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Report shows Illinois union participation declining despite growth in new petitions

By Jerry Nowicki Capitol News Illinois

jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD – Overall participation in labor unions has declined in recent years in Illinois, although the state has seen an increase in successful unionization efforts for the second year in a row.

That’s according to the State of the Unions 2024 report, the latest installment in an annual review of unionization in Illinois and the U.S. by the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the University of Illinois’ Project for Middle Class Renewal. ILEPI is a nonprofit research organization with a board of directors that’s closely tied to organized labor.

The study found that Illinois saw 86 successful union petitions in 2023, up from 67 the year before. Those are the two highest totals in a 10-year period dating back to 2014. The prior eight years ranged from 25 to 62 successful petitions.

“When you see a couple of positive years where you’re seeing growth in in numbers, it does suggest that there’s some change in the labor market, there’s some change in worker attitudes, there’s some change in the strategy of union organizers,” Robert Bruno, a report co-author and director of the Project for Middle Class Renewal said in an interview. “It all suggests a positive turn.”

The successful petitions led to 4,399 additional workers being unionized in 2023, down from 9,497 in 2022.

“That’s from coffee shops to hospitals to cannabis producers to top-ranked universities,” said Frank Manzo, a report co-author and economist with ILEPI, said. “You know, private and nonprofit workers successfully organized dozens of workplaces, showing that the labor movement is gaining traction in new and emerging industries.”

Manzo and Bruno spoke to Capitol News

Illinois for the latest episode of Capitol Cast ahead of the Labor Day holiday. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts.

Despite the increase in private sector unionization efforts, the percentage of Illinois’ workforce that is unionized dropped below 13 percent for the first time in the 10-year period surveyed. At 12.8 percent, Illinois had the 13th-highest unionization rate among all states. A total of 707,829 people in Illinois were unionized in 2023, down from nearly 847,000 in 2015.

The public sector unionization rate has declined by a total of 4.1 percentage points since the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a decision in Janus vs. AFSCME, from 52.1 percent to 48 percent. That ruling put an end to public sector unions being able to charge fees to individuals who benefit from union representation but choose not to join the union.

Those fees, often referred to as “fair share” fees, helped unions better negotiate wage and benefit structures for all employees, regardless of whether they are part of the union. Without them, Manzo said, unions are required to represent those individuals without compensation.

“It is true that the most significant contributor to the declines in Illinois’ unionization rate has been drops in worker bargaining power in the public sector that was sparked by a 2018 Supreme Court decision,” Manzo said.

Another contributor to union participation decline is that the economy has added jobs in sectors with “low union densities,” like management, professional services, e-commerce and the gig economy, he said. At the same time, careers with long-standing union ties, such as mining and manufacturing, have either grown more slowly or “been lost altogether,” he said.

But he added that other states, including many surrounding Illinois, have enacted “right-to-work” laws, which create

“Janus-like conditions” in the private sector.

Illinois’ Workers’ Rights Amendment – an amendment to the state constitution that was approved by voters in 2022 –“effectively bans those so-called right-towork laws from ever coming to the state,” Manzo said.

“And the data show that states that protect workers rights, like Illinois, have higher wages, faster wage growth and stronger unions compared to those that have weakened collective bargaining rights,” he said.

While Illinois’ unionization rate was 12.8 percent in 2023, nearby states that have right-to-work laws – Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky and Wisconsin – had rates ranging from 7.1 percent to 8.8 percent.

Average hourly earnings in Illinois were $36.82 in 2023, compared to rates of $28.82 to $31.84 in the four neighboring rightto-work states, although Illinois’ cost of living is generally higher than in those states, which don’t have a city comparable to Chicago’s size.

Illinois’ wage growth from 2017 to 2023 was an average of 4.6 percent higher than those four states, based on the study’s review of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Current Population Survey data. Unionized Illinois workers earn about 12.6 percent more than non-union workers, per the same analysis.

The study found Black workers, men, military veterans, and workers with master’s degrees have the highest unionization rates in Illinois.

Nationally, the U.S. added 135,000 new union members in 2023, following a gain of 277,000 union members in 2022, according to the report. Unions are also seeing near record-high support, with 67 percent of respondents viewing them favorably, per a Gallup poll cited in the report.

“Despite dealing with an economy in transition and facing considerable legal challenges, unions are organizing new industries and improving job quality,” Manzo said.

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Ukraine’s children return to school as Russia launches drones and ballistic missiles at Kyiv

By Illia Novikov and Vasilisa Stepanenko

Associated Press

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched an overnight barrage of drones and cruise and ballistic missiles at Kyiv, officials said Monday, as children were returning to school across Ukraine. Some pupils found classes canceled because of damage from the attack.

Several series of explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital. Debris from intercepted missiles and drones fell in every district of Kyiv, wounding three people and damaging two kindergartens, the Interior Ministry said. City authorities reported multiple fires.

After more than 900 days of war, Russia and Ukraine show no sign of letting up in the fight or moving closer to the negotiating table. Both sides are pursuing ambitious ground offensives, with the Ukrainians driving into Russia’s Kursk region and the Russians pushing deeper into the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine that is part of the industrial Donbas region.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that Ukraine’s Kursk assault won’t prevent Russian forces from advancing in eastern Ukraine.

“The main task that the enemy set for themselves — to stop our offensive in Donbas — they haven’t achieved it,” Putin told students during a trip to Siberia. He predicted that the Kursk offensive will fail and that Kyiv officials will want “to move to peace talks.”

Speaking in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country’s operation in Kursk had drawn Russian troops away from southern Ukraine, but acknowledged that it had not yet succeeded in diverting Russian forces from the eastern frontlines, where the city of Pokrovsk is at risk of falling.

“We see that it is difficult there, and the most combat-ready Russian brigades have been concentrated in this area because it has always been their main target — Donbas. The complete, total occupation of Donbas: Donetsk and Luhansk regions,” Zelenskyy said.

He said last month that the aim of the Kursk incursion is to create a buffer zone that might prevent further attacks by Moscow across the border.

Russia launched 35 missiles and 26 Shahed drones at Ukraine overnight from Sunday to Monday, the Ukrainian air force said. Nine ballistic missiles, 13 cruise missiles and 20 drones were downed, it said.

Kyiv residents hurried into bomb shelters.

Oksana Argunova, an 18-year-old student, said she was still shaking after the scare.

“I woke up, my neighbor was shouting: ‘Let’s go down (to the shelter), there are big explosions.’ We all ran,” Argunova told The Associated Press.

Monday was the first day back at school after the summer vacation. In Ukraine, the day involves ceremonies and rituals, with students and often teachers wearing traditional costumes.

But the massive air assaults have taken a toll. In one last week, an F-16 warplane that Ukraine received from Western partners crashed. The pilot, one of the few Ukrainians trained to fly the jets, was killed.

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof, visiting Ukraine for the first time since taking office, traveled with Zelenskyy to Zaporizhzhia, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the front line.

They visited an underground school, and Schoof announced his government would give Ukraine 200 million euros ($221 million) to help protect and repair the electricity infrastructure targeted almost daily by Russian bombs.

“It must never be normal for children to have to go to school underground. It must never become normal for people’s homes to be cold because power plants have been bombed,” Schoof said.

He said the Netherlands would continue providing F-16 fighter jets and munitions to Ukraine and noted a plan floated last month by Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham to let retired F-16 pilots from other countries join the fight in Ukraine.

“That would be an interesting idea, because then you can just speed up the

process of deploying the F-16s. But we have to look into those things, with all the countries involved with the F-16 coalition,” Schoof said.

In Kyiv, children and parents gathered outside a damaged school as firefighters put out flames and removed rubble.

One mother arrived with her 7-year-old daughter, Sophia, unaware it had been hit. It was Sophia’s first day at a new school, her mother said, after a frightening night.

“We hid in the bathroom, where it was relatively safe,” said the mother, who gave only her first name, Olena.

Ukraine and Russia are battering each other with regular long-range drone and missile strikes, sometimes launching more than 100 weapons in aerial attacks that suggest they are still pouring resources into weapon production.

Russian air defenses intercepted 158 Ukrainian drones overnight, including two over Moscow and nine over the surrounding region, the Defense Ministry said.

The Ukrainian headquarters of the Danish humanitarian organization DanChurchAid was destroyed by missile fragments, its head Jonas Nøddekær said. Elsewhere, 18 people were injured in a Sunday evening strike on a center for social and psychological rehabilitation of children and an orphanage in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy, regional authorities said. The regional prosecutor’s office said there were no children in the facility, and the injured included people in nearby homes.

Associated Press writers Lori Hinnant in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine; Emma Burrows in London; and Jan. M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, contributed to this report.

AI may not steal many jobs after all. It may just make workers more efficient

By Paul Wiseman Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Imagine a customer-service center that speaks your language, no matter what it is.

Alorica, a company in Irvine, California, that runs customer-service centers around the world, has introduced an artificial intelligence translation tool that lets its representatives talk with customers who speak 200 different languages and 75 dialects.

So an Alorica representative who speaks, say, only Spanish can field a complaint about a balky printer or an incorrect bank statement from a Cantonese speaker in Hong Kong. Alorica wouldn’t need to hire a rep who speaks Cantonese.

Such is the power of AI. And, potentially, the threat: Perhaps companies won’t need as many employees — and will slash some jobs — if chatbots can handle the workload instead. But the thing is, Alorica isn’t cutting jobs. It’s still hiring aggressively.

The experience at Alorica — and at other companies, including furniture retailer IKEA — suggests that AI may not prove to be the job killer that many people fear. Instead, the technology might turn out to be more like breakthroughs of the past — the steam engine, electricity, the Internet: That is, eliminate some jobs while creating others. And probably making workers more productive in general, to the eventual benefit of themselves, their employers and the economy.

Nick Bunker, an economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab, said he thinks AI “will affect many, many jobs — maybe every job indirectly to some extent. But I don’t think it’s going to lead to, say, mass unemployment. We have seen other big technological events in our history, and those didn’t lead to a large rise in unemployment. Technology destroys but also creates. There will be new jobs that come about.’’

At its core, artificial intelligence empowers machines to perform tasks previously thought to require human intelligence. The technology has existed in early versions for decades, having emerged with a problem-solving computer program, the Logic Theorist, built in the 1950s at what’s now Carnegie Mellon University. More recently, think of voice assistants like Siri and Alexa.

Or IBM’s chess-playing computer, Deep Blue, which managed to beat the world champion Garry Kasparov in 1997.

AI really burst into public consciousness in 2022, when OpenAI introduced ChatGPT, the generative AI tool that can conduct conversations, write computer code, compose music, craft essays and supply endless streams of information. The arrival of generative AI has raised worries that chatbots will replace freelance writers, editors, coders, telemarketers, customer-service reps, paralegals and many more.

“AI is going to eliminate a lot of current jobs, and this is going to change the way that a lot of current jobs function,’’ Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, said in a discussion at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in May.

Yet the widespread assumption that AI chatbots will inevitably replace service workers, the way physical robots took many factory and warehouse jobs, isn’t becoming reality in any widespread way — not yet, anyway. And maybe it never will.

The White House Council of Economic Advisers said last month that it found “little evidence that AI will negatively impact overall employment.’’ The advisers noted that history shows technology typically makes companies more productive, speeding economic growth and creating new types of jobs in unexpected ways.

They cited a study this year led by David Autor, a leading MIT economist: It concluded that 60% of the jobs Americans held in 2018 didn’t even exist in 1940, having been created by technologies that emerged only later.

The outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, which tracks job cuts, said it has yet to see much evidence of layoffs that can be attributed to labor-saving AI.

“I don’t think we’ve started seeing companies saying they’ve saved lots of money or cut jobs they no longer need because of this,’’ said Andy Challenger, who leads the firm’s sales team. “That may come in the future. But it hasn’t played out yet.’’

At the same time, the fear that AI poses a serious threat to some categories of jobs isn’t unfounded.

Consider Suumit Shah, an Indian entrepreneur who caused a uproar last

year by boasting that he had replaced 90% of his customer support staff with a chatbot named Lina. The move at Shah’s company, Dukaan, which helps customers set up e-commerce sites, shrank the response time to an inquiry from 1 minute, 44 seconds to “instant.” It also cut the typical time needed to resolve problems from more than two hours to just over three minutes.

“It’s all about AI’s ability to handle complex queries with precision,’’ Shah said by email.

The cost of providing customer support, he said, fell by 85%.

“Tough? Yes. Necessary? Absolutely,’’ Shah posted on X.

Dukaan has expanded its use of AI to sales and analytics. The tools, Shah said, keep growing more powerful.

“It’s like upgrading from a Corolla to a Tesla,’’ he said. “What used to take hours now takes minutes. And the accuracy is on a whole new level.’’

Similarly, researchers at Harvard Business School, the German Institute for Economic Research and London’s Imperial College Business School found in a study last year that job postings for writers, coders and artists tumbled within eight months of the arrival of ChatGPT.

A 2023 study by researchers at Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania and New York University concluded that telemarketers and teachers of English and foreign languages held the jobs most exposed to ChatGPT-like language models. But being exposed to AI doesn’t necessarily mean losing your job to it. AI can also do the drudge work, freeing up people to do more creative tasks.

The Swedish furniture retailer IKEA, for example, introduced a customer-service chatbot in 2021 to handle simple inquiries. Instead of cutting jobs, IKEA retrained 8,500 customer-service workers to handle such tasks as advising customers on interior design and fielding complicated customer calls.

Chatbots can also be deployed to make workers more efficient, complementing their work rather than eliminating it. A study by Erik Brynjolfsson of Stanford University and Danielle Li and Lindsey Raymond of MIT tracked 5,200 customer-support agents at a Fortune 500 company who used a generative AI-based

assistant. The AI tool provided valuable suggestions for handling customers. It also supplied links to relevant internal documents.

Those who used the chatbot, the study found, proved 14% more productive than colleagues who didn’t. They handled more calls and completed them faster. The biggest productivity gains — 34% — came from the least-experienced, least-skilled workers.

At an Alorica call center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, one customer-service rep had been struggling to gain access to the information she needed to quickly handle calls. After Alorica trained her to use AI tools, her “handle time’’ — how long it takes to resolve customer calls — fell in four months by an average of 14 minutes a call to just over seven minutes.

Over a period of six months, the AI tools helped one group of 850 Alorica reps reduce their average handle time to six minutes, from just over eight minutes. They can now field 10 calls an hour instead of eight — an additional 16 calls in an eight-hour day.

Alorica agents can use AI tools to quickly access information about the customers who call in — to check their order history, say, or determine whether they had called earlier and hung up in frustration.

Suppose, said Mike Clifton, Alorica’s co-CEO, a customer complains that she received the wrong product. The agent can “hit replace, and the product will be there tomorrow,” he said. “ ‘Anything else I can help you with? No?’ Click. Done. Thirty seconds in and out.’’

Now the company is beginning to use its Real-time Voice Language Translation tool, which lets customers and Alorica agents speak and hear each other in their own languages.

“It allows (Alorica reps) to handle every call they get,” said Rene Paiz, a vice president of customer service. “I don’t have to hire externally’’ just to find someone who speaks a specific language.

Yet Alorica isn’t cutting jobs. It continues to seek hires — increasingly, those who are comfortable with new technology.

“We are still actively hiring,’’ Paiz says. “We have a lot that needs to be done out there.’’

Harvesting your apple trees

By Grant McCarty

Contributor

This past weekend marked the start of apple season in northern Illinois. While this may seem very early especially with the very hot temperatures we received last week, it’s actually common for orchards in our regions to open in August. One of the very early season apples many orchards now grow is ‘Zestar!’. This University of Minnesota variety is good for fresh eating and cooking. It further has a good storage ability of about 2 months. Outside of this variety, ‘Sweet Maia’ and even some ‘Honeycrisp’ apples are avail-

able. The consensus from orchards is that the harvest season is running 7-10 days ahead. Most orchards will have 2-3 new varieties each week throughout the fall. If you have apple trees in the backyard and this is your first harvest season, you may be wondering when your apples are ready to be picked. Like the orchards in our region, you will harvest apples based on their seasonality. We would further recommend looking at some guides as there are so many different varieties and must be picked at different times in the fall. For instance, ‘Granny Smith’ may not be ready until the end of October while

‘Fuji’ may be mid-September. One way that I look to see if my apples are ready are to see what the orchards around me are picking and/or their harvest calendars. This can give me a greater estimate of when my apples might be ready. If I am growing a variety not listed, you could see if there are similar varieties and estimate that way.

Color could be used to indicate apple maturity. The skin color can at times be a good indicator of when the apple is ready. Of course, if your apple is a mixture of red and yellow and not one color solely, it may be hard to determine the readiness. The

ground color is where the skin of the stem is. When the apple matures, this color will go from green to a yellow. Yet again, this will be based on variety.

Orchards will commonly do a starch test. This is done by cutting the apple and dipping it into an iodine solution. An apple that is strongly purple is considered immature while mature apples that are ready will have a subtle blue-purple color on the edges. You can do this on your home orchard but know that it takes some practice to figure this out.

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

Beloit Art Center

Beloit Art Center announces September Gallery Exhibits

Beloit Art Center

Beloit Art Center is pleased to announce the September exhibits which will open with a First Friday Gallery Reception on September 6th from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. A gallery talk featuring the artists will be held at 6:00 p.m. Both exhibits will be open through September 26th, 2024.

The Sveum Gallery presents “That was Then. This is Now”, a retrospective exhibit featuring Mary Ann Inman’s artwork, which harnesses the artistic elements of line, color, value, shape, gradation, and texture to evoke emotional responses. With a background in realism, Mary Ann has evolved her style, embracing an abstract approach that incorporates imagination, texture, mark making, and contrast, as seen in her more recent mixed media pieces that combine acrylic, watercolor, markers, ink, collage, and crayon. Thank you to our Sveum Gallery sponsor, LifeCircle. Student pottery will also be on display in the Sveum Gallery.

Artwork by Valerie Cohs will be the

featured artist in the Bell Gallery. Valerie Cohs, a passionate resin artist successfully blends earthiness and artistry to create stunning handcrafted pieces. She has prided herself in creating art that honors Earth’s beauty by including crystals, hand pressed flowers, a rich spectrum of colors, and abstract interpretations of the Earth’s wonders. “My work serves as a gentle reminder to pause, breathe, and rediscover the magic intertwined with human existence.” Thank you to our Bell Gallery sponsor, I-43 Storage. Looking for more art in the community? Be sure to stop by the Beloit Public Library to view featured art by Cheria Gillespie, and Bagels and More to view featured art by Kelly Hausknecht. Member Artists Zook, Dan Wuthrich, Brenda Thompson, and Susan Stopoulos will have their works displayed in the Members Gallery at the Beloit Art Center through the end of October.

Qigong in the Art Gallery with Nancy Mayhew, is held Mondays and

GUARANTEED

Wednesdays from 10 to 11 a.m.. through October 2nd. Qigong is traditional Chinese medicine and involves using exercise to optimize energy with the mind, body, and spirit to improve and maintain health and well-being. The cost is $50 for a 6-session punchcard, or $10 for one session - drop in when it works best for your schedule.

Introduction to Digital Photography I runs from September 23rd to October 28th, on Mondays from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. This course is for those with any type of digital camera who want to get out of Auto and start unleashing the creative potential of their camera. Please bring your camera and camera manual. The cost of this four week course is $80.

Photoshop Basics for Photographers runs from September 16th to September 30th, on Mondays from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Students will learn about adjustments using camera raw, using layers, removing distractions, and more. Students will need to bring their own laptop with the current version of Adobe Photoshop installed. Class fee $50.

Intermediate Level Acrylic Painting will be held Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to noon starting September 7th through October 12th. In this class, designed for intermediate students, artist David Ruhe will guide participants through creating artwork in acrylic - from planning and sketching to final painting. In addition to the class cost of $150, students will need to purchase their supplies, including a sketchbook, basic paints, brushes, and canvas.

Join us for a special First Friday event on September 6th with spoken word poetry artist James Hamilton. Hamilton is an

internationally published and performance artist. Meet and Greet starts at 7:00 p.m. and the featured performance starts at 8:30 p.m.

Visit https://www.beloitartcenter.com/ classes--events for more information and to register for classes.

Call for Beloit Art Center Mural artists! This contest has been created to provide a space for artists to share their talents, show how positive collaboration can work, and to beautify a piece of our beloved city and the Beloit Art Center building. The goal is to make an unpainted concrete block stair tower a Beloit destination, which will positively impact the image and success of arts in the community. Applications are due November 16th. Please visit the Beloit Art Center website for more information.

Registration fortThe Wisconsin Regional Art Program (WRAP) is now open. Beloit WRAP has a two piece entry limit due to limited gallery space. The entry and payment deadline is Thursday September 26th. WRAP encourages nonprofessional, student, and emerging artists to create and exhibit their work across Wisconsin. It is for people who have a serious interest in art and create art for the love of art. Selected winning pieces at Beloit WRAP will be shown at the Annual State Exhibit. Please visit the Beloit Art Center website for more information. Beloit Art Center is located at 520 E. Grand Ave. in downtown Beloit. The gallery is free and open to the public. Gallery and gift shop hours are Monday 10 am – 2 pm, Tuesday – Friday 10 am – 5 pm and Saturday 10 am – 2 pm.

Government Notices

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NOTICE FOR BID

Rock Valley College is receiving Bids for Downtown Campus Paint Equipment (Bid #24-22-D06). Bid documents with submittal instructions may be found on the College Website link: https://rockvalleycollege.edu/ about/college-information/ bid-information-and-vendors

Opening date and time for Bid submissions will be September 25, 2024 at 10:30 A.M. All submittals must be mailed per Bid instructions.

Specific questions may be directed to: Karen Kerr, Director of Business Services Rock Valley College k.kerr@rockvalleycollege.edu

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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, September 26, 2024 sealed submittals for RFP 25-10 Bus Wash, 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 5th day of September 2024, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

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Chicago to Rockford Intercity Passenger Rail Program

Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) have partnered with Union Pacific Railroad and Metra to reintroduce intercity passenger rail service from Chicago to Rockford, with intermediate stops planned in Elgin, Huntley, and Belvidere. This service will provide efficient, safe, and reliable transportation operations, with passenger trains traveling at maximum speeds of up to 79 mph, connecting Illinois communities in Cook, Kane, McHenry, Boone, and Winnebago Counties. Design, field reviews, environmental clearances, and stakeholder coordination are underway to support rail improvements.

IDOT is hosting a series of public information meetings this September to share updates regarding the Chicago to Rockford Intercity Passenger Rail Program. All four public information meetings will be in an open-house format with a brief, repeating presentation and exhibit boards available to view; attendees may come any time during the dates and times outlined below. The repeating presentation and exhibit boards presented will have the same content at all four meetings.

To learn more about the program and subscribe to receive updates, visit chicagotorockfordrail.org

Rockford:

Tuesday, September 10, 4:00pm - 7:00pm Veterans Memorial Hall (211 N Main St, Rockford, IL 61101)

Belvidere:

Wednesday, September 11, 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Rivers Edge Recreation Center (1151 West Locust Street, Belvidere, IL 61008)

Elgin:

Tuesday, September 17, 4:00pm - 7:00pm

The Centre of Elgin (100 Symphony Way, Elgin, IL 60120)

Huntley:

Wednesday, September 18, 4:00pm - 7:00pm Huntley Park District (12015 Mill St, Huntley, IL 60142) All venues are accessible. Copies of the presentation will be available in English and Spanish. If you have any questions pertaining to the meeting accommodations, please contact Mary Mcllvain at mmcilvain@ morrealecomm.com.

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BRIAN O’REILLY et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000219 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY

GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 16, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on September 19, 2024, at the Advocus National Title Insurance, 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: LOT ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX (126) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 5 OF QUAIL RUN SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 39 OF PLATS ON PAGE 64B IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3562 N TRAINER RD, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-03-455004 (147D-226) The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

to check the court file to verify all information.

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876

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.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-19-03503

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Case Number: 2019-CH-0000219

TJSC#: 44-2160

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 # 2019-CH-0000219

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTYROCKFORD, ILLINOIS PNC Bank, National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Kaidie Simmons; Allison Woody; Midland Credit Management, Inc.; Cory Hall; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Todd E. Clark; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Amy L. Silvestri, as Special Representative for Todd E. Clark (deceased)

DEFENDANTS No. 2024-FC-0000224

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Cory Hall

made by: Todd E. Clark the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Riverside Community Bank, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20131021986; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court 400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before September 20, 2024, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300

DuPage # 15170

Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-24-03605

NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I3250203 P25448R TRRT 9/4 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FOR WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS - CHANCERY DIVISION CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff, vs. JOHN P. GROVES; FELICIA W. LOPEZ; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No.: 2024-FC-0000270

Property Address: 8078 Cloverdale Lane, Rockford, IL 61107

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE FOLLOWING, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit:

Lot Twenty-seven (27) as designated upon the Plat Number 2 of Country Oaks being a Subdivision of part of the Northwest 1/4 of The Northwest 1/4 of Section 24, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is Recorded in Book 32 of Plats on Page 252 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in Winnebago County, State of Illinois. Commonly known as: 8078 Cloverdale Lane, Rockford, IL 61107

Names of the titleholders of record: JOHN P. GROVES.

Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Todd E. Clark

Date of the Mortgage: August 13, 2010. Name or names of the mortgagors: JOHN P. GROVES; FELICIA W. LOPEZ.

Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants

before September 20, 2024, 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

1800 Pembrook Drive, Suite 250 Orlando, Florida 32810

Tel: (407) 730-4644 Service Emails: vchavarria@lenderlegal.com EService@LenderLegal.com

LLS13509-IL - GROVES _s/ Vincent Chavarria, Esq.__ Vincent Chavarria, Esq. Counsel of Record for Plaintiff ARDC # 6291469 I3250161 P25449R TRRT 9/4 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTYROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Metropolitan Life Insurance Company PLAINTIFF Vs. Veta Louise LLC; Sydney Josephine Elkins; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Caroline Kennedy DEFENDANTS No. 2024-FC-0000175 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: 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: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 325 Camlin Ave Rockford, IL 61103 and which said Mortgage was made by: Veta Louise LLC the Mortgagor(s), to BPL Mortgage Trust, LLC, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 2022036185; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Thomas A. Klein

Name of the mortgagee: HOME SAVINGS OF AMERICA, A FEDERAL SAVINGS ASSOCIATION.

Date and place of recording: August 18, 2010; Office of the Recorder of the Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois. Identification of recording: Document No. 20101030189. NOW THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or

Clerk of the Circuit Court 400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before September 20, 2024, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527

(630) 794-5300

DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531

Our File No. 14-24-02468

NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I3250399 P25450R TRRT 9/4 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS CIVIC REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS III, LLC, Plaintiff(s), vs. ARAZU LLC, CAROLINE KENNEDY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s). Case No. 24 FC 205 PUBLICATION NOTICE

The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: CAROLINE KENNEDY, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Chancery Division, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for foreclosure of a certain Real Estate Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 18 IN BLOCK 1 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF S.R. SMITH’S SUBDIVISION OF COUNTRY CLUB HEIGHTS THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 14 OF PLATS, PAGE 134 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Tax Number: 11-12-454-001 commonly known as 2329 CLINTON PLACE ROCKFORD IL 61103; and which said Real Estate Mortgage was made by ARAZU LLC and recorded in the Office of the Winnebago County Recorder as Document Number 2021041910; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless you, the said named Defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, located at 400 W. STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61101, on or before September 20, 2024, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Attorney No. 3635 LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Ira T. Nevel Timothy R. Yueill Greg Elsnic Aaron Nevel Andrew Chu 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com KP # 23-01543 I3250354 P25451R TRRT 9/4 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 BEVERLY ANN HAYENGA, Deceased. Case No. 2024-PR-0000211

Date Will Filed: May 28, 2024 Will Number 2024-WI-451 CLAIMS NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of BEVERLY ANN HAYENGA. Letters of Office were issued on August 13, 2024, to JEFFERY A. HAYENGA,

whose address is 4775 Summer Place, Morganton, NC, 28655, as Independent Executor of the Estate. The attorney of record for the estate is Anthony R. Phelps of Reno & Zahm LLP, 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Claims may be filed on or before February 21, 2025, 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 any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/18-3), whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated 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, with the Independent Executor, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Executor and to the attorney for the Estate within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

The Estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court.

Dated this 16th day of August, 2024.

RENO & ZAHM LLP BY: /s/ Anthony R. Phelps

Anthony R. Phelps, Attorney for Jeffery A. Hayenga, Independent Executor of the Estate of Beverly Ann Hayenga RENO & ZAHM, LLP

Anthony R. Phelps (#06297415) 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 Phone (815) 987-4050 arp@renozahm.com

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 6146, 7511 Vandiver Road, Rockford, Illinois 61112 to satisfy a lien on September 19, 2024 at approx. 11:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com.

Cube B41 Elizabeth Wade; Cube C32 David Shuping; Cube H37 Aaron Bratek; Cube K33 Judit Ortega-Gonzalez: Cube P14 Rudy Heernandez; Cube DD1 Kyle Barker; Cube LL11 Jordan York.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner #5754, 3780 E. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108 to satisfy a lien on September 19, 2024 at approx. 11:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com.

Cube 92 Demarcus Johnson;

Cube 115 El Avery;

Cube 116 El Avery;

Cube 167 Clifford Bellars;

Cube 186 Floyd Crawford;

Cube 188 Stefani Mexin;

Cube 229 Charmell Rivers;

Cube 302 Dajae Johnson;

Cube 325 Lameika Everett;

Cube 381 Jessica Holloway;

Cube 402 Leticia Sutton;

Cube 404 Leticia Sutton.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 6150, 4548 American Road Rockford, Il 61109 to satisfy a lien on September 19, 2024 at approx. 11:30 AM at www. storagetreasures.com.

Cube B15 Royland Robinson;

Cube 804 Jermar Mitchell;

Cube 1108 Antuan McClinton;

Cube 1161 Dewuan Wilson; Cube 1427 Shayontae Franklin; Cube 1518 Tricia Knaus; Cube 2220 Leon Smith; Cube 4106 Qianna Davis; Cube 4235 Alyssa Ally Lopez; Cube 4252 Stephanie Harris; Cube 5506 Jennifer Redner; Cube 5512 Bianca Webster; Cube 5919 Keyanna Turner; Cube 5929 Palmer Phillips; Cube 6623 Kenny Jimenez.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner #6153, 4560 Stenstrom Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109 to satisfy a lien on September 19, 2024 at approx. 11:30 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. None.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 6152, 3015 N. Main, Rockford, Illinois 61103 to satisfy a lien on September 19, 2024 at approx. 12:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com. Cube A6 Dawn Hart; Cube A75 Jodese Starks; Cube A96 Renee Russell; Cube A137 Charles Kostantacos; Cube A176 Renee Russell; Cube B47 Gina Walker; Cube B61 Jeffrey Ingram; Cube B88 Jennifer Couper; Cube B127 Charlie Ortiz; Cube B169 Emma Thill; Cube B171 Dominique Hightower; Cube B184 Alvin Hall Sr.; Cube B185 Harry Wesemann; Cube B193 Lamiracle Shyann; Cube B196 Thomas Golden; Cube B238 Syreeta Glover; Cube B270 Terria Cherry; Cube B275 Clayton Woolwine; Cube B333 Cheria Mcgee.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE:

The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner #6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 to satisfy a lien on September 19, 2024 at approx. 12:30 PM at www.storagetreasures.com. Cube 215D David Robinson; Cube 314 Tayvia Cole; Cube 429 Jamie Ducksworth; Cube 457 Ahmad Mubarak. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner # 6148, 4300 Interstate Blvd, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 to satisfy a lien on September 19, 2024 at approx. 1:00PM at www. storagetreasures.com. Cube 241 Taylor Seitz; Cube 335 David Scott; Cube 411A Todd Schmitt; Cube 448 Keairra Jones. 25483R TRRT 9/11 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 satellite dish removal and disposal business in said County and State under the name of Satellite Dish Removal Pro at the following post office addresses: 1820 Juniper Lane, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Alan Eduardo Mata

SIGNED: Alan Eduardo Mata 8/23/24

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of August, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk 25488R TRRT 9/18

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS

NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Plaintiff(s), vs. GREGORY A. HARTMAN

A/K/A GREG A. HARTMAN, JENNIFER S. HARTMAN

A/K/A JENNY S. HARTMAN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s). Case No. 24 FC 239 PUBLICATION NOTICE

The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: GREGORY A. HARTMAN A/K/A GREG A. HARTMAN, JENNIFER S. HARTMAN A/K/A JENNY S. HARTMAN, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Chancery Division, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for foreclosure of a certain Real Estate Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: PART OF BLOCK ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF STOCKHOLM PARK SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS ON PAGE 49 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK, NINETY-ONE (91) FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID BLOCK, FIFTY (50) FEET; THENCE EAST, PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX AND EIGHTYEIGHT HUNDREDTHS (226.88) FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID BLOCK; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID BLOCK, FIFTY (50) FEET TO A POINT NINETY-ONE (91) FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK; THENCE WEST, PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN AND THREE HUNDREDTHS (227.03) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Tax Number: 12-30-329-008 commonly known as 922 24TH ST ROCKFORD IL 61108; and which said Real Estate Mortgage was made by GREGORY A. HARTMAN A/K/A GREG A. HARTMAN AND JENNIFER S. HARTMAN A/K/A

JENNY S. HARTMAN, and recorded in the Office of the Winnebago County Recorder as Document Number 20101001838 AND UNDER LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2024002563; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless you, the said named Defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, located at 400 W. STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61101, on or before September 27, 2024, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the

prayer of said Complaint. Attorney No. 3635 LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC

Attorney for Plaintiff Ira T. Nevel

Timothy R. Yueill

Greg Elsnic

Aaron Nevel

Andrew Chu

175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com KP # 24-01866

I3250589 P25466R TRRT 9/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO –NON-PROBATED WILL #2024-WI-645: Donald J. Sawyer, Legal residence 2237 9TH STREET, Rockford, IL 61104. NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE is given of the death of Donald J. Sawyer on July 25, 2024. The Estate is administered through a Small Estate Affidavit and no Letters of Office were issued. Administrator/Executor of the Estate are, Tammy Rivera. Attorney Kathy McNeely-Johnson, Legal Serenity, PC, 403 Auburn St. Rockford, IL 61103 LEGALSERENITY@GMAIL.COM, is representing the estate.

Claims against the Estate are to be made before February 21, 2025, 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 made with Kathy McNeely-Johnson, Legal Serenity, PC, 403 Auburn St. Rockford, IL 61103 legalserenity@gmail.com. Attorney of record. with the Estate Administrators, or both. Notification by email is accepted.

25455R TRRT 9/4 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS, IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF: MICHAEL ROWLAND GRIEP, a male child.

WINNEBAGO COUNTY CASE NO. 2024AD78

NOTICE TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Adoption was filed in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named, MICHAEL ROWLAND GRIEP; NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 4THth day of OCTOBER, 2024, a default may be entered against you at any time following that day, and a judgment order entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DATED: AUGUST 23, 2024

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Clerk

Attorney Alicia Oliver Leonard 631 N Longwood St., Suite 203 Rockford, IL 61107 25471R TRRT 9/11 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 HELEN M. SELL, Deceased.

Case No. 2023-PR-0000311

Date Will Filed: November 24, 2015

Will Number 2015-WI-885

NOTICE OF FILING FINAL REPORT

Notice is hereby given to RONALD SELL, RHONDA SELL, MERRI SELL and PATRICIA COSTELLIO, please take notice that on August 19, 2024, a Final Report (the “Final Report”) in the above-captioned probate estate was filed with the Circuit Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois.

If no objection to this Final Report is filed within forty-two (42) days after the date that the Final Report was filed, the Independent Administrator will be discharged and the Estate closed.

In the absence of fraud, accident or mistake, an Order discharging the Independent Administrator and declaring the Estate closed is binding on each person whose receipt or approval was filed with the Final Report and on each person to whom notice thereof was given in compliance with §28-11(e) of the Probate Act of 1975, as amended, except a ward for whom no personal fiduciary is acting.

Dated this 19th day of August, 2024.

STEVEN POWELSON,

Independent Administrator of the Estate of HELEN M. SELL, Deceased BY: RENO & ZAHM LLP /s/ Anthony R. Phelps

Anthony R. Phelps (#06297415)

Attorneys for the Independent Administrator

Prepared by:

RENO & ZAHM LLP

Anthony R. Phelps (#06297415) 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 987-4050 arp@renozahm.com

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

PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF:

MARY ANN WEBB

Deceased.

Case No. 2024 PR 201 CLAIMS NOTICE

NOTICE is given of the death of MARY ANN WEBB. Letters of Office were issued on 7-26-24 to ZACHARY WEBB whose address is 5035 Hummingbird Trail, Loves Park, IL 61111. The attorney of record for the estate is Laura L. McGarragan 1004 North Main Street, Rockford Illinois 61103.

Claims may be filed on or before February 28, 2025, 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 any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated 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 W. State St., Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the Independent Administrator, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s OfficeProbate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Administrator and to the attorney for the estate within ten days after it has been filed.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person may terminate independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court.

Dated: 8-21-24

/s/ Zachary Webb

ZACHARY WEBB, Executor

By: /s/ Laura L. McGarragan

Attorney for the Independent Administrators

Laura L. McGarragan 6199753

Attorney for Independent Administrators

1004 North Main Street Rockford, IL 61103

815-961-1111

laura@mcgarraganlaw.com

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AAdditional Storage Northwest 5070 Spooner Road Rockford, IL 61103

815-297-7803

NOTICE OF SALE

The personal properties stored by: Jeff Johnston (#1 & #43), Sheila Donaldson (#13), Keegan Miles (#20), Erica Saint-Louis (#24), Michael P Smith (#70) and Donald Devey Jr (#74/92). Located at 5070 Spooner Road, Rockford, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold through an online auction, at www.storagetreasures.com on 09/10/2024, to enforce the owner’s lien thereon. If not sold, the property will be otherwise disposed of. Property includes household goods and many personal items.

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Notice of Public Sale

Personal property stored by the following individuals from ABC Self Storage of JDC LLC. 6858 Belford Industrial Drive, Belvidere, IL 61008, a self-service storage facility, shall be sold at public auction. The following self-storage unit contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash to satisfy the lien on October 19, 2024, at approx@09:00 AM at 6858 Belford Industrial Drive Belvidere, IL. Leins against units must be satisfied by October 4th to remove the unit from the auction. All announcements made the day of the sale supersede any statements made prior to that date.

Unit #A13 Nicola Rogo; Unit #A15 Joesph Nelson; Unit #A19 Darci Benberger; Unit #B55 Fabion & Chrystal Cedello; Unit #B56 Pablo Gulaviz; Unit #C26 Jordon Buttran; Unit #C30 Nicole Zbseski; Unit #C32 Antonio Land; Unit #D1 Kelly Bell or Kelly Hallworth; Unit #D5 Benjiman Abate; Unit # D29 Debra Hunt or Matthew Hunt; Unit #D51 Kelly Gaylord; Unit #D54 Nicola Rogo; Unit #D55 Carrie Zaragoza; Unit #D57 Jose Laues-Robels; Unit D58 Pablo Galaviz or Larvignet Galaviz.

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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: ANA L. CASTANEDA, Petitioner, vs. ROBERTO C. MURILLO, Respondent. Case No. 24-DN-202 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Roberto C. Murillo that Petitioner Ana L. Castaneda 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 September 30, 2024, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition.

/s/ Ana L. Castaneda, Petitioner

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WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME

CHANGE (ADULT) Request of:

ZACHARIAH DALTON

HULTGREN-JOHNSON, Current Name

Case Number 24-MR-370

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Zachariah Dalton Hultgren-Johnson to the new name of: Zachariah Dalton Johnson.

The court date will be held: on September 18, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., at 420 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Zachariah Dalton Hultgren-Johnson Current Name 25477R TRRT 9/11 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 buying, remodeling, selling and renting houses business in said County and State under the name of Ocampo’s Residence and Sons at the following post office addresses: 726 Locust St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Nylda L Ocampo L Ocampo

SIGNED: Nylda L Ocampo L Ocampo 8/5/24

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of August, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Deputy Clerk 25478R TRRT 9/11

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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 community events business in said County and State under the name of Triple L’s Ladies Living Large at the following post office addresses: 1118 Revell Ave., Apt. 1, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kimberly Donnyell Corley

SIGNED: Kimberly Donnyell Corley 8/12/24

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of August, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Deputy Clerk 25459R TRRT 9/4

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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 construction business in said County and State under the name of Brian Vanbriesen DBA Roscoe Construction Service at the following post office addresses: 629 Fairview Ave., South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brian Heath Vanbriesen

SIGNED: Brian Heath Vanbriesen 8/12/24

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of August, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Deputy Clerk 25460R TRRT 9/4

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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 exterior cleaning services business in said County and State under the name of Suds Exterior Cleaning at the following post office addresses: 1516 Daisy

Ave., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Joshua Delatrinidad

SIGNED: Joshua Delatrinidad 8/13/24

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of August, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Deputy Clerk 25462R TRRT 9/4 n n n STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT ROCK COUNTY

Case No. 24-CV-30

Debtor Action – Money Judgment: 30301

Blackhawk Community Credit Union 2460 Court Street P.O. Box 5366 Janesville, WI 53547, Plaintiff. vs. Thomas Williams 714 Brown Ave Rockford, IL 61103, Defendant. SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN

To each person named above as a defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after August 21, 2024, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Rock County Courthouse at 51 S. Main Street in Janesville, Wisconsin 53545, and to Nathan R. Russell of Russell Law Offices, S.C., Plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 213 S. Main Street., P.O. Box 66, Darlington, WI 53530. You may have an attorney help or represent you. If you do not demand a copy of the complaint within 40 days, the court may grant judgment against you for the award of money or other legal action requested in the complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that is or may be incorrect in the complaint. A judgment may be enforced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may become a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and may also be enforced by garnishment or seizure of property. If you require assistance or auxiliary aids or services because of a disability, call 608.743.2200 and ask for the Court ADA Coordinator. Dated: August 15, 2024 Russell Law Offices, S.C. Attorneys for the Plaintiff Nathan R. Russell State Bar No. 1047499 213 Main Street P.O. Box 66 Darlington, WI 53530 (608) 448-3680 (August 21, August 28, September 4, 2024) 25457R TRRT 9/4 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WinnebagoRockford, ILLINOIS SERVIS ONE, INC DBA BSI FINANCIAL SERVICES Plaintiff vs. DANIEL P KEEHNEN, CHELSEA M KEEHNEN AKA CHELSEA BAUER, CHELSEA BAUER, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 23 FC 281 CALENDAR NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on October 10, 2024, at the hour 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s Winnebago County office,

7210 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61108, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT TWENTY-NINE (29) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 2 OF DEER POINTE ESTATES BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 38 OF PLATS ON PAGE 185B IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 12-04-352-008. Commonly known as 5242 SOLITUDE DR., ROCKFORD, IL 61114. The real estate is: 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: At sale, the bidder must have 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. 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 Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 2215 Enterprise Drive, Suite 1512, Westchester, Illinois 60154. (312) 940-8580. 23-02385

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3250843 P25479R TRRT 9/18 n n n NOTICE OF SALE

Personal Property stored by the following individuals from A Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C. P.O. Box 8116 Rockford IL 61126, a self-service storage facility, operated by A Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C. shall be sold at public auction at the address listed below. The Auction will be held on or after 9/27/24 at 9:00am to enforce the Owner’s Lien thereon. If there are no bidders, the property will be otherwise disposed of by the owner. Any vehicles sold will not have a title provided to the buyer. Auction begins at 9am, all other locations immediately follow.

Units located at 1821 W Chrysler Dr Belvidere IL 61008 immediately following previous auction beginning at 9 a.m. Joshua Combs Unit C127. If the unit is not paid in full by Friday September 20th 2024 at 4pm your unit will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction on Friday September 27th 2024. To register as a buyer please arrive 15 minutes prior to the auction with proper identification and payment. Please register at our office located at 5112 Linden Rd Rockford IL 61109.

A Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C. 25484R TRRT 9/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. NICOLA RUGO, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NON RECORD CLAIMANTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants. CASE NO. 2024 FC 297 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Defendant in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced

in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: Lot Ten (10) in Block Six (6) as designated upon the Plat of Sauber’s North View Subdivision of part of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 11, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 21 of Plats on Page 9 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 2123 Dresden Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61103 P.I.N. Number: 11-11-306-019 Property Code: 191C 232 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about August 29, 2024.

That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is Nicola Rugo. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows:

Mortgagor – Nicola Rugo Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford. Date of Mortgage – February 29, 2024. Date of Recording – March 6, 2024. County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document– 2024004770 NOW THEREFORE, unless you Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, the said Defendant, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before October 30, 2024, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint. Dated at Rockford, IL on the 29th day of August, 2024.

Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney

Timothy F. Horning MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 thmeyerhorning@aol.com 25485R TRRT 9/18 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 transcription business in said County and State under the name of Dynamic Transcripts at the following post office addresses: 8068 Faraway Lane, Winnebago, IL 61088; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brooke Marie Like

SIGNED: Brooke Marie Like 8/12/24

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of August, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Deputy Clerk 25461R TRRT 9/4

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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 non profit business in said County and State under the name of Rock Church United DBA Rock Church at the following post office addresses: 6732 Harrison Ave., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as

follows: Jared Eugene Katke SIGNED: Jared Eugene Katke 8/13/24

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of August, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Deputy Clerk 25463R TRRT 9/4

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF:

JULIO DELREAL and JESSICA PADILLA, Husband and Wife, TO ADOPT ALEJANDRO JAFETH PADILLA and CRISLEY JANORI SANTOS, Minors. CASE NO: 2024 AD 111

ADOPTION NOTICE

To: Jose Kevin Santos Chironos, and All Whom It May Concern: TAKE NOTICE that on the 31st day of July, 2024, a Petition for Adoption was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 17th Judicial Circuit, and that on the

October 18th, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a hearing will be held virtually via zoom https://zoom. us/join, Meeting # 824 3365 5292 upon the Petition for Adoption of Alejandro Jafeth Padilla and Crisley Janori Santos 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 30th day of August, 2024.

Thomas Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court

Dennis M. McDougall, #6216516

McDougall & Winzeler, PC

127 N. Wyman Street, Ste. 200 Rockford, Illinois 61101 P: 815/977-5211 ~ F: 815/977-5694

Dennis@McDougall-Winzelerlaw.com

Law@McDougall-Winzelerlaw. com

25486R TRRT 9/18

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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 food seasonings business in said County and State under the name of Cook and Ladder Enterprises at the following post office addresses: 7430 Fairmont Ln., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael Bryan Riley Sr. SIGNED: Michael Bryan Riley Sr. 8/16/24

Subscribed and sworn (or

affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of August, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Deputy Clerk 25464R TRRT 9/4

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY

PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT

DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: TERESA LYNN BRENT, Current Name Case Number 24-MR-367

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Teresa Lynn Brent to the new name of: Teresa Lynn Jide-Taiwo. The court date will be held: on October 2, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., at 420 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Teresa Lynn Brent Current Name 25487R TRRT 9/18

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.- BRIAN O’REILLY et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000219 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 16, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on September 19, 2024, at the Advocus National Title Insurance, 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 3562 N TRAINER RD, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-03-455-004 (147D-226)

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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 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.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 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.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-19-03503

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Case Number: 2019-CH-0000219

TJSC#: 44-2160

Case # 2019-CH-0000219 I3250286

P25447R TRRT 9/4 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF Winnebago - Rockford, ILLINOIS SERVIS ONE, INC DBA BSI FINANCIAL SERVICES Plaintiff vs. DANIEL P KEEHNEN, CHELSEA M KEEHNEN AKA CHELSEA BAUER, CHELSEA BAUER, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 23 FC 281 CALENDAR

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on October 10, 2024, at the hour 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61108, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-04-352-008.

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8/24/2024 78 Blassage, Marcia Rockford

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Crossword THEME: AT THE SUPERMARKET

Across 1. Marriott hotel chain

6. Lockheed Martin Corporation @NYSE

9. Desert in central Asia

13. Tinder user?

14. Distinctive period in history

15. Munchausen’s title

16. Likewise

17. Campfire leftover

18. Jason Bateman/ Laura Linney TV drama

19. *Traditionally clipped

21. *OS in POS at the supermarket

23. Bro’s sibling

24. “____ there, done that”

25. T in Greek

28. FBI’s cold one

30. Windshield ____, pl.

35. “The ____ for Red October”

37. Coach of Dallas Mavericks

39. Bow’s partner

40. Black and white killer

41. Be in accord

43. First word in fairy tale

44. Formerly known as Pleasant Island

46. Long-lasting Steelers coach

47. TV’s “man named Brady”

48. *GO in BOGO

50. French “place”

52. 6th sense

53. Adored one

55. What cruelty and crush have in common

57. *Dairy aisle package

60. *S&H Green ____

63. Non motorized vessel

64. I have

66. Nev.’s neighbor

68. Offspring, collectively

69. Rank above maj.

70. Visual

71. QBR in football, e.g.

72. Will Ferrell’s Christmas classic

73. Like a gymnast

Down

1. *What registers do 2. Nonclerical

3. Football legend Graham

4. Unborn vertebrate

5. ____ of Cancer

6. *Like freezer aisle “Cuisine”

7. “____ Robinson” by Simon & Garfunkel

8. California/Nevada lake

9. Mediterranean Strip

10. Not written

11. Dull one

12. Pen juice

15. Home to Sarajevo

20. Port city in Japan

22. Like marines in slogan

24. Cowboy’s bedding

25. Flip-flop

26. Plural of aura

27. Adam Sandler’s “____ Gems”

29. Manual communication gesture

31. High school ball

32. Bert’s TV buddy

33. Ice in a cocktail

34. *TV’s “Supermarket ____”

36. Tropical tuber

38. *Sliced items section

42. Choose a

WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 1 TO 7, 2024

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: SCORPIO, SAGITTARIUS AND CAPRICORN ARIES

You’ll have a lot of work and urgent details to sort out at home and work this week. Don’t hesitate to ask your family for help. They’ll be happy to lend a hand!

TAURUS

Well-meaning friends might invite you to exercise regularly to stay in shape over winter. This will help you feel good about yourself and stay healthy.

GEMINI

This week, you’ll devote your time to your home and family. You’ll decorate your space how you like and be happy with the results. The New Moon will bring action into your life.

CANCER

You’ll be on the go this week or play taxi driver for your nearest and dearest, which will take some time. You’ll also spend time talking on the phone and being active on social media. You’ll be curious and easy to talk to.

LEO

A mountain of files awaits you at work. This will cause some stress but bring in much-needed extra income, so you may need to double-check some invoices.

VIRGO

Your friends will want to go shopping with you. Although you’ll suggest various activities, you may end up going on an adventure on your own. You could play a sport or do another fun activity.

LIBRA

Take a step back to relax and gain a better perspective. This will help you determine how to make your personal or professional life more interesting.

president

45. “____ we stand, divided we fall”

49. Tokyo, once

51. Adenine’s partner in RNA

54. Chilled (2 words)

56. Savory taste sensation

57. *Rolling supermarket carrier

58. Dwarf buffalo

59. Type of canal, in dentistry

60. Ego’s main concern

61. Surveyor’s map

62. Accompanies relief

63. “Big Three” TV network

65. Radio knob, abbr. 67. ATM extra

SCORPIO

Your friends may ask you to join them for a relaxing weekend retreat, or your partner could take you on a romantic getaway. Either way, you’ll have fun in a rejuvenating atmosphere.

SAGITTARIUS

You might be given new responsibilities at work, requiring a few extra hours to complete your projects. However, this could lead to better job opportunities in the future.

CAPRICORN

A training course suggested by your boss will open doors to a more promising future, with possible advancement after graduation. A celebratory trip is in the cards. Lots of fun ahead!

AQUARIUS

September is a time for new beginnings — a new school year for students and a return to work for others. Take this opportunity to think about what you want to do with your life and start working toward it.

PISCES

You’ll be responsible for organizing a big event despite feeling uncomfortable in crowds. This will show you that stepping outside your comfort zone can help you succeed and accomplish your goals.

Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.

Crossword & Sudoku

DRIVE CLOTHING

Across

1. Deep purple

5. Below-average grades

9. Beam

12. Row

13. Fairy-tale giant

14. Peeper

15. Skip

16. “Cheers” barfly

17. Ink holder

18. Lavish fondness (on)

19. Help

21. Spoil

23. Affected manners

26. This girl

29. Brewer’s barrel

31. Arctic house

32. A long time

33. Take as one’s own

35. Tall tree

36. Morning program

38. Tic-tac-____

39. “____ You in September”

40. Cut off

41. Naughty child

43. Unlock again

47. Scored on serve

51. No longer is

53. Mild oath

54. Wound

55. Lamb’s ma

56. Medicinal amount

57. Large flat chunk

58. Vegetable plot

59. Went fast

60. Opposite of west

Down

1. Proceed slowly

2. Exec’s auto

3. Group

4. Parking-lot timer

5. Charitably given

6. Personality parts

7. Goofs up

8. Trailer truck

9. Snakes and lizards

10. Nautical response

11. Itch

20. Bend downward

22. Say yes to

24. Audition prize

25. Several

26. Matched collections

27. Holler

28. Promoted

30. Acquired

31. Piece of information

34. Aimed

37. Tarzan’s friend

42. Old-fashioned

44. Racetrack numbers

45. Stage object

46. Diminish

48. Popular soda

49. Significant timespans

50. Obligation

51. Spinner’s work

52. Dread

Crossword & Sudoku

Rockford Area

First Friday Comedy Night

Lucha Cantina

1641 N. Alpine Rd., Rockford, IL 61107 luchacantina.com

815.977.4319

Friday, September 6

Lucha Cantina’s First Friday Comedy night is back for another night of laughs. Courtney Albers hosts and has been performing in comedy clubs throughout the U S Featured comics include Tina Youkhana, known for her witty takes on cultural differences, and James Fisher Jr., a dynamic performer from Chicago’s top comedy clubs. Headliner Kevin Kellam, has warmed up for bands such as Twenty-One Pilots, and Panic! At the Disco. A $10 cover will be added to each table's check. The show starts at 7:30 p.m.

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Tamale Fest

5909 E. State St Rockford, IL 61108 tamalefest815.com

Saturday, September 7

Rockford’s biggest Latino celebration returns for its 8th year. Attendees can enjoy over a dozen food trucks serving a variety of traditional Mexican fare in addition to tamales, thrilling lucha libre, an exceptional car show, live music, DJs, a jalapeño eating contest, and more. A variety of drinks, including cocktails and craft beers, will also be available for purchase. The event promises family-friendly fun with contests, dancing, and local vendors. Gates open at 1 p.m. and admission it $10. Admission is free for children 10 and under.

Roscoe Lions Fall Festival Leland Park

5727 Broad Street, Roscoe, IL 61073 815.623.8199 roscoelionsclubil.com

Friday, Sept 6 - Sunday, Sept 8

The Roscoe Lions Club invites the community to the 54th annual Roscoe Fall Festival. The event promises food, drinks, carnival rides, games, and live music throughout the weekend Saturday is kids’ day on the midway with $3 wristbands for four hours of rides. On Sunday morning from 7 - 9:45 a.m., guests can enjoy a pancake breakfast then watch the festival parade which steps off at 11 a.m. on the corner of Bridge and Main Street in Roscoe. With free admission, it’s a perfect kick off to the start of fall.

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