The Rock River Times – April 12, 2023

April 12, 2023. Vol. 30. No. 46. RockRiverTimes.com.

Bill aims to limit excessive school district cash reserves

Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, D-Shorewood, is pictured on the Senate floor in Springfield. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

Bill aims to limit excessive school district cash reserves

Some districts could operate for years on money they’ve stashed away

BY PETER HANCOCK

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS

PHANCOCK@CAPITOLNEWSILLINOIS.COM

SPRINGFIELD – The overall financial health of Illinois school districts has been improving in recent years, according to a recent state report, but a bill moving through the General Assembly seeks to rein in the amount of money some districts are saving.

Senate Bill 1994, which passed unanimously out of the Senate last week and now awaits action in the House, would put a cap on how much money school districts could hold in reserves. Districts that exceed it would be required to fi le a report with the state.

“They’re kind of like a nonprofit where, you know, money comes in and resources

come in, and then it needs to be spent,” the bill’s sponsor Sen. Meg Loughran Cappel, D-Shorewood, said during an interview. “Like, yes, you need to have savings. Yes, those are good practices. But you can’t just be sitting on all this cash and then not doing anything with it.”

The Illinois State Board of Education publishes a report each year measuring the financial health of all 852 school districts in the state. The report looks at several factors such as their expenditure-to-revenue ratio, short-term and long-term debt, and how many days’ worth of cash on hand they keep.

ISBE uses those factors to generate an overall “financial profi le” score for each district. Over the last seven years, the latest report noted, the statewide average score has risen steadily.

To receive ISBE’s highest rating, districts must keep the equivalent of 180 days of operating expenditures on hand. The agency also notes that bond under-

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writers and financial advisers typically recommend 144 to 180 days of operating expenditures.

According to the most recent report, which includes data from the fiscal year that ended June 30, 2021, 70 percent of districts had cash reserves of between 100 and 359 days of expenses. But 197 districts, or 23 percent, had reserves of 360 to 720 days, and 10 districts had reserves greater than 720 days.

The report does not identify which districts have those large reserves.

SB 1994 would require districts to calculate their three-year average operating expenses each year and report their cash on hand. If their cash reserves ever exceed 2.5 times their annual average, they would have to submit a plan to ISBE for how they intend to spend those reserves.

Districts would not be required to spend excess reserves, but only to submit the plan detailing how they intend to do so over the next three years.

Cappel said that limit was negotiated with superintendents and other o�cials involved in school district budgeting who had pushed back against the original version of the bill, which would have required districts to immediately spend down any reserves beyond 250 days of operating expenses.

She noted that there are many reasons why a district might build up large reserves. Some, she said, might save up so they can pay cash for capital expenses like a new security system or to build a new elementary school. Others might be bracing themselves for the possibility that their heating or air conditioning system might go out.

“I don’t want to stop any district, if they’ve got plans to build something that’s appropriate, you know, a kindergarten building or whatever,” she said. “Of course, we want you to be able to use that. So that’s kind of where this came from.”

Jerry Nowicki is the bureau Chief of Capitol News Illinois, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government that is distributed to more than 400 newspapers statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.

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China military ‘ready to fight’ after drills near Taiwan

By Huizhong Wu Associated Press

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s military declared Monday it is “ready to fight” after completing three days of largescale combat exercises around Taiwan that simulated sealing off the island in response to the Taiwanese president’s trip to the U.S. last week.

The “combat readiness patrols” named Joint Sword were meant as a warning to self-governing Taiwan, which China claims as its own, China’s military said earlier.

“The theater’s troops are ready to fight at all times and can fight at any time to resolutely smash any form of ‘Taiwan independence’ and foreign interference attempts,” it said Monday.

The exercises were similar to ones conducted by China last August, when it launched missile strikes on targets in the seas around Taiwan in retaliation for then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, but have been smaller and less disruptive.

Military experts say the exercises serve both as intimidation and as an opportunity for Chinese troops to practice sealing off Taiwan by blocking sea and air traffic, an important strategic option the Chinese military might pursue in the event it uses military force to take Taiwan.

The Chinese actions follow President Tsai Ing-wen’s delicate mission to shore up Taiwan’s dwindling diplomatic alliances in Central America and boost its U.S. support, a trip capped with a sensitive meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California. A U.S. congressional delegation also met with Tsai over the weekend in Taiwan after she returned.

China responded immediately to the McCarthy meeting by imposing a travel ban and financial sanctions against those associated with Tsai’s U.S. trip and with increased military activity through the weekend.

“China wants to use any increase of diplomatic interactions between the U.S. and Taiwan as an excuse to train its military,” said Kuo Yu-jen, a defense studies expert and director of the Institute for National Policy Research in Taiwan.

Beijing says contact between foreign officials and the island’s democratic government encourages Taiwanese who want formal independence, a step China’s ruling Communist Party says would lead to war. The sides split in 1949 after a civil war, and the Communist Party says the island is obliged to rejoin the mainland,

by force if necessary.

After Pelosi visited Taiwan, China conducted missiles strikes on targets in the seas around Taiwan, while also sending warships and war planes over the median line of the Taiwan Strait. It also fired missiles over the island itself which landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone, in a significant escalation.

The live-fire exercises disrupted flights and shipping in one of the busiest shipping lanes for global trade. This time, shipping and maritime traffic have largely continued as normal, Kuo said.

The exercises this time have focused more on air strength, with Taiwan reporting more than 200 flights by Chinese warplanes in the past three days. Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, citing the People’s Liberation Army, said the exercises are “simulating the joint sealing off” of Taiwan as well as “waves of simulated strikes” at important targets on the island.

On Monday, the PLA said its Shandong aircraft carrier was taking part in the exercises encircling Taiwan for the first time. It showed a video of a fighter jet taking off the deck of the ship in a post on Weibo, the social media platform.

The appearance of the Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean suggests that it could be used to prevent foreign militaries from coming to help Taiwan, said Han Gan-ming, a research fellow at the government-backed Institute for National Defense and Security Research.

“In the future if there’s a similar military maneuver, then Taiwan will have to face it alone,” Han said.

Between 6 a.m. Sunday and 6 a.m. Monday, a total of 70 planes were detected and half crossed the median of the Taiwan Strait, an unofficial boundary once tacitly accepted by both sides, according to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense. Among the planes that crossed the median were eight J-16 fighter jets, four J-1 fighters, eight Su-30 fighters and reconnaissance planes. Taiwan also tracked J-15 fighter jets, which are paired with the Shandong aircraft carrier.

By Monday evening, Taiwan’s defense ministry reported another 91 flights by bombers, as well as multiple fighter jets, early warning aircraft and military transport planes.

That followed a full day between Friday and Saturday in which eight warships and 71 planes were detected near Taiwan, according to the island’s Defense

Ministry. It said in a statement that it was approaching the situation from the perspective of “not escalating conflict, and not causing disputes.”

Taiwan said it monitored the Chinese moves through its land-based missile systems, as well as from its own navy vessels.

China’s military harassment of Taiwan has intensified in recent years with planes or ships sent toward the island on a near-daily basis, with the numbers rising in reaction to sensitive activities. The military activity has increased a notch since Pelosi’s visit, with Chinese PLA fighter jets regularly flying over the middle boundary line. Experts say PLA navy vessels regularly navigate the waters off Taiwan’s northeastern coast.

Meanwhile, to the south in the South China Sea, the U.S. 7th Fleet said its missile destroyer USS Milius sailed by Mischief Reef in a freedom of navigation operation. China has built an artificial island on the sea feature to stake its claim to the disputed territory.

China said the U.S. “illegally trespassed” into waters near the reef without the permission of the Chinese government, according to a statement from the Chinese military’s southern command.

Outside of the military maneuvers, Kuo said he was worried about the announcements from Fujian’s Maritime Safety Administration from last week, when it said it would conduct “on-site inspections” of cargo ships and working vessels in the Taiwan Strait as part of a patrol exercise.

“First they’ll target ships traveling between the Strait, then they will target any international ship,” he said. “Gradually this will become the de facto new status quo.”

One of the U.S. representatives who attended the meeting with Tsai last week said Saturday the U.S. must take seriously the threat China poses to Taiwan. Republican Mike Gallagher, chairman of the U.S. House Select Committee on China, told The Associated Press that he plans to lead his committee in working to shore up the island government’s defenses, encouraging Congress to expedite military aid to Taiwan.

Next abortion battles may be among states with clashing laws

BY GEOFF MULVIHILL AND JOHN HANNA ASSOCIATED PRESS

Abortion is banned in Idaho at all stages of pregnancy, but the governor on Wednesday signed another law making it illegal to provide help within the state’s boundaries to minors seeking an abortion without parental consent.

The new law is obviously aimed at abortions obtained in other states, but it’s written to criminalize in-state behavior leading to the out-of-state procedure – a clear nod to the uncertainty surrounding e�orts by lawmakers in at least half a dozen states to extend their influence outside their borders when it comes to abortion law.

At the same time, Democrat-controlled states are advancing and adopting laws and executive orders intended to shield their residents against civil lawsuits and criminal investigations related to providing abortions for women from states where there are bans.

But there is no legal precedent giving good guidance about whether states can influence their residents getting abortions outside their borders.

“If red states pass laws saying, ‘We can go after people for X, Y and Z,’ and blue states say, ‘You can’t,’ we’re in uncharted territory,” said Mary Ziegler, a legal historian at the University of California, Davis School of Law.

Arguments about the laws could be rooted in key clauses of the U.S. Constitution that could contradict each other in this case. One clause requires states to respect the laws of other states while another recognizes the right to travel among states and a third restricts the ability of states to impair interstate commerce.

Legal experts say that no prior cases are exactly comparable, though state laws have confl icted in weighty ways in the past.

In the 1840s and 1850s, it was with questions over whether fugitive enslaved people in free states remained the property of slaveholders. In the 1857 Dred Scott decision, frequently cited as the worst ruling in U.S. history, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that they did.

More recently, before the nation’s top court recognized a right to same-sex marriage in 2015, state marriage laws were a patchwork. Some states did not recognize marriages that were legal elsewhere, and all the protections that go with them, including hospital visitation rights and even the ability to divorce.

The federal ruling largely resolved those legal confl icts.

The effort to restrict abortion in far-reaching ways is an outgrowth of last year’s U.S. Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended a nationwide right to abortion.

Each state now makes its own rules. Abortion is banned in all stages of pregnancy in 13 states. Another five have similar bans on the books but are not being enforced under judge’s orders as legal challenges to them are sorted out.

Texas took a step toward state-border restrictions even before Roe was overturned with a 2021 law that allows civil lawsuits against a person who “aids or abets the performance or inducement of abortion.” It does not specify whether the aid would have to happen within Texas. Oklahoma has a similar law.

But using them to block out-of-state abortions has not been tried yet — or tested in court.

Other states are pursuing di�erent approaches.

Idaho’s measure bans transporting a minor for an abortion without parental consent — but bars only the part of the journey that takes place in Idaho.

Tennessee’s GOP-dominated legislature last week approved a measure that would prohibit cities and counties from using their funds to help someone obtain an abortion outside the state — including banning coverage of out-of-state abortions under government employee health insurance plans.

In his concurring opinion in last year’s ruling overturning Roe, Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh contemplated whether states could restrict their residents from getting abortions in other states: “In my view, the answer is no based on the constitutional right to interstate travel,” he wrote.

Andrea Miller, president of the National Institute for Reproductive Health, which supports abortion rights, said the validity of interstate laws is unclear.

“The hope would be this would be seen as an extreme overreach,” she said, “but one would have thought that overturning Roe v. Wade would have been an extreme overreach too.”

Elisabeth Smith, state policy director for the Center for Reproductive Rights, said the measures have impacts even if they don’t hold up in court.

“Will anti-abortion activists continue to try to use these techniques and use these avenues?” he asked. “Absolutely.

Their goal in doing so is to try to chill activity and make those of us who support abortion rights too frightened to help people.”

One possible test of the out-of-state applicability of abortion laws is just getting started in Texas.

The former husband of a Galvestonarea woman who terminated a pregnancy last year with medication sued three women who helped her obtain pills, claiming wrongful death. The lawsuit says the woman terminated the pregnancy in July 2022 and the couple divorced in February.

A lawyer representing the ex-husband is Jonathan Mitchell, a former Texas solicitor general who is the architect of the law that uses civil penalties to enforce an abortion ban. As part of the suit, Mitchell sent a letter to the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice in New York City, demanding that it

preserve documents. The letter said one of the women helping the ex-wife obtain abortion pills worked for the group and the organization would face questions about whether she was acting as part of her job.

“If anyone out-of-state helps one of their employees break Texas laws, then you better believe that there can be action taken against that, against that company or organization,” said Mark Lee Dickson, a Texas anti-abortion activist who has pushed successfully for local governments to bar abortion clinics. “If an individual assists Texans in breaking the laws of Texas, then that’s a problem, too.”

Mulvihill reported from Cherry Hill, New Jersey and Hanna from Topeka, Kansas. Associated Press writers Acacia Coronado in Austin, Texas; David Lieb in Je�erson City, Missouri, and Kimberlee Kruesi in Nashville, contributed to this report.

Michael Lerner, ‘Barton Fink’ Oscar nominee, dies at 81

By Lindsey Bahr Associated Press

Michael Lerner, the Brooklyn-born character actor who played a myriad of imposing figures in his 60 years in the business, including monologuing movie mogul Jack Lipnick in “Barton Fink,” the crooked club owner Bugsy Calhoun in “Harlem Nights” and an angry publishing executive in “Elf” has died. He was 81. His nephew, actor Sam Lerner, announced his death in an Instagram post Sunday. Sam Lerner wrote that his uncle died Saturday but did not provide further details. Neither his nor Michael Lerner’s representatives immediately responded to requests for further comment.

“He was the coolest, most confident, talented guy,” Sam Lerner wrote. “Everyone that knows him knows how insane he was — in the best way...we’re all lucky we can continue to watch his work for the rest of time. RIP Michael, enjoy your unlimited Cuban cigars, comfy

chairs, and endless movie marathon.”

Born in 1941 to Romanian-Jewish parents and raised in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood, Michael Lerner began acting locally as a teen and into his days at Brooklyn College, where he got the chance to play Willie Loman in “Death of a Salesman.” His ambitions to pursue acting professionally crystalized when he received a Fulbright Scholarship and chose to study theater at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, where he lived in an apartment with Yoko Ono for a time, appearing in her short film “Smile.” His brother, Ken Lerner, also became an actor.

Lerner moved to Los Angeles in 1969, at the urging of an agent who saw his work at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco. He started getting cast in television shows, including “M(asterisk) A(asterisk)S(asterisk)H,” “The Brady Bunch” and “The Rockford Files,” making his film debut in Paul Mazursky’s “Alex

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in Wonderland,” alongside Charlotte Rampling. But he considered his first significant role to be in the television movie “Ruby and Oswald” (he played Jack Ruby) with Brian Dennehy.

In 1981, he was cast in Bob Rafelson’s remake of “The Postman Always Rings Twice,” alongside Jack Nicholson, who he called one of the most generous actors he’d ever worked with, and Jessica Lange. A longtime cigar aficionado, Lerner felt out of his depths when he was asked to smoke a cigarette in a scene with Nicholson in a jail. Lerner said he held the cigarette with both hands.

He felt more comfortable playing cigar-smoking journalist and politician Pierre Salinger in “Missiles of October,” for which Jackie Kennedy once told him that he’d “out Pierre’d Pierre.”

Lerner also loved working with John Sayles on “Eight Men Out,” in which he played Arnold Rothstein, the crime boss who conspired to fix the 1919 World Series.

“Most of the time I don’t rehearse, but I do a lot of preparation. Especially for a biographical character or one of the studio heads,” he said in 2016. “I did a lot of research for Barton Fink and looked into Louis B. Mayer and all the moguls in Hollywood.”

Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Barton Fink,” released in 1991, is the film Lerner is most remembered for.

“I had auditioned for Joel and Ethan before, for Miller’s Crossing. So I walked into the room, as the character, and I don’t say hello to anybody. And I sit down behind my desk and do this big speech: ‘Bart! Bart! So great to see you,’” Lerner said in 2016. “I did the monologue the way I wanted to do it and I just walked out of

the room and that was it. And Joel and Ethan were just sitting in a corner just laughing and laughing and that was it.”

Lerner, who drew inspiration from Preston Sturges movies, said the Coens didn’t give him much acting direction and “were a little nervous that I was talking so fast” but that they let him do what he wanted.

The role got him his first and only Oscar nomination, but in 1992, the Academy Award for supporting actor went to Jack Palance for “City Slickers.”

The Coens called him years later to do a cameo in “A Serious Man.”

Lerner also said he was frequently recognized for his turns in Eddie Murphy’s “Harlem Nights” and “Elf,” as Fulton Greenway. He also played Cher’s father in the television spinoff of “Clueless.”

In the late 90s, he was excited to get a chance to work with Woody Allen on the film “Celebrity,” but it turned into a terrible experience, he said in a 2016 interview.

“He is a schmuck,” Lerner said. “And the movie’s a piece of s—-.”

Lerner also appeared in several bigger blockbusters over the years, including “Godzilla” as Mayor Ebert, “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” as Senator Brickman, and “Mirror Mirror” as Baron.

“Those are good parts but not great acting roles,” Lerner said.

And he never felt cheated by being known as a “character actor” rather than a leading man. In 1999, in an interview with Cigar Aficionado, he said, simply, “Every role is a character role.”

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Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum & Gardens

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Week of the Young Child Family Fun Fair

UW Health Sports Factory

305 S. Madison St., Rockford, IL 61104

Saturday, April 15 (815) 966-8770

This free, family event will be held at the UW Health Sports Factory. Child centered activities, community resources, and entertainment provided by the The Headspin Guy. The Headspin show includes awe-inspiring gravity defying tricks, cool challenges with prizes, great music and more. Admission is free but please register on the Week of the Young Child - Rockford Facebook page. For all ages and interests.

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300 Elm St., Rockford, IL 61101

Saturday, April 15 (815) 968-5222

Last home game of the season! Fan appreciation night featuring Tommy Hawk and team photo giveaway to the first 2,500 fans. The IceHogs host the Manitoba Moose and the puck drops at 7 p.m. The IceHogs are members of the American Hockey League and affiliated with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League. This is the ‘Hogs’ 24th season of hockey in the Stateline, 16th as the proud American Hockey League affiliate and second under the ownership of the Chicago Blackhawks.

For more information about what’s going on in the Rockford Area, visit www.gorockford.com

Atlatl - Spear Throwing Sunday

Macktown Living History Educational Center

2221 Freeport Rd., Rockton, Il 61072

Sunday, April 16 (815) 624-4200

Atlatl (spear-thrower) Sunday is fun for all ages. Learn about the atlatl and other historic life skills of the past. Learn how the early natives of this area used their environment and the natural resources for the day-to-day needs of food, clothing and shelter. See and handle the tools they used and learn how they were made. Chop wood with a stone ax. Try your hand at bringing down dinner with a spear and atlatl. Kids can help grind corn and take home to make into corn cakes. Admission is free.

Pick-A-Dilly Antiques 120 W. Main St. Rockton, IL 61072 (815) 957-0216

Pick-A-Dilly is a cozy antique store inside the historic Hopkins building in quaint downtown Rockton. Featuring over a dozen vendors with an ever changing inventory of vintage, primitive and handmade items.

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Mo’s Coffee & Cafe

303 Mulberry St. Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 516-3189

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BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

As discussed in the last two weeks, vegetable seed starting can be done easily indoors if you have the right space and equipment. Your basic equipment of containers, light source, and growing media tend to be all you need along with your seeds. However, there is an additional tool that could help get you on the right path.

A germination heat mat can potentially solve the problem of cold growing media. It goes under your containers and provides additional warmth (10-20 F degrees) for your soil in order for your seeds to germinate quickly. Without it,

Environmental needs for vegetable seed starting

it may take a much longer time for your seeds to germinate and push back your planting date. This additional warmth can lead to better transplants.

Soil temperature is connected to seed germination. If the soil is too cold, the seeds may be delayed significantly from germinating or never germinate. In general, it should take 6-10 days from planting for seeds to emerge if the soil temperatures are 65-85 F. Following germination, the soil temperature needs to be around 10 F less.

Each vegetable seed can be di�erent when it comes to germination. For instance, tomato seeds will germinate in an optimum soil temperature of 65-85 F.

When the soil temperature averages 68 F, it would take 8 days to emerge. At nearly 77 F, it would take 6 days. The temperatures can also be too hot where they will not germinate above 100 F. There are many great guides that explain the germination temperatures. Do not utilize a heat mat that is not designed for seed starting. Many of the heat mats that you might find to keep you warm on cold nights are too warm for seed starting. Though you do not need to use it after germination, you may find that the room you are starting your seeds in is too cold and that keeping the seedling heat mat running can be beneficial for very warm loving crops like eggplant

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and peppers.

With the warm soil, you need to further consider the room temperature and humidity. For germination and continued growth, an indoor range of 60-70F is preferred. Night temperatures should stay at 60-65 F. Humidity needs to be in the 35-50% range. To adjust these, you may need to add a humidifier, place the seedlings in an area of the home that stays warmer, and even placing plants closer together.

Next week, I’ll wrap up our seed starting series.

Grant is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension.

Revisiting the hydrogen economy

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL ILLINOIS RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION

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An early vision for a cleaner energy future featured using hydrogen as the fuel to power the global economy. In the e�ort to reduce carbon emissions the use of hydrogen was portrayed as clean since its only emission was water vapor.

Burning fossil fuels and their use as chemicals has dramatically improved the living conditions of humanity, lifting populations out of poverty and slavery. But its consumption is widely recognized as a major contributor to climate change and other adverse environmental impacts so reducing its use has become a global mission. Finding new sources of energy is also needed as fossil fuels are becoming depleted and the cost of securing them continues to rise.

We were early advocates of using less energy and transitioning to cleaner energy sources. Before starting Energy Fairs we made presentations based on a small teaching tool which generated electricity from sunlight, using its output to demonstrate splitting water into

hydrogen and oxygen. A firm in Michigan made and sold solar panels, presenting visions of a solar future. They also had a demonstration unit that produced electricity using a hydrogen powered fuel cell.

At an Energy Fair a presentation was made regarding the arrival of a hydrogen powered fuel cell car built by Honda. A push toward a hydrogen economy continues but questions are being raised regarding how much of a role hydrogen should have as a fuel source to power the economy.

Dr. Thornstein Sigfusson made a keynote presentation at an early Energy Fair on Iceland’s e�ort to become the world’s first hydrogen powered economy. Their e�ort was focused on using hydrogen to power their transportation fleets of buses, trucks, cars and fishing boats as fossil fuels were costly to import and a leading source of pollution. Their extensive use of geothermal and hydro power sources, low population levels and existing low cost energy supplies made it feasible to target hydrogen as an energy option for transportation. While their progress toward that goal was slowed,

global interest in hydrogen as a fuel source continues to grow. E�orts toward this end have accelerated in the EU as a result of the energy shortages arising from the sanctions on Russian energy.

Nate Hagens interviewed Paul Martin on the role of hydrogen in our energy future. Martin has experience working with hydrogen and syngas as an industrial consultant and reminds us that hydrogen has two basic uses: as a fuel and a commodity chemical.

Other than potential use for ocean shipping and airplanes Martin believes using hydrogen as a fuel is not appropriate because its current production contributes to climate change in two major ways. Since 96% of it is produced from fossil fuels it releases substantial levels of carbon dioxide. Its combustion as a fuel also releases nitrous oxides adding to climate change.

Martin believes hydrogen’s major use should be as a chemical, not a fuel or form of energy storage. One of the most important uses of hydrogen is producing ammonia, essential in nitrogen fertilizers. Fertilizers and the chemical

industry feed half of the world’s existing population and animals used as food. Hydrogen is also used in processing heavy oils, plastics and iron.

Currently hydrogen is primarily produced from fossil fuels without capturing carbon released from the process. While increasing the release of hydrogen from water via electrolysis is a relatively clean process, fossil fuels still are used to secure the resources and manufacture the components essential in the process.

While Paul Martin does not recommend using hydrogen as a fuel, the EU, US and China are all investing heavily in its production and use and continue to increase funding it. Small demonstration projects supply hydrogen for household appliances, heating and cooking. Natural gas companies are experimenting with blending hydrogen into natural gas. BP is planning an electrolysis hub to provide hydrogen fuel for trucks and other forms of heavy transport. The intent of the research and demonstrations is to bring down the cost of producing hydrogen to increase its use in society.

Government Notices

n n n LEGAL NOTICE

The Board of Education, School District No. 205, Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, will receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), Thursday, May 18, 2023 sealed submittals for RFP No. 23-56 Planning

Consultant – Facilities Master Plan, terms to be in accordance with specifications which may be reviewed at the Board of Education Office, 501 Seventh St., 6th floor conference room, Rockford, Illinois. All names of offerors submitting will be publicly read at that time and place. All offers submitted shall be valid for a period of at least sixty (60) days from the date of set for receipt of offers. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers. Package request forms are available on the District’s website, rps205.com. Vendors registered with Bonfire can download packages at no cost from their web-site – https://rps205.bonfirehub.com/ portal/?tab=openOpportunities

Dated this 13th day of April 2023, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 23734R TRRT 4/12

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INVITATION TO BID

MULFORD VILLAGE CONDUIT INSTALLATION

BID NO. 423-PW-033

Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on April 26, 2023 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud. Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused.

Bid documents may be obtained via email or on the City website to: https://rockfordil. gov/city-departments/finance/ central-services/purchasing/ open-bidsrfps/ larry.graham@ rockfordil.gov, or at the office of the Central Services Manager (City Hall, 425 East State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104). Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number.

Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities.

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INVITATION TO BID

FALSE ALARM MANAGEMENT

BID NO. 423-FIN-031

Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on May 4, 2023 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused.

Bid documents may be obtained via email or on the City

website to: https://rockfordil. gov/city-departments/finance/ central-services/purchasing/ open-bidsrfps/ larry.graham@ rockfordil.gov or at the office of the Central Services Manager (City Hall, 425 East State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104). Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number.

Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities.

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Public Notices

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS

In the Matter of:

JAMES E. SMITH

Decedent. 2023-PR-0000076

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONWILL AND CLAIMS

NOTICE is given of the death of James E. Smith on December 8, 2022. Letters of Office were issued on March 8, 2023, to Brent Smith, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Attorney Charles G. Popp, P.C., 215 South State Street, Belvidere, Illinois.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 10, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

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n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION

In the Matter of the Estate of: JOSEPH PIRAINO, Deceased. 2023-PR-4 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of JOSEPH PIRAINO. Letters of Office were issued on January 13, 2023, to ANTHONY J. PIRAINO of 6610 E. University Dr., Unit 102, Mesa, Arizona 85205, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the Estate is Derek B.N. Seyller of HARDYMAN | DIVERDE, 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Any claims against the Estate may be filed on or before September 29, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above

shall be barred.

Claims against the Estate must be filed with the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101

E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit https://efile. illinoiscourts.gov/ service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need further help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/ FAQ/gethelp.asp. or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the Estate legal representative and to his attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DATED: March 29, 2023

ANTHONY J. PIRAINO, Independent Executor

Derek B.N. SeyllerARDC# 6334524 HARDYMAN | DIVERDE 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100 Rockford, Illinois 61107 (815) 964-8888 dseyller@hardymandiverde.com

Attorneys for the Estate of JOSEPH PIRAINO, Deceased 23676R TRRT 4/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION

In the Matter of the Estate of STEPHEN F. POUSARDIEN, SR., Deceased.

CASE NO. 2023 PR 91

CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of Stephen F. Pousardien, Sr. of Rockton, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on March 23, 2023, to Leonard D. McLevige, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is G. Michael Scheurich.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 5, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Room 425, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: 3/27/23

G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH, Attorney G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH (##2479869)

Guyer & Enichen, P.C. Attorneys for the Estate 2601 Reid Farm Road, Suite B Rockford, Illinois 61114 (815) 636-9600 23697R TRRT 4/19 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS

who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is G. Michael Scheurich.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 5, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Room 425, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: March 29, 2023.

G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH, Attorney

G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH (##2479869)

Guyer & Enichen, P.C. Attorneys for the Estate 2601 Reid Farm Road, Suite B Rockford, Illinois 61114 (815) 636-9600 23698R TRRT 4/19 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

IN RE: THE MARRIAGE OF ALFREDO VEGA Petitioner v.

ELIZABETH PAVEDES, Respondent NO. 2022 DC 408

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

Pursuant to Court Order dated March 29, 2023 entered in this case:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN YOU, Respondent, Elizabeth Pavedes, a/k/a Elizabeth Paredes, that this case has been commenced in this Court by the Petitioner, Alfredo Vega, against you for Dissolution of Marriage and other relief in the above-captioned case.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois on or before May 8, 2023, a JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE PETITION.

ALFREDO VEGA, petitioner

JOHN M. NELSON #2031671 Attorney for Petitioner 1 Court Place, Suite 300 Rockford, IL 61101 815.964.8800

johnmnelsonlaw@gmail.com

April 5, 12, 19 23699R TRRT 4/19

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

Sally A. Geary, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2023-PR-0000047 CLAIM NOTICE

mailing is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representative or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten days (10) after it has been filed.

DATED: 03/27/2023

BRENDA LEE JUHLIN, EXECUTOR

CHRISTIAN SOLARES #6325075

Attorney for Estate 6278 E Riverside Blvd Loves Park, IL 61111 815/312-1703 23700R TRRT 4/19

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a hair salon business in said County and State under the name of Maritza Beauty One at the following post office addresses: 129 S. Phelps Ave., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Maritza Vera

SIGNED: Maritza Vera 3/28/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of March, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Marisol Jimenez, Deputy Clerk 23716R TRRT 4/19

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a handyman business in said County and State under the name of Moore’s Remodeling & More at the following post office addresses: 521 Whittemore Dr., South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Elijah

James Moore

SIGNED: Elijah James Moore 3/27/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of March, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23717R TRRT 4/19

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a parts sales business in said County and State under the name of Fuel Factory LLC at the following post office addresses: 3866 Centerville Rd., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Aloysius

John Balice

SIGNED: Aloysius John Balice 3/30/23

name of My Sistas House at the following post office addresses: 3417 Auburn St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Yvetta Lynn Yance

SIGNED: Yvetta Lynn Yance 3/30/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of March, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23719R TRRT 4/19

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a baked goods business in said County and State under the name of Sherrycakes at the following post office addresses: 3061 Beutell Lane, Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows:

Sharon L. Riihl

SIGNED: Sharon L. Riihl 3/31/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 31st day of March, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Marisol Jimenez, Deputy Clerk 23720R TRRT 4/19

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a handmade personal pet and home accessories business in said County and State under the name of Rural Creek Designs at the following post office addresses: 5230 Spring Creek Rd., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Karen

Sue Maher

SIGNED: Karen Sue Maher 3/24/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 24th day of March, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23686R TRRT 4/12

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a rent properties and minor reconstructions business in said County and State under the name of BHF Properties and Reconstructions at the following post office addresses: 2326 Latham St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Sylvia Zills

SIGNED: Sylvia Zills 3/24/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 24th day of March, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Marisol Jimenez, Deputy Clerk 23687R TRRT 4/12

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transacting such business are as follows: Eddie Lee Gulley Jr.

SIGNED: Eddie Lee Gulley Jr. 3/23/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of March, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23683R TRRT 4/12 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a food servicepre-packaged chamoy / chamoy candies business in said County and State under the name of Cali Sas at the following post office addresses: 2363 Jonquil Place, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows:

Laura Zepeda

SIGNED: Laura Zepeda 3/24/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 24th day of March, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 23688R TRRT 4/12

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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

In the Matter of the Estate of ZACHARY D. FROST, Deceased.

2023-PR-0086

PUBLICATION NOTICE – CLAIMS

Notice is given of the death of Zachary D. Frost. Letters of office were issued on March 20, 2023, to April L. Frost, 4213 Villa Wood Circle, Rockford, IL 61107 and Amy R. Anderson, 1110 Arden Avenue, Rockford, IL 61107. The attorney for the estate is Amanda J. Martinez, 5732 E. Riverside Blvd., #201, Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court at 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 or with the representatives, or both, on or before October 5, 2023, any claim not filed within the period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representatives and to the attorney within 10 days after it had been filed.

Attorney Amanda J. Martinez

ARDC#: 6287970

The Law Office of Amanda Adams Martinez LLC 5732 E. Riverside Blvd., #201 Loves Park, IL 61111 p. 815-491-8065 amartinez@adamsmartinezlaw. com

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n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

In the Matter of the Estate of CHARLES L. GRIFFITH, Deceased.

2023-PR-0083

PUBLICATION NOTICE – CLAIMS

ARDC#: 6287970

The Law Office of Amanda Adams Martinez LLC 5732 E. Riverside Blvd., #201 Loves Park, IL 61111 p. 815-491-8065 amartinez@adamsmartinezlaw. com

23702R TRRT 4/19

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a entertainment/ merchandise sales business in said County and State under the name of Tink Tink Rocks at the following post office addresses: 3209 Carefree Dr., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Natasha Marie Roberts

SIGNED: Natasha Marie Roberts 3/28/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of March, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23715R TRRT 4/19 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a rental properties business in said County and State under the name of M. C. Kruse Properties at the following post office addresses: 534 N. Court St., Unit A., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Melvin Clair Kruse II

SIGNED: Melvin Clair Kruse II 4/3/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of April, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Marisol Jimenez, Deputy Clerk 23744R TRRT 4/26 n n n

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a handmade home decor and art business in said County and State under the name of Outer Edge Laser Creations at the following post office addresses: 126 N. London Ave., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Emily C. Dyreson

SIGNED: Emily C. Dyreson 4/4/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of April, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

In the Matter of the Estate of GARY FALL, Deceased.

NOTICE is given of the death of SALLY A. GEARY on January 28, 2023. Letters of Office were issued on February 17, 2023 to: Brenda Lee Juhlin who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney is Christian Solares, 6278 E Riverside Blvd, Loves Park, IL 61111. Claims against the estate may be filed within six (6) months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six (6) months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of March, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23718R TRRT 4/19

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a hair products business in said County and State under the

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a commercial and residential inspections business in said County and State under the name of E Gul Pro Inspections (Division of E Gul Professional Services Inc.) at the following post office addresses: 209 Bienterra Trail Apt. C, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or

Notice is given of the death of Charles L. Griffith. Letters of office were issued on March 21, 2023, to Charles K. Griffith, 13343 Glencree Lane, Rockton, IL 61072. The attorney for the estate is Amanda J. Martinez, 5732 E. Riverside Blvd., #201, Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of this Court at 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 or with the representative, or both, on or before October 5, 2023, any claim not filed within the period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it had been filed.

Attorney Amanda J. Martinez

Marisol Jimenez, Deputy Clerk 23745R TRRT 4/26 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY

PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT

DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT)

Request of:

PRISILLA JOANNE PATEL,

Current Name

Case Number 2023-MR-147

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Prisilla Joanne Patel to the new name of: Creed Joanne Hamer. The court date will be held: on May 31, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412.

/s/ Prisilla Patel

Current Name 23740R TRRT 4/26

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FOR WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS - CHANCERY DIVISION

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, vs. MARY BARLOW; et al., Defendants.

Case No.: 2023-FC-0000130

Property Address: 1404 23RD ST, ROCKFORD, IL 61108

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING, MARY BARLOW

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: THE NORTH NINETY-SIX AND FORTY-FIVE HUNDREDTHS (96.45) FEET OF LOTS FIVE (5) AND SIX (6) IN BLOCK THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GORDON’S SUBDIVISION, PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 7 OF PLATS ON PAGE 13 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID TRACT BEING PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINES OF SAID RESPECTIVE LOTS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as: 1404 23RD ST, ROCKFORD, IL 61108

Names of the titleholders of record: MARY BARLOW.

Date of the Mortgage: October 23, 2012.

Name or names of the mortgagors: JAMES C. BARLOW, now deceased, and MARY BARLOW.

Name of the mortgagee: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

Date and place of recording: November 5, 2012; Office of the Recorder of the Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois.

Identification of recording:

Document No. 20121044293.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before May 12, 2023, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT.

E-filing is now mandatory with limited exceptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://illinoiscourts.gov/self-help or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office. If you cannot e-file, you may be able to get an exemption that allows you to file in-person or by mail. Ask your circuit clerk for more information or visit www.illinoislegalaid.org.

For information about defending yourself in a court case (including filing an appearance or fee waiver), or to apply for free legal help, go to www.illinoislegalaid.org. You can also ask your local circuit clerk’s office for a fee waiver application.

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT

COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

Lender Legal PLLC

2807 Edgewater Drive

Orlando, Florida 32804

Tel: (407) 730-4644

Service Emails: mjdiaz@lenderlegal.com

EService@LenderLegal.com

LLS11255-IL - BARLOW, MARY

_s/ Meaghan J. Diaz de Villegas, Esq.__

Meaghan J. Diaz de Villegas, Esq. Counsel of Record for Plaintiff

ARDC # 6340688

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.TIM MILLER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF DON HUFF, DECEASED, CONNIE M KAMPMEIER, JANET M GUY, DON HUFF, JR.

A/K/A PETE HUFF, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DON HUFF

A/K/A DON W HUFF

A/K/A DONALD W HUFF, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant

2020 CH 0000095 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 22, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 19, 2023, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE NORTH 87 FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT 30 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HARLEM SCHOOL PARK, A PART OF THE SOUTH WEST QUARTER SECTION 30, T. 45 N. R. 2 E. OF 3RD P.M., THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 13 OF PLAT RECORDS, PAGE 22 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE, IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 8325

RAVERE STREET, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115

Property Index No. 08-30380-008

The real estate is improved with a single family residence with a two car attached garage.

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

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 20-05958IL

Attorney ARDC No. 61256

Case Number: 2020 CH 0000095

TJSC#: 43-925

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.

Case # 2020 CH 0000095

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on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot 153 as designated upon the Plat of Montague Heights being a resubdivision of part of St. Angel and Capriolo`s Second Subdivision lying in the South 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 28, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Resubdivision is recorded in Book 20 of Plats on page 128 in the Recorder`s Office situated in Winnebago County, State of Illinois.

P.I.N. 11-28-252-022. Commonly known as 1708 Loomis Street, Rockford, IL 61102. 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. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Ms. MyXuan Koski at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580. 20-03506 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com

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n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: TENIKA MICHELLE KEY, Petitioner, vs. WILLIE ANDRE KEY, Respondent.

Case No. 2022-DC-188

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate:

LOT FIVE (5) IN BLOCK TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NELSON’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-26355-008.

Commonly known as 1324 MAGNOLIA ST., ROCKFORD, IL 61104. 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. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 22-00996 SL INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee of the Brackenridge Mortgage Trust, PLAINTIFF, Vs.

James F. Purifoy Jr. AKA James F. Purifoy; Midland Funding LLC by its servicing agent Midland Credit Management Inc.; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, DEFENDANT(S). Case No. 2023-FC-0000053

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU:

and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Tom Klein Clerk of Circuit Courts 400 West State Street Rockford, IL 61101-1221 on or before, May 12, 2023, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANYTIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. SOTTILE & BARILE, LLC 1415 West 22nd Street, Tower Floor Oak Brook, IL 60523 (312) 883-2810

Pleadings E-mail Address: illinois@sottileandbarile.com

NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CORINE D. PAPINI, Deceased. CASE NO. 2023 PR 74

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of CORINE D. PAPINI on January 12, 2023. Letters of Office were issued on March 29, 2023 to EDWARD SHIPMAN who is the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ANTHONY

A. SAVAIANO, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 14, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Copies of any claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and the attorney within 10 days after it is filed.

E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with the e-filing service provider, Odyssey. Visit https://illinois.tylerhost.net/ ofsweb to register for an Odyssey account. If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, contact the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk’s Office.

Dated: April 12, 2023.

Prepared by:

Stephen M. Langley –

ARDC # 6280430

Law Office of Stephen M. Langley, P.C. Attorney for Deborah K. Severson P.O. Box 1384 Rockford, IL 61105 (779) 774-9951

AttorneyLangley@yahoo.com

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STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY

PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT

DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME

CHANGE (ADULT)

Request of:

ALEXIS ELIZABETH COTICCHIO,

Current Name

Case Number 2023-MR-78

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Alexis Elizabeth Coticchio to the new name of: Alexis Elizabeth Stoklosa.

The court date will be held: on May 31, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Alexis Elizabeth Coticchio

Current Name

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STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

PROBATE DIVISION

In the Matter of the Estate of KENNETH M. ROSS SR., Deceased.

CASE NO. 2022 PR 412

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION

In the Matter of the Estate of RANDY S. SWENSON, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2021 P 579

CLAIM NOTICE

Notice given of the death of Randy S. Swenson of Pecatonica, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on May 27, 2022, to Cathy A. Magnuson and Craig W. Swenson, who are the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is John M. Gilbert.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 12, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivering is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the perquisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Room 425, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s OfficeProbate Division must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it was filed.

Dated: April 12, 2023.

John M. Gilbert, Attorney John M. Gilbert (#6226767) Gilbert Law Offices, P.C. Attorneys for the Estate 5010 N. 2nd Street, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 877-2500 23751R TRRT 4/26 n n n

SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTYROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF AMERICAN HOMEOWNER PRESERVATION TRUST SERIES 2015A+ Plaintiff, vs. CYNTHIA SUTHERIN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NINA MAE NETTERS; JACQUELINE PRYMER; CHANDRA LEGREE; JOHNNY PRYMER; RICHARD PRYMER; DWAYNE NETTERS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF NINA MAE NETTERS; ANGELA HOPSON; RICKESHA CAINE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; NINA MAE NETTERS; CHRYSTAL HOPSON; Defendants, 20 CH 305

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Willie Andre Key that Petitioner Tenika Michelle Key has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and other relief in the above-captioned cause of action. You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise appear on or before May 12, 2023, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition.

/s/ Tenika Michelle Key, Petitioner 23742R TRRT 4/26 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTYROCKFORD, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JENNIFER D. GROW, WINNIFRED WHITESIDE A/K/A WENDY WHITESIDE, TIM MILLER AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 22 FC 214 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, May 18, 2023 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s

James F. Purifoy Jr. AKA James F. Purifoy Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants

That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT SEVENTY-ONE (71)

AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT NO. 3 OF MEADOW RIDGE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 36 OF PLATS ON PAGE 83 AND 83A AS DOCUMENT NO. 1462060 ON JULY 11, 1978 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 6107 Denwood Drive, Rockford, IL 61114 and which said Mortgage was made by: James F. Purifoy Jr. AKA James F. Purifoy, the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Freedom Mortgage Corporation, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of WINNEBAGO County, Illinois, as Document No. 200700735939; modified 20181018955; modified 2021037207;

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DATED: 4/4/23

EDWARD SHIPMAN, ADMINISTRATOR

ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #2463105

Attorney for Estate

535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 23736R TRRT 4/26

n n n State of Illinois

In the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit Winnebago County

In re the Estate of: Elaine M. Swenson, Deceased.

Case No. 2023–PR–0000080 CLAIM NOTICE

Notice is given of the death of Elaine M. Swenson of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on April 4, 2023 to Deborah K. Severson, 1319 Evelyn St., Rockford, IL 61103, whose attorney is Stephen M. Langley, P.O. Box 1384, Rockford, IL 61105.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court or with the representative, or both, on or before October 13, 2023, which date is not less than 6 months from the date of the first publication of this notice, and any claim not filed within that period is barred.

CLAIM NOTICE

Notice given of the death of Kenneth M. Ross Sr. of Machesney Park, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on February 28, 2023, to Tanya L. Ross, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is John M. Gilbert.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 12, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivering is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the perquisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Room 425, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it was filed.

Dated: April 12, 2023.

John M. Gilbert, Attorney

John M. Gilbert (#6226767)

Gilbert Law Offices, P.C.

Attorneys for the Estate 5010 N. 2nd Street, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 877-2500

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n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WITHDRAWAL OF NAME(S) STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ss.

Certificate No. 27908

On the 13th day of May, A.D. 2008, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for: A All American Tree Service at the following address(es): 518 Huron Rd., Machesney Park, IL 61115.

On the 7th day of April, A.D. 2023, the following person or persons ceased doing business under the above assumed name and have no further connection with or financial interest in the business carried on under such assumed name: Steven Eisman

SIGNED: Steven Eisman 3/28/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 7th day of April A.D. 2023. Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 23747R TRRT 4/12 n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT

DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT)

Request of:

GREGORY DANIELLE WASHINGTON, Current Name

Case Number 2023-MR-123

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Gregory Danielle Washington to the new name of: Bianca Monique Washington.

The court date will be held: on May 31, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412.

/s/ Gregory Washington Current Name 23739R TRRT 4/26

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: JACQUELINE ARMSTRONG, Petitioner, vs. FRANKLIN A. ARMSTRONG, Respondent.

Case No. 2023-DN-103

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Franklin A. Armstrong that Petitioner Jacqueline Armstrong has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and other relief in the above-captioned cause of action. You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise appear on or before May 12, 2023, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition.

/s/ Jacqueline Armstrong, Petitioner 23743R TRRT 4/26

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ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a janitorial business in said County and State under the name of JLM Clock Work Cleaning at the following post office addresses: 5722 Pepper Dr., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as

follows: John Louis Manis

SIGNED: John Louis Manis 4/4/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of April, A.D. 2023.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk

Kathleen M. Clausen, Deputy Clerk 23746R TRRT 4/26

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NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE LAW FIRM OF ALLEN GALLUZZO HEVRIN LEAKE, LLC IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO RICHARD G. ECKBURG, Plaintiff, v. ANNETTE BRANDY; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS; NONRECORD CLAIMANTS. Defendants. Case No. 2023-FC-0000163

NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS FOR PUBLICATION

The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage concerning the premises described as follows, to-wit:

Part of Lot Two (2) in Block Twenty-six (26) as designated upon the Plat of Riverside Addition, City of Rockford, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point on the Southeasterly line of Camp Avenue, Fifty-one (51) feet Southwesterly from the point of intersection of the Southeasterly line of Camp Avenue and the Southwesterly line of Ellsworth Street; thence Southwesterly along said Southeasterly line of Camp Avenue, Forty-nine (49) feet to the Southwesterly line of said Lot Two (2); thence Southeasterly along said Southwesterly line of said Lot Two (2) Ninety-five (95) feet; thence Northeasterly on a line parallel with the Southeasterly line of Camp Avenue, Forty-nine (49) feet; thence Northwesterly on a line parallel with the Southwesterly line of Ellsworth Street, Ninety-five (95) feet to the point of

REAL ESTATE NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- TIM MILLER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF DON HUFF, DECEASED, CONNIE M KAMPMEIER, JANET M GUY, DON HUFF, JR. A/K/A PETE HUFF, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DON HUFF A/K/A DON W HUFF A/K/A DONALD W HUFF, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 2020 CH 0000095

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 22, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 19, 2023, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

Commonly known as 8325 RAVERE STREET, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115

Property Index No. 08-30-380-008

The real estate is improved with a single family residence with a two car attached garage.

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

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the

beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois

COMMON ADDRESS: 1333 Camp Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61103

PINs: 11-14-478-007

And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint of said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 12 day of May, 2023, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois

PREPARED BY: Matthew M. Hevrin (ARDC 6256083) Allen Galluzzo Hevrin Leake, LLC 839 N. Perryville Rd. Suite 200 Rockford, IL 61107 815-265-6464 mhevrin@aghllaw.com 23749R TRRT 4/26

n n n NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

JILL YUNDT, Petitioner, vs. SA’RYAH DREAM BROWN, a minor, and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, Respondents.

CASE NO: 23 AD 61

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Take notice that on the 31st day of March, 2023, a Petition for Adoption was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 17th Judicial Circuit, and that on the first floor of the Winnebago County Juvenile Justice Center, on the 2nd day of May, 2023 at the hour of 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a hearing will be held upon the Petition for Adoption.

Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the Petition, the Petition may be taken for confessed as against you and an Order, Judgment or Decree entered.

Dated at Rockford, Illinois this 6th day of April, 2023.

Thomas Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court

ERIN L. NASH #6304953 Nash Law Office, P.C. 4615 East State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 397-7500

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n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY

IN THE ESTATE OF: JIMMY RAY STRAWBRIDGE, Deceased.

Case No. 2023 PR 79

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of Jimmy Ray Strawbridge Letters of Office were issued on March 15, 2023, to Susan K. Strawbridge, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Amy L. Silvestri of Silvestri Law Office, 2208 Charles Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 15, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the estate’s legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: April 3, 2023

Susan K. Strawbridge, Administrator Amy L. Silvestri ARDC#06210065 Silvestri Law Office Attorney for the Representative 2208 Charles Street Rockford, Illinois 61104 (815) 227-0700 amy@silvestri-law.com

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n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE ESTATE OF: RICK E. NEWTON, Deceased. Case No. 2023 PR 97 CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of Rick E. Newton, Letters of Office were issued on March 28, 2023, to Edmund Carlton, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Amy L. Silvestri of Silvestri Law Office, 2208 Charles Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 15, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the estate’s legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: April 3, 2023

Edmund Carlton, Administrator

Amy L. Silvestri ARDC#06210065 Silvestri Law Office Attorney for the Representative 2208 Charles Street Rockford, Illinois 61104 (815) 227-0700

amy@silvestri-law.com

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n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: GLORIA M. OHNSTAD CASE NO: 2023-PR-92 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of GLORIA M. OHNSTAD. Letters

of Office were issued on March 23, 2023 to ALICE P. CEBAS, 6253 Halverson Drive, Rockford, IL 61109, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is JEFFRY A. DAHLBERG, 5130 N. Second St., Loves Park, IL 61111. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 18, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk –Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office–Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal repsentative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: March 29, 2023

Attorney For Estate:

ALICE P. CEBAS, Executor

JEFFRY A. DAHLBERG #6206776 5130 N. Second St. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-877-2593 23706R TRRT 4/19 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY

PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT

DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT)

Request of:

WILLIAM TYRONE DAVIS,

Current Name

Case Number 2023-MR-136

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: William Tyrone Davis to the new name of: William Tyrone Clement.

The court date will be held: on May 24, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ William Tyrone Davis

Current Name 23708R TRRT 4/19

n n n

STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY

PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT

DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME

CHANGE (MINOR CHILDREN)

Request of:

ALONDRA LUNA-POPOCA

TO CHANGE NAMES OF MINOR CHILDREN

Case Number 2023-MR-018

There will be a court date on my Request for Name Change (Minor Children) for: Jayden Alexander Gonzaga Luna to Jayden Alexander Luna-Popoca. The court date will be held: on April 26, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426 (Zoom ID# 848 2994 9543).

/s/ Alondra Luna-Popoca 23709R TRRT 4/19

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY

PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT

DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME

CHANGE (ADULT)

Request of:

RAYMOND JELANI PITTS JR.,

Current Name

Case Number 2023-MR-143

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Raymond Jelani Pitts Jr. to the new name of: Raymond Jelani Kennedy.

The court date will be held: on May 31, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412.

/s/ Raymond Jelani Pitts Jr.

Current Name 23712R TRRT 4/19

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY

PROBATE DIVISION

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF:

IDA J. JOHNSON, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2023-PR-0084

CLAIM NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of IDA J. JOHNSON. Letters of Office of Co-Executors were issued on March 22, 2023 to CRAIG E. JOHNSON and DONNA J. CASH, who are the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is J. Laird Lambert, 4615 East State Street,

Suite 201, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 5, 2023, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk –Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s office must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his or her attorney within ten (10) days of filing date.

Date: April 5, 2023

Craig E. Johnson and Donna J. Cash Legal Representatives of the Estate J. LAIRD LAMBERT 4615 East State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 316-2167 23703R TRRT 4/19

ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a home daycare business in said County and State under the name of Kimberly’s Home Daycare LLC at the following post office addresses: 415 Carbaugh Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kimberly Lyon

SIGNED: Kimberly Lyon 3/31/23

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 31st day of March, A.D. 2023. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Marisol Jimenez, Deputy Clerk 23721R TRRT 4/19

real estate after confirmation of the sale.

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650

(312) 236-SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 20-05958IL

Attorney ARDC No. 61256

Case Number: 2020 CH 0000095

TJSC#: 43-925

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.

Case # 2020 CH 0000095 I3217759

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF AMERICAN HOMEOWNER PRESERVATION TRUST SERIES 2015A+ Plaintiff, vs. CYNTHIA SUTHERIN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NINA MAE NETTERS; JACQUELINE PRYMER; CHANDRA LEGREE; JOHNNY PRYMER; RICHARD PRYMER; DWAYNE NETTERS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF NINA MAE NETTERS; ANGELA HOPSON; RICKESHA CAINE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; NINA MAE NETTERS; CHRYSTAL HOPSON; Defendants, 20 CH 305

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, May 18, 2023 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 11-28-252-022.

Commonly known as 1708 Loomis Street, Rockford, IL 61102.

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

For information call Ms. MyXuan Koski at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois

60602. (312) 940-8580. 20-03506

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com

I3217485

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REAL ESTATE NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JENNIFER D. GROW, WINNIFRED WHITESIDE A/K/A WENDY WHITESIDE, TIM MILLER AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 22 FC 214 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, May 18, 2023 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 11-26-355-008.

Commonly known as 1324 MAGNOLIA ST., ROCKFORD, IL 61104.

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

For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 22-00996 SL INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com

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You’ll take steps to buy a property or find a more suitable home. Shopping for the family will be a rewarding adventure.

CANCER

You’re a go­getter, ready to take on any challenge at work and in your personal life. No matter how old your children are, they’ll be a handful this week. If you’re single, many people will be attracted to you.

LEO

When you’re fatigued, you’re more vulnerable to germs. Take time to rest when you’re working overtime.

VIRGO

You may find that people feel lost or confused around you. You may need to withdraw and isolate yourself. You’ll also be inspired to start a spiritual practice.

LIBRA

Time is precious, and it’s not always easy to manage. You must pull out all the stops at work to get everything done on time.

SCORPIO

ARIES

It’s easier to negotiate with people with whom you’re not emotionally involved. You’ll find it easy to get along with most people, but you’ll need to be persistent with your children.

TAURUS

You could achieve a position of power at work. You’ll move into a prominent role if you trust your instincts and organizational skills.

GEMINI

You’ll be congratulated for a significant accomplishment, even if you think it was trivial. Your action will be viewed as heroic, even if it’s only to lend a listening ear to someone in distress.

CANCER

You’ll prioritize your family and home life. On the professional side, you may start a family business you can grow from home.

LEO

Summer is just a few weeks away, making you feel excited about the various adventures you’re planning. You deserve a little luxury. Walks and hikes will be your great pleasures.

VIRGO

You’ll be bold and try something new that could take you to the other side of the world. The position you’ve been coveting at work will finally open up.

LIBRA

You’ll achieve a greater sense of wellbeing by exploring your spirituality. You could also become involved in a movement that will answer your existential questions.

SCORPIO

ARIES

You’ll feel deeply inclined to take a trip abroad or explore your local area. Some people could make it difficult if you’ve planned to go on this adventure with a group.

TAURUS

Some people will abuse your generosity. Fortunately, your outspoken nature will ensure the record is set straight so you can get the respect you deserve.

GEMINI

You must prepare for a negotiation. Whether for work or to make a significant acquisition, you must gather the necessary information. This will require much patience.

CANCER

This is an excellent week to resolve conflicts and wrongdoings. You’ll get your way. You’ll also have to consider various details to regain harmony around you.

LEO

Buying a property requires time and money. It’s a very profitable project that will help you gain self­esteem. You’ll feel a great deal of pride for this accomplishment. This isn’t something everyone can do.

VIRGO

You’ll enjoy beautiful moments with your family this week. You’ll have to work on a project with your loved ones, such as moving homes because of a new job. You may also be told about a birth.

LIBRA

Spring is in the air, and you’re ready to spoil yourself, especially with a new wardrobe. Your social life will be in full bloom. You have several outings planned.

Across

1. Unsuitable

6. Agency behind food labels, acr.

9. Pastoral sounds

13. More painful

14. “Maggie May” singer

15. Secret storage

16. Hajj destination

17. Inflated feeling

18. One in a quiver

19. *Scooby-Doo’s best friend

21. *Stone Age Fred’s best friend

23. Zip 24. Type of wave

25. “Mangia!”

28. Apple leftover

30. Unlike Pinocchio

35. Law school test acronym

37. Tiger’s forte

39. Jack Black’s Libre

40. For____ kitchen counter

41. Jewish folklore creature

43. Singer Whitman of “Secret Love” fame

44. Formerly known as

dropsy

46. Spanish Surrealist

47. Stay out of its way!

You’ll arrange to go on a trip abroad or explore your region with your partner or friends. You’ll make changes at home, even if it’s only rearranging furniture.

48. Make a remake

50. Shawm

SAGITTARIUS

52. Yoda: “Do or do not. There is no ____”

4. Pie option

5. Calamitous

6. One of the Eagles

7. *Pluto or Snoopy

8. Acrobat maker

9. Rural building

38. *Phineas’ stepbrother

42. Be a parasite

You’ll be overflowing with creative ideas that will prompt you to create a work of art. You’ll perform an act of generosity for a loved one.

45. Just about (2 words)

49. Hula necklace

SAGITTARIUS

51. Builds a tower, e.g.

SCORPIO

You have to look at home renovations as an investment. Emotional sharing is essential to a harmonious married life. Don’t lend money to a friend to keep the relationship cordial.

53. Like hard times

55. Tube in old TV, acr.

57. *Jessica or Peter

You may have to shake a few people up to achieve professional success. Abundance awaits after beating out the competition for the job you want.

60. *Anthropomorphic squirrel’s last name

CAPRICORN

63. Small and elegant

10. Homesteader’s purchase, sing.

11. Nabisco’s “Chips ____!”

12. To use a Singer

54. Very small particles

56. Opposite of ecbatic

57. Ready for picking

58. A bit cracked

You’ll be under a lot of pressure at work and need to take time to see your friends and escape from it all. You’ll be thrilled to oversee an event that brings together the people you like most.

SAGITTARIUS

64. Mozart’s “L’____ del Cairo”

15. Dairy industry missing person-seeking prop

59. Not the life of the party

CAPRICORN

60. Same as cagey

You’ll have a burst of energy, allowing you to undertake several initiatives. Each one will be more exciting than the last, despite certain time restrictions or a particular financial situation.

You’ll have to make a few compromises to reach an amicable agreement. You’ll have justice on your side as you settle a dispute before it gets out of hand.

20. Nordic glühwein

66. Like a whistle?

68. Optical illusion creation (2 words)

AQUARIUS

69. “Time,” e.g., colloquially

22. Ooh and ____

24. Troublemaker

25. *Fudd’s first name

26. Line to the audience

61. Lotto variant

62. Palm starch

63. Gift topper

65. *Garfield or Tom

You’ll find clarity that sets you on a career path that aligns with your ambitions. A form of learning will guide you in the right direction or at least help you identify your goals.

67. Butterfly catcher

AQUARIUS

CAPRICORN

If you don’t take the time to relax, you may find yourself under a lot of stress. Try to adopt a more spiritual lifestyle that aligns with your values to regain your sense of well­being.

70. Hint of color

71. “The Way We ___”

72. Farm pen

You’ll have a lot of work to do. A competitor will try to entice you with a more interesting position. Your significant other or someone who’s attracted to you will make you feel special.

73. Skedaddle

27. “It is silent,” in sheet music

29. Living space

31. Don Johnson’s Bridges

Let your dreams take you on a journey that gives you some ideas for a holiday next summer. It’s essential to plan to enjoy an adventure in good company.

AQUARIUS

Although you tend to be shy and discreet, you’ll be in good company this week. You could be in charge of an important meeting at work or a family get­together.

PISCES

Down

32. Plaudit and pomp

PISCES

1. What hedonism and idealism have in common

2. Rejections

You’ll distinguish yourself when you succeed in lightening the mood at work or home by making people laugh. You’ll earn warm applause. You could also receive a reward.

3. Flatfoot’s lack

33. Bake an egg

34. *One of the Pickles

36. Like a broken horse

You’re particularly sensitive this week. You must take time to rest to shake things off. You might consider taking a holiday to recuperate and sort out your overwhelming emotions.

PISCES

You’ll be entitled to a promotion at work. If you’re looking for a job, you’ll land one with good prospects and quick advancement.

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: CANCER, LEO AND VIRGO

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: LIBRA, SCORPIO AND SAGITTARIUS

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: CAPRICORN, AQUARIUS AND PISCES

Crossword & Sudoku

Crossword & Sudoku