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Jesse White Brings Services to the Taste of Chicago Secretary of State Jesse White announced that Illinoisans can renew their driver’s license or state ID card, purchase vehicle license plate stickers or sign up to be an organ/tissue donor at the Secretary of State’s booth at the Taste of Chicago from July 11-15.

“Each year, thousands of people visit the Taste of Chicago,” said White. “I am pleased to provide the mobile unit so motorists can easily access services from my office as they enjoy the festival.”

White’s office will provide services Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturday through Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. The mobile unit will be located on Congress Parkway, west of Columbus Drive.

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Free Brake Light Clinic Getting stopped by the police can be costly, time consuming and can create unnecessary risk for undocumented immigrants, people of color and the poor and working class. In an effort to help alleviate these stops, the West Cook Democratic Socialist of America will host a free clinic to repair brake lights without asking any questions.

People needing assistance can go to the Corner of North Ave and Humphrey Ave from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The repairs include tail lights, turn lights and license plate lights. For more information, email westcookcdsa@gmail.com or call (773) 357-5203. www.chicagodefender.com

The National Civil Rights Museum is inviting young poets and spoken word artists nationwide to use poetry for activism by qualifying to compete in its 5th Annual Drop the Mic Poetry Slam on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 4 p.m. The deadline for spoken word artists ages 14-35 to submit a performance video of their original spoken word piece is Friday, July 13.

Qualifying poets and spoken word artists in the age categories of 14-17, 18-25 and 26-35 will compete for three top cash prizes: $1,500 first place, $1,000 second place, and $750 third place in each age group. The poets will be judged on content, originality, audience engagement, overall performance quality and their work’s adherence to the theme “Freedom Forward.”

In the 50th year since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s death, the museum continues to emphasize the issues King pursued in the last years of his life. The poetry slam is a vehicle for keeping issues like freedom of speech, justice, equality and civil disobedience top of mind through the theme, “Freedom Forward.”

“The Drop the Mic Poetry Slam has served to give a creative platform for artists through their poetry,” said Faith Morris, Chief Marketing and External Affairs Officer, National Civil Rights Museum. “It’s one of the most extraordinary experiences seeing the original works of young poets expressing their sentiments on prevailing issues and activism through art. This time we’re focused on “Freedom Forward” to effect positive social change.

There’s much to be said about this topic!”

“With so many Americans feeling as if they aren’t heard or worse, won’t be heard, the Drop The Mic Poetry Symposium and Slam gives them an opportunity to express their freedom of speech in a constructive manner,” said Ed Mabrey, four-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champion and event performer/workshop facilitator.

“What does it mean to be free, is my freedom threatened and, most importantly, how do we push freedom forward for others are relevant questions the attendees and poets are being asked and answering. I think America should tune in and discover what its14-35 years of age citizens have to say. The workshops will equip attendees to be better artists. The slam equips us to be better communicators.”

“The Drop the Mic Poetry Slam is important for the community because it offers an additional platform for poets across the world to showcase their gifts,” said Carin Malone, one of the 2017 grand prize winners.

“Winning the Drop the Mic Poetry Slam has allowed my name to go down in history for doing something I really love and that’s being a positive voice and representation for Memphis.”

To qualify as a slam contestant, each entrant must submit a YouTube or Vimeo video link in an online entry form by July 13. Videos should be no longer than 2.5 minutes or they will be disqualified. Only one entry per person will be considered.

In order to win, the top finalists must perform in front of a panel of judges during the slam on Saturday, August 18, 4pm at the historic Paradise Entertainment Center. For more information and to enter, visit www. civilrightsmuseum.org/drop-the-mic THE CHICAGO DEFENDER

Cover Story

Rent on the Rise How High Will Rent in Chicago Climb?

By Deborah Bayliss not up to livable standards or city Defender Contributing Writer codes.”

Following her eviction, Polk was forced to move back to her Denitha Polk, like many othparent’s West Garfield Park home. er Chicago residents with lowShe said barriers to finding a nice to-moderate income, is challenged with financial and other barriers to affordable place are real and scary.

“The rental market in Chicago finding rental housing she can afis dismal and the waitlists for inford. come restricted apartments are A report released recently by full and now I have an eviction The Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University shows Cook on my record, another hindrance County rentals “remain” unafford- to finding a place for me and my able for the majority of low-and son,” Polk said.

Housing Vouchers moderate-income households with Polk added that HUD’s (U.S. an increasing gap in the number of available affordable units and the Department of Housing and Denumber of renters who need them. velopment) income guidelines to According to the report, qualify for low income housing Bronzeville, Hyde Park, Rogers vouchers need to be adjusted.

“When I tried to apply for a Park, Austin, Belmont Cragin, West Town and the Near West Section 8 voucher, I was told that Side are the top neighborhoods my income was too high,” Polk with the biggest affordability gaps. said. “Not only do income guidePolk, 41, has a bachelor’s de- lines need to be adjusted, HUD gree in business management and needs to also put term limits on a master’s in human resources the amount of time someone can management, and earns $2,080 a hold a voucher. It needs to be month before taxes as an admin- more of a rotation so more peoistrative assistant for a property ple who need them can get them.

You have some people living in management company.

Her income, she said, is not the same apartment for years and enough for the two-bedroom paying $10 to $20 a month. I’m apartment she needs for herself getting back on my feet and I wish and her college-aged son but is someone would give me a break too high to qualify for affordable and rent to me.”

The DePaul study shows, since housing.

2012 Cook County lost more than “I was evicted from my 15,000 two- and four-flats, a comWesthaven Park apartment (a near mon source of affordable rental West Side residential develophousing.

Some of those units ment with market-rate as well as are lost as neighborhoods gentrilow-income rental units) a month fy and new owners convert them ago because they said I made too much money. We had a place that into single family homes. In othwe called home and within a heart- er neighborhoods, disinvestment beat it was taken away. I am not and blight are the problem. Units willing to move to just any neigh- in those areas are being lost to neborhood. For one thing, I’m raising glect.

The housing crisis that oca young Black male and I’m very curred in the late 2000s along protective of him. When I come across an apartment in the range with the banking and financial criI can afford, they are in neighbor- sis that led to what was called the hoods with very high crime or are worst recession since the Great THE CHICAGO DEFENDER

LaShone Kelly stands in front of an abandoned building. Photo courtesy of LaShone Kelly Depression are also factors which resulted in an abundance of vacant properties.

LaShone Kelly, housing specialist with the Garfield Park Community Council (GPCC), said, “I’ve seen the predatory lending negatively impact lower income people. What you’re seeing now is the residual effect of that. People are being excluded economically and African-Americans have been discriminated against racially, for so long.”

Kelly is assisting Polk and others in their search for decent affordable housing.

A community-building organization made up of residents and allies working together to improve Garfield Park community, since its creation in 2005, GPCC has developed and implemented more than 40 local projects with at least 30 partner organizations and facilitated more than $8 million in community investment, according to information on the organization’s website.

GPCC acts as a facilitator between residents and various public and private institutions, including law enforcement, private developwww.chicagodefender.com

ers, city officials, and funders.

Housing efforts are part of the core efforts of the organization with its Garfield Park Housing Center, which focuses on landlord/tenant issues as well as foreclosure prevention initiatives in partnership with city-wide housing organizations.

The Housing Center has helped nearly 700 families faced with renting an apartment in a foreclosed property and provided counseling and legal assistance through a partnership with the Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing.

In 2012, the organization was chosen by the City of Chicago to lead work under the Micro Market Recovery Program in Garfield Park.

Kelly oversees the program that put blighted and abandoned properties back into productive use, assists homeowners in danger of foreclosure, and identifies programming to combat the physical, social and economic conditions that result from large numbers of foreclosures in one community.

Rising Rent Rent Café.com, a nationwide apartment search website, re-

cently released its own monthly rental report with data compiled from rents charged in the 250 largest U.S. cities. June brought a 2.9 percent increase of the national average rent which reached an all-time-high of $1,405, meaning renters pay on average $40 more per month than they did a year ago.

Kelly said both the DePaul and the Rent Café reports are on par with what she is seeing in Garfield Park.

“On the east side of Garfield Park (where you have higher income earners and newly renovated structures) the monthly rental rates are anywhere from $1,200$1,500 a month. However, property owners who list their rentals on the West Side of Garfield Park, (which has not seen nearly the number of new developments as east Garfield Park) on average, are listing a three bedroom, one bath apartment for $1000-$1,100.”

Developers in the city cater to higher-income renters with the new apartments they build, according to the DePaul report that continued on page 4

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shows also that neighborhoods across the city are losing too many lower-priced apartments to rental rates that continue to increase.

Information from Rent Café shows that some renters in Chicago pay almost $1,000 more for a top location.

“Low income mothers with children looking for two- and three-bedroom apartments are hard pressed to find something decent, clean and affordable,” Kelly said. “If a young mother makes $12 an hour (the city’s new minimum wage rate) and works a 40hour work week, she’s grossing $480 week or $1,920 a month.

Statistics say you shouldn’t spend more than 30 percent of your income on rent so she should look for an apartment that rents for $576 to $600 a month. There are no apartments out there for her and her children at that rate.”

According to the Joint Center for Housing Studies, 43 percent of very low-income households earning less than 30 percent of the area median income--which is about $19,000 a year in Cook County--are paying more than half of their income towards rent and are living in severely rundown units.

Because people are having such a difficult time finding decent affordable housing, families are starting to move in together to share the burden, Kelly said.

Others plan to or have already left the city because of crime and the high cost of living in the city.

Between 2015 and 2016, more than 12,000 African-American residents left Cook County, an increase from the previous year when about 9,000 residents left, the Chicago Tribune reported.

Reasons for the dire housing situation vary with factors such as the high cost of building affordable housing, overly tight zoning, stagnant wages and rising cost of living, according to the DePaul study.

In distressed neighborhoods like South Shore, Englewood and Garfield Park, with high poverty levels, low income apartments are available but residents still cannot afford them because their incomes are too low. So building more housing would not fix the problem. In this case, according to the report, vouchers, operating subsidies, or more anti-poverty policies are what’s needed.

Closing the Gap The problems are clear and there is no question that the affordability gap needs to be closed; the question is how city officials plan to address it.

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Denitha Polk. Photo by Alberta Dean initiative. Anthony Simpkins, Deputy Commissioner for Affordable Housing Preservation and Asset/ Portfolio Management with the City of Chicago, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Community Investment Corporation (CIC) recently announced the Chicago Opportunity Investment Fund, a new initiative designed to create and preserve affordable rental housing throughout the city.

The $30 million fund will provide low-cost financing to developers purchasing existing multifamily buildings if they guarantee affordable units in their properties for the next fifteen years. After 15 years, those units revert back to market rate.

“Every resident of Chicago deserves a great place to call home,” Mayor Emanuel said. “When the public sector, private sector and non-profits work together, we can create stronger communities and make affordable choices available for all Chicagoans.”

The initiative is designed to expand access to neighborhoods where rental costs are continually rising for low income residents and families. The Community Investment Corporation has support from government, private lenders and social impact investors. The City of Chicago is providing $5 million to leverage $25 million in private and other investment for the fund, according to information provided by the City.

“By providing developers with low cost equity, the Opportunity Investment Fund will quickly and efficiently create affordable units in strong markets,” CIC President & CEO John G. Markowski said.

The program’s $30 million investment reportedly will generate 300 affordable units and 1,500 mixed income units.

MB Bank contributed approximately $4 million to the fund.

“MB is proud to support the expansion of affordable housing options in Chicago,” Mitch Feiger, www.chicagodefender.com

Minimum Wage in Chicago On December 2, 2014, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance increasing minimum wage for Chicago workers to $13 per hour by 2019. The increase for approximately 410,000 Chicago workers is expected to inject $860 million into the local economy, and lift 70,000 workers out of poverty range, according to city officials.

The City began phasing in its new minimum wage, raising the hourly minimum wage from $8.25 to $10 in 2015, from $10.50 in 2016, $11 in 2017, $12 in 2018, and $13 in 2019, indexed annually to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) after 2019.

President and CEO MB Financial, Inc., said. “Our commitment to investing in and building strong and vibrant communities where we live and work is fundamental to our mission.”

Kelly commended the mayor for his efforts to deal with the problem and for re-implementing the Chicago Department of Housing and Economic Development, but she added that dollars placed with grass roots organizations versus developers, have a positive impact on the immediate area.

Peter Strazzabosco, communications outreach and deputy commissioner, Chicago Department of Planning and Development, said last week that in addition to the Investment Fund, the mayor announced, the planning department is also working on a five-year plan to deal with the affordable housing situation but did not provide details.

Residents like Polk hope the plan will help them find safe and affordable housing.

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Community

Chicago Shuts Down the Dan Ryan in Peaceful Protest

Protestors march on the Dan Ryan.

By Charles Preston Defender Contributing Writer Father Pfleger and the Faith Community of St. Sabina invoked the optics of the Civil Rights Movement this past Saturday by marching northbound on the Dan Ryan Expressway for peace and an end to gun violence.

Before the march kicked off, 79th and State street served as the starting rallying point where many organizations, clergy, activists, and notable Chicago figureheads gathered. Numerous marchers were bussed in from St. Sabina Church, but scores of participants attended under their own volition.

The march sparked a debate between Governor Bruce Rauner and Father Pfleger. Both went back-and-forth on Twitter in statements about the event. Rauner claimed that he and Pfleger made an agreement for the march to be limited to one lane on the interstate; Pfleger said that an agreement never happened and that he gave three-week’s notice of shutting down the entire expressway.

This contention came to a climax through an hour-long negotiation during the march. Illinois State Police, who threatened arTHE CHICAGO DEFENDER

The march garnered intergenerational support.

A young marcher calls for love not violence.

rests days prior to the march and has jurisdiction over all Illinois expressways, stood face-to-face with demonstrators after demonstrators attempted to secure more than the two lanes allowed. Under the hot sun, fatigue set in and some marchers grew restless as “No negotiation!” chants started ringing out and doubts began to bubble.

Eventually, Rauner acquiesced

and demand something is done about this incredibly devastating issue, our communities will never recover,” says mayoral candidate Lori Lightfoot. “How many more have to die before we take this issue seriously and address the root causes of violence?”

West of 79th and State, on the opposite side of the Dan Ryan, a heavy police presence occupied 79th and Lafayette. Chicago’s fin-

to Pfleger’s wishes. Pfleger attributes this victory to CPD Supt.

Eddie Johnson. “Superintendent Johnson stepped up today,” says Pfleger. “He’s the one that negotiated it.” Pfleger invited Johnson to march alongside him after the moment.

“This issue of gun violence–and the devastation that it reeks on families–is the issue of our time.

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est had no fewer than 20 police vehicles and tens of officers on bicycles waiting for the march to commence. All officers were paid overtime for servicing the demonstration.

South Shore community organizer William Calloway adorned a screen-printed t-shirt with Laquan McDonald emblazoned across his continued on page 4

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Crowds shut down the Dan Ryan expressway to protest against violence.

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chest and carried a “Stop the Violence” banner that had pictures of Chicagoans killed by CPD. Calloway, the activist who brought the Laquan McDonald video to the forefront, was there in support of the march and to remind people that police commit gun violence too.

“I am here to support people like Laquan McDonald, a victim of gun violence and police violence,” says Calloway. “I think that raising the consciousness of the general public is always good. I see a lot of Black people and that makes me feel good because it’s not often you see this many of us come out.”

Revin Fellows, a longtime Chatham community activist and member of the National Black Agenda, believes a Dan Ryan shutdown was long overdue.

“They built a new Dan Ryan Station on 95th without Black contractors,” declared Fellows. “[The Dan Ryan Expressway] should’ve been shut down before that was completed. This would’ve been better served to shut down for jobs for Black men and women because we know that puts a dent in the violence.”

Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. made a grand appearance flanked by Rainbow Push members and media.

Jackson’s presence signaled a call to a previous era where Black people like him took to highways to fight for freedom and equity.

Black and Brown youth ignited the morning. Pfleger constantly made attempts to put youth out in front of the march to lead. The teens, armed with bullhorns and 6 July 11 - 17, 2018

The march was reminiscent of the Civil Rights Movement. passion, led an array of chants such as: “This is what Democracy looks like!”; “No justice, no peace!”; “Stop the violence!” The scene appeared to be a continuation of the June 15th St. Sabina march that featured Parkland survivors, Chance the Rapper, poet Malcolm London, singer Jennifer Hudson, and music mogul Will.i.am.

Elder-based organizations like Action Now and Purpose Over Pain marched alongside youth and created an awe-inspiring scene of intergenerational solidarity. Mama Niecee, a member of Purpose Over Pain, attended the event for Edwin Cook, her deceased nephew. She says she will continue to march for her nephew until justice is served.

“I’m out here for my nephew.

I’m standing with my nephew until I can’t stand no more,” cries Mama Niecee. “There is no reconciliation. Justice is served when his case is solved. That don’t mean closure. When you lose someone to gun violence, a wound opens up so big that the world’s best sur-

geon can’t close it. The least we can do is get justice.”

Nineteen-year-old Edwin Cook was killed three years ago in West Englewood.

Many spoke about the unity and solidarity that permeated throughout the course of the day. However, the march did have critics and exposed glaring contradictions.

Camiella Williams, a supporter of St. Sabina and community activist for over a decade, was visibly upset when she witnessed that Supt.

Eddie Johnson would be marching with the crowd.

“He just declared Bettie and Quintonio’s killing as justified,” a frustrated Williams explained.

She was referring to Supt. Johnson’s decision to rule out COPA’s (Civilian Office of Police Accountability) December ruling that suggested Officer Robert Rialmo was unjustified in firing his weapon and recommended that he be fired.

Rialmo killed 19-year-old college student Quintonio LeGrier–who was suffering a mental episode– and 55-year-old Action Now activwww.chicagodefender.com

Protestors call for solutions to gun violence. ist Bettie Jones in 2015. Rialmo is still employed receiving a little over $84K a year salary.

Multiple protest signs called for more schools, economic development, and mental health services as remedies for community violence. However, this contradicted Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s endorsement of the march given that during his terms in office, he facilitated the largest rash of public school closings in the nation, eliminated half of the city’s mental health clinics, and has been under immense scrutiny in regards to the allocation of neighborhood TIF funds.

Pfleger’s Dan Ryan march was the first of its kind in sheer number, but the tactic has been used before. In 2016, about 25 students

and supporters of the Save CSU campaign for Chicago State University blocked all lanes heading northbound in an effort to save the South Side university from closing.

With no police escort, and against Rauner’s wishes, all participants managed to walk a mile on the interstate unharmed chanting “Save CSU!” The common question that was continuously echoed by reporters and participants of Pfleger’s march is “What happens next?”

Four men were killed and 23 people were wounded in city shootings this weekend. The city has now surpassed 1,400 shootings so far this year. Only time will tell if this march will have an effect on the consciousness of the city’s political officials and its inhabitants.

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Community

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of the Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust

Proposed Artspace Loft Project Moves Forward with Objections

By Deborah Bayliss Defender Contributing Writer

rican American organization served as a consulting party to this review.”

Cassello and his group listed their Following contentious debate and objections in a formal letter dated June objections to the proposed Pullman 30 to Kevin Laberge, head of the City’s Artspace Lofts, an affordable live/work Department of Fleet and Facility Managecomplex for artists, is set to be built ment and said that all of their objections within the Pullman National Monument were ignored.

The Artspace Lofts project consists boundaries. The latest word is the project of a new three-story, 32,000 square foot is moving forward.

According to a press release from Chi- residential building on land vacant for cago Neighborhood Initiatives, the proj- more than 30 years, as well as the restoect received its latest approval from city ration of two existing abandoned 8,500 square foot historic buildings on Langley and federal agencies.

Avenue, just south of The City’s Depart111th Street. ment of Fleet and Facil- In addition to 38 work/ Once completed ity Management (also in 2019, the $18 milknown as 2FM) states in live spaces, the Pullman lion Pullman Artspace “Section 106 Summary Artspace Lofts will have Lofts, developed of Decision,” construcapproximately 2,000 by Chicago Neightion of the proposed housing on a historic square feet of commu- borhood Initiatives, PullmanArts, and vacant lot, will have “No nity space, including Minneapolis-based, Adverse Effect” and Projects makes recommendaa community gallery, Artspace Inc., will be the first tions on management of working studio and new residential dethe building process. velopment built in the The City’s determi- meeting and classroom historic Pullman comnation reportedly was spaces for residents. munity in decades. affirmed by the Advisory Deborah Jackson, Council on Historic Preswho serves on the PullmanArts board, ervation, an independent federal agency was quoted in a previous article saying responsible for reviewing projects such that she agreed there was a lack of Afrias this. can-American representation in the pro“We are gratified with these latest de- cess. Last week, however, Jackson said cisions,” Ciere Boatright, Chicago Neigh- there must have been a miscommuniborhood Initiatives’, Director of Real cation and that she does not recall makEstate and Inclusion said in a released ing that statement. She added that as a statement. “It is the latest in a number of member of PullmanArts, her interest is reports from state, city, county and fed- making sure African-American artists get eral agencies all of whom are in concert a fair share of the apartments. with virtually every community group and In addition to 38 work/live spaces, the most residents in the neighborhood. We Pullman Artspace Lofts will have approxneed housing; we need people, we need imately 2,000 square feet of community art; culture; and community space. Pullspace, including a community gallery, man Artspace Lofts has it all.” working studio and meeting and classHowever, Mark Casello, president of room spaces for residents. The work/live the Pullman National Monument Preser- spaces will be a mix of studios, one- and vation Society, “strongly” disagrees with two-bedrooms, while the historic build2FM’s “No Adverse Effect” determina- ings will have their masonry exteriors and tion and disagrees that the proper com- stairway halls returned to near-original munity engagement took place. condition, and new HVAC, electrical and “We believe they did not conduct plumbing systems will be installed. this review in good faith,” Cassello statBesides earning the various approved. “First, 2FM’s outreach efforts were als, the developers reportedly hired MW abysmal, especially regarding the African Associates, a Minority Business EnterAmerican community. The project is be- prise consulting firm to manage a diverse ing constructed in a Primary Market Area contracting team and workforce.The out(PMA) with a population that is over 90% reach efforts to encourage participation African American and within the bound- of Minority and Women Owned Business ary of one of only nine national monu- Enterprises firms is already underway, acments commemorating African American cording to information from the Chicago history, yet not a single predominately Af- Neighborhood Initiatives.

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OFFICIAL INFORMATION REGARDING APPRENTICESHIP OPPORTUNITIES I.B. E. W. Local 134 and the Electrical Contractors’ Association sponsor apprenticeship programs in Cook County, Illinois through the Electrical Joint Apprenticeship and Training Trust (EJATT). EJATT has permission from the U.S. Department of Labor to open a registration for new applicants for its Electrical Program. For more information on this program, please go to our website at www.ejatt.com.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION Registration for the Electrical Program will take place at the IBEW-NECA Technical Institute 6201 W. 115th Street, Alsip, Illinois EVERY WEDNESDAY 9:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. All applicants must report in person and bring the following documents in order to register: 1.

Your valid Driver’s License.

2.

Your original Social Security Card.

You must provide copies of the following documents that will be kept by EJATT (No documents will be copied in our office or returned to you): 3. A $25.00 non-refundable registration fee (Money Order only made payable to EJATT).

4. To prove employment eligibility you must provide a copy of your U.S. Birth Certificate, U.S. Passport, Certificate of U.S. Citizenship or Naturalization, or Permanent Resident Alien Card. (Minimum age of 17 at registration).

5. To prove High School Graduation (HS), you must provide a copy of your HS transcript (official or unofficial), or a copy of a HS Diploma, or GED Certificate. College transcripts do not satisfy this requirement. HS seniors in their last semester prior to graduation may register with acceptance contingent upon graduation.

6. To prove one full year of HS level Algebra with a grade of at least “C” or better, or one post HS level Algebra course or higher level course with a grade of at least “C” or better, you must provide a copy of a transcript.

Note: The GED Math Certification does not satisfy this requirement.

Upon an offer of apprenticeship, you must be able to demonstrate that you can perform the essential functions of an apprentice electrician with or without a reasonable accommodation. In addition, a drug screen, physical exam, and background check will be required.

EJATT will not discriminate against apprenticeship applicants or apprentices based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, genetic information, or because they are an individual with a disability or a person 40 years old or older. The EJATT will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will operate the apprenticeship program as required under Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 30.

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Health

Cancer Survivor Shares her Story

By Deborah Bayliss doctor. He took one look at me Defender Contributing Writer and said ‘It’s your kidneys.’”

After having an ultrasound, the technician instructed McGee to go

By Deborah Bayliss right away to see her doctor.

Defender Contributing Writer “I had an infection in one kidJudy McGee has been cancer ney and a mass on the other one,” free for five years since undergo- McGee said. “I went through a lot ing treatment for a mass on one of of tests and saw different doctors. her kidneys.

My mother was with me through On June 25, she celebrated her the entire process.”

51st birthday. She credits God and It was during one of her sleepthe Cancer Treatment Centers of less nights that McGee saw what America Global, Inc. for the honor she refers to as an Infomercial of being able to do so. about the Cancer Treatment CenThese days, when she’s not ters of America. working, McGee enjoys spending “I called them and even though time laughing and playing with her I was out-of-network, they acceptthree grandchildren. ed me anyway and charged my inBefore the laughter however, surance as an in-network patient. the “crying times” filled her nights Eventually, my insurance became as she fought against a disease part of the network,” McGee said. that resulted in the loss of the canMcGee’s advice as a survivor, cerous kidney.

“If you feel any bumps or lumps “I’m a single mother of one or a lot of back pain, go and see son and three grandchildren,” Mc- your doctor because with cancer, Gee said as she shared her sto- early detection is the best thing. ry. “When I was diagnosed, my Even after you get a diagnosis, get daughter-in-law was pregnant with a second opinion. I think the differone of my grandchildren. It was ence in those who survive is early five years ago around Memorial detection.”

Day weekend. I was having back African-Americans and Amerpain at work. It was hurting so bad, ican Indians/Alaska Natives have I went home early. I called my mom slightly higher rates of renal canon my way home and she told me cer than Whites. The reasons are to go to the doctor. I stopped at a not clear, according the American Jewel to use the bathroom and had Cancer Society. to go again after driving a block. I The average age of diagnosis is went home instead of going to the 64.

Kidney cancer is uncommon doctor. I wanted to lie down. The in people younger than age 45. next morning I went to see my The disease is among the 10 most

common cancers in both men and women.

Risk factors that could make you more likely to develop kidney cancer includes smoking, obesity, workplace exposure to certain substances such as cadmium (a type of metal), some herbicides, organic solvents, particularly trichloroethylene, and a family history of renal cancer.

Individuals with advanced kidney disease, especially those undergoing dialysis, have a higher risk.

While some cancer rates continue to climb, medical treatments are also advancing, providing more patients with the hope and resources they need to battle the disease.

McGee isn’t alone in her survivor status. She recently joined more than 100 other five-year cancer survivors in Zion for Cancer Treatment Centers of America’s 30th Annual Celebrate Life event.

The event brings together both cancer survivors and caregivers for a day of empowerment and celebration. Survivors stand united to support one another, celebrate the moments they’ve gained, and encourage those who are currently navigating their own cancer journey.

Participants also plant a tree to symbolize growth. This year marks the 30th tree that has been planted in honor of each five-year survivor in attendance.

Judy McGee has been cancer free for five years. She enjoys spending time with her three grandchildren.

Photo courtesy of Judy McGee Many of the celebrants also took time to walk through the hospital, offering comfort, support and a traditional “Hope” pin to other patients and family members who are currently battling cancer.

“We received two pins. One for yourself and one to pass along to someone else,” McGee said. “I gave one of my pins to a patient to let her know that she is in the right place.”

Four Ways To Plan For Rising Healthcare Costs In Retirement What keeps you up at night?

For millions of Americans, it’s the question of how they will fund their healthcare expenses in retirement.

A survey from Franklin Templeton Investments about retirement costs found that Americans are most concerned about how they’ll cover medical and pharmaceuticals bills. Those fears are well-founded, given the high costs of nursing homes, assisted living, hospitalization and prescription drugs.

Even a healthy retirement could have a hefty price tag; an analysis from Fidelity Investments estimated that a healthy 65-year-old couple retiring this year will need $280,000 to cover their health costs in retirement.

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ahead of retirement is crucial,” says Eric Kearney, an investment advisor for Retirement Wealth.

“With proper planning, healthcare costs in retirement are within the means of average and wealthy Americans, provided they are able to afford a Medicare supplement policy.

“But you have to understand how the Medicare system works and what you can expect to pay in out-of-pocket costs throughout your retirement. You must budget for them. For retirees who have enjoyed strong employer health benefits and are unprepared for retirement, the out-of-pocket cost difference can cause an uptick in blood pressure.”

Kearney explains the costs and coverages of different parts of Medicare:

•Medicare Part A. Part A was the original Medicare, covering hospitalization. There are no monthly premiums, although a $1,340 deductible applies as of this year. “After 60 days of hospitalization, the patient becomes responsible for a $335/day coinsurance,” Kearney says. “After 90 days, the coinsurance goes to $670/day. After 60 more days, the patient’s coverage runs out.”

•Medicare Part B. The optional Part B covers doctor and treatment costs. “Premiums average $134 per month and patients are responsible for 20 percent coinsurance,” Kearney says. “And with a 20-percent Part B coinsurance, many seniors can expect to pay several thousand dollars or more out of pocket each year. If you have long-term conditions rewww.chicagodefender.com

quiring extensive care, it is easy to see how Part A and Part B out-ofpocket costs can eat away even a large nest egg.”

•Medicare Parts C and D. Part C, also called the Medicare Advantage plan, is run by private companies and requires a larger premium. “It provides more coverage options such as vision, dental, pharmaceutical, and wellness programs,” Kearney says. “Part D covers prescription drugs, and the older we get, the more likely we are to need them.”

•Medicare Supplement Policy. “Without this, the assets you worked all your life to accumulate could disappear,” Kearney says.

“Since a long-term hospital stay or chronic illness could send your medical bills into the five or even six figures, you stand to lose some

or all of your assets if you do not protect them with a Medicare supplemental policy.” Also known as Medigap policies, these are offered by private insurance companies to supplement expenses that Medicare Parts A and B do not typically cover.

“If a stress-free, comfortable retirement is your goal,” Kearney says, “you need to prepare for healthcare expenses, and it’s never too early to start.”

Eric Kearney (www.erickearneyadvisor.com) of Retirement Wealth has been helping clients reach and maintain their financial goals for more than 16 years.

Kearney also co-authored a book with Forbes Media Chairman/Editor-in-Chief Steve Forbes, Successonomics.

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The parade affords children the opportunity to be in the limelight, as they wear uniforms and march down Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive on Chicago’s south side.

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On the Scene

Chosen Few Fest: Wakanda Forever

Over this past weekend, the 28th Annual Chosen Few Festival continued a legacy of great music and partying on Chicago’s South Side.

The crowd enjoys the house music.

Non-stop dancing at the fest

The theme of this year’s fest was a salute to Black Panther.

Plenty of food at the picnic

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Sheree Hicks performs.

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America’s Big Sisters Honors Outstanding Women In the Spirit of celebrating women who have made a commitment to empowering women in their communities, America’s Big Sisters will be honoring women for their dedication and generosity shown towards women of all ages. Motivational Speaker and Founder of America’s Big Sister is Ms. Tragil Wade, who will recognize women for their impact, innovation, entrepreneurship, and trendsetting in their communities. Ms. Wade is the former Executive Director Tragil Wade of Wade’s World Foundation in honor of her brother former Bull’s star Dwayne Wade. The awards program will be held on July 20th at the Odyssey Country Club.

“Little Sisters Motivator Awards” will be given to Miyoshi Brown, Shatina Edwards, Tammera Holmes, Carolyn Griffin Palmer and Dominique Robinson. Receiving “Big Sister Motivators Awards” are Joyce Chapman, Lauren Jackson, Deanna McLeary, Brooke Thomas, and Officer Vivian Williams. For more information, visit: TRAGILWADE.COM or eventbrite. com Join Fernando Jones, Founder, Blues Camp International at White and Cream Day Party fundraiser for the Blues Kids Foundation-Blues Camp on Friday, July 13, at the Glessner House Museum, 1800 S. Prairie Ave. RSVP at Blues Kids.com/ Fernando Jones events. Prince’s former musical director from New Power Generation will be a special guest at the Blues Camp.

Friends of Matteson’s Village President Sheila Chalmers-Currin will be hosting a Golf Fundraiser on Thursday, July 19th at the Glenwoodie Golf Club in Glenwood, Ill..

Contact: bmooreconsulting@yahoo.com Village President of On June 26, Valerie B. Matteson, Sheila Jarrett, Senior Advisor to Chalmers-Currin the Obama Foundation and Former Advisor to President Barack Obama, discussed civic activism and democratic engagement in a conversation moderated by McCormick Foundation President and CEO David Hiller at Forefront’s 44th Annual Luncheon. Attendees included 700+ heads of nonprofit organizations, grantmaker Valerie B. Jarrett foundations, and advisors.

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Speakers for the Thornton HS District Superintendent Creg Williams retirement party included: Paul Vallas; Jeffery Dase; Dr. Frankie Swope-Bynum; Katrina Price; Shirley Price; Dr. Creg Williams; David Andalcio ; Dr. Sheila Harrison-Williams; Dr. Blondean Davis; Gerry Chico; Charles DiMartino.

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“The Guys” Shuan Brown; Bryce Head; Vincent Hughes; Dr. Creg E. Williams; David Wiley; Marcel Williams; Leonardo Terry; Ronnie Veal; Mr. Dorris. Photo by HeShootsLyfe, DeShaun

Paschel Bennett; Roosevelt Brown; Julius Penn; Suvette Penn; Telona Wilson; Dr. Creg Williams; Sylvia Nelson- Jordan; Chad Jordan. Photo by HeShoots Lyfe, DeShaun

Congratulations to Mr. Lawrence Wilson, CPA and Cook County Comptroller, and Mrs. Andrea Smith-Rivers Wilson, who married on Saturday, June 30, 2018, at the Odyssey Country Club in Tinley Park. Andrea is a Walgreen’s pharmacist.

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The Roommate: A New Twist on Cohabitation

By Rick and Brenda McCain Let’s Play Cohabitation is beautiful! As humans, we were meant to live together; however, people have different motives as to why they choose to live with one another. A few of those reasons may be to reach a financial goal, have a companion to communicate with, or someone to Brenda and Rick assist them with their McCain daily routines around the house. Whatever the case may be, it usually leads to them taking in a roommate. No matter how diligent you are in finding the right person to complement your lifestyle, that person you choose as a roommate can influence you through their actions and conversations.

Playwright Jen Silverman gives us a new twist regarding cohabitation in the play “The Roommate,” where two women from opposite backgrounds collide in a unique story that will convey how early-life choices can lead to mid-life challenges. Picture the 1970’s hit show, “The Odd Couple,” but instead of having grumpy and persnickety aging men, this warm and humorous story is played out with two 54-year-old women in a comical mismatch who are at crossroads in their lives searching to find their truths in a sleepy Iowa town.

Sharon (Sandra Marquez) is a relatively friendly and practical divorcee who is an empty-nester trying to figure out her life and who struggles to communicate with her son. She puts an ad in the paper looking for a roommate to share her home and help pay the bills.

Robyn (Ora Jones) is a fiery soul from the Bronx who needs a place to hide and wishes to start over. She is holding a lifetime of secrets, doesn’t live a traditional lifestyle and is seeking to escape from her past mistakes. Upon her first encounter with Sharon, it leads her to believe Sharon is nosy and too talkative; which doesn’t make for a good fit for someone seeking to

Tony Award Winner Phylicia Rashad Directs Chicago Premiere of The Roommate Written by Jen Silverman June 21 – August 5, 2018 forget their past.

This two-hander play is a come to grips story about two women who are transforming each other’s lives while learning that they share more similarities than differences; but should their differences keep them apart?

Sharon begins to uncover Robyn’s secrets which encourage her deep-seated desire to once and for all change her dull existence and transform her life completely. A touching, yet unorthodox friendship blossoms in this dark comedy where influences can lead to questionable choices.

“Invisible Women Syndrome (IWS)” is a designation where women between the ages of 45 and 60 begin to disappear from society’s view. Society might categorize women of a certain age by this syndrome, however, these two are far from being concerned with IWS. Sharon, with some ill-advised assistance from Robyn, discovers a dark and hidden strength within herself and becomes an influential woman in her little rural city in Iowa living out dangerous possibilities. Robyn begins to see a not so pretty picture of the life she wanted to escape and sees how her past was affecting Sharon. Robyn decides to make a decision that would seriously change the dynamics of their relationship.

Although most storylines about roommates like the 1968 film version of the stage play “The Odd Couple,” which starred Jack Lemmon as Felix and Walter Matthau as Oscar or in the 70’s hit TV series which featured men as the leads, Silverman knew that women, (i.e., Laverne and Shirley); could drive the narrative as the central characters. Ora Jones and Sandra Marquez are exceptional in this production directed by Phylicia Rashad.

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Ora Jones (Robyn). table on “The Cosby Show,” has several directorial credits to her name, including a plethora of works by the late August Wilson. She directed Seattle Repertory Theatre’s 2007 production of “Gem of the Ocean,” the 2014 revival of “Fences” at the McCarter Theatre in Princeton, NJ, and most recently, a 2016 production of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Now she brings her extraordinary talents to Steppenwolf.

Rashad does a great job bringing on two very talented women. Both Ora and Sandra were able to guide the audience into the joys and pains within this play as we witness two women with a renewed, undefined journey of starting life over again.

We get to see two women transforming their lives as the center of attention, with Rashad making them visible through the

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clever remake of Silverman’s comedy.

There are some missing pieces in this play with one being how and why the ladies decide to become roommates. And there are a few moments where you may wonder, “where did that come from?” But hey, some things you just had to figure out.

At around 90-minutes, “The Roommate” will provide you with enough laughter and drama to make any evening a perfect night out.

Let’s Play highly recommends “The Roommate,” a play where “The Odd Couple” meets “Breaking Bad” and where women of a certain age are visible again to society.

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Urban Gateways’ Teen Arts Pass Keeps Chicago Teens Cool and Cultured This Summer

The Silver Room Prepares To Host 15th Annual Block Party

By Katara Patton Defender Senior Editor As temperatures heat up around Chicago, so do the festivals throughout town. From the Chosen Few Music Fest to Summer Dance, Chicago hands-down has free (or cheap) fun and entertainment on the summer schedule.

And one of the biggest festivals on the South Side is coming up—The Silver Room Block Party on July 21 from noon-10 pm. In its 15th year, the festival is sure to serve up the same fun and family reunion feel it has become known to provide.

“It is a very unique event,” said Eric Williams, owner of The Silver Room and founder of the Block Party. “People come for the feeling of childhood…to say ‘hey girl,” [when they run into old friends]; they feel safe and cool and nobody is tripping.” The Silver Room, 1506 E. 53rd, is an eclectic shop showcasing art, jewelry, attire as well as serving as a gathering space within the community.

Up and down 53rd Street, from Lake Park to now Dorchester (expanded this year), the normally busy street will be blocked off to cars and buses and will be transformed into an old fashion block party with updated, top-notch sound systems and artists in 13 locations. All types of music will be featured and there are special THE CHICAGO DEFENDER

Eric Williams attractions for all ages. DuSable Museum as well as the Museum of Science and Industry and Hyde Park Art Center will host activities for children; teens will perform; there will be a stepping event and a double-dutch jump rope competition as well as a basketball court for adults and kids.

It is definitely a party for the entire family.

“My grandma came until she was 96,” Williams added.

Williams started the festival when his store was in Wicker Park and he nor his friends would get to perform at other festivals. “Those festivals weren’t as inclusive as they needed to be,” he said. “I DJ, my friends DJ, but we couldn’t get on.”

So, Williams decided to start his own; for the first party, he ran

an extension cord from the window of his apartment on top of his store and about 100 people showed up. From there, the event became annual and grew.

He continues the festival, which costs up to $150,000 to host, for two reasons: “Most of my friends are artists and there are not a lot of spaces to showcase their talent unless you are a big name….having a platform is good….And we add traffic to local businesses.”

By putting stages in locations along 53rd street, sponsors will be featured and thousands will come by their locations and get exposed to the services and products they offer.

Money for the event comes from the sponsors and donations.

And the larger it gets, the more that is needed to ensure a good time. More security, more portable toilets, “more of everything,” said Williams.

Williams also recognizes that the music might “be too loud for Ms. Jenkins” and you can’t please everyone, but he looks at the 40,000 who will have a good time.

“You have to be delicate how you encroach on the community; we are aware of that.”

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Sun’s out, school’s over, and there’s no better time to culture up. Urban Gateways’ Teen Arts Pass (TAP) makes that possible without teens or their parents having to break the bank. The permanent and ongoing initiative makes live arts performances in and around Chicago available to TAP members for only $5. Teen Arts Pass membership is free of charge to all teens between the ages of 13 and 19 and provides access to live arts and culture events year-round.

There is no residency requirement to participate in the program.

More than 1,500 teens have already registered for this groundbreaking program and more are signing up every day. There are 25 participating partners that represent large and small music, dance, and theater venues across the city and suburbs. (Full list below.)

TAP aims to make Chicago’s arts and culture accessible to youth all over the city. Commissioner Mark Kelly of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events said of the program, “[There is] so much culture around us, but there’s a sense that ‘it’s not for me,’ ‘it’s not affordable,’ that ‘I’m not going to feel comfortable,’ that ‘I’m not going to be welcome.’

And now with TAP, $5 for incredible performances from our artists and artists from around the world, Urban Gateways has opened doors, avenues, and perceptions that otherwise wouldn’t be available to teens. And teens can do it on their terms.”

Teens can access the free signup form at teenartspass.org and register for the program in a matter of minutes. Upon registering they receive a temporary digital card and later a mailed physical card; they can access event info on the website calendar. TAP is a day-ofshow program, so teens are encouraged to call the box office of the show they wish to see ahead of time to ensure tickets are still available. If tickets remain, teens should arrive at the venue at least 30 minutes ahead of curtain, present their proof of TAP membership at the box office, and they will be able to purchase a $5 cash ticket to the show (including tickets valued at upwards of $200) – giving them access to many of Chicago’s premier performance organizations in music, theater, and dance.

The Urban Gateways TAP Teen Council (comprised of 10 Chicago-area teens during the 2017-18

school year) lent invaluable support, guidance, and enthusiasm to the program launch to ensure TAP can best serve young people for years to come. As TAP Teen Council member Jamani explained, “[Teens in Chicago] witness and go through so much in our communities and homes that it is hard to remember what being special feels like. This card will make a lot of teens feel special. Who do you know that’s 15 years old and going to see a show that’s [normally] $85 for only $5? This program will hopefully bring more art programs to the city and teach the city how to value performing arts.

Also hopefully teach Chicago and other places around the world that art can change and will change society.”

“The Teen Arts Pass is a formal invitation for all young people to engage in the civic and artistic discourse of our city,” said Urban Gateways Executive Director Eric Delli Bovi. “This far-reaching initiative is designed to be for teens and by teens, where youth input and ideas inform the direction and growth of the Teen Arts Pass, and ideally influence the future vitality of Chicago’s arts and culture sector. We are thrilled to be partnering with such an extensive list of inaugural arts partners who are opening their doors and welcoming in new generations of artists, arts patrons, and arts appreciators.”

The 25 inaugural partners include: Auditorium Theatre, Barrel of Monkeys, Black Ensemble Theater, Chicago Philharmonic, Chicago Sinfonietta, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Court Theatre, Dance Center of Columbia College, eta Creative Arts, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Goodman Theatre, Harris Theater, The Joffrey Ballet, Reva & David Logan Center for the Arts, Lookingglass Theatre, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA Stage), North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie, Northlight Theatre, Old Town School of Folk Music, Ruth Page Center for the Arts, Steep Theatre, UChicago Presents, Victory Gardens Theater, Writers Theatre.

Through TAP, these organizations welcome teens into the arts community and expose them to art forms that open their minds and expand their creativity. We hope to see more and more teens utilizing this exciting initiative and experiencing our partners’ performances for many years to come.

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Opinion OP-ED: A Letter from America’s Children

By Ron Harris NNPA Newswire Guest Columnist Dear U.S. Media, Democrats, Republicans, Independents and to the concerned Americans who poured out into the streets to protest Donald Trump’s cruel and faulty immigration policies, What about us?

We understand and applaud your response to this administration’s malevolent separation of immigrant families from their children—policies and practices so un-American and shocking that they have come to dominate the national conversation. Your immediate, visceral response to evil spurred you into action.

But there is another evil, a pervasive, chronic and unrelenting wickedness that we, your children, live with every day. We are being shot down on the nation’s streets, locked away in juvenile facilities, poisoned by dangerous drinking water, threatened and harassed by neighborhood gangs, left homeless, either alone from abuse or with parents that cannot afford to put a roof over our heads. We live in neighborhoods bereft of adequate food sources and with fathers and mothers so wrought with financial and psychological instability they can’t provide our needs.

And because our nation has

lived with this reality so long, it has become almost accepted. It has become quietly and unconsciously perceived as part of the norm, part of the landscape, like the air we breathe, until little by little it becomes so caustic that it kills us or chokes us into action. Unfortunately for us, your children, you haven’t reached that point.

There are 408,000 of us, American children, who also have been separated from our families and placed in the care of others, like the 2,000 immigrant children who you took to the streets to protect.

Many of us languish in foster care with little hope of ever being united with our parents or extended families. As we watched the huge crowds that stretched across 700 U.S. cities Saturday. We saw the signs proudly held high that read, “Family Separations Are Cruel.”

And we thought, “Yes, they are.”

What about us? Where is our march? Where is our media coverage?

Half of us currently in foster care will be homeless within six months after growing too old for the system. We are unprepared to live on our own. We have limited education and no social support.

About a quarter of the rest will be homeless within two to four years of leaving the system. Some of us will become part of the 20,000 U.S. children annually forced into prostitution.

Another two million of us this year will be separated from our families and placed behind bars and in juvenile custody. Many of us, like Clarice, one of twin 14-year-old sisters in Montgomery County, Md., can’t go home because there is no suitable home to go to. Her parents are homeless, and authorities can’t release her to an unstable home. Other parents are dysfunctional or can’t provide the guidance we need. So, we go behind bars because there are not enough treatment facilities for us.

We want a march, too, one for better schools for all, because you recognize how the hopelessness created by faulty education diminishes lives and leads to incarceration – that 32 percent of white males in juvenile custody dropped out of school, and that nearly half of African-American and Hispanic male youth behind bars also quit.

Media reported how families from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico are fleeing to the U.S. to escape gangs in their countries. Many of us live in gang-infested neighborhoods, too.

In cities like St. Louis, Baltimore, New Orleans, Detroit, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Kansas City, Mo., Memphis, Newark and Chicago, the 10 U.S. cities with the highest murder rate, we have long understood their terror. We understand their fear.

In Chicago, a city rife with street

What about our children? (Pixabay.com) gangs and where at least 16 children have been murdered in the first six months of this year, more than 50,000 people demonstrated for the rights of immigrants fleeing gangs in countries few of them have ever visited.

Ironically, they never marched for the children slain this year in a city they traverse every day. Where do families like theirs emigrate to escape the violence?

Look at us. Pivot your cameras and microphones to us, as well.

We are your children, and there is real evil that plagues us too.

What about us?

Ron Harris is a journalist, adjunct professor at Howard University and co-author with Matthew Horace of the new book “The Black and The Blue, A Cop Reveals Crimes, Racism and Injustice in America’s Law Enforcement.”

OP-ED: Let’s Talk about Economic Justice, Before We Legalize Marijuana

By Rushern Baker If we’re going to begin to repair the damage from the War on Drugs, we need to temporarily pump the breaks on our efforts to legalize recreational marijuana in Maryland.

The issue is a rare policy separation between me and my Democratic primary opponents. Why? Because I can think of no greater insult to the people and communities who have suffered from the biased and unbalanced enforcement of our past drug laws than to not address the impact of our past approach, as we rush toward the legalization of recreational marijuana.

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cate for those who have suffered the most and provide a path to opportunity before we legalize marijuana for personal use in Maryland.

Bills with aspirational language are not enough. We need a commitment to specifics, execution, and measurable goals, because in the end, it’s not about policy, it’s about people.

While many advocates tout legalization as a remedy to past injustice, the statistics on those who benefit economically tell a different story. As legalization has surged across the United States, an estimated 3,600 dispensaries have opened nationwide. Only 32 are owned by African Americans.

In Maryland, our first dispensary licenses granted for medical marijuana ended with zero awards to firms owned by African Americans.

The facts don’t lie.

Starting as far back as the Nix-

on Administration, law enforcement and policy makers waged a War on Drugs that disproportionately impacted minority communities. The often cited and in-depth ACLU study “The War on Marijuana In Black and White” found that between 2001 and 2010 there were 8 million marijuana arrests in the United States; 88 percent of those for simple possession. This study also found that even though Blacks and Whites used marijuana at the same rate, Blacks were nearly four times more likely to be arrested than their White counterparts.

Beyond statistics, the generational effect that these policies have had on people remains devastating. Entire families and communities of color continue to struggle with loss of jobs, opportunities, benefits, family separation and incarceration. A recent Harvard www.chicagodefender.com

University study found the stigma of incarceration impacts the lives of Black men and their families for far longer and at a greater rate than any other ethnic group. Blacks earn an estimated $7,000 per year less than their White counterparts after their first year of release from incarceration.

Yet, expungement seems to be the only remedy given some consideration in the legalization discussion and in our current system.

I want plans for entrepreneurship and jobs that significantly reach the communities devastated by the bias of our past drug policies. Beyond a promise of revenue allocation to programs for jobs and treatment services, we must be committed to creating lasting economic opportunity that’s not likely to be subjected to political whim or patronage. A significant portion of tax revenue from sales

of marijuana for adult use should be directed for education, career development, child care, housing, and other restorative initiatives for the people locked up for simple possession or who paid fines, or lost jobs during the period of relevance.

The irony of my standing alone, demanding these fair and just terms before we allow another wave of outside entrepreneurs to profit from what we once considered a scourge, should give voters cause for concern. We have more leverage to seek economic justice, before we legalize marijuana for personal use than we will after the pockets of lobbyists, business interests, and government coffers overflow with millions of dollars.

Rushern Baker is the county executive in Prince George’s County, Maryland. You can follow Rushern on Twitter at @RushernBaker.

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July 8-14 Dining on the 5 Food, shopping, outdoor dining 75th St, Chatham Center Chicago’s Restaurant Row (Indiana to Langley) 12-8 p.m.

For more information, visit chathamcenterchicago.com

JULY 11 The Vegan Style Festival Navy Pier 7 a.m.-10 p.m.

For tickets or information, visit Eventbrite.com (search vegan style festival)

JULY 11-15 Taste of Chicago Grant Park Wed-Fri 11 a.m.-9 p.m.; Sat-Sun 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

JULY 12 National Summer Learning Day A national day of advocacy to elevate the importance of summer learning as a solution to closing the achievement gap, Chicago Public Library partners with the National Summer Learning Association to celebrate summer learning and libraries.

Events and activities across the city at libraries with a flagship event featuring a national read-aloud of the award-winning book Trombone Shorty, with 2016 Caldecott recipient and acclaimed illustrator Bryan Collier leading the read. A toy pack will be given away to each child present at flagship event.

Harold Washington Library Center 400 S. State Street—Winter Garden (9th Floor) 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

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Concert of Hope in Englewood Free Health and Wellness Fair Grammy Award winners from ColomHealth screenings, demonstrations, bia; sponsored by I Grow Chicago and Chi- healthy living tips, activities for children cago Pain Medicine Center Sixth Grace Presbyterian Church I Grow Chicago Basketball Court 600 E. 35th St. 6402 South Honore Street 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.

For more information, call 312-225Free (but $15 donation is suggested) 5300 For more information, visit IGrowChicago.org JULY 14

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Englewood Community Health Fair Free food, health screenings, entertainment, raffle, games and more Margaret’s Village 7320 S. Yale Ave (between 73rd and 74th) 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The Negro Soldier A screening of the documentary written by Carlton Moss and directed by Frank Capra and Stuart Heisler; the film explores the exploits of Blacks in American military history.

DuSable Museum of African American JULY 14-15 History 44th Annual DuSable Arts & Craft 40 E 56th Pl Fair 5-7 p.m.

Hosted by Artworks Chicago, the fair Free features antiques, jewelry, handmade To register of for more information, visit: items, vintage wear, food, music and endusablemuseum.org tertainment.

DuSable Museum Lawn JULY 13 740 E. 56th Place 2018 American Legion Hiring Event 11 a.m.-7 p.m. each day The event is especially for veteran job seekers and military spouses; it includes JULY 14 more than 60 employers and resource The Art of Rap Festival agencies from around the state.

Riveredge Park presents the Art of Bank of Springfield Center Rap Festival 2018 featuring Ice-T, Bone 1 Convention Center Plaza Thugs-N—Harmony, Slick Rick, Kurtis Springfield, IL Blow and more. Hosted by Chief Rocker Veteran Preview: 10 a.m.-11 a.m.

Busy Bee General Public: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Paramount Theatre Free 23 Galena Blvd Aurora For tickets or more information, visit: riveredgeaurora.com Gates open at 5 p.m.; show starts at 6 p.m. www.chicagodefender.com

JULY 14 V103 Fourth Annual Summer Block Party Featuring Keith Sweat, Ne-Yo, Ashanti, Ja Rule, Tank, Daley, Kevin Ross and Brandy Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island 6 p.m.

For tickets, visit concerts1.livenation. com

JULY 18 President Nelson Mandela’s 100th Birthday Celebration Press conference, ceremony, food and fun for the entire family 4800 W. Chicago Ave. and 5051 W. Chicago Ave. 11:30-2 p.m.

JULY 20 Bronzeville Summer Nights Walking, biking, and trolley tours available; food trucks, music and shopping 43rd Street between Cottage Grove and Greenwood 6 p.m.-9 p.m.

JULY 21 15th Annual Silver Room Sound System Block Party Hyde Park 53rd St. & Harper Court Noon- 10 p.m.

AUGUST 11 89th Bud Billiken Parade 39th and King to Washington Park End of parade activities in Washington Park

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE INVITATION TO BID TO METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT OF GREATER CHICAGO 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 18-707-21 ROOF REPLACEMENT AT THE HANOVER PARK WATER RECLAMATION PLANT Estimated Cost: $490,000.00 Bid Deposit: $10,000.00 Mandatory Technical Pre-Bid Site Walk-Through: Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at 10:00 A.M. CT Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, Tertiary Building 1 1200 E. Sycamore, Hanover Park, Illinois Mandatory Technical Pre-Bid Conference: Tuesday, July 24, 2018, at 11:00 A.M. CT Hanover Park Water Reclamation Plant, Admin Bldg 3, Conf Rm—1200 E. Sycamore, Hanover Park, Illinois Compliance with the District’s Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D, Appendix C, Appendix K and the Multi-Project Labor Agreement are required on this Contract.

Bid Opening: August 7, 2018 ******************************************************************************************************* 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.

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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 8:45A.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.

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.

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By Darlene A. LoCascio Director of Procurement and Materials Management Chicago, Illinois July 11, 2018

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Chicago Rail Constructors (CRC), a Joint Venture comprised of F.H. Paschen, S.N. Nielsen & Assoc. LLC, Dragados USA, Inc. and Milhouse Engineering & Construction, Inc., partnered with Parsons Transportation Group as lead designer, will be accepting proposals from qualified DBE & Non-DBE Subconsultants, Subcontractors, and Suppliers for the following Chicago Transit Authority Project C17FT10201817; RPM Phase One – Red Purple Line Modernization Improvement Project. Areas of specialization in design include, but are not limited to the following: Architecture, Civil, Communication, Drainage, Electrical, Fire Alarm, Geotechnical, Historic Preservation, Landscape, Lighting, Mechanical, Plumbing, ROW Structures, Signal Systems, Station Structures, Survey, Trackwork, Traction Power, & Utilities. Interested subconsultants should submit qualifications, inquiries, & proposals to design@chicagorailconstructors.com. Areas of specialization in construction include, but are not limited to the following: Selective Demolition, Environmental Abatement, Electrical, Rough & Finish Carpentry, Mini-Piles, Drilled Shafts, Micro Piles, Cast-In-Place Concrete, Precast Structural Concrete, Doors/Frames/Hardware, Drywall, Ceilings, Earth Retention, Earthwork, Elevators, Escalators, Flooring, Glazing, Curtainwall, Storefronts, Traffic Control & Protection, Masonry, HVAC, Structural & Misc. Metal, Painting, Plumbing, Roofing, Signage, Signal Systems, Site Concrete, Asphalt Paving, Fence, Landscaping, Underground Utilities, Trackwork, Traction Control/Power, & Trucking. Plans and contract documents will be made available for viewing at the dedicated CRC Plan Room, or at 5515 N. East River Rd., Chicago, IL 60656- 773-444-3474.

Final RFP documents were released on April 30, 2018. Confidential CRC documents will be made available on an as needed basis. It is anticipated that Subcontractor and Vendor proposals are due to CRC by July 18, 2018 at estimating@chicagorailconstructors.com.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF Cook County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

Larry Johnson, Sr aka Larry Johnson; Rosemary Johnson; aka Rosemery Johnson aka Rosmery Johnson; Gregory Robinson aka Gregory Delon Robinson aka Gregory D. Robinson; Melvin Robinson; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants, Case #17CH10025 Sheriff’s # 180120 F17050256 WELLS Pursuant to a Judgment made and entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, will on August 21st, 2018, at 1pm in room LL06 of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said Judgment: Common Address: 36 157th Street, Calumet City, Illinois 60409 P.I.N: 30-17-211-014-0000 Improvements: Multi Family, Two to Six apartments, over 62 yrs .

Sale shall be under the following terms: payment of not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount of the successful and highest bid to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier’s check or certified funds at the sale; and the full remaining balance to be paid to the Sheriff by cashier’s check or certified funds within twenty-four (24) hours after the sale.

Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments.

Premise will NOT be open for inspection.

Firm Information: Plaintiff’s Attorney ANSELMO, LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. DIEHL., Ste 120 Naperville, IL 60563 Sales Department foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com 866-402-8661 fax 630-428-4620 For bidding instructions, visit www. fal-illinois.com This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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CITY of CHICAGO PUBLIC NOTICE AND REQUEST FOR COMMENT The City of Chicago Office of Budget and Management wishes to inform residents the following Awards have been amended under the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Entitlement Programs: •Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): $78,904,033 •HOME Investment Partnerships (HOME): $20,803,171 •Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG): $6,490,003 •Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA): $9,009,631 Additional information on the Entitlement Programs and funding details are also available at: http://www.cityofchicago.org/grants.

The public is invited to provide comments on the amended Entitlement Awards in writing to the Office of Budget and Management, City Hall, Room 604, 121 N. LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention: Latoya Vaughn, or send by email to OBMGMU@cityofchicago.org.

Written comments will be accepted through August 6, 2018.

If you have any further questions, please contact the Office of Budget and Management at (312)744-0358.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE J.P. MORGAN MORTGAGE ACQUISITION CORP. 2005-WMC1 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-WMC1 Plaintiff, -v.PEDRO GUZMAN, DAMIANA GUZMAN, AMERICAN CHARTERED BANK Defendants 15 CH 1574 2343 NORTH KEELER AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60639 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 30, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 10, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2343 NORTH KEELER AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60639 Property Index No. 13-34-204-0110000.

The real estate is improved with a three unit with a detached two car garage.

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 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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 10281.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 10281 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 1574 TJSC#: 38-3962

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.TASHA EVANS, SAL WILLIAMS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 17176 11432 SOUTH KING DRIVE 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 May 11, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 14, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11432 SOUTH KING DRIVE, CHICAGO, IL 60628 Property Index No. 25-22-117-0460000.

The real estate is improved with a two unit building with no garage.

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 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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 251192.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 251192 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 17176

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION SECURED INVESTMENT HIGH YIELD FUND, LLC Plaintiff, -v.GENERAL NORTHINGTON, JR A/K/A GENERAL NORTHINGTON, NORTHINGTON ENTERPRISES INC, JYLLIAN V. COLLINS, DONALD R. CURL, LINDA M. CURL, CYNTHIA JONES NORTHINGTON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 01052 365 NIAGRA STREET Park Forest, IL 60466 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 2, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 7, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 365 NIAGRA STREET, Park Forest, IL 60466 Property Index No. 31-36-306-013-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $79,819.90.

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 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: NOONAN & LIEBERMAN, 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1800, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 431-1455 Please refer to file number 1897-24.

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.

NOONAN & LIEBERMAN 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1800 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 431-1455 E-Mail: intake@noonanandlieberman. com Attorney File No. 1897-24 Attorney Code. 38245 Case Number: 17 CH 01052 TJSC#: 38-5521 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.JOHN J. LYDON AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CESAR A. PEREZ AKA CESAR PEREZ, CESAR PEREZ JR., AMELIA BERNACKI, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., CITY OF CHICAGO, HSBC FINANCE CORPORATION FKA HSBC HOUSEHOLD, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, RESURGENCE CAPITAL, LLC, UNIFUND CCR, LLC, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CESAR A. PEREZ AKA CESAR PEREZ, UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 7216 2628 SOUTH SAWYER AVENUE Chicago, IL 60623 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 16, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2628 SOUTH SAWYER AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60623 Property Index No. 16-26-406-036-0000.

The real estate is improved with a residential.

The judgment amount was $171,885.20.

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 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: WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC, 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 605-3500 Please refer to file number IL-004705.

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.

WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 605-3500 E-Mail: intake@wmlegal.com Attorney File No. IL-004705 Attorney Code. 56284 Case Number: 17 CH 7216 TJSC#: 38-4272 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, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR TO LASALLE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-WF1 Plaintiff, -v.JAMES O LEWIS, VIVIAN LEWIS Defendants 17 CH 10644 941 NORTH LARAMIE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60651 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 16, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 941 NORTH LARAMIE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60651 Property Index No. 16-04-415-0060000.

The real estate is improved with a yellow brick, two story multi unit home, no garage.

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 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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 263950.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 263950 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 17 CH 10644 TJSC#: 38-4303

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.MIKEL L JENKINS, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 18 CH 00488 1645 WEST 92ND STREET Chicago, IL 60620 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, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 21, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1645 WEST 92ND STREET, Chicago, IL 60620 Property Index No. 25-06-410-0130000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 265419.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 265419 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 18 CH 00488

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION TCF NATIONAL BANK Plaintiff, -v.AVIS J. COLLINS A/K/A AVIS COLLINS, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 00517 11718 S. HALE AVENUE Chicago, IL 60643 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 16, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 21, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11718 S. HALE AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60643 Property Index No. 25-19-314-0150000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $185,713.82.

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 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 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, COHEN JUTLA DOVITZ MAKOWKA, LLC, 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) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

COHEN JUTLA DOVITZ MAKOWKA, LLC 10729 WEST 159TH STREET ORLAND PARK, IL 60467 (708) 460-7711 E-Mail: Foreclosure@CJDM.Legal Attorney Code. 25602 Case Number: 18 CH 00517 TJSC#: 38-3780 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 REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.LUCILLE FAULKNER (DECEASED), LAWRENCE FAULKNER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR/EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF LUCILLE FAULKNER (DECEASED), MARVIN FAULKNER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR/EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF LUCILLE FAULKNER (DECEASED), KIMBERLY FAULKNER STARKS, VERONICA BANKS, DIANE CLIFTON, AARON FAULKNER, ANTHONY FAULKNER, DENISE FAULKNER, DERRELL A. FAULKNER, ETHEL FAULKNER, LUCILLE FAULKNER (GRANDDAUGHTER), STEVE FAULKNER, TRACY FAULKNER, GAIL JOHNSON, LATRONA MOORE, CHAVETTE SHIELDS GORDON, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LUCILLE FAULKNER (DECEASED), UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 10976 6952 S. JUSTINE ST. 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 June 29, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 8, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6952 S. JUSTINE ST., Chicago, IL 60636 Property Index No. 20-20-316-041-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $132,178.46.

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 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: RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 239-3432 Please refer to file number 14IL00245-1.

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 E-Mail: il.pleadings@rsmalaw.com Attorney File No. 14IL00245-1 Attorney Code. 46689 Case Number: 14 CH 10976 TJSC#: 38-5200 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 TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CVI LCF MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST I Plaintiff, -v.NORMA J OWENS, AQUA FINANCE, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 18 CH 01738 8232 SOUTH SAGINAW AVENUE 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 June 19, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 31, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8232 SOUTH SAGINAW AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60617 Property Index No. 21-31-127-0270000.

The real estate is improved with a red stone, two story multi unit home with a detached two car garage.

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 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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 265686.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 265686 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 18 CH 01738

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.ERIC D. ANDREWS, SR A/K/A ERIC ANDREWS, A/K/A ERIC ANDREW, CARMEN T. ORDONEZ-ANDREWS A/K/A CARMEN ORDONEZ ANDREWS, A/K/A CARMEN ORDONEZ ANDREW, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 14 CH 891 321 SPRINGFIELD STREET Park Forest, IL 60466 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 18, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 25, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 321 SPRINGFIELD STREET, Park Forest, IL 60466 Property Index No. 31-24-311-0020000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 12028.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 12028 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 14 CH 891

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL A MALONE, KAREN M MALONE, CITIBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Defendants 17 CH 15844 10509 SOUTH PARNELL 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 June 4, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 20, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 10509 SOUTH PARNELL AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60628 Property Index No. 25-16-119-0030000.

The real estate is improved with a red brick, two story single family home with a detached two car garage.

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 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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 265046.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 265046 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 17 CH 15844

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A Plaintiff, -v.EVENS ALEXIS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, US SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 14 CH 14556 576 INGRAHAM AVENUE CALUMET CITY, IL 60409 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 23, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 24, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 576 INGRAHAM AVENUE, CALUMET CITY, IL 60409 Property Index No. 30-08-409-024-0000, 30-08-409-025-0000.

The real estate is improved with a four or more units with a three car attached garage.

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 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.

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 10107.

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 10107 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 14 CH 14556

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Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com BROWN Luther Brown, Jr.......….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 7, 2018; 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.@ New Philadelphia Church Baptist, 5410 South State Street. Memorial Service was held: 11:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.

Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th.

Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome. com DIXON Skylar Chanel Dixon......….. Visitation was held: Monday, July 9, 2018; 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.@ Taylor Funeral Home. Cremation.

Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th.

Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome. com SIMS Manuel Sims......….. Wake was held: Saturday, June 30, 2018; 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home. Funeral was held: 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com PAYNE Ruby Payne.....….. Wake was held: Monday, July 9, 2018; 2:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home. Memorial Service was held: 2:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Cremation.

Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th.

Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome. com MURRAY Paul Murray.......….. Wake was held: Tuesday, July 10, 2018; 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.@ Mount Vernon Baptist Church, 2622 West Jackson Boulevard. Funeral was held: 11:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m. Interment: Forest Home Cemetery, Forest Home, Illinois. Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com LABON Gladis Labon.....….. Wake will be held: Thursday, July 7, 2018; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home. Funeral will be held: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com

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(773)846-7900 “Families Come First at Golden Gate” HEARD JoAnn Heard.....….. Wake will be held: Saturday, July 14, 2018; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home. Funeral will be held: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Interment: Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, Illinois. Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com

CALAHAN Funeral Home

WEEDEN Cora Weeden…...Visitation was held: Monday, July 9, 2018; 10:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. Funeral: 11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. at Mary Magdalene, 10920 S. Princeton. Interment: Abraham Lincoln Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Calahan Funeral Home, 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL (773) 723.4400 ABERNATHY Thomas Abernathy ….. Visitation was held: Monday, July 9, 2018; 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Funeral: 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. at Chapel. Interment: Abraham Lincoln Cemetery.

Arrangements Entrusted To: Calahan Funeral Home, 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL (773) 723.4400 WEAVER Wendell P. Weaver .….. Visitation was held: Monday, July 9, 2018; 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Funeral: 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. at Faith United Methodist Church, 335 W. 75th.

Street.Interment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Calahan Funeral Home, 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL (773) 723.4400 MADISON Sonia D. Madison .….. Visitation: Friday, July 13, 2018; 9:00 a.m.10:30 a.m. Funeral: 10:30 a.m.11:30 a.m. at Hopeful M.B.C., 5347 S. Michigan Ave. Interment: Cedar Park Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Calahan Funeral Home, 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL (773) 723.4400

In memory of SMITH Arnold Murling Smith ….. Visitation was held: Thursday, July 5, 2018; 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. @ Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 18400 S. Pulaski Rd., Country Club Hills, IL. Wake was held: Friday, July 6, 2018; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. at Mayo A.M.E. Church, 20839 Homeland Road, Matteson, IL 60443. Funeral was held: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Internment: Oak Woods Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: 18400 S. Pulaski Rd., Country Club Hills, IL, 60478: (708) 208-0860

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Sports What say #TheBIGS? The Bigs Media’s very own Terrence Tomlin & Eugene McIntosh weigh in on the hottest topic in the sports world this week…do WNBA players deserve more money?

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With 17 homeruns and a .295 batting average, Javier Baez will make his first All-Star start of his career at this year’s MLB All-Star Game. (John L. Alexander/The Bigs Media)

Cubs Send 3 to All-Star Game Sports by #TheBIGS The Cubs prized free agent pitching signing this past offseason, Yu Darvish, has only one win for the Cubs as we move pass the halfway point of the season.

The two HCIC (head Cubbies in charge) Anthony Rizzo and Kris Bryant have missed a combined 30 games already this year. One would assume that these would all be signs that this season just isn’t going the Cubs way…right? Think again. The Cubs currently sit at 5137, good enough for the second best overall record in the National League (and to think there was a section of Cubs fans who believed Joe Maddon was on the hot seat), due in large part to three players THE CHICAGO DEFENDER

who have held it down proper in the first half of the season and will be representing the Cubs in next week’s MLB All-Star Game. Jon Lester, who will be making his fifth All-Star appearance, will be joined

by Javier Baez and Wilson Contreras, who will both be starters in the All-Star game for the first time in their careers. Check out their reactions to the news below.

Jon Lester “30 seconds...I had a start to worry about. I have one more then I’ll celebrate.” – Jon Lester on how long he celebrated when he got the news of his 5th All-Star selection Wilson Contreras “I went down to the cages where I spend most of my time

and I started crying. I have to thank God for my health first. Thank my teammates, coaches & fans as well.” Wilson Contreras aka #ILLWILL on his 1st All-Star selection Javier Baez “I’m really excited...we have really great fans here. I gotta thank the fans that voted for me everyday. Gotta thank my family and friends as well. I haven’t heard anything about it but I’d love to be in the HR derby.” Javier Baez aka #ElMago on his 1st All-Star selection Watch Contreras, Baez and Lester in action Wednesday July 17th as they take on the American League All-Stars and try to bring bragging rights to the National League. www.chicagodefender.com

WNBA rookie A’ja Wilson made headlines this past week with a tweet that put a spotlight on the differences in WNBA players’ pay versus that of NBA players.

“154M ........... must. be. nice.

We over here looking for a M but Lord, let me get back in my lane.”

She sent out to her followers. But before she could get back into her “lane,” she grabbed the attention of the entire sports world and started a very necessary debate about whether or not WNBA players deserve to be paid more.

Checkout what The Bigs’ very own Terrence Tomlin and Eugene McIntosh have to say on the topic at hand.

Gene says…

The best thing about Las Vegas rookie forward/WNBA Western Conference Player Of The Week A’ja Wilson’s tweet about Lebron James’ new contract is it has people talking!

Now I’m an advocate for women’s sports and I think the WNBA puts out a pretty good product. I definitely think they can elevate the league and the “star” players, but the facts still remain...

NBA players are paid 50 percent of NBA revenue while WNBA players are paid between 25-30 percent. The NBA generated 7.3 billion last year....the WNBA 25 million. Half of the WNBA teams lose money but come up thru the NBA TV and sponsorship deals.

This is where it gets interesting.

Is it a WNBA v NBA issue or is it a women v men equal pay issue?

In the workforce, men average $10,000+ more in yearly salary. In the NBA, no player makes less than $490,000. As for the WNBA...the highest paid player is Connecticut Sun forward Chiney Ogumwike at $117,500. (NBA referees are paid more) In short, the WNBA needs to make a new deal with the players and they need to step their marketing game up! It’s still a fairly new league and it’s only going to get better. Nancy Lieberman and

A’ja Wilson Becky Hammon are on the front lines pushing the envelope, HOWEVER...the facts still remain! It’s all about that REVENUE. Terrence says…

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson is just a rookie but after her tweet that caught all of the sports world’s attention and put a spotlight on the huge gap between NBA players’ checks and WNBA players’ checks, it is clear that she is and will be much more than your average rookie.

What A’ja Wilson did by sparking this debate is show that it’s time for more basketball fans as a whole to lend their voice to this debate. Her tweet is serving as a call to action, not just to league officials and fans…but to advertisers that throw money at the NBA like maniacs; she is saying that it’s time to show the ladies some love.

The differences in revenue for the two leagues are clear. Yes, the NBA rakes in billions while the WNBA isn’t even in the same universe when it comes to revenue, but the NBA also has a marketing machine behind them that the WNBA simply doesn’t have. We don’t see any Gatorade commercials for Maya Moore, the league’s biggest star. It’s been years since a prominent WNBA player has graced the cover of SLAM Magazine, one of the cultures’ most popular platforms. No fancy jingles that make young girls dream of being the next “enter WNBA star name.” It’s time for that to end and A’ja Wilson has put herself in position to lead that charge.

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