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Crime

Sexual assault among charges in Rockford hostage situation

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - The Rockford man who held a woman hostage for more than six hours inside an east-side credit has a documented history of violence against women, court records and social media posts show.

Police say at approximately 2:30 p.m., 39-year-old Nicholas August, of Rockford, brandished a pellet gun when he entered Heritage Credit Union at the corner of East State Street and Mulford Road and ordered everyone out of the building.

As the situation unfolded, reports that the credit union was being robbed circulated on social media, alongside a Facebook post by a local woman who claimed August abused her over the course their romantic relationship.

According to Boone County court records, August was convicted of domestic battery in 2018 and was recently wanted for violating probation. Since 2002, he was the subject of 13 orders of protection, each connected to domestic violence allegations.

With SWAT at the scene, Rockford Police crisis negotiators stayed in communication

with August, learning he had allegedly taken a 39-year-old female employee as a hostage. Communication with the suspect continued into the evening as onlookers and reporters were stationed across the street.

August and the hostage were led out of the credit union just after 8:30 p.m. At least one news camera captured the moment, showing the pair exit with their hands up.

Photos of August and victim later appeared alongside news reports and were posted to several social media pages. The images were later removed when police announced that August was charged with two counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault.

“Her being transported to the hospital is not the best resolution we wanted,” Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea said.

“But everyone is alive and we’ll go forward from there.”

While the consensus following August’s arrest was that the incident ended peacefully – without gunshots – another quickly emerged, that there is nothing peaceful about what Illinois calls sexual assault and

other states refer to as rape.

“As more details from the Heritage Credit Union incident continue to emerge, I want to be clear,” Rockford Mayor Tom McNamara said in a statement. “It was not peaceful. My greatest concern is that the survivor receives all the support and resources she needs. This incident highlights why we need to continue our fight to end domestic and sexual violence in our community.”

August did not have a prior relationship with the victim, police said.

Several law enforcement agencies responded to the scene, including the Illinois State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Roads near the corner of East State and Mulford were reopened at around 9:30 p.m.

August is also charged with armed robbery and aggravated unlawful restraint.

He also faces aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery – a felony case filed Dec. 18 in a separate incident. His bond is set at $2 million.

Scams

Phony debt collection tops scam list Staff Report

ROCKFORD - The work of phony debt collectors is now at the top of the list of scams reported to the Better Business Bureau in 2019.

The BBB says phony debt collection was at No. 10 in 2018 and that the explosion of deceitful robocalls coincide with widespread student debt. Scammers are looking for victims to make either a fast payment or give up important personal information.

Like many frauds, debt collection scammers rely heavily on scaring victims with threats and demanding some form or immediate payment. A new bill was signed into law last December and is aimed to crack down on robocalls, a persistent and costly problem for Americans.

The bill, called the Traced Act, requires phone companies to offer free call-blocking apps and verify that the number calling you is real. That’s an issue because fraudsters fake numbers to look as though they’re coming from the IRS or others to trick you.

ThebillalsogivestheFCCmoretimetofind robocallersandletstheagencyfineoffenders without warning them first.

The menacing problem of pop up fake retail websites was #1 last year and remains a big issue coming in at No. 3 on this year’s list.

Experts monitoring online activities say 1.4 million fake websites are created every month. Every year, BBB issues warnings on bad players, many of whom pose as online retail companies and take consumers’ money without ever sending merchandise.

BBB Studies also show online scams to be the riskiest form of consumer fraud based on exposure, susceptibility, and monetary loss. They also reveal the epidemic problem of fake celebrity endorsements, in fact, Ellen DeGeneres recently sued over 100 companies illegally using her name to promote products.

This year’s Top 10 also features the return of employment scams, fake checks/ money orders, counterfeit products, and utility scams which first hit the list in 2018. Specifically, new to the lists are credit card scams, and people reporting identify theft scams, which reflects an ever increasing assault on business and personal cybersecurity.

“T he c re d it for re duc i ng t hese scams goes to consumers and me d i a for r e p or t i ng a nd r a i si ng awareness which helps alert others before they get victimized,” Rockford Better Business Bureau Director Dennis Horton said. “The information we receive from consumers is vital to stop these scams. We urge everyone to

report any scams they see to the BBB Scamtracker to help protect others from loss.”

Top 10 Scams of 2019

1. Debt Collections – invoices, calls or emails for fake debts 2. Advance Fee Loan – the promise of a “loan” – after you pay fees 3. Online Purchase – fake websites 4. Employment – scam job offers 5. Fake Check/Money Order – scammers send a fake check and convince recipients to send fees or the balance of an “overpayment” back 6. Identity Theft – New to the list and the fastest growing White-Collar Crime 7. Credit Card – New to the list - fake emails and calls claiming there’s a problem with your account in order to steal money and information – or fake credit card debt consolidation 8. Utility Scams - fake calls/emails claiming your service will be shut off unless you pay 9. Counterfeit Product – often tied in with scam websites – consumers are sent cheap counterfeit items worth a fraction of the real item 10. Fake Government Contracts – Send application fees for Government Grants and programs supplying money.

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Killing of Iran general risks US gains against Islamic State

BY ROBERT BURNS ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s national security team knew that killing Iran’s most powerful general could hurt e�orts to mop up and head o� any revival of the Islamic State militant group – and that is just what has happened.

Two days after Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, the U.S. troops in Iraq to fight the Islamic State are now focused on their own defense, guarding American bases and the U.S. Embassy from an expected Iranian response. The fight against the militants is now on hold, and a Trump foreign policy achievement is in doubt.

“When we looked at this operation we knew there would be consequences,” said Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Sta�. “We knew there’d be risk.”

But he said the threat of attack on U.S. interests was too great to not act.

The Islamic State evolved in Syria after U.S. troops withdrew from Iraq in 2011; its fighters swept back across the border in 2014, captured wide swaths of western and northern Iraq and imposed brutal rule over a self-declared “caliphate.”

A U.S.-led coalition finally ousted the group from the last of its territory in Syria in March 2019, but thousands of fighters scattered throughout the region and continue to pose a threat.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper agreed on Tuesday that “the suspension of activities in Iraq” against IS was foreseen as a possible outcome of killing of Soleimani.

Two days after a missile launched from a U.S. drone killed the general in Baghdad on Jan. 3, shortly after he arrived, the U.S.led military coalition in Iraq announced a pause in its years-long partnership with Iraqi forces against IS remnants. The focus shifted to protecting coalition troops and the U.S. Embassy, in anticipation that Iran would try to avenge Soleimani’s death by attacking.

Ketti Davison, a retired Army intelligence o�cer with experience in Iraq, said there is no doubt that the fight against the militants has been undercut.

“The counter-ISIS campaign was already strained,” said Davison, an intelligence expert at the Institute for the Study of War. The e�ort in Syria has been hampered since Turkey invaded northern Syria in October, complicating U.S. cooperation with Kurdish fighters and giving the Russian military a wider role in the country.

Just Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin showed up in Damascus for a meeting with President Bashar Assad. O�cial statements during the previously unannounced visit made no mention Soleimani, but the

timing was conspicuous.

The Iraq campaign also has been sidetracked by recent civil unrest that diverted the attention of Iraqi security forces previously focused on IS. “The counter-ISIS mission is truly at risk, not just in the short term,” Davison said, adding, “It’s hard to see how we can stay on the o�ensive with our Iraqi partners to defeat ISIS in this kind of circumstance.”

To complicate matters further, the U.S. military presence in Iraq forms the logistical support foundation for U.S. e�orts in neighboring Syria.

The U.S. has 650-750 troops in eastern Syria working with a local group known as the Syrian Democratic Forces to continue the fight against the Islamic State. It was unclear Tuesday the extent to which the suspension of U.S. and coalition support operations in Iraq will limit operations in Syria. Esper said he has received no indication from commanders of a “material impact” in Syria.

Trump on Tuesday called Soleimani “a monster” who deserved to be killed, adding that Soleimani was planning “a very big attack.” He and others have said U.S. intelligence showed that danger clearly, but they have not provided details.

And in the aftermath, the durability of the defeat of IS in doubt, and the extremist group has new breathing room.

Although the U.S. military during the Obama administration developed and began executing the strategy that eventually eliminated the IS group’s hold on large portions of eastern Syria and northern and western Iraq, Trump has insisted he deserves full credit for the territorial defeat.

He has made it a feature of his reelection campaign, but national security experts say the group’s remnants in Syria as well as Iraq are still a threat and could stage a comeback.

That is why the U.S. and its coalition partners have remained in Iraq. Iran’s longtime goal has been to force the U.S. out, giving it a freer hand there.

Rep. Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat and a former Pentagon and CIA o�cial, said Soleimani was the architect of that Iranian strategy. If the Iraqi government ends up expelling U.S. troops, Soleimani will have achieved his goal, she said.

“If we do indeed get o�cially asked to leave Iraq, we will need robust diplomacy to outline a plan with the Iraqi government that maximizes pressure on ISIS and allows us time to safely withdraw in a way that doesn’t cost the U.S. in blood and treasure,” Slotkin said Monday.

Germany, Canada and some other U.S. allies have moved some of their troops out of Iraq, citing an increased security

risk, but Esper said he is pleased by the commitments of allied governments to remaining in the counter-IS coalition. He took to Twitter to thank Italy for keeping forces in Baghdad, where tensions are running high.

The U.S. had about 5,200 troops in Iraq before the Soleimani killing, mostly to train and advise Iraqi security forces in their campaign against IS fighters who are attempting to reconstitute. The U.S. troop total is now in flux as some trainers are flown out of the country and additional security forces come in. Those movements led to an international incident Monday when a U.S. o�cer seemed to announce that U.S. forces were withdrawing, prompting Milley and Esper to address reporters at the Pentagon to deny there was any withdrawal plan.

The Iraqi Parliament on Sunday passed a nonbinding resolution calling for the expulsion of all foreign forces. On Tuesday, Iraq’s outgoing prime minister, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, said the United States has no choice but to pull its troops out of the country. Trump, however, told reporters in the Oval O�ce that he has no intention of withdrawing yet.

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Iranian Attacks

Iran Strikes back at US

By Nasser Karimi, Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran struck back at the United States for the killing of a top Iranian general early Wednesday, firing a series of surface-to-surface missiles at two Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops and warning the United States and its allies in the region not to retaliate.

U.S. officials confirmed the strikes, though Iran only initially acknowledged targeting one base. There was no immediate word on injuries.

Iranian state TV said the attack was in revenge for the killing of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, whose funeral procession Tuesday in his hometown of Kerman prompted angry calls to avenge his death, which drastically raised tensions in the Middle East.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warned the U.S. and its regional allies against retaliating over the missile attack against the Ain Assad air base in Iraq’s western Anbar province. The Guard issued the warning via a statement carried by Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency.

“We are warning all American allies, who gave their bases to its terrorist army, that any territory that is the starting point of aggressive acts against Iran will be targeted,” The Guard said. It also threatened Israel.

Ain Assad air base is in Iraq’s western Anbar province. It was first used by American forces after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein, and later saw American troops stationed there amid the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

It houses about 1,500 U.S. and coalition forces.

State TV said the operation’s name was “Martyr Soleimani.” It said the Guard’s aerospace division that controls Iran’s missile program launched the attack.

Iran said it would release more information later.

The U.S. also acknowledged another missile attack on a base in Irbil in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region.

A spokesperson for the Norwegian Armed Forces told AP in a phone interview that about 70 Norwegian troops were on the airbase, but no injuries have been reported, Brynjar Stordal, a spokesperson for the Norwegian Armed Forces told AP in a phone interview.”

Wednesday’s revenge attack came a mere few hours after crowds in Iran mourned Soleimani and as the U.S. continued to reinforce its own positions in the region and warned of an unspecified threat to shipping from Iran in the region’s waterways, crucial routes for global energy supplies. U.S. embassies and consulates from Asia to Africa and Europe issued security alerts for

Americans. The U.S. Air Force launched a drill with 52 fighter jets in Utah, just days after President Donald Trump threatened to hit 52 sites in Iran.

A stampede broke out Tuesday at Soleimani’s funeral for a top Iranian general slain in a U.S. airstrike, and at least 56 people were killed and more than 200 were injured as thousands thronged the procession, Iranian news reports said.

Tuesday’s deadly stampede took place in Soleimani’s hometown of Kerman as his coffin was being borne through the city in southeastern Iran, said Pirhossein Koulivand, head of Iran’s emergency medical services.

There was no information about what set off the crush in the packed streets, and online videos showed only its aftermath: people lying apparently lifeless, their faces covered by clothing, emergency crews performing CPR on the fallen, and onlookers wailing and crying out to God. “Unfortunately as a result of the stampede, some of our compatriots have been injured and some have been killed during the funeral processions,” Koulivand said, and state TV quoted him as saying that 56 had died and 213 had been injured.

Soleimani’s burial was delayed, with no new time given, because of concerns about the huge crowd at the cemetery, the semi-official ISNA news agency said.

A procession in Tehran on Monday drew over 1 million people in the Iranian capital, crowding both main avenues and side streets in Tehran. Such mass crowds can prove dangerous. A smaller stampede at the 1989 funeral for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini killed at least eight people and injured hundreds.

Hossein Salami, Soleimani’s successor as leader of the Revolutionary Guard, addressed a crowd of supporters gathered at the coffin in a central square in Kernan.

He vowed to avenge Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone strike Friday near Baghdad’s airport.

“We tell our enemies that we will retaliate but if they take another action we will set ablaze the places that they like and are passionate about,” Salami said.

“Death to Israel!” the crowd shouted in response, referring to one of Iran’s longtime regional foes.

Salami praised Soleimani’s work, describing him as essential to backing Palestinian groups, Yemen’s Houthi rebels and Shiite militias in Iraq and Syria. As a martyr, Soleimani represented an even greater threat to Iran’s enemies, Salami said.

Soleimani will ultimately be laid to rest between the graves of Enayatollah Talebizadeh and Mohammad Hossein Yousef Elahi, two former Guard comrades killed in Iran’s 1980s war with Iraq. They died in Operation Dawn 8, in which Soleimani also took part. It was a 1986

amphibious assault that cut Iraq off from the Persian Gulf and led to the end of the war that killed 1 million.

The funeral processions in major cities over three days have been an unprecedented honor for Soleimani, seen by Iranians as a national hero for his work leading the Guard’s expeditionary Quds Force.

The U.S. blames him for killing U.S. troops in Iraq and accused him of plotting new attacks just before he was killed.

Soleimani also led forces supporting Syrian President Bashar Assad in that country’s civil war, and he also served as the point man for Iranian proxies in countries like Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Assad in Syria on Tuesday amid the tensions between Washington and Tehran.

Soleimani’s slaying already has led Tehran to abandon the remaining limits of its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers as his successor and others vow to take revenge.

In Iraq, pro-Iranian factions in parliament have pushed to oust American troops from Iraqi soil following Soleimani’s killing. Germany and Canada announced plans to move some of their soldiers in Iraq to neighboring countries.

According to a report on Tuesday by the semi-official Tasnim news agency, Iran has worked up 13 sets of plans to avenge Soleimani’s death. The report quoted Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, as saying that even the weakest among them would be a “historic nightmare” for the U.S. He declined to elaborate, “If the U.S. troops do not leave our region voluntarily and upright, we will do something to carry their bodies horizontally out,” Shamkhani said.

The state-run IRNA news agency later published a statement from the Supreme National Securit y Council denying Shamkhani made the comment.

The U.S. Maritime Administration warned ships across the Mideast, citing the rising threats. “The Iranian response to this action, if any, is unknown, but there remains the possibility of Iranian action against U.S. maritime interests in the region,” it said.

Oil tankers were targeted in mine attacks last year that the U.S. blamed on Iran. Tehran denied responsibility, although it did seize oil tankers around the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of the world’s crude oil travels.

The U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based 5th Fleet said it would work with shippers in the region to minimize any possible threat.

The 5th Fleet “has and will continue to provide advice to merchant shipping

as appropriate regarding recommended security precautions in light of the heightened tensions and threats in the region,” 5th Fleet spokesman Cmdr.

Joshua Frey told The Associated Press.

Meanwhile, Iranian Gen. Alireza Tabgsiri, the chief of the Guard’s navy, issued his own warning.

“Our message to the enemies is to leave the region,” Tabgsiri said, according to ISNA. The Guard routinely has tense encounters with the U.S. Navy in the Persian Gulf.

Separately, Iran summoned the British ambassador over comments by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the British defense minister about Soleimani’s killing, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported.

Iran’s parliament, meanwhile, has passed an urgent bill declaring the U.S. military’s command at the Pentagon and those acting on its behalf in Soleimani’s killing as “terrorists,” subject to Iranian sanctions. The measure appears to be in response to a decision by Trump in April to declare the Revolutionary Guard a “terrorist organization.”

The U.S. Defense Department used that terror designation to support the strike that killed Soleimani. The action by Iran’s parliament was done by a special procedure to speed it into law and also saw the lawmakers approve funding for the Quds Force with an additional 200 million euros, or about $224 million.

Also Tuesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the U.S. had declined to issue him a visa to travel to New York for meetings at the United Nations. As the host of the U.N. headquarters, the U.S. is supposed to allow foreign officials to attend such meetings.

“This is because they fear someone will go there and tell the truth to the American people,” Zarif said. “But they are mistaken. The world is not limited to New York. You can speak with American people from Tehran too and we will do that.”

Asked about Zarif, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told journalists America would comply with its obligations under U.N. rules to grant visas. He then referred to the Iranian diplomat as “a propagandist of the first order.”

A U.S. official who wasn’t authorized to speak on the record said the application couldn’t be processed in time for Zarif’s travel although it wasn’t clear if his request had been formally denied.

A formal rejection would trigger legal technicalities that could affect future visa applications and could violate the host country agreement the U.S. has with the U.N.

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Crime

The Veronica Blumhorst Case, Part 12: Closure Editor’s note: The following is the 12th installment in a series about the disappearance of 21-year-old Veronica Blumhorst, who vanished Sept. 20, 1990, after finishing her shift at a Mendota, Illinois, grocery store. Her car was found in her garage less than a mile away and it is believed she had only $10 on her when she vanished.

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

MENDOTA - If a volunteer group tasked with solving the case of Veronica Blumhorst is successful, it will close a chapter in Mendota’s history that has been open for nearly 30 years.

The team says it is following new leads in the case and is planning a search that will attempt to connect dots they say haven’t been connected by police since Veronica vanished. The search was initially going to include an area west of Bartlett Woods Nature Preserve near the town of Sublette, Illinois, but will now include multiple locations.

The new plan took shape after details

emerged about a possible romantic relationship Veronica had with a married man around the time she vanished. Blumhorst family spokesman, Mendota native Doug Truckenbrod, told The Times there is reason to believe the man may have answers to why police dogs lost Veronica’s scent just a few hundred feet from the Blumhorst garage on Sept. 20, 1990. But because he has never been questioned, Mendotans familiar with the case have been left to run with a theory that Veronica’s boyfriend was responsible for her disappearance.

“I think it’s necessary to search in and around the old Blumhorst residence and near neighborhood homes,” Truckenbrod said.

The theory that Veronica’s boyfriend killed her has grown legs primarily because he told police he may have “lost his mind” and hurt her because he thought she was pregnant. But because nothing has ever been found to connect him to a crime scene, the supposition remains a loose

end. What led the boyfriend to give such statements is also a mystery, one that could be solved if police released transcripts of the interview.

Truckenbrod said hasn’t discounted the boyfriend theory but isn’t convinced of it either, especially since previously unknown details of Veronica’s personal life have since emerged.

Truckenbrod said the new search, tentatively planned for March, may also include Bartlett Woods and possibly an area near Woodhaven Lakes camping resort. Todd Blumhorst, Veronica’s brother, hired a cadaver dog team to sniff part of the nature preserve in 2012, but was not part of the follow-up expedition two years later because he died from cancer in 2013.

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In 1990, Paul and Betty Blumhorst, who have since left Mendota, told police that while her boyfriend made Veronica happy, they believed he was capable of harming her. Today, steeped in grief of outliving two children, the aging couple is focussed on what Truckenbrod says is his team’s main focus: locating the missing girl’s remains.

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TUBE TALK

Guilty Pleasures

BY PAULA HENDRICKSON CONTRIBUTOR

Probably everyone who owns a television has at least one show they consider a guilty pleasure. But does anyone really need to feel guilty about liking a TV show? No. My own list would be far too long to include here, but I love it when someone admits to loving a show that I would never have guessed they’d watch.

It happened recently when my sister-inlaw asked if I’ve seen A&E’s Live P.D. I have. Many times. I even wrote an article about it a couple years ago. Hearing her exclaim how much she loves it caught me by surprise, but I guess there is a universal fascination about watching police o�cers deal with intoxicated and belligerent people. My favorite part of the show is

when one of the suspects or witnesses ask if they’re on Live P.D. – especially if they didn’t want to be on camera before they figured it out.

My niece and brother recently got into Travel Channel’s long-running series, The Dead Files. I expect that of my brother, since he and I have occasionally debated the pros and cons of various paranormal investigation shows. But I half expected my teenage niece to sco� at anything her dad watched. I learned about their mutual fascination with the show one evening when my brother texted out of the blue to say I should write something about it.

I mentioned that several years ago The Dead Files did an episode about a farm near Belvidere (the season two episode, titled “Family Curse,” originally aired in

December 2012), but my brother and niece hadn’t seen it yet. Now they want to.

My brother’s true guilty pleasure is probably History’s The Curse of Oak Island.

I don’t think he’s missed a single episode.

He’s probably seen them all at least twice.

I think the mixture of history and mystery intrigues him. Despite understanding that excavating potentially historical sites is a slow process, every now and then he says they draw things out a bit too much when trying to build a story around some fragment they found. But he still tunes in.

One of my friends – who professes to be an intelligent person with high standards – loves shows like Finding Bigfoot and Mountain Monsters, and wants to go to the annual Mothman Festival in West Virginia.

And all this time I thought Mothman was

yet another Marvel or DC Comics character.

Another friend, who is smart but admittedly a bit quirky (when you have a life-size figure of Peter Lorre in your house, how can you not be quirky?) said her guilty pleasure show is TLC’s Dr. Pimple Popper because, “It’s fascinating to see what the human body does for unknown reasons. I especially like when she removes a cyst.”

Are you sensing a theme yet?

Every guilty pleasure television show people have mentioned to me falls into the unscripted category. I might have to do a larger informal poll to see if that’s an overall trend, or if it’s particular to the people I know.

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ECONOMY

Oil price keeps rising as industry eyes Iran-US conflict

BY MATT O’BRIEN ASSOCIATED PRESS

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (AP) – The global benchmark for crude oil rose above $70 a barrel on Monday for the first time in over three months, with jitters rising over the escalating military tensions between Iran and the United States.

The Brent contract for oil touched a high of $70.74 a barrel, the highest since mid-September, when it briefly spiked over an attack on Saudi crude processing facilities. Stock markets were down as well amid fears of how Iran would fulfill a vow of “harsh retaliation.”

“The market is concerned about the potential for retaliation, and specifically on energy and oil infrastructure in the region,” said Antoine Hal�, a Columbia University researcher and former chief oil analyst for the International Energy Agency. “If Iran chose to incapacitate a major facility in the region, it has the technical capacity to do so.”

Still, many analysts say they see little cause for concern about damage to the U.S. economy resulting from the jump in oil prices. Some note that higher energy prices can actually benefit the overall economy because the United States is now a net exporter of petroleum products. And the Federal Reserve’s commitment to low interest rates means the Fed is unlikely to raise rates anytime soon to counter any inflationary e�ects from higher oil prices.

But economists caution that an escalation in the Trump administration’s confrontation with Iran could pose new risks to the economy in the long run.

The U.S. killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Iraq on Friday. Early Sunday, as Iran threatened to retaliate, President Donald Trump tweeted the U.S. was prepared to strike 52 sites in the Islamic Republic if any Americans are harmed.

Fears that Iran could strike back at oil and gas facilities important to the U.S. and its Persian Gulf allies stem from earlier attacks widely attributed to Iran.

The U.S. has blamed Iran for a wave of provocative attacks in the region, including the sabotage of oil tankers and an attack on Saudi Arabia’s oil infrastructure in September that temporarily halved its production. Iran has denied involvement in those attacks.

“Targeting oil infrastructure could raise prices and bring worldwide economic pain and put Iran on the front burner,” which might be exactly the kind of message its leaders are looking to send, said Jim Krane, an energy and geopolitics researcher at Rice University.

Analysts noted that American households devote a smaller proportion of their spending to energy bills than in the past.

That is in contrast to previous periods, when a surge in oil prices often preceded recessions.

The proportion of their spending that U.S. consumers devote to energy has fallen to a historic low of 2.5%, down from more than 6% in the early 1980s, economists at Credit Suisse noted in a research report.

“A global supply shock would be an unwelcome development, but we would not expect it to lead to an imminent recession,” the economists wrote. “There have been

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Though the U.S. economy can better withstand a jump in oil prices than it once could, the global economy is still vulnerable.

“Higher oil prices are still very much a negative for the global economy, and that will reverberate back on us,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics.

Sung Won Sohn, economics and business professor at Loyola Marymount University, said that if the current crisis were to escalate into a much bigger confrontation, it would represent a potentially serious threat: “If the situation does not escalate beyond the current level, i would say this will be a minor hiccup for the economy. But if it becomes a war and the Strait of Hormuz is closed, then we are looking at a major economic problem.”

Compared to other methods of attack, targeting energy sites also “doesn’t kill a lot of people,” Krane said. “It’s capital-intensive, it’s not people-intensive. It’s a safer option in terms of the virulence of reprisal.”

It would still wreak havoc on the global economy, he said, because of the way that oil markets a�ect other energy-intensive industries such as airlines, shipping and petro-chemicals.

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Wall Street was expected to slide again on the open, with futures down 0.6%.

Brent crude was up $1.07 at $69.67 a barrel, putting it up almost 6% since before the Iranian general’s killing.

At the same time, experts say the e�ect of a Middle Eastern geopolitical crisis on oil prices isn’t as great as it once was. The U.S. energy industry can ramp up shale oil production in places such as Texas, for example.

“We’re in this new territory where the world oil markets are more dynamic and can tolerate this disruption more than they used to,” said Michael Webber, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Texas at Austin.

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have steadily intensified since Trump’s decision to withdraw from a 2015 nuclear deal and restore crippling sanctions.

But after the attack on Saudi Arabia’s crucial Abqaiq oil processing facility in September, Hal� said the “market was able to dismiss it pretty quickly, partly because there was a perception that shale oil was pretty abundant.”

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ISOLATION ROOMS

State panel looks for isolation room answers

BY JERRY NOWICKI

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS JNOWICKI@CAPITOLNEWSILLINOIS.COM

SPRINGFIELD – Legislators and advocates began discussions Tuesday of what action the state can take to counteract the overuse of physical restraint and forced isolation of students in Illinois schools, particularly those serving students with special needs.

At a joint Illinois Senate and House committee hearing in Chicago, several of those who spoke credited revelations unearthed by a Chicago Tribune and ProPublica investigation published in November for the increased interest in the topic.

That investigation showed there were more than 20,000 documented incidents of isolation used in the state from the start of the 2017-2018 school year through December 2018.

“The students, most of them with disabilities, scratch the windows or tear at the padded walls. They throw their bodies against locked doors. They wet their pants.

Some children spend hours inside these rooms, missing class time. Through it all, adults stay outside the door, writing down what happens,” according to the report.

In Illinois, it is legal to isolate students if they pose a safety threat to themselves or others, the report found, but the practice is used far more than in such situations.

“Children were sent to isolation after refusing to do classwork, for swearing, for spilling milk, for throwing Legos.

School employees use isolated timeout for convenience, out of frustration or as punishment, sometimes referring to it as ‘serving time,’” according to the report.

The report also found that while schools must document isolation instances, that documentation often goes unread, and the Illinois State Board of Education had not collected any data on the practice at the time the article was published.

The investigation prompted ISBE to initiate emergency rules banning the use of isolated seclusion in “any educational entity serving public school students in Illinois” in November. A news release at the time said ISBE would begin collecting data to “increase accountability and transparency for all instances of timeout and physical restraint.” The board proposed permanent rules in December.

At the committee hearing Tuesday, Amanda Elliott, co-director of legislative a�airs at ISBE, said the emergency rules allowed ISBE to collect data on the use of seclusion and restraint in prior years. She said ISBE is reviewing the data for violations which would prompt investigations and potential disciplinary action. She said nine investigations are pending as a result.

She said sanctions resulting from violations could result in licensure suspension,

professional development requirements or even criminal charges for individuals. For schools, recognition status could be a�ected, which would impact funding, she said.

Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Ho�man Estates, however, questioned how schools are self-reporting that data and suggested it would likely be incomplete.

Advocates at the meeting urged greater oversight from ISBE, increased training requirements and opportunities for school sta�s, and greater resources for providing an adequate number of sta�, particularly social workers.

“We hear these devastating stories and then we come here to take action and it’s the same three things that we need, though.

We need training, we need oversight and we need resources to help our teachers,” said state Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, a Shorewood Democrat and chair of the Senate Education Committee.

Illinois Federation of Teachers President Daniel Montgomery said “unless there is a real sea change” of how educators are trained, change will be di�cult to implement. He said a simple 8-hour course would be nowhere near su�cient, and he urged “systemic, sustained” training requirements.

Other stakeholders pointed out that the isolation room practices documented in the investigation were already illegal, but there were no enforcement mechanisms in place

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Rep. Sue Scherer, a Democrat from Decatur, said the state would have to make a “firm commitment to funding of these training programs” in order to e�ect change. Otherwise, without training, she said, the state is “basically throwing teachers to the wolves.”

Advocates also agreed policy changes were not aimed at “support” or “de-escalation” rooms where students with sensory issues can willfully go with social workers or support sta�.

Rep. Jonathan Carroll, a Northbrook Democrat, is sponsoring a bill to ban the practice of “seclusion,” which is defined as “a discipline management practice or behavior management technique in which a student is confined in an enclosed space that is designed solely to seclude a person, regardless of space or dimension, whether it is a box, a closet, a room, or any other specially designated locked or unlocked space.”

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Stroll on State Goes Back in the Box

Stroll on State decorations in downtown Rockford

By Elizabeth Miller Rockford Area CVB

There are some people who take their Christmas decorations down in a timely manner after the holidays. And then there’s me. There are some years where I get my tree and decorations packed up and put away a week or two after Christmas, but most years my decorations linger a little longer. I look at them and think, “Oh I’ll put things away this weekend.” But then the weekend comes and goes, and the decorations are still up. Eventually once the end of January rolls around, I get more motivated to put things away and they eventually do make their way back into the basement until next December.

I should take note from the volunteers and organizers of Stroll on State and the downtown decorating, because they make the clean-up look like a breeze! Every year in early January, we have “back in the box” day for the Stroll on State decorations (this year, it’s Saturday, January 11). It’s the one day of the year where all the lights, giant presents, and other décor items get packed up and put away until the next

Stroll on State.

Yep, you heard right. All of those decorations get put away in one day. How do Santa’s elves pack up everything? I’ll fill you in!

Volunteers can sign up to help at www.gorockford.com/stroll-on-state/ volunteering for either the morning shift (8 a.m. – Noon) or the afternoon shift (1 – 5 p.m.)…or both! There are a variety of tasks for packing things up throughout the day. All lights and ornaments need to be taken down from the trees, giant presents and bows need to be picked up and stored, and even the City of Rockford Christmas Tree needs to be taken down.

Once volunteers gather all of the decorations, trucks come to pick everything up to take to storage. So you don’t have to worry about carrying those giant presents across downtown by yourself! But then where does everything go?

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Once everything is put into storage, the decorations and everything will be organized so things can be ready to go for the next Stroll on State! Saving and preserving these decorations is really important for Stroll on State. If things are kept looking nice, we don’t have to worry about repairing old decorations, and can rather focus on making new ones to deck out downtown even more during Stroll on State!

Just a couple helpful tips when you volunteer for “back in the box” day, make sure you dress for the weather. I don’t think there will be any giant snowstorms before January 11, but you will want to make sure you dress warmly. I have found it helpful to have hand warmers! If it’s especially chilly, I’ll even put some in my shoes to

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Lastly, when you’re done volunteering, spend some time downtown! You’ve worked hard so you deserve to kick back and relax. There are plenty of awesome downtown shops and restaurants just waiting to be discovered. (Bonus: some of the local businesses downtown love the “back in the box” volunteers so much that they offer some perks! Be on the lookout for businesses offering specials, hot cocoa, and places to warm up as you work.)

Just like the Stroll on State decorating days, “back in the box” day is just as much fun. Downtown is full of happy, helpful volunteers who make the day a blast. Maybe the “back in the box” day will even motivate me to put away my Christmas decorations at home too!

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Responding to storms and climate change

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The 2020 Garden Resolutions

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

Happy New Year! While you might be making a New Year’s resolution related to your health, to get organized, or to break a bad habit, a New Year’s resolution can be targeted toward your garden. One of the great benefits to a New Year resolution related to your garden is that you can address it early on before the season starts. Common garden resolutions I hear are: try a new variety of tomatoes, finally get around to creating a compost bin, plant new fruit trees, and pull garden weeds more regularly.

During the growing season, it’s a common occurrence to have regrets on what you are growing and how you are managing it. These regrets can be ones that can make great resolutions for 2020. For instance, you may have had weed problems last year and you might resolve to do a better job with weed management. In turn, you can put into place new weed control practices such as mulching, managing water, and being more proactive with handpulling. One year, I resolved to invest in seed starting equipment. This was a practice that I’ve now adopted each year with the crops that I grow by starting them as seeds. The

winter is a great time to educate yourself in new growing methods and equipment that can make your garden even better.

Another simple resolution is to grow a new variety or type of crop in your garden.

Seed catalogs are beginning to show up in the mailbox. Last summer during a Master Gardener training class, we tried di�erent varieties of tomatoes and one that stood out to me was ‘Italian Heirloom’ or sometimes called ‘Italian Canner’. My garden resolution is to grow this variety.

I’ll also be growing sunchokes for the first time this year.

2020 may be the year you give cover crops a try. I’ve grown buckwheat in my gardens most years to help attract pollinators but in 2019, I grew daikon radish to address soil compaction. I plan to grow a new cover crop this upcoming season.

During the winter, your local University of Illinois Extension o�ce o�ers many di�erent horticultural programs related to growing crops. This is a great way to learn about new methods and crops that you can utilize in your garden next spring.

Grant McCarty is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension. His tips and tricks for local eating and your at-home garden appear every week in The Rock River Times.

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We had a brief but interesting conversation with a facilities manager of an elder care facility regarding preparations they were making if the facility were without basic services for an extended period of time. Supplying water, heat or air conditioning, washrooms, laundry, food and medical assistance are essential services still needed if existing services were suddenly curtailed. For example the need for drinking water is obvious, but water is also needed for bathroom and laundry services. Creating a storage pond could prove helpful.

With the expectations of increasing frequency and intensity of storms, having plans in place in anticipation of an extended period of power loss can minimize the panic, confusion and frustration involved in dealing with stressful situations.

In his book, All Hell Breaking Loose, Michael Klare provides an overview of the Pentagon’s perspective on climate change and the need to deal with the consequences of extreme weather conditions in combat or in response to emergency situations such as hurricanes, forest fires, floods, tornadoes and snowstorms when called upon by the federal government. He reports that many senior o�cers accept that climate change is real and increasing with direct implications for national security. His book is based on hundreds of Pentagon and intelligence community reports and studies and testimonies of senior military o�cials.

The first major study funded by the Pentagon addressing climate issues was published in 2007 during the Bush administration. Done by CAN, it was titled National Security and the Threat of Climate Change. It focused on dangers from instabilities and social chaos if governments collapse in the developing world resulting from the impacts of a changing climate.

Climate change also holds threats in the developed world including the United States. Dangers related to pandemics and mass migrations are highlighted.

A second study, National Security Implications of Climate Change to 2030,

added to concerns held by military professionals regarding climate change. Klare uses an analogy of the military concept of the ladder of escalation to envision a spectrum of climate change conditions which would place increasingly severe demands on American military forces.

The military is often called upon to assist state and local o�cials in coping with the impacts of extreme weather.

Many of their own bases have been impacted by rising sea levels, extreme storms and wildfires. One response is to move ships and planes away from the path of a storm or fire. A report released in 2018 assessed the threat of climate to all U.S. military bases. Storm damages to bases and equipment have proven costly; some bases have to be moved to higher ground or abandoned, particularly along coastal areas. The necessary responses divert e�orts from traditional military preparations.

In late summer, 2017, multiple hurricanes struck the country including in Texas, Florida, and Puerto Rico which required an unprecedented response by the U.S. military. If a significant number of climate shocks occur simultaneously or sequentially in various locations across the globe it could cause widespread political instability leading to the condition of All Hell Breaking Loose. If military bases at home were severely damaged and a large number of troops were engaged in domestic relief operations there would be few resources available to deal with global impacts.

Our military is reducing its own contribution to climate change by cutting back on its carbon emissions while assisting militaries in foreign countries to implement similar actions. While climate change is recognized as a national security threat the military remains focused on their primary mission of confronting dangerous adversaries.

Klare’s book provides an interesting perspective on the thinking of some of our military leaders regarding climate change. He makes it clear that the changing climate is putting new demands on our military that is impacting their operations.

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VOICES FROM THE GRAVE

Crime of Passion KATHI KRESOL CONTRIBUTOR

In the early hours of Monday, November 4, 1968 the body of a young girl was found in an alley on Chicago’s north side. At first, the authorities didn’t know anything about her. There was no identification on the girl’s body and people living in the area did not recognize her. The police only knew that someone wanted the young girl dead.

The girl’s body was sent to the medical examiner’s o�ce for an autopsy. The examination gave the authorities a few more clues. The girl was in her late teens, very attractive with red hair and a slim build. She had been strangled with some kind of plastic cord.

A phone call received at the police station later that day would lead to the answer of the dead girl’s identity. A young woman that worked at the Chicago Motor Club as a touring counselor hadn’t shown up to work that morning. The girl’s boss had checked her apartment but when rumors about a dead body had started to circulate, he decided to call the police. He was the one to identify the body as 19 year old Betty Vollenweider.

At about the same time as authorities were questioning Betty’s boss, another strange part of this story was playing out in a well-known supper club in Beloit, Wisconsin. The Corral Supper Club opened in 1950 and was considered one of the more elegant places to dine in the area. On that Monday night co-workers of the cook, Robert E. Long had grown concerned about his behavior. Robert had only been employed at the restaurant for about a month and no one knew very much about him. He was a quiet man who didn’t share many details of his personal life. So everyone was shocked by Long’s behavior at the restaurant on that November night.

Robert had been in the men’s room for a while after the restaurant closed. The people cleaning up the dining room heard shouting and crying coming from the bathroom. They were all shocked when Long burst from the men’s room covered in blood and waving a knife in the air.

Later, they would testify that he was yelling, “I killed her. I killed my girl, now I just want to die so I can be with her.”

Several sta� members tried to calm Long down while others raced to the phone to call the police. An ambulance soon arrived with swarms of police.

Long was later found to have several self-inflicted stab wounds to his chest and abdomen and both of his wrists had been slit. On the ride to the hospital, Long kept telling everyone that he had killed his girl. The policeman assigned to ride with him questioned him for the details.

Long shared every sickening detail of

Betty Vollenweider’s murder with the o�cer. Later Long would claim that the story wasn’t true and that he was just distraught over the break up with his girlfriend.

But the details of his confession matched what the authorities had discovered from the scene and an interview with Betty’s mother. The couple had met in Hawaii where Betty was traveling and Long was stationed in the Navy.

Long had served in the Navy for almost 15 years when he met Betty. He also had a wife and three children though he was supposedly divorced at the time of the meeting with Betty.

Though the details of why the couple moved to Beloit have been lost, it was where they decided to attend college.

Long enrolled in a chef’s class and Betty enrolled at Beloit College. She stayed on campus while Long lived in an apartment. By the fall of 1968, the couple’s relationship was strained. Long worked in Milwaukee at the Gimbel’ Department Store before transferring to cook for the Wagon Wheel Resort in Rockton. Then Long moved on to be a chef at the Corral Supper Club. Betty decided she needed a break from school (and possibly from Long) and found herself a job in Chicago.

She did well at the Chicago Motor Club and earned two promotions in the two months she worked there.

Betty was described as very smart and a quick learner. The man that would later identify Betty’s body remembered her as the kind of girl any parent would want. The other girls that worked in the o�ce talked of a man that Betty had recently met. She was excited about their upcoming first date. Robert Long was placed under armed guard at the hospital where he was listed in critical condition.

Authorities waited until he recovered before questioning him about the awful crime he had revealed.

They continued to investigate Betty’s life and found that her landlord had seen the girl leave her apartment in Chicago with a man that he identified as Robert Long on Saturday night, November 2.

The landlord also stated that Betty was wearing a tan mini-dress and blue and white checked coat. These were the same clothes that she had been dressed in when her body was found.

The police theorized that Long met with Betty to try to convince her to continue their relationship. When he realized that his e�orts were in vain, he killed Betty and dumped her body in the alley. They also believed that Betty must have fought hard for her life because her clothes were torn and her body badly bruised. They also knew that Long had used Betty’s car to return to Beloit for work. But as police would soon learn the

truth of Betty’s murder was stranger than they imagined.

Robert Long shared all the details of Betty’s gruesome murder with multiple people. In fact, authorities would later state that Long seemed unable to stop talking about the murder. The whole investigation would change once he finally gave them all the details.

Long told authorities that he had gone to see Betty in Chicago but the couple had decided to return to his apartment in South Beloit. He had been driving Betty’s car and she might have decided she wanted to break it o� completely with Long. It was at Long’s small apartment on Black Hawk Boulevard that things turned ugly between the couple.

Long changed the story several times stating once that they fought over a present he had gotten her and another time that the argument was over a new man in Betty’s life. But whatever caused it, the argument turned violent. It was in the early hours on that Sunday morning that Long killed Betty. As he told the next part the detectives said the hair on the back of their necks rose. Long stated that after killed Betty, he decided to “hold onto Betty-to keep her with him” for a while.

Long kept Betty in the apartment all of that night, the next day and late into the next night. His landlord would later state that they noticed a strong smell coming from his apartment and questioned Long about it. Long explained to them that he had gotten some hamsters as pets. He was using Lysol to clean his apartment to cut down on the smell.

It must have been that conversation that made Long realize that he needed to get Betty out of his apartment. He loaded her body in her car and drove to Chicago in the early hours of Monday, November 4th. He found an alley close to Betty’s apartment and dumped her body there.

Long returned to his apartment in South Beloit and got ready to go to work. The folks that ate at the Corral that night would later describe the strange feeling that they all felt after hearing the details of Betty’s death. The hands that had so cruelly choked the life out of Betty had later cooked their dinners. Long’s trial was transferred to Winnebago County Court. He would recant his confession stating that the medicine the doctors administered made him say things that weren’t true. Chief Circuit Judge Albert S. O’Sullivan found Long guilty of Betty’s murder and sentenced him 30 to 40 years at Illinois State Penitentiary.

Betty Vollenweider’s mother brought her daughter home to rest next to her father in the Riverview Cemetery in Hamilton, Montana. The peaceful, little cemetery rests in the shadow of a large mountain far away from the dirty alley where Long once placed Betty’s body.

Kathi Kresol has been researching Rockford’s past for over a decade. She shares the stories she uncovers in these articles, in her books, and on tours she o�ers through Haunted Rockford. Kathi will be presenting on Prohibition at the Talcott Free Library on Thursday, January 9 at 6:30 p.m. Please visit hauntedrockford.com to read more stories or to see more upcoming events.

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A&E Happenings Music & Arts

Ongoing Open Stage at Mandalay Lounge - Monday-Sunday beginning at 5 p.m. 200 North Church Street.

Mary’s Place - 602 N. Madison St. Open Stage, Tues. & Thurs. 9:30 p.m.-close; Karaoke, Wed. 9:30 p.m.-close.

Bruce L. Warden - For listening & dining every Friday and Saturday 5-9 p.m. at Hoffman House, 7550 E. State St. Ongoing Bold Abstrations - Rockford Art Museum’s (RAM) new art exhibition, Bold Abstractions: Paintings from the Thoma Collection, will be on display at RAM, located inside the Riverfront Museum Park at 711 North Main Street through January 26, 2020, with free daily admission provided by support from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. This major exhibition explores new forms of abstract painting from the 1960s, following the heyday of Abstract Expressionism.

Highlighting color-based, geometric, and perceptual experiments, this selection of works from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation Collection includes an international group of 33 artists associated with some of the key painting movements of the mid-20th century: Color Field, Post-Painterly Abstraction, Hard-Edge, and Op Art. Bold Abstractions at RAM marks the first time the Thoma’s significant post-war painting collection has been shown at a public institution.

This exhibition is organized by Carrie Johnson.

Friday, January 10 Backroads Trio - Performing from 5-7:30 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free admission.

Saturday, January 11 Kevin Gordon - Indie swamp, singer/songwriter, Americana, and blues. Gordon is a Louisiana native, now 20-year East Nashville resident.

His latest release, Tilt & Shine, was ranked #2 in Paste’s Best Roots & Blues Albums of 2018. His songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Hard Working Americans, Ronnie Hawkins, and more. Rolling Stone says of Gordon, “Dude’s a juke-joint professor emeritus.”

Performance will take place at 1 p.m. at Severson Dells Nature Center, 8786 Montague Rd., in Rockford. Call Severson Dells Nature Center 815-335-2915 or order tickets online at www. seversondells.com/music-at-the-dells.

Trinadora - Performing from 5-7:30 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free admission.

Sunday, January 12 ‘Rockabilly Legends’ - Concert featuring the music of such greats as Elvis, Johnny Cash, Brenda Lee, Jerry Lee Lewis, and many more. Tickets are $10 and available at trinadora.com or by calling 815-979-1949. Some tickets will be available at the door. Concert takes place at Spring Creek UCC, 4500 Spring Creek Rd. Doors open at 2 p.m.

Saturday, January 25 Wintersong - Rockford’s Camerata Emanon Singers, led by Tim Anderson, presents “Wintersong,” a musical celebration of all that is winter, featuring “A Winter Day” by Canadian composer Sara Quartel. Works by Rutter, Hindemith, Thompson, and Worthington set the mood, while a flurry of popular favorites including “Let it Snow,”

and “Sleigh Ride” takes the edge off the chill.

Begins at 7:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Church, 4848 Turner St. Tickets: $10, cash or check only at the door. For more information visit CamerataEmanon.com.

Community

Saturday, January 11 Book signing at Barnes & Nobles - Six-time Award Winning Children’s Book Author, Sheri Poe-Pape, will be at Barnes and Noble at Cherryvale Mall for a book signing from 1-3 p.m. Event will include an author reading, sales and book signing. For boys and girls ages 3-8.

Winter Wellness Expo - Rockford City Market is hosting their first Winter Wellness Expo from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at 116 N Madison Street. Over 20 businesses will be on hand to share information about wellness, nutrition, and fitness programs. Participating businesses include Maximum Performance, Dolphin Swim Club, Perrecone Wellness. CHIP Wellness Program, BetterLife Wellness/Swedish American, YMCA of Rock River Valley, Rocktown Adventures, Orthopedic Rehab Specialists, Beefaroo, Fleet Feet Sports, Unbridled Wellness, Elixir Juice Company, Mercyhealth Top Performers, Namaste Studios, Forest City Float, Thrive Naturally Wellness, Orangetheory Fitness, Club Pilates Chandan Place, OSF Healthcare Wellness Services, Waking Up Inside, Vegetarians in Motion. Various exercise and cooking demos will be offered throughout the day.

For info go to rockfordcitymarket.com, Facebook. com/rockfordcitymarket/ or call 815-315-1326.

Sunday, January 12 Macktown Living History’s Winter Sunday - 2-4 p.m. at Macktown Living History, 2221 Freeport Rd., in Rockton. Learn what travel, work and fun was like in winter in the early 1800s. Learn about skiing, skating, snowshoeing and ice cutting. History buildings and the settlement grounds will be open – everyone is welcome. Free admission.

To learn more about Macktown and their events visit their Facebook page or call 815-624-4200.

Thursday, January 16 Wild Ones Presentation - 7 p.m. at Rock Valley College Physical Education Center PEC0110 (lower level), 3301 N. Mulford Rd. Topic for this presentation is “How to Grow Prairie Plants from Seeds, Roots, and Cuttings”. Since 2017, presenters Peggy and Bryan Redington have owned and operated Country Road Greenhouses (CRG), a native plant nursery with 11 greenhouses on 6 acres near Rochelle, Illinois, and 2 acres of prairie which are currently being expanded to allow for more seed collection. The focus at CRG is to provide native prairie plants, grasses, sedges, and rushes to forest preserve districts, park districts, natural landscapers, native restoration projects, and groups that promote the use of native plants (including our chapter of Wild Ones).

This program is free and open to the public. For more information, call (779) 537-8939. Wild Ones is a non-profit educational organization that promotes the use of native plants and natural landscaping to preserve natural diversity. For more information about the Rock River Valley chapter, visit www.wildonesrrvc.org.

Saturday, January 18 Winterfest 2020 - University of Illinois Extension and DeKalb County Forest Preserve collaborate

each year to offer a day for families to get outside, have fun, and explore an enjoyable destination.

Winterfest is from 9 a.m.-3 p.m., and is held at the Natural Resource Education Center in Russell Woods Forest Preserve, 11750 IL-72, located 1 mile west of Genoa on state route 72. University of Illinois Extension staff and volunteers offer a variety of educational and recreational activities for the whole family. The morning will start indoors at 9 a.m. at the Center’s bird viewing window where Peggy Doty will share some tips and tricks for feeding and identifying our local winter birds. The winter joy and fun will continue through-out the day. The Genoa Prairie Gems 4-H Club will be offering their annual fund raising lunch and snack sale. You can buy food for a reasonable price and help the 4-H club at the same time. The rest of the day is free but we do graciously except donations to cover materials.

For questions, please call the Natural Resource Education Center at 815-784-2000.

Monday, January 20 History of Roscoe Congregational Church - The First Congregational Community Church of Roscoe can trace its origins back to the early days of Roscoe Township and its founders. At 6:30 p.m., Roscoe Township Historical Society will feature that connection at a presentation to be held in the main sanctuary of the church, 10780 3rd Street, in Roscoe. Tracy Schoonover Terry will present an intimate look at the Church’s history, its evolution, and its congregants. From its

founding in 1843, immediately followed in 1846 by a strong stand against slavery, to its devastating connection with the tragic Roscoe flood of 1858, and its familial ties with Beloit College, Ms. Terry will reveal interesting facts that span more than 175 years, all capped off with a tour of the current facility. Pictures and archived documents will be on display throughout the church.

Thursday, February 6 Wander at the Wetland - The public is invited to help NLI kick off the 20th Anniversary celebration of Nygren Wetland Preserve, 3190 W. Rockton Rd., in Rockton, by attending Wander at the Wetland: Full Moon Snowshoe & Hike. Come anytime between 4:30-8 p.m. NLI will hold this FREE outdoor winter event for all ages with or without snow.

Experience the winter landscape of the prairie and wetland when you take a hike, snowshoe or ski the trail lit by hundreds of luminaries. You can head out on the trail on your own or follow a tour guide who will tell you about Natural Land Institute and Nygren Wetland. Places to warm up include the winter themed greenhouse with hot cocoa and snacks and two bonfires. Snowshoes will be available to rent for a $10 donation to NLI and are sponsored by Rocktown Adventures.

You may also bring your own snowshoes or skis.

Please register for this free event by Wed., Feb. 5 online at: https://www.naturalland.org/event/ wander-at-the-wetland-full-moon-snowshoehike-2/?instance_id=2659 or call 815-964-6666 for more information and to register.

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Music at the Dells: Kevin Gordon

317 Art Collective’s 1st Anniversary & Fun-Raiser!

WHEN Saturday, January 11 (1 p.m.)

WHEN Friday, January 10 (6 p.m. - Midnight) WHERE 317 Art Collective The party starts at 6 p.m. with DJ Fuzz and live painting by some of your favorite local artists, that will be finished and auctioned off at 9 p.m. There will also be live music, hors d’ouevres and a cash bar.

WHERE Severson Dells Nature Center Louisiana native Kevin Gordon is a touring recording artist and songwriter whose latest release, Tilt & Shine, was ranked #2 in Paste’s Best Roots & Blues Albums of 2018.

His songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Irma Thomas, and more.

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Jeff Dunham: Seriously!?

The Detour Comedy Night

WHEN Saturday, January 11 (5 p.m.)

WHEN Saturday, January 11 (8 p.m.)

WHERE BMO Harris Bank Center

WHERE The Detour Bar & Grill

For the past twelve years, Jeff Dunham and his somewhat-inappropriate-proteges, Peanut, Walter, José Jalapeño, Bubba J. and Achmed the Dead Terrorist, have filled arenas across the U.S. and the world with their multiple, blockbuster tours. Dunham and his cohorts set out on their brand-new international tour, “Jeff Dunham: Seriously!?”

Headliner Ed Towns has a real love and passion for comedy. Ed entertains and makes people laugh with his cynically honest views on relationships, current events, religion, sexuality, and his family.

Nothing is off limits as audiences get a peek into Ed’s life and all the hilarity it ensues.

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Entertainment

Gervais’ 5th – and final? – turn leads raucous Golden Globes

By David Bauder Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) – Ricky Gervais made a big deal Sunday about how this was the fifth and final time he was going to host the Golden Globes.

Maybe that’s true. Maybe not.

But it’s the frame he used this time for his devil-may-care act of jokes that provoke a swift intake of breath. Harvey Weinstein and Ronan Farrow references.

A Felicity Huffman license plate line. A biting commentary that actors would line up for work if ISIS ran a streaming service.

A bleeped, bawdy punchline about Judi Dench.

Gervais has a sterling track record; that’s why he’s been back five times. But it was hard to miss the weariness in some of the faces of audience members watching him Sunday.

With two awards to go Sunday and an 11 p.m. Eastern deadline already slipped past, Gervais appeared on the stage and looked at his watch.

“Kill me,” he said. “We’re nearly done.”

Joke or not, and even if most audience members could surely appreciate the sentiment, it’s not the sort of thing you want from a host.

Here are some highlights and lowlights of the annual show:

SIGHT UNSEEN

An awkward by-product of today’s splintered entertainment world is that awards shows frequently honor work that few people know. That’s been true with the streaming services’ takeover of the television awards, as Ramy Youseff immediately referenced when he won best actor in a TV comedy for his self-titled Hulu series. “I know you guys haven’t seen my show,” he said (although his humor and charm will guarantee some will seek it out). This time it reached into the movie category, with director Sam Mendes’ World War I epic “1917” winning best drama even though it hasn’t been widely released in theaters. That changes next weekend, and

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‘ROCKETMAN’ BESTS SWIFT, BEYONCÉ

Some young fans of Beyoncé and Taylor Swift may have wondered about the doddering Elton John, who had to be rescued from tripping as he took the stage.

That was his only stumble of the night.

The Globes were a showcase for the 1970s superstar and his longtime songwriting partner, Bernie Taupin, after voters showed love for the “Rocket Man” biopic and their song, “I’m Gonna Love Me Again.” John noted it was the first time he’d won an award with Taupin. “It’s a relationship that doesn’t happen very much in this town – a 52-year marriage,” John said.

Professionally speaking, of course: his real husband, David Furnish, was in the audience.

PRESIDENTIAL FAN

Phoebe Waller-Bridge thanked former President Barack Obama for including her Globe-winning comedy on his annual list of favorite entertainment. “As some of you know, he’s always been on mine,” she said, a reference to how her character was, um, excited to see Obama in a scene during the first season.

TRIBUTE TIME

Special awards given to Ellen DeGeneres and Tom Hanks provided emotional high points. When Kate McKinnon of “Saturday Night Live” spoke, it put into focus that it has been two decades since both DeGeneres and the ABC sitcom character she played came out as gay, and the impact that had.

“I was in my mother’s basement lifting weights in front of a mirror and thinking, ‘Am I gay?’” McKinnon recalled. “And I was.

And I still am. That’s a very scary thing to suddenly know.” She saluted DeGeneres for forging a path she could follow. DeGeneres gave an acceptance speech laced with her sly humor, from poking fun at endless acceptance speeches and joking that she “couldn’t do it without my husband Mark.”

Hanks, while suffering a cold, broke down at the sight of wife Rita Wilson and his five children in the audience and gave a typically open-hearted speech about fellow actors in the room. “He has made easy work of breaking our hearts and stealing our tears,” actress Charlize Theron said in tribute.

LONG TIME

Director Martin Scorsese and actors in “The Irishman” surely gritted their teeth

at jokes about the movies’ three hour-plus length. “We’re going to see a short clip from ‘The Irishman,’” Gervais said. “It’s 88 minutes long.” Hanks quipped about wanting to see the outtakes. The jokes would have gone more easily if the movie grabbed some awards, but instead came up empty. There’s always the Oscars.

POLITICALLY SPEAKING

Gervais urged actors to leave their politics at the door, but, really, who expected that? The first political speech came from someone not even in the room: actor Russell Crowe, who left behind a speech for Jennifer Aniston to read when he won for playing media mogul Roger Ailes in “The Loudest Voice in the Room.” It was fortunate that Ailes wasn’t around to watch: seeing an actor who portrayed him speak about the dangers of climate change would have driven him nuts. Actress Michelle Williams spoke about a woman’s right to choose, Patricia Arquette urged people to vote and Joaquin Phoenix touted activism.

Australia’s bush fires caught the most attention. Gervais broke his own rule by the show’s end, urging people to “please donate to Australia.”

ONCE UPON A TIME

There was a certain joylessness that accompanied Golden Globe wins for Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time .... In Hollywood.” In accepting an award for screenwriting, Tarantino made sure to note that it’s usually a solitary award for people who do work without much help. But this time, he said he had a marvelous cast, “and not just a BS marvelous cast.” If he was reaching for irony, he missed. It was odd, also, that stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt stayed in the audience when the movie won best comedy. Pitt flashed some movie-star charm in winning a supporting actor award, and joked that he wanted to bring his mother to the awards “but I couldn’t because any woman I stand next to they say I’m dating.” It was right after NBC’s cameras caught his ex-wife, Aniston, smiling broadly from the audience.

I NEVER THOUGHT I’D BE HERE

Credit actress Olivia Colman of “The Crown” for the most eloquent – and honest – take on an awards show staple: the I-never-thought-I’d-win-with-somany-wonderful-people-in-my-category speech. “I got a little bit boozy because I thought this wasn’t going to happen,” she confided to several million people.

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Death Notices Samuel Perrecone 91 Rockford 12/30/2019 Jennie Schwebke 33 Loves Park 12/30/2019 Mark Gullikson 70 Rockford 12/30/2019 Charles Powers 84 Rockford 12/30/2019 Thomas Lindblade 77 Rockford 12/31/2019 Luci Murphy 90 Rockford 12/31/2019 Grace Gore 89 Rockford 12/31/2019 Delores Fransen 86 Pecatonica 12/31/2019 Kathryn Hartman 90 Durand 1/1/2020 Clifford Chase 85 Rockford 1/1/2020 Robert Goodrich 95 Durand 1/1/2020 Matthew Lipnitzky 40 Loves Park 1/1/2020 Jacob Guerrero 33 Rockford 1/2/2020 Jonathan Kenny 44 Rockford 1/2/2020 Elizabeth Pounders 61 Rockford 1/2/2020 Howard Bellars 77 Cherry Valley 1/2/2020 John O’Donnell 90 Rockford 1/2/2020 Justin Shadden 38 Rockford 1/2/2020 Raul Monteagudo Garza 69 Rockford 1/2/2020 John Ramsey 88 Rockford 1/2/2020 Bruce Collins 88 Rockton 1/2/2020 Rose Virgili 93 Rockford 1/2/2020 Judy Holcomb 77 Rockford 1/2/2020 Rosemary Burt 71 Rockford 1/2/2020 Lee Schreiner 70 Rockford 1/2/2020 Kenneth Nelson 79 Rockford 1/3/2020 Virginia Lyddon 81 Rockford 1/3/2020 Carl Francik 74 Roscoe 1/3/2020 Ann Williams 72 Rockford 1/3/2020 John Mashinter 62 Rockford 1/3/2020 Phyllis Farley 57 Rockford 1/3/2020 David Rasmussen 79 Rockford 1/3/2020 John Bates 89 Rockford 1/3/2020 Margo Jenkins 68 Rockford 1/4/2020 Michael Brown 62 Rockford 1/4/2020 Ramon Rios 80 Rockford 1/4/2020 Raymond Nason 65 Rockford 1/4/2020 Mary Hilton 74 Rockford 1/4/2020 Keith Miller 60 Rockford 1/4/2020 Michael Landis 63 South Beloit 1/4/2020 Richard Barnes 59 Rockford 1/4/2020 Michael Coates 54 Rockford 1/4/2020 Walter Taylor 57 Rockford 1/4/2020 Berta Showers 80 South Beloit 1/4/2020 Anthony Lynch 71 Rockford 1/5/2020 Joan Niehaus 72 Rockford 1/5/2020 Georg Rieder 84 Rockford 1/5/2020 Mara Biljeskovic 88 Rockford 1/5/2020 Niles Hoyt 84 Rockford 1/5/2020 Sara Gatvan-Castaneda 86 Rockford 1/5/2020 David Lamb 46 Roscoe 1/5/2020

Obituary

WEEK OF DECEMBER 29, 2019 TO JANUARY 4, 2020 THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: TAURUS, GEMINI AND CANCER

Gary Sargent, 1944-2019

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

ARIES You’ll find yourself on the road or deep in conversation at the local coffee shop or cafeteria.

What’s more, you’ll find some generous souls who are willing to give you a hand.

TAURUS You’ll be responsible for an event that brings together many of your closest friends and family members. You’ll also accomplish something that will be remembered for many years. If you’re single, a quiet office will make you see a colleague in a new light.

TAURUS If your financial situation isn’t stable, you’ll find some interesting solutions. You’ll refine your personal style and make sure you always look your best.

CANCER If you buy a lottery ticket with family, don’t be surprised if you find yourselves with the means to finish off the year with a group vacation.

At the very least, lots of fun will be had, and you’ll be on the receiving end of an immense generosity.

LEO Someone divulges a family secret to you this week. You’ll be particularly sensitive and may make a speech that will move more than one person. You’ll need to deal with an emergency at work, even if you’re at a party.

regularly, Gary was likely to be there, too.

He also organizedVIRGO a not-for-profit, The It may be a good idea to distance Rockford Chess Association. yourself from conflicts in the famJust going back ily, toespecially the early 1990s, the if they don’t concern you. Or, you could save a situation United States Chess Federation (USCF), by convincing two family members documents 270 tochess bury the tournaments hatchet. directed by Gary. He also played in another LIBRA 270 tournaments.You’re Thesenot numbers one to sitdo idlynot by so include the dozenswhether of unrated you’reevents the hostheld or not, you’ll be involved in serving in Rockford, DeKalb, and Freeport. If we guests and making them feel welwere to include events before 1991, Gary come. In your love life, the magic of involved the holidaysin willone help way rekindle has probably been the spark. or another well over 700 Chess tournaments. He was also able to participate SCORPIO You’ll find yourself in the spotlight and support in simultaneous exhibitions this week. You’ll talk to everyone held by Grandmaster Yury Shulman and make them laugh within your biting Rockford from 2016 tosarcasm.

2018. You may even be applauded, which would be great Gary tipped his King onself-esteem.

September 16th for your 2019 at the age of 74. He will be greatly SAGITTARIUS missed.

You’ll spend the week with your family and devote much of your time to your children or elderly parents. You’ll also find a way to take a moment for yourself. A little alone time is great for the imagination.

CAPRICORN You won’t keep your opinions to yourself this week. You put yourself in charge so that things go perfectly. Even if you step on some toes, the important thing is that you see tangible results.

AQUARIUS You’ll have energy to spare this week. Despite a tight budget, the events that you organize are sure to be spectacular, thanks to your remarkable ideas and determination. Also, you can expect lots of affection in your relationship over the next few days.

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

Horoscope LEO, VIRGO AND LIBRA

ARIES A little reflection is required this week. Spend some time assessing the best and worst parts of the past year before making your New Year’s resolutions. You’ll also be drawn to a new form of spirituality.

GEMINI It’s time to clean up after a season of parties. You’re a great host and organized a memorable event for your whole family.

Don’t be late for the countdown on New Year’s Eve!

Gary Sargent was a brainiac whose mind never seemed bored. His diverse interests ranged from ancient military history, Hannibal routing Rome’s legions in Italy and Caesar crushing Vercingetorix in Gaul, to astrophysicists Carl Sagan and Neil de Grasse Tyson. Among his favorite reads were mystery novels from Sherlock Holmes to Ian Rankin. He also enjoyed slam poetry and performing his unique limericks at the Norloff Center.

But what he was most known for was his involvement with the local Chess community. Gary was an ambassador of the most popular board game ever. For decades, Gary spearheaded Monday night Chess club at Barnes and Noble and before that at Borders Book Store, and before that, at a local Methodist Church. Wherever Rockford-area chess players were meeting

WEEK OF JANUARY 5 TO 11, 2020

PISCES There’s lots going on this week, and your numerous initiatives will surprise even you. People will blindly follow you, even if your ideas seem a bit crazy. You’ll organize a spontaneous party.

GEMINI You’ll accomplish a heroic task without thinking, which will be great for your self-esteem. Keep an eye on your finances while on vacation or make more room in your budget.

CANCER There’s lots going on this week.

Your friends will insist on your presence at more than one event. Something stressful may sap your energy, making you want to stay in bed for days.

LEO You’ll be tempted to leave your life behind and start over. You’ll undertake a renewing activity with great determination. Spontaneously, you’ll decide to escape the winter weather.

VIRGO Travel plans will be made among friends. In order to be sure you have the time, you’ll hurry to get a new passport or to finish some projects. Your smile is contagious.

LIBRA Anything’s possible with some planning. You don’t have much free time, but you’ll be able to organize yourself and finish what needs to be done without missing any deadlines.

SCORPIO This is the time to put your New Year’s resolutions into action. A professional class will expand your horizons. You’ll find yourself curious about many different subjects.

SAGITTARIUS It’ll take some cunning to close a deal. At work, don’t skip any little details, especially if there are big changes. In your love life, a big project will make your relationship more solid.

CAPRICORN Even in the midst of preparations for negotiations at work, you’ll need some patience. You’ll be in a good position to ask for a raise. In your relationship, you’ll make some big plans.

AQUARIUS At work and elsewhere, you’ll be recognized for a great accomplishment. Remember that it’s always the little things that are most noticed. An office flirtation may be in the making.

PISCES You’ll spend a few days at home recharging your batteries or battling a cold. It’s a great time to explore your imagination; you’ll find lots of inspiration.

SCO

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CROSSWORD & SUDOKU

11. Word of approval 19. Duct 21. Small swallow 23. Tale 25. Scorch 26. Maui dance 27. Canine’s cry 28. Actress Collins 29. Skilled

Find the solutions to this week’s puzzles on Page 26.

Karate Horse

Nick Cashmere

Robert Burch Robert Burch

30. Sulk 32. “____ the season . . .”

33. Singles 37. Identical sibling 39. Drops or chart 42. Lived 44. ____ up (tense) 46. Periods 48. Facts

49. Fleecy females 50. Below-average grades 51. Remark further 52. Guiding suggestion 53. Catch 55. Anger 56. Kauai keepsake

CHECK OUT PAGE 26 FOR ANOTHER CROSSWORD.

Sakura Adachi

The convergence of art & design:

Candylab Toys

Down 1. “____ Old Black Magic” 2. Chablis or Chardonnay, e.g.

3. Not evens 4. Brittle 5. Sought office 6. Noah’s ship 7. Flat-topped formation 8. Should 9.Women’sundergarment 10. Easter edible

MoMA

Betsy Youngquist

Zaha Hadid

Alessandro Menini

107 North Main

Across 1. What it takes to tango 4. Prepare for an exam 8. Conform 12. Concealed 13. Not well-done 14. Spur 15. “Night ____ Day” 16. Printing fluids 17. Pranks 18. Quizzes 20. Volcanic residue 22. Increases 24. Tingly 28. Doorway side 31. Over 34. Shade of color 35. Clarinet’s cousin 36. Card-game cry 37. Opposite of short 38. High peak 39. Release the pressure on 40. Enfold 41. Poor 43. Descend Mt. Snow 45. Married 47. Put a stop to 51. Teen skin problem 54. Like suntan lotion 57. Amazement 58. In more than one part 59. Shade giver 60. Shirt type 61. Bankruptcy cause 62. Slippery road mishap 63. Horse’s relative

Blackwood Quartet

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Government Notices n n n Committee Report Passed: December 16, 2019 ORDINANCE NO. 2019-247-O WHEREAS, The City of Rockford is the owner of and possessed of the real estate hereinafter particularly described; and WHEREAS, the said real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate or required for the use of, nor profitable to, the City of Rockford; and WHEREAS, retention of the property is not for the best interest of said City of Rockford.

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, THAT: Section 1: The City Council offer for sale of City owned property at of 728 South 6th Street, PIN #11-26-426-006 at a minimum bid of $22,325, which includes advertising, and with preference to the adjacent property owners. The city reserves the right to reject all bids. The subject property is legally described as follows: THE WEST ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR AND FIFTY- EIGHT HUNDREDTHS (134.58) FEET OF LOTS FOUR (4) AND FIVE (5) IN BLOCK TWENTY-FOUR (24) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GREGORY AND GIDDINGS SUBDIVISION OF BLOCK 24 AND 25 AND ADDITION TO THE CITY OFROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 46 OF DEEDS ON PAGE 388 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS Section 2: The Notice of said sale and the fact that said City of Rockford will receive bids for the purchase of said real estate shall be advertised in the Rock River Times, a weekly newspaper published in said City of Rockford, for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30) days before the day provided in said Notice for the opening bids for the real estate.

Section 3: The said Notice shall set forth the fact that said bids will be received until 11:00 A.M., local Rockford time on February 3, 2020, at the office of the City of Rockford Purchasing Manager and shall be accompanied by a bank cashier’s or certified check payable to the City of Rockford for at least ten (10) percent of the amount of the bid, the balance to be paid in cash by the successful bidder within not more than fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of the City Council’s acceptance of his bid. The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

Section 4: The provisions and sections of this Ordinance shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity of any portion of this Ordinance shall not affect the validity of the remainder.

Section 5: All orders, resolutions, or ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, approval, and publication, as required by law.

Section 6: A full, true, and complete copy of this Ordinance shall be published within ten (10) days after passage in pamphlet form by and under authority of the Corporate Authorities.

11114R TRRT 1/8 n n n LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Rockford Park District intends to contract for the following items and services; specifications are on file with Demandstar.com and

Vendorregistry.com.

The Rockford Park District invites qualified contractors to bid on the renovation of the existing boat ramp and pathways on the north side of the Riverview Icehouse. Work includes hardscape demolition and vegetation removals, concrete flatwork, pre-cast concrete block wall construction, and turf establishment.

Bids will be opened at the Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 South Main St, Rockford, IL 61101 (Purchasing Dept (815) 969-4062).

The Rockford Park District reserves the unrestricted right to reject any or all bids received, to waive or not to waive any informality, or to accept the bid considered to be in the best interest of the Park District.

Contractor shall not pay less than the prevailing rates of wages to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics performing work under this contract, and shall comply with the requirements of the IL Wages of Employees on Public Works Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

Bid No. 20-2239 Riverview Park Board Ramp Renovation Pre-Bid Conference: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., Riverview Ice House, 324 N. Madison St., Rockford, IL 61107 Bid Opening: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101 BY:Julianne C. Elliott, Secretary 11143R TRRT 1/8 n n n REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS RFP: Interchange Development Feasibility Study Winnebago, Boone, and McHenry Counties, Illinois, 20200103 Proposals will be received until 9:00 am CST, on February 11, 2020, at the office of Region 1 Planning Council, 315 N Main St, Rockford, IL 61101. At that time and place, all proposals received will be publicly opened and read aloud. Proposals will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused. Proposal requirements and instructions may be obtained at r1planning.org/ procurement and Demandstar. com. Region 1 Planning Council retains the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities.

11167R TRRT 1/8 n n n INVITATION TO BID GARAGE COMMERCIAL LABOR: MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY TRUCKS BID: 120-PW-001 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on January 28, 2020 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4thfloor, Rockford, Illinois 61104.

At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

A MANDATORY pre-bid meeting will be held on January 16th, at 11:00 a.m. at the Public Works Administration Building, located at 523 S. Central Avenue. All prospective bidders must attend this meeting in order for their bids to be accepted.

Bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, 4th floor, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104, or at https:// rockfordil.gov/city-departments/ finance/central-services/purchasing/open-bidsrfps/ Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number.

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

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

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Public Notices n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHARON L. FURGASON, No. 2019-P-546 Deceased.

CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of SHARON L. FURGASON. Letters of Office were issued on December 9, 2019 to ROBERT FURGASON, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is Gary L. Ecklund, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 25, 2020, 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 attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: December 17, 2019 Gary L. Ecklund Name: Gary L. Ecklund Attorney for Estate Address: 4023 Charles Street City: Rockford, IL 61108 Telephone: (815) 229-5333 11118R TRRT 1/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: JAMES MILO GRAHAM Current Name Case Number 19-MR-1063 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: James Milo Graham to the new name of: Ember Miro Vetro.

The court date will be held: on February 20, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ James Graham James Graham Current Name 11119R TRRT 1/8 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 Barbershop business in said County and State under

the name of Signature Fadez at the following post office addresses: 401 S. Independence Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Carlos R. Brown SIGNED: Carlos R. Brown 12/18/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11123R TRRT 1/8 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 Serving barbecue, ribs, fries and much more business in said County and State under the name of JC’s Barbecue and More at the following post office addresses: 4333 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Latosha Tate SIGNED: Latosha Tate 12/19/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 11124R TRRT 1/8 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 Trampoline Park business in said County and State under the name of Flow Supreme Air Sports at the following post office addresses: 5505 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brock Campbell SIGNED: Brock Campbell 12/23/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11130R TRRT 1/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CARL H. SCHROEDER, DECEASED. Case No. 2019 P 553 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CARL H. SCHROEDER. Letters of Office were issued on December 23, 2019 to Cody Cramer, Executor, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is BRIAN K. LARKIN, ONE COURT PLACE, SUITE 301, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 8, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or Delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later.

Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division must be mailed or delivered

to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: December 23, 2019 /s/ Cody Cramer CODY CRAMER Brian K. Larkin Attorney at Law One Court Place, Suite 301 Rockford, IL 61101 815-964-4601 Brian@blarkinlaw.com 11121R TRRT 1/22 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 an Apparel business in said County and State under the name of CRUCIAL at the following post office addresses: 7144 Sue Lane, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tamishia Moore SIGNED: Tamishia Moore 12/23/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11129R TRRT 1/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF JESSE JAMES TYLER JOHNSON JR. Minor’s Current Name NAYELI L. BALTAZAR Name of Parent/Guardian filing on behalf of the Minor Case No. 19 MR 882 NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE Notice is hereby given, that on February 20, 2020, at 10 a.m., I will present a Petition requesting that the Court change his/her present name of Jesse James Tyler Johnson Jr., a minor, to the name of Jesse James Baltazar. The hearing will take place at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State St. in Rockford, Illinois.

Jesse James Tyler Johnson Jr., a minor, by, Nayeli L. Baltazar, Parent/Guardian Date: 12/18/19 11120R TRRT 1/8 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 forestry consulting business in said County and State under the name of Greenwood Consulting at the following post office addresses: 815 Greenlee Ave., Winnebago, IL 61088; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael Woolery SIGNED: Michael Woolery 12/20/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11126R TRRT 1/8 n n n TAX DEED NO: 2019-TX-263 FILED: 12/26/2019 Brandon Murray, 1307 15th Avenue, Apt. 2, Rockford, IL 61104 Rock River Water Reclamation District, % Donald Massier President, 3501 Kishwaukee Street, Rockford, IL 61126 City of Rockford, % Thomas McNamara Mayor, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, IL 61104 Associated Bank, NA,

% Philip Flynn President, 433 Main Street, Green Bay, WI 54301 Unknown owners, occupants, and interest holders TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 30, 2017 Certificate No. 201601006 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2016 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 225 N. Hinkley, Rockford, Illinois Legal Description or Property Index No. 11-22-129-012 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 30, 2020.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 30, 2020.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County in Rockford, Illinois on May 22, 2020.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 30, 2020 by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk: ADDRESS: Winnebago County Clerk’s Office, 404 Elm Street, Room 101, Rockford, IL 61101 TELEPHONE:815-319-4253 Zurmavar, LLC XV, Petitioner By:/s/ J. Thomas Witek Purchaser Dated 12/31/2019 11150R TRRT 1/22 n n n TAX DEED NO: 2019-TX-262 FILED: 12/26/2019 William J. Holder, 1167 E. Border Road, Bisbee, AZ 85603 Linda L. Holder, 1167 E. Border Road, Bisbee, AZ 85603 US Mortgage Resolution, LLC, % Illinois Corporation Service C, 801 Adlai Stevenson Drive, Springfield, IL 62703 Rockford Housing Authority, % Laura Snyder, CEO, 223 S. Winnebago Street, Rockford, IL 61102 Unknown owners, occupants, and interest holders TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 30, 2017 Certificate No. 201601003 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2016 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 1222 School Street, Rockford, Illinois Legal Description or Property Index No. 11-22-127-004 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 30, 2020.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 30, 2020.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County in Rockford, Illinois on May 22, 2020.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at

any time on or before April 30, 2020 by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk: ADDRESS: Winnebago County Clerk’s Office, 404 Elm Street, Room 101, Rockford, IL 61101 TELEPHONE:815-319-4253 Zurmavar, LLC XV, Petitioner By:/s/ J. Thomas Witek Purchaser Dated 12/31/2019 11151R TRRT 1/22 n n n TAX DEED NO: 2019-TX-264 FILED: 12/26/2019 Justin Dean Butler, 1346 Milan Chauncey Road, Chauncey, GA 31011 Rock River Water Reclamation District, % Donald Massier President, 3501 Kishwaukee Street, Rockford, IL 61126 City of Rockford, % Thomas McNamara Mayor, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, IL 61104 Unknown owners, occupants, and interest holders TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 30, 2017 Certificate No. 201601006 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2016 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 331 N. Hinkley, Rockford, Illinois Legal Description or Property Index No. 11-22-129-001 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on April 30, 2020.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 30, 2020.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County in Rockford, Illinois on May 22, 2020.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 30, 2020 by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the Office of the County Clerk in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk: ADDRESS: Winnebago County Clerk’s Office, 404 Elm Street, Room 101, Rockford, IL 61101 TELEPHONE:815-319-4253 Zurmavar, LLC XV, Petitioner By:/s/ J. Thomas Witek Purchaser Dated 12/31/2019 11152R TRRT 1/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO THE ESTATE OF: SARAH OUTLOW, Deceased CASE NO.: 2019-P-545 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Sarah Outlow. Letters of Office were issued on December 4, 2019 to DeAngelis Davis, 1907 Hulin Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 and Frank Outlow, 819 Clover Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61102, who are the Co-Executors of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is Sharon R. Rudy, 405 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 8, 2020,

that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later.

Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

A copy of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the legal representative and the attorney for the estate within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: 1/2/20 DeAngelis Davis and Frank Outlow, Co-Executors /s/ Sharon R. Rudy By: Attorney Sharon R. Rudy, P.C., #6183356 405 W. State Street Rockford, IL 61101 (815)962-1910 service@sharonrudylaw.com 11153R TRRT 1/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: ROSALIA CEJA, Petitioner, v.

OSCAR CEJA LOPEZ, Respondent.

Case No.: 2019 D 599 NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN YOU, OSCAR CEJA LOPEZ, Respondent in the above-entitled action, that Petitioner, ROSALIA CEJA, has commenced a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County against you, praying for a Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage and other relief.

Proper procedures according to law have been taken and said suit is still pending.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you, OSCAR CEJA LOPEZ, file your Response to the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois held in the courthouse in the City of Rockford, County of Winnebago, State of Illinois, on or before February 10, 2020, default may be entered against you after that date and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.

11154R TRRT 1/22 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 copywriting and technical writing business in said County and State under the name of The Write Stop at the following post office addresses: 226 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brittaney Ross SIGNED: Brittaney Ross 12/31/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 31st day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 11155R TRRT 1/22

January 8, 2020 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. JANELLE HAGAMAN; MARK HAGAMAN; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MELINDA HAGAMAN, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; TIM MILLER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR, MELINDA HAGAMAN, DEFENDANTS. 2019-CH-0000372 2707 BURRMONT ROAD ROCKFORD, IL 61107 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Melinda Hagaman, If Any 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: PART OF BLOCK NINETEEN (19) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF FRED L. BURR’S GUILFORD HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS ON PAGE 7 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE NORTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK DISTANT 186.46 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK WHICH POINT IS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT SEVEN (7) IN SAID BLOCK PRIOR TO THE VACATION OF PART OF SAID BLOCK

BY THE PLAT OF VACATION OF PART OF FRED L. BURR’S GUILFORD HEIGHTS DEVELOPMENT RECORDED IN BOOK 21 OF PLATS ON PAGE 85 IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT SEVEN (7) A DISTANCE OF 133.69 FEET TO A POINT 5.00 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT SEVEN (7); THENCE EAST, PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT SEVEN (7), A DISTANCE OF 64.00 FEET TO A POINT 14.00 FEET EAST OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT SEVEN (7), THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID EAST LINE, A DISTANCE OF 133.69 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK NINETEEN (19); THENCE WEST, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID BLOCK NINETEEN (19), A DISTANCE OF 64.00 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 2707 Burrmont Road Rockford, IL 61107 and which said Mortgage was made by, Melinda Hagaman Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Midwest Community Bank Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as

Document No. 20181007430; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before February 7, 2020, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. 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 www. illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp. asp, or talk to your local circuit clerk’s office.

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. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 Ph. (312) 346-9088 File No. 270255-194071 I3141866 P11144R TRRT 1/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.DANA COBURN et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000540 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 31, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE EAST FORTY (40) FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT FIFTEEN (15) AND THE WEST TEN (10) FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT SIXTEEN (16) IN BLOCK THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF MANUFACTURER’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS ON PAGE 11 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, LLINOIS; THE EAST AND WEST LINE OF SAID PREMISES BEING PARALLEL WITH THE LINE DIVIDING SAID LOT; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1732 13TH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61104 Property Index No. 11-25381-013 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, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be

paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

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

For information, examine the court file, 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. 14-19-08316 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH0000540 TJSC#: 39-8230 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.

I3141490 P11145R TRRT 1/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS COLONIAL SAVINGS, F.A., Plaintiff(s),

vs.

JULIE A. WELLS, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARGARET E. WELLS PURDY, ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A., ABSOLUTE RESOLUTIONS CORPORATION, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, ROBERT D. WELLS, JR., LOGAN PURDY, HEATHER MARJERUS, JAMES WELLS, SHERRY ZACK AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s).

19 CH 603 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MARGARET E. WELLS PURDY, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN TENANTS 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 145 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE MISTY MEADOWS SECOND ADDITION BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, NOW CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, RECORDED IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN BOOK, 41 OF PLATS, PAGE 98B AS DOCUMENT #9858996, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Tax Number: 04-07-476-018 a/k/a 007D545 commonly known as 14706 HUNTERS WAY SOUTH BELOIT IL 61080; and which said Real Estate Mortgage was made by JULIE A. WELLS AND MARGARET E. WELLS PURDY, and recorded in the Office of the Winnebago County Recorder as Document Number 0428061; 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 WEST STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61101, on or before February 7, 2020, 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 Joseph Baldwin Danielle Alvarez 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com KP # 19-04524 I3141299 P11146R TRRT 1/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc. PLAINTIFF

Vs. Suzanne Macintyre; United States of America Department of Housing and Urban Development; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Pauline R. Ison; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for Pauline R. Ison (deceased); State of Illinois; Shawn Vardi; Jessica Roggow; Tom Chaput DEFENDANTS 2019-CH-0000525 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Pauline R. Ison 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: 365 Patti Ln Machesney Park, IL 61115 and which said Mortgage was made by: Pauline R. Ison the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Reverse Mortgage Solutions, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20161004297; 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 February 7, 2020, 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. 14-19-07493 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I3141114 P11147R TRRT 1/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, 400 WEST STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF Marian Campoli, DECEASED. 19 P 536 Notice is given of the death of the above named decedent.

Letters of office were issued to Dennis Campoli, 6036 Auburn Road, Rockford, Illinois 61101, as Independent Executor whose attorney is John N Bielski II, Bielski Law Office, Ltd., 123 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

Notice to Heirs and Legatees Notice is given to Patricia D’ Giovanni in the above proceeding to probate a will and whose name or address is not stated in the petition to admit the will to probate, that an order was entered by the court on December 16, 2019 admitting the will to probate.

Within 42 days after the effective date of the original order of admission you may file a petition

with the court to require proof of the will by testimony of the witnesses to the will in open court or other evidence, as provided in section 5/6-21 of the Probate Act of 1975 (Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, par. 5/6-21).

You also have the right under section 5/8-1 of the Probate Act (Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch 755, par.

5/8-1) to contest the validity of the will by filing a petition with the court within 6 months after admission of the will to probate.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, par. 5-28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed with the clerk or with the representative, or both, on or before July 8, 2020, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 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 the claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. 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://www.illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp.asp.

John N Bielski II Bielski Law Office, Ltd., (48028) 123 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2300 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 583-9430 I3140943 P11148R TRRT 1/22 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 E-Commerce & Sales, Resale business in said County and State under the name of Unlimitnaire at the following post office addresses: 1416 S. Central Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cora B. Burks SIGNED: Cora B. Burks 1/3/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of January, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11165R TRRT 1/22 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 PAUL C. CARLSSON, Deceased.

Case No. 2019-P-571 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of PAUL C. CARLSSON. Letters of Office were issued on December 23, 2019 to Anna Renfro of Loves Park, Illinois, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Wesley E. Lindberg, 2902 McFarland Rd., Suite 400, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 8, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate

Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: January 8, 2020. /S/ Anna Renfro, Executor Wesley E. Lindberg, #01664867 Attorney for Petitioner RENO & ZAHM LLP 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 987-4050 11149R TRRT 1/22 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 lash extention & body spa, including facials, body waxing, makeup, hair business in said County and State under the name of Lady Lair at the following post office addresses: 129 S. Phelps Ave., Suite 201, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Talisa S. Dixon SIGNED: Talisa S. Dixon 1/3/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of January, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Try, DEPUTY 11158R TRRT 1/22 n n n Haas Towing 2433 20th St. Rockford, IL 61104 815-963-3828 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN That on February 8, 2020, a sale will be held at Haas Towing, 2433 20th St., Rockford, IL 61104, to sell the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the State of Illinois against such articles for labor, services, skill or material expended upon and storage furnished for such articles at the request of the Rockford Police Department, unless such articles are redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice.

For information regarding this contact Nicole at Haas Towing, 815-963-3828.

Name of Person: Owner Unidentifiable Description of Article: 2005 Suzuki DZ125 VIN: JS1DF43A352101647 Amount of lien: $950 11159R TRRT 1/8 n n n LEGAL NOTICE Judy C Uhl, address unknown, formerly of Fremont, IN, you are hereby notified that you have been sued by John W Uhl for Dissolution of Marriage in the Allen Superior Court, County of Allen, State of Indiana, Cause #02D08-1910DN-001228. You are ordered to appear January 17, 2020 at 10:00 at Allen County Superior Courthouse (Room 208), 715 S Calhoun St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802.

11161R TRRT 1/22 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 vintage jewelry and home decor business in said County and State under the name of Rebloom Vintage at the following post office addresses: 226 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101; that

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the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brittaney Ross SIGNED: Brittaney Ross 12/31/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 31st day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 11156R TRRT 1/22 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 lash extensions, facial skin care & treatments, body waxing & makeup business in said County and State under the name of Lashes Company at the following post office addresses: 1028 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Griselda Rosales SIGNED: Griselda Rosales 1/2/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 2nd day of January, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11157R TRRT 1/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN CHANCERY IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: STEVEN SCHWARTZ, Plaintiff, vs.

SHERRY SCHWARTZ, Defendant.

CASE NO. 2019 D 978 PUBLICATION NOTICE The Affidavit for Publication having been filed and notice is hereby given to SHERRY SCHWARTZ, that on the 23rd day of December, 2019, STEVEN SCHWARTZ filed a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois.

Unless you, the Defendant, file your Answer or otherwise make your appearance, in said cause, held in the Courthouse in Winnebago County, Illinois, on or before the 5th day of February, 2020, default may be entered against you thereafter and a default entered against you in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint.

CLERK OF THE COURT, Winnebago County, State of Illinois KARL C. KOONMEN #6187646 Attorneys at Law 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815-654-3060 11122R TRRT 1/8 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 E-Commerce & Sales, Resale business in said County and State under the name of C.B. Fashions at the following post office addresses: 1416 S. Central Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cora B. Burks SIGNED: Cora B. Burks 1/3/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of January, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11166R TRRT 1/22

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DONALD R. HUTCHISON, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 575 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DONALD R. HUTCHISON. Letters of Office were issued on December 31, 2019 to BENNY R. HUTCHISON, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 15, 2020, 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 Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

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

DATED: 1/6/2020 BENNY R. HUTCHISON, ADMINISTRATOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 11160R TRRT 1/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, V. U.S. BANK, National Association as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association for the Registered Holders of Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C4, Commercial Mortgage Pass-­Through Certificates Series 2006-C4, and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO: 2019 ED 10 Parcel 2041706 NOTICE The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, abovenamed Defendants, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit

Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, for entry of an Order granting the Department possession of the interest in property described on the attached Exhibit A; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

The land and interests sought to be obtained are identified as follows: Fee simple title to the premises legally described on Exhibit A, and three year construction easement in the premises legally described on Exhibit B. Exhibit A: LAND: A part of Lot 9 as designated upon the Plat of Wal-Mart Subdivision No. 4, being a Re-Plat of Lot 4 of Wal-Mart Subdivision No. 2, being a subdivision of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23 and of the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of said Subdivision is recorded in Book 47 of Plats on Page 25 as Document No. 0565366 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, State of Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at a 3/4” iron pin with cap at the northeast corner of said Lot 9; thence South 5 degrees 21 minutes 30 seccmds East, 21.24 feet (Bearings and grid distances are referenced to the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System West Zone Datum of, 1983 (2011 Adjustment)) on the east line of said Lot 9; thence South 79 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds West, 34.57 feet; thence North 69 degrees 24 minutes 12 seconds West, 13.06 feet; thence South 52 degrees 07 minutes 42 seconds West, 11.63 feet; thence North 87 degrees 52 minutes 18 seconds West, 11.63 feet: thence North 67 degrees 52 minutes 18 seconds West, 20.35 feet; thence North 84 degrees 20 minutes 26 seconds West, 15.88 feet; thence South 79 degrees 11 minutes 26 seconds West, 185.48 feet; thence South 72 degrees 18 minutes 45 seconds West, 11.73 feet, to the northwest line of said Lot 9; thence North 50 degrees 57 minutes 34 seconds East, 6.09 feet on the northwest line of said Lot 9; thence North 79 degrees 11 minutes 41 seconds East, 293.49 feet on the north line of said Lot 9, to the Point of Beginning, containing 0.043 acre (1,877 sq. ft.), more or less.

The said Real Estate being also shown by the plats hereto attached and made a part hereof.

This description affects Tax Parcel No. 12-23351-006.

Exhibit B: EASEMENT: A part of Lot 9 as designated

upon the Plat of Wal-Mart Subdivision No. 4, being a Re-Plat of Lot 4 of Wal-Mart Subdivision No. 2, being a subdivision of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23 and of the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of said Subdivision is recorded in Book 47 of Plats on Page 25 as Document No. 0565366 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, State· of Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at a 3/4” iron pin-with cap at the northeast corner of said Lot 9; thence South 5 degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds east, 21.24 feet (Bearings and grid distances are referenced to the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System West Zone Datum of 1983 (2011 Adjustment)) on the east line of said Lot 9, to the Point of Beginning.

From the Point of Beginning thence South 5 degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds East, 23.83 feet on the east line of said Lot 9; thence South 79 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds West, 24.37 feet; thence North 42 degrees 48 minutes 53 seconds West, 18.87 feet; thence South 86 degrees 01 minute 59 seconds West, 25.18 feet; thence North 81 degrees 00 minutes 39 seconds West, 53.14 feet; thence South 79 degrees 34 minutes 21 seconds West, 150.00 feet; thence South 76 degrees 23 minutes 35 seconds West, 30.74 feet; thence South 52 degrees 12 minutes 27 seconds West, 76.04 feet, to the west line of said Lot 9; thence North 0 degrees 53 minutes 11 seconds West, 6.77 feet on the west line of said Lot 9, to a 3/4” Iron pin; thence North 50 degrees 57 minutes 34 seconds East. 70.48 feet on the northwest line of said Lot 9; thence North 72 degrees 18 minutes 45 seconds East, 11.73 feet; thence North 79 degrees 11 minutes 26 seconds East, 185.48 feet; thence South 84 degrees 20 minutes 26 seconds East, 15.88 feet: thence South 67 degrees 52 minutes 18 seconds East, 20.35 feet; thence South 87 degrees 52 minutes 18 seconds East, 11.63 feet; thence North 52 degrees 07 minutes 42 seconds East, 11.63 feet; thence South 69 degrees 24 minutes 12 seconds East, 13.06 feet; thence North 79 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds East, 34.57 feet, to the Point of Beginning, containing 0.069 acre (3,020 sq. ft.), more or less.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk

of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 10th day of February, 2020, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court 17th Judicial Circuit Winnebago County, Illinois G. Michael Scheurich #2479869 scheurich@guyerlaw.com GUYER & ENICHEN, P.C. 2601 Reid Farm Rd., Suite B Rockford, IL 61114 815/636-9600 11172R TRRT 1/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v.

U.S. BANK, National Association as Trustee, successor in interest to Bank of America National Association as successor by merger to LaSalle Bank National Association for the Registered Holders of Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 2006-C4, Commercial Mortgage Pass-­Through Certificates Series 2006-C4, and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO: 2019 ED 9 Parcel 2041719 NOTICE The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, abovenamed Defendants, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, for entry of an Order granting the Department possession of the interest in property described on the attached Exhibit A; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

The land and interests sought to be obtained are identified as follows: Fee simple title to the premises legally described on Exhibit A, and three year construction easement in the premises legally described on Exhibit B. Exhibit A: LAND: A part of Lot 8 as designated upon the Plat of Wal-Mart Subdivision No. 4, being a Re-Plat of Lot 4 of Plat No. 2 of Walmart Subdivision, being a subdivision of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23 and of the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of said Subdivision is recorded In Book 4 7 of Plats on Page 25 as Document No. 0565366

In the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, State of Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at a 3/4” Iron pin with cap at the northwest corner of said Lot 8; thence North 79 degrees 11 minutes 41 seconds East, 95.17 feet (Bearings and grid distances are referenced to the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System West Zone Datum of 1983 (2011 Adjustment)) on the north line of said Lot 8; thence South 73 degrees 21 minutes 01 second West, 44.84 feet; thence South 61 degrees 13 minutes 08 seconds West, 19.53 feet; thence South 88 degrees 10 minutes 46 seconds West, 7.73 feet; thence South 31 degrees 15 minutes 27 seconds West, 15.83 feet; thence South 79 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds West, 15.76 feet. to the west line of said Lot 8; thence North 5 degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds West, 21.24 feet on the west line of said Lot 8, to the Point of Beginning, containing 0.018 acre (793 sq. ft.), more or less.

The said Real Estate being also shown by the plat hereto attached and made a part hereof.

This description affects Tax Parcel No. 12-23351-007.

Exhibit B: EASEMENT: A part of Lot 8 as designated upon the Plat of Wal-Mart Subdivision No. 4, being a Re-Plat of Lot 4 of Wal-Mart Subdivision No. 2, being a subdivision of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23 and of the Northwest Quarter of Section 26, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of said Subdivision is recorded in Book 47 of Plats on Page 25 as Document No. 0565366 In the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, State of Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at a 3/4” iron pin with cap at the northwest corner of said Lot 8; thence South 5 degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds East, 21.24 feet (Bearings and grid distances are referenced to the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System West Zone Datum of 1983 (2011 Adjustment)) on the west line of said Lot 8, to the Point of Beginning.

From the Point of Beginning thence North 79 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds East, 15.76 feet; thence North 31 degrees 15 minutes 27 seconds East, 15.83 feet; thence North 88 degrees 10 minutes 46 seconds East, 7.73 feet; thence North 61 degrees 13 minutes 08 seconds East, 19.53 feet; thence North 73 degrees 21 minutes 01 second East, 44.84 feet, to the north line of said Lot 8; thence North 79 degrees

11 minutes 41 seconds East, 677.66 feet on the north llne of said Lot 8; thence South 53 degrees 07 minutes 12 seconds East, 43.12 feet on the northeast line of said Lot 8; thence South 0 degrees 22 minutes 33 seconds East, 2.97 feet on the east line of said Lot 8; thence South 79 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds West, 14.97 feet; thence North 10 degrees 48 minutes 35 seconds West, 13.00 feet; thence North 84 degrees 06 minutes 45 seconds West, 31.32 feet; thence South 79 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds West, 210.00 feet; thence North 87 degrees 40 minutes 32 seconds West, 30.81 feet; thence South 79 degrees 19 minutes 25 seconds West, 430.00 feet; thence South 66 degrees 11 minutes 45 seconds West, 66.71 feet; thence South 4 degrees 49 minutes 58 seconds West, 25.96 feet; thence South 79 degrees 11 minutes 25 seconds West, 18.63 feet, to the west line of said Lot 8; thence North 5 degrees 21 minutes 30 seconds West, 23.83 feet on the west line of said Lot 8, to the Point of Beginning, containing 0.157 acre (6,843 sq. ft.), more or less.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 10th day of February, 2020, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court 17th Judicial Circuit Winnebago County, Illinois G. Michael Scheurich #2479869 scheurich@guyerlaw.com GUYER & ENICHEN, P.C. 2601 Reid Farm Rd., Suite B Rockford, IL 61114 815/636-9600 11173R TRRT 1/22 n n n CLAIM NOTICE In the Matter of the Estate of Albert G. Stadler, deceased.

Notice is given of the death of ALBERT G. STADLER, who died on October 25, 2019. The Legal Representative by Small Estate Affidavit is Margaret S. Jagielski, 9059 N. Crestview Road, Stillman Valley, IL 61084. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 8, 2020, that date being six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months of the mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing is required by section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Legal Representative. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s office, Probate Division, must be

mailed or delivered to the Estate Legal Representative within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated January 2, 2020 /s/ Margaret S. Jagielski, Legal Representative 11170R TRRT 1/22 n n n SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS WITHDRAWAL OF NAME(S) STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ss.

Certificate No. 034246 On the 2nd day of July, A.D. 2018, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for East State Barber Stylists at the following address(es): 3806 East State St., Rockford, IL 61108.

On the 6th day of January, A.D. 2020, the following person or persons ceased doing business under the above assumed name and have no further connection with or financial interest in the business carried on under such assumed name: Gary Schoester SIGNED: Gary Schoester 1/6/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 6th day of January A.D. 2019.

Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 11169R TRRT 1/8 n n n SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS (ADDITION OF NAME) STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ss.

Certificate No. 034246 On the 2nd day of July, A.D. 2018, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for: East State Barber Stylist at the following address(es): 3806 East State St., Suite 104, Rockford, IL 61108.

On the 6th day of January, A.D. 2020, the following person or persons were added to said organization and now have a financial interest in the business carried on under such assumed name: Dave Armstrong SIGNED: Dave Armstrong 1/6/20 STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of Winnebago ss.

The above being duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says that the foregoing is a true and correct supplementary report of the person or persons who have been added to the above-named firm together with their post-office addresses.

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 6th day of January A.D. 2019.

Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 11168R TRRT 1/8 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 Resale, E-Commerce & Sales business in said County and State under the name of Illuminating R Faith at the following post office addresses: 3334 Bavarian Lane, Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as

follows: Betty M. Hodges SIGNED: Betty M. Hodges 1/3/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of January, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11164R TRRT 1/22 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 Carpentry work and Remodeling, Contraction business in said County and State under the name of Eriuga Contraction at the following post office addresses: 528 Furman St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Wladimiro Aguirre SIGNED: Wladimiro Aguirre 1/3/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of January, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11163R TRRT 1/22 n n n SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS WITHDRAWAL OF NAME(S) STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ss.

Certificate No. 033379 On the 4th day of November, A.D. 2016, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for Twin Stars Healing Energies at the following address(es): 908 Lundvall Ave., Rockford, IL 61107.

On the 6th day of January, A.D. 2020, the following person or persons ceased doing business under the above assumed name and have no further connection with or financial interest in the business carried on under such assumed name: Ramona C. Wojtysiak SIGNED: Ramona C. Wojtysiak 1/6/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 6th day of January A.D. 2019.

Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 11162R TRRT 1/8 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 Cleaning Services business in said County and State under the name of Angels On Demand at the following post office addresses: 2003 Paradise Blvd., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Stephany Rinaldi SIGNED: Stephany Rinaldi 1/7/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of January, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Try, DEPUTY 11174R TRRT 1/22

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January 8, 2020 The Rock River Times. 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 All Season Home Care Snow Removal, Landscaping etc. business in said County and State under the name of Right-A-Way All Season Exterior Home Care at the following post office addresses: 2113 Jamestown Dr., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cory Colquett SIGNED: Cory Colquett 12/19/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11125R TRRT 1/8 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 Construction, General Construction business in said County and State under the name of 1st Brothers Construction at the following post office addresses: 608 Daisyfield Rd., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Juan A. Nava; Luis Nava SIGNED: Juan A. Nava 12/20/19 SIGNED: Luis Nava 12/20/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11127R TRRT 1/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. CHACE GALLAGHER, MADISON HOGLUND, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO. 2019 CH 719 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to the Unknown Others, Non Record Claimants and Unknown Others, the Defendants 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: Lots Four (4) and Five (5) in Block Fifteen (15) as designated upon the Plat of the Town of Winnebago, being a part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 8 and the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 9, in Township 26 North, Range 11 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 30 of Deeds on Page 1 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, EXCEPTING the West Forty-Six (46) feet of said Lot Four (4), the East line of said excepted tract being parallel with the West line of said Lot Four (4); situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 207 E. Bluff Street Winnebago, Illinois 61088 Property Code: 512D 370 P.I.N. Number: 14-09-304-009 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about November 25, 2019.

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 Chace Gallagher and Madison Hoglund.. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor – Chace Gallagher and Madison Hoglund Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford Date of Mortgage – February 28, 2019 Date of Recording – March 7, 2019 County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document – 20191005437 NOW THEREFORE, unless you the Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, the said Defendants, 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 February 1, 2020, 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 26th day of December 2019.

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

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.- DANA COBURN et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000540 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 19, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 31, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1732 13TH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61104 Property Index No. 11-25-381-013 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, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for

Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 11131R TRRT 1/15 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: CHRISTINA RODRIGUEZ, Deceased, CASE NO. 2019 P 530 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CHRISTINA RODRIGUEZ. Letters of Office of Administrator issued on December 3, 2019 to MARIA RODRIGUEZ, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Darlene D. Soderberg, 1 Court Place, Suite 402, Rockford, IL 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 1, 2020, 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 Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: December 24, 2019 Attorney Darlene D. Soderberg 1 Court Pl Ste 402 Rockford IL 61101 815-987-1990 11132R TRRT 1/15 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: GARY NEWMAN, Deceased, CASE NO. 2019 P 560 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of GARY NEWMAN. Letters of Office of Executor issued on December 23, 2019 to THERESA MERSHON, who is the legal representative of the estate, with publication notice to Crystal Henshaw. The attorney for the estate is Darlene D. Soderberg, 1 Court Place, Suite 402, Rockford, IL 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 1, 2020, 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 Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: December 24, 2019 Attorney Darlene D. Soderberg 1 Court Pl Ste 402 Rockford IL 61101 815-987-1990 11133R TRRT 1/15 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 Snow Plowing and Yard business in said County and State under the name of Roger Millsap at the following post office addresses: 8026 Amber Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Roger Millsap SIGNED: Roger Millsap 12/26/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 26th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Try, DEPUTY 11139R TRRT 1/15 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CONSTANCE M. LUX, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 563 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CONSTANCE M. LUX. Letters of Office were issued on December 17, 2019 to KELLY L. LUX, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 8, 2020, 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 Div. at the Winnebago County

each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS

Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

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

DATED: 12/26/19 KELLY L. LUX, ADMINISTRATOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 11134R TRRT 1/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: CLARISSA L. RALLO, Petitioner, vs.

TIMOTHY A. PRUITT, Respondent.

Case No. 19-D-911 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Timothy A. Pruitt that Petitioner Clarissa L. Rallo 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 February 3, 2020, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Clarissa L. Rallo, Petitioner 11135R TRRT 1/15 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 TROY R. NELSON, deceased No. 2019-P-0000561 CLAIMS NOTICE Notice is given of the death of TROY R. NELSON. Letters of office were issued on December 16, 2019, to LASHELL M. DAVIS, whose address is 1913 Lafayette Drive, Belvidere, IL 61008, as administrator, whose attorney is TOBIN & RAMON, 530 South State Street; Suite 200, Belvidere, Illinois 61008-3711.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 1, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the state 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 estate legal representative, or both.

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

DATED: December 23, 2019.

LASHELL M. DAVIS, Administrator TOBIN & RAMON Attorneys for Estate 530 South State Street; Suite 200 Belvidere, Illinois 61008-3711 (815) 544-0316 11136R TRRT 1/15 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 tax preparation business in said County and State under the name of MD Accounting at the following post office addresses: 6285 Tudor Ln., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael B. Decman SIGNED: Michael B. Decman 12/30/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11142R TRRT 1/15 n n n Declaration of Nationality Notice of Special Appearance : I am: kaltved, joshua aaron© in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: KALTVED, JOSHUA AARON©, corp.sole Dba.: JOSHUA AARON KALTVED©, having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly sworn, hereby affirms to declare my intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as an: shabtau moorish american moslem national , but not a citizen of the United States.

I declare permanent, and inalienable, allegiance to the Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados / United States Republic, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Barbary Treaties, International Law, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and all Natural laws governing moors and hereby Declare and Proclaim my

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

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

For information, examine the court file, 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

nationality as an: shabtau moorish american moslem national. I am: kaltved, joshua aaron©, from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “bey, joshua aaron©”. Notice of Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: KALTVED, JOSHUA AARON©, corp.sole Dba.: JOSHUA AARON KALTVED©, to the depositor: bey, joshua aaron©, nom deguerre: kaltved, joshua aaron©. All property , of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: bey, joshua aaron©, nom deguerre: kaltved, joshua aaron©, as a special deposit order in lawful money.

This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : COSMOLOGY OF JOSHUA BEY TRUST, a private foreign islamism ecclesiastical trust. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank , nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor. This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction.

All Rights Reserved.

11137R TRRT 1/22 n n n Declaration of Nationality Notice of Special Appearance : I am: sheridan, tristan michael© in full life, in propria persona, sui juris, in solo proprio, by natural issue, the beneficiary and heir of: SHERIDAN, TRISTAN MICHAEL©, corp.sole Dba.: TRISTAN MICHAEL SHERIDAN©, having reached the age of majority, being aboriginal to the northwestern and southwestern shores of Africa, the Atlantic Islands, the continental Americas, being duly sworn, hereby affirms to declare my intention to be as my pedigree subscribes, as an: shabtau moorish american moslem national , but not a citizen of the United States. I declare permanent, and inalienable, allegiance to the Moorish Empire, Societas Republicae Ea Al Maurikanuus Estados / United States Republic, The Constitution for the united States of America, Article III Section 2, The Barbary Treaties, International Law, United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and all Natural laws governing moors and hereby Declare and Proclaim my nationality as an: shabtau moorish american moslem national. Any and all facts contained in this publication, are fully applicable to any and all private tribal issue offspring of: sheridan, tristan michael©, & my wives, Nunc pro tunc, not limited to

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but including : 1. sheridan, aaliyah marie©, the beneficiary and heir of: SHERIDAN, AALIYAH MARIE©, corp sole, Dba: AALIYAH MARIE SHERIDAN©. I am: sheridan, tristan michael© from this day forward, in harmony with my Nationality / Status / Jurisdiction, shall be known as: “sheridan-bey, tristan michael©”. Notice of Merging of Legal Title with Equitable Title : This order is to preserve legal and equitable title , and to reserve all rights, title, and interest, in the property, Re: SHERIDAN, TRISTAN MICHAEL©, corp.sole Dba.: TRISTAN MICHAEL SHERIDAN©, & Re: SHERIDAN, AALIYAH MARIE©, corp sole, Dba: AALIYAH MARIE SHERIDAN©, etc., to the depositor, and or in the capacity as Guardian/Chairman of the Board of Trustees: sheridan-bey, tristan michael©, nom deguerre: sheridan, tristan michael©. All property , of the same issue and amount, in like kind and specie, is to be returned fully intact , as a Special Deposit order of the Depositor / Beneficiary / Bailor / Donor / Principal / Creditor: sheridan-bey, tristan michael©, nom deguerre: sheridan, tristan michael©, as a special deposit order in lawful money. This special deposit is to be used exclusively for the benefit of : TRISTAN MICHAEL BEY TRUST, a private foreign islamism ecclesiastical trust. SHERIDAN, AALIYAH MARIE©, corp sole, Dba: AALIYAH MARIE SHERIDAN© is hereby conveyed to AALIYAH MARIE BEY TRUST when the beneficiary reaches the age of majority. This deposit is not to be commingled with general assets of any bank , nor depositary / trustee / agent / bailee / donee / debtor.

This deposit is not limited to, but including: discharge and set off, of any and all outstanding liabilities as accord and satisfaction.

All Rights Reserved.

11138R TRRT 1/22 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 an Embroidery and promotions business in said County and State under the name of Thread Impressions at the following post office addresses: 120 Fairview Blvd., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Andrea Ellison SIGNED: Andrea Ellison 12/19/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11128R TRRT 1/8

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. 14-19-08316 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH-0000540 TJSC#: 39-8230 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Theme: Movie Characters

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Across 1. Curaçao neighbor 6. Lungful 9. Not on a rolling stone 13. British unemployment checks 14. Schiller’s famous poem, e.g.

15. “Will comply” in radio communication 16. Opposite of liability 17. Napoleon Bonaparte or Louis Vuitton, e.g.

18. Embedded design 19. *Teen with telescopic powers 2 1 . *A d v e n t ur o u s professor with fear of snakes 23. *He played it in “Casablanca” 24. Sign of escape 25. Steampunk decoration 28. Thanksgiving tubers 30. Fear of flying, e.g.

35. Bun baker 37. “CliffsNotes,” e.g.

39. Bound by oath 40. Nay, to a baby 41. Bread spreads 43. *She takes on PG&E

44. Sacrificial spot 46. Wedding promise?

47. Not yet final 48. Eats between meals 50. Blood-related problem 52. Ship pronoun 53. Diamond’s corner 55. Be obliged 57. Name before X 61. *Orphan who wanted more gruel 64. Love between Abélard and Héloïse 65. Pitching stat 67. Nostrils, anatomically speaking 69. Pine 70. Fleur-de-____ 71. Novelist Wharton 72. *Adopted orphan of Green Gables 73. Auction set 74. Like a disreputable neighborhood Down 1. Palindromic title 2. CISC alternative 3. *Female Superman foe alongside General Zod

4. Afrikaners’ ancestors 5. Off course 6. First-rate 7. Nuptial agreement 8. Version of a song 9. Mr. Bean’s ride 10. Paella pot 11. Diagnostic test 12. Bean that rhymes with Goya 15. Distance from side to side, pl.

20. Insect in adult stage 22. Tiny bite 24. Most vital part 25. *A barbarian 26. Convex molding 27. Ladies and ____, for short 29. *a.k.a. The Mayor of Castro Street 31. *Hutch actor in 2004’s “Starsky & Hutch” 32. *Famous Frankenstein portrayer 33. Like Michael Collins 34. *One of Miss Hannigan’s orphans

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ROCKFORD - It seems like late September around BMO Harris Bank Center these days.

That’s because between NHL call-ups and injuries, the Rockford IceHogs are now building their roster, something teams do at the beginning of a season, not halfway through it.

Rockford is currently without forwards John Quenneville, Dylan Sikura, and Matthew Highmore; defensemen Adam Boqvist and Dennis Gilbert and goaltender Kevin Lakinen--six guys the Blackhawks have recalled in response to a rash of injuries up top.

And while restructuring because of Chicago’s needs wasn’t enough for Rockford coach Derek King and General Manager Mark Bernard, injuries put Alexandre Fortin, Mikael Hakkarainen, Philipp Kurashev, Anton Wedin and Tim Soderlund on the shelf. Philip Holm was granted his unconditional release Sunday, leaving the roster down another blue liner.

In response, the IceHogs turned to the ECHL for some PTO players and even called on two defensemen to play forward while brass attempt to fill the holes. The IceHogs lost six straight games in the process and fell from second to fifth place in Central Division.

But, there’s plenty of hockey left, more than enough for Rockford to grab its first win of 2020 and jump back into playoff contention.

“There’s a lot of games left,” forward Jacob Nilsson said. “There’s no panic in the room. We are (still) having fun and working hard. And sooner or later, things will turn around if you work hard enough.”

The thinned-out IceHogs showed their grit Sunday against the Chicago Wolves, another Central Division team that’s doing what it can to remain in the postseason conversation. However, it was the Wolves who emerged with the win, their first against Rockford this season.

“It doesn’t matter who we have in the lineup, we’ve got to compete,” King said after the 3-2 loss. “And I think we competed hard. We had some opportunities. We made a couple mistakes here and there and they capitalized on it. They made some mistakes and we didn’t (capitalize). But I thought it was a pretty good game.”

The IceHogs dropped a 5-1 contest to the Iowa Wild Friday in Des Moines. Dylan McLaughlin netted his first AHL goal in

Crossword & Sudoku

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the loss.

The task ahead of tonight’s home meeting with the Manitoba Moose has been acclimating new players forced to jump in cold last week to what’s already in place.

“It’s like training camp again,” King said.

“We have to help them get on board with how our systems are. There’s a lot of bodies up and a lot of bodies up with injuries. And this is what we have.”

Bacon Bits

With McLaughlin’s first goal, 10 IceHogs skaters have scored their first career AHL goal this season: Hagel (11 goals), Wedin (7 goals), Kurashev (5 goals), Entwistle (5 goals), Johnson (4 goals), Beaudin (2 goals), Boqvist (1 goal), Soderlund (1 goal), McLaughlin (2 goals) and Osipov (1 goal).

McLaughlin followed his first AHL goal with his second Sunday against the Wolves.

He accomplished an identical feat with his first career AHL point last season, notching assists in back-to-back games (March 23 and April 14 vs. Milwaukee) for his first and second points of his AHL career.

Rockford scored on the power-play Friday and have now registered six power-play goals over the last nine games and seven power-play goals over the last 11 contests.

Winger Spencer Watson signed a PTO with the IceHogs on Sunday and made his team season debut against the Wolves.

Prior to joining Rockford, he ranked first in the ECHL in power-play points (16) and power-play goals (8), second in total goals (20) and tied for third in scoring (39).

Former IceHogs forward Dylan Sikura scored his first career NHL goal during Chicago’s win over Detroit Sunday at the United Center. He logged 13 assists over 43 games before finally lighting the lamp in his 44th NHL game with the Blackhawks.

Including Sikura, five IceHogs skaters from the 2019-20 season have scored a goal with Chicago this season and combined for 11 total NHL goals on the year.

The IceHogs dropped each of their three games last week and have now suffered a season-high six straight losses since Dec. 21. The skid is currently the longest active winless and losing streaks in the AHL and is tied for the third-longest overall losing streak in the league entering Monday.

Goaltender Kevin Lankinen was named the IceHogs’ representative for the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic. He is just the second IceHogs netminder to attend the AHL All-Star Game.

January 8, 2020 The Rock River Times.

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A Long Ballad: Kyle Long was a beacon of light in a dark Bears era

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor

It is said the best thing an offensive lineman can do is to be unnoticeable. A good offensive lineman is not a star football fans gravitate to; this is a hallowed, if flawed honor reserved for positions that almost exclusively have the ball in their possession on a regular basis. A cornerstone offensive lineman is only the center of attention when they fail because that’s the only occasion where their work, for better or worse (mostly worse) is under a microscope. If football is a game of violence, glamor, and flash, a beefy hog upfront is more a quiet orchestrator of such controlled chaos. They have no hand in the glamor and flash. The violence they create is a concept to be ignored and glossed over entirely. A consummate franchise player in the trenches is the one who does his best work when the television cameras pan downfield. A blue collar mentality defining him to the core, he does not seek amplified recognition for his efforts. All he does is continue to bully the opposition into a slow, dull submission as his more recognizable teammates get every ribbon, award, honor, and recognition.

It’s fitting that none of these one muted disambiguations ever described Kyle Long.

An embodiment of flavor and selflessness, Long was of a different breed.

Even in the 31-year-old’s sudden retirement announcement on Monday, there was a palpable energy surrounding his exit.

While Long’s athletic endeavors at this level have screeched to a depressing halt, his presence endures in a manner unlike many of his contemporary peers in the same vane. He’s a lightning rod of adulation and vulnerability. The rare man absorbing bullets on the front lines that also took the opportunity to craft a patient narrative.

However anyone wants to judge the peaks, valleys, and merits of his football-playing career, the past decade saw him become an uncommon star in his own right.

And yes, he was an offensive lineman.

When Long was selected by the Bears in the 2013 NFL Draft, his investment was met with confusion. A man whose first self-professed passion and love was baseball, was considered a reach. He was too risky of an endeavor. He was too green.

He was too immature. Others did belong, but he didn’t. Others had the polish and acumen, but he didn’t. Little did this sort of commentary denote how Long’s place in Bears history would quickly evolve past the initial doubt and skepticism. Past a point in the horizon where even Bears brass at the time, such as general manager Phil Emery, could have ever envisioned.

The 2010s were not kind to the Bears.

On the field, off the field, and in the court of general public opinion, the past decade solidified a depressing cloud of doubt for many as to whether the Bears would ever become a reputable, acclaim-worthy franchise again. The Bears had a mere two postseason appearances from 2010 to 2019 – the least since the 1970s and the halcyon days of Bob Avellini masquerading as more rugby player than quarterback. This was the decade the legend of the 1985 Bears morphed into a nagging, unattainable fairy tale. Where only a select generation of fans still view them with wistful reverence. The Bears became the ugly man-child of a step brother everyone wished would get their life together already. Dire urgency in this mission, in a city that could be accurately denoted as “football-crazed,” was lost.

Long’s stay with the Bears corresponded with the worst and least exciting iterations of this era. After his rookie campaign in 2013, Chicago finished in last place in the NFC North for four consecutive seasons, seldom threatening to win more than six games. They were the epitome of an also-ran. A bottom feeder accustomed to discussing draft prospects in late November. An organization that made a habit of seeking bright spots in meaningless matchups against other listless opponents by the time Nissan’s late “December to Remember” advertisement spots began to show themselves on television airwaves.

These Bears weren’t merely incompetent. It’s easier to stomach a bad team because there’s some element of haphazardness and disorganization to their pitfalls that charms the beholder. A mess that is fascinating to watch under a specific mixed prism of sports sadism and buffoonery.

No, instead they committed the worst sin of all; they were boring.

As objectionable and devoid of joy as the Bears were, Long was their polar opposite. He was the ideal player to build around, and not because of any Pro Bowl or All-Pro accolades. Because he had the cliche of intangibles; he was a leader. His value to the Bears and Halas Hall at large was that of someone who knew how to engage. Someone who knew deep down he and teammates were destined for further mired irrelevance, but afforded everyone on the inside and outside looking in hope with his energy and strange honesty alone. Sometimes to get through extended turmoil in life, one person has to make the conscious decision to be the punching bad.

They have to make a move toward acting as the unofficial spokesman, body guard, and soundboard in one.

Long never hesitated in taking on this immense responsibility. This tremendous burden that would have weighed down a lesser man of lesser fortitude was his cross to bear. Through every step of his football career, he took it upon himself to champion his teammates, his coaches, and his fans. Even in the midst of rampant injuries robbing him of his natural gifts and vocation, Long never wavered. The Bears had a gap of leadership, character, and personality. It was on him to fill it with aplomb and a smile on his face at every turn.

The Bears were going nowhere. They had no future. But they had Long, an offensive lineman, no less.

And that was enough.

Football’s cruel and vindictive nature means the storybook ending for even the greatest player becomes a fantasy. Most never get to hang up the shoulder pads and cleats on their terms. Most leave a stone unturned, a box unchecked. For Long especially, he never truly had the experience of reaping tremendous benefits from the positivity he sowed. Chicago wouldn’t qualify for the postseason until Year 6 of his career. By then, he was a hollow shell of himself. A robot pieced together by

rubber bands and paper clips following several invasive surgeries and ailments. A player already beginning to contemplate retirement and life after football.

But defining Long by the overall success the Bears didn’t enjoy over the course of his tenure would be doing a disservice to his memory. Anyone who had the pleasure of watching him don a navy blue and orange No. 75 jersey understands he redefined what it meant to play in the City of Broad Shoulders. Long brought color to a grey palate of nothingness. He took the weight of failure upon himself, and never surrendered to those who might snatch such necessary influence away. He was too unflappable, too endearing, and too strong to allow someone else to fight the Bears’ demons. Battles with his personal demons on the side always played second fiddle, because they had to.

The best sentiment anyone could express about Long was that he was noticeable. He was an offensive lineman who always had his voice heard. In this sense, perhaps he did leave on his terms after all.

Robert is a writer, editor, and producer. You can follow him on Twitter @RobertZeglinski.

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