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Voting Behind Bars

Cook County Jail is among a few places in the nation that permits in-person voter registration and voting. But not all inmates eligible to vote in Illinois have that access.

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Wednesday – Tuesday July 5 - 11, 2017

By La Risa Lynch The Chicago Reporter

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This article was first published in The Chicago Reporter.

The gym could pass for any Election Day polling place. Two volunteer election judges hurriedly sorted dozens of sealed manila envelopes containing ballots for last April’s suburban Cook County municipal elections. One of the judges propped two white plastic shields on top of a long metal table, creating a makeshift voting booth.

Minutes later a Cook County Jail guard ushered in the first voters—two female inmates dressed in pink jumpsuits.

On March 28, for the first time in nearly a decade, eligible inmates were allowed to vote in person and submit their ballots to election officials rather than mail them in. Cook County Jail is among a few places in the nation that permits in-person voter registration and voting. The county clerk’s office and volunteers worked with jail officials to set up two polling places—the gym for women, a chapel for men in maximum security.

Michelle Mbekeani-Wiley, of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, a social and economic justice organization, spearheaded the effort. Since last year she and a band of volunteers have visited the jail every weekend to do voter education and register inmates awaiting trial.

“People who are currently detained are impacted by those very same policies that our elected officials are making critical decisions on,” said Mbekeani-Wiley, explaining why inmates should be able to vote. “They should be part of that process.”

In Illinois, inmates awaiting trial have the right to vote, but the state law is vague and the ability to vote may depend on having a supportive jail administrator and election authority official who allow voter education drives behind bars. There is no way to track whether eligible inmates are being denied access to the vote.

Millions of African Americans cannot vote because they are imprisoned for committing felonies, as Michelle Alexander chronicles in her book “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness.” But thousands of people are in jails across the country, and a majority can still vote. In 2015, 700,000 people were in the nation’s jails, according to the U.S. Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics. Of those, at

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least 63 percent were still eligible to vote, say prison reform experts. These inmates are often poor Blacks and Latinos who cannot afford bail, creating what activists say is two classes of voters.

In the last presidential election, civil rights groups blasted voter identification laws but ignored the jail population, said Marc Mauer, executive director of the Washington, D.C., based The Sentencing Project, which advocates for sentencing reform.

“It is not only the system,” he said. ”I think the advocacy community needs to pick up on this issue as well.” *** Before volunteer election judges and poll watchers fanned out among Cook County Jail’s 10 divisions in March, Mbekeani-Wiley sat in an office sorting blue bags containing ballots.

Mbekeani-Wiley’s curiosity about voting access in jails brought her to this moment.

“When you engage face-to-face with people,” she said, “I think they’re more likely to register to vote than getting a packet in the mail.”

Last year, Mbekeani-Wiley began going inside the jail with volunteers from various groups to register eligible voters. By the time the 2016 general election rolled around, they had registered 1,000 new voters at the jail.

In the 2016 general election, nearly 1,200 ballots came from Cook County Jail, whose population hovers around 7,000

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and is 74 percent black.

Mbekeani-Wiley’s efforts are not the first. The civil rights organization Operation Rainbow/PUSH has gone inside the jail since 1974 when a Supreme Court decision found it unconstitutional for states to deny access to the ballot for people in jail awaiting trial. The ruling left it to the states and election administrators to determine how inmates could vote.

Jurors are selected from voter rolls, which adds to the importance of voter registration in communities of color, said the Rev. Janette Wilson, senior advisor to the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., the organization’s founder. She said blacks are woefully absent from the jury pool, which can affect the outcome of a trial. Black men, Wilson added, are more adversely affected by the criminal justice system. On a recent visit, Wilson said Jackson asked inmates if they would serve on the jury in the trial of a Chicago police officer accused of shooting teenager Laquan McDonald in 2014; all said yes.

Wilson said, “So part of the push was to get Blacks to see the links between voter registration and jury selection.”

Cook County Clerk David Orr, who oversees county elections, said in a statement to The Chicago Reporter: “I believe everybody entitled to vote should be able to vote. … It’s a matter of human dignity and how society chooses to treat those in jail.” continued on page 04

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Orr’s office will look at the resources devoted to in-person voting before deciding whether to do it again.

Cara Smith, Sheriff Tom Dart’s chief policy officer, said the county jail has had an extensive absentee voting process for quite some time. The sheriff’s office sends inmates’ names to the clerk’s office, which determines who is registered to vote and who is eligible to vote. Then officials send voting packets to the inmates. But in-person voting represents “the next evolution to that commitment,” she said.

“To the extent we can create these opportunities that they have on the street while they are in custody, we are going to continue to do so.” *** In 2005 Illinois amended a law that disqualified people in jail from voting. But legal experts say the law is ambiguous and could lead to voter disenfranchisement because it doesn’t spell out procedures for inmates to register and vote. And the law doesn’t require election authorities to report vote totals from the state’s jails. As a result, only 23 of 109 election authorities in Illinois reported the votes from the 2016 general election, according to records from the Illinois Board of Election.

Interviews with election and jail officials in Cook, Will, Kankakee, Kane, St. Clair and Lake counties, which have among the largest combined Black and Latino populations in the state, reveal disparities in jail voting practices. Some election officials work closely with jails, like the Lake County Clerk’s office. The clerk’s office emails registration forms and mail-in ballot applications to jail officials, who distribute them to inmates. Near the election, inmates can cast their ballots in person.

Other election officials pass the duty to volunteer deputy registrars who often are not affiliated with the election authority and may not have access to the jails.

In most cases, the onus is on inmates to alert jail or election officials that they want to register or vote. In Will County, election officials have no process to go inside the local jail to register inmates and have never been asked to do so.

The disparities in voting procedures in the state’s jails are problematic for the nonprofit Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights. Ami Gandhi, director of voting rights and civic empowerment for the group, said the interpretation and application of the law can vary widely because it is so vague.

“The onus is on the voter and advocates to figure out the lay of the land, where voter access is and is not happening and how to go about making it more uniform and fair,” Gandhi said, adding that there is also little outreach to inmates about their voting rights.

If inmates don’t know their rights, she said, they’re less likely to exercise them.

Gandhi cited the example of ex-offenders who are routinely told by parole or probation officers that they do not have the right to vote, which is incorrect.

Unlike officials in Cook, a lot of other Illinois county election officials haven’t considered in-person voting or registra-

A male inmate wears a sticker after he cast his vote at Cook County Jail. For the first time in nearly a decade, Cook County jail inmates were able to vote in person on March 28th. (Photo by Yingxu Jane Hao)

Voting, Jail, and Illinois Law Under Illinois law, people awaiting trial in jail are eligible to vote. But if you’ve been convicted of a crime and incarcerated, you cannot vote. The law applies to people serving time for misdemeanors in local jails and for felonies in prisons.

Once you are released from prison or jail, you regain the right to vote--that includes people who are on parole or probation.

Source: The Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights; Cook County Clerk’s Office tion. The reasons can run the gamut, said The Sentencing Project’s Mauer. Logistics and staffing for registering inmates, setting up polling places and even high turnover in the jail population are valid concerns, he said. Most jail officials would say they are not preventing inmates from voting, “but in most cases it hasn’t occurred to them that this is something that they should be considering in their local jails.” *** Nationally, grass-roots voter education and registration efforts targeting inmates have met with mixed results.

Philadelphia has farmed out voting to an outside agency for 15 years. There have been problems with the contractors, including not following election procedures.

In Los Angeles County, which has the biggest jail system in the world, the group A New Way of Life has gone inside the jails to register inmates since former President Barack Obama ran for re-election in 2012.

But in the last presidential election the group met with resistance from some jail officials. When the group’s request to register voters in the county’s eight jails went unanswered, Susan Burton, the group’s founder, filed an intent to sue in October in the Los Angeles Superior Court.

“Sometimes we get the cooperation of the sheriffs. Sometimes we don’t,” said Burton, whose nonprofit provides supportive and re-entry services for formerly incar-

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cerated women.

“We were communicating with them and they were not being responsive,” said Burton, who cycled in and out of prison for nearly two decades before she started the organization.

The two-month delay between filing the lawsuit and the deadline to register voters left members with only five days to register inmates. There was some urgency to get inside the jails because of a new law allowing people serving minor felony convictions in California county jails access to the ballot box.

The group registered 450 inmates. The average daily population of the Los Angeles County jail is 18,000.

“So when you talk about voter suppression, this is just a perfect case of it,” said Burton. “For African Americans who are incarcerated at an elevated rate from the rest of the populace, it’s like the wins of the civil rights movement are lost on the backs of the criminal justice system.”

In Washington, D.C., prison reform activist Charlie Sullivan galvanized support to pass a law in 2009 requiring the district’s jails to register inmates when they are admitted. The effort grew out of his 17 years going inside the jails to register inmates. Sullivan, co-founder of CURE National, or Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants, believes inmates’ right to vote should not hinge on volunteers, but should

lay with D.C.’s board of elections and the jails.

“It’s very important that it becomes part of the system,” he said. “The department of corrections must have someone ready to explain the voting process to someone processed into the jail rather than wait for [volunteers] to do it.”

Sullivan traces his interest in voting rights and prison reform to the days following the 1971 Attica prison uprising in New York State. The inmates had rioted over conditions at the facility.

“Always in the back of my mind is people who are not even convicted who are sitting in jail because they can’t afford bond to get out and they are eligible to vote,” said the former priest. He likened denying inmates’ access to the ballot to a poll tax based on ability to pay bond.

“So we have two classes of voters,” he said.

Getting election and jail officials to let inmates register and vote was a tough sell, he said. He recalled when a high-risk inmate shackled at his waist and surrounded by guards was brought into an area in the D.C. jail to vote.

“They took all those things [off] and he sat down at the table and voted. … It brought tears to my eyes,” Sullivan said.

“He has not been found guilty of anything, and he was eligible to vote.” *** Voting rights advocates in Illinois would like for jails and prisons to be sites for automatic voter registration. Prisoners would be registered upon release. The idea is similar to the D.C. law and taps into the state’s recently passed automatic voter registration law, which allows people to register at certain Illinois agencies. The measure awaits Gov. Bruce Rauner’s signature.

The Illinois Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which held public hearings on the issue in the spring, is developing recommendations to improve voter access in the state, including for pretrial detainees.

Gandhi says incarcerated voters should have the same options to vote as other citizens. State law gives Illinois residents access to online and same-day voter registration, as well as early voting. In general, jail inmates can only vote by mail, which Gandhi said is a limited way to engage in the political process. The solution, she said, is to have voting machines in jail like a regular polling station.

Doing so will require more collaboration between voting rights advocates, jail officials and election authorities, she said.

Gandhi acknowledges Cook County’s efforts to allow inmates to register and vote in person, but she said there needs to be statewide action to end disenfranchisement.

“It’s a step in the right direction,” Gandhi said, “and there is even more progress that is necessary to fully respect the rights of voters in pretrial detention.”

La Risa Lynch is a reporter at The Chicago Reporter. Email her at llynch@chicagoreporter.com www.chicagodefender.com

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Remembering the Life of Jazz Spiritualist Kelan Phil Cohran

By Shari Noland Defender Executive Editor Fifty years ago, the late Kelan Phil Cohran inspired a Black cultural awakening in Chicago at 63rd Street on the lakefront as the creative force behind an event called “On the Beach.”

“On the Beach was one of the first periods where the African American culture of the community of Chicago was able to gather and be inspired, not only by music but by food and by clothing and just by being able to be around each other in a way that we were expressing our love for ourselves. Phil provided that as a backdrop for the African American Black power cultural movement,” said award-winning producer Pemon Rami, explaining that it was the first event of its kind as there were no jazz or blues fests yet. The Black Arts Movement took flight from the On The Beach event.

Cohran, an influential and spiritual jazz pioneer, passed away last week on Wednesday, June 28, at age 90. For many musicians, artists, and students who worked with or under Cohran, his approach to music was transformative and life-changing. Affectionately known as “Baba,” or spiritual father, the multi-talented instrumentalist would often incorporate meditation and yoga, healthy eating, and astronomy into his teachings and work. With artistic compositions that included poetry, dance, and instruments, he believed that music was healing and uplifting, and he used it to teach Black people about our history.

“We did a lot of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Everything we did was about uplifting our race. I started out as his solo dancer and then, later on, I brought in my own dancers. We didn’t just dance. We were telling some kind of story. Everything had a meaning. So, Phil thought a lot of his numbers. I choreographed to music and had the dancers do those particular movements to whatever the story happened to be,” said the well-known and celebrated dancer Darlene Blackburn, who was one of the performers at the beach in 1967.

Cohran was heavily influenced early on by the legendary and late Sun Ra, a “cosmic philosophy” jazz composer, piano and synthesizer player, known for his experimental style. He played trumpet with the internationally acclaimed Sun Ra Arkestra in Chicago from 1959-1961 and was featured on their albums “Fate in a Pleasant Mood” and “Angels and Demons at Play.” Sun Ra motivated Cohran to absorb all he could learn about astronomy, for years “studying the heavens” and making trips to the Adler Planetarium.

“Sun Ra forced us to expand our thinking and our whole basis for playing music. He forced us to think of ourselves as living in the cosmos rather than living on planet earth. The earth is only a speck in the cosmos, hardly identifiable. My whole world opened up because of him,” said Cohran in a video interview by the Great Black Music Project (thegreatblackmusicproject.org). “When they brought the slaves here, all of them mastered the sky. Even the little children knew the phases of the moon. And they knew the important stars that were out there. All of the slave songs had references to the cosmos. Being in line and in harmony with all things…not just some things -- when the music is in that vein, it is nourishing and inspirational. I don’t have a single song that is not www.chicagodefender.com

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Kelan Phil Cohran related to our cosmic reality.”

Impact on Jazz Music Cohran expressed his creativity in nurturing future talent in many ways. In 1965, he co-founded the internationally recognized Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a non-profit “collective of musicians and composers dedicated to nurturing, performing, and recording serious, original music.” Also, he founded the acclaimed Artistic Heritage Ensemble and, in 1967, he started the Afro-Arts Theater. He even invented an instrument known as the “Frankiphone,” named after his mother “Frankie” Cohran. It’s very similar to a kalimba or thumb piano.

Some of his more well-known proteges have been Maurice White, later of Earth, Wind and Fire, and Chaka Khan, whom he gave her first stage appearance. But the popular multi-instrumentalist Maia says she was his “best” student. In fact, she wrote a poem called Eliel and he created a composition around it. (You can read it for yourself at ChicagoDefender.com).

“He was my teacher. He was my bandleader. And I learned a lot from him. Phil was in full use of his body...playing the harp, playing the trumpet, playing the French horn. He created the drum piano. He was just a good hero,” said Maia. “He agonized over finding ways to help Black people. He spoke up on behalf of Black musicians. He spoke up against the educational system that blocked out our history. He spoke up.”

A celebration of the 50-year anniversary of “On the Beach” and Phil Cohran’s work will take place on July 9 at 63rd Street and the lakefront from noon to six.

Real Times Media (RTM), parent company of four of the largest and most influential African American weekly newspapers in the United States, was honored with multiple Merit Awards at the much-celebrated 2017 National Newspaper Publishers Association Annual Conference held at the Gaylord Convention Center at the National Harbor in Maryland from June 20 to June 24.

RTM properties, founded in 2003 by a consortium of Chicago and Detroit business leaders, is the umbrella corporation for several of the most historic and iconic print news outlets around the country including: the Michigan Chronicle, the Chicago Defender, the Atlanta Daily World, and the New Pittsburgh Courier.

“We have shown the nation the struggle, sacrifice, progress and triumph of Black Americans and of America as a nation from the Black perspective,” said Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr., president and CEO of the NNPA. “The Black Press covers the progress of Black Americans and provides interpretations of the events involved in our progress. No other print or digital media serves in this role quite like the Black Press.”

The NNPA is a trade association of the more than 200 African American-owned community newspapers from around the United States. Since its founding 75 years ago, the NNPA and its member newspapers have consistently been the voice of the Black community and an incubator for news that makes history and impacts our country.

On RTM’s local home fronts, the list of Merit Award winners include: •Michigan Chronicle senior editor Keith Owens, who won second place for the Robert S. Abboptt Best Editorial Award for his column titled “Darnell Early Was Only a Symptom.”

•The Michigan Chronicle’s managing editor Roz Edward received the first place award in the E. Washington Rhodes Best Business section category.

•The New Pittsburgh Courier garnered the second-place award in the E. Washington Rhodes Best Business section category.

•The New Pittsburgh Courier also took home the second-place award for Digital Excellence.

In addition to the Merit Awards wins, RTM also secured two important positions in NNPA leadership. Hiram E. Jackson, CEO of RTM and publisher of the Michigan Chronicle was elected to the NNPA’s Region 3 Board of Directors, and Chicago Defender interim publisher Frances Jackson was elected to the NNPA Foundation’s Board of Directors.

The NNPA Awards ceremony culminated with the presentation of the Lifetime Legacy Award to Martin Luther King III for his service as an ambassador of his parent’s legacy of nonviolent social change. “The NNPA is one of the most impactful institutions our community has, and every week the newspapers of the Black Press reach at least 22 million people in our communities,” said King.

“And every week the Black Press tackles issues that we deal with, that we cannot find in the mainstream newspapers.” King continued: “The Black Press provides the information that’s needed for African Americans, and if not for the Black Press, I would say that, during the Civil Rights era, my father would not have been successful. The African American journalists had their ears to the ground to what was important in our community.”

Other highlights of the event included a special recognition segment of NNPA publications that have been in operation for more than 100 years.

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LOCAL

Black Golf Pros Hit the Chicago Greens, Make Impact

By Lee Edwards Defender Contributing Writer

Gary Comer Youth Center’s Green Teens participated in an Obama Presidential Center community meeting at the South Shore Cultural Center. (Photo by Lee Edwards)

Obama Presidential Library Update Spells Change for Jackson Park Community

By Lee Edwards Defender Contributing Writer Local residents and community stakeholders surrounding the proposed site of the Obama Presidential Center were recently invited to participate in a community feedback and listening session organized by representatives from the Obama Foundation and other collaborating agencies at the South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Dr., on June 21.

The meeting featured presentations from the Obama Foundation, Chicago Department of Transportation, Chicago Parks Department, and more, followed by breakout sessions where meeting attendees had the opportunity to voice their opinions directly with agency leaders.

“For our kids and kids not yet born for generations, who won’t know our names, who won’t know we sat here, they will have an opportunity to enjoy what we create together here at historic Jackson Park; I think it’s special,” said Michael Strautmanis, Vice President of Civic Engagement for the Obama Foundation.

Strautmanis said during the meeting he’s already had hundreds of meetings and anticipates that he will have hundreds more in the weeks and months to come. He welcomed groups and organizations interested in meeting with the Obama Foundation to reach out to coordinate a meeting. Also, he encouraged both individuals in attendance, as well others, to visit the Obama.org website to take a survey and express their opinions about the future use of Jackson Park, including how visitors currently use it.

“We want people to engage in whatever way that you’re comfortable,” said Strautmanis.

Strautmanis provided the Defender with the final results of the survey, which he said received nearly 400 submissions. The survey found that 42 percent of responders walked, took a bus, or rode a bike to visit the park; Jackson Park is an ideal location to bird watch and bird watchers want to maintain the natural habitat; there’s a strong emphasis on ensuring young people’s experience at the Obama Presidential Center will be both engaging and safe; and while residents voiced concerns over increased traffic, they were equally concerned about increasing parkland for children to play safe from traffic.

Traffic

Rebekah Scheinfeld, Commissioner of the Chicago Department of Transportation, said she, along with the department, is working with the Obama Foundation and the Chicago Park District to help realize the vision for Jackson Park and the OPC. She wants to listen and learn from residents about

their concerns and believes the Obama Presidential Center offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to “reimagine Jackson Park.”

“We are still very early in the planning process, and we look forward to contributions both this evening and in the days to come,” said Scheinfeld.

“CDOT has been carefully studying changes to the roadway network; based on our review today, we believe we can develop an overall plan that will minimize travel time impacts.”

Scheinfeld offered updates regarding how other agencies will make adjustments. She said CDOT is committed to maintaining a clear entrance to the Museum of Science and Industry, beaches, and docks, as well as reviewing the parking space for the proposed golf areas and the OPC. Additionally, CDOT will work with Metra, CTA, and other partners to improve transit options like the Metra station at 59th St., the CTA Green Line station at 63rd & Cottage Grove Ave., and more.

Youth Voice

The Gary Comer Youth Center’s Green Teens (one of the few youth groups in attendance at the meeting) were cautiously optimistic about what the OPC would bring to Jackson Park.

The Green Teens is a stipend-based program designated for youth 14-18 years old interested in exploring green careers. Program attendees focus on marketing, landscaping, culinary, growers, and environmental science among other responsibilities.

Marji Hess, Garden Manager for GCYC, said the Green Teens were interested in how the park would be used, what role young people will play throughout the process, and wondered if they will be heard by decision makers.

“I think it has something to do with safety, feeling welcome, feeling like this still truly is their local park, and it’s not being overtaken by outside interests and they’re not welcomed here,” said Hess.

Mikala Irby, one of the Green Teen members at the meeting, gave her insight into the role of Jackson Park in the community in its current form.

“I believe the park is beneficial to the community because I feel like it should bring awareness to the health side of things like the health center they will be building,” said Irby. “I also believe that the museum will be very beneficial to generations down the line.”

Irby explained she hoped the OPC would bring “empowerment” and “education” to the community.

“I am hoping this library would inspire people not only to go, but also inspire them to know more about their culture and their history,” said Irby.

‘Knowledge is power in the best sense, so I think that’s important.”

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Dozens of the nation’s top African-American golfers traveled to Chicago to play in one of the Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour’s premier events held at Harborside International Golf Course, 11001 S. Doty Ave., on June 24-25.

The Advocates Professional Golf Association strives to develop the careers of African Americans and other minorities in the game of golf through professional tournaments, mentoring, and career fairs as a means to increase diversity. APGA hosts professional golf events in cities such as Chicago, Atlanta, Tampa, Los Angeles, and more.

Ken Bentley, APGA president and executive director, said the organization began eight years ago under the original premise that a group of African American men would come together twice a year to play golf, discuss ideas, and raise money for community organizations. He said he received the initial funds to help produce the first three tournament sites in Tampa, Atlanta, and Los Angeles from Nestle (while he was employed by the company). By 2013, a breakthrough occurred.

The PGA Tour took notice of the APGA’s growth and offered a fiveyear grant to make additions. Additionally, he said the Tour received a significant amount of support from African American donors.

“We were the first minority organization to get support from the PGA Tour,” said Bentley. “They recognized what we were doing and looked at our organization as a way to bring diversity to golf.”

AGPA prize money increased by 300 percent, event participation doubled, the number of events per year doubled, and the creation of the Adrian Stills Bonus Pool, which allows players to earn extra money while playing on the Tour, all occurred within the last five years, according to Bentley.

The APGA Tour impacts players both on the course as well as with their own personal development.

“Because there are so many African American golfers, it builds some camaraderie; guys become friends, they support each other, they travel together, the older guys serve as mentors to the younger guys, and so that’s been great to see,” said Bentley. “Our guys have started to play better. Two of our guys have already gone on to the

Willie Mack finished second in the APGA Tour event at Harborside International Golf Course. In the first round he shot 68 for the low round of the tournament.

PGA Tour. We also have guys on PGA Tour Canada, PGA Tour Latin America, and PGA Tour China.”

Despite the rising success of the APGA, the Tour was not always met with optimism. Bentley said there was skepticism over the quality of the players on the Tour and the Tour’s ability to generate revenue was called into question.

“The golf community didn’t embrace us, I think they wanted us to prove ourselves, and a lot of people said ‘If I don’t see these guys on TV, then they must not be that great,’” said Bentley. “One of the reasons we do this tour is to introduce the game to people because the people that come out and watch our events rarely get a chance to see professional golf and so now you get to see golf by people who look like you, who will be the next Tiger Woods, the next great golfers.”

Beyond their excellence on the greens, APGA golfers give back to the surrounding community. Bentley said the organization partners with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation and introduces the game to youth. He said at least 50 youth participants attended events like free lessons in Chicago.

“We talk to the kids about health and wellness and different kinds of career choices,” said Bentley. www.chicagodefender.com

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By Nikala McLaurin Defender Contributing Writer

The Importance of Raising Black Girls

By Kennedy Horton Defender Contributing Writer On Tuesday June 27th, 2017, a WorldChicago’s Coffee Conversation Series on “Engaging the African Diaspora in Chicago” was held downtown by four active members in the African American Chicago community. Amongst these educated panelists was LaKeisha Grey-Sewell, who is the founder of the Girls Like Me Project, Inc. This program is geared toward fostering self-discovery in young African American girls ages 10-16 through media literacy. During the panel and in her everyday life, Grey-Sewell raises the significance of the cultivation of Black girls from a young age and their involvement in global happenings.

So often the images in digital media that are pushed into Black and mainstream narratives are unfavorable; constantly seeing oneself depicted one way can lead to adverse actions. It was this very circumstance that inspired Grey-Sewell to create her program.

“I noticed girls at an increasingly younger age were adopting negative behaviors portrayed in the media that were causing inter-relational conflicts and perpetuating a destructive, limited mindset,” said Grey-Sewell, who is trying to protect the minds and spirits of the Black female youth. And as the mind controls the body, this is a very important mission.

Grey-Sewell also aims to expose and encourage young women to that which may be unfamiliar or seem unrealistic, such as Chicago Day of the Girl, which is a celebration for and in advocation of Chicago’s inner-city girls; and Pampered Power Talks, in which girls get pampering treatments while being exposed to careers in STEM. Through programs like these and good mentors, young girls can see something for themselves that they may not see on television or movies or in books, or even in their household. Being told or shown that you can accomplish anything you put

your mind to and being celebrated for it, can be a definitive game changer in your life.

Part of adopting a healthy and expansive mindset is being able to communicate one’s own narratives to both the community and the public. Through Girls Like Me, young ladies are able to have some control in the way they are represented in the media. Digitally Innovate Voices of Advocacy Sisters (D.I.V.A.S) is Girls Like Me’s signature program. Here, specific curriculum is used to instruct Black girls in creating digital content over the course of 6-13 weeks. At the end, their work is displayed across varying platforms, revealing that there is power is being the storyteller of one’s own story.

Another transformative part of this mission is not just breaking down the rigidity of African American women stereotypes, but also spreading this love and mission to young girls across the world. As a woman, one is automatically placed into a global sisterhood. The problems facing young women in different places “are no different than girls in Chicago and other cities in the U.S.,” says Grey-Sewell. “There is a resilience and brilliance that shines through no matter where a girl finds herself, and when that is supported by sisterhood and connectedness, we witness the magic of girls as change agents.”

Grey-Sewell’s programs wants to promote not just a positive mindset of self, but a global awareness and domino effect of support and strength as well. It’s a local project with international thought. The community suffers when young Black girls are not accounted for, when their dreams are not nurtured, when they are not shown their total beauty. The effects are a “diabolical cycle of instability and low self-worth.”

Girls of low self-esteem and destructive tendencies grow into women, now with jobs, families, bigger communities, and greater influence.

However, with projects like those of Grey-Sewell, these girls are given an opportunity to raise their palm to that cycle and say “No.” Thus, reclaiming their power.

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When a president comes into office, he (and one day maybe she) is faced with a lot of responsibility, but with that comes a lot of power as well. With that power, presidents should make Nikala McLaurin changes to help the growth of their country and benefit the majority of their citizens, but unfortunately the current president, Donald Trump, does not seem to be doing this.

Many of the promises that are made by presidents have everything to do with changing the policies and the manner in which the outgoing presidents operate. Reversing the former president’s initiatives is effected through the signing of executive orders. New presidents do so in order to keep their supporters happy, even though this is not always a good change for the country.

That’s why I believe when altering or removing orders made by previous presidents, there should be limitations on those new executive orders. Some presidents immediately take office and begin making rash decisions that hurt more people than help them. There should be restrictions on what orders can be changed, as well as some sort of voting system on these orders. It is not fair to citizens who are accustomed to their style of living to have to adapt to new executive orders that are harming them.

The most recent examples of presidents who have signed executive orders to reverse various initiatives are the immediate former president Barrack Obama and the current POTUS, Donald Trump.

Immediately after Obama took office, he reversed and altered some of Bush’s policies that defined his presidency. Most, if not all of Obama’s changes benefitted the majority of the nation, not just one particular race or economic class.

One of the things that Obama did was reverse the policies that were strict on the use of marijuana during President Bush’s administration. In a memorandum in 2009, Obama’s policies sought out those drug distributors who only violated state and federal laws who were not distributing for medical purposes. He also relaxed the rules that were strictly against homosexuals by working with Congress to pass and sign into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which ex-

tends the coverage of federal hate crimes law to include attacks based on the victim’s actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

Another change Obama made that benefitted the majority of American citizens was altering health care by giving more power back to the patients. Most citizens did not take a loss during the changes of these executive orders that were reversed under Obama, but instead they gained moral and equal rights.

In contrast, Donald Trump has signed several executive orders disregarding the wishes of the majority of American citizens. Because of this alone, that is why I think there should be restrictions on a president’s ability to reverse his or her predecessor’s initiatives. Trump’s most recent change is the executive order aimed at rolling back the Cuba policies adopted during Obama’s administration. Obama had opened more business channels between the U.S. and the Cuban people, which President Trump just ended in his latest executive order. One of the first regulations that Trump opposed was Obama’s executive order on gun control. Obama made it mandatory that information be released on those who are mentally ill and included in background checks, making it impossible for those with certain diagnoses to buy guns. With all the senseless killing, including those of infants and children done by those who are mentally ill, a more strict gun policy would be effective, but Trump nullified Obama’s rule.

Even though not all people with mental illnesses are violent and harmful, Obama was taking an extra step of precaution to decrease gun violence in America.

Several issues result from efforts by sitting presidents to do away with the initiatives of the former one. It allows the president to govern the country in a way that they feel would allow them to deliver their promises to their supporters better, but it does not acknowledge the needs of the country as a whole.

Limitations to this power are necessary because millions of people’s lives are being altered for the worse just to please one person and their supporters. American citizens do not deserve to have their basic human rights taken away from them because one group of people feel it would benefit them better. Every time a new president comes into office, he or she should not be able to disrupt the lives of millions without there being some sort of guidelines or limitations. As a president, I think your main concern should be making sure the majority of citizens are content with their government and trying to make changes to benefit and help them, not harm them. www.chicagodefender.com

JOHN H. SENGSTACKE

Celebrating the Life of John H. Sengstacke As 2017 is the 20th Anniversary of John H. Sengstacke’s death, the Defender will do a four-week tribute of archival photos to celebrate the life of its former publisher.

John H. Sengstacke WOODSON REGIONAL LIBRARY EXHIBIT: John H. Sengstacke and Dr. Cannutte N. Russell, Woodson Regional Library board member, review the historic exhibit “We Salute The Chicago Defender.”

John H. Sengstacke presents President Truman with the Robert S. Abbott Award.

John H. Sengstacke (center) chats with WGN-TV’s Merri Dee during the “Bud Back to School Special Celebration.”

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John H. Sengstacke and Dr. Roy Hudson, former president of Hampton University.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Not Your Typical Pastor: Mary L. Datcher Defender Senior Staff Writer This past season, the OWN Network premiered The Book of John Gray, a docu-series that followed the life of John Gray and his family. An associate pastor at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, he works closely with wife, Aventer, both parents of two children, guiding their extended families and everyday people on personal challenges.

Growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio, Gray was raised by a single mother when his parents divorced when he was young. Understanding the constraints of raising children on her own, Alicia Gray’s love never faltered. Their spiritual commitment was even stronger as Gray grew up—his earlier beliefs helped carry him. He would watch his mother extend a helping hand beyond cultural boundaries to the poor, constantly inviting unwed mothers and the homeless into their home.

Leaving home on a college academic scholarship, Gray soon returned home, devastated by his grandmother’s death. He began to do some soul-searching afterward, enrolling at The University of Cincinnati where he joined the school’s traveling Gospel choir.

He would later join the cast in a musical tour starring Grammy Award-winning recording artist, Kirk Franklin, bringing together all of his talents through his spiritual faith.

Gray’s unique sense of comedy, acting and musical ability would land him roles on television shows such as Sister, Sister and clear the path to pursue his calling to minister.

He maintains a steady support system of mentors who have guided him, which includes Christian leader and author A.R. Bernard Christian and Dr. James L. Morman. The Defender caught up with Gray as he wrapped up a successful season one of his new television show on OWN.

The Book of John Gray

“I believe with this show, it’s about just showing one family’s journey as we walk out our faith authentically but also walk with people who are in real challenging situations because we’re very normal people and we’re super normal, but we do believe in a supernatural God, and I make no apologies for that.”

For those who aren’t familiar with the first season of The Book of John Gray, what kind of topics does the series address?

This show is about the intersection of faith and humanity; you have a very real family where faith is our foundation. What makes it unique is that each week we are constantly introduced to new people who are walking through new

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challenges and new difficulties, but they are committed to the process, and my wife and I get to walk with people through real challenges outside of the four walls of the church. I think that’s what makes the show unique; we’re meeting people where they are.

Isn’t that pretty much a normal process for most people when they have to deal with day-to-day challenges and obstacles — to reach beyond a higher power for that foundation?

The truth is westernized Christians in many places are very insular and they don’t reach outside of themselves very often. Most people revert to their comfort zones.

It’s very easy for churches to say, ‘Come to where we are,’ but very few are active in the community or reaching outside of those four walls; not necessarily the people who are members, but people who are believers.

We encounter people who have some faith, no faith or faith in another power. My issue and my calling are to be faithful and to be honorable to that which I adhere to while honoring other people’s right to feel what they feel. But if there’s something of value that I can give, and I do, when you talk about the challenge — there are some people who don’t believe in anything other than themselves. So, we’re in an age of moral relativism and secular humanism; we’re in an era now where people are screaming ‘live your truth.’ In many segments of American society, faith is a dinosaur, and that’s just what it is.

Too many people have used the church as a bully pulpit for particular agendas, and for some who have attempted to manipulate or shame people into changing, it has become a negative connotation.

I believe with this show, it’s about just showing one family’s

journey as we walk out our faith authentically but also walk with people who are in real challenging situations because we’re very normal people and we’re super normal, but we do believe in a supernatural God, and I make no apologies for that.

Give me an example, Pastor Gray, of how your outreach has affected people who you and your wife have helped outside of the four walls of the church?

We are helping a family; a husband and wife, who are struggling to conceive. They had a child, and it’s a miracle little girl, but the mother wants more children, and the father is kind of okay either way. But they had spent thousands of dollars on in vitro fertilization, and there was a lot of stress and pressure on the marriage, which affected their intimacy. We talked with them, and we walked with them—my wife walked a lot closer with the wife than I did and I spent time with the husband understanding his heart.

My job as a pastor, and as a father, is to say, ‘I know you guys want more kids’ but there’s a miracle living in your house right now.

We also pray, so, at the end of the episode, it turns out they’re now pregnant with twins.

We also talk about what it means to be a young African-American man, the necessity of your education, your moral center, what it means to go after your educational goals, and the realities of the unbalanced playing field. We deal with weight and diabetes. So, it is a broad spectrum of things.

What are some things that you want viewers to walk away with?

I want people to know that there are no accidental lives. You can’t sneak into the earth; you have to be spoken into the earth.

I believe that God created every human being with the exact same value. Every person that we encounter has a touch of the Divine.

Do people do wrong things? Absolutely. Do people make horrible decisions? Yes. That’s called free will, but there are also people who do great things, and unexpected things that are a part of what I believe are God’s tapestry and the mosaic of humanity. I want people to know that no challenge or issue is beyond their ability to overcome.

These are altruistic ideals, but I also think for a man of faith that it is a moral necessity that we honor the gift of life by speaking life to everybody and honoring people; whether they honor us or not. We must do it without manipulation, and we must do it without apology. www.chicagodefender.com

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In Pursuit of the White Whale Lookingglass Theatre Company Presents MOBY DICK Adapted and Directed By David Catlin From The Book By Herman Melville June 7, 2017 – September 3, 2017

By Rick and Brenda McCain Defender Contributing Writers The Lookingglass Theatre’s version of Moby Dick is not your usual theater production. You won’t encounter a huge white whale, nor will you see the fierce and roaring seas or the big boat sailing in pursuit; however, what you will see is the obsession with one man’s desire to avenge the world of a great evil that plagues the seas.

But wait, don’t get upset; get excited because their adaptation brings you into the lives of the men who dared to pursue this legendary whale.

The book draws from Herman Melville’s life and experience in the sea. Legend has it that an actual albino whale called Mocha Dick and the story’s illustrious and wellknown ending is based on a whale sinking a ship called the Essex. For those who may have never read the book, this classic orbits around Captain Ahab’s unyielding fixa-

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tion over an enormous and gigantic whale renamed Moby Dick.

Ahab’s leg being severed off during a previous pursuit of the creature made him even more gripped by his schizophrenic passion for killing the beast. Willing to sacrifice everything and seemingly anyone, which includes his own life, he brings together a couple of lost souls seeking to find their own identity into the saga of life or death to defeat his nemesis.

Ishmael travels from Manhattan Island to New Bedford with an ambiguous idea to join himself with a group of men on a whaling voyage. He misses the ferry and must find shelter, but all of the inns were filled or overcrowded. His only lodging is with the seemingly crazy and peculiar tattooed Polynesian Queequeg, whose father is king of Rokovoko. This is where the adaptation changed into a harmonious ballet as Ishmael and Queequeg performs a marvelous nightmarish soirée. After listening to a sermon of Jonah, they both head to Nantucket to begin the reckless voyage of Moby Dick.

A Whale of a Story!

Directed by David Catlin, this adaption of Moby Dick will take you on a long, arduous journey of seven men who came together at the ship Pequod. The 1851 published book that begins with “Called me Ishmael,” was taken to new heights lit-

erally. Mixed with what I would call Greek Mythology meets Circus Soleil, this play will keep you mesmerized with the different feelings of determination, dedication, destiny and rebelliousness with reality. As I stated earlier, there is no giant whale but David, who we can only describe as one of the most passionate director’s we have ever met, brings to life this phenomenal creature in the form of spirits cascading upon the waters of your imagination.

It will make your imagination soar with excitement!

This theatrical edition of Moby Dick is filled with beautiful performances of ballet, drama and high-wired aerial gymnasium that will delight your soul. From the spirits walking among the stage, to the magnificent and breathtaking dance of death to the seas. If you are an avid reader or sophisticated theater enthusiast, the escalation of spiraling scenes and the décor of emotions throughout this play will leave you overjoyed.

We recommend this play.

The cast includes: Kelly Abell (Fate #1, Innkeeper) Jamie Abelson (Ishmael – evening performances) Kareem Bandealy (Starbuck, Bunger/ Lookingglass Ensemble) Walter Owen Briggs (Ishmael – matinee

Actor Anthony Fleming III, who plays Queequeg performances) Cordelia Dewdney (Fate #3, Mary Starbuck, Crone) Micah Figueroa (Cabaco, Captain of New Bedford Whaleship) Anthony Fleming III (Queequeg/Lookingglass Ensemble Member) Raymond Fox (Stubbs, Captain Boomer, Captain Gardiner/Lookingglass Ensemble Member) Mattie Hawkinson (Fate #2, Sea Fate, Cetologist) Nathan Hosner (Captain Ahab) Javen Ulambayar (Mungun).

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Whether you’re looking for a dinner menu, or a dessert oasis in the midst of the heat, we’ve collected an array of choices for the discerning palate. Check our list of the hot spots, six of ‘em, that have captured our hearts and appetites.

By Kennedy Horton Defender Contributing Writer 1. Anita’s Gumbo 8100 S Stony Island Ave, Chicago, IL 60617 http://anitasgumbo.com At the intersection of Southern and comfort, there’s Anita’s Gumbo. Topping the list of mouth-watering eateries, this restaurant is perfect for the eater with a Southern craving. Their gumbo selections are packed full of tender meat, melt-inyour-mouth veggies, and tangy roux that will ignite your heart and senses amidst the excitement of the city. They even deliver!

2. Flavor Restaurant 5091 Sauk Trail Dr., Richton Park, IL 60471.

Located in the Lakewood Plaza http://www.flavordining.com/ Flavor Restaurant is a stellar place to dine in the South Suburbs. The food is delectable, with a joyous, lively atmosphere to complement. Check out their famous grits, bread pudding, or any flavor of their traditional pancakes. There’s truly something for everybody. They even cater!

3. Brown Sugar Bakery 328 E. 75th St, Chicago, IL 60619 http://www.brownsugarbakerychicago. com/ For a family-friendly dessert, Brown Sugar Bakery is an ideal venue. The vast array of pies, cobblers, brownies, and cakes to

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last at least a week make this spot a delicious, sweet-smelling gem in Chicago. At Brown Sugar Bakery, one is getting more than what they pay for; the quality outweighs the quantity every time.

4. Original Soul Vegetarian 203 E. 75th St, Chicago, IL 60619 http://www.originalsoulvegetarian.com Are you a vegetarian or vegan? At the top of this list, there’s Original Soul Vegetarian, a health cognizant soul food restaurant that is 100 percent green and 100 percent delicious. For over 30 years, they’ve provided a varied selection that even a meat-lover would have to appreciate, all while remaining plant based and chemical free.

5. Garifuna Flava 2518 W. 63rd St, Chicago, IL 60629 Wishing to be in the islands this summer?

Visit Garifuna Flava to meet that island hunger. In Chicago, this is a staple of Latin American and Caribbean cuisine. They’ve got everything from Jamaican Jerk Chicken to Belizean Stew Chicken, and an assemblage of piquant soups and salads to choose from, all of which are sure to keep your appetite satisfied.

6. MacArthur’s Restaurant 5412 W Madison St, Chicago, IL 60644 http://macarthursrestaurant.com/ Here’s a Southern style treasure that can hold its own with the hearty heavy-hitters.

With daily breakfast and a different lunch/ dinner menu every day, you’re sure to always be in Homestyle heaven. Not only are the portion sizes large enough for a takehome bag, but the food is fresh and delicious. Enjoy fried catfish, hamhocks, or a thick omelet if you get there early enough.

Best of all, the prices are outstanding. If you’re looking for fullness and satisfaction, the place to be is MacArthur’s. www.chicagodefender.com

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Cook County Commissioner Robert Steele’s Homegoing Service at Freedom Baptist Church (Photos By Mary Datcher)

Men of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. Dedication

Casket beautifully crowned in flowers

Mother of Robert Steele, former Cook County Board President Bobbie Steele

Kim Stratton rendered a powerful musical selection.

Alderman Michael Scott (24th Ward)

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, President, Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Pictured (left) Carri Ponder, Steele’s niece, performs a poem.

Former Illinois State Rep. Arthur Turner, Sr.

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27th Annual Chosen Few DJs House Picnic at Jackson Park (Photos By Mary Datcher)

l-r Jesse Saunders, Kim Parnell, Alan King, Andre Hampton, Steve “Silk” Hurley, CeCe Peniston, Robin Robinson, Tony Hatchett

Alderman Leslie Hairston (5th Ward) addressess crowd.

Robin Robinson, emcee Chosen Few DJs Picnic

CeCe Peniston performs at Chosen Few DJs House Picnic.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle

Chosen Few DJ Mike Dunn Empire TV Star Jussie Smollett at Chosen Few DJs House Picnic.

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Friend, Pat Edwards, Caryn Lee, Lady Red, Juan Teague, Cynthia Johnson

Jussie Smollett and Alderman Sophia King (4th Ward)

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Teaching History Through Stories and Soulful Food

By Denise Watson The Virginian-Pilot An iron pot warmed over the fire waiting for the African American cook to pour in the stock. A spider pan, to stand above smoldering coals, would be for sautéing the onions, celery and diced carrots to season and thicken the meal.

This was 18th century cooking in Colonial Williamsburg: an African American woman outside chopped up wood; another African American cook stoked the fire and assisted.

During a recent living history demonstration, the three people had a story to tell, and it would begin with blackeyed pea soup.

Michael Twitty, a culinary historian and the cook for the day, sorted out his ingredients in the outdoor kitchen behind the Peyton Randolph house.

The stock was pre-made and vegetables pre-chopped because Twitty, the first in Colonial Williamsburg’s “Revolutionaries in Residence” program, was cooking an authentic period dish but had another demonstration on the schedule.

Still, Twitty is all about authenticity, from the spices he was using to the cloth pants and vest he was wearing.

“They gave me stuff in plastic, and I don’t know what plastic is,” he mumbled as a few onlookers crowded into the kitchen.

“And that magic thing you have,” Twitty said, looking at a man holding a camera. “I don’t know what that is. Who you be?”

As the kitchen filled with the smells of collard greens and cloves, people would learn who Twitty is and the story he feels he must tell.

Twitty, 40, is an award-winning blogger and author, and an international speaker about his work in promoting African American foodways and their origins in Africa and their transformation through the Diaspora.

Not many chefs can rage against myths, falsehoods and the status quo, and make people hungry at the same time. Twitty does, deliciously.

He preaches about culinary justice: Why have so many White Americans capitalized on the recipes and techniques that were passed down by Black cooks who never got the credit? Why do Blacks in the Sea Islands off South Carolina’s coast have to give up the lands on which they fished and grew wholesome foods for centuries for resort development? How do we as a society teach young people that cooking and gardening, mainstays of the past, could be viable careers for their futures?

His sermons include names like Southern cook Paula Deen, Diana Kennedy - who has been called the Julia Child of Mexican cooking - and Rick Bayless, an American who has created an entertainment and food brand based on Mexican cuisine.

“When was the last time you saw a Mexican American with a Ph.D. in his or her culture running a multimillion-dollar restaurant empire not selling garbage food to Americans but actual gourmet foods ... showing the gloriousness of the Mexican table?” Twitty asked while cooking.

“No, you have Rick Bayless and Diana Kennedy repping Mexican food. That’s what I’m talking about. People of color get told all the time, why don’t you get a job? Why don’t you work hard? ... When the culinary field became something you needed a degree for, they kicked all the Black folks out of the kitchen.”

Colonial Williamsburg developed the Revolutionaries in Residence program to bring in modern thinkers to add to the country’s complicated history on display in the living museum. Twitty will come to the former Colonial capital throughout the year for cooking demonstrations and lectures, and to check on a garden he created for his cooking.

He has also developed dishes that are being featured in several local taverns.

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During the summer, slaves cooked outside. Twitty says a large fire was built under a tree, two wooden forks were driven into the ground on opposite sides of the fire, a pole laid on the forks and on this kettles were hung over the fire for the preparation of the food.

Twitty will be in Williamsburg for five days.

CW’s president and CEO, Mitchell Reiss, said in a statement that Twitty was an easy pick as the one to launch the program.

“I can think of no one better suited to begin that journey than Michael Twitty, who illuminates huge aspects of our shared history that too often have been overlooked.”

Twitty grew up in the Washington, D.C., area in a neighborhood of various ethnicities and faiths; his mother bought Jewish challah loaves from the local bakery. Twitty gained such an appreciation for Judaism and he converted as an adult. He taught at a Hebrew school and now cooks matzo-meal fried chicken and barbecued brisket.

He also grew up with the stories of his families, the people who were enslaved in the South and after emancipation eventually migrated to the North for better opportunities. Several ancestors have roots in Virginia.

Twitty was always interested in food (he often points out that he’s “healthily built”), but he also was curious about history. He focused on Afro-American studies and anthropology at Howard University and then set out on his own discovery. Twitty learned authentic antebellum cooking; he learned how to pick cotton and did so on various former Southern plantations to know what it was like for his ancestors, as recently as his father’s generation, to do the back-breaking work.

In 2011, he started “The Cooking Gene Project” to ex-

plore the evolution of certain dishes through his genealogy from Africa and Europe to the South. He traced his lineage and set out on a “ Southern Discomfort Tour” to go to places his ancestors lived, including the White families who owned his ancestors but were also related to them. He cooked throughout the South, inviting people to eat and drink authentic fare in order to discuss the history that makes so many people uncomfortable.

“If communication doesn’t work,” he said. “You feed them.”

Those experiences will be released in his book “The Cooking Gene” in August. Twitty also created a blog, Afroculinaria, where he posts about his travels and in 2013 wrote what launched him into the international sphere.

In 2013, Deen, the popular Georgia cook, faced an avalanche of criticism after she revealed in a court deposition that she had used a racial epithet. She later lost her cooking show on the Food Network and her partnership with Smithfield Foods.

Twitty took to his blog and wrote Deen an open letter.

He told her he wasn’t surprised by her language. He was shocked that America was surprised. No, he said, he had another issue with her.

“Don’t forget that the Southern food you have been crowned the queen of was made into an art largely in the hands of enslaved cooks, some like the ones who prepared food on your ancestors’ Georgia plantation,” he wrote.

“Your barbecue is my West African babbake, your fried chicken, your red rice, your hoecake, your watermelon, your black-eyed peas, your Crowder peas, your muskmelon, your tomatoes, your peanuts, your hot peppers, your Brunswick stew and okra soup ... have inextricable ties to the plantation South and its often-Black Majority coming from strong roots in West and Central Africa.”

He then invited her to cook with him at a former plantation. Deen never responded, but the letter was picked up by news outlets, shared on social media and read around the world.

Twitty soon had thousands of followers on his social sites, and his blog became an award winner. Twitty was invited by the TED organization to join its slate of 2016 fellows. He has lectured from Oxford, England, to Oxford, Miss.

He shared the stories as he stirred and tasted his soup on a recent stop in Williamsburg. The kitchen smelled of collards and peas.

Twitty and Harold Caldwell, a historical interpreter working alongside him, said a difficult part of their roles as historians is to deal with people who question them, even though the two can dish out details as easily as picking up a salt bowl. A few people resist knowing the influence of Native American culture on foods, like shrimp and grits, and the fact that enslaved Africans cultivated corn in Africa long before coming to America. And, yes, Blacks had access to seemingly exotic peppers and spices in Williamsburg, because of the bustling city’s trade.

Caldwell and Twitty said that when Africans were brought to this soil, they scrounged and looked for plants and herbs that looked like the ingredients they’d used in their homeland.

“It’s all about the strength and the will to live,” Caldwell said. “It’s exactly the American story.”

Twitty said that while he concentrates on the African Diaspora, he ultimately wants people to see how Americans are connected.

“White people say, ‘I eat that food, too, does that make me Black?’” Twitty said, mimicking the mocking tone some people have used with the question.

“Yes, actually it does, and maybe that’s a line I need to say for you: ‘This makes me part of African civilization.’

Absolutely! It makes you part of a larger story that is not bound by the boundaries of the United States.” www.chicagodefender.com

IN THE MIXX

In the MIXX: Illinois State Budget, Violence Escalates and Summertime Chi Keeps It Moving

By Mary L. Datcher Defender Senior Staff Writer The 4th of July festivities began on an early foot last week, carrying into this week as folks reluctantly find themselves back at work. Unfortunately, the constraints of passing a state budget for our Illinois lawmakers was a frustrating and dueling task among both parties.

On Sunday, the Illinois General Mary L. Datcher Assembly moved Amendment 3 to Senate Bill 9, which includes a state income tax hike, passed by a 72-45 vote that included 15 Republican votes. The vote total was one more than the super-majority necessary.

According to the Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance, the House then immediately moved to Senate Bill 6, a balanced budget bill, which passed by an 81-34 vote. That bill included $350 million additional education funding for the evidence-based school funding model as well as increased funding for regular transportation for schools.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel responded to the efforts of the House and Senate’s swift actions. “I want to thank the host of Democrats and Republicans who came together tonight in bipartisan fashion to put the people of Illinois ahead of political party. This bipartisan budget is a major step forward to ending three years of inaction in Springfield. This bipartisan budget will prevent Illinois’ most vulnerable from losing their safety net, keep road projects active and keep people at work, ensure schools across the state open next month, and prevent Illinois from being downgraded to junk status,” he said.

Troubling Times Last week’s tweets by 45 has received criticism from both sides of the political aisle as he continues to degrade media outlets who tend to call him out on a regular. His latest rant about sending federal troops to Chicago as a result of the city’s gun violence crisis is becoming more real by the day. There is no fear from offenders.

The latest incident which involved a federal agent’s car being stolen at a West Loop gas station while he left the vehicle running—is a bold but dangerous move. The unmarked car had several firearms inside as the suspect sped off. We are deeply in troubling times and it is a citywide problem that captures more headlines in Black neighborhoods than predominately White communities. There have been a series of vehicle thefts in the Bronzeville community and it has placed the city in defense stance.

Taste of Chicago Kicks Off One of the most anticipated Chicago festivals kicks off this week; The Taste of Chicago takes place in Grant Park from July 5-9. The food and entertainment festival is the largest in the Midwest and attracts nearly half of a million attendees to the beautiful downtown lakefront.

There is so much to look forward to at this year’s festival from cooking demonstrations, live performances and DJs, kid friendly activities and a variety of food booths showcasing the best of Chicago’s signature restaurants.

On Wednesday, make sure to check out performances by The Boy Illinois at the Bud Light Stage; Alessia Cara and Eryn Allen Kane at the Petrillo Music Band Shell. On Thursday, the steppers come out at Chicago’s SummerDance for “A Tribute to Herb Kent” with music by Eric ‘ET’ Taylor. On Friday, live painting with artists Tyrue “Slang” Jones and others at the Street Art & Graffiti Alley from 12pm-6pm.

Concert headliners Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals take place at Petrillo Music Shell and the party continues for the househeads with Chicago SummerDance and Steve “Miggedy” Maestro. On Saturday, M.A.D.D. Rhythms perform at Stomping Grounds Chicago and Salsa dancing with Chicago SummerDance. On Sunday, kid-friendly entertainment and cooking demonstrations from 10am-7pm, DJ Julio Bishop wraps up final day at the CH Distillery Cocktails and the legendary O’Jays perform at the Petrillo Music Shell.

There is too much to do at this year’s festival and for a full schedule, please visit: cityofchicago.com Birthday Shout-Outs We know why we love these wonderful

The O’Jays perform at The Taste of Chicago (Photo By Raymond Boyd) www.chicagodefender.com

Pictured l-r: R&B singer Mya; Cece Penniston and Chicago singer John Blu backstage at the Chosen Few DJs House Picnic. (Photo By Mary L. Datcher)

“Invite Only Cabo” stars Larry Sims (left) and Jermane Britton (right) with George Daniels (center) at the Chicago viewing party.

4th of July babies! Happy belated birthday wishes to Cook County assistant state’s attorney Natalie Howse; DJ Titus Gunn; actor and music producer Brian Keys; and one of my favorite DJs Boolumaster.

A Westside native and great DJ, DJ Bo; ABC-7 sportscaster Jim Rose and 2017 Men of Excellence recipient Marcus Betts celebrate July 5. The celebration continues with a special shout-out to my little sister Janea Datcher; PR maven Micaeh Johnson; and DJ Kwest. Throw your hands in the air for Judge Travis Richardson; WGCI morning show host Leon Rogers; Phaedra Leslie; and community powerbroker Rev. Leon Finney, Jr. on July 7. On July 8, the birthday roll call continues with music and entertainment photographer Raymond Boyd; Merlin Fozzy Barnes and forever Chi-town—former WGCI FM Operations Director Elroy Smith.

Celebrity Sightings Chicago is one of the best cities to go “below the radar” but still make an impact.

Celebrity hairstylist and star of the breakout hit Bravo’s “Invite-Only Cabo” was spotted at Portillo’s. The Chicago native is in town spending time with family and hosted an intimate viewing party on Sunday evening at the swanky LuxBar with his closest BFFs. Long-time friend, fellow cast member and Westside native Jermane

Chicago Boyd

photographer

Raymond

Britton was also on hand.

In town for the Good Vibes Music Festival in Aurora, R&B artist and dancer Mya made an appearance at the 27th Annual Chosen Few DJs House Music picnic this past Saturday. Other appearances included Empire star and singer Jussie Smollett, who wowed the crowd—stopping for selfies and hugs. Platinum recording artist and hometown star R. Kelly stopped by the House music festival on Sunday afternoon.

City Winery had a packed-out venue with back-to-back shows featuring neo-soul favorite Eric Roberson on Friday and Saturday evenings.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

JULY Now-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 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: 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 (773) 805-4879

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.

July 8-9 43rd Annual Arts & Crafts Festival: Here’s To You Dr. Margaret Burroughs: Connecting Black Art & History – Celebrating Excellence DuSable Museum 740 E. 56th place Chicago Noon-10 p.m.

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

Watoto Children’s Choir

July 9 On The Beach: Remastered Honoring Phil Cohran At the 63rd Street Beach House Bring blankets. Food trucks and concessions will be available Cost: FREE

July 15 MJB Golf Classic The Marcus J. Bradshaw Foundation’s inaugural MJB Golf Classic to honor the memory of Marcus J. Bradshaw and celebrate their scholarship award recipients. The MJB Golf Classic will include breakfast, on-course games and prizes, tee tables, and a raffle, as well as the scholarship luncheon, hosted by ABC 7 sportscaster Jim Rose, with former Chicago Bear Chris Zorich, as the luncheon speaker.

7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Glenwoodie Golf Club 19301 South State Street Glenwood, IL 60425 For more information about the event, please contact Crystal Phillips-Pierce at (708) 639-7200 or info@mjbf.org.

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

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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

July 15 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.

July 15 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 we’re ready to do it again. The Silver Room Block Party attracts a crowd from all parts of the city and country. We close the streets, open our hearts and fill ourselves with music, art and love. Join us in our 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

July 19 DuSable Museum presents Sounds of History Jazz Series The Centennial Celebration of Ella Fitzgerald Featuring Dee Alexander and Denise Thimes 6 p.m.

740 E. 56th place Cost: FREE Bring your blankets and chairs and enjoy jazz on the lawn.

In case of rain, event will be held in the museum theater.

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

September 30 The 20th Annual Chicago Football Classic Grambling State University Tigers VS. Clark Atlanta University Panthers Kick-off: 3:30 p.m.

Soldier Field For more information or tickets, visit chicagofootballclassic.biz

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ANNOUNCEMENT

Mayor Emanuel Joins Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas to Celebrate the Grand Opening of its New Training Center in Little Village The new state-of-the-art facility will train current workers while preparing students for future jobs in the gas/energy field

The new Peoples Energy Training Center will train more than 1600 utility workers and fire officials across the region, as well as provide vocational training.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel last week joined Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas President and CEO Charles Matthews; Alderman Ricardo Munoz (22nd); Illinois Senator Martin Sandoval and other community leaders in celebrating the grand opening of Peoples Energy Training Center, a new utilities training center in the Little Village. The state-of-the-art facility will provide annual training to more than 1,600 utility workers and fire officials across the region, while also providing much-needed vocational programming to help prepare Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students for future jobs in the gas and energy field.

“Today we are opening more than a training center; we are opening the doors to future job opportunities for our youth,” said Mayor Emanuel. “Training is a critical component that will ensure our workforce, both current and future, have the skills they need to compete for stable, well-paying jobs in the growing field of energy. And I want to commend Peoples Gas for working to bring this important resource to Chicago.”

“Turning this once vacant piece of property into a state-of-the-art training center for generations of workers was only possible because so many people shared a vision of what could be accomplished together,” Matthews said. “Our customers, CPS, the city of Chicago and the local community will all share in the benefits of this facility.”

The new facility will be home to the Peoples Gas Utility Training program, a vocational job training partnership with CPS. The program kicks-off this summer and will prepare students from Dunbar Vocational, Fenger, Little Village, Lawndale, and other area high schools for potential jobs as “Gas-Track” Workers following graduation. www.chicagodefender.com

Gas City Key Ceremony “Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas have made a major investment in our vibrant Little Village community, one that will create jobs and provide educational and economic opportunities for our local businesses and primarily Mexican residents,” said Alderman Ricardo Muñoz (22nd Ward). “The CPS partnership is especially significant because it will provide our youth additional educational and career opportunities to help them succeed and make their families proud.”

The Peoples Gas Utility Training program includes: •A six week summer internship for two cohorts of 15 to 20 juniors and/or seniors to experience the Natural Gas industry; •Roughly five field trips to the training center and other experiential opportunities; and •After school training courses for seniors to prepare for natural gas industry job opportunities.

The new 100,000 square-foot training

center located at 4228 W. 35th Place features indoor and outdoor training areas, including a fully functioning natural gas delivery system that includes 20 structures for training in system maintenance, gas leak investigation, excavation and directional drilling. The campus also includes an area for fire prevention training with the Chicago Fire Department and an area for commercial driver’s license training.

“I’m excited the new $20 million Peoples Energy Training Center is coming to the Little Village community, the 11th district of where I represent the people on the southwest side of Chicago,” said Senator Sandoval. “Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas along with the Illinois General Assembly have come together in partnership to invest in training the future workforce of the energy industry. The partnership with CPS and Mayor Rahm Emanuel are essential in getting our youth involved, and enabling students to receive the training necessary to compete for stable, well-paying jobs in the growing energy industry.”

Gas City Trainees Construction of the facility was led

by Ujamaa Construction Inc., a Chicago-based, minority-owned general contractor. Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas also worked with two regional engineering firms to design the center.

“We are truly grateful to have been selected by Peoples Gas to complete this outstanding state-of-the-art facility, that represents so many opportunities and future possibilities for us, the community and for Peoples Gas,” said Jimmy Akintonde, CEO, Ujamaa Construction, Inc. “Peoples Gas and North Shore Gas have a strong view of diversity and inclusion, which enabled Ujamaa to complete this magnificent project with a record of more than 90 percent minority contractor participation.”

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C L A S S I F I E D S LEGAL NOTICE ATTENTION If you are a former 10/1/99 CHA leaseholder who has an interest in exercising your right to return, please read the information listed below.

The Draft Tenant Selection Plan (TSP), Lease, and other documents that will apply to resident occupancy at Independence or Northtown Apartments are available for review and comments.

Independence Apartments will be in the Irving Park community area, and Northtown Apartments will be in the West Ridge community area, Chicago, IL. Units within these developments will be available for eligible 10/1/1999 leaseholders who have yet to satisfy their right of return under the Relocation Rights Contract and eligible public housing applicants. The Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), to bring housing opportunities to the Northwest Side of Chicago, has worked in consultation with the developer to draft a TSP and Lease for use at both Independence and Northtown Apartments.

The 30-day public comment period will be held for CHA to receive oral and written comments on June 28 (8 a.m.) and ends July 28, 2017 (5 p.m.). While CHA encourages and welcomes all residents and the community-at-large to review the proposed updates to the TSPs and attend the hearing, you are not required to attend the public comment hearing to submit comments.

The date, time, and location of the public comment hearing is as follows: •July 12, 6:00pm: Budlong Woods Library, 5630 N Lincoln, Chicago, IL Public housing residents and the public may submit comments on Independence and/or Northtown Apartments Draft TSP, Lease, and other documents during the public comment period. All comments must be received by 5:00 p.m. on July 28, 2017.

Copies of both Independence and Northtown Apartments TSP, Lease, & other documents will be available beginning June 28, until July 28, 2017 (5 p.m.) at the following locations: • • • • • • • • •

CHA and HCV Administrative Offices 60 E Van Buren St Central Advisory Council Office 243 E 32nd St HCV Regional Office – South 10 W 35th St HCV Regional Office – West 2750 W Roosevelt Rd Family Investment Center (FIC) 4859 S Wabash St Chinese Mutual Aid Association 1016 W Argyle St LUCHA 3541 W North Ave Claretian Associates 9108 S Brandon Ave www.thecha.org

Mail, E-mail or Fax comments to: • Chicago Housing Authority • Attention: Independence and/or Northtown Apartments Draft TSP & Lease • 60 E. Van Buren Street, 12th Floor • Chicago, IL 60605 • commentontheplan@thecha.org • Fax 312. 913.7837 If you have a question about this notice, please call the CHA at 312.913-7300.

To request a reasonable accommodation, please call 312.913.7690.

TTY 866.331.3603

LEGAL NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE Christian Community Health Center (CCHC) Public Bid Notice CCHC, a community-based 501(c) 3 and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) has been awarded a HRSA HIIP grant for its Chicago location at 9718 S. Halsted Street, Chicago IL, for building & parking lot repairs and improvements, and IT improvements.

Subject to conditions prescribed by CCHC, is seeking sealed bids for a CM at Risk. Electronic versions of the bidding documents will be made available to qualified interested parties by contracting the Architect’s office, info below.

JGMA www.jgma.com 312.895.4438 attn: Kevin Meyer Please submit all questions electronically by emailing, kevin@jgma.com. A pre-bid meeting will be held on July 06th 2017 at 9 a.m. at 9718 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60628.

Bids must include a list of references, similar projects, project team, current workload and a completed Statement of Bidder’s Qualifications. Bidders must demonstrate construction experience related to similar projects. Bids should be presented to CCHC Corporate Office, located at 9718 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL 60628 by Jul 10th 2017 at 2pm. The successful bid will be awarded on July 18th 2017 with construction estimated to begin in August of 2017 and completion in January 2018.

A bid bond is required at the time of submittal and equivalent to five percent of the bid price. Additionally, the contractor will be required to purchase a Performance Bond and Labor and Material Payment Bond in the amount of 100% of the contract amount.

Please note that the contractor must comply with the Davis-Bacon Act and all other requirement as specified by HRSA. CCHC reserves the right to reject any/or all bids and to waive any informality in the bidding.

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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LEGAL NOTICE

PROPERTY FOR SALE

PROPERTY FOR SALE

PROPERTY FOR SALE

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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-SP1; Plaintiff, vs.

JOSE YANEZ; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR PEOPLE’S CHOICE HOME LOAN, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS; BLUE VIEW CORPORATION; Defendants, 15 CH 18664 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, August 10, 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. 20-07-425-006-0000.

Commonly known as 5415 South Winchester Avenue, Chicago, IL 60609.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. 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 Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

15-015418 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL ALEXANDER A/K/A MICHAEL STEPHEN ALEXANDER, VERA D. ALEXANDER, TCF NATIONAL BANK Defendants 12 CH 17842 624 WEST ENGLEWOOD 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 10, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 14, 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 624 WEST ENGLEWOOD AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-321-085-0000.

The real estate is improved with a two story single family home; no garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500.

Please refer to file number 1814.

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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLEY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR NEWLANDS ASSET HOLDING TRUST Plaintiff, -v.CAROLE NEACE A/K/A CAROLE S NEACE A/K/A CAROLE SUE NEACE Defendants 13 CH 05461 10951 SOUTH BUFFALO AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60617 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 12, 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 10951 SOUTH BUFFALO AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60617 Property Index No. 26-18-216-021; 2618-216-050.

The real estate is improved with a single family home with a detached two car garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 2505.

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.

1. 148 Latonya Hardges 2. 160 Denise Riley 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 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. 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 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

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name In the conduct or transaction of Business in the State, “as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County, Registration Number: D17151279 on the June 27, 2017. Under the Assumed Name of PEDI-SOCK with the business located at 11240 S. CHAMPLAIN AVE. 1ST. FLOOR, CHICAGO, IL 60628. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owners(s)/partner(s) is: Owner/Partner Full Name: TRACI WILLIAMS, Complete Address: 11240 S. CHAMPLAIN AVE. 1ST. FLOOR, CHICAGO, IL 60628, USA

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17-000206 F2 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

CARVELLE A. SMITH; ARLINDA C. SMITH AKA ARLINDA CROWDER SMITH; CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 13, 2009 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 8002353138; Defendants, 17 ch 1541 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, August 7, 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. 20-21-328-026-0000.

Commonly known as 7018 South Stewart Avenue, Chicago, IL 60653.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. 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 Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

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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.

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 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.

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.

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 MCCORMICK 105, LLC Plaintiff, -v.SAMUEL CLARK A/K/A SAM CLARK A/K/A SAMUEL L. CLARK, MARY STEWARD, UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 2016 CH 16148 12001 S. EGGLESTON AVE Chicago, IL 60628 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 2, 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 46 AND THE NORTH 14 FEET OF LOT 45 IN BLOCK 20 IN WEST PULLMAN SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 AND THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 28, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 14 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 12001 S. EGGLESTON AVE, Chicago, IL 60628 Property Index No. 25-28-115-031-0000.

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

The judgment amount was $188,737.14.

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: NOONAN & LIEBERMAN, 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1800, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 431-1455 Please refer to file number 1889-60.

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

NOONAN & LIEBERMAN 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1800 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 431-1455 E-Mail: intake@noonanandlieberman. com Attorney File No. 1889-60 Attorney Code. 38245 Case Number: 2016 CH 16148 TJSC#: 37-5946 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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Josie Lawrence ….. Wake was held: Friday, June 30, 2017; 9:00 a.m.

– 10:00 a.m. @ Chapel. Funeral: 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. Internment: Veterans Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 SWEEZER

Joseph Sweezer ….. Wake was held: Friday, June 30, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Holy Temple Evangalistic C.O.G.I.C., 15912 Lincoln Ave. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Internment: Abraham Lincoln Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 SIMS JR.

Marvin Sims Jr. ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Greater Mt. Hebron, 8000 S. Wood. Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

12:00 p.m. Internment: 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 was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Rd. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Internment: Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 BELL

Alfred Bell ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

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

Joyce Lee ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ New Betheleham #4, 8850 S. Cottage Grove. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 MARTIN

Deshawn Martin ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Prayer and Faith, 944 W. 103rd. Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

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

Dillon Larry ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 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. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 WINFIELD

Homer Winfield ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. @ Chapel. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery.

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

WILLIAMS

Paul Williams ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel Lunford. Funeral: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery.

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

Runt Hopson ….. Graveside service was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Oakhill Cemetery. Internment: Oakhill Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 FLOWERS

Maurice Flowers ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Jackson. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery.

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

Janis Jackson ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Liberty Baptist Church, 4849 S. King Dr. Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

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

Phyllis Gauthreaux ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ New Nazareth Baptist Church, 7933 S. Yates Blvd.

Funeral: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 BAKER

Andre Baker ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Holy Sanctary Baptist Church, 1615 S. Kedzie. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Internment: Oakridge Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 WRIGHT

Mary Wright ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Lunford.

Funeral: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m.

Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery.

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

Kavon Moses ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Holy Temple Evangelistic C.O.G.I.C., 15912 Lincoln Ave. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 NICHOLS

Logan Nichols ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Bethlehem Star M.B. Church, 9231 S. Cottage Grove. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Internment: Lincoln Cemetery.

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

Calvin Smith …. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel. Funeral: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567

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Lemuel Hightower ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Rd. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567

Fred Morgan ….. Wake was held: Monday, July 3, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Rd. Funeral: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery.

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

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Jonnie Carde ….. Wake was held: Saturday, July 1, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ St. Paul C.O.G.I.C., 4528 S. Wabash Ave. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Internment: Abe Lincoln Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567

Annie Austin ….. Wake: Wednesday, July 5, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Beth Eden Baptist Church, 11121 S. Loomis. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Internment: Abe Lincoln Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567

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Sheila Thomas ….. Wake was held: Sunday, July 2, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel King. Funeral: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery.

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

Martina Black ….. Wake was held: Sunday, July 2, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel. Funeral: 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery.

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

Dave Russell ….. Wake was held: Monday, July 3, 2017; 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Rd. Funeral: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Internment: Abe Lincoln Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 FRANKLIN

Teresa Franklin ….. Wake was held: Monday, July 3, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 HAMILTON

Frederick Hamilton ….. Wake was held: Monday, July 3, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Jackson. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery.

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

Annie Harding ….. Wake was held: Monday, July 3, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Cosmopolitan Community Church, 5249 S. Wabash Ave. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

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

Jerry Knight Sr. ….. Wake was held: Monday, July 3, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel King. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 BALDWIN

Dwayne Baldwin ….. Wake was held: Monday, July 3, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. @ Chapel. Funeral: 1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Internment: Abe Lincoln Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567

David McMillian ….. Visitation: Wednesday, July 5, 2017; 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. @ Chapel Lunford.

Funeral: Contact Funeral Home for Details. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Details on Cemetery.

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

Arthur McGraw ….. Wake: Thursday, July 6, 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.

Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery.

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

Denise Berrios ….. Wake: Thursday, July 6, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel. Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

- 12:00 p.m. Internment: Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 KINNEY-SIMS

Elaine Kinney-Sims ….. Wake: Thursday, July 6, 2017; 10:00 a.m.

– 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Rd. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Internment: Cedar Park Cemetery.

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

Andrew Scott Sr. ….. Wake: Thursday, July 6, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. @ Chapel. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery.

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

Tracy Ellis ….. Wake: Thursday, July 6, 2017; 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. @ Chapel Jackson. Funeral: 6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery.

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

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Robert Scott ….. Wake: Friday, July 7, 2017; 6:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. @ Chapel Country Club Hills, 18400 S. Pulaski Rd. Funeral: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 TRAVIS

Earlene Travis ….. Visitation: Friday, July 7, 2017; 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. @ Waukegan Baptist Bible, 1500 Sunset Avenue. Funeral: Saturday, July 8, 2017; 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. @ Leak and Sons Chapel, 7838 S. Cottage Grove.

Internment: Oakland Memory Lane Cemetery.

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

Tameka Moore ….. Memorial: Saturday, July 8, 2017; 11:00 p.m. – 12:00 p.m. @ House of Hope, 752 E. 114th. Street. Funeral: Not Scheduled. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 EVANS

Pamela Evans ….. Memorial: Saturday, July 8, 2017; 11:00 p.m.

– 12:00 p.m. @ A Church of Christ, 4010 206th. Street. Funeral: Not Scheduled. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567

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Carl Bean ….. Memorial: Saturday, July 8, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. @ Chapel Jackson. Funeral: Not Scheduled. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery.

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Leroy Bragg Jr. ….. Wake: Saturday, July 8, 2017; 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. @ Life Center Church, 5500 S. Indiana Ave. Funeral: 12:00 p.m.

– 1:00 p.m. Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 ERMON

Timothy Ermon ….. Wake: Sunday, July 9, 2017; 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. @ Chapel King. Funeral: 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 LEE-ASH

Laurine Lee-Ash ….. Wake: Monday, July 10, 2017; 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. @ New Covenant Baptist Church, 740 E. 77th. Street. Funeral: 7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567 FORD

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Memorial: Friday, July 7, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Apostolic Church of God, 6304 S. Dorchester.

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

Natasha Ford ….. Wake: Tuesday, July 11, 2017; 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. @ Chapel Jackson. Funeral: 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery.

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

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Craig Andrews ….. Wake: Wednesday, July 12, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel. Funeral: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Internment: Mt. Hope Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Leak and Sons Funeral Home, 7838 S. Cottage Grove, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 846-6567

Bryan Smith ….. Wake: Friday, July 7, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Chapel Lunford. Funeral: 11:00 a.m.

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

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Russell Conda ….. Memorial: Saturday, July 15, 2017; 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. @ Chapel King. Funeral: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Internment: Contact Funeral Home Cemetery.

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–1:00 p.m. Cremation. Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com JOHNSON Gloria Johnson ….. Wake will be held: Friday, July 7, 2017; 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. @ Carter Temple C. M. E. Church 7841 South Wabash Avenue. Funeral will be held: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Internment: Washington Memory Gardens Homewood, Illinois.

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– 11:00 a.m. @ Pilgrim Baptist Church 3235 East 91st Street.

Funeral will be held: 11:00 a.m.

–12:00 p.m. Internment: Burr Oak Cemetery, Alsip, IL Arrangements Entrusted To: Taylor Funeral Home, 63 East 79th. Street, Chicago, IL 60619: (773) 488.7300 cbtaylorfuneralhome.com

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FELKER Ronnie E. Felker .…..Visitation: Friday, July 7, 2017; 10:00 a.m.11:00 a.m. @ Chapel. Funeral: 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Interment: Contact Funeral Home for Cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: Calahan Funeral Home, 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL (773) 723.4400 CARTHON Brady Carthon..…..Interment: Wednesday, July 05, 2017; @ Mt. Hope Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

FELKER Ronnie E. Felker..…..Wake: Friday, July 07, 2017; 10:00 a.m. @ Mt. Carmel MBC, 2978 S. Wabash Funeral: 11:00 a.m. Interment: Oakridge Cemetery Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

WASHINGTON POLLARD Juliet Veronica Washington Pollard..…..Wake: Saturday, July 08, 2017; 10:00 a.m. @ New Covenant MBC, 754 E. 77th Funeral: 11:00 a.m. Interment: Private Arrangements by: Calahan Funeral Home Inc., 7030 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60621: (773) 723-4400.

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