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State law banning concealed carry on public transit ruled unconstitutional
Limited ruling applies only to plaintiffs; both sides considering next steps
By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com
A federal judge in Rockford has declared a state law banning concealed firearms on public transit systems unconstitutional –at least as it applies to four individuals who challenged it in court.
But the law remains in effect for everyone else as the parties in the case consider their next steps.
In a decision released Friday, Judge Iain D. Johnston said under current U.S. Supreme Court standards, the law violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
“After an exhaustive review of the parties’ filings and the historical record, as required by Supreme Court precedent, the Court finds that Defendants failed to meet their burden to show an American tradition of firearm regulation at the
time of the Founding that would allow Illinois to prohibit Plaintiffs—who hold concealed-carry permits—from carrying concealed handguns for self-defense onto the CTA and Metra,” he wrote.
Johnston cited the 2022 Supreme Court decision, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, which struck down a century-old law in New York requiring individuals to show “proper cause” for needing to carry a firearm before they could be issued a concealed carry permit.
The Illinois case challenged a portion of the state’s 2013 Firearm Concealed Carry Act, which allows certain individuals to obtain permits to carry concealed firearms in many public places.
But the law also lists several prohibited areas where it remains illegal to carry concealed weapons, including “Any bus, train, or form of transportation paid for in whole or in part with public funds, and any building, real property, and parking area under the control of a public transportation facility paid for in whole or in part with public funds.”
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Four individuals who hold concealed carry permits filed suit in 2022 to challenge the law, saying it prevented them from carrying their firearms for self-defense on mass transit trains and buses in the Chicago metropolitan area. They included Benjamin Schoenthal, of DeKalb County; Mark Wroblewski, of DuPage County; Joseph Vesel, of suburban Cook County; and Douglas Winston, of Lake County.
Johnston’s ruling held that the law is unconstitutional, but only as it applies to the four plaintiffs, meaning the law remains in effect for everyone else.
A spokesperson for Raoul, a defendant in the case, said that office would likely appeal the ruling. A spokesperson for Cook County State’s Attorney Kimberly Foxx, who was also named as a defendant, declined to comment.
Asked about the decision at an unrelated event Tuesday, Gov. JB Pritzker said he disagreed with Johnston’s opinion. He said the rights protected under the Second Amendment are not absolute and that there should be limits on the kinds of weapons people are allowed to carry and where those weapons should be permitted.
“So it’s clear that there are some misguided decisions that get made at the circuit court level, the federal court level, and I’m hoping that it will be overturned along the way, if it has to all the way the Supreme Court,” he said. “It will be disappointing if they uphold this. But I’m hopeful that the law that was passed in Illinois a number of years ago, that’s frankly done a lot to keep people safe, will be upheld.”
In July, the Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of challenges to the state’s 2021 ban on assault-style weapons and large-capacity magazines, at least for the time being. Several lawsuits seek preliminary injunctions to block enforcement of that law while the cases are being tried, but the court said it would not hear those challenges until after the lower courts have conducted their trials.
The first of those trials is scheduled to begin Sept. 16 in U.S. District Court in East St. Louis.
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AP Top 25: SEC grabs six of the first seven spots in rankings as Notre Dame tumbles to No. 18
By Ralph D. Russo Associated Press
After the first shake-up of the college football season, the Southeastern Conference grabbed six of the top seven spots in the AP Top 25 — a first in the 88-year history of the rankings — and Notre Dame tumbled all the way to No. 18 on Sunday after being stunned at home.
Georgia received 54 out of a possible 63 first-place votes to keep a firm hold on No. 1. No. 2 Texas jumped a spot after dominating defending national champion Michigan on the road and received four first-place votes. The Longhorns have their best ranking since finishing second in 2009.
The Wolverines were down to No. 17. No. 3 Ohio State from the Big Ten Conference slipped a spot. Then it was four more SEC teams. Alabama held steady at No. 4 and Mississippi moved up a spot to No. 5.
Missouri moved up three spots to No. 6 and Tennessee made a big jump from No. 14 to No. 7 after routing North Carolina State in Charlotte.
With the SEC bigger (16 teams) — and seemingly better — than ever given the additions of Texas and Oklahoma — the circumstances were right for an early season takeover like never before.
Not only is six of the top seven teams from one conference a record for a poll, but never before had a single league held as many as five of the top seven places.
Those teams will start playing each other in the coming weeks so it is unlikely the SEC can keep this up, but it’s a stark example of what’s possible in the superconference era.
Especially after the first huge upset of the college football season. Notre Dame’s 16-14 loss to Northern Illinois marked the first time a top-five team lost to an unranked team since the 2022 season, when Purdue knocked off then-No. 2 Iowa on Nov. 5, 2022.
The Huskies’ victory, the first top-five win for a Mid-American Conference team in league history, landed Northern Illinois at No. 25 in the rankings. NIU is ranked for the first time since 2013 and is the first team from non-Power Four conference to be ranked this season.
Rounding out the top 10 were No. 8 Penn State and No. 9 Oregon of the Big Ten and No. 10 Miami. The Ducks slip two spots after a wild, comeback victory against Boise State.
Poll points
Northern Illinois is one of four teams to move into the rankings this week for the first time this season, most notably Nebraska at No. 23.
The Cornhuskers are ranked for the first time since 2019 after easily handling Colorado at home. That was a brief stay. After starting that season ranked No. 24, the Huskers lost in Week 2, fell out the rankings and have been gone ever since.
The last sustained season in the rankings for Nebraska was 2016, though even that season ended with the Huskers unranked. They have not finished a season ranked since 2012. That’s what second-year coach Matt Rhule and freshman quarterback Dylan Raiola are aiming for.
Just a reminder: Nebraska still owns the record for the longest streak of poll appearances with 348 under coach Tom Osborne from 1981-2002. The second-best streak is Alabama’s active 264 straight weeks ranked.
In and out
The turnover came from the bottom of the rankings, where Kansas, Iowa, Georgia Tech and North Carolina State all fell out after losses.
No. 21 Iowa State essentially switched places with its Cy-Hawk rivals by beating Iowa.
Last week, Georgia Tech made its
first appearance in the AP Top 25 since 2015, snapping one of the longest active droughts among power conference teams. The Yellow Jackets lasted only a week after losing at Syracuse, but another Atlantic Coast Conference team snapped its own lengthy drought.
No. 24 Boston College is ranked for the first time since 2018.
Conference call
The only other time a conference had four of the top five teams was the SEC on Oct. 19, 2014, when Mississippi State was No. 1, Ole Miss was third, Alabama was fourth and Auburn was fifth.
SEC — 8 (Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15, 16).
Big Ten — 6 (Nos. 3, 8, 9, 11, 17, 23).
Big 12 — 5 (Nos. 12, 13, 14, 20, 21).
ACC — 4 (Nos. 10, 19, 22, 24).
MAC — 1 (No. 25).
Independent — 1 (No. 18).
Ranked vs. ranked No. 20 Arizona at No. 14 Kansas State, Thursday. A Big 12 game that’s not actually a Big 12 game. This is a nonconference matchup that already was set before realignment.
No. 24 Boston College at No. 6 Missouri, Saturday. An unexpectedly ranked ACC-SEC matchup.
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Georgia School shooting
Mother’s warning to Georgia school raises questions about moments before shooting
By Jeff Amy Associated Press
ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of a student at the Georgia high school where a teen allegedly killed four people says information indicating staff were warned he was having a crisis shows the shooting could have been prevented.
“The school failed them, that they could have prevented these deaths and they didn’t,” Rabecca Sayarath said Sunday in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “I truly, truly feel that way.”
Sayarath’s daughter, Lyela, told reporters on Wednesday, the day of the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, that administrators appeared to be looking for Colt Gray, the 14-year-old who has been charged with four counts of murder, before the gunfire began.
Others, though, are declining to blame school or law enforcement officials.
“I’m not going to referee or second-guess what happened with the authorities the other night,” U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, a Georgia Democrat, said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “I applaud our first responders. When others are running away from danger, they run toward the danger in order to do the best they can.”
Officials say Gray shot and killed students Christian Angulo and Mason Schermerhorn, both 14, and teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53. Eight other students and a teacher were injured — seven of them shot — and are expected to recover.
Annie Brown told The Washington Post that her sister, Colt Gray’s mother, texted her saying she spoke with a school counselor and warned staff of an “extreme emergency” before the killings. Brown said Marcee Gray urged them to “immediately” find her son to check on him.
Brown provided screen shots of the text exchange to the newspaper, which also reported that a call log from the family’s shared phone plan showed a call was made to the school at 9:50 a.m. Warrants for Gray’s arrest say the shooting started at 10:20 a.m.
Brown confirmed the reporting to The Associated Press on Saturday in text messages but declined to provide further comment.
Marcee Gray expressed remorse for the shootings Saturday to The Washington Post and The New York Post.
“I am so, so sorry and can not fathom the pain and suffering they are going through right now,” Gray told The Washington Post in a text.
“It’s horrible. It’s absolutely horrible,” Gray told The New York Post outside her
father’s home in Fitzgerald, Georgia, about 150 miles (240 kilometers) south of Atlanta.
Charles Polhamus, the boy’s grandfather, has told multiple news outlets that Marcee Gray got a text from her son on Wednesday saying he was sorry. Polhamus told CNN that Marcee Gray drove to Winder, more than 200 miles (320 kilometers) from Fitzgerald, immediately after the shooting.
The Washington Post also reported that texts show relatives contacted the school about the boy’s mental health a week before the shooting, and that Brown told a relative he was having “homicidal and suicidal thoughts.” The newspaper reported that the teen’s grandmother, Deborah Polhamus, met with a school counselor to request help.
The boy “starts with the therapist tomorrow,” Polhamus wrote in a text to Brown after that meeting.
Investigators haven’t said what they believe might have motivated Gray or whether they believe he targeted particular victims.
Authorities have said Gray’s father, Colin Gray, gave him access to the semiautomatic AR-15 style rifle used in the shooting. It’s not clear how Gray brought the gun to campus or what he did with it in the two hours between school starting at 8:15 a.m. and when shots first rang out.
Colin Gray became the first parent of a school shooting suspect to be charged in Georgia, District Attorney Brad Smith said Friday. He’s accused of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and cruelty to children for providing his son with the rifle.
Colin Gray is jailed in Barrow County after declining to seek bail in a brief court hearing Friday in Winder. Colt Gray is being held in a juvenile detention center after declining to seek bail. Neither has been indicted or entered a plea.
Lyela Sayarath said Wednesday that Colt Gray had left her algebra classroom and that she believed he was skipping class.
In the minutes before the shooting, a female administrator came to her class looking for a student with the same last name and almost identical first name as Gray, she said. That other student was in the bathroom, but the administrator demanded to see his bag. That student returned with his bag moments later, Sayarath said, and told her that administrators had concluded he wasn’t the student they were looking for.
Someone also called the teacher on the intercom, apparently asking about Gray, Sayarath said. She said as the intercom buzzed a second time, the teacher responded, “Oh he’s here,” seeing Gray outside the
classroom door.
When students went to open the door, which automatically locks from the inside when closed, Sayarath said they backed away. She said she saw Colt Gray turn away through the window of the door and then she said she heard gunshots — “10 or 15 of them at once, back-to-back.”
Rabecca Sayarath, Lyela’s mother, has said she believed the school erred by sending an unarmed administrator to look for Colt Gray instead of one of Apalachee High’s armed school resource officers.
When she questioned Barrow County Sheriff Jud Smith about her daughter’s account at a Wednesday night news conference, Smith cautioned, “With all due respect, ma’am, I think your information is incorrect.”
It’s unclear if Barrow County school authorities knew before the shooting that Colt and Colin Gray previously had been interviewed by a sheriff’s deputy in neighboring Jackson County in May 2023 after a report of an online threat to shoot up a middle school that Colt Gray, then 13, attended.
Colt Gray told the deputy that “he would never say such a thing, even in a joking manner,” according to a report filed by investigators. No action was taken because of inconsistent information about the social media account used to make the threats.
Colin Gray told the investigator back then that Colt had access to unloaded guns in the house but knew “how to use them and not use them.” He also said his son had struggled since he and his wife separated and that Colt was picked on in school.
Nicole Valles, a spokesperson for the Barrow County school district, declined to comment Sunday in response to emailed questions seeking more details about what may have happened before the shooting.
“Because this is an active investigation and now court proceedings have begun, we are not commenting on specific details,” Valles wrote, referring questions to the district attorney.
Smith didn’t immediately respond to emails Sunday with similar questions, while the Georgia Bureau of Investigation referred requests for comment to the district attorney.
Growing great garlic
By Grant McCarty Contributor
As garlic curing ends around the first week of August to wrap up your 2024 season, we wait 8 more weeks to then turn around and plant garlic for the 2025 season. This quick movement between seasons is expected when growing garlic in Northern Illinois. Garlic is one of the main vegetables (or you might call an herb) that we get questions about throughout the spring and summer. Yet the problem with garlic is that we forget that we need to plant it in the fall where it overwinters and is harvested the end of June. If you do not plant at the right time, you will find that your garlic will not grow well for you.
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Garlic should be planted in Northern Illinois in October. Even if you plant in September and mulch, you may have green growth from the garlic beyond the mulch layer and need to add more mulch. Any exposure of the green tips to winter may damage your garlic.
One clove will yield one head of garlic. Basically, this garlic clove is cloning itself to create that garlic bulb. There is a direct correlation between the size of the clove and how the rest of the bulb will develop. If you plant a small clove, expect small cloves in the bulb you harvest in June 2025. You want a hardneck type as these perform well in Northern Illinois. You might try softneck varieties but know that they still tend to perform poorly
even with layers of mulch. Much of that will depend on our winter.
Hardneck varieties that are recommended are ‘Spanish Roja’, ‘Carpathian’, and ‘Georgian Crystal’. Growers I know also like ‘German Porcelain’, ‘Chrysalis Purple’, and ‘Red Chesnok’.
To get garlic for planting, visit a farmers market in your area and talk to the vendor. If you purchase a head of garlic from them, these cloves can be planted in your garden this fall. Garlic can be ordered online from reputable businesses though shipping can be expensive. I typically set aside bulbs from my 2024 harvest to plant in the fall while supplementing with new garlic bulbs I order.
As you think about where you want
to plant it, keep in mind that garlic has a long growing season. This space will not be available for crops until June/July of next year.
Garlic should be planted twice the height of the clove with spacing 6-8 inches between. You need to mulch. A good mulch layer of 6-8 inches is needed to provide insulation for the garlic as it develops. You may find that you need to keep laying this down in winter months. Straw tends to be the best as it allows for protection and air flow. It is not uncommon to have to reapply a mulch in December.
Grant is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension.
Predicting how climate change will impact forests in Illinois
By Drs. Robert & Sonia Vogl Illinois Renewable Energy Association
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We have periodically burned the ground level vegetation of our small woodland for years to maintain the oak woods and the spring flora associated with it. We started burning it when it was recommended by ecologists to prevent garlic mustard from dominating the floral understory. For years periodic burning helped to maintain the spring flora and it continues to thrive.
The spring flora in our woods was spectacular and we provided tours for groups and individuals interested in them. The spring flora remains attractive but we have been losing both young and old oak trees to disease. Our trees grown on a hilly, sandy site and a few back to back drought years may have weakened the trees and allowed bark beetles to enter the trees and consume the cambium layer slowly killing the trees.
We hired an arborist to assess the damage and while the woodland is small, he estimated it would be too costly to chemically treat the woodland of the
size of ours. It is likely to have ecological adverse effects on other species as well.
In conversation with foresters, arborists, ecologists and other woodland owners they also reported that they are experiencing the death of some oak trees. So far the damage is not on the scale of what occurred in Wisconsin wetlands inhabited by ash trees due to emerald ash borer. But consideration is being given to what trees are likely to survive as the climate continues to change.
An article in Climate Connections provides a brief overview of a tree planting project in St. Paul, Minnesota in which volunteers are helping scientists to determine which trees will thrive as the climate gets warmer.
The volunteers planted more than 1000 trees in 24 plots research plots. The trees planted including species already common in the area and others common farther south. The volunteers will help maintain the plots and report on their condition.
Another approach considering what trees might survive as the climate contin-
ues to warm is based on models developed to match the traits of trees, habitat types and climate projections 100 years in the future for Illinois. The study sponsored by the Illinois Native Plant Society and titled: Past, Present, and Possible Future Trends with Climate Change in Illinois Forests was done by Louis R. Iverson and John B. Taft and published in Erigenia in Spring of 2022.
The study indicates that following the last ice age, Illinois supported a boreal ecosystem similar to what now exists in Canada. It was replaced by an ecosystem of deciduous forest and grasslands maintained by fires. By 1820 with the arrival of European-American Settlement around 42% of the land was covered with woodlands and savannas. The forests have changed since then under the pressures of habitat destruction, the absence of fires, livestock grazing and invasive species. Today only 13.5% remain as forests with 68% classified as oak-hickory.
The anticipated climate changes over the next 100 years of warmer winters, warmer and wetter springs and hotter and
drier summers are expected to influence which tree species are likely to surviving in our future forests. The predictions for the potential futures of the 113 tree species in response to climate change in ten primary Illinois ecoregions were based on computer models
The existing dominant oak-hickory forest stands are projected to have a fair to good capabilities to survive the expected changes in the Illinois climate . If they do, the spring flora are likely to as well. However, the maple forest of Acer sacharum is an existing rival to oak woodlands is projected to have a fair to good capabilities of survive as well. When it dominates a forest, too little light penetrates to the forest floor to support a rich, diverse forest fauna as occurs in an oak woodland. We would loose the rich species diversity of the understory of a oak woodland.
Having a sense of how climate change will impact vegetation is an important factor to consider in efforts to sustain biodiversity as well as impacting planning of conservation practices and their designs.
Greenwich Village Art Fair
76th Greenwich Village Art Fair Sept. 14 + 15 at Rockford Art Museum
From Rockford Art Museum
The 76th Greenwich Village Art Fair (GVAF) takes place Saturday, September 14 and Sunday, September 15—rain or shine—on the grounds of Rockford Art Museum (RAM) at Riverfront Museum Park, 711 N. Main St., in downtown Rockford, Illinois. The annual outdoor event features over 70 juried artists, live music by local musicians, an artisan marketplace, children’s art activities, food trucks, cocktails and more. Established in 1948, Greenwich is the longest running art fair of its kind in the Midwest. Premier sponsors are: Bergstrom Inc; Hard Rock Casion Rockford, Forest City Gear; Anne and David Boccignone, Cathy + Rob Funderburg, Dean Alan Olson Foundation, GreenState Credit Union; Aqua Aerobic Systems Inc, City of Rockford, and Dickerson Nieman Realtors/Becky Collier.
Admission gates are located at the Rockford Art Museum parking lot. Gates are open 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Saturday (afterhours event until 7:30 p.m.) and 10 a.m.–5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5 for adults, free for children 12 and younger. Tickets are available at the gate (cash only). Ticket proceeds help support RAM programs throughout the year.
Exhibiting at this year’s fair are 72 artists and 11 artisan marketplace vendors from across the nation. Types of artwork represented include paintings, jewelry, sculpture, glass, ceramics, textiles, photography, wood, mixed media, and more. Artists compete for awards on the first day of the fair, where their work will be viewed by 2024 Judge Juan Fernandez. Awards, including Best of Show, Judge’s Choice awards, and honorable mentions will be presented Sat, Sept. 16. List of exhibiting artists at end of article.
Special events at the fair include live music by regional bands, Art Raffle (announced Sunday, with raffle prizes of original artwork donated by 6 exhibiting artists), cocktails and champagne at Point Lounge and Spark Champagne Bar both days, kid’s art activities, and after-hours music event Saturday night from 6-7:30 p.m. featuring Rock and Roll Institute. Greenwich Main Stage, features LIVE MUSIC all day by local musicians including JB Project, Steve McClanahan, 3 Good Men, Hard Knock Kings, Law and Love, Rock and Roll Institute, H!P Pocket, Vince Chiarelli Band, Red Ball Jet, and Bobby Steele and the Singed Souls. All sets included with fair admission.
Local food trucks will be on-site serving everything from bao sandwiches to woodfire pizza and homemade ice
cream. Village Pub will serve sodas, and LaMonica brands of beer, wine and hard seltzers. Craft beer will be served by local brewery, Pig Minds Brewing. Local and regional vendors at the Greenwich Artisan Marketplace this year include Canine Crunchery, Caricatures by Chuck, Craft + Foster Candles, Dip N Good Dips, Dreamflow Works, Handicraft Soul, Iconic Quilling, SPoRT Makeup, The Licorice Guy, Victoria Sweeney, and Yours Truly Bath Co. Food and drink vendors include Bings, Catch N Crisp, Citrus Squeezer, Gelato Joe’s, Ka Bao, My Café Amore, Ole Folks BBQ, Quixotic Bakery, Rustic Oven Wood Fire Pizza, Thai Jasmine, and Vintage Goose.
Kortman Gallery Point Lounge celebrates it’s 20th year at Greenwich and features signature cocktails, mixed drinks and fine wines and, returning this year, J.R. Kortman Center for Design also presents Spark Champagne Bar featuring champagne cocktails. The RAM Membership Booth is also located near the entrance, where visitors can easily join the art museum or renew their membership for the upcoming year.
2024 Art Raffle tickets, $5 each or 3 for $10, are available at the GVAF Info Booth. Drawing will be held Sunday, Sept. 17, at 5 p.m.; ticketholders need not be present to win.
Kids can make their own take-home art at the popular Creations by Kids tent. Hands-on art activities are $1 each. The Creations tent opens at 10 a.m. and closes at 5 p.m. on Saturday and 4 p.m. on Sunday (one hour before the fair closes).
Premier Sponsors: Bergstrom Inc. Music Sponsors: Forest City Gear, Hard Rock Casino Rockford. Supporting Sponsors: Anne + David Boccignone, Dean Alan Olson Foundation, Cathy + Rob Funderburg, GreenState Credit Union. Contributing Sponsors: Aqua-Aerobic Systems, Inc, City of Rockford, Dickerson Nieman Realtors/Becky Collier. Event Sponsors Anderson Toyota Scion Lexus of Rockford, Northwest Illinois Alliance of Realtors, Rockford Area Arts Council, Waterside Financial Advisors, Williams McCarthy LLP. In-Kind Sponsors: Associated Bank Corp., Castronovo’s Bridal Shop, Deliverance Outreach Ministries, Holmstrom and Kennedy, KNIB, Lino’s, Mrs. Fischer’s Potato Chips, Player’s Golf Cars, Rock River Service Co., St Angel Realtors and Insurance, SGA Architects, Stepping Stones.
The 76th Greenwich Village Art Fair is co-chaired by Keri and Doug Benhoff and supported by a Steering Committee. GVAF
is also staffed by community volunteers throughout the event. Ticket proceeds help support Rockford Art Museum. Learn more at greenwichvillageartfair.com or facebook.com/greenwichvillageartfair, and follow GVAF during the event at instagram.com/ greenwichvillageartfair.
FULL LIST OF 2024 EXHIBITING ARTISTS
CERAMICS—Shawn Barbagallo (South Beloit, IL), Alex Bolton(Bolingbrook, IL), Nyx Eckmayer (Lockport, IL), Ky Kufrin (Rockford, IL), Eileen McDaniel (Wautoma, WI), Taylor McDarison (Waukesha, WI), Hironobu + Liz Nishitateno (Loves Park, IL), Michael Schael (Cambridge, WI)
FIBER + LEATHER—Gerri Ager (Madison, WI), Sharon Cherney (Clayton, WI), Julaine Lofquist-Birch (Rockford, IL), Pamela Siehr (Madison, WI), Samuel Yao (Ann Arbor, MI)
GLASS—Cynthia Maynard + Collene Chalke (Rockton, IL)
JEWELRY—Barbara Bettag (Wheaton, IL), Peter Brenner (Elgin, IL), Claudia Darak (Schererville, IN), Christina Holm (Rockford, IL), Renzo Iglesias (Fort Lauderdale, FL), Shannon Intrepidi (Arbor Vitae, WI), Jennifer Lynde (Rockford, IL), Diane Shaffer (Waterman, IL), Stephanie Tantillo (Marengo, IL), Lynda Wallis (Beloit, WI), Patti Zieche (Sedalia, MO)
MIXED MEDIA—Sally Brandl (Evanston, IL), Laura Castanos (Mundelein, IL), Kathie Collinson (North Aurora, IL), Barry
Dock (Rockford, IL), Valentina Fedoseeva (Loves Park, IL), Norm Knott (Rockford, IL), Brenda Mattis (South Beloit, IL), Brett Miley (Sebring, FL), Rich Theobald (Sun Prairie, WI), Lisa Whittington (Saukville, WI)
PAINTING—Dan Brinkmeier (Mount Carroll, IL), Tonya Cameron (Whitewater, WI), Ellie Cupp (Rock Island, IL), Rebecca Dodson (Sun Prairie, WI), Christine Duckmann (Chicago, IL), Drew Eurek (Rockford, IL), Holly Fuca (Rockford, IL), Jessica Grose (Chicago, IL), Pablo Korona (Rockford, IL), John + Marilyn Lamar (Rockford, IL), Alice Matthews (Oglesby, IL), Raisa Torres (Lake Mills, WI), Joshua Weedman (Freeport, IL)
PHOTOGRAPHY—Kelly Griffin (Rockford, IL), Sunny Liang (Chicago, IL), Mike Murray (Deforest, WI), Chris + Katie Robleski (Milwaukee, WI), Nathan Trivette (Minneapolis, MN)
PRINTMAKING + WORKS ON PAPER— Benjamin Calvert (Villa Park, IL), Andria Green (Chicago, IL), Glen Lowry (Davenport, IA), Kari McDonald (Rockford, IL), Jay Wennersten (Carol Stream, IL)
SCULPTURE—Brad Cahill (Sycamore, IL)
WOOD—Max Andersen (Cleveland, WI), Salem Barker (South Beloit, IL), Bill Bergeson (St. Charles, IL), William Boyle (Belvidere, IL), Daniel Burks (Cherry Valley, IL), Roberto Ferrer (Mundelein, IL), Josh Richardson (Rockton, IL), Nick Scheuer (Rockford, IL).
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VILLAGE OF CHERRY VALLEY, ILLINOIS
Notice of Public Hearing on Annexation Agreements
Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the Village Board of Trustees of the Village of Cherry Valley, Illinois on October 1, 2024 at 6:30 p.m. at the Village Hall, 806 East State Street, Cherry Valley, Illinois to consider a proposed annexation agreement to be entered into by and between the Village of Cherry Valley and the Owner(s) of the below described unincorporated properties: A. Properties with PINs 07-06200-010; 07-06-300-001; 07-06300-002; 07-06-300-004; and 0706-400-001 and legally described as follows:
PARCEL 1: PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION, 2606.51 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 94.08 ACRES OF THE WEST 95.25 ACRES OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION, BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 20 MINUTES 56 SECONDS EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 94.08 ACRES OF THE WEST 95.25 ACRES OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4, 1597.27 FEET TO A LINE FENCED AND OCCUPIED AS THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 95.25 ACRES OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4; THENCE NORTH 00 DEGREES 30 MINUTES 03 SECONDS WEST 34.0 FEET TO A POINT THENCE WEST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF THE SOUTH 94.08 ACRES OF THE WEST 95.25 ACRES OF SAID SOUTHWEST 1/4, 1597.27 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BOONE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 2: PART OF THE NORTH 40 ACRES OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 IN SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 6 AFORESAID; THENCE EAST ON THE HALF SECTION LINE 19.11 CHAINS; THENCE SOUTH 33 LINKS TO THE CENTER OF A SOD FENCE; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SAME 19.11 CHAINS TO THE ONE-EIGHTH SECTION LINE; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE SAME 51 LINKS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BOONE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 3: THE NORTH 40 ACRES OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 IN SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BOONE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS; EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART CONVEYED BY ALONZO JENKS AND WIFE TO
JOHN FITCH DATED JANUARY 25, 1864 AND RECORDED APRIL 16, 1864 IN BOOK Z OF DEEDS ON PAGE 12 AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 6 AFORESAID; THENCE EAST ON THE HALF SECTION LINE 19.11 CHAINS; THENCE SOUTH 33 LINKS TO THE CENTER OF A SOD FENCE; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SAME 19.11 CHAINS TO THE ONE-EIGHTH SECTION LINE; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE SAME 51 LINKS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BOONE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 4: THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 IN SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BOONE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.
PARCEL 5: THE SOUTH 71 1/2 ACRES OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 IN SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN LYING SOUTH OF THE ROAD KNOWN AS U.S. HIGHWAY 20; EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT PART DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION AT ITS POINT OF INTERSECTION WITH THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF U.S. HIGHWAY 20; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY 20 A DISTANCE OF 50 FEET; THENCE NORTH PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY 20; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID HIGHWAY TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF BOONE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Filed by David Green on behalf of Kevin D. Aves Trust and Barry A. Aves Trust.
B. Property with PIN 07-06200-011 and legally described as follows:
BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; THENCE WEST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION
79.8 RODS TO AN IRON STAKE; THENCE NORTH, 144.4 RODS TO AN IRON STAKE IN THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF STATE BANK ISSUE ROUTE NUMBER 5; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE
80.4 RODS TO A POINT IN THE EAST LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; THENCE SOUTH ALONG SAID EAST QUARTER SECTION LINE, 157.32 RODS TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; EXCEPTING THEREFROM THOSE PARTS CONVEYED TO THE STATE OF ILLINOIS FOR THE USE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS BY DEEDS RECORDED NOVEMBER 7, 1961 IN ROADS BOOK 2, PAGE 311 AND JULY 9, 1965 AS DOCUMENT 3840; SITUATED IN BOONE COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Filed by David Green on behalf
of Julia Thorius Trust and Elizabeth Stevens Trust.
Members of the public are invited to attend this public hearing, at which time an opportunity will be given to address the members of the Village Board of Trustees.
Dated: September 6, 2024 /s/ Aaron Szeto, Village Attorney To be published in the Rock River Times on or about September 11, 2024. 25490R TRRT 9/11 n n n
NOTICE
September 2024 - The Winnebago County Local Emergency Planning Committee, as required by 42 U.S.C. Section 11044, notifies the public that the emergency response plan, material safety data sheets, and inventory forms have been submitted. Follow up emergency notices may subsequently be issued. Any member of the public who wishes to review the plan, or any specific sheet, form or follow up notice may do so at the LEPC Office, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61102 during normal working hours, by emailing the Winnebago County ESDA Coordinator at LEPC@wcso-il.us or telephoning (815) 319-6017 to schedule an appointment. Further, be it known that the above LEPC is conducting an annual public presentation of the organization’s emergency response plan September 27, 2024, at Rockford Police Department District 1, 1045 W. State St. Rockford, Illinois and will include invited speakers: Gary Kovanda, Attorney and LEPC Member, Daniel Lorek, Risk Mitigation Officer, Canadian National Railroad, Sargent Steve McCorkle, Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department. Topics: Sara Title III, Railroad Safety with Hazardous Material Transport, Utilizing Drones for All-Hazard Emergency Events & Demonstration. 25491R TRRT 9/11
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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 PENNY D. MORROW, Deceased.
Case No. 2024-PR-0000172
Date Will Filed: No Will NOTICE OF MOTION TO PETITION NOTICE is given to ZACH MORROW, ERIKA MORROW and CHAD MORROW, who are heirs in the above proceeding and whose addresses are not presently known, that on the September 18, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as counsel may be heard, I shall appear before the Honorable Judge Gwyn Gulley, or the Judge presiding in her Courtroom 314 in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, via Zoom Virtual Courtroom, Meeting ID# 853 1032 1761, (connecting through the Webpage http://zoom.us/join. Instructions are at https://tinyurl. com/virtualcourt17) and then and there present the Independent Administrator’s Petition to Sell Real Estate at which time you may appear, if you so desire.
Dated: September 5, 2024.
ESTATE OF PENNY D. MORROW, Deceased BY: RENO & ZAHM LLP
BY: /s/ Anthony R. Phelps
RENO & ZAHM LLP
Anthony R. Phelps, #6297415
2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107
Telephone: (815) 987-4050
Fax: (815) 987-4092 arp@renozahm.com 25493R TRRT 9/11
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Attorney No. 6275193
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE
SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT KANE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
IN RE THE MATTER OF LILIANA ALEXANDRE and JEAN MARC ALEXANDRE, Husband and Wife, Petitioners, and EMMA REECE-HERNANDEZ, Minor Child Sought to be Adopted, GENERAL NO. 2024 AD 60
ADOPTION NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS County of KANE
ss. Circuit Court of Kane County. In the Matter of the Petition for the Adoption of ERH., a Female child. Adoption No. 2024 AD 60 To Omar Jabree Reece and To Whom It May Concern:
TAKE NOTICE that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Kane County, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named ERH.
NOW, THEREFORE, unless you and 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 Kane County, 540 S. Randall Road, St. Charles Illinois, on or before the 11th day of October, 2024, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.
Dated: September 11, 2024 Illinois Clerk of the Circuit Court Kane County, Illinois
Carolyn D. Jansons, Esq. 6275193
DRENDEL & JANSONS LAW GROUP
111 Flinn Street Batavia, Illinois 60510 Telephone: (630) 406-5440
E: cdj@batavialaw.com
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n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION
ESTATE OF: DAVID LEE JURGENSMEIER, Deceased, Case No.: 2024-PR-223 CLAIM NOTICE
NOTICE is given of the death of DAVID LEE JURGENSMEIER. Letters of Office were issued to Michael J. Truitt and Janet K. Truitt, N269 Czech Dr., Coloma, WI 54930, who is the legal representative of the estate.
The attorney for the estate is Rodney W. Kimes, 419 Main Street., PO Box 537, Pecatonica, IL 61063. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office, Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, with the representative or both on or before the 11th day of March, 2025, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed.
DATED: September 4, 2024
Michael J. Truitt and Janet K. Truitt, Co-Executor of the Estate of DAVID LEE JURGENSMEIER
Rodney W. Kimes, #6211305 rkimes@bolgrienlaw.com
BOLGRIEN, KOEPKE & KIMES, LLC
419 Main Street
P.O. Box 537
Pecatonica, IL 61063
608-365-7702
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n n n 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 D33 Brandon Herring. 25496R TRRT 9/18 n n n PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that ON OR AFTER Tuesday, September 24, 2024 AT 10:00AM a sale by online auction will be held at www.StorageAuctions. com, to sell the articles stored in the following units to enforce a lien pursuant of the Self-Service Storage Facility Act, (770 ILCS 95/1 et. Seq.) against such articles for storage furnished at Everything Self Storage, 7243 Cherryvale N Blvd, Rockford, IL 61112 (815-205-0055).
Unit A110 - Sanjuana Soto.
Run Dates: 9/11/24, 9/18/24 25497R TRRT 9/18
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 DONALD HATCHER, Deceased. No. 2024-PR-221 CLAIM NOTICE
NOTICE is given of the death of DONALD HATCHER. Letters of Office were issued on August 28, 2024, to IDA SUE ESSER, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David L. Davitt, 6072 Brynwood Dr., Suite #206, Rockford, IL 61114.
Claims against the estate may be filed on or before March 11, 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 filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.
Copies of the claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.
DATED: September 5, 2024. David L. Davitt #6206402
Attorney for Estate 6072 Brynwood Dr., Suite #206 Rockford, IL 61114 (815) 229-5333 ddavitt@rockriverlaw.com 25494R TRRT 9/25
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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 music business in said County and State under the name of Nightt Lyric at the following post office addresses: 295 Bienterra Trl., Apt. 8, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Max Phillip Davy
SIGNED: Max Phillip Davy 8/30/24
Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of August, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk 25498R TRRT 9/25
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STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO
This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a contracting construction business in said County and State under the name of Darge Contracting Enterprises at the following post office addresses: 2225 Chenowith Ct., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Bradley Robert Darge SIGNED: Bradley Robert Darge 8/28/24
Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of August, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Lisa Nolley, Deputy Clerk 25500R TRRT 9/25 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 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WinnebagoRockford, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREDDIE MAC SECURITIES REMIC TRUST 2005-S001 Plaintiff vs. RANDALL SCOTT A/K/A RANDALL D SCOTT, THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, UNKNOWN OWNERS GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 23 FC 261 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 24, 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 FOURTEEN (14) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF MCDONALD COUNTRY KNOLLS, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 40 OF PLATS ON PAGE 2A IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.
P.I.N. 08-02-303-004. Commonly known as 7092 Hawthorne Ridge, Roscoe, IL 61073. 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, Altman, Strautins & Kromm, LLC d/b/a Kluever Law Group, 200 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1880, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 2360077. SPS002227-24FC1 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3251611
P25501R TRRT 9/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WinnebagoRockford, ILLINOIS MIDFIRST BANK Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF ALGEN CHEAIRS A/K/A ALGEN IVORY CHEAIRS SR., DECEASED; SHEILA LAMBERTCHEAIRS, AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ALGEN I. CHEAIRS, DECEASED; SHELIA CHEAIRS; ALGEN M. LAMN A/K/A ALGEN LAMON A/K/A ALGEN CHEAIRS JR.; COLLETTE L. CHEAIRS A/K/A COLETTE CHEAIRS; SHAMON BOWENS; LEE ALEXANDER A/K/A LEE LILLY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF ULISA CHEAIRS, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF KENYETTA LAMON, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendant 23 FC 255 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 24, 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: LOTS FIVE (5) AND SIX (6) IN BLOCK ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF B.A. KNIGHT’S SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS ON PAGE 1 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-16-433-004. Commonly known as 811 Albert Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101. 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, LOGS Legal Group, LLP, 2801 Lakeside Drive, Suite 207, Bannockburn, IL 60015. (847) 291-1717. 23-099160
INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com
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P25502R TRRT 9/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WinnebagoRockford, ILLINOIS MidFirst Bank Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF TERESA DENTINO; RICHARD DENTINO; TIMOTHY A. MILLER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF TERESA DENTINO, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 23 FC 127 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 17, 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 FIVE (5) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF WHITEHEAD’S BICENTENNIAL ADDITION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 36 OF PLATS ON PAGE 10A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-02-451-007. Commonly known as 1630 River Bluff Boulevard, Rockford, IL 61103. 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, LOGS Legal Group, LLP, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015. (847) 291-1717. 23-098768 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3251225 P25489R TRRT 9/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT 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 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, 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
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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
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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 25476R 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 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
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 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 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 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 cart business in said County and State under the name of Corn & Elotes at the following post office addresses: 2023 Nebraska Rd., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Isabel Cristina Cuevas Pelayo
SIGNED: Isabel Cristina Cuevas Pelayo 9/3/24
Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of September, A.D. 2024. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Ana Rosas, Deputy Clerk 25499R TRRT 9/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of:
REESE BARBARA LEE PROCHNICKI-MCCOLLOM, Current Name Case Number 24-MR-345
There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Reese Barbara Lee Prochnicki-McCollom to the new name of: Asher Prochnicki. 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/ Reese Barbara Lee Prochnicki-McCollom Current Name 25503R TRRT 9/25
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF Winnebago - Rockford, ILLINOIS MidFirst Bank Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/ORLEGATEES OF TERESA DENTINO; RICHARD DENTINO; TIMOTHY A. MILLER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF TERESA DENTINO, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 23 FC 127 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 17, 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. 11-02-451-007.
Commonly known as 1630 River Bluff Boulevard, Rockford, IL 61103. 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, LOGS Legal Group, LLP, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015. (847) 291-1717. 23-098768
INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com
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P25489R TRRT 9/25 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.
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
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P25479R TRRT 9/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF Winnebago - Rockford, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREDDIE MAC SECURITIES REMIC TRUST 2005-S001 Plaintiff vs. RANDALL SCOTT A/K/A RANDALL D SCOTT, THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA, OFFICE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY, UNKNOWN
OWNERS GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 23 FC 261 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 24, 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. 08-02-303-004.
Commonly known as 7092 Hawthorne Ridge, Roscoe, IL 61073. 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, Altman, Strautins & Kromm, LLC d/b/a Kluever Law Group, 200 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1880, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077.
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INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3251611
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REAL ESTATE NOTICE
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF Winnebago - Rockford, ILLINOIS MIDFIRST BANK Plaintiff vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF ALGEN CHEAIRS A/K/A ALGEN IVORY CHEAIRS SR., DECEASED; SHEILA LAMBERTCHEAIRS, AS INDEPENDENT
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ALGEN I. CHEAIRS, DECEASED; SHELIA CHEAIRS; ALGEN M. LAMN A/K/A ALGEN LAMON A/K/A ALGEN CHEAIRS JR.; COLLETTE L. CHEAIRS A/K/A COLETTE CHEAIRS; SHAMON BOWENS; LEE ALEXANDER A/K/A LEE LILLY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF ULISA CHEAIRS, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND/OR LEGATEES OF KENYETTA LAMON, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendant 23 FC 255 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 24, 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. 11-16-433-004.
Commonly known as 811 Albert Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101. 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, LOGS Legal Group, LLP, 2801 Lakeside Drive, Suite 207, Bannockburn, IL 60015. (847) 291-1717. 23-099160
INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3251612
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Crossword THEME: Fall’s in the Air
THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: SCORPIO, SAGITTARIUS AND CAPRICORN
ARIES
Across
1. Furry bamboo consumer
6. Cuban dance syllable
9. 100-meter race, e.g. 13. S-shaped moldings
14. Excessively theatrical actor
15. Chap
16. Will alternative
17. Sailor’s affirmative
18. At full speed
19. *Cause for fall celebration
21. *Apple-related game
23. European Union, acr.
24. Hawaiian tuber
25. Pen on a farm
28. Color of a bruise
30. *Pumpkins and squash, e.g.
35. “Give me your tired, your ____....”
37. “____ Free,” movie about lions
39. Disdain
40. Caribbean color
41. Shiny suit
43. Spaghetti aglio and
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.
SCORPIO
44. Peevish
46. Half a round, in golf
47. ____-do-well
48. Battles royale
50. Change for a twenty
52. Banned insecticide, acr.
53. *Back-to-School event
55. Hermey the Dentist
57. *Apple sauce
61. *____ weather
65. Cell phone bill item
66. Bar association
68. Wombs
69. Begin, began, ____
70. Cut grass
71. Romanov rulers
72. Command with “at”
73. Stiff grass bristle
74. “Hobby” animal
Down
1. Beckham of “Spice Girls”
2. Turkish honorific
3. Not far
4. Look into
5. In the Land of Nod
6. Online conversation
7. *Cushion for certain seasonal ride
8. Naked protozoa
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.
9. Obtuse, as in person
10. ____ bowl, frozen dish
38. Not any 42. Extend subscription 45. Unquestioning ones
49. Fraternity house
SAGITTARIUS
11. Largest human organ
12. Precedes Kong
15. Hindi courtesy title, pl.
51. Miss Marple, e.g. 54. “Is Your Mama a ____?”
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.
20. Modern-day aqualung, acr.
22. Domain
56. Dom DeLuise in 1980 role
CAPRICORN
24. Wood-eating house hazard
57. Rubik’s puzzle 58. Away from port 59. The state before riches? 60. Malaria symptom
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!
25. Involuntary contraction
26. Chef’s headgear
Saw, sawed, ____
Drop of sorrow
AQUARIUS
27. Phil Collins’ “____ Be in My Heart”
29. *Maze plant
31. Upward and onto
32. Wide-____ notebook
33. *Like leaves in fall
34. Stall call
36. *Much-used fall garden tool
THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: AQUARIUS, PISCES AND ARIES
ARIES
You may benefit from changing your lifestyle to improve your physical and mental health. You’ll realize this after overdoing it. These changes may also have a positive impact on your work life.
TAURUS
You’ll be focused on your love life and may experience moments of intense happiness with your partner. If you’re single, you could meet your soulmate and quickly consider making a serious commitment.
GEMINI
A well-deserved raise will improve your financial situation. Your entrepreneurial spirit, creativity and imagination could lead you to start a successful homebased business.
CANCER
Minor changes to your appearance, like new clothes or a new hairstyle, could boost your self-esteem. You’ll be able to stand out from the crowd and have a positive self-image.
LEO
Your attention to detail and eye for esthetics will be heightened tenfold, inspiring you to reimagine your home decor. You may come upon an unexpected sum of money that will allow you to treat yourself.
VIRGO
Expressing yourself openly and honestly could increase your self-confidence. This may cause some jealousy but will also bring admiration. Others will notice your elegance.
LIBRA
Your artistic talents may help you secure a second source of income. Creating an exceptional work of art will be a gratifying achievement despite time constraints, and you’ll enjoy staying active.
SCORPIO
Be prepared for a demanding week as you adjust at work and home. Compromises will be necessary to restore harmony, and you’ll need to take action to restore balance among those closest to you.
SAGITTARIUS
It’s a great week to recharge your batteries, whether through massage therapy or taking some alone time to relax and rejuvenate. Take the time you need to restore your energy.
CAPRICORN
Makes a mistake
Precedes shine
Gift topper
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.
Being active in various groups will expand your social circle. Looking puttogether will be vital to increasing your network and helping you connect with people who can benefit your career.
AQUARIUS
Delegating more tasks can reduce stress at work and home. Avoid worrying excessively about your loved ones — trust your children to make their own choices.
PISCES
An extraordinary opportunity to travel will present itself. However, the main challenge will be finding the time and money. Be patient and methodical in planning this incredible escape.
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Across 1. “____ Me No Questions”
4. Phonograph record
8. Biblical sibling
12. Flower garland
13. Cave sound
14. Hired vehicle
15. Cook’s utensil
16. Has-____ (former celebrity)
17. Stumble
18. Three plus one
20. Groups of ships
22. Muzzle
24. Demolish
25. Incline
26. Sharp drop
30. Squid’s defense
31. Hauled
32. Zero
33. Set aside
35. Those people
36. Took to court
37. Nourishes
38. Soft hue
41. Bring up
42. Reed instrument
43. Golden calf, e.g.
45. Little rascal
48. Chaste
49. Average: hyph.
50. Paving stuff
51. Part of a goblet
52. 11th grader
53. Messy place
Down
1. European peak
2. Caribbean or Coral, e.g.
3. Relatives
4. Introduction
5. Cake froster
6. Not he
7. Mystified
8. Go to
9. Exposed
10. Movie-theater sign
22. Paint-can direction
23. Lineup number
24. Sculled
26. Hemingway, for one
27. Acquires
28. Contended
29. Graceful trees
31. Devoted
34. Regard highly
35. Hot beverage
37. Criminal
38. Soft drinks
39. Border on
40. Aching
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11. Facial features
19. Baseball call
21. Was dishonest
Crossword & Sudoku
41. American Beauty, e.g.
44. Bambi’s mother
46. Floor covering
47. Open with a crowbar
Rockford Area
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Illinois Paranormal Conference
Veterans Memorial Hall
211 N Main Street, Rockford, IL 61101 hauntedrockford.com
815.964.2424
Friday, Sept. 13 - Saturday, Sept. 14
Attendees can engage with speakers and vendors from various aspects of paranormal research. The featured speaker is renowned paranormal investigator and medium Chris Fleming. Special guests include Spiritualist Eve Harker; Lili and Vanessa from the Haunted Happy Hour Podcast; Jaci and Bill Kousoulas of Phenomenology Research Professionals; and Paul Schmidt of the Illinois Paranormalists. A paranormal investigation will be held on both Friday and Saturday from 7 - 11 p.m. Tickets are priced at $30.
Greenwich Village Art Fair
Rockford Art Museum
711 N. Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103 greenwichvillageartfair.com
815.968.2787
Saturday, Sept. 14 - Sunday, Sept. 15
The 76h Greenwich Village Art Fair is an outdoor event held at Rockford Art Museum featuring juried artists, live music by regional musicians, children's art activities, a local vendor marketplace, food trucks, cocktails, and more. Established in 1948, GVAF is the longest-running art fair of its kind in the Midwest. All artwork on display at Greenwich Village Art Fair is original and produced entirely by the hands of the exhibiting artists. Leashed dogs are allowed and admission is $5 with free entry for children under 12.
For more information about what’s going on in the Rockford Area, visit www.gorockford.com
Where To...
Prost at Prairie Street Prairie Street Brewing Co. 200 Prairie Street, Rockford, IL 61107 psbrewingco.com 815.277.9427
Saturday, September 14
Prost at Prairie Street is Rockford’s largest Oktoberfest celebration! On September 14th, join the third annual bash at the Prairie Street Brewhouse Pavilion, transformed into an authentic Oktoberfest beer hall Enjoy beer tents from Prairie Street Brewing Company, Leinenkugel, and Krombacher, plus traditional German fare, live music by Die Musikmeisters, stein-holding competitions, games, and more. General admission and VIP tickets are available, offering exclusive perks and early entry.
Brought to you by the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau