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Black Pride and Prejudice

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Black Pride and Prejudice For some in the White gay community on the North Side, African Americans are either oversexualized or invisible, but they are always Black before anything.

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By Lee Edwards Defender Contributing Writer The founders of Black Pride and Chicago Black Pride have spent decades forging a unique space for the Black queer community, which recently has come under greater scrutiny than ever before. Dating back to 1990, Black Pride has sought to provide sanctuary from the combined prejudices of cisgender African Americans (those who identify with gender they were born) and the White gay communities which, on the eve of the celebration of Chicago Black Pride 2017, has given cause to shout the the name of a 1968 James Brown hit: “I’m Black and I’m proud.”

The Black Pride Movement originated in large part in the early 1990’s in Washington, D.C., as an outlet for the Black LGBT community to socialize amongst one another in a space that celebrated being both Black and queer, according to accounts maintained by The Center for Black Equality. Cities across the nation later adopted the model. This year alone more than 30 Black Pride events have been scheduled from March to November in cities spanning the United States and in the countries of Jamaica, South Africa, France, and the United Kingdom.

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A Black woman marches in the Chicago Gay Pride Parade on June 25. munity for equality and justice in the areas of social, health, and economic equity.

Earl Fowlkes, president/CEO for The Center for Black Equity and chairman to Democratic National Committee’s LGBT Caucus, explained that Black Pride events create a “safe space” for attendees.

“The reality is that people want safe spaces, they want spaces where they can authentically be who they are,” said Fowl-

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kes. “We are not monolithic people so Black and queer are just parts of many of us. Black Pride is one of those places that uniquely allows you to breathe safely and it continues to grow.”

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COVER STORY CONT. Black Pride, continued from, Page 02

salon for African Americans, according to Fowlkes. However, he stated, bars accepting of the Black queer community have begun to vanish across the nation.

“The bar was the community center, you got your information, you got your community people in the bar and the bar is where people would go,” said Fowlkes.

“Now there are fewer bars; there are fewer Black bars that cater to queer Black people. There’s a handful left in the country and because of the economics, a lot of these bars that are in the neighborhood when the [neighborhood] becomes gentrified, the bars disappear because of economic reasons.”

A quick Google search of “LGBT Bars in Chicago” revealed only two bars identify or are recognized as Black LGBT friendly bars on the South Side. The overwhelming majority of bars that identify as LGBT friendly are found within the predominantly White gay community known as “Boystown,” which is located on the city’s North Side in the Lakeview neighborhood.

Fowlkes stated bars within the White gay community have the luxury of remaining open for years while losing money all while continuously making their confines unfriendly to queer people of color. Recently, Millennials have challenged that status quo, which he said is a good thing.

Yet, without safe space, members of the Black LGBT community are uniquely vulnerable to violence and even murder as is the case for transgender women of color.

For example, the Human Rights Campaign recorded at least 22 deaths of transgender women due to fatal violence, the most ever recorded, in 2016 nationwide. In Chicago, Tiara Richmond “Keke” Collier was shot and killed on February 23, 2016, according to a report by The Chicago Tribune. She was the second known transgender woman killed within a six month timespan in the city.

Fowlkes said Black queer lives have always been undervalued similar to how Black men have always been shot by the police with the only difference between yesteryear and today is social media and videotaping. He said the rights of the Black LGBT community must be fought for and aide from other communities cannot be expected.

“The White gay community is not going to do it for us, we have to do it ourselves,” said Fowlkes. “We have two jobs: we have to make queer folks understand we are going to stand up and we have to make Black folks understand that we are a part of the community and you are not just going to ignore us and take our rights away.”

Fowlkes said attempts to build bridges between the African American community have been met with tentative success.

He said entities like Black churches have taken on the initiative to reach the Black LGBT community through methods like HIV/AIDS ministries among others.

“The bridges have been built,” he said.

“When you build a bridge both sides have to have a good foundation to make the bridge stand.”

In Chicago, the essence of Black LGBT

T-shirts proudly demanded justice at Chicago’s Dyke March. Photo by Jeff White/explorewhitecanvas.com) culture is being celebrated, defended, and archived by one of the founders of Chicago Black Pride Charles Nelson. Nelson is the founder/president/CEO of the Ubuntu Center of Chicago, which seeks to develop and implement programs, services, and build capacity for the Black single gender loving/LGBT community.

Nelson explained the mindset of the founders of Chicago Black Pride as they began hosting events in 1998 and then officially in 1999.

“In the beginning, Black Pride was more of a community effort, members of the African American LGBT community got together and said we want to have our own event to represent our culture and community,” said Nelson.

Nelson called the Ubuntu Center a “good start” toward improving Black Pride because of the increased visibility it brings and programming throughout the year. The Ubuntu Center will archive Black LGBT history, art, music along with art galleries and be a marketplace for books and films once its building officially opens.

While the idea for the Ubuntu Center was in its gestation phase, Nelson learned navigating Chicago’s gay community came with challenges. He said in his twenties he was among a wave of people who moved to the North Side of Chicago in search of a more accepting community only to learn that was not the case upon arrival. He said based on his experience with the White gay community, African Americans are either oversexualized or invisible, but they are always Black before anything.

“There’s a lot of racial tension because

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still what you’re seen as before you are seen as a gay man or woman or part of the LGBT community, you are still seen as a Black person,” said Nelson.

Nelson said the true colors of the White gay community are on display during the organization of Pride events. He said the African American LGBT community has always had to be its own community.

“They don’t really recruit or ask members of the African American community to be part of the effort,” said Nelson.

“They expect for [African Americans] just to come but they don’t make it very welcoming so if you’re not aggressive enough or you’re not part of that North Side community where you live and function every day, you’re not very present.”

Non-African American members of the LGBT community have differing thoughts on both the relevance and necessity for celebrating Black Pride. Two such opinions were expressed at Chicago Dyke March 2017, which kicked-off at the Little Village Elementary School, 2620 S. Lawndale Ave., on June 24 - the 21st installment of the annual event. Mayadet Patitucci Cruz, one of the core organizers for Chicago Dyke March, said the March celebrates the existence and resistance of all queer and trans people of color through a volunteer and grassroots method. She explained it’s important to recognize all people of color and celebrate their Pride events both locally and nationally.

“We love the idea of separate Prides, we love that there is a Boricua (Chicago’s Puerto Rican) parade, we love that there’s Black Pride, we want all peoples to cele-

brate themselves in a safe environment that’s not centered in or around White folks or corporations like Pride,” said Cruz, who has organized with Chicago Dyke March for the past five years. “We love the idea of Black Pride and want it to happen, we want to know how we can continue that to happen. We want all people to feel safe and validated and celebrated here.”

Cruz said in the past she has not felt wanted or included in Boystown and noted too that queer and trans people of color are highly policed and incarcerated in Boystown. She said Chicago Dyke March, which travels to different Chicago neighborhoods each year, has no interest in returning to Boystown or Andersonville after hosting events there for 11 years. In years past, Dyke March has been in Pilsen, South Shore, Humboldt Park, among others.

However, one Chicago Dyke March attendee viewed the celebration of Black Pride as divisive. Joe Lusignan, who was attending his first March opted to go this year with his choir, Windy City Travel Choir, said he “does not like to look at color”.

“I think when you have it all separate you’re supporting division as opposed when you do it all together you’re actually showing inclusion,” said Lusignan. “When you can see a march that has men, women, trans, Black, White, Hispanic, Muslim, veterans, when you see it all together and everyone is marching together there is your diversity.”

The Edgewater resident said bringing everyone together makes for a “much broader statement” in terms of both politically and in life in general. www.chicagodefender.com

EDITOR’S TAKE

Bye, Chicago A Closer Look At What Is Really Happening When We Leave Our City

By Shari Noland Defender Executive Editor We’ve had a few articles in the Defender about Blacks leaving the city for affordable housing or just a better life in the ’burbs. But an interesting piece came out in the Chicago Tribune last week reporting that “the greatShari Noland er Chicago area, which for the census includes parts of Indiana and Wisconsin, has lost nearly 46,000 Black residents since 2010. That exodus is larger than in any other metropolitan area in the country.” To me, there is something going on more than just economics. So I decided to dig a little deeper and have frank conversations just among us. That’s when a colleague introduced me to Waymond H. Smith. Smith, 64, has lived in Chicago on the South Side all his life and is bolting to Mexico. He speaks a little Spanish but is learning, and, he says, they work with you if you make the effort. So why move now?

“Because, I’m tired of Black people being killed -- innocent men, women, and children -- by the police. They’re always trying to acquit them or find them not guilty on a continual basis,” said Smith. “You know, they don’t do that for other races, even though they commit crimes. I don’t think it’s safe for a Black man to live in America.”

Smith, an avid biker who goes to biker conferences all over the world, is heavily involved in the Chicago biking community but even feels the racial inequality while taking a ride.

“In areas that happen to be poorer, the issue in the city of Chicago is about stop and frisk. They were just pulling Black men over and stopping and frisking them. They ruled that unconstitutional because they didn’t have probable cause. So, they’re using bicycling on the sidewalk, which is illegal and I agree with them, but they’re using that as a way to pull you over, and they run your name, so that’s a way of doing stop and frisk,” said Smith.

Indeed, a Chicago Tribune article written just this past March reported that: “The top 10 community areas for bike tickets from 2008 to Sept. 22, 2016, include seven that are majority African American and three that are majority Latino. From the areas with the most tickets written to the least, they are Austin, North Lawndale, Humboldt Park, South Lawndale, Chicago Lawn, West Englewood, Roseland, West Garfield Park, New City and South Chicago.” www.chicagodefender.com

But to most Black and Brown Chicagoans, discrimination is just a part of life.

What’s the draw for Mexico? Smith says he’s been to Mexico several times and “they treat you like a person. I felt welcomed. You know, they didn’t see skin color.”

For Dominique Forbes, who has lived in Chicago for the past 19 years, it was a combination of economics and violence that prompted her to relocate. She’s moving to Houston, Texas. And even though she was able to secure a job before leaving, not having one would not have stopped her. The former North-Grand High School teacher just wanted out. Oddly, in a meeting at work, several people mentioned to me that they also knew Black people headed to Texas. So what’s so great about moving to Texas? We know it didn’t work out so well for Sandra Bland.

“The cost of living is different in Texas.

Groceries cost less. Their taxes are less than ours. I know we’re at about 10.25 percent taxes. They’re at like 8 percent or 8.25 percent taxes. In the state of Texas, there is no state income taxes, so my paycheck will only be taxed one time for federal taxes. Their school system pays their teachers throughout the entire school year versus with CPS I only get paid from September to June,” said Forbes.

I lived in Texas for a year and I will say the no income tax thing is a nice perk.

But Forbes also pointed to the quality of life issues as a reason for her move.

“The violence in the city, a lot of the things that have been happening in Chicago, especially as a teacher I’m touched by the violence quite a bit because my students are touched by the violence. Hearing their stories as I worked in the West Humboldt Park neighborhood. The stories and the fear that my students had especially because a lot of them, their parents are immigrants; fear that their parents are not going to come home. Their classmates getting shot. They’re getting shot at. Their fear of being outside in their own neighborhoods because of the violence in the city.

You see the increased police presence on the South Side of Chicago, but it’s not necessarily a police presence if you don’t feel like it is there necessarily to protect you so to speak. When you hear the stories and see the increased presence, it doesn’t make me feel like I’m being necessarily protected in my neighborhood because I still hear the gunshots. People are still breaking into cars, so it’s like not to say that the police aren’t doing their jobs, but if you’re here to protect me, why do I not feel protected?”

Smith and Forbes underscore why we as a community need to back the current class-action lawsuit brought on by several leading community groups, including the

Waymond H. Smith local Chicago Black Lives Matter. The 132page lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago pushes for an overhaul of Chicago’s 12,000-officer force, putting the force under the scrutiny of a court-appointed monitor answerable to a judge. Chicago has its racial divisiveness and other issues, but it’s still a great city. We need to fight for our neighborhoods and a decent way of life before they aren’t even ours anymore because everyone up and left.

Teri Williams, president and chief operating officer of One United, the first Black internet bank and the largest Black-owned bank in the country, which has customers in the Chicago area, was really able to articulate what we all need to take to heart: some people are more than happy to see us leave the state or the city and take over our prime real estate and make it their own.

“We should use our collective resources to ensure that our communities maintain our culture. And I do know that especially amongst the older generation, they’re sort of, and I hate to put it this way, tired of our neighborhood and they just can’t imagine it being any different. But it will absolutely be different and it will improve and it will improve in terms of the services that are provided. And I just hate to see us lose our creditors and the prime real estate. I strongly feel like if we could just manage to get homes, to stay in them or pool money collectively as a family and buy multi-family and everybody live on a floor…. Really, now is the time to squat, to be where we are, so I can’t say that enough. I can’t say that strongly enough. [Black people] should definitely buy in the city and buy specifically in our community.”

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BUSINESS

Business Skills Learned in Illegal Activity Are Transferable to Legit Jobs Shari Noland Defender Executive Editor

Garfield Produce Company Darius Jones, V.P. and General Manager of Garfield Produce Company, a budding indoor vertical hydroponics farm based out of East Garfield Park, is a young man who comes off as sharp and professional from the jump. He knows his business well and can tell you more about hydroponics – growing plants without soil -- than you ever thought you’d want to know. What’s isn’t obvious is that he has a background.

“I’m a felon. I was in and out of jail all my teenage life. I went to jail well over 10 times as a teenager, and when I was 17, I ended up sitting in maximum-security jail for 15 months. I got out seven years ago, and it took me 2 1/2 years of almost going back to jail and still being in the streets after jail to realize that I had an opportunity to do something cool into something different,” said Jones.

He discovered gardening while in a Boot Camp. Knowing what is was like to be in maximum and supermax units within prison, where he says he rarely got fresh air during the 15-month period, the award-winning program, The Cook County Sheriff’s Garden Project: A Patch of Paradise, was appealing. For eight hours a day he learned organic farming and gardening skills in a supportive, constructive, and positive environment. The idea is that inmates can use these skills to gain positive skills on the outside. But if you go back to where you’ve always been and now you have a background, it can be hard to have the vision to turn your life around, even with new skills.

“Unless you’re like homeless and have no family, then, you’re just back to whatever corner you used to hang out on with the same people. I got out of jail, gone back with my old friends, had this Homecoming party, and I was back in the streets, back carrying guns, selling drugs, even though I was working with this job training program,” said Darius, who after leaving prison started working in farmers markets with Windy City Harvest, which is the Chicago Botanic Gardens 9-month Apprenticeship program.

What changed for Darius is that people starting telling him he had a knack for sales. Garfield Produce Company was started by Mark and Judy Thomas in 2014 with the goal of providing employment to the west side Chicago neighborhood.

Darius joined in 2015. He was hired as a salesperson after enjoying 100% sales increases year over year. He now owns 25% of the company after only five years off the streets. The company recently received one of six social impact loans made

by Benefit Chicago. A collaboration of The Chicago Community Trust, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and Calvert Foundation, Benefit Chicago was

Darius Jones, V.P. and General Manager of Garfield Produce Company, working with produce in their hydroponic farm in East Garfield Park.

Packaged locally grown greens produced by Garfield Produce Company on local grocery shelves

Sweet Beginnings employees. created to expand the pool of loans and investments available to mission-directed for- and nonprofits, which, due to the communities or populations they serve, often find it challenging to get commercial cash to fund their ventures. Garfield Produce will use a $500,000 loan from the Fund to operate and expand their innovative and indoor vertical hydroponic vegetable farm. Through creating small 6,000 to 10,000 sq. ft. hydroponics facilities across the city, the small company aims to create wealth in underserved communities.

“I grew up over here, in Garfield Park, really just like down the street. I put a lot of negative energy into this community as a teenager, and so, yeah. Bringing just positive energy, positive people into this environment, you know, showing something different. To the right of us is an auto mechanic shop and to the left of us is a motorcycle gang. We’re a hydroponics company. There are gangs and auto body shops all over this community. So, what’s new, what’s innovative, what’s different, what can people utilize over here?

Well, healthy food. People can always use healthy food. People can always use jobs.

Especially, in a growing industry like hydroponics,” said Darius.

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Sweet Beginnings Garfield Produce is not the only company to get a taste of success from the ground up with the purpose of helping people with backgrounds sharpen their natural business skills. Sweet Beginnings, a for-profit subsidiary of the North Lawndale Employment Network, uses the production of beelove™ – a line of honey-based products – to provide job training to community residents.

“When you’re trying to address issues of unemployment in this community and we’re not alone, there are other communities like North Lawndale, then you have to do something to create an economic engine that will be receptive to hiring folks who had a brush with the law. That’s why there’s a sweet spot...men and women that have criminal backgrounds inspired Sweet Beginnings,” said CEO Brenda Palms Barber.

Palms Barber knows that most people aren’t going to go out and become beekeepers. But that they’ll use the skills they’ve learned at her small operation -- production skills, safety skills around production, health around food products, customer service, and the financials in the business -- in other industries. Sweet

Employees working on the hives and harvesting the honey for the beelove products.

Beginnings also received a $500,000 loan from Benefit Chicago. Barber says the cash will enable her to extend the current 90-day hiring experience to 6 months.

“I might work for the rest of my life starting today. And I might have kids, grandkids, have my own house, travel and stuff. Everything that other people get to do,” said John Jenkins, who currently works at Sweet Beginnings. “It’s just nothing has ever worked for me. I tried so much. I went to college, I tried the military. Everything I tried, it just didn’t work out. This I’ve had a little bit more success. Especially in the beginning and I think that this might be the turnaround in my life. Every time I get up in the morning I feel like I’m doing something productive with my life. And peoples in my community see now. They see what I’m doing, they want to come to the program now.”

We have a short video highlighting both businesses online at ChicagoDefender.com. www.chicagodefender.com

COMMENTARY

Hijacking Black Media to Undermine Musicians’ Rights

By Melvin Gibbs Defender Guest Columnist Traditional media has a long history of neglecting the Black community and an equally long history of refusing to give us a fair hearing or equal time.

To be heard, African Americans created media outlets like this one— and in its storied history, the Black press has spoken truth to power as “soldiers without Melvin Gibbs swords” in the fight for racial justice.

But now that we’ve built these powerful channels of communication, we must continue to protect them from the special interests who use the credibility of our media to advance their own agendas and mislead our communities.

That’s why we are speaking out, to address recent stories in Black media outlets making the bogus claim that an important artists’ rights bill making its way through Congress is an attack on the first Black Librarian of Congress designed to give President Trump new powers.

This is disinformation being pushed by technology special interests hoping to wrap themselves in the struggle and sacrifice of our community while hiding their efforts to weaken the rights of musicians and other creators – an attempt at a money grab using our movement and its history.

The bill in question has nothing to do with race or civil justice at all. It is about strengthening creators’ rights and acknowledging the importance of copyright by making the nation’s chief copyright officer a position nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate--just like the heads of the Patent Office, the FCC, and other important agencies.

This idea has been under consideration for more than four years – at a time when most everyone thought Hillary Clinton would be President, not Trump. It is not directed at the current Librarian of Congress – an African-American woman whose race is being exploited to support bogus claims that the bill undermines civil rights because it would move the power to appoint the nation’s top copyright expert from the Librarian to the President working with Congressional leaders. It is important to remember that when this proposal was first put in mowww.chicagodefender.com

It’s Time for Chicago To Produce Green Jobs For Black People

By Mila K. Marshall Defender Guest Columnist

Dr. Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress and the first African-American woman to hold the position. tion, the Librarian was a white woman and Barack Obama was President – would it have been a civil rights triumph then, or was it just then, as now, the legislature and executive branch properly doing their appointed jobs?

Of course, that’s what is was, and until now no one has suggested the reverse.

Fortunately, these cynical and false arguments (absurdly prosecuted by a Congresswoman from Silicon Valley representing a district that is 2.8 percent African American) failed to derail the legislation. The bill passed the House of Representatives 378-48 with broad bipartisan support, led by Civil Rights titans such as Representatives John Conyers, the driving force behind the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day federal holiday, John Lewis, the hero of Selma, and Maxine Waters, who stands second to no one in holding Donald Trump to account.

But the record must still be set straight. When this fiction found its way into the halls of Congress, I wrote to the Congressional Black Caucus along with Ernie Isley, William Bell, Nona Hendryx, Ramsey Jones, Darrell McNeill, and V Jeffrey Smith. Cynics hijacking the power of the civil rights movement to support their narrow economic goals do violence to the movement and dishonor the sacrifice

of all who came before. And it is just as gross for bill opponents to ride the powerful coattails of the “RESIST” movement by falsely wrapping this bipartisan pro-artist, proposal in the controversies surrounding the President, especially in light of his proposal for massive cuts to funding for the arts. Misleading the President’s critics by leveraging fear into opposition for a non-controversial proposal like this ultimately undermines and disrespects our RESIST movement.

And we weren’t alone. American Black Film Festival Founder Jeff Friday also wrote a letter supporting the bill, as did the Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council.

No one needs to tell us racial injustice is a serious lasting problem in this country or that the presidency has taken a disturbing turn, but we won’t stand for anyone trying to appropriate our struggles and fights for their own corporate political purposes.

And we won’t sit by while anyone appropriates the mighty Black press, our bastion of the truth, to smear and lie in service of their corporate aims.

Melvin Gibbs is the President of the Content Creators Coalition. He is an award-winning American bassist, composer, and producer who has appeared on close to 200 albums.

Imagine my excitement when I found out that on June 7, 2017, our local leadership rejected the President’s position on the Paris Climate Agreement and committed our dear city to standing firm in reducing our carbon footprint. Chicago, as a global city, does have a responsibility to model environmental ethics that generate jobs, foster innovation and most importantly protect the health of our environment so that residents can work, live and play and it not cost them their health. Chicago is indeed a special city.

Our history of urbanization, industrialization and segregation have left us with 234 square miles of what we see before us today. While we boast some of the world’s most beautiful freshwater beaches, we also are home to some very unfortunate social burdens for African Americans. With the Mayor’s recent Executive Order 2017-1, it brings a glimmer of hope for addressing economic ills in the Black community.

Mayor Emanuel said , “Chicago has proven you can create jobs while reducing your carbon footprint, and we will continue to do both.” This made me wonder how have the reductions accomplished by the city translated into employment for communities of color. I am a green jobs advocate through and through, however thinking critically about environmental issues as a person of color means asking the tough questions relative to the problems my community faces Unemployment for example is a huge issue in our state and city for Black people. Illinois has the highest Black unemployment rate at 11.3 percent, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

The statistic is alarming and it may appear to be in conflict with the Mayor’s statement, but our economy did indeed grow by 12 percent. It is an alarming statistic because it unearths a need to develop strategies that intentionally reduce unemployment in the African American community and intentionally target poverty reduction in the city. Strategies must be intersectional and they must be informed by the people. The Mayor has committed to working with other agencies and environmental justice groups to assist in transitioning our city toward renewable energy sources for a “healthy and just future” as the Mayor so appropriately put it. So herein is the opportunity to develop some ways of adaptation to climate at the city scale thinking of how we can contribute to lifting people out of unemployment and poverty with full time, year-round employment.

A few ideas that came to mind include: setting aside a percentage of city bids for environmentally friendly contractors of color and a city career program to begin pipelining high school students of color who are in the Environmental Sustainability and Green Jobs programs. With this momentum of the Paris Climate Agreement conversation, it is my hope that it will energize new thoughts by African Americans who don’t consider themselves environmentalists to see the world with new green eyes to help get more green into Black hands.

Mila K. Marshall is a Ph.D. candidate in Ecology at UIC. She also serves as the Director of Network Resilience for the UIC Freshwater Lab and has been integral in advancing the conversation of healthy urban systems for addressing legacy issues of environmental injustice towards African Americans.

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EDUCATION

Conrad Timbers-Ausar: Working to Change the Trajectory of Young Black Men

By Katelyn Silva Education Post When Conrad Timbers-Ausar was a student in Chicago Public Schools, “the trajectory [he] was on was not where he wanted to end up.” He attended three different high schools within four years and was getting into trouble. Like most families in his neighborhood, Timber-Ausar, his mom, and his five younger siblings struggled with poverty. At 16, he added the responsibility of fatherhood.

To turn his life around, he says, he “had to start focusing on the future, instead of the present.” He listened to his educator-mother, who taught him that “when you don’t see immediate results, you have to have faith and believe in yourself.”

Timbers-Ausar cut off friends who weren’t good for him; stopped cold his bad behavior. He went to college. Today, as principal of the Urban Prep Academies Bronzeville Campus, Timbers-Ausar leads hundreds of young men towards the same goal.

When did you decide you wanted to become an educator?

I had never planned on becoming an educator. When I started at DePaul University, I planned on majoring in chemistry. But I found myself in my dorm room one night with a group of friends discussing the lack of Black male educators in schools. That’s when it hit me. I could either talk about it or do something. I changed my major and the rest is history.

What do you see as the mission and vision of Urban Prep and what does it mean to you?

The mission is providing a quality education for young men in urban areas who are traditionally underserved. That mission gets me at my core because a while back I saw a University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research study from 2006 that showed only 3 percent of Black and Latino boys who are freshman in CPS graduate from college by the time they are 25 years old. I tested it in my own experience. I went through a list of my own male friends and family members. It was dead on. It really hit me. This does matter. Preparing young men for the next step is crucial. Urban Prep is doing just that. I want to put my stamp on the success of young men moving forward. I want to improve their trajectory and their children and grandchildren’s trajectories.

What moments have really driven home for you that this work matters?

100 percent of our students are going to college. That matters. Being able to celebrate that accomplishment with them and their families means a lot. When we are shaking hands, hugging, and parents and students are crying, it’s an amazing feeling. It drives home for me that the work I’m doing makes a difference.

On a more personal level, I have an open-door policy. One-on-one interactions

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Over the years, watching students that I have served grow from high school freshman to college graduates is incredible. To see those students become successful young adults is the greatest feeling in the world. are huge for me, like when students ask for my advice and opinion and I’m able to share my own experiences.

Why do you think it matters that you share your own experiences with your students?

I think it matters that I’ve had similar experiences to my students. Like, you take the Red Line, I took the Red Line. It makes a world of difference when you are trying to guide them. Living in Chicago for most of my life, I understand the complexity of the city and how to navigate it. How diverse, complex, unique, and segregated it is. I understand the nature of gangs and the fact that you can be on one block that is full of poverty and two blocks north has million dollar homes.

I can tell my students who want to give up, “You are way ahead of me. When I

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was your age, I already had a son. I was dealing with this and that. I was on my third school.” They look at me like, “But you’re the principal!” I reassure them, “You’re doing great.” I support them and make sure they have what they need to continue. It’s like a big family here at Urban Prep. We go the extra mile.

What is Urban Prep’s recipe for success?

Urban Prep has some of the most dedicated and committed staff members. That makes all the difference. It sounds cliché, but it’s true. Our college counselors are the best I’ve ever seen in my years as an educator. And it is really about belief. The students believe. The expectation is college. I remember being asked if I was going to college when I was young, and I said, “I don’t know.” It’s not a question here; it’s

an expectation. It starts from convocation all the way to graduation. That’s the secret sauce: dedicated staff, belief, and high expectations.

What is your greatest professional achievement?

Over the years, watching students that I have served grow from high school freshman to college graduates is incredible. To see those students become successful young adults is the greatest feeling in the world. Doing what I am supposed to do; serving my community. That’s my greatest professional achievement.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Jay Illa: Survival of A DJ

By Mary L. Datcher Arts & Entertainment Editor

Who rocks the body in the party? It’s always the DJ. For a long time, Disc Jockeys or DJs were the silent rock stars who kept in the background providing the music that allowed us to escape to another world.

A b-boy from the South Side of Chicago, Jay Illa tried to master all five elements of hip-hop. From break dancing to tagging and mastering his skills at rapping—he simply loved hip-hop and all it encompassed.

In the 1990’s, Chicago was going through a transformation where House music ruled the clubs and the mixshows—rap music was taking over the streets, and underground hip-hop was becoming part of the club playlist.

Jay Illa watched the scene play out, working as a part-time clerk at K’s Music in Hyde Park and admiring hometown DJs make a name for themselves. Under the guidance of his former baseball coach, DJ Shaun T, he didn’t realize one fateful trip to the Chicago DJ’s home would be the turning point of his professional path.

The Chicago Defender had a candid and open conversation with Chicago’s own Jay Illa as we discussed his transition into becoming a DJ, influences, and formula for success.

What inspired you to become a DJ? I’m the original b-boy. I used to tag on buses and break dance. I would have the sagging pants that were way too big and a book bag for no reason—kicking it in the plaza in Ford City. I would tag on buses, but I couldn’t draw. Hebru Brantley, now the biggest artist in Chicago, would also be on the 3 King Drive bus tagging. Back then, he was in a crew called NOS. DJing is one of the five elements of hiphop, and it was the last thing I wanted to do. I was working at a mom and pop store in Hyde Park right out of high school called K’s Music, and I used to host their open mic showcases. When the DJ stopped coming to the open mics, I began spinning, and I eventually liked it.

You began DJing at the record store, but when did you begin to take it seriously—as a working skill?

I used to freestyle on Shaun T’s mixtapes in high school. He eventually took me under his wing. Similar to how Timbuk2 was mentored by The Twilite Tone. I met Tone when I was 16 years old through Shaun T. It was the most amazing thing.

We went to his apartment and Tone had records everywhere. He would open up the cabinet; records were there. He literally would open up the stove, and there were records there. I wondered, how did he cook? [laughs] I thought it was the coolest thing ever.

Soon after, I left the mic alone and started DJing. I graduated from high school in 1999. In early 2000, everybody wanted to rap, but no one wanted to DJ. I would say, I’m the last era of DJs who actually dig through records properly. I spent hours upon hours at local stores such as Second Hand Tunes, Beverly Records and Gramwww.chicagodefender.com

ophone Records. Back then, it was about buying a record before everyone had it.

Today, we see so many people claiming to be a DJ or celebrity-turned DJ with more branding than skills. What’s more important as a working DJ in Chicago?

Chicago is the home of the best DJs in the world. I say that unbiased because we’re the home of House music. You have to know how to blend House music, which means you have to know how to work the pitch control, which controls the tempo of the record. New York has a lot of scratching and slamming so being able to blend a record seamlessly keeps the party going and keeps a certain groove within the pocket. This is why Chicago DJs are the best.

I’ve seen the evolution of DJing. To quote one of the best DJs of all time, DJ Jazzy Jeff, ‘Technology would never affect hired hands work.’ Either you know how to do it or you don’t. Because two records are together doesn’t mean they should blend.

Over the years, we’ve heard complaints from DJs with party promoters not paying or paying little to nothing. What is

your formula for maintaining a successful career in Chicago?

Although, promoters provide the people—eventually, if you’re a good DJ, the people will follow the DJ. Market yourself and be your own person. I don’t really work for promoters a lot because promoters are a very interesting breed. They like to show you they’re living some type of lifestyle but at the end of the night they want to come to you and say, ‘Oh man, the bar only rang this amount.’ Maybe that last bottle you bought was the reason, there’s no budget.

It’s a party, but it’s also a business. If the DJs respect themselves it would be different. There are DJs who will undercut other DJs who just do it for the look. There are DJs who only make $50. This is a touchy subject. I’m an independent contractor, if you want me to spin for two hours, you’re not going to tell me what you’re going to pay me—I’m going to tell you what I expect. Now, it’s up to me to negotiate if I want to meet you half-way.

How has the party scene changed compared to when you started as a DJ nearly 16 years ago?

In Chicago, the club scene is trap

dominated. So, if anybody wants to play ‘nostalgia’ hip-hop, we have to transcend from House music like [Twilight]Tone did years ago. People don’t realize that many of these so-called older hip-hop DJs started out as House DJs. Both DJ Pharris and V-Dub, known as Vaughn Woods, were House DJs. This is no diss if you want to stay relevant because they had to transition with the times. But, they wouldn’t have played hip-hop if it wasn’t for Twilite Tone playing it first on the party scene.

Jay Illa’s Top Five Favorite Hip-Hop Artists 1. Notorious B.I.G. 2. Jay-Z 3. Common 4. Kanye West 5. Rakim Jay Illa’s Top Five Favorite Slow Jams 1. Prince, “Pink Cashmere” 2. Michael Jackson, “Baby Be Mine” 3. Donny Hathaway, “Love Love Love” 4. Marsha Ambrosius, “Biggest Part of Me” 5. Semisonic “Closing Time”

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ENTERTAINMENT

Frenemies Behind Enemy Lines: Native Gardens Deals With The Battle Between The Lines Victory Gardens Theater Presents Native Gardens Written by Karen Zacarias Directed by Marti Lyons June 2-July 2, 2017

By Rick and Brenda McCain Defender Contributing Writers It finally happened! You are about to sign that last page that officially confirms that you are a homeowner. Feelings of joy rush throughout your body and you can’t wait to walk into the place you can now call home.

There’s a saying, “You Are Where You Live.” Everyone would like to move into a house that’s in a nice neighborhood with little to no crime, and great schools within a wonderful community. But what happens when you move into your home and you learn that your new

neighbors have already overextended the boundaries?

Native Gardens is a funny new comedy by Playwright Karen Zacarias about two couples with different ethnic backgrounds who become neighbors. Things start off cordial and they even seem to be on one accord when they both agree that an unsightly chain link fence needs to go; however, that is when the pleasantries end and friendly neighbors become frenemies.

The play gets downright into the soil of the issue when the neighbors discover that their gardens are at the opposite ends of the spectrum when it comes to presentation.

The older neighbors, Frank Butley (Patrick Clear) and Virginia Butley (Janet Ulrich Brooks), who have lived in the neighborhood for years are well known for their English style award-winning garden; while the new neighbors, Tania Del Valle (Paloma Nozicka) and Pablo Del Valle (Gabriel Ruiz), have a great idea to enhance their backyard as a Native Garden.

Although Tania is very convinc-

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ing about all of the benefits that a Native Garden will offer, such as saving water, low maintenance, pesticide freedom, wildlife viewing and supporting local ecology, the idea still wreaks havoc with their older neighbors because they want to know why anyone would knowingly want to attract bugs to their garden.

Their differences only get worse when Pablo makes a decision to add a new wooden fence, and after reviewing their deed, he finds out that their neighbor’s backyard extends over their property line.

Pablo tries to explain this to Frank, however he’s traumatized by the news, accuses Pablo and Tania of being thieves and a fight ensues over precious real estate between their backyards. Needless to say, things get out of control and Frank and Virginia decide not to take the news about the property line sitting down; actually, that’s exactly what they do.

Playwright Zacarias very poignantly writes about how one neighbor thinking that another neighbor is taking more than they

deserve can quickly spiral out of control turning their new friendship into a war of isms-- racism, sexism and ageism, not to mention privilege.

Director Marti Lyons brings to life this colorful play of how a neighborly feud of friends can become enemies when issues of property boundaries and taste come to surface.

This very insightful play examines what happens when people come from different cultures and are faced with entitlement and

class as well as different purposes and opinions. Its witty dialogue delightfully pokes fun at how we can become extremely desensitized with our lack of decorum by being so polarized with our own viewpoints. You can say that in the real world something like this doesn’t or shouldn’t happen but actually it’s a common scenario that happens more than you think.

We favorably recommend this play because you will find yourself laughing hysterically!

The cast of Native Gardens includes: Patrick Clear (Frank Butley), Paloma Nozicka (Tania Del Valle), Gabriel Ruiz (Pablo Del Valle) Janet Ulrich Brooks (Virginia Butley).

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Annual HBCU Reconnection Softball Game

Free Stuff for Parents Free Drop-In Play Space Hellobaby is partnering with the Woodlawn community to meet the needs of these families by creating a safe space for gathering, inspiration, education, and fun: HelloBaby, a drop-in play space for children birth to 3 years old and their caregivers free of charge.

Our first site in Woodlawn is located at 600 East 61st Street and opens on July 10th! Our hours for summer are 9am-4pm Monday through Friday.

HelloBaby is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to support, empower and inspire families raising young children in underserved neighborhoods in Chicago 10 Summer Camp Scholarships New Foundation of Hope will sponsor 10 kids for its summer camp (June 26, 2017-August 18), which provides breakfast & lunch, swimming three days a week, games, seasonal sports, arts & crafts, team building exercises, and dance. They will waive the $250.00 summer camp fee, and the parents will be responsible for the cost of field trips. To qualify parents cannot exceed $25,000 annually. They may bring proof of income, check stubs, HUD/section 8 lease or letters from unemployment. Our summer camp is from. The foundation’s doors are open from 7:00am until 5:30pm, from Monday through Friday.

Free Dental Care Event for Children The Delta Dental of Illinois Foundation, in collaboration with Cook County Health & Hospitals System and Malcom X College, will provide a free day of dental care for Illinois children age 5 and younger on Saturday, August 5 in Chicago. Appointments must be made by August 2.

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having children visit the dentist by age 1, as well as trains dentists and oral health professionals to help expand access to care. Children in Illinois don’t see their family dentist on average until they are nearly 3 years old.1 Scheduling a dentist visit by age 1 allows the child and parent to establish a relationship with a dentist, which can help set the foundation for regular dental visits and oral health care habits.

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Free School Supplies Back 2 School Illinois (B2SI), a Chicago-based nonprofit that provides tens of thousands of deserving kids from low-income families with free school supplies to help them succeed in the classroom, is pleased to announce the launch of this year’s “Win School Supplies for Every Student in aSchool” contest.

Back 2 School Illinois holds the contest annually, in which the students of two Chicago schools win free schoolsupplies. Each and every child at both of the winning schools receives their own B2SI kit, loaded with the coresupplies they need for the year.

Applications for 2017 must be postmarked by July 24th in order to qualify for the contest. Anyone can nominate a Chicago school and there is no limit to how many times a school can be nominated.

Whether you are a parent, community leader, concerned citizen, student or member of a faculty, you can enter the contest on behalf of a school.

The two winning Chicago schools will be selected over the summer and notified by August 7th. During the first week of classes this fall, the student bodies of both winning schools will be surprised by Back 2 School Illinois with the delivery of the free school supplies.

To learn more, visit www.B2SI. org.

The Spelhouse team.

Nikala McLaurin Defender Contributing Writer Everybody loves to watch a good competitive softball game.

That’s why this past weekend local HBCU alumni brought the city out to watch their suspenseful annual 6-year Reconnection Softball Tournament at Washington Park.

The park was filled with proud alumni from the following schools: Spelman, Morehouse, Jackson State University, Grambling State University, Howard University, Tennessee State University, Florida A&M University, Hampton University, Texas Southern University, Southern University of Louisiana, Langston University, University of Who doesn’t love a little friendly competition for a good cause!

Arkansas, Xavier University, and Clark Atlanta University. Each team played hard to try to make it to the championship game, but unfortunately only three teams remained. For the second year in a row, Texas Southern University took the win in the championship game against the Spelhouse team (the combined team of Spelman and Morehouse), who placed second. Spelhouse proudly beat Howard University, leaving them in 3rd place in the tournament.

“This event was a great experience that brought alumni associations together in positive family environment and showed that professional African Americans can come together and have fun,” says Danielle James, President of the HBCU Alliance. Next year the HBCU alumni association plans to get the media more involved so they can have an even bigger turnout. All proceeds from the HBCU Reconnection Softball Tournament go towards HBCU scholarship foundations. Don’t worry if you missed out on the fun, there’s always next year to come out and support.

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SOCIETY NEWS

By Carolyn Griffin Palmer

The DuSable Museum of African American History “A Night of 100 Stars”

The Women’s Board of the DuSable Museum. Wileyetta Harris, Barbara Williamson, Beverly Bennett, Carolyn Townes, Linda Coles, Barbara Gurbeaux and Cheryl Howard

Dawn Milhouse, Toi Salter, Tyronne Stoudemire, VIce-President Global Diversity Hyatt Hotels and Amy Hilliard

Board Trustee Kimberly McCullough Starks, Lisa Bennett State Senator Donne Trotter, Perri Irmer, President of DuSable Museum, State Senator Jacqueline Collins and Michael W. Dr. Nathaniel Horn, U.S. Congresswoman Robin Kelly, Mike and State Senator Kimberly Liteau, Elayne Granger, AT&T; State Senator Donne Trotter Lightford Frerichs, Illinois State Treasurer

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SOCIETY NEWS

By Carolyn Griffin Palmer

Cook County Bar Association 103rd Annual Installation Banquet “Breaking Ceiling and Building Bridges”

U.S. Congressman Cedric Richmond, Chairman Congressional Black Caucus, Judge Leonard Murray, Attorney Delores Robinson and Bobby L. Rush

8th Ward Alderman Michelle Harris, Justice Nathaniel Dartesia A. Pitts, President Cook County Bar Assocation Howse and Judge Litricia Payne

Deborah Crable, President and CEO of DJC Enterprises, Inc., a media Judge Freddrenna Lyle, Judge Arnette Hubbard, U.S. Con- Attorney Earl Wilson, Leanna Flowers and Attorney Greg- services production company and Patricia Andrews-Keenan gressman Bobby L Rush and Attorney Brendan Shiller ory Wilson

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ENTERTAINMENT

Black Girls Break Bread: Healing, Nurturing and Building

By Mary L. Datcher Sr. Staff Writer Chicago sisters Jazzy Davenport and Jessica Davenport-Williams were preparing for a special sisters’ retreat making an informal announcement on social media when their friend, Khadija Warfield, chimed in. Warfield, a West Side native works for YoungLives, a nonprofit organization that helps teen mothers and their babies at Simpson Academy. After exchanging ideas of doing something that would invite Black women to gather in a safe space to build a common bond, the three friends immediately planned a special event called Black Girls Break Bread.

Jessica Davenport-Williams says, “We thought of a name and put it on Eventbrite the next day, and it came to be. Within an hour, the event sold out. Within four hours we had 50 guests. It also stems from a place for togetherness, sisterhood, coming together and feeling liberated.”

Jessica and Jazzy grew up on the South Side, and both attended Beasley Elementary School. Both went to separate CPS high schools with Jazzy traveling across town to attend Lane Tech College Prep High School and Jessica going to Kenwood Academy. After achieving collegiate suc-

Black Girls Break Bread Inc. Co-Founders Picture l-r: Jessica Davenport-Williams, Khadija Warfield and Jazzy Davenport cess at Fisk College, Jazzy earned degrees from Columbia College, DePaul University, and Dominican University. She currently teaches English at Kenwood Academy and is an adjunct professor at the City Colleges of Chicago.

“Jessica had finished a 21-day fast, and we were all in this place of ‘what’s next?’

We just felt that we weren’t the only Black women feeling ‘some sort of way’ during

the presidential election.” Jazzy explains, “Black Girls Break Bread is a place for Black women to come together. It’s certainly not something I had coming up in college. Now, that I’m a young Black professional, it’s not often that I encounter many similar events. This is what we wanted to provide for other Black women.”

Jessica works as a financial administrator at Columbia College.

“We initially wanted to have a dinner in Chicago for any adult woman who wanted to attend. Since we’re involved with colleges and universities, we saw a need to bring this concept to college campuses, elementary schools, and high schools,” said Jessica. “Our format is the same, whether we’re meeting with six 8th graders or 50 college-age students, staff or faculty; we always come together and commune over a meal.”

The group has hosted events at Columbia College and other CPS schools, at times bringing together young women of color.

“They still have that space to be able to express themselves — to have an outlet and a sense of community. It allows them to interact with each other and with staff.

They feel like they come in and pour out their hearts and will not be judged. This allows them to feel empowered. They are grateful and willing to support us,” said Khadija.

More importantly, the women feel it’s important to share the message of empowerment, motivation, and understanding with young Black men.

“We’ve had young males come into our space on high school campuses, and some continued on page 18

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OUR VOICES

The Black Millennial “Freedom”

By Kennedy C. Horton Defender Contributing Writer For young Black Americans, history seems to be rearing its ugly head once again. Although African American millennials are not in the physical chains their ancestors once were, certain bonds remain and keep them constricted. There are a number of hindrances set up to stifle black youth from achieving and growing to their fullest potential. I think young people realize that and recognize that as a jab to their personal and communal freedom and conclude that, even with all of the progress that has been made, freedom is still something of just a concept.

Freedom represents an ability to be or do ‘x’. And that ‘x’ could be anything under the sun, so long as it is not harmful to other people. In America, many people are allowed to be and do many things. Minorities however, especially Black people, have either an inability to be/do ‘x’ or can only be/ do ‘x’ under certain circumstances.

For example, African American people, specifically children, are not allowed to have a bad day or be rowdy in school.

They’re not allowed to be grouchy or not in the mood to talk. They can’t be overly excited or excitable. They don’t have the

Black millennials have many choices and freedoms in this land, but only slices; but one of those is the freedom to push onward and persevere. So that is what we do, which is a miracle in itself. ability to not smile or to not respond to their often white superiors, in a way they deem appropriate. Acts like these, that for a white person may be labeled “going through a phase” or “they’re just having a bad day” are a sentence for a Black person. The reprimands are almost always excessive and unnecessary.

Studies are done on this type of situation annually. Most recently in 2016, USA Today declared that African American students are “nearly four times as likely as their white classmates to be suspended from school.” Kids, students especially, go through a lot of emotions; they’re happy, they’re excited, they’re rambunctious, they have tantrums. It’s simply a part of growing up. But the system we currently live in fails to provide Black youth with the ability to belong on a human spectrum.

Millennials are right in the middle of technology’s expansion in terms of phones, computers, cameras, etc. They’re all very useful items, but can be a double-edged

sword for the Black millennial. A lot of the violence inflicted upon by Black people by the police goes under the radar. However, a lot of it also shows up, well, everywhere.

It seems as if every day, young Black people repeatedly come into contact with a video of a fate they know could be theirs, or their mom or dad or brother or sister or anyone Black they love.

There’s an argument that can be made that Black millennials have become desensitized to seeing those same graphic videos over and over, seeing murderers or violent police officers being let off the hook, seeing those celebrity tweets and Instagram posts expressing their discontent with our world, encouraging everyone to hashtag ‘spread love,’ but eventually going back to their regularly scheduled programming along with the rest of the world, regularly scheduling public black death as we do.

Black youth are not desensitized; we are internalizing, becoming victim to what

is known as “racial trauma,” making us victims of or more susceptible to anxiety, depression, and/or PTSD. We’re taking in these videos, taking in these unfair court sentences, taking in this reality of being Black and in America and we are telling ourselves, unconsciously, what we cannot be. We tell ourselves we cannot do ‘x’ while being Black or we cannot be ‘y’ while being Black. An inability to be or do a certain thing, that the dominant race is able to do with little to no consequences, is an infringement upon our freedom.

All people are on a bit of a leash. That is, everyone has to answer to somebody, supremely the law. For Black people, the rope of freedom in this country is taut. So, what is there to do when the systems only lets you look, behave, and respond a certain way? When your freedom and their freedom look completely different? It’s hard to have the weight of this world on your shoulders, to be worried for your parents, your friends, for the children you may or may not have. But we continue to push forward, to break stigmas and stereotypes and pave our own way. Black millennials have many choices and freedoms in this land, but only slices; but one of those is the freedom to push onward and persevere.

So that is what we do, which is a miracle in itself.

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IN THE MIXX

In the MIXX: Chance Donates Grammy, Ald. Beale Calls Foul, Chosen Few DJs Takeover Mary L. Datcher Sr. Staff Writer Chicago has a real love affair with Chancellor Bennett, better known to fans around the world as Chance the Rapper.

He was recognized for his work as a newly appointed board member for the DuSable Museum of African American History at the Night of 100 Stars this past weekend.

The youngest board member, Chance, Mary L. Datcher and his father, Ken Bennett, have both served in the capacity of bringing more youth capabilities and partnerships to one of the oldest African American historical museums in the country. The black-tie affair was held at the Hyatt McCormick Hotel and brought out a cross-generational mix of some of Chicago’s power players from the African American community. The 24-year-old made the announcement of donating one of three Grammys won this past year to the museum.

Wearing a sharp, tailored-cut red suit—the 23-year-old looked handsomely groomed to take a flight to LA where he attended the BET Awards on Sunday.

There, the three-time Grammy Award-winner walked the red carpet with mom, Lisa Bennett, as his date. He was honored with BET’s Humanitarian Award for his extraordinary contributions in the past year through his non-profit organization, SocialWorks. We have some awesome talent that hails from Chicago, but no one has made the level of social impact in such a short time as the kid from Chatham.

White Fright or Public Safety?

The controversy of the Ohio Street underpass closing due to last week’s shooting has sparked some heated arguments among Chicago city councilmen. The driveby shooting that took the life of 26-yearold Raven Lemons was close to Navy Pier and in a high-traffic location. Lemons was killed in cross-fire exchanged by alleged gang members. Ald. Brendan Reilly pushed plans for more police enforcement and closing the underpass from midnight to 5 a.m. from April through October. This is also the same alderman who has pressured downtown nightlife businesses to decrease events that attract Black and Latino patrons to their establishments.

On Tuesday, Ald. Anthony Beale (9th Ward) made his opposition against the underpass closing—speaking to WVON’s morning show hosts, Maze Jackson and Charles Thomas. As chair of the Transportation Committee, the proposed ordinance was brought to the Finance Committee, which he says was racially biased and held more priority than other public safety concerns that plague the Black community because it’s in a predominately white area.

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Chance the Rapper and mom, Lisa Bennett, at the BET Awards in L.A. (Photo by Getty/C. Flanigan)

Jackson asked Beale. ‘Why are Black alderman going along with the status quo of Chicago politics?’ Beale answered, ‘Because it’s every man for themselves.’

Hmmm…well, there you go! Not one to hold his tongue, Beale grew a ‘set’ as he made it abundantly clear that there is no ‘Black and Brown’ coalition as the number of Black families move out of the city and Illinois becomes a sanctuary city that serves approximately 500,000 undocumented immigrants. Does this affect the re-mapping of aldermanic wards based on groups that culturally represent that area—yes it does. Alderman Ray Lopez (15th Ward) has gained a great portion of Englewood, yet some critics will say he doesn’t fight hard enough for his Black constituents. Alderman Walter Burnett (27th Ward) has had the most drastic change as his area is the hottest piece of real estate in the West Loop, bustling with trendy restaurants, luxury high rise buildings, and satellite offices for leading Fortune 500 companies.

Let House Music Reign My girls, Dana Divine and Ronda Flowers set it off with the 3rd Annual House House Club Tour ‘Pub Crawl’ on Wednesday, June 28. The “Get on the Bus” tour will celebrate the different sub-genres of House Music played throughout the city of Chicago with a talented group of selected DJs. Some of the different sounds include Afro House, Classic House, Chicago Old School, Down Tempo Disco, Funk, Global House, Latin, Studio 54, Underground, and Vinyl. For more info: www.houseclubtour. com It’s about that time again where BBQ grills, mobile lawn furniture, and coolers are packed and stacked high on the fourwheel red Radio Flyers as house heads head to Jackson Park. The 27th Chosen Few DJs House Music Festival takes place Saturday, July 1, kicking off the 4th of July festivities. Originally, the picnic started as an intimate family reunion held by the Hatchetts and slowly grew out of the familiar meet-up held behind the Museum of Science and Industry. Since then, every year the country’s largest festival of old school House music is a celebration of reunions—bringing together long-time friends, family and the Black community in a peaceful and positive setting.

Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King performs at 25th Anniversary Chosen Few DJs House music picnic. David Risque hypes up the crowd onstage.

(Photo by Mary L. Datcher)

The Chosen Few DJs recently kicked off the week of festivities at Guaranteed Field during Monday night’s White Sox game.

At this year’s two-day festival, expect to be wowed on Saturday with live performances by Cece Peniston and Dajae along with DJ sets featuring Steve ‘Silk’ Hurley, DJ Spinna, Greg Gray, Brian Frazier and Chosen Few DJs—Wayne Williams, Alan King, Tony Hatchett, Jesse Saunders, Andre Hatchett, Terry Hunter and Mike Dunn. On Sunday, the party continues with music spun by Ron Trent, Sadar Bahar, Gene Farris, Craig Loftis, Hula Mahone, Dee Jay Alicia and other others.

There’s still time to get your tickets online so don’t delay—the walk-up line to pay at the gate is NO JOKE. www.chosenfewdjs.com Birthday Shout-outs Cancer nation takes us into the 4th of July celebration. Belated happy birthday wishes to fashion designer and breast cancer advocate, Barbara Bates on June 27.

Marketing consultant, Carl Washington; hip-hop publicist, Bri- V103/iHeart Radio’s Chris Michaels ahna Gatlin; and rap artist-turned-manager, Pheave celebrate June 28. V103’s Chris Michaels; businessman, Troy Williams, and the late Commissioner Robert Steele on June 29. Party promoter, Shannon Waldron and former DJ/talent manager, Eric Sexton aka Eric the Wiz rock out on July 1. Dr. Who fan, Rachell Montgomery; rap artist, Cordell ‘Co-Still’ Hunter; and hairstylist Meako Bailey June 2. Entertainment attorney, Daryl Jones; House music DJ, Craig Loftis; playwright and producer, John Ruffin and Groove Parlor founder, Paula Jones celebrate on July 3.

Pre-4th of July Weekend Chicagoland

Hot Picks This will be a long holiday of 4th of July activities as the weekend kicks off on June 30 and many are returning to work in midweek.

The International Festival of Life begins Friday through Tuesday, July 4, in Union Park (Ashland and Lake St.). Make sure to check out Capleton & The Prophecy Band, Darius Brooks, The Tommies, Lyfe Jennings and Al Hudson & One Way— along with many more acts. Special Hot Mix 5 DJ sets on Sunday, July 2 so bring your comfortable shoes to dance the evening away. www.internationalfestivaloflife. com Good Vibes Music Festival takes place in Aurora (360 N. Broadway) on Sunday, July 2. This has been on my calendar for the last two months! If you want that dose of 1990’s R&B, make sure to catch Ginuwine, Dru Hill, Jon B. and Mya. Naperville’s Ribfest has become to the ‘go-to’ foodie event in the suburbs.

Grill masters as far as Mississippi attend the Ribfest, showing off their skills serving thousands of attendees. Naperville is approximately 36 miles Southwest of Chicago but it is truly worth the drive and bring plenty of wet wipes. The festival runs from June 30 through July 3 at Knoch Park.

Great 1980’s flashback performances by Flock of Seagulls and the B52’s. Bring the family out to the fireworks on Monday, July 3, at 9:30pm. www.ribfest.net Promotions & Big Ups Congratulations to Kiera S. Ellis, who was recently named the Press Secretary for Senator Tammy Duckworth.

Ellis worked in the City of Chicago’s press department with Mayor Rahm Emanuel for the past three years. Keira S. Ellis We know she will do a wonderful job in her new role with Senator Duckworth’s team.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

JUNE June 30-July 3

July 15

2017 Chicago Black Gay Pride There will be various events for the LGBTQ Black communities and allies, June 30 - July 3. For a list of activities, visit: www.windycityblackpride.info/

The 7th Annual Taste Of WVON The Taste of WVON is a fun-filled day of food, live entertainment, shopping and community building designed for the entire family. This day-long celebration takes place in one of Chicago’s premier neighborhoods, the Chatham-Avalon community.

Location: Lorraine Dixon Park is located on the south-east corner of 87th Street & Ingleside Avenue (Dauphin Avenue).

The festival opens at 10am until Dusk.

The Children’s Pavilion opens at 12 noon until 6pm.

June 30-July 8

The Department of the Navy, in partnership with the City of Chicago, will host the annual Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games.

The Warrior Games serves as the sole opportunity every year to bring together post-9/11 wounded warriors across all services. The Games honor and showcase the power and resiliency of wounded warriors and their families. Military service teams will compete in eight individual and team sports, including archery, cycling, field, sitting volleyball, shooting, swimming, track, and wheelchair basketball. With downtown Chicago as the backdrop, The Games will EMPOWER, EDUCATE and ENCOURAGE everyone it touches. For more information, visit dodwarriorgames.com

July 1-2

The Chosen Few Picnic & Music Festival Chicago House heads are gearing up for the 27th Annual Chosen Few DJs Music Festival in Jackson Park.

Time: Saturday: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. (gates open at 7 AM) Sunday: 11 a.m.-8 p.m. (gates open at 10 AM) Venue: Jackson Park at 63rd Street and Hayes Drive/Chosen Few DJs Way, Chicago Cost: General Admission tickets are $40, and available online and at the gate each day of the festival. Reserved tent spaces, VIP packages and parking passes also are available for sale here. Admission for children under the age of 12 is free.

For more info, go to chosefewdjs.com

July 5-9

Taste of Chicago The nation’s premier outdoor food festival showcasing the diversity of Chicago’s dining community. The food festival is complemented by music and activities for the entire family.

For more information, visit: Black Girls, continued from, Page 14

of the same things come up. Being a person of color, how do you operate in that space, how do you stay motivated and how hard do you have to work? Identity and supporting one another as Black people,” said Jessica. “Uplifting and empowering.

Even though our targeted demographic is girls, some of us are raising boys. Some of us are in partnerships or relationships with Black men,” she said.

The group focuses on helping to address various issues that can hinder one’s ability to heal through the problems. Black Girl’s Break Bread helps to break through

July 15

Warrior Games cityofchicago.org Grant Park Cost: FREE

July 8

Emma Foster Health Fair Sponsored by Sixth Grace Presbyterian Church and Health Ministry Includes dental, cholesterol, spinal, blood pressure, glucouse and vision screenings as well as activities for all ages, healthy snacks and raffles.

600 E. 35th St. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

For more information, call (312) 2255300

July 8

Watoto Children’s Choir Performance The concert will feature worship songs that share the stories of the children and the hope they have because of God’s love. All performances are free and open to the public.

Bethany Union Church, 1750 W. 103rd St. 6 p.m For a complete choir tour schedule, visit watoto.com/choir.

DuSable Museum 740 E. 56th place Chicago Noon-10 p.m.

Arts & Crafts, Children’s Pavilion, entrtainment, beer garden, food, and more.

July 15

Sassy Thrifters Fleek Market Rummage Sale More than 40 entrepreneurs, thrift sellers, artists and boutiques showcasing and selling a variety of items at all price points. Includes food, music and more.

The organizers will also collect gently used clothes to give to people in need.

3232 S. King Drive (outside) 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

July 15

DuSable Museum of African American History presents Movies in the Park Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Tough Love 740 E. 56th place, Chicago

July 8-9

7:30 Movie begins at Dusk Bring blankets and chairs and enjoy movies under the stars. In case of rain, movies will be shown inside the museum.

Cost: FREE

the emotional barriers through the simple gesture of sharing over a meal.

Jessica adds, “In our culture, that’s how we communicate. That’s how we engage.

This is how we share with one another, and that part of BGBB was important to us.

We discuss topics that range from mental health, identity, goals and inspiration, fear, and survival. It allows all age groups to know it’s okay to be ‘not’ okay. We help each other, but we also celebrate each other. Because of how well received it has been nationwide, it motivated us to expand to go to Atlanta, D.C., New Orleans, New York and Los Angeles to begin those conversations.”

Only eight months since creating the BGMM program, they have received a grant from the Chicago Fund for Safe and Peaceful Communities. Also, they have worked with Georgia State University and have received invitations from Georgia Tech and Spelman College to extend their programming.

This year, Black Girl’s Break Bread will have a booth at the Essence Festival’s Celeb Zone—selling their merchandise and spreading their message from June 29 through July 2 in New Orleans. In the fall, BGGM will host their biggest Chicago gathering in October—inviting 300 attendees.

43rd Annual Arts & Crafts Festival: Here’s To You Dr. Margaret Burroughs: Connecting Black Art & History – Celebrating Excellence

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Silver Room Block Party This outdoor celebration of music, community, art, love and culture rocked Hyde Park last summer with a crowd of over 15,000 and they are ready to do it again.

The Silver Room Block Party attracts a crowd from all parts of the city and country. They close the streets, open our hearts and fill ourselves with music, art and love. Join in their 14th year of dancing, singing, and celebrating our rich culture.

12 p.m. – 10 p.m.

Located at Harper Court, Hyde Park Go to www.silverroomblockparty.com

July 16

Soulful Chicago Book Fair A true celebration of literacy and literary arts found throughout the African Diaspora, complete with over 100 authors, music, unique networking opportunities and genuine community building. This is more than a book fair. This is a movement!

For more information, email: soulfulchicagobookfair@Gmail.com or call (646) 359-6605 61st St between Cottage and King 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

Cost: FREE Fridays: July 21, August 18, September 15 3rd Friday Trolley Tour Exploring the rich artistic culture of Bronzeville!

Continuous rotating TROLLEYS at various galleries in 15-minute intervals, with periodic stops at local establishments.

For more information, visit bronzevilleartdistrict.com The goals of BGBB have grown beyond their wildest expectations in a short period.

Jazzy is pleased with feedback received by various groups of Black women. “It’s an intergenerational community where many times there are different groups of people who are silent and don’t know how to speak up to use their voice. We’re trying to empower everyone and give people an equal opportunity to share what they have.”

For more information, visit: www.blackgirlsbreakbread.com www.chicagodefender.com

C L A S S I F I E D S 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 17‑689‑12 (RE-BID)

TEST AND REPAIR UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS Estimated Cost: $121,100.00 Bid Deposit: $6,000.00 Mandatory Technical Pre‑Bid Conference: Monday, July 10, 2017

10:00 am Chicago Time

STICKNEY WRP

Administrative Building, Room A326

6001 Pershing Avenue

Stickney, IL 60650, Illinois Bid Opening: July 18, 2017 Compliance with the District’s Affirmative Action Ordinance Revised Appendix D and Appendix C are required on this contract. ******************************************************************************************************* The above is an abbreviated version of the Notice‑ Invitation to Bid. A full version which includes a brief description of the project and/or service can be found on the District’s website, www.mwrd.org; Click the Contracts and Proposals quick link on the District’s Home page. Go to Contracts Being Currently Advertised and click for further information.

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

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

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

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

By Darlene A. LoCascio Director of Procurement and Materials Management

Chicago, Illinois June 28, 2017

LEGAL NOTICE This letter is to notify that on July 25, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. an auction will be held at 83rd & Halsted Self Storage, Inc., located at 8316 S. Birkhoff Ave, Chicago, IL 60620, to sell the following articles held within said storage units to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the state of Illinois.

This letter is to notify that on July 25, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. an auction will be held at Hyde Park Self Storage, Inc., located at 5155 S. Cottage Grove Ave, Chicago, IL 60615, to sell the following articles held within said storage units to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the state of Illinois.

1. 148 Latonya Hardges 2. 160 Denise Riley

1. 205 Kathy Webb 2. 246 Damon A. Young 3. 271 John Major 4. 340 Emily Johnson 5. 406A Curtis Burgon 6. 468 Gary F. Wilson 7. 480 Antoinette Arnold 8. 551 John Stroud 9. 554 Audrey Jones

This letter is to notify that on July 25, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. an auction will be held at South Shore Self Storage, Inc., located at 7843 S. Exchange Ave, Chicago, IL 60649, to sell the following articles held within said storage units to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the state of Illinois.

1. 10101 Natheer Morra 2. 121 Victor Fenner 3. 201 Olufemi Abayomi 4. 216 Brenda Avery 5. 224 Linda Voss 6. 231 Jacquelyn Brooks 7. 245 Michelle Turner 8. 314 Donald Haughton 9. 442 Korianda Johnson 10. 475 Kevin Smith 11. 609 Kelvin Sewell 12. N018 Dandre Osburn

This letter is to notify that on July 25, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. an auction will be held at Aaron Bros.

Self-Storage, Inc., located at 4034 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60653, to sell the following articles held within said storage units to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the state of Illinois.

1. 1STNO Don Curry 2. 218 Jerome Harper Jr. 3. 305 Steve James 4. 517 Loys Holland 5. 530 Juandalyn Holland 6. 554 Yvonne Rias

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LEGAL NOTICE Foreclosure Notice Service Jason C. Bell, Esq. (39492), Attorney, 9 North Wabash Suite 102, Chicago, IL. 60602 STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ss. — In the Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Chancery Division. Jamil Walden, Plaintiff, vs. Ernest Beckett, Lavinia Beckett, Unknown Owners and Unknown Lessees., Defendants. No. 17-CH-05459.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Ernest Beckett, Lavinia Beckett, Unknown Owners and Unknown Lessees, defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying to remove Cloud and Quiet Title in and to the premises described as follows, to-wit: Lot 29 in Block 2 in Elisha E. Hundley’s Subdivision of 13 Acres in the North 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 10, Township 38 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

C/K/A: 5329 S. Wabash, Chicago, IL. 60615 Permanent Index Numbers: 20-10-309011-0000 Notice is also hereby given you that the said Complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court of Cook County, Chancery Division, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington St., in the City of Chicago, IL, on or before July 19, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and’ a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Dorothy A. Brown, Clerk.

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C L A S S I F I E D S LEGAL NOTICE

PROPERTY FOR SALE

PROPERTY FOR SALE

PROPERTY FOR SALE

PROPERTY FOR SALE

PROPERTY FOR SALE

REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION EVERBANK Plaintiff, -v.PAPRICE A. ROBINSON AKA PAPRICE ROBINSON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 15 CH 12987 7217 S. VINCENNES AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 5, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 8, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7217 S. VINCENNES AVE., CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-28-213-046-0000 fka 20-28-213-004-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $277,342.39.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: J. Gregory Scott, HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1717 Please refer to file number 545732849.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

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

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 SUN WEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. Plaintiff, -v.EMMA BELL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 016214 7255 S. YALE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 4, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 7, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7255 S. YALE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-28-211-013-0000.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-15850.

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.

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 N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HE4 Plaintiff, -v.STEVE RAGGS, STATE OF ILLINOIS, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. Defendants 16 CH 008555 9435 S. WALLACE 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 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 24, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9435 S. WALLACE STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60620 Property Index No. 25-04-327-013-0000.

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-06975.

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.

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 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.THERESA E. MATHEWS-PRYOR A/K/A THERESA E. MATHEWS A/K/A THERESA A. MATHEWS A/K/A THERESA MATHEWS A/K/A THERESA MATTHEWS A/K/A THERESA HOSKINS, TERRY PRYOR, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 16 CH 12492 7544 SOUTH YATES BOULEVARD, UNIT D Chicago, IL 60649 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 3, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 4, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7544 SOUTH YATES BOULEVARD, UNIT D, Chicago, IL 60649 Property Index No. 20-25-407-039-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $49,358.81.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm. Please refer to file number 16-080730.

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.

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 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.MAJESTER MCDADE, DANIEL MCDADE, PHELESIA MCDADE, CITY OF CHICAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 10352 6731 SOUTH UNION AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 18, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 22, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6731 SOUTH UNION AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-21-302-013-0000.

The real estate is improved with a 2 unit with a detached 2 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 10362.

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.

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Janice Meeks Manager Procurement and Contracting meeksj@rtachicago.org

Pre-Proposal Conference: Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 10AM, CST RTA encourages all interested firms to attend the Pre-Proposal Conference.

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All questions must be submitted through the RTA Procurement Portal procurement.rtachicago.org no later than Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 10AM, CST. For electronic submissions, the RTA invites Respondents to submit an electronic proposal for the above described Number. Respondents shall upload all documents as described in the RFP via the RTA Procurement Portal at: procurement.rtachicago.org.

For manual submissions, sealed proposals must be received and time stamped no later than the date and time listed in the solicitation and submitted in sealed envelopes or packages. The outside of the envelope must clearly indicate the Respondent name and address, name of the project, the time and date specified for receipt. Respondent must submit one original copy and one CD or DVD containing your complete proposal must be hand-delivered to the RTA office located at 175 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1650, Chicago, Illinois 60604-2705. Proposals submitted after the designated date and time will be rejected.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC. Plaintiff, vs.

GEORGE HARRIS, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND) NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 11095 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on August 10, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 17-34-312-063-0000.

Commonly known as 3602 South King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. File SPSF.2296A INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.BETTY JEAN WALKER, MELVIN R. WALKER Defendants 15 CH 17281 152 E. 122ND STREET 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 July 11, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 1, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: The East 35 1/2 feet of the West 224 feet of the East 1/2 of the South 1/2 (Except the North 174 1/2 feet thereof) of Block 15 in First Addition to Kensington in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 27, Township 37 North, Range 14 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

Commonly known as 152 E. 122ND STREET, Chicago, IL 60628 Property Index No. 25-27-124-014-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $114,091.01.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 239-3432 Please refer to file number 15IL00616-1.

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. 15IL00616-1 Attorney Code. 46689 Case Number: 15 CH 17281 TJSC#: 37-5512 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 WATERFALL OLYMPIC MASTER FUND GRANTOR TRUST, SERIES II S/I/I TO BYLINE BANK F/K/A NORTH COMMUNITY BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER WITH ARCHER BANK SUCCESSOR BY MERGER WITH ALLEGIANCE COMMUNITY BANK Plaintiff, -v.BCCI PROPERTIES, LLC A/K/A BCCI LLC A/K/A BCCI LLP, BASHIR M. CHAUDRY, NAZEER H. CHAUDHRY, JOHN CHIRAYIL, AMERICAN ENTERPRISE BANK, CITY OF CHICAGO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 12551 1904 W. 87TH 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 June 20, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 26, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOTS 1, 2, 3, 4 AND 5 AND LOT 6 (EXCEPT THE WEST 18 FEET 1 INCH OF SAID LOT 6) IN BLOCK 8 IN FRANK N. GAGE’S ADDITION TO ENGLEWOOD HEIGHTS, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 (EXCEPT THE WEST 20 ACRES THEREOF) IN SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1904 W. 87TH STREET, Chicago, IL 60620 Property Index No. 20-31-424-063-0000.

The real estate is improved with a commercial vacant land.

The judgment amount was $350,504.77.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: LATIMER LEVAY FYOCK, LLC, 55 W MONROE SUITE 1100, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 422-8000 Please refer to file number 72000-116.

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.

LATIMER LEVAY FYOCK, LLC 55 W MONROE SUITE 1100 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 422-8000 E-Mail: Judicialsales@llflegal.com Attorney File No. 72000-116 Attorney Code. 06204378 Case Number: 16 CH 12551 TJSC#: 37-5652 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.

NOONAN & LIEBERMAN, (38245) Attorneys 105 W. Adams, Chicago, Illinois 60603 STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ss – In the Circuit Court of COOK County, County Department - Chancery Division, McCORMICK 105, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. PATRICIA ALDRIDGE et. al., Defendants, Case No. 2017 CH 6275.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you Patricia Aldridge, Unknown Owners-Tenants and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of COOK County, County Department Chancery Division, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 23 IN BLOCK 5 IN MADISON STREET ADDITION TO CHICAGO, IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER AND THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. SITUATED IN COOK COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.. PIN: 16-15-216031-0000. Commonly known as: 4334 W. Gladys, Chicago IL, 60624, and which said Mortgage was made by PATRICIA ALDRIDGE, as Mortgagor(s) to ShoreBank, as Mortgagee, and recorded as document number 0731042046, and the present owner(s) of the property being PATRICIA ALDRIDGE, and for other relief: that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of COOK County, 50 W. Washington, Chicago IL 60602 located at 50 West Washington, Chicago, IL 60602, on or before JULY 14,2017 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Dated, Chicago, Illinois, June 2, 2017.

Dorothy Brown, Clerk.

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

WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC (Firm ID: 56284) Attorneys 105 W. Adams, Suite 1850 Chicago, Illinois 60603 STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF Cook, ss – IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, vs. JOHN J. LYDON AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR AUDREY JOHNSON, JEFFREY G. ROUNTREE AKA JEFFREY G. ROUNDTREE, ANTONIO WILLIAMS, PRAVION WILLIAMS, CITY OF CHICAGO, CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF AUDREY JOHNSON, UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, et. al., Defendants, Case No. 16 CH 266.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF AUDREY JOHNSON, UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, defendants in the above entitled suit has been commenced in the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 2 IN THE RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 10, 11 AND 12 IN BLOCK 3 OF ROY NOURSE`S 6TH ADDITION TO SOUTH ENGLEWOOD, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 AND THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN: 20-32-323-022-0000.

Commonly known as: 8628 South Justine, Chicago, IL 60620, and which said Mortgage was made by AUDREY JOHNSON (DECEASED), as Mortgagor(s) to Norwest Mortgage, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded as document number 99897585, and the present owner(s) of the property being UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF AUDREY JOHNSON, and for other relief: that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION, Richard J Daley Center, 50 W. Washington, Room 802, Chicago, IL 60602 on or before JULY 28, 2017 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

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. Last known addresses: Defendant Address: 8628 South Justice, Chicago, IL 60620

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT – CHANCERY DIVISION Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., Plaintiff, vs., Gerald P. Nordgren, solely as Special Representative for Nehemiah Magee (Deceased); Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Nehemiah Magee (Deceased); Sandy Allen; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendant(s).

16CH11575 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Gerald P. Nordgren, solely as Special Representative for Nehemiah Magee (Deceased); Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF NEHEMIAH MAGEE (DECEASED); Sandy Allen; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: Lot 15 (Except the North 17 1/2 Feet thereof) and Lot 16 in Block 22 in East Washington Heights, a Subdivision of the Southwest 1/4 and the West 1/2 of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 9, Township 37 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

Commonly known as: 9936 S. Lowe Avenue, Chicago, IL 60628 and which said mortgage was made by, Nehemiah Magee; Mortgagor(s), to Urban Financial Group; Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois, as Document No. 0913146032; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, 50 W. Washington, Chicago, IL 60602 on or before JULY 28, 2017 A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff – Cook County Attorney Code: 46689 120 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 239-3432 Fax: (312) 284-4820 Attorney No: 6238055 pleadings@rsmalaw.com File No: 16IL00245-1 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that this firm may be deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT – CHANCERY DIVISION Finance of America Reverse, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

Gerald P. Nordgren, solely as Special Representative for the Estate of Jacqueline M. Vining (Deceased); Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Jacqueline M. Vining (Deceased); Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Toby Rugile Vining; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

16CH7647 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Gerald P. Nordgren, solely as Special Representative for the Estate of Jacqueline M. Vining (Deceased); UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JACQUELINE M. VINING (DECEASED); Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Toby Rugile Vining; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: Lot 10 in Block 2 in Calumet Gateway, being a Resubdivision of part of Calumet and Chicago Canal & Dock Co. Subdivision, in Section 2, Township 37 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the Plat thereof recorded August 6, 1924, as Document No. 8541602 in Cook County, Illinois.

Commonly known as: 9030 S. Harper Avenue, Chicago, IL 60619 and which said mortgage was made by, Jacqueline M. Vining, Unmarried; Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Urban Financial of America, LLC; Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Cook County, Illinois, as Document No. 1430108247; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, 50 W. Washington, Chicago, IL 60602 on or before JULY 14, 2017 A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 120 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 239-3432 Fax: (312) 284-4820 Attorney No: 6238055 pleadings@rsmalaw.com File No: 16IL00185-1 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that this firm may be deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.

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LEGAL NOTICE NOONAN & LIEBERMAN, (6300801) Attorneys 105 W. Adams, Chicago, Illinois 60603 STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ss – In the Circuit Court of COOK County, County Department - Chancery Division, VERSA CAPITAL, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. Chicago Trust Company as Successor Trustee to Suburban Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee U/T/A dated 11/30/2001 and Known as Trust No. 743123 et. al., Defendants, Case No. 16 CH 04057.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you Dobby Yu, Rita Yu, Unknown Owners-Tenants and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of COOK County, County Department Chancery Division, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: PIN: 19-22-116-003-0000.

19-22116-004-0000, 19-22-116-043-0000.

Commonly known as: 6607 S. Cicero Ave., Chicago IL, 60638, and which said Mortgage was made by Chicago Trust Company as Successor Trustee to Suburban Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee U/T/A dated 11/30/2001 and Known as Trust No. 74-3123, as Mortgagor(s) to Lakeside Bank, as Mortgagee, and recorded as document number 1005613022, and the present owner(s) of the property being Chicago Trust Company as Successor Trustee to Suburban Bank and Trust Company, as Trustee U/T/A dated 11/30/2001 and Known as Trust No. 74-3123, and for other relief: that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of COOK County, 50 W. Washington, Chicago IL 60602 located at 50 West Washington, Chicago, IL 60602, on or before JULY 28, 2017 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Dated, Chicago, Illinois, June 20, 2017.

Dorothy Brown, Clerk.

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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NOONAN & LIEBERMAN, (6300801) Attorneys 105 W. Adams, Chicago, Illinois 60603 STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ss – In the Circuit Court of COOK County, County Department - Chancery Division, Community Restoration Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Theresa Williams et. al., Defendants, Case No. 17 CH 07419.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you Unknown Owners-Tenants and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of COOK County, County Department - Chancery Division, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 39 AND THE NORTH 1/2 OF LOT 38 IN BLOCK 2 IN THOMAS SCANLAN’S ADDITION TO PULLMAN, A SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS.. PIN: 25-21-416025-0000. Commonly known as: 11728 S. Yale Ave, Chicago IL, 60628, and which said Mortgage was made by Theresa Williams, as Mortgagor(s) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Oak Street Mortgage LLC, as Mortgagee, and recorded as document number 0611833069, and the present owner(s) of the property being Theresa Williams, and for other relief: that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of COOK County, 50 W. Washington, Chicago IL 60602 located at 50 West Washington, Chicago, IL 60602, on or before JULY 21, 2017 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Dated, Chicago, Illinois, June 14, 2017.

Dorothy Brown, Clerk.

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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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION URBAN FINANCIAL OF AMERICA, LLC Plaintiff, -v.GERALD P. NORDGREN, SOLELY AS SPECIAL REPRSENTATIVE FOR JOHNNIE B. ISABELL A/K/A JOHNIE B. ISABELL (DECEASED), BILLIE COOPER, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOHNNIE B. ISABELL A/K/A JOHNIE B. ISABELL (DECEASED), UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 18370 11436 S. UNION 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 March 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 28, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Lot 11 (except the North 5 feet thereof) and Lot 12 (except the South 15 feet) on Block 26 in the Third Addition to Sheldon Heights, a subdivision of the West half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 21, Township 37 North, Range 14, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

Commonly known as 11436 S. UNION AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60628 Property Index No. 25-21-125-023-0000, 25-21-125-024-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $106,172.28.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 239-3432 Please refer to file number 15IL00372-1.

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. 15IL00372-1 Attorney Code. 46689 Case Number: 15 CH 18370 TJSC#: 37-5433 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.

Champion Mortgage Company Plaintiff, vs.

Frances Shedd; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants, Case # 16CH452 Sheriff’s # 170122 F15120171 CPN 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 July 27th, 2017, 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: 5724 South Winchester Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60636 P.I.N: 20-18-216-029-0000 Improvements: This property consists of a Single Family Home.

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 Anthony Porto 1771 W. DIEHL., Ste 120 Naperville, IL 60566-7228 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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SASCO MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2005-WF4 Plaintiff, -v.MARIA C. ARELLANO AKA MARIA ARELLANO AKA MARIA C. ESCAMILLA, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. S/B/M TO WELLS FARGO FINANCIAL BANK Defendants 16 CH 785 3531 WEST 72ND PLACE Chicago, IL 60629 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 26, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3531 WEST 72ND PLACE, Chicago, IL 60629 Property Index No. 19-26-210-047-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $144,986.99.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F15120170.

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

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F15120170 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 58852 Case Number: 16 CH 785 TJSC#: 37-5654 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 COMMUNITY INVESTMENT CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.- KRISHNA GUPTA, CIT BANK, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO INDYMAC BANK, FSB, CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF WATER MANAGEMENT, CITY OF CHICAGO, GREYSTONE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 13 CH 23467 5433-35 S. INDIANA AVE., UNIT 1N Chicago, IL 60615 NOTICE OF SALE COUNTS I, II, III PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 18, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 19, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5433-35 S. INDIANA AVE., UNIT 1N Chicago, IL 60615 Property Index No. 20-10-314-029-1001.

The real estate is improved with a residential condominium, individually owned, less than 7 untis, single development, one unit.

The total judgment amount for Counts I, II, III was $34,633.78.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD., 29 E. Madison, Ste. 950, CHICAGO, IL 60602, (312) 372-2020 Please refer to file number 13-4200-208.

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

HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD. 29 E. Madison, Ste. 950 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 372-2020 E-Mail: lrodriguez@hrolaw.com Attorney File No. 13-4200-208 Attorney Code. 4452 Case Number: 13 CH 23467 TJSC#: 37-4860 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 TBI URBAN HOLDINGS, LLC Plaintiff, -v.RIGHT HOUSES, LLC, JEROME CHEETAM, OWNER OF RTC CONSTRUCTION AND RESTORATION, INC., ONDREWAL LANGWORTHY, MOHAMMED KAHAIL A/K/A MOHAMMAD KAHAIL, JUST HOUSES, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 5171 1024 WEST 77TH ST./7655 S. CARPENTER ST. 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 May 24, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 25, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1024 WEST 77TH ST./7655 S. CARPENTER ST., Chicago, IL 60620 Property Index No. 20-29-411-019-0000.

The real estate is improved with a multiunit building.

The judgment amount was $16,928.97.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD., 29 E. Madison, Ste. 950, CHICAGO, IL 60602, (312) 372-2020 Please refer to file number 16-4400-586.

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

HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD. 29 E. Madison, Ste. 950 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 372-2020 E-Mail: lrodriguez@hrolaw.com Attorney File No. 16-4400-586 Attorney Code. 4452 Case Number: 16 CH 5171 TJSC#: 37-4855 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, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF9 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST Plaintiff, -v.DORISTEEN BLUMENBERG AKA DORISTEEN CALVIN, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LEN BLUMENBERG-DEC AKA LEN BLUMENBERG AKA LENWOOD BLUMENBERG, KIMBERLY SCOTT, KARL DEXTER BLUMENBERG AKA KARL D. BLUMENBERG AKA KARL BLUMENBERG, STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, GERALD NORDGREN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 13378 9140 SOUTH HARPER AVENUE Chicago, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 30, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 11, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9140 SOUTH HARPER AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 25-02-404-035-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $123,323.83.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact the sales department, ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC, 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 453-6960 For bidding instructions, visit www.fal-illinois.com. Please refer to file number F16090187.

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

ANSELMO LINDBERG OLIVER LLC 1771 W. Diehl Road, Suite 120 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (630) 453-6960 E-Mail: foreclosurenotice@fal-illinois.com Attorney File No. F16090187 Attorney ARDC No. 3126232 Attorney Code. 58852 Case Number: 16 CH 13378 TJSC#: 37-5174 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.

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

Scott Dodsworth; Yeridiath Dodsworth; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants, Case # 15CH15943 Sheriff’s # 170100 F15070117 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 1st, 2017, 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: 5705 South Austin Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60638 P.I.N: 19-17-216-062-0000 Improvements: This property consists of a Single Family Home.

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 Anthony Porto 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Suite 120 Naperville, IL 60566-7228 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.

LEGAL NOTICE NOONAN & LIEBERMAN, (6300801) Attorneys 105 W. Adams, Chicago, Illinois 60603 STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ss – In the Circuit Court of COOK County, County Department - Chancery Division, Community Restoration Corporation, Plaintiff, vs. Ricky Wetherspoon Jr. et. al., Defendants, Case No. 17 CH 7559.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you Unknown Owners-Tenants and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of COOK County, County Department - Chancery Division, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT 19 (EXCEPT THE NORTH 5 FEET THEREOF) AND LOT 20 (EXCEPT THE SOUTH 10 FEET THEREOF) IN BLOCK 2 IN COTTAGE ADDITION TO ROSELAND, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 16, THE EAST 1/2 OF BLOCK 17 AND LOT 1 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF LOT 3 IN BLOCK 26 OF FERNWOOD, BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS..

PIN: 25-09-421-036-0000. Commonly known as: 10146 S. Perry Ave., Chicago IL, 60628, and which said Mortgage was made by Ricky Wetherspoon Jr., as Mortgagor(s) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Encore Credit Corp. A California Corporation, as Mortgagee, and recorded as document number 0529226049, and the present owner(s) of the property being Ricky Wetherspoon Jr., and for other relief: that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of COOK County, 50 W. Washington, Chicago IL 60602 located at 50 West Washington, Chicago, IL 60602, on or before JULY 21, 2017 default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Dated, Chicago, Illinois, June 12, 2017.

Dorothy Brown, Clerk.

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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MALONE William Malone…..Memorial was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

UWUMAROGIE Benson Uwumarogie…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Interment: Assumption Cemetery, Glenwood Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

BARRY Tiffany Barry…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Greater Rock B.C., 718 Independence Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Oak Ridge Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

MURRAY Deloise Murray…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Original St. Clair Ministry, 218 E. 69th St. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

JOHNSON Mary Johnson…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Providence B.C., 8400 S. Ashland Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

STEWART Darius Stewart…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ St. Steven A.M.E., 6450 S. Peoria Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

– 12:00 p.m. Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

SCOTT, JR. Leo Scott, Jr…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Calvary Glenwood, 801 Glenwood Dyer Rd. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Washington Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

HARRIS Lisa Harris…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Old Land Mark Church of God in Holiness, 7201 S. Jeffrey Blvd. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Restvale Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ADAMS Barbara Adams…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel King Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Restvale Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

HUNTER Katon Hunter…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Jackson Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

O’NEAL Emon O’Neal…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Bethlehem Star M B Church, 9231 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

WEATHERS Eddie Weathers…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:30 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Zion Hill B C, 1460 West 78th Street Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Harmony Church Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

SKIPPER Inez Skipper…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 11:00 a.m.

– 12:00 p.m. @ Oakdale Covenant Church, 9440 S. Vincennes Funeral: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Interment: Washington Memory Gardens, Homewood, IL Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ARNOLD Ethel Arnold…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 1:00 p.m.

– 1:30 p.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Interment: Cedar Park Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ALLEN Marye Allen…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 1:00 p.m.

– 1:30 p.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

THURMAN, JR. Charles Thurman, Jr…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Community Covenant Church, 12446 S. Loomis Funeral: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

DEJOHNETTE Larry DeJohnette…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 5:00 p.m.

– 6:00 p.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ANDERSON Marilyn Anderson…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. @ Chapel Lunford Funeral: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Interment: Monday, June 26, 2017; 9:00 a.m. @ Abe Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

MINOR, JR. Havert Minor, Jr…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Mt. Carmel Bible Church, 740 E. 42nd Street Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Monday, June 26, 2017; 9:30 a.m. @ Abraham Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

MALUME MOYE Malume Moye…..Wake was held: Saturday, June 24, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Holy Temple Evangelistic COGIC, 15912 Lincoln Ave. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Interment: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 9:30 a.m. @ Abe Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

DANIELS Matthew Daniels…..Interment was held: Sunday, June 25, 2017; 6:00 a.m. @ Floyd Memorial Gardens, Highway 11 Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

BECKOM Dwaine Beckom…..Visitation was held: Sunday, June 25, 2017; 2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. @ Chapel Memorial: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

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RUSSELL Filura Russell…..Memorial was held: Monday, June 26, 2017; 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. @ Shiloh Baptist Church, 10540 S. Halsted Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

FULOP Nicholas Fulop…..Wake was held: Monday, June 26, 2017; 9:00 a.m.

– 10:00 a.m. @ St. ITA Catholic Church, 1220 W. Catalpa Funeral: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Interment: Veterans Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

RAGLAND Lawrence Ragland…..Wake was held: Monday, June 26, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Interment: Cedar Park Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

CHAPMAN, SR. Larry Chapman, Sr…..Wake was held: Monday, June 26, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Park Manor Comm. Church, 600 East 73th Street Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Interment: Abe Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

CHISM Deborah Chism.…..Wake was held: Monday, June 26, 2017; 1:00 p.m.

– 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel King Funeral: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

RHYME Sherrod Rhyme…..Visitation was held: Monday, June 26, 2017; 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Memorial: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 12:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

THOMAS Renia Thomas…..Wake was held: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Victory Apostolic, 20801 Matteson Ave. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

HUMES-HESTER Sherry Humes -Hester…..Wake was held: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Interment: Washington Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

SPARKS Edward Sparks…..Wake was held: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ New Faith, Lincoln Highway & Central Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Beverly Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

CREED Maxine Creed…..Wake was held: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 11:00 a.m.

– 12:00 p.m. @ Kam Isaiah Israel, 5039 S. Greenwood Funeral: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Interment: Mt. Glenwood Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

WILLIAMS Keith Williams.…..Wake was held: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 6:00 p.m.

– 7:00 p.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

YARBER Marion Yarber…..Wake: Wednesday, June 28, 2017; 9:00 a.m.

– 10:00 a.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

Interment: Abe Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

PHILLIPS Idella Phillips…..Wake: Wednesday, June 28, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

– 12:00 p.m. Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

FORD Natasha Ford…..Wake: Wednesday, June 28, 2017; 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. @ Chapel Jackson Funeral: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

JOHNSON Cynthia Johnson…..Wake: Friday, June 30, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

– 12:00 p.m. Interment: Burr Oak Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ATWOOD Eddie Atwood…..Wake: Friday, June 30, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel Jackson Funeral: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

KELLY Robin Kelly…..Wake: Friday, June 30, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel King Funeral: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

ROBERTS Mae Roberts…..Memorial: Wednesday, June 28, 2017; 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. @ Chapel King Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

LEE Joyce Lee…..Wake: Saturday, July 01, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ New Bethlehem #4, 8850 S. Cottage Grove Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

AUSLEY Berry Ausley…..Wake: Thursday, June 29, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

– 12:00 p.m. Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

DAVIS H P Davis…..Wake: Saturday, July 01, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

STEELE Rufus Steele…..Wake: Thursday, June 29, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel King Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

BELL Alfred Bell…..Wake: Saturday, July 01, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Burr Oak Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

GARCIA Cecilia Garcia…..Wake: Thursday, June 29, 2017; 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. @ Chapel Jackson Funeral: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

LARRY Dillon Larry…..Wake: Saturday, July 01, 2017; 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. @ Unity Fellowship Church, 515 E. 147th Place Funeral: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

WILLIAMS Terry Williams…..Wake: Friday, June 30, 2017; 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. @ Bethlehem Star M B Church, 9231 S. Cottage Grove Ave. Funeral: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. interment: Abe Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

BROWN, JR. Gerald Brown, Jr…..Wake: Friday, June 30, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. @ Peters Rock COGIC, 13400 S. Corliss Funeral: 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

MADDOX, SR. Walter Maddox, Sr…..Wake: Friday, June 30, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Jackson Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Abraham Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

WILLIAMS Robert Williams…..Wake: Friday, June 30, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

REEVES Barbara Reeves…..Wake: Friday, June 30, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Apostolic Faith Church, 3823 S. Indiana Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interment: Oak Woods Cemetery Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

WILLIAMS Paul Williams…..Wake: Saturday, July 01, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel Lunford Funeral: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

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Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome. com HYMON Eloise Hymon….. Visitation will be held: Thursday, June 29, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home 5350 West North Avenue. Wake will be held: Friday, June 30, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Mars Hill Baptist Church 5916 West Lake Street. Funeral will be held: 11:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.

Internment: Oakridge Cemetery Hillside, IL Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com

BERRIOS Denise Berrios…..Wake: Thursday, July 06, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

– 12:00 p.m. Interment: Queen of Heavens Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

TAYLOR Vernon Taylor….. Graveside Service will be held: Friday, June 30, 2017; 12:00 p.m. @ Mount Hope Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.

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KING Johnnye King..….. Wake will be held:Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Woodlawn A. M. Church 6456 South Evans Avenue. Funeral will be held: 11:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.

Internment: Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Illinois. Wednesday, July 5, 2017; 10:00 a.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com

FEW Gracie Few..….. Wake will be held: Wednesday, June 28, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Antioch M. B. Church 415 West Englewood.

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HIGHTOWER Lemuel Hightower…..Wake: Saturday, July 01, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Road Funeral: 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567.

YANCY Elvira Yancy..….. Wake was held: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Manuel Memorial M. B. Church 901 West 66th Street. Funeral was held: 11:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.

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STEPHENS Horace Stephens ….. Wake will be held: Friday, June 30, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home. Funeral will be held: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Internment: Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, IL. Monday, July 3, 2017; 11:30 a.m. Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com

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JACKSON Charles Jackson ….. Wake will be held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Taylor Funeral Home. Funeral will be held: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Internment: 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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COLEMAN Lucille Coleman..…..Wake was held: Monday, June 26, 2017; 10:00 a.m. @ Grace Calvary UMC, 7800 South Loomis Funeral: 11:00 a.m. Interment: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 10:30 a.m. @ Abraham Lincoln Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

DOSS James Doss..…..Wake was held: Monday, June 26, 2017; 10:00 a.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00 a.m. Interment: Homewood Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

JOHNSON Romie D. Johnson..…..Funeral was held: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Interment: Private Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

IRBY Geneva Irby..…..Wake was held: Tuesday, June 27, 2017; 10:00 a.m. @ Carmel MBC, 2978 S. Wabash Funeral: 11:00 a.m. Interment: Mt. Glenwood South Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

SMITH, JR. Charles I. Smith, Jr..…..Wake: Wednesday, June 28, 2017; 10:00 a.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00 a.m. Interment: Homewood Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

BELL Cedric Bell..…..Memorial Service: Thursday, June 29, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Interment: Private Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

WILL Mary Will..…..Wake: Saturday, July 01, 2017; 10:00 a.m. @ Pleasant Green MBC, 7545 S. Vincennes Funeral: 11:00 a.m. Interment: Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

WILLIAMS Helen Williams..…..Wake: Saturday, July 01, 2017; 10:00 a.m. @ Chapel Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

Interment: Cedar Park Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 7234400.

THE CHICAGO DEFENDER • June 28 - July 4, 2017 23

If Donald Trump and Bruce Rauner get their way, 650,000 Illinoisans could lose their health care.

Right now, 650,000 Illinoisans could lose their healthcare if they were one of the people added to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Bruce Rauner could opt out of protections for nearly 5.5 million Illinoisans like you or your family members with pre-existing conditions.

If you are one of the nearly 5.5 million Illinoisans who have high blood pressure, behavioral health disorders, high cholesterol, asthma and chronic lung disease, osteoarthritis or other pre-existing conditions, you could lose your coverage or pay through the nose to maintain your insurance.

JB PRitzkeR strongly opposes Donald Trump and the Republicans’ plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act because it would gut Medicaid, and could take away protections for millions of Illinoisans with pre-existing conditions.

As Governor, JB Pritzker will protect critical health care that is under assault by Republicans in Washington and in Springfield.

Democrat JB Pritzker.

Fighting for what’s right. Getting things done.

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