disc jockey on WOPA-AM began to produce concerts at The Regal Theatre booking Blues and Soul acts including a young Aretha Franklin. He later purchased the station under WVON-AM which continues to operate today.

Chicago holds a special place in Franklin’s heart as she remembers the constant trips as a young girl traveling with her father—the legendary Rev. C.L Franklin. “I’ve been coming to Chicago for almost 60 odd years,” Franklin said. “As a teenager, we stayed out South on 93rd and Stewart. My Dad had a friend here and that’s where we stayed during the summer. I would come with him, when I got a little older and he would preach in town at different churches for Rev. Evans and others. So, I’ve had a love affair with Chicago for many years.”

The 18-Grammy award winning singer has sung for several Presidents, foreign dignitaries, queens, princes and kings as well as shared the stage with nearly every known international rockstar from every corner of the world—all fighting for a the chance to share a piece of her. The first woman inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, she reminisce about why the “city of big shoulders” brings back so many wonderful memories – there isn’t a hint of name dropping.

In town for yet another memorable concert; the Queen of Soul will perform at Ravinia this Saturday to a near sold out show. On the way in from Sioux City, Iowa, her tour bus suffered some transmission problems barely making it into the city limits.

“That was God’s grace that we got here as close as we did.

Fortunately, when the bus stopped – 5 minutes later, the Illinois Department of Transportation and Safety pulled up. I said, ‘Whoa’ as the old folks say, ‘Watch God work.’”

Born in Memphis, her family relocated to Detroit where she’s called home for most of her life.Although firmly rooted in gospel, Franklin also drew from such blues and jazz legends as Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington and Sarah Vaughn as she developed her singing style. On the male side, she was inspired

by Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, and Sam Cooke (both with and without the Soul Stirrers). From the emerging world of youthful doo-wop groups and early soul, Aretha enjoyed the likes of LaVern Baker, Ruth Brown, Little Willie John, the Falcons (featuring Wilson Pickett), and Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers.

Having musical roots in the church, she learned early by traveling on the road accompanying her father and singing with her siblings at various churches and gospel music revivals. Her father, a pastor at New Bethel Baptist Church also recorded albums. Aretha’s best lessons were picked up by singing in her father’s church. Influenced by great singers Clara Ward, Mahalia Jackson and James Cleveland – the secular side of music was never far from her repertoire. www.chicagodefender.com

“Back in the days of the Regal Theatre, I had great days performing with other artists like the Motown groups – the Temptations and the Marvelettes.”Franklin remembers. “That was during the time when Dennis Edwards was a Contour. He wasn’t a Temp then. McKinley Mitchell used to close the show with “A Little Bit of Soul”. The last verse of it was, ‘How am I doing? Am I doing alright.’ He would answer himself. I love that.

That’s the way he would close the show and kill it all the time.

Great days – the best days. You would taste the best hamburgers from the back door of the Regal.”

During that time, record labels such as Vee Jay, Chess and Motown Records were dominating the airwaves, especially on Black radio stations but gradually crossed over. Chicago and Detroit shared great similarities in musical styles and trends.

Some artists recall there was some friendly competition among the male vocal groups.

She explained, “I never knew there was a rivalry between Detroit and Chicago. Chicago to me is very similar to the people in Detroit. Very sophisticated, very honest and very intellectual.

Just down-to-earth and good people.”

Growing up she loved hearing about her sister’s escapades on one of her many trips to Chicago and each them soon had young suitors. “My sister, Erma used to date one of the Chi-Lites. Way back in the days – I mean way back when we were teenagers. I was 16 when The Flamingos had caught our attention. One of the members, Jimmy Carter stayed across the street from my father’s friend so eventually she became friends with them. Later, I started to date one of the Flamingos as well,” Franklin said.

Hearing about Erma’s adventures hitting popular nightlife attractions like the South Side’s Club DeLisa, would often have her calling the airline to inquire about flights even though she wasn’t quite ready to board a plane. Over the years, it’s been known that Franklin still prefers traveling via ground transportation and rarely travels overseas due to her misgivings of flying.

Throughout her recording career, she has helped build the R&B and Gospel brand of major record labels such Columbia Records for six years, releasing nine R&B hits (the most memorable being “Today I Sing the Blues” and “Runnin’ Out of Fools”). She also scored some pop crossovers (“Rock-a-Bye Your Baby With a Dixie Melody” and “Won’t Be Long”) – Eventually, she signed to Atlantic Records in 1966 under the guidance of legendary music executive and producer Jerry

Wexler. It was during this time, her stardom rose to international heights. Her next three albums – Aretha Arrives (1967), Lady Soul (1968) and Aretha Now (1968) – included “Respect” “Chain of Fools,” “Think,” “Baby, I Love You,” “Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby),” and a soulful rendering of Carole King’s “A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like).”

Her fifth Atlantic album was Aretha in Paris (1968). In 12 years, Franklin made a total of 19 albums while signed to Atlantic Records.

In the early years of the 1970’s, she released such critically acclaimed albums as Spirit in the Dark (1970), Aretha Live at Fillmore West (1971), Young, Gifted and Black (1972) and Amazing Grace (1972). Spirit in the Dark and Young, Gifted and Black found Franklin tapping into themes of resiliency and empowerment. Spirit in the Dark was her most autobiographical album, featuring five songs penned by Franklin.

Former Columbia Records president, Clive Davis signed Franklin to his new label, Arista Records in the 1980’s bringing her soulful sound into the dance world with hits such as “Jump to It” and “Get It Right”. Her collaborations on duets from George Michael, Keith Richards and later down the road with hip hop songstress, Lauryn Hill sealed her versatility as cross-generational to many fans.

Clive Davis is known as the man with the ‘golden’ touch and is famously tied to the late singer Whitney Houston, God daughter of Franklin. Having a niche for working with the best female vocalists, Clive approached her on the latest album project, “Aretha Franklin Sings the Diva Classics”, an album showcasing the singer’s signature style covering popular songs by chart topping female singers, many of whom have been influenced by Franklin growing up.

“That was Clive’s idea and it was his concept,” Franklin said.

“He asked me what I thought about it and he gave me a list of singers along with a list of recordings. I looked at the list and most of these songs, I had bought as a consumer so they have no idea how much money they owe me,” she laughed. “I thought these songs are great, I loved them as a consumer as well.”

From her first major record label in 1967 to her current deal on RCA Records, the music business had changed. She believes the generation following hers have made smarter moves based on the doors that were opened by her peers.

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ARTS & CULTURE

By Theresa McGrew Contributing Writer There is absolutely no place like Chicago in the Summertime! We have it all. The Lakefront, Riverwalk, Navy Pier, the Beaches, and Parks, along with a host of cultural institutions - - the DuSable Museum, the Southside Community Arts Center, the Museum of Science and Industry, and the Art Institute, to name a few. Concerts in Grant Park, Millennium Park, and at the South Shore Cultural Center, most of them free!

A gazillion festivals, many of them centered around food. Summer is the time when Chicagoans come out of hibernation (there is no Spring) with a vengeance, they’re practically “Dancing in the Streets” —Martha and the Vandellas never

SUMMER DINING OUT IN CHICAGO spoke truer words! A favorite pastime for many Chicagoans is frequenting restaurants where they can bask in the warm weather while dining al fresco. That’s oneof my favorite activities during the Summer.

This Summer I plan to explore some restaurants that offer al fresco dining with some of the most scenic views in the city. I think you might enjoy exploring them too. ‘Cause sometimes, where you dine IS. ALL. ABOUT. THE. VIEW. Piccolo Sogno. A great Italian restaurant located in the River North area. Its name means the “Little Dream,” and it is indeed a dream when it comes to al fresco dining. Go there on a nice sunny day, when it’s not too hot, and dine on the patio. It’s like dining in a secluded garden where you’re completely surrounded by plants and trees. Piccolo Sogno’s menu offers a selection that is likely to satisfy the tastes of most diners. If you’re a seafood lover you might want to try the Cozze Con Pancetta, Prince Edward mussels cooked with white wine, garlic, fresh English peas, leeks, chili flakes, and house cured pancetta, garlic crostini. I can’t wait to try it!

If you’re adventurous, try the Coniglio Alla Cacciatore, Hunter style braised rabbit, tomatoes, olives, mushrooms, sofritto, and soft semolina. $$$, Lunch Mon-Fri, Dinner daily, 464 North Halsted, (312) 421-

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Caffé Oliva. Is a seasonal restaurant that opens in May, located at the Ohio Street Beach. Diners seated at Caffé Oliva’s tables or in its “cabanas” have some of the most breathtaking views in the city of the beach, lake, and skyline. Caffé Oliva serves casual fare with a Mediterranean influence. I’m really looking forward to sitting at a table or in one of the “cabanas,” and enjoying the view while munching on something scrumptious, maybe a pound of the Amish Chicken Drummettes or a Lobster Roll, and sipping on something exotic - - a Captain White Mojito or a Ko Lemonade. $$, Lunch and Dinner daily, 550 East Grand, (312) 612-0734, www.caffeoliva.com.

Tavern on Rush. Is a Steakhouse that also serves Seafood and a variety of other dishes. The Tavern on Rush has one of the best outdoor patio cafés in the city. Located in River North, just off the Mag Mile and Oak Street, it’s a great place to chill out on a Summer day and watch the Beautiful People (that’s you and me) strut their stuff. I’ll be wearing my red dress and high heel sneakers when I go there. I plan to have the Oysters Rockefeller with a Caesar Salad, and sip on one or two glasses of Prosecco, while I enjoy watching all the people pass by. $$$, Open daily, 1031 North Rush Street, (312)

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Chicago Burger Company.

CBC is located in the Chicago Sheraton Hotel, and has an outdoor patio with a spectacular view of the Chicago River. If you’re there on a Wednesday or Saturday night you can see the fireworks from Navy Pier. It’s a great place to enjoy a burger or a Red Hot Chicago Dog while you watch the boats pass by. $$, Open daily, 301 East Water Street, (312) 464-1000, www.

The Aretha Franklin from Page 7 “They came into the industry doing their own thing. They’re still doing their own thing. Like Sean ‘Puffy’ Combs (not Diddy), he organized and brought all of his artists to Clive under his production company.

Once that contract played out, Puffy took his artists and left,” Franklin said. “We didn’t do that when we were coming along. We were either asked to sign the contract and we would either re-sign or not. But, now they are operating at a completely different way and a smarter way than when we came up.”

While in Chicago, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee laid out plans to revisit some of her favorite restaurant hot spots. She is a fan of Josephine’s gumbo at Captain Hard

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The Waterfront Café. Is a seasonal café housed in a historic landmark coach house, with an outdoor patio, located on the lakefront at Hollywood Beach. The view of the lake from the café is breathtaking.

You can also enjoy live entertainment in the evenings Wednesday thru Sunday. Try the Jerk Chicken Nachos. $$, Open daily, 6219 North Sheridan Road (in Berger Park), (773) 761-3294, www.waterfrontcafechicago.com Times and Lem’s BBQ. It’s no secret that she can ‘burn’ in the kitchen with some of the best cooks, but she mentions, ‘it was a gradual progression.‘ “When I first started, I used to make breakfast for my Dad – it used take so long. He would give me a look. He didn’t say anything but he gave me a look that read, ‘What on earth, took you so long?’ I was doing my best, so there it is.”

Being a great cook is just another feather in Ms. Franklin’s cap as she looks forward to slowing down her hectic schedule from six shows a month to three shows. This is a strategy that she acknowledges to creating a level of balance and rest.

There aren’t any plans in the near future for another album release but she prefers to keep her options open.

“I’m just thinking about what I want to record. I’m not really sure at this point. Just waiting to see if I’m going to re-sign with RCA Records or release music on my own with Aretha‘s Records,” she said.

With a sweeping view of Chicago’s Navy Pier and Lake Michigan from her hotel room, Aretha Franklin is taking everything in stride with God’s grace. The view from the top is not foreign to her and she understands all too well that without the loyalty of her fans that view would play out much differently. She feels it’s important to give the people what they want. Franklin’s deep musical roots range from gospel, soul, blues, rock and opera. She is a beautiful anomaly of what is missing from music today.

She adds, “I love where my concert is now. I’m entering new things, doing the hits and I try to evolve with them. Whatever I sung the last time, I try to keep with the things people like along with new things.”

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Molly Culture from Page 2 From hip hop’s Biggie rapping about smoking ‘optimo’, marijuana laced with crack cocaine in the 1990’s to Gucci Mane spitting rhymes about the highs of syrup—a quick fix combining cough syrup and codeine, the message of popping ‘Molly’ through music resonates through the headphones and households of our Black youth. In Chicago it’s ‘drill’ music, a form of rap music that offers an inside out viewpoint of street culture, telling graphic tales of violence and territorial beef.

The music is often repetitive and the hypnotic hook-line has captured a viral young audience through high digital numbers and mixtapes.

Powell adds. “There’s a song out called, “I’m Rollin’”, it’s played at the strip clubs. The kids are eating off that song, they want to hear it. Here comes that ‘Molly’ man coming into the club, so everyone wants to do what’s in the song. Everyone wants that feeling. Everyone is not going to get that feeling, you don’t have that what they have in the song. It’s not accessible to everyone, you’re getting that bootleg drug.”

The song that Powell refers to is from Lil Herb, a Chicago artist who has close to 900,000 YouTube views from the music vid-

eo. In the song, “I’m Rollin’” the lyrics include: All they know is kill, show no sympathy And they kill for free, don’t get killed for me Lil bro got it on him off a pill or three We don’t show ID, couple shorties with me Tottin’ thirty clips only sixteen Do we blame the music that allows an escape for the many young talent in our inner city neighborhoods when hope and despair are a constant presence? The glorification of ‘Molly’, ‘K2’, ‘Ecstasy ‘and the latest form—‘Loud’.

‘Loud’ is marijuana that is cloned through manipulating two female ( marijuana has a male and female plants) branches braided together, accelerating the THC in the plant. This can

result in psychoactive cannabinoids producing different effects, which can cause adverse reactions upon the user.

Few reports rarely connect black youth to these drugs but often we hear of white youth overdosing from its affects. A victim was found attending the Spring Awakening Music Festival in May due to a reported drug overdose at Soldier’s Field. What is not being reported much is the problem is no longer confined to electronic dance music festivals or raves—this is a growing epidemic, leading to long term behavioral and physical problems across societal lines.

“My generation is considered ‘crack babies’,” Powell said. “Not only do we suffer from mental disabilities but most of us don’t have the resources to recognize this. It’s an open field of drugs and the ripple effect that cause many to become unstable. It’s a trickle down effect. Just like how ‘crack’ affected my generation, some of my cousins suffer from Down Syndrome, some suffer from depression and many other mental disabilities.”

At press time, Chicago had 248 murders and 214 shootings. The age breakdown of the victims or the assailants or whether the assailants are under the influence of drugs

is not clear. However, it is important to get a realistic idea of what is circulating in our communities and the easy access of these drugs.

They are as accessible as going to the corner store to purchase a six-pack of beer or buying a double espresso shot of latte.

The ability to help through outpatient drug rehab and mental health facilities is dissipated randomly due to state and city budget cuts in the African American community. The fight to save our youth can often be challenged as an annihilation of another generation. From the song, “Young, Black and Gifted”: When you feel really low Yeah, there’s a great truth you should know When you’re young, gifted and black Your soul’s intact The drug ‘Molly’ doesn’t recognize color, race, gender or social background—it rips any potential of hope, growth and a shining future from the user. But the disparity in its distribution in our community is our concern. We have to change that. “Say what you may but old school gangsters did not and do not endorse any mind control drugs,” says a community source.” So, let’s see which ‘young, gifted and black’ artist will rap about these truths today.

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July, 2015

Now – August 22 – MUNTU Children & Adult Classes At Beverly Arts Center 915 E. 60th Street; Chicago, IL 60637, 773.702.2787.

July 16th – Dynate & Associates presents Chicago Rhythms: Season lll- A Live Music Atmosphere for Mature Adults featuring Shorty Mack & The Blues. Chicago Rhythms takes place every Thursday at Norman’s Bistro located at 1001 East 43rd Street. Doors Open at 6pm with no cover charge. Brought to you by Luster Products Inc., S-Curl, The Carolyn Y. Adams Breast Cancer Foundation, State Farm and Red Level Entertainment.

July 16th – Chicago Small Business Bus Tour- Calling all Business Owners and Entrepreneurs! Step inside Fifth Third Bank’s Financial Empowerment Bus for free credit and business counseling from financial experts. Come for free credit reporting, one on one coaching for capacity building, sourcing opportunities learn about certifications and small business lending. 10AM 1937 W. Futlon July 25th – Shred-Day - Rep. Turner joins AT&T in sponsoring FREE shredding-Saturday, July 25, 2015 9:00 a.m. til 12 noon 3849 W Ogden Ave.; Chicago, Illinois 60623. For more information, please contact Rep. Turner’s constituent service office at 773-277-4700.

July 26th – 9th Annual Better Love Yourself Trunk Event- Terisa Griffin, R&B recording artist and Executive Director of Better Love Yourself, NFP is pleased to announce the highly anticipated 9th Annual Better Love Yourself Trunk Event!.

The first of its kind to bring the loving tradition of providing on-campus essentials for high school graduates preparing for a new start in college. DuSable Museum of African American History * 740 E. 56th P

July 27th – Illinois Legislative Black Caucus Foundation Golf Outing - Cog Hill Golf & Country Club 12294 Archer Ave - 60439 – Lemont, IL July 27, 2015 – Tee Time 9:00 am. For more information, call 708-669-6697 July 30th – Downtown Chicago alley transformed with live art, hip hop and house music in ACTIVATE event-Chica-

“Magic Mike XXL” is more than meets the eye

By Terrence Tomlin Defender Managing Editor

I was prepared to not enjoy “Magic Mike XXL”. I took one glance at the movie’s official poster and saw five shirtless men and my brain subconsciously, but instantly put up a “Proceed with Caution” sign.

“Me? Enjoy a movie about male strippers? No way!” I thought to myself.

I was convinced that “Magic Mike XXL”, the sequel to “Magic Mike” (2012)which I admittedly did not see , was going to be two hours full of male gyrating, pelvic thrusting, shirt twirling, women screaming madness and that I was going to be begging for it to end. But to my surprise, I was wrong.

“Magic Mike XXL” was all of what I expected, but also so much more. In the midst of the bumping and grinding was a story about a man (Mike, played by Channing Tatum) not ready to concede to mediocrity, longing for one last hurrah and inspiring his closest friends ((Joe Manganiello as Big Dick Richie, Matt Bomer as Ken, Adam Rodriguez as go Loop Alliance (CLA) will transform the Couch Place alley (171 N. Dearborn Street) into an urban celebration with ACTIVATE on Thursday, July 30 from 5-10 p.m. The free

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Tito, and Kevin Nash as Tarzan) to embark on a journey to do the same. By the end of the movie, I was cheering for Mike and his crew of “male entertainers” to take no prisoners as they danced, gyrated, and pelvic thrusted their way into the hearts (and likely daydreams) of their enamored female audience. And I was in no way ashamed of it.

Yes, I thoroughly enjoyed “Magic Mike XXL”.

After a three year absence from male entertainment and Mike’s Furniture Company barely scratching the surface of success, he assembles his group of ex male strippers, who affectionately call themselves the “Kings of Tampa”, to pile into his yogurt truck (literally, a yogurt truck) and travel to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to take part in the famed (or infamous) stripper convention, for one last performance as the Kings. On the road to the convention in Myrtle Beach, they stumble upon a gay strip club, find their way to a beach party where one lucky lady catches Mike’s eye, crash a house gathering full of down-for-the-cause “cougars”, but most interestingly, in the hopes for finding a much needed MC for their performance at the pop-up event is part of an ongoing monthly series that immerses the public in a spectacle of sound, art and performance. Guests who RSVP in advance at www.LoopChica-

stripper convention. They visit a plantation turned Black male stripper paradise ran by Rome, (Jada Pinkett Smith) an ex love interest of Mike and the self-proclaimed “Queen” of the film. Catering to the deepest desires of her mostly all Black female clients, Rome leads a pack of all Black male strippers that had the women at the screening I attended collectively fanning themselves (not an exaggeration). Rome’s character refreshes the audience with her strength and confidence, and at the same time commands our attention with her pure and natural sexiness.

Exactly what I have come to expect from a “Jada” character.

“Magic Mike XXL” is more than just a “chick flick”. If you are brave enough to take your girlfriend(or boyfriend for that matter) to see what appears to be a celebration of male entertainment. It is! You will also be treated to an awesome film about knowing exactly what you want, and having the guts to go out and get it.

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Calling all Business Owners and Entrepreneurs!

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Chicago’s small business owners will be provided with key resources to take their businesses to the next level through the interactive program scheduled. Fifth Third Bank’s e-bus will be on site offering free credit reporting, one-on-one coaching for capacity building, and sourcing opportunities.

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This program is presented as part of the Chicago Park District’s Night Out in the Parks with the support of Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Arts programming in neighborhoods across the city advances the goals of the Chicago Park District and the Chicago Cultural Plan.

The Fifth Third Bank E-bus helping to Empower communities This informational day serves to help small businesses while contributing in a major way to the city of Chicago by investing in the future of small companies.

Business owners will also gain valuable insights on the certification process and how to access small business lending. This is a big deal and can make a major difference in whether or not a small business survives or fails.

“The eBus allows us to serve people where they live and work, and provide the knowledge and tools to help them take control of their financial further.We are grateful for the relationships we enjoy in Chicago that helps us reach those interested in gaining access to information they need,” said Nicole Johnson-Scales, Community Development, Fifth Third Bank, CThe event kicks-off with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:00 am, followed by coaching sessions allowing business owners to gain specific insights unique to their business. These sessions will run until 3pm. Other activities offered include a “Business Shark” Competition and discussions about vendor and supplier diversity opportunities with actual Fifth Third Bank decision makers. This may be perceived as the highlight of the day.

Winners compete for an opportunity for a one-onone meeting with a fifth third Bank Buyer or key decision maker, free checking business account for one year, participation in CBOF 49, and last but not least, a brand new iPad mini. But the eBus won’t be the only hot vehicle on the lot. Between sessions, participants are invited to indulge in great eats with some of Chicago’s premiere food trucks.

Bypassing the challenges of opening traditional brick and mortar establishments, food truck owners have experienced exponential growth over the past five years, and are great examples of small business success. The Chicago Minority Supplier Diversity Council (ChicagoMSDC), a major driver of partnerships between corporations, minority businesses, government agencies, and other entities.

“ChicagoMSDC is committed to the growth, development and sustainability of people color,” said Shelia Morgan, Council President and CEO. “We believe in collaborating with organizations that embrace economic development in the community to bring valued resources to the people we serve. We are extremely excited to participate In the event!”

Chicago has long been the City that works as is sup-

ported by ChicagoMSDC members which report over $3 billion in annual purchases from minority-owned firms. With over 1,300 certified minority-owned businesses and 250 buying organizations, minority enterprise members report the employment of over 98,000 workers annually. Other sponsors include Goodcity (who works with both for and non-profit social entrepreneurial organizations to promote self-sufficiency, hope and purpose in Chicago’s underserved communities) and MZI Group, Inc. (a leader in electrical and mechanical construction, energy infrastructure, utility projects, design build and facility services).

“I am excited to host this event to allow small and up and coming businesses the chance to get capitol opportunities for business growth,” said MZI’s Arthur Miller.

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The Chicago Football Classic, Inc. Salutes Lasting Legacy of HBCU & NFL Football Greats

By A.L. Smith Contributing Writer

In neighborhoods across the U.S. during the summer of 2015, a pressing question confronts many community, business and church leaders, families and youth, elected officials and other concerned individuals alike: How can we stop so many talented young African-Americans from getting senselessly killed, and instead - - make sure that they get an opportunity to attend college?

It’s a question that many believe must be answered, and soon, before many more lives are lost. Most agree that education and opportunity are two critically important keys to future success. And there are some major football athletes from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) who have answered the call.

That’s why the Chicago Football Classic, Inc. salutes one of these committed sports legends.

Classic co-founder and businessman Everett Rand shares his philosophy: “The nations HBCU’s, which we support via the Chicago Football Classic, as well as many of

their prominent graduates, have a long and storied history of opening professional career doors and mentoring young, talented African-Americans, and deserve our enduring respect and acknowledgment. We are proud to honor their spirited dedication to the community.”

Years before former football greats Leroy Kelly, former Cleveland Browns running back and Willie Edward Lanier, both graduates of the vaunted Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland were inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame, they shared an important connection with other famous leaders who also graduated from the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU’s) and Chicago businessmen Everett and Tim Rand, and Larry Huggins, the co-founders of the nonprofit Chicago Football Classic, Inc. (CFC).

They all shared a desire to ‘pay it forward’, and one day, to give back to the HBCU schools who made, and continue to make the successful careers of generations of young African-Americans possible.

Lanier was also one of many players who excelled at the nation’s historically black colleges and uni-

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In both games this weekend, the former Westinghouse star made clutch plays and big shots to lead his team to two wins and a first place standing in their conference. He averaged 18.5 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the victories. His hustle, intensity and stellar play on the defensive end didn’t go unnoticed either.

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versities, particularly from the ‘60s through the ‘80s. NFL superstars Jerry Rice and the late former Chicago Bear Walter ‘Sweetness’ Payton were other well-known, highly talented and much-beloved players of that golden era.

“Each of us, Everett, Tim and I consider it an honor to be in a position to help make a difference in the lives of Chicago-area students through the Chicago Football Classic, Inc.,” relates Larry Huggins, owner of Riteway-Huggins Construction company. “We also respect the positive message that former NFL football stars like Mr. Lanier are sending to young people by their direct actions in mentoring, financially supporting and inspiring them to grow into greatness.”

Each year, the Chicago Football Classic donates thousands of dollars of scholarship assistance to deserving high-school students headed to Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).

The 18th Annual 2015 Chicago Football Classic, is a highly popular, exciting college sports tradition in the city, will be held on Saturday, September 26, 2015, at Soldier Field. Game day kick-off is 3:30 p.m.

The excitement will be high, and the ‘don’t miss’ game will be fierce!

The Classic, whose stated mission, according to the founders, is to highlight the traditions, academic excellence, values and legacy of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) will pit two EastCoast college football powerhouses: The Morgan State University Bears, the 2015 conference champion from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and the Howard University Bison.

Chicago Football Classic executive director Ron Collins, himself a proud Morgan State University graduate relates another important aspect of the Classic weekend and game, which of course, he is sure will be won by his alma mater: “One of our main approaches to help ensure the success of the Classic is simple – we activate each college’s local alumni chapters to promote the event and hype the tradition of these two institutions, who are separated by a mere 47 miles. We use unique outreach messages to highlight the chapter member’s accomplishments, and to encourage

active participation by their families, friends and other alumni. It’s a proven formula.”

Willie Edward Lanier, a 6-1, 245-pound bundle of steel and a 1986 NFL Pro Hall of Fame inductee, was a middle linebacker, nicknamed ‘Contact’ because of his successfully aggressive and ferocious tackling ability. His career with the Kansas City Chiefs lasted from 1967 through 1977.

Lanier was also an NFL trailblazer.

He was the very first African-American player to star in that high-profile and demanding position. He was a true pioneer - - and also served as a key player on one of the National Football League’s strongest defensive teams. Lanier was widely known as an incredibly fast, and a quick-thinking responsive player.

Ever the perfectionist, Willie Lanier missed only one game in his eleven-year career, and led the Chiefs to a Super Bowl IV Championship in 1971. As a Chiefs middle linebacker, he was an eight-time All-Pro pick and a six-time Pro Bowl selectee.

As another well-deserved honor, his No. 63 jersey has since been retired

by Kansas City.

Today, Willie Lanier, a 1967 graduate of Morgan State, is a successful businessman, well-known and much-beloved Morgan State University alum, and former National Football League star. Following college and professional football, he focused his HBCU education and personal efforts in business, today serving as president and CEO of the Virginia-based investment firm called the Lanier Group LLC. This spring, he graciously donated $500,000 to his alma mater; establish the Willie E. Lanier Sr. Endowed Lectureship in Business Ethics. He also serves as chair of the Morgan State University Foundation. He credits the solid educational foundation and athletic opportunities he received at this historically black college and university for his current success.

“I consider myself extremely lucky to have played high-school football, which provided me an athletic scholarship to Morgan State University. There I experienced a supportive environment, with a strong emphasis on athletics AND education. This allowed me to cultivate what evolved into a long-term

relationship with the university. Athletics provided the means for my education,” remarked Lanier in a statement which accompanied the endowment announcement by Morgan State University.

According to Morgan State University, beginning in 2016, this endowed lectureship will honor a selected faculty member with a twoyear business ethics research award in the university’s Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management, named after another successful graduate of Morgan State, entrepreneur Earl G. Graves, who went on to found Black Enterprise Magazine.

“These are the types of initiatives that the Chicago Football Classic, Inc. applauds and admires. This lectureship will help advance the educational opportunities of a diverse range of African-American HCBU students and youth seeking to improve their lives for the future,” said Classic co-founder Tim Rand.

The intersection of high standards of excellence in academics and athletics are one of the many enduring cornerstones of these two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). In supporting the proud legacy of these two institutions of higher education - - Howard University and Morgan State University, there is a growing awareness that the new civil rights agenda is about economic justice and empowerment.

In the final analysis, perhaps the real role of the Chicago Football Classic, Inc. is to stand as a representative for the next generation of leaders, to ensure that they too are able to access the halls and boardrooms of power and prestige in corporate America, impact the political /legislative processes at city halls, county buildings and state houses around the country, and challenge the social dynamic to insure a brighter future for all.

Tickets are available now for the 2015 Chicago Football Classic, Inc. (CFC), please call Riteway-Hugins at 773-734-1600 or Midway Wholesellers at 773-874-8000, x 4024.

Go to www.chicagofootballclassic. biz, or connect with the Classic on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ ChicagoFootballClassic or: twitter. com/@ChiFtblClass. Thanks!

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CHICAGO POLITICS The Lost Boys from Page 4 “According to U. S. data, between the years 1993 and 2012, there were 657 suicides that occurred in children between 5 and 11 years of age. Most of these children were either 10 or 11 years old, and there was one suicide that occurred with a 5year old”, says Tamiya King in the Atlanta Blackstar. This writer points to research that shows an increase in suicide among Black boys. This research suggests “that Black boys may feel significant stress due to the violence and school discipline they are exposed to, which is in a higher scale than white children of the same age.” The authors of this research assert “that Black boys are less likely to get help for the depression and anxiety that could develop as a result of these negative factors, but it is still not confirmed whether these factors lead to suicide.” At the same time we know that many of these “Lost Boys” suffer from a great deal of depression caused by poverty, homelessness, bullying, disproportionate harsh treatment that they receive from teachers and administrators in school, the police, and violence that surrounds them. All of these factors could bring many boys to the brink of suicidal tendencies.

Black boys, living in poverty, are subjected to abusive prisons and jails. They are pushed out of schools and into the juvenile justice system. This is the cradle to-jail-pipeline and too many Black boys are subjected to these phenomena. The Southern Poverty Law Center, (SPLC) in a recent report “Children at Risk”, stated that “thousands of children are languishing in abusive prisons and jails.” The report further stated “Many of these children were needlessly pushed out of school and into

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the juvenile justice system. But schools are just one entry point to the juvenile justice system – a system that too frequently cuts short the life chances of the young people it’s supposed to serve. Many youths are criminalized because of their experiences with failing foster care and mental health systems. Children and teens of color are imprisoned at almost three times the rate of their white counterparts – suggesting that they are often unfairly targeted for arrest and confinement.” The great majority of these incarcerated youths are Black boys. SPLC estimates that there are some 100,000 children and teens that are incarcerated across the country, many in adult facilities.

“U. S. Department of Justice research shows that youths incarcerated with adults are eight times more likely to commit suicide than in juvenile facilities, five times more likely to be sexually assaulted, three times more likely to be assaulted by prison staff and 50 percent more likely to be assaulted with a weapon than youths in a juvenile facility.” Youths placed in adult facilities are highly likely to return to prison for repeated criminal acts.

The most extreme tragedy of a case of incarceration of a Black boy is that of Bronx, New York teenager Kalief Browder.

Kalief was arrested for an alleged robbery in 2010 and sent to New York City’s notorious Rikers Island adult prison where he was placed in solitary confinement for most of the 1000 days that he spent in the prison. He was systematically beaten by guards and inmates. Since his family were too poor to hire a lawyer, he languished in jail without a trial for three years. He and his mother consistently his innocence to no avail. After

news reports of his injustice, he was released and attempted to repair his life. However, because of the severity of the mental pain and physical abuse, he was unable to readjust to civilian life and he committed suicide this spring.

On July 5th, two brothers who moved from Chicago to Jefferson City, Missouri in search of safety and a job, were shot and killed while sitting in their car at 88th and Bishop in Auburn Gresham on the South Side. They were in town to visit family during the holiday weekend. Willie Hunter, 31, and his brother John Hunter, 25, nephews of Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter initially found it hard to believe that this had happened to her family but finally talked openly about the tragedy. “As I have so often stated, our family is not exempt from the violence we face in Chicago. And guess what? The real truth of the matter is that no matter who you are, what you do and how peacefully you try to live in this world, violence is seemingly never far away ready to prey. None of us are exempt. We are all in this terrible tragedy together,” said Senator Hunter at the funeral of these two young men.

Because of the severity of the problem of violence and the fact that we have too many Lost Boys, we do not have time for the “public moralist” harangues of Bill Cosby and President Obama. We need to begin looking at real solutions.

This is part I, part II will follow next week with further analysis of the plight of the lost boys of Chiraq and America. Later this series will be followed by some solutions to this problem.

STAY TUNED!

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FOOD

Black America Cooks ©2015 Donna Battle Pierce

By Donna Battle Pierce Defender Contributing Writer

In what can best be described as my “dreams-come-true” summer, I’m spending long days in a library across the Charles river from Boston in the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, researching historic African-American cookbooks and cooks.

At lunch time, you can find me feasting on clams and oysters...”within reason,” as my grandmother often reminded me when it came to consuming irresistible flavors.

I’m certain I found my calling as a food journalist because Granny, or Miss Juanita, as everyone along the Gulf Coast referred to her, insisted that few things were more important than tasting, reproducing and passing down traditional cultural dishes.

What could she possibly have considered more important?

Miss Juanita placed fashionable clothes made with beautiful fabrics on the pedestal balanced equally between traditional dishes made with impeccable ingredients. She

taught by example how to balance both indulgences by limiting the most delicious flavors and extravagant fabrics to special occasions.

I thought about Granny yesterday when I topped my Skinny Salad with seafood from my New England lunch, grateful I had come to my senses long enough to request half of the decadent and delicious meal wrapped to take home in a doggy bag for dinner.

Try this healthy salad recipe as a foundation for half-portion splurges of restaurant doggy bag contents including broiled or fried chicken, steak, barbecue sauce-laden brisket or pulled pork, roasted vegetables or per my example: these fried whole belly Ipswich clams, oysters and a take-home sea bass filet.

Send questions or share your favorite original recipe to dpierce@ BlackAmericaCooks.com or Donna Pierce 535 N. Michigan Ave. Suite 3105, Chicago, Ill. 60611. (Include your name and telephone number) If we print your recipe in this column, you will win a new cookbook.

Find more recipes and information by joining Donna on BlackAmericaCooks.com.

Skinny/Decadent Salad 18 grape tomatoes 10 pitted Kalamata olives, halved lengthwise or crosswise 3/4 cup fresh button mushroom slices or your choice mushroom slices 1 1/2 cups Romaine lettuce, shreds, see note 1/4 cup Balsamic vinegar Freshly ground black pepper 2 tablespoons finely grated feta cheese 3 teaspoons chopped fresh basil leaves 2 teaspoons chopped fresh parsley leaves Leftover chilled seafood, chicken, beef, other, cut into bite-size pieces, if desired.

Cut tomatoes into pieces; place in a medium bowl; set aside. Break mushrooms into pieces with your fingers, adding pieces to bowl as you break. Add olives; top with lettuce shreds. Top lettuce with basil and parsley. Season with pepper to taste. Top with cheese. Drizzle balsamic vinegar over mixture, reserving a tablespoon to drizzle over leftover salad addition.

Toss mixture lightly with salad tongs or a fork and tablespoon. Divide mixture equally between two large salad plates or dinner plates. Top with cold seafood, chicken, beef or vegetables leftovers. Drizzle remaining vinegar over leftovers to lightly moisten. Makes two servings.

Note: purchase pre-sliced Romaine threads or Remove top leaves from Romaine head and reserve for another purpose. Use a serrated knife to slice very thin strips from the cut top of the head into long shreds.

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The Sweet Wines of

By SD Searcy Contributor The Defender For most of us, our first time tasting wine was gulping down a “sweet” wine. Drinking straight from a bottle. Maybe a paper cup. Maybe a Mason jar or even a coffee mug.

A “wine” glass? Never. (Who knew?)

And the sweet wines of choice: Bali-Hi. Boone’s Farm (Strawberry & Apple.) Morgan David (aka MD2020 aka “Mad Dog.”) White Zinfandel. Ever clear and Hawaiian Punch (“homemade wine”… of the worst kind!)

Most of us also got extremely sick, we were under the legal age for drinking alcohol, we were having the time of our lives partying with friends we can still remember and, hopefully still party with today.

As our exploration, experience and enjoyment of wine has expanded, so has our memory of ever having enjoyed a sweet wine faded.

But. We did. Once.

A couple of tips for truly enjoying the “sweet wines of summer.”

Even if you don’t sip sweet wines solo, you may enjoy how well they meld with many dishes, and savory nibbles.

Wines with a touch of sweetness are perfect partners for many foods: spicy Indian, Thai, Chinese, sweet and spicy dishes, salty foods, charcuterie, hot links, crab salad, salt and pepper potato chips, salmon dip, and more--the list goes on.

Generally, sweet wines are best served well chilled, and if the temperature outside is in the high 80’s and up…serve them ice cold!

Sweet wines can be surprisingly affordable. The following recommendations are under $15. Take advantage of a good deal and buy several of the suggested wines. Try the wines with suggested food pairings, and don’t hesitate to try with your favorite

foods. At these prices you can afford to experiment.

You will probably find a wine or two that you truly enjoy, and have ignored in the past because of its description as a “sweet” wine.

I recommend a few dishes for each of the wines in this article, but don’t limit yourself.

EPPA SANGRIAS,$9.99 to $10.99. Widely available at liquor stores, supermarkets and Whole Foods Market.

Eppa’s SupraFruta Organic Sangria wines are sourced from Mendocino County in California’s North Coast wine growing region.

The organic fruit juices are sourced from throughout California and Mexico.

Eppa SupraFruta Organic Red Sangria boasts nearly twice the antioxidants of red wine, the result of blending real, organic fruit juices and premium varietal wine.

Eppa Supra Fruta Organic White Sangria is delicious paired with golden brown waffles with peaches and mangos poached in butter and served with real maple syrup and a side of crisp black pepper bacon.

KUNG FU GIRL RIESLING,$10.99 to $13.99.

Whole Foods Market, liquors stores and many restaurants.

This is a balanced Riesling with flavors of white stone fruit, Fuji apples and light mineral notes. It’s delicious with a crisp, clean and refreshing taste.

Grown in the cooler Washington State climate, it’s not too sweet. Kung Fu Girl pairs well with TexMex food, dishes with cilantro or just salsa and chips.

My personal favorites are fried chicken and spicy Asian dishes.

Mama Mango (Mango+Moscato,)$9.99 to $14.99. At Costco, Whole Foods Market and specialty wine bars.

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NOTICE INVITATION TO BID TO METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO

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Sealed proposals, endorsed as below, will be deposited in the sealed bid depository located in the lobby of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Administration Building, 100 East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611, from the date of the Invitation to Bid, up to 11:00 A.M. on the bid opening date, and will be opened publicly by the Director of Procurement and Materials Management or her designee at 11:00 A.M. on the stated bid opening date below for: CONTRACT 15-813-21 REHABILITATION OF BUILDINGS AT THE PRAIRIE PLAN SITE IN FULTON COUNTY, ILLINOIS Estimated Cost:$250,000.00

The Habitat Company as a private management firm for the Chicago Housing Authority seeks bids from qualified firms to provide services for Window Cleaning at Various Sites. For additional information or a copy of the Bid document (#2015-132A-T), please contact bidsandproposals@habitat.com.

Bids are due no later than Thursday, August 6, 2015 by 2pm CST.

Specifications, proposal forms and/or plans may be obtained from the Department of Procurement & Materials Management, Room 508, 100 East Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois 60611, Monday - Friday, between 8:45 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. Documents, unless stated above to the contrary, will be mailed in response to a fax request (#312/751-3042). The vendor may also download specifications, proposal forms and/or plans online from the District’s website, www.mwrd.org. No fee is required for the contract documents unless stated above.

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name In the conduct or transaction of Business in the State, “as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County, File No. D15142815 on the June 30, 2015. Under the Assumed Name of CORI with the business located at 3024 W. WASHINGTON BLVD B, CHICAGO, IL 60612. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owners(s)/partner(s) is: Owner/Partner Full Name: CORITA NADINE DAVIS Complete Address: 3024 W. WASHINGTON BLVD B, CHICAGO, IL 60612, USA.

Bids Due to Walsh Construction Company II, LLC up to Thursday, July 23, 2015 5:00 PM (CST) Owner: Clerk of the City of McHenry Quotes are to be submitted to:

WALSH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY II, LLC 929 W. Adams, Chicago, IL 60607 (312) 563 5408 Fax: (312) 563 5447 We request a proposal from your firm for the McHenry – Wastewater Treatment Facility Consolidation. Project includes but not limited to: Demolition of various structures, structural concrete, misc metals, mechanical, hvac, plumbing, masonry, subsurface pipe including but not limited to sanitary, water and storm, construction /restoration of bituminous pavement, site electrical work, site natural gas piping, landscaping, grading,. Subcontractors and suppliers can access plans and specifications online at the Walsh Group Site, https://newforma.walshgroup.com or are available to review at Walsh Construction Company II, LLC office located at 929 W. Adams Street Chicago, IL 60607 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday through Friday.

In order to assist certified Disadvantage Business Enterprise Contractors and Suppliers, we will divide total requirements into smaller activities or quantities and establish delivery and construction schedules which will permit maximum participation of disadvantaged businesses where feasible.

All subcontractors and material suppliers are required to execute our standard “Subcontract Agreement” and/or “Purchase Order”. We do require 100% Performance & Payment or supply bonds. Please feel free to contact us about this project.

We are Equal Opportunity Employer.

All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-et.seq.), where it is stated in the Invitation to Bid Page.

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago reserves the right to reject any or all Proposals if deemed in the public’s best interest.

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

By Darlene A. LoCascio Director of Procurement and Materials Management

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name In the conduct or transaction of Business in the State, “as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County, File No. D15142791 on the June 26, 2015.

Under the Assumed Name of GREEN BUSH DEVELOPMENT with the business located at 1441 W. 105TH AT., CHICAGO, IL 60643.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owners(s)/ partner(s) is: Owner/Partner Full Name: WALTER F BUSH IV Complete Address: 1441 W. 105TH ST., CHICAGO, IL 60643, USA

Project No. 86130341 Wastewater Treatment Facility Consolidation McHenry, Illinois

Bid Deposit: $12,500.00

Mandatory Pre-Bid Site Walk-Through Tuesday, July 28, 2015

9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time The Habitat Company as a private

Fulton County Prairie Plan Site management firm for the Chicago

15779 E. County Highway 5 Housing Authority seeks bids from

Rural Route #2 qualified firms to provide services

Cuba, IL 61427 for Preventative Catch Basin Maintenance & Cleaning Services Mandatory Technical Pre-Bid Conference: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at Various Sites. For additional

12:00 noon Central Standard Time information or a copy of the Bid doc Fulton County Prairie Plan Site ument (#2015-011), please contact

15779 E. County Highway 5 bidsandproposals@habitat.com.

Rural Route #2 Bids are due no later than Thursday ,

Cuba, IL 61427 August 6, 2015 by 2pm CST. Bid Opening: August 11, 2015 Compliance with the District’s Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D and Appendix C are required on this Contract. ******************************************************************************************** The above is an abbreviated version of the Notice- Invitation to Bid. A full version which includes a brief description of the project and/or service can be found on the District’s website, www.mwrd.org; Click the Contracts and Proposal quick link on the District’s Home page. Go to Contracts Currently Being Advertised and click for further information.

The Habitat Company as a private management firm for the Chicago Housing Authority seeks bids from qualified firms to provide services for Preventative Catch Basin Maintenance & Cleaning Services at Various Sites. For additional information or a copy of the Bid document (#2015-011), please contact bidsandproposals@habitat.com.

Bids are due no later than Thursday , August 6, 2015 by 2pm CST.

Walsh Construction Company II, LLC requests subcontractor and material supplier quotes including Disadvantage Business Enterprises listed and certified by City of McHenry for the following Project:

Chicago, Illinois July 15, 2015

SUB BIDS / SUPPLIER QUOTES REQUESTED Walsh Construction Company II, LLC, requests subcontractor and material supplier quotes including Disadvantage Business Enterprises, Minority, Woman and Small Business Enterprises listed and certified by Chicago Department of Transportation for the following Project: CDOT Project No.: E-2-522 Specification No.: 126930 Albany Park Stormwater Diversion Tunnel Bids Due to Walsh Construction Company II, LLC up to August 3, 2015 5:00 PM (CST) Owner: Chicago Department of Transportation

Quotes are to be submitted to: WALSH Construction Company II, LLC 929 W. Adams, Chicago, IL 60607 (312) 563 5400 Fax: (312) 563 5447 We request a proposal from your firm for the Chicago Department of Transportation Albany Park Stormwater Diversion Tunnel. All aspects of construction opportunities are available including but not limited to the construction of the rock tunnel, inlet and outlet shafts, intake structure on the NBCR, outlet structure on the North Shore Channel, dewatering pumps, control building, parks, athletic fields, and restoration of all impacted surfaces. Subcontractors and suppliers can access plans and specifications online at the Walsh Group Site, https://newforma.walshgroup.com or are available to review at Walsh Construction Company II, LLC office located at 929 W. Adams Street Chicago, IL 60607 between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM Monday through Friday.

In order to assist certified Minority, Woman and Small Business Enterprise Contractors and Suppliers, we will divide total requirements into smaller activities or quantities and establish delivery and construction schedules which will permit maximum participation of disadvantaged businesses where feasible.

All subcontractors and material suppliers are required to execute our standard “Subcontract Agreement” and/or “Purchase Order”. We do require 100% Performance & Payment or supply bonds. Please feel free to contact us about this project.

We are Equal Opportunity Employer.

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LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, -v.DOROTHY L. REYNOLDS, WILLIAM MURRAY JR., MARY I. REYNOLDS, BARBARA WILLIAMS, CITY OF CHICAGO, JAMES E. MAY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 6204 1112 W. MARQUETTE ROAD Chicago, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 7, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 10, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 23 (EXCEPT THE WEST 9 FEET THEREOF) AND THE WEST 17 FEET OF LOT 24 IN BLOCK 14 IN WEDDEL AND COX’S SUBDIVISION OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1112 W. MARQUETTE ROAD, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-20-225-041-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $143,178.32.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD., 29 E. Madison, Ste.950, CHICAGO, IL 60602, (312) 372-2020 Please refer to file number 122222-19414.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD. 29 E. Madison, Ste.950 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 372-2020 Attorney File No. 12-2222-19414 Attorney Code. 4452 Case Number: 12 CH 6204 TJSC#: 35-8161 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.SARY A RUSSELL Defendants 14 CH 9574 5707 S WOLCOTT AVE Chicago, IL 60636 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 4, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 6, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Lot 45, (Except the South 11 feet thereof), and the South 16 Feet of Lot 46, in Block 10, in the resubdivision of Blocks 1 to 8, (Except the North 134 Feet of Blocks 1 and 2 in the North 60 feet of the South 350 feet of blocks 7 and 8), in Lyon’s subdivision of the West Half of Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 38 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

Commonly known as 5707 S WOLCOTT AVE, Chicago, IL 60636 Property Index No. 20-18-218-003-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $53,292.61.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 239-3432 Please refer to file number 14IL00194-1.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 239-3432 Attorney File No. 14IL00194-1 Attorney Code. 46689 Case Number: 14 CH 9574 TJSC#: 35-9363 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION TCF NATIONAL BANK Plaintiff, -v.SARAH J. JOHNSON A/K/A SARAH JOHNSON, FORD CITY CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 00420 4280 W. FORD CITY DRIVE, UNIT 301 A/K/A UNIT B2301 Chicago, IL 60652 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 23, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 18, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PARCEL 1: UNIT B-2-301, IN THE FORD CITY CONDOMINIUM, AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: PART OF THE NORTH 3/4 OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT ‘’A’’ TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 24911808, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: EASEMENTS APPURTENANT TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PARCEL 1 FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS AS SET FORTH IN THE DECLARATION OF EASEMENTS RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 24748418 AND CREATED BY DEED RECORDED JUNE 26, 1979, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 25033259.

Commonly known as 4280 W. FORD CITY DRIVE, UNIT 301 A/K/A UNIT B2301, Chicago, IL 60652 Property Index No. 19-27-401-038-1180.

The real estate is improved with a residential condominium.

The judgment amount was $79,092.00.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact DAVID T. COHEN, DAVID T. COHEN & ASSOCIATES, 10729 WEST 159TH STREET, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467, (708) 460-7711 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

DAVID T. COHEN & ASSOCIATES 10729 WEST 159TH STREET ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 (708) 460-7711 Attorney Code. 25602 Case Number: 15 CH 00420 TJSC#: 35-6728 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF NOMURA HOME EQUITY LOAN, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE3 Plaintiff, -v.STEPHANIE JACKSON ROWE, WESLEY E. ROWE Defendants 1 : 11 CV 9174 1619 NORTH NATOMA AVENUE Chicago, IL 60707 JUDGE John J. Tharp, Jr. NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER’S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 21, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein, will at 10:30 AM on August 5, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 66 IN GALEWOOD, A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTH 3/4 OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1619 NORTH NATOMA AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60707 Property Index No. 13314210120000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $316,182.76.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C1394463.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 Attorney File No. C13-94463 Case Number: 1 : 11 CV 9174 TJSC#: 35-9636 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NEIGHBORHOOD LENDING SERVICES, INC. Plaintiff, -v.SHUWON MOORE, SHARICE DUPART AKA SHARICE A. DUPART-SMITH AKA SHARICE A. SMITH AKA SHARICE A. DUPART, NEIGHBORHOOD LENDING SERVICES, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 900 12614 SOUTH WENTWORTH AVENUE Chicago, IL 60628 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 29, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 25, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 12614 SOUTH WENTWORTH AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60628 Property Index No. 25-28-436-005-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $122,862.45.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/151507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F14110801.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F14110801 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case Number: 15 CH 900 TJSC#: 35-7174 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREMONT HOME LOAN TRUST 2005-A, MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-A Plaintiff, -v.SHIRLEY WILLIAMS, FIRST SECURITY TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK Defendants 1 : 12 CV 9668 12846 SOUTH LOWE AVE Chicago, IL 60628 JUDGE Rebecca R. Pallmeyer NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER’S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 5, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein, will at 10:30 AM on August 11, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 12846 SOUTH LOWE AVE, Chicago, IL 60628 Property Index No. 25-33-112-047.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $144,352.33.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C1496329.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 Attorney File No. C14-96329 Case Number: 1 : 12 CV 9668 TJSC#: 35-9958 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.VYTO C SIAUDINIS AKA VYTO SIAUDINIS, EQUABLE ASCENT FINANCIAL, LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 17549 2305 WEST 47TH STREET Chicago, IL 60609 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 22, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 14, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2305 WEST 47TH STREET, Chicago, IL 60609 Property Index No. 20-07-100-016-0000.

The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence.

The judgment amount was $56,069.63.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/151507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F14090261.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F14090261 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case Number: 14 CH 17549 TJSC#: 35-6631 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, ASSET BACKED-CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HE10 Plaintiff, -v.GUADALUPE ALEJANDRES, MARIA D. ALEJANDRES Defendants 10 CH 49123 3721 WEST 55TH PLACE Chicago, IL 60629 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 15, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 5, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3721 WEST 55TH PLACE, Chicago, IL 60629 Property Index No. 19-14-106-060-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $291,112.12.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/151507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number X10090055.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 150 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. X10090055 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case Number: 10 CH 49123 TJSC#: 35-9673 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.CHARLES V. CROSS, JR., CITY OF CHICAGO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS; AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 12 CH 41707 7259 S. CHAMPLAIN AVENUE Chicago, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 6, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 5, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 13 IN SEXTON’S SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF BLOCK 3 IN NORTON’S SUBDIVISION OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 7259 S. CHAMPLAIN AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-213-021-0000.

The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence.

The judgment amount was $303,642.39.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: THE LAW OFFICE OF WILLIAM J. FACTOR, LTD., 105 W. MADISON ST., SUITE 1500, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 373-7227 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

THE LAW OFFICE OF WILLIAM J. FACTOR, LTD. 105 W. MADISON ST., SUITE 1500 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 373-7227 Attorney Code. 45665 Case Number: 12 CH 41707 TJSC#: 35-9173 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.BRIAN D. WELLS Defendants 14 CH 04898 10310 S. Calhoun Ave. Chicago, IL 60617 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 29, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 12, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10310 S. Calhoun Ave., Chicago, IL 60617 Property Index No. 25-12-437-023-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $140,169.45.

Sale terms: 100% of the bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale.

The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 14 CH 04898 TJSC#: 35-9067 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.JUAN E. JIMENEZ Defendants 08 CH 38514 5220 S. Washtenaw Ave. Chicago, IL 60632 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 13, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2015, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5220 S. Washtenaw Ave., Chicago, IL 60632 Property Index No. 19-12-409-029-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $378,821.76.

Sale terms: 25% of the bid amount, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 08 CH 38514 TJSC#: 35-8416 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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HILL, JR. III Ernest Hill, Jr. III…..Wake was held: Friday, July 10, 2015; 4:30pm-5:00pm @ St. George Matthias, 164 E. 111th Street Funeral: 5:00pm-6:00pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ROBINSON Lisa Robinson…..Memorial was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 1:00pm2:00pm @ Chapel Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

REESE Dwight Reese…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 9:00am10:30am @ New Beginnings, 6620 King Dr. Funeral: 10:30am-11:30am Interment: Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

EILAND Roosevelt Eiland…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Mt. Glenwood South Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

FALKNER, JR. Bobbie Falkner, Jr.…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Holy Temple Evangelistic COGIC, 15912 Lincoln Ave. Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Washington Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

LOVE, JR. George Love, Jr..…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Christian Miss. Baptist Church, 132 W. 104th St. Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Mt. Glenwood South Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

BRAGG George Bragg..…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ New Faith, Vollmer Road & Central Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Restvale Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

HALL Viris Hall..…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ St. George & Matthias Epis.

Church, 164 East 111th Street Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

HEMPHILL Tracie Hemphill..…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Chapel Jackson Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

MIMS Levora Mims..…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Kenwood United Church, 4600 S. Greenwood Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

THOMAS BROWN Aurion Thomas Brown. ...…..

Wake: Wednesday, July 15, 2015; 10:00am-10:30am @ Chapel Funeral: 10:30am -11:30am Interment: Homewood Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

HALL Gwendolyn Hall..…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Faith Tabernacle Baptist Church, 8210 S. Cornell Ave. Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

TURNER, SR. Gregory Turner, Sr. ...…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Bread of Life Baptist Church, 1911 W. 63rd St. Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Oakridge Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

MARTIN Earl Martin..…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Chapel King Funeral: 11:00am -12:00pm Interment: Mt. Glenwood South Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

BASS Melvin Bass. ...…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Apostolic Church of God, 6340 S. Dorchester Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

HUMPHREY, SR. Roosevelt Humphrey, Sr ...…..

Wake: Wednesday, July 15, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Second Baptist Church, 436 S. 13th Ave. Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Abraham Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

DAVIS, JR. Burley Davis, Jr...…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Evangelistic Crusaders, 9046 S. Cottage Grove Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

LEWIS Chimelle Lewis. ...…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Homewood Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ALLEN Edith Allen ...…..Wake: Wednesday, July 15, 2015; 5:00pm-6:00pm Chapel Lunford Funeral: 6:00pm-7:00pm Interment: Thursday, July 16, 2015; 10:00am @ Wood National Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

JOHNSON Triminake Johnson...…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 2:00pm-3:00pm @ Holy Angels Baptist Church, 5638 S. Ashland Ave. Funeral: 3:00pm-4:00pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

CROOM Eugenia Croom. ...…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Chapel King Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Oak Woods Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

WILSON, JR. Frank Wilson, Jr…..Wake: Thursday, July 16, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Homewood Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

MILLER Kevin Miller...…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Sunrise Baptist Church, 1101 S. Central Park Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

SANDERSON Craig Sanderson. ...…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 11:00am12:00pm @ St. Andrew Temple, 1743 W. Marquette Road Funeral: 12:00pm-1:00pm Interment: Burr Oak Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ROBERTS Richard Roberts...…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Monument of Faith Church, 2750 West Columbus Ave. Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Monday, July 13, 2015; 1:00pm @ Abe Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

KENNER Dwight Kenner...…..Wake was held: Sunday, July 12, 2015; 3:00pm-4:00pm @ Chapel Funeral: 4:00pm-5:00pm Interment: Monday, July 13, 2015; 8:00am @ Abe Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

WHITE Macie White...…..Wake was held: Sunday, July 12, 2015; 1:00pm2:00pm @ Chapel Funeral: 2:00pm3:00pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

HINTON Willie Hinton...…..Wake was held: Sunday, July 12, 2015; 4:00pm-5:00pm @ Unity Bethel, 1750 W. 103rd Street Funeral: 5:00pm-6:00pm Interment: Thursday, July 13, 2015; 10:00am @ West Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Memphis, TN Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

THOMAS Edward Thomas...…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 9:00am-10:00am @ Chapel Funeral: 10:00am-11:00am Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

EILAND Roosevelt Eiland..…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Chapel Country Club Hills Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Mt. Glenwood South Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

FRITZGERALD Helen Fritzgerald ...…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Cedar Park Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

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ANDERSON Julia Anderson. ...…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 1:00pm-1:30pm @ Chapel Funeral: 1:30pm-2:30pm Interment: Fern Oak Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

MORROW Emily Morrow. ...…..Visitation was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 6:00pm9:00pm @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

DOWDELL Manwell Dowdell. ...…..Memorial was held: Tuesday, July 14, 2015; 4:00pm5:00pm @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ROBINSON Sabrina Robinson. ...…..Memorial was held: Tuesday, July 14, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Restvale Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

CLEVELAND Lucy Cleveland. ...…..Wake was held: Tuesday, July 14, 2015; 10:00am11:00am @ Chapel Lunford Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Washington Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

PERRY Clifton Perry. ...…..Wake was held: Tuesday, July 14, 2015; 1:00pm1:30pm @ Chapel Funeral: 1:30pm2:30pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

MOORE Fred Moore. ...…..Wake was held: Tuesday, July 14, 2015; 6:00pm7:00pm @ Chapel Funeral: 7:00pm -8:00pm Interment: Saturday, July 18, 2015 @ Daleville Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

LOCKETT, JR. Albert Lockett, Jr…..Wake: Friday, July 17, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Progressive Comm. Center, 56 East 48th Street Funeral: 11:00am- 12:00pm Interment: Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

MC BEE Henry McBee…..Wake: Friday, July 17, 2015; 1:00pm-1:30pm @ Chapel Funeral: 1:30pm -2:30pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

LACEY Katherine Lacey…..Wake: Saturday, July 18, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Bread of Life Baptist Church, 1911 W. 63rd St. Funeral: 11:00am-12:pm Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

CEASER Baby Ava Ceaser…..Wake: Sunday, July 19, 2015; 3:00pm-4:00pm @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 4:00pm5:00pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

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WHITE Eloise White…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 10:00am @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00am Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements by: Taylor Funeral Home Ltd., 63 E 79th Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488-7300.

TAYLOR James Taylor…..Wake: Wednesday, July 15, 2015; 10:00am @ Chapel Funeral: 10:30am Arrangements by: Taylor Funeral Home Ltd., 63 E 79th Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488-7300.

THOMAS Donna Thomas…..Wake: Saturday, July 18, 2015; 9:00am-10:00am @ Park Manor Church Funeral: 10:00am-11:00am Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

BRADLEY Lettie Bradley.…..Wake: Friday, July 17, 2015; 10:00am @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00am Interment: Restvale Arrangements by: Taylor Funeral Home Ltd., 63 E 79th Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488-7300

BOULDIN, JR. James Bouldin, Jr…..Wake: Saturday, July 18, 2015; 9:00am-10:00am @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 10:00am11:00am Interment: Mt. Glenwood South Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

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ETHERIDGE Marie Etheridge…..Wake: Saturday, July 18, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

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NEWELL Milton Newell…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 10:00am @ Apostolic Church of God, 6320 S. Dorchester Funeral: 11:00am Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements by: Taylor Funeral Home Ltd., 63 E 79th Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488-7300.

ARMSTRONG Savannah Armstrong…..Wake: Friday, July 17, 2015; 11:30am @ Chapel Funeral: 12:00pm Interment: Restvale Cemetery Arrangements by: Taylor Funeral Home Ltd., 63 E 79th Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488-7300.

WALKER Julius Walker…..Wake: Saturday, July 18, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Mt. Pisgah BC, 4600 S. King Dr. Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

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PHILPOT Sherie Philpot…..Wake: Friday, July 17, 2015; 1:00pm-1:30pm @ Chapel Jackson Funeral: 1:30pm-2:30pm Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ROBERTS Derrick Roberts…..Wake: Saturday, July 18, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Shiloh BC, 10540 S. Halsted Funeral: 11:00am-12:00pm Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

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HAYNES Alberta Haynes…..Wake: Saturday, July 18, 2015; 10:00am-11:00am @ Chapel Jackson Funeral: 11:00am12:00pm Interment: Mt. Hope Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

CALAHAN DAVIS Elmer U. Davis…..Wake was held: Friday, July 10, 2015; 10:00am @ Shiloh MBC, 3162 South Monroe Funeral: 11:00am Interment: Abe Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

WALKER Roy Walker…..Wake was held: Friday, July 10, 2015; 10:00am @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00am Interment: Private Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

CAMPBELL Steven Campbell…..Wake was held: Friday, July 10, 2015; 1:00pm @ Chapel Funeral: 2:00pm Interment: Private Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

SIMMONS Lee Simmons…..Wake was held: Friday, July 10, 2015; 10:00am @ Greater Mt. Carmel, 7023 S. Halsted Funeral: 11:00am Interment: Private Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

DOSS Baby Ma’Shyah Doss…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am @ St. Paul MBC, 6954 S. Union Funeral: 11:00am Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

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Advertise in the Directory Here NASH Pauline Nash…..Wake was held: Saturday, July 11, 2015; 10:00am @ Coppin AME, 5633 S. Michigan Funeral: 11:00am Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

MAYBERRY Mary Mayberry…..Wake was held: Sunday, July 12, 2015; 10:00am @ Shiloh MBC, 7000 S. Michigan Funeral: 11:00am Interment: Restvale Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

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LEAK & SONS FUNERAL HOME

7838 S. COTTAGE GROVE AVE. (773) 846-6567 18400 S. PULASKI 708-206-0860 BARNES Alvin Barnes…..Wake was held: Monday, July 13, 2015; 10:00am @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00am Interment: Abe Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St. Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

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