The Rock River Times – January 12, 2022

January 12, 2022.

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Marc D. Smith, director of the Illinois Department of Children & Family Services, has been found in contempt by a Cook County judge and ordered to pay $2,000 a day until two DCFS wards were placed in appropriate settings. (Credit: Illinois DCFS)

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Cook County judge cites DCFS director for contempt Finds agency failed to move children from inappropriate placements

By Beth Hundsdorfer

Capitol News Illinois bhundsdorfer@capitolnewsillinois.com

A Cook County judge found Illinois Department of Children & Family Services Director Marc Smith in contempt for the continued improper placement of two state wards.

Cook County Circuit Judge Patrick T. Murphy on Thursday, Jan. 6, also fined Smith $1,000 a day in each of the cases for every day the two children — a 9-year-old girl, known in court records as A.M.; and a 13-year-old boy, known as C.R.M. — remained in improper placements. In both cases the orders are stayed — in one case until 4 p.m. Wednesday and in the other until 4 p.m. Jan. 18 — for Smith to seek appellate review.

“The contempt finding and the $1,000a-day fine is based upon the fact that Director Smith has disobeyed numerous court orders directing him to place the minor in a clinically appropriate placement and to take the minor out of the mental hospital to which she has been confined since June 1, 2021, against the advice of medical staff which determined that she could have been discharged on that date,” Murphy wrote in the contempt order on A.M.’s case.

The 13-year-old boy C.R.M. was also ordered on Nov. 14 to be taken out of temporary shelter where he was confined since Aug. 14 when he was placed in a temporary shelter in Mount Vernon — 279 miles from Chicago where his mother lives. Before that, C.R.M., who has severe mental health

issues, was at another temporary shelter in Chicago where he slept in a utility room.

At that time, DCFS told the court that the child needed a therapeutic foster home placement. The Mount Vernon shelter is a temporary placement for children for fewer than 30 days. C.R.M. has been at the shelter 149 days, as of Monday.

The 9-year-old girl suffered years of sexual and physical abuse in her biological home. She was psychiatrically hospitalized since April 24. Doctors cleared her for discharge on June 1. A judge ordered three times that the girl be placed in an appropriate placement. She is not going to school or being involved in other activities, said Cook County Public Guardian Charles Golbert.

“She’s been in there for the Fourth of July, her ninth birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s,” Golbert said.

“Enough is enough. If there was ever a kid who needed to get out of a locked psych ward and into an appropriate placement, it would be this girl.”

The 9-year-old has been held in a locked psychiatric unit for 223 days, as of Monday.

The Cook County Public Guardian’s Office, represents abused and neglected children. Golbert’s office represents both of the children in these cases.

DCFS has placed 356 children statewide in inappropriate settings for an average of 55 days, Golbert said. There were so many children that Murphy, the presiding judge over the child protection division, noted that created a separate “beyond medical necessity” docket.

The court order noted that in 2020, DCFS had 314 wards in psychiatric hospitals beyond the date of discharge. In 2014, there were 75 DCFS wards in mental health facilities beyond the date of discharge. That

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number doubled in 2015 to 168.

Murphy, who served as Cook County public guardian for 25 years before becoming a judge, wrote in his order that “children cannot get out of psychiatric facilities because children cannot get out of residential facilities and hence there is a bottleneck.” He cited the lack of foster homes and the lack of group homes.

Golbert noted that DCFS has closed 460 residential beds since 2015 with the goal of replacing those residential placements with foster homes with specialized services for children. But those homes never materialized. DCFS opened fewer than 30 therapeutic homes since the closures and never reopened the residential placements.

“The highly structured therapeutic homes were never opened and the residential beds never replaced,” Murphy wrote. “Instead, all judges in this division consistently are told by DCFS agents to be patient while they try to place an increasing number of disturbed children into a decreasing number of residential places and appropriate specialized homes. Several years ago, this argument had some merit.

But after years of children deteriorating in inappropriate and dangerous placements, the court must act.”

Murphy further found that DCFS Director Smith and his agents and predecessors violated the children’s constitutional rights and statutory mandates, but he was not holding him in contempt for that but for his refusal to follow valid court orders regarding the children’s placements.

In a letter to Rep. Camille Lilly, D-Oak Park, who chairs the Human Services Appropriat ions Comm it tee, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, R-Western Springs, called for hearings into the matter, noting that DCFS has a billion dollar budget and is tasked with protecting the most vulnerable.

“The taxpayer dollars that have been allocated to DCFS are clearly not being spent the way the General Assembly intended, and the core mission of DCFS is not being fulfilled. It is the duty of your committee to immediately investigate this matter. Our children can’t wait,” Durkin wrote.

In 30 years of practicing in juvenile court, Golbert said, he’s never seen a contempt order filed against the head of DCFS. “It’s unprecedented,” he said.

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Global Risks Report

WEF warns cyber risks add to climate threat

By Kelvin Chan Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Cyberthreats and the growing space race are emerging risks to the global economy, adding to existing challenges posed by climate change and the coronavirus pandemic, the World Economic Forum said in a report Tuesday.

The Global Risks Report is usually released ahead of the annual elite winter gathering of CEOs and world leaders in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, but the event has been postponed for a second year in a row because of COVID-19. The World Economic Forum still plans some virtual sessions next week.

Here’s a rundown of the report, which is based on a survey of about 1,000 experts and leaders:

WORLD OUTLOOK

As 2022 begins, the pandemic and its economic and societal impact still pose a “critical threat” to the world, the report said. Big differences between rich and poor nations’ access to vaccines mean their economies are recovering at uneven rates, which could widen social divisions and heighten geopolitical tensions.

By 2024, the global economy is forecast to be 2.3% smaller than it would have been without the pandemic. But that masks the different rates of growth between developing nations, whose economies are forecast to be 5.5% smaller than before the pandemic, and rich countries, which are expected to expand 0.9%.

DIGITAL DANGERS

The pandemic forced a huge shift — requiring many people to work or attend class from home and giving rise to an exploding number of online platforms and devices to aid a transformation that has dramatically increased security risks, the report said.

“We’re at the point now where cyberthreats are growing faster than our ability to effectively prevent and manage them,” said Carolina Klint, a risk management leader at Marsh, whose parent company Marsh McLennan co-authored the report with Zurich Insurance Group and SK Group.

Cyberattacks are becoming more aggressive and widespread, as criminals use tougher tactics to go after more vulnerable targets, the report said.

Malware and ransomware attacks have boomed, while the rise of cryptocurrencies makes it easy for online criminals to hide payments they have collected.

While those responding to the survey cited cybersecurity threats as a shortand medium-term risk, Klint said the report’s authors were concerned that the

issue wasn’t ranked higher, suggesting it’s a “blind spot” for companies and governments.

SPACE RACE

Space is the final frontier — for risk.

Falling costs for launch technology has led to a new space race between companies and governments. Last year, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ space tourism venture Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic’s Richard Branson took off, while Elon Musk’s Space X business made big gains in launching astronauts and satellites.

Meanwhile, a host of countries are beefing up their space programs as they chase geopolitical and military power or scientific and commercial gains, the report said.

But all these programs raise the risk of frictions in orbit.

“Increased exploitation of these orbits carries the risk of congestion, an increase in debris and the possibility of collisions in a realm with few governance structures to mitigate new threats,” the report said.

Space exploitation is one of the areas that respondents thought had among the least amount of international collaboration to deal with the challenges.

Experts and leaders responding to the survey “don’t believe that much is being done in the best possible way moving forward,” World Economic Forum’s managing director, Saadia Zahidi, said at a virtual press briefing from Geneva.

Other areas include artificial intelligence, cyberattacks and migration and refugees, she said.

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The report noted that different countries are taking different approaches, with some moving faster to adopt a zero-carbon model than others. Both approaches come with downsides. While moving slowly could radicalize more people who think the government isn’t acting urgently, a faster shift away from carbon intense industries could spark economic turmoil and throw millions out of work.

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Georgia snaps 41-year title drought with 33-18 win over Bama

By Ralph D. Russo Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Confetti rained down on Georgia. The Bulldogs fans chanted “Kir-by, Kir-by!”

Four decades of pent-up emotion were unleashed Monday night as the Bulldogs snapped a frustrating national championship drought by vanquishing their nemesis.

Stetson Bennett delivered the biggest throws of his storybook career and Georgia’s defense sealed the sweetest victory in program history, beating Alabama 33-18 in the College Football Playoff for its first title in 41 years.

“I’ve never been around a group of players that really wanted it so bad and wouldn’t be denied,” Georgia coach Kirby Smart said. “I told the guys in the locker room, just take a picture of this.”

Smart, a Bulldogs defensive back in the mid-1990s, returned to his alma mater in 2016 after helping Nick Saban build a dynasty as an assistant at Alabama.

Georgia has become an elite program under Smart, but has not been able to chase down its Southeastern Conference rival.

Until now.

“This was for all the glory, we took it,” defensive tackle Jordan Davis said.

And they did it the way Alabama has broken their hearts so many times in recent years: Coming from behind and finishing with a flourish.

Ben net t con nec ted w it h Adona i Mitchell on a 40-yard touchdown to give No. 3 Georgia a 19-18 lead with 8:09 left and then hooked up with Brock Bowers for a 15-yard TD on a screen to put the Bulldogs up eight with with 3:33 left.

The final blow came from Georgia’s dominant defense. Kelee Ringo intercepted an underthrown deep ball down the sideline by Heisman Trophy winner Bryce Young.

“I just saw the ball in his hands and that was all she wrote,” said safety Lewis Cine, the game’s defensive MVP. With just over a minute left, Ringo took off behind a convoy of blockers and went 79 yards, Smart chasing and yelling at him to go down so he wouldn’t risk a fumble. The touchdown set off a wild celebration by the relieved Georgia fans who packed Lucas Oil Stadium.

“There’s going to be some property torn up in Indianapolis tonight,” Smart said, paraphrasing the late Georgia play-byplay man Larry Munson.

The Bulldogs (14-1) hadn’t won a national title since freshman Herschel Walker led them there in 1980. If simply snapping the drought wasn’t good enough, doing it against No. 1 Alabama (13-2) made it even better.

“I cried, so pretty good,” Bennett said when asked how it felt.

Saban’s Tide had won seven straight against the Bulldogs.

The Bulldogs lost two SEC championship games, including one five weeks ago, and the 2018 CFP title game to Alabama under Smart.

“I told them we burned the boats.

The only way home was through them,” Smart said.

Mission accomplished.

Bennett, the former walk-on turned starter, finished 17 for 26 for 224 yards and no interceptions.

For most of the first three quarters, the first CFP title game to be a rematch of a regular-season game was an ol’ fashion SEC defensive struggle in the heart of Big Ten country.

The first touchdown came with 1:20 left in the third quarter. After James Cook broke a 67-yard run to get the Bulldogs into the red zone, three more running plays — and a facemask penalty by Alabama — got them into the end zone.

Zamir White went in standing up from a yard out with massive defensive tackles Jalen Carter and Davis leading the way as blockers. The Bulldogs led for the first time, 13-9.

After Alabama added another field goal, the Tide caught a break on strange turnover.

As Bennett was being taken down deep in Georgia territory, he tried to throw the ball away. The ball slipped loose, and bounced toward the sideline, seemingly harmless. Alabama’s Drew Sanders casually caught it as he was jogging out of bounds.

Surprisingly, the ruling on the field was a fumble, recovered by the Tide and replay upheld it, giving the Tide the ball in the red zone. A few plays later, Young eluded the rush and found Cameron Latu for a 3-yard touchdown that put Alabama

up 18-13 with 10:14 left.

Once again, it seemed as if Georgia would not be able to break the ‘Bama curse.

Bennett was 13 for 22 for 141 yards as the next drive started, and you could practically hear all skeptical Georgia fans wondering why Smart didn’t turn to his four-star back-up QB, J.T. Daniels, for a spark.

As he has done so many times during a career that started on the scout team and took a detour through junior college in Mississippi, the small-town Georgia kid nicknamed The Mailman came through.

Bennett completed all three of his passes for 68 yards, including a long strike to Mitchell for a touchdown with 8:09 left that gave the Bulldogs a one-point lead after a failed 2-point conversion.

The Bulldogs’ defense clamped down on Young, forcing a three-and-out on the Tide’s next drive, and then Georgia went to work on sealing a long-awaited championship.

“It’s a little tough that I let them down today,” Young said. “I’ve got to do better with it.”

The sophomore finished 35 for 57 for 359 yards with two interceptions, playing without his top two receivers for most of the game. All-American Jameson Williams went out early in the second quarter with a knee injury, and John Metchie III was injured in the SEC title game.

Young was sacked three times after Georgia didn’t bring him down once in the first meeting.

“We played a heck of a game against a heck of a team for the first three quarters of the game,” said Saban, who was denied his eight national title, seventh with Alabama in the last 13 years. “Nobody can take the SEC championship away from this team, the Cotton Bowl championship.

“We just didn’t finish the way we needed to finish.”

After more than 40 years, it was Georgia’s time to finish.

“You put as much time as we do in this thing, blood, sweat, tears,” Bennett said, ‘it means something.”

January 12, 2022 The Rock River Times.

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CHICAGO SCHOOLS

Chicago union leaders OK plan to resume in-person class

BY SOPHIA TAREEN ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO (AP) — Students are poised to return to Chicago Public Schools after leaders of the teachers union approved a plan with the nation’s third-largest district over COVID-19 safety protocols, ending a bitter stando� that canceled classes for five days.

While school districts nationwide have faced similar concerns amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, the labor fight in union-friendly Chicago amplified concerns over remote learning and other pandemic issues.

The deal approved late Monday would have students in class Wednesday and teachers back a day earlier. It still requires approval with a vote of the union’s roughly 25,000 members. Issues on the table have been metrics to close schools amid outbreaks and expanded COVID-19 testing.

Neither side immediately disclosed full details of the proposal Monday evening, but leaders generally said the agreement included metrics to close individual schools and plans to boost district COVID19 testing. The district notified parents in the largely low-income Black and Latino school district of about 350,000 students that classes would resume Wednesday.

“We know this has been very di�cult for students and families,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said at an evening news conference. “Some will ask who won and who lost. No one wins when our students are out of the place where they can learn the best and where they’re safest.”

In a dueling news conference, union leaders acknowledged it wasn’t a “home run” but teachers wanted to be back in class with students.

“It was not an agreement that had everything, it’s not a perfect agreement, but it’s certainly something we can hold our heads up about, partly because it was so di�cult to get,” Union President Jesse Sharkey said.

The Chicago Teachers Union’s house of delegates voted Monday evening to suspend their work action from last week calling for districtwide online learning until a safety plan had been negotiated or the latest COVID-19 surge subsided. The district, which has rejected districtwide remote instruction, responded by locking teachers out of remote teaching systems two days after students returned from winter break.

While there has was some progress on smaller issues like masks, negotiations

over the weekend on a safety plan failed to produce a deal and rhetoric about negotiations became increasingly sharp.

Some principals canceled class Tuesday preemptively and warned of further closures throughout the week.

Earlier Monday, Union President Jesse Sharkey said the union and district remained “apart on a number of key features, accusing Lightfoot of refusing to compromise on teachers’ main priorities.

“The mayor is being relentless, but she’s being relentlessly stupid, she’s being relentlessly stubborn,” Sharkey said, playing on a reference the former prosecutor mayor made about refusing to “relent” in negotiations. “She’s relentlessly refusing to seek accommodation and we’re trying to find a way to get people back in school.”

Lightfoot accused teachers of “abandoning” students and shot back at the union president.

“If I had a dollar for every time some privileged, clouted white guy called me stupid, I’d be a bazillionaire,” Lightfoot, who is Black, told WLS-TV. By evening, she had said she was optimistic with the latest proposal, which went to union leaders for a vote.

Her first term in o�ce has been marked by other battles with the influential union, which supported her opponent in the 2019 election, including a safety protocol fight last year and a 2019 teachers strike.

Developments in the fight, with pending complaints before a state labor board, made international headlines and attracted attention from the White House.

Press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that President Joe Biden, who has pressed for schools to stay open, had remained in touch with Lightfoot and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker during negotiations.

Parents and advocacy groups also stepped up calls Monday for quicker action.

A group of parents on the city’s West Side — near the intersection of largely Black and Latino neighborhoods — demanded students return immediately.

Cheri Warner, the mother of 15-yearold twins, said the sudden loss of in-person learning has taken a toll on her family.

One of her daughters has depression and anxiety, and winter is always di�cult. Losing touch with her friends and teachers adds to that burden, Warner said.

The girls “missed their whole eighth grade year and it felt like they weren’t really prepared for high school,” Warner

said. “They’re all trying to figure out how to catch up and it’s a really stressful situation.”

Other parents said the district needs to do more.

Angela Spencer, an organizer with the Kenwood Oak land Communit y Organization and a nurse, said she’s concerned about her two kids’ safety in schools. Spencer said her kids’ schools weren’t adequately cleaned before the pandemic and she has “no confidence” in the district’s protocols now.

Several families represented by the conservative Liberty Justice Center in Chicago, filed a lawsuit in Cook County over the closures, while more than 5,000 others signed a petition urging a return to in-person instruction.

District o�cials, who call the union action “an illegal stoppage” had kept buildings open for student meal pickup and said that schools with enough sta� were allowed to open their doors to students.

Some teachers showed up despite union

directives; district o�cials estimated about 16% of teachers did so Monday.

Three schools, including Mount Greenwood Elementary, were able to o�er instruction Monday, according to district o�cials. Parents at the largely white school on the city’s southwest side expressed relief.

City o�cials argued that schools are safe with protocols in place. School leaders have touted a $100 million safety plan, including air purifiers in each classroom.

Roughly 91% of sta� are vaccinated and masks are required indoors.

Union o�cials have argued the safety measures fall short and the district has botched testing and a database tracking infections.

There were small signs of agreement in recent days.

The district has purchased KN95 masks for students and teachers, agreed to bring back daily COVID-19 screening questions for anyone entering schools, and added more incentives for substitute teachers.

The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) has spent the last year assessing the rail needs throughout the state. Significant input was provided by stakeholders through small group meetings, a series of virtual listening sessions, an online survey, and a virtual event held in June 2021. IDOT invites you to participate at a virtual event through January 21st to learn what we heard.

The virtual public meeting is available now through January 21, 2022, and can be accessed at: IllinoisRailNeeds.org/VirtualEvent2 The purpose of this event is to: · Share what we heard from stakeholders · Provide information on the upcoming final report Visitors will have the opportunity to watch a video and view exhibits.

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Growing Small Fruits: Raspberry

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

Raspberries are one of the most common small fruits that we receive questions about at the University of Illinois Extension o�ces. Most seasons these fruits thrive and do well in Northern Illinois. While diseases are not too much of a problem for them, pests can be. You also need to prune your raspberries each season in order for them to yield properly for you.

Raspberries produce fruit on canes.

These canes live for two seasons. New canes are created each spring. These canes then overwinter into next spring in which they’ll produce fruit that summer.

To further confuse you, new canes are called floricanes which eventually are called primocanes.

What this means is that your raspberry plant produced floricanes in 2021. These are very green in color. Now that the floricanes has overwintered into the spring of 2022, they are now called primocanes and are ready to produce raspberries for you.

If you want to grow red raspberries, you’ll see two types: summer and everbearing. If the raspberry is summer, this means it is a traditional red raspberry that will produce fruit on primocanes. If it’s everbearing, this raspberry will produce on floricanes and primocanes. The benefit with everbearing is that you are able to

prune easier. You could move canes down every spring which will produce new canes that summer that bear in the fall.

E�ectively just having one fall crop every year but not having to do a lot of pruning.

The other strategy with everbearing is to harvest from floricanes that fall and from those same canes next summer when they are now primocanes.

Recommended variet ies for red, summer bearing are ‘Boyne’, ‘Killarney’, ‘Lauren’, and ‘Titan’. For everbearing, red raspberries varieties include ‘Joan J’, ‘Jaclyn’, ‘Heritage’, and ‘Josephine’.

Yellow raspberries are technically red raspberries without the red pigment.

These include ‘Goldie’, ‘Amber’, ‘Fall

Gold’, and ‘Anne’.

Black raspberries tend to not be as winter hardy as red though they are fairly compact. These varieties include ‘Bristol’, ‘Jewel’, ‘Blackhawk’, and ‘Allen’.

All of these varieties are very vigorous though. Your purple raspberries are a cross between red and black. Like black raspberries, they are more compact. They may also have more winter hardiness than black. Recommended varieties are ‘Brandywine’, ‘Royalty’, and ‘Estate’.

Next week, I’ll go more into detail on managing raspberries including spacing and management.

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

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Seeking local energy security

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL

ILLINOIS RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION CONTRIBUTORS

Individuals and communities are continuing to invest in energy e�ciency and solar energy, saving money, improving the local economy, providing jobs and protecting against volatility in energy supplies and prices. Such investments provide a measure of energy independence and security while reducing the need to invest in costly grid upgrades.

According to a report by Local Solar for All appearing on the Solar Power World site, the US needs to install at least 103 GW of distributed, local solar power along with 137 GW of energy storage, essential to meet national climate and equity goals in a cost e�ective manner this decade, doubling or quadrupling growth over the past decade.

A study from the University of Texas at Austin indicates that nearly a quarter of 103 GW of the distributed local solar power needed could be provided by utilizing about 200 miles of vacant land along US Interstate Highways.

A study released by Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission pointed out that 2/3

of the state’s electrical needs could be met by rooftop solar installations. But with current market conditions fewer than 2% of the panels are likely to be installed. A lack of money, limited financing options or the lack of ownership by residents limit the potential installations.

A study from the University of Cork, Ireland, in PV Magazine determined that enough suitable roof space exists in the US to produce an amount of electricity equal to the nation’s current electrical generation. An NREL study several years ago indicated that nearly 40% of the roofs in Illinois are suitable for solar installations.

Solar Industry Magazine covers the highlights of a report from the National Renewable Energy Lab on the growth and trends in Community Solar. It suggests that 1600 such projects already exist with a capacity of 3.2 GW. Since 2010 the capacity has doubled and saved participants from 5-25% on their electricity bills. The U.S. Department of Energy has a goal for community solar which would serve the equivalent of 5 million households by 2025 for a total of $1 billion in savings.

Producing electricity where it is used reduces the need for new power lines and

their associated costs including adverse environmental impacts. If microgrids are installed locally they would reduce the need for new power lines and enhance local energy independence and security.

There are other opportunities for deploying solar systems along existing rail lines, selected highways and capped landfills. An initial plan to locate a new power line along the former Rock Island rail line was abandoned based on the challenges of running the new power line through downtown areas. However other existing rail lines might be suitable for running solar installations along their routes.

Many closed landfills including some in Illinois already serve as sites for large scale solar installations. A New Rocky Mountain Institute report points out that closed landfills could provide 63 GW of new solar power installations. The US EPA reports that by the end of 2019, 126 utility scale projects existed on closed landfill sites. Many are utility scale projects of at least 1MW of installed capacity. The northeastern states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and New York currently house 70% of the installations.

Solar electric installations are increas-

ingly located on existing parking lots. A Yale University study declares that over 1/3 of the state’s current electric demand could be met by such installations.

Highland, Michigan, plans to move toward energy sovereignty by owning and producing 100% of its energy from local clean energy sources. When the utility stopped providing electricity for community street lights due to nonpayment of fees, citizens began buying and installing solar street lights. From that initial e�ort the low income community joined with others to develop and implement plans to produce and possess their own energy producing installations. The solar for all program in Illinois provides opportunities for low income areas to secure solar energy.

Numerous opportunities exist for individuals and communities to install solar systems and reap the benefits for themselves while increasing local energy security. Local energy supplies along with local food supplies reduce the vulnerabilities associated with climate change and global supply chains.

Much of this information was provided

by Sun Day Campaign.

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Pet Rescues

Special rescues help ailing owners find pets’ next home

By Leanne Italie Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Who will take your pet when you die?

The question often doesn’t have an easy answer, especially for ill or older people headed to residential nursing care or assisted living. During the pandemic, specialized rescue, advocacy and adoption services run by volunteers are trying to fill the void, one pet at a time.

Leaders in the small movement said the past couple of years have opened the eyes of many.

“The thing about COVID is a lot of people are thinking, I can’t be guaranteed to be around forever. A lot more people are trying to make plans in advance, which is the best thing to do because unfortunately, a lot of people wait until they’re in hospice or there’s a desperate situation,” said Amy Shever, founder and director of 2nd Chance 4 Pets in suburban Sacramento, California.

The number of pets surrendered to shelters due to caretaker health or death is up from 7.3% in 2009 to 10.2% during the pandemic, according to the Best Friends Network of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups and other animal welfare organizations in all 50 states.

The pets of seniors are often seniors themselves, languishing in shelters or the first to be euthanized after they’re declared unadoptable, Shever said. They’re routinely given up by relatives who can’t take in a dog or cat. The life spans of other pets, such as

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Shever’s focus is educating veterinarians and shelters on how they can get involved. Her organization also tries to help pet owners in need of direction. She urges owners to identify a committed caregiver, provide written instructions for a pet’s routine and put a financial plan in place. Her group has distributed thousands of emergency-card door hangers, for instance, to pet food banks and animal welfare organizations so owners can make their wishes known.

Another organization, Pet Peace of Mind, works directly with about 250 hospices around the country to provide and train volunteers who care for pets of the seriously and terminally ill, said Dianne McGill, the president and founder in Salem, Oregon. Most of the hospices are providing home services, where pets are often giving comfort and support.

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While providing pet care or adoption services often isn’t top of mind for social workers or nurses, it’s a huge emotional driving force for patients and loved ones living far away, McGill said.

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mom is really, really upset about what’s going to happen to her pet. I live out of state. I can’t help her. How do we get some pet care in place while she’s navigating her end-of-life journey or when she passes?”

“I’ve got a million stories about patients who literally hung on until they heard that their pet had received a new home,” McGill said.

Enter angels-on-earth like 79-yearold Kathy Reister.

She adopted a 12-year-old Chihuahua named Jackson with the help of Tyson’s Pl ace A n i m a l Re s c ue i n Hol l a nd, Michigan. The nonprofit helps people with terminal illnesses find new homes for their pets. Reister, who has been diagnosed with congestive heart failure, had recently lost her own dog and was having a hard time at home alone when she took in Jackson last August.

“I’ve never been without a dog since about 1965,” said the widow. “His previous owner had passed away.”

Soon after, Jackson was also diagnosed with congestive heart failure, and Tyson’s Place stepped in with a grant to help Reister cover his medical bills. She promised to return him to the agency for rehoming should her health take a turn for the worse.

“Having him has really helped me want to continue to live and keep fighting,” said Reister, of Grandville, Michigan. “I started walking one block down and one block back home with him. Now we walk at least 20, 25 minutes a day. He needs to walk and I need to walk. He’s made such a big difference in my life.”

Caitlin Koska, 31, and Michael White, 34, in Ypsilanti, Michigan, included 14-year-old Luna in their May 1 wedding after Koska adopted her through Tyson’s Place around Thanksgiving 2020. Luna, also a Chihuahua, was their ring bearer.

“Her owner had gone into a nursing home and could no longer take care of her,” Koska said. “She has a lot of dental issues, cataracts and very poor hearing.

She’s just the sweetest dog. Everybody who knows her loves her.”

Jill Bannik-Brecht founded Tyson’s Place about six years ago. It services the entire state of Michigan, working directly with a pet owner before rehoming becomes an urgent matter, or with family members after a death, using a small network of foster homes.

For Koska, Tyson’s Place took care of extensive dental work for Luna before she was adopted.

“I used to work for a high-kill animal shelter, and I knew what happened to the

old dogs when they came in. I remember one dog who animal control literally picked up from the side of his dead owner’s body, and he didn’t even have an opportunity to be adopted. He was put to sleep because we didn’t have space,” Bannik-Brecht said.

Now, hospices and social workers refer patients to Tyson’s Place. Bannik-Brecht is struggling to expand her foster reach.

“I just can’t meet the demand for this kind of service, especially when it comes to cats,” she said. “In the last two months, I’ve turned away 40 cats that meet our mission just because we don’t have a place to put them.”

Bannik-Brecht knows of just a few other rescues like hers. One, in Canada, also needs help.

Angela Rafuse, 27, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, founded My Grandfather’s Cat on May 18, her grandfather’s birthday. He died in 2019 and left behind his grumpy 14-year-old cat, Mackenzie.

“She was my grandmother’s best friend and when she passed away, my grandfather took care of her for the next year before he passed away,” Rafuse said. “He wouldn’t put his name on the list for a nursing home knowing nobody would take the cat, who has the grumpiest meow I’ve ever heard.”

Rafuse promised her grandfather she would take Mackenzie. She began posting TikTok videos of their adventures. One video, of Mackenzie scratching Rafuse’s face as she held her up to the camera, has been viewed nearly a million times.

“Then so many people started sharing stories with us about how their grandparents’ cats ended up in shelters and how their grandparents worry about what will happen to their cats or their dogs because there’s nowhere to take them,” Rafuse said. “I’ve worked at a nonprofit for the past four years so I thought, it should be pretty easy to find resources to help these people. Nothing existed that empowered a senior and helped them arrange this and empowered their family. Everything was just shelters.”

After she launched, emails asking for help and offering donations rolled in, but she didn’t have enough foster homes to meet demand. She’s working to expand.

One of Rafuse’s goals is to help keep a pet at home until the final moment.

As for Mackenzie, she’s living her best life, hiking and kayaking with Rafuse.

“She’s still grumpy,” Rafuse said.

“She’s developed a really special connection with my dad, and I know my dad loves that because she’s the last thing he has of his parents.”

January 12, 2022 The Rock River Times.

Government Notices 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.

The Rockford Park District is seeking qualified contractors to perform the annual district wide asphalt paving repair and replacement for 2022.

Bids will be opened at the Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 South Main St, Rockford, IL 61101 (Purchasing Dept (815) 969-4094).

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. 22-2274 Asphalt Paving at Various Rockford Park District Locations Pre-Bid Conference: Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at 10:00 a.m., Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101 Bid Opening: Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at 2:00 p.m., via ZOOM BY: Jack L. Armstrong, Secretary 21937R TRRT 1/12 n n n LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR BIDS Rockford Public Library, Winnebago County, 214 North Church Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

The Rockford Public Library, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, will receive sealed bids for the procurement of Bid Package 6A – Metal Framing & Gypsum Exterior, Bid Package 6B – Metal Framing & Gypsum - Interior, Bid Package 9 – Exterior Cladding Panels & Attachment and Bid Package 22B Earthwork and Site Utilities for a replacement main library which will be situated at 215 North Wyman Street, Rockford.

Bid documents will be available at https://www.dropbox.com/ sh/57nd9ugrw4s8aki/AABdISxMdT9poE0xMkGX7EXJa?dl=0 or https://rb.gy/00eprx on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.

All questions must be submitted prior to Thursday, February 3, 2022 by 5:00 PM. All questions and any changes will be made available via addenda files at the above link. Bids will be due on or before 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 9, 2022 and should be delivered in person on February 9th to Rockford Public Library’s Nordlof Center Second Floor Business Manager Office, 118 North Main Street, Rockford.

A public opening will take place immediately after 2:00 p.m. on February 9th.

21938R TRRT 1/12 n n n LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Rockford Public Library, Winnebago County, 214 North Church Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

The Rockford Public Library, Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois, will receive sealed proposals for the procurement of Low Voltage Wiring, Access Control, and Closed-Circuit Video/Security Systems for a replacement main library which will be situated at 215 North Wyman Street, Rockford as well as the Library’s Montague, East, and Nordlof locations. Por-

tions of the requested products and services will be E-Rate eligible and will require respondents to obtain a valid Service Provider Identification Number and follow the processes at https://www.usac. org/e-rate/service-providers/. The 470 form number for this RFP is 220011533. RFP documents will be made available at https://www. rockfordpubliclibrary.org/bidsrfps-and-rfqs/ and the Universal Service Administrative Co. portal on Wednesday, January 12, 2022.

All questions in regard to this listing must be submitted prior to Friday, February 4, 2022 by 5:00 p.m. using the web form found at the aforementioned link. All questions and any changes will be made available via addenda files at the link as well as the Universal Service Administrative Co. portal. Bids will be due on or before 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 10, 2022 and should be delivered in person on February10th to Rockford Public Library’s Nordlof Center Second Floor Business Manager Office, 118 North Main Street, Rockford.

A public opening will be conducted immediately after 2:00 p.m. on February 10th.

21939R TRRT 1/12 n n n INVITATION TO BID TREE REMOVAL BID NO.: 122-PW-001 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on January 27, 2022 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

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

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

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

21940R TRRT 1/12

Public Notices n n n SEIZING AGENCY CASE NO. 21-028832 NOTICE OF PENDING FORFEITURE TO: Janie Burnett 348 Buckbee St. Rockford, Il 61104, hereby known as claimant.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS ARE NOW PENDING AGAINST THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY: Description (including VIN, serial or model no.): $260.00 U.S. Currency (Value: $260.00) Reason(s): (2) If money, things of value, books, records, or research products and materials including formulas, microfilm, tapes or data were seized, that the items seized were used or intended to be used to violate

the Cannabis Control Act or the Controlled Substances Act. (4) If money, negotiable instruments, or securities were seized, that the things were used, or intended to be used to commit or in any manner facilitate a felony violation of the Cannabis Control Act or any violation of the Controlled Substances Act. (5) If a substance containing cannabis or a controlled substance was seized, that the substance was produced, manufactured, delivered, distributed, dispensed, or possessed in violation of the Cannabis Control Act or the Controlled Substances Act. This property was seized by law enforcement authorities on 10/28/2021, at the location of 348 Buckbee St., Winnebago County, IL. This property has been determined to be subject to forfeiture under the provisions of the Controlled Substances Act or the Cannabis Control Act for one or more of the reasons set forth in the attached document.

SUMMARY OF PROCEDURAL RIGHTS If you have an ownership in any item listed above, any interest you may have may be forfeited unless you file a verified claim for the return of the property with the Drug Asset Forfeiture Unit of the Winnebago County State’s Attorney whose address is 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, setting forth your interest in the property and the reasons why your interest is not subject to forfeiture. You have forty-five days from receipt of this notice to file the verified claim with the State’s Attorney.

If you fail to file the claim within 45 days of receipt of this notice, any interest you may have in the property will be forfeited to the State of Illinois; SIGNED: /s/ Lafakeria Vaughn LAFAKERIA VAUGHN CHIEF of the CIVIL BUREAU, On behalf of, J. HANLEY STATE’S ATTORNEY DATED: January 4, 2022 21941R TRRT 1/26 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2019-4 Plaintiff, -v.RONNIE A. CLARK, TRUDY L. CLARK, BMO HARRIS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO AMCORE BANK, N.A., CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., TD BANK USA, N.A. Defendant 2021 CH 0000024 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 21, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on February 3, 2022, 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: PART OF LOT 10 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SURVEY AND SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, TOWN OF GUILFORD, KNOWN AS PLEASANT VIEW, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 10 OF PLATS ON PAGE 3 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBA-

GO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT; BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 10, 185 FEET WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SAID NORTH LINE WITH THE CENTER OF THE ROAD ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE WEST, 70 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE SOUTH, PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT, 177 FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT 70 FEET; THENCE NORTH PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT, 177 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING EXCEPTING THE NORTH 30 FEET OF SAID TRACT, FOR ROAD PURPOSES; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2823 PLEASANT VIEW AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31376-011 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $70,498.75.

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, JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 20 8280.

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.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago IL, 60606 312-541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 20 8280 Case Number: 2021 CH 0000024 TJSC#: 41-3089 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2021 CH 0000024 I3184571 P21920R TRRT 1/19 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee for Mortgage Assets Management Series I Trust PLAINTIFF Vs. Deborah Cesario; Denise Nesheim; United States of America Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Margaret J. Nesheim; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 2021-CH-0000209 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Margaret J. Nesheim Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 6353 Graydon Road Rockford, IL 61109 and which said Mortgage was made by: Margaret J. Nesheim the Mortgagor(s), to Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a Subsidiary of IndyMac Bank, F.S.B., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 200700774069; 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 11,

2022, 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. 14-21-04262 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I3185056 P21936R TRRT 1/26 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO P & H ELECTRIC CORP., an Illinois corporation, Plaintiff, vs UEP JEFFERSON LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, CITY CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, AND UNKNOWN OWNERS, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, CASE No. 2021-CH-192 NOTICE OF SERVICE BY PUBLICATION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, STATE OF ILLINOIS, a Complaint seeking Foreclosure of a Mechanics Lien as a captioned above has been filed concerning the Subject Property commonly known as 327 West Jefferson Street, Rockford, IL. FORECLOSURE PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, UNKNOWN NECESSARY PARTIES, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mechanics Lien Recorded with the Winnebago County Recorders Office by P & H Electric Corp. on November 24, 2021, as Document Number: 2021027242 in the amount of $49,550.10, plus interest, costs and attorneys fees has been filed concerning the Subject Property legally described as: that part of Lots Four (4) and Five (5) in Block Eleven (11) as designated upon the Plat of that part of the Town (now city) of Rockford, on the West side of Rock River, laid out on the West part of the Southwest Fractional Quarter (1/4) of Section 23, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, and of Lot Four (4) in Block Eleven (11) as designated upon the Plat of George Haskell’s Addition to the City of Rockford, lying and being West or Westerly of a line drawn across said lands parallel with and 70.205 feet distant Easterly from the Westerly line of said lots; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, and bearing Permanent Tax Identification Number: 11-23-305-001.

UNLESS YOU, Unknown Necessary Parties, Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants, file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before February 15, 2022, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. YOU ARE FURTHER ADVISED THAT THE TIME IN WHICH THE SUBJECT REAL ESTATE MAY BE REDEEMED

FROM FORECLOSURE, PURSUANT TO LAW, COMMENCES TO RUN WITH THE FIRST DATE OF PUBLICATION OF THIS NOTICE. 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.

This notice is prepared by Attorney Thomas G. Ruud, Thomas G. Ruud & Associates, P.C., 318 N. 1st St., Rockford, IL 61107; tel (815) 961-9100 fax (815) 961-9118; Tgrlaw@aol.com.

21942R TRRT 1/26 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 JUDY CAROL STRONG, Deceased.

Case No. 2022-PR-1 Will Case No. 2021-W-906 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THAT THE ESTATE OF JUDY CAROL STRONG HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO PROBATE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Judy Carol Strong on March 4, 2021. Letters of Office were issued on January 5, 2022 to Shan L. Johnson of 4554 Pepper Court, Rockford, IL 61114 as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is Mark C. Johnson, 321 W. State Street, Suite 301, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Winnebago County located at 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the representatives, or both, on or before July 12, 2022, the date six months from the date of first publication on January 12, 2022, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representatives is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of the claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and the representative’s attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Shan L. Johnson, Independent Executor Prepared By: Mark C. Johnson ARDC No. 6211240 Attorney for Petitioner 321 W. State Street, Suite 301 Rockford, IL 61101 21943R TRRT 1/26 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT L. WHITE, Deceased.

Case No. 2021-P-637 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ROBERT L. WHITE. Letters of Office were issued on December 30, 2021 to KIMBERLY WHITE, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David L. Davitt, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 19, 2022, 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

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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 her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: January 6, 2022 David L. Davitt David L. Davitt Schlueter Ecklund & Davitt 4023 Charles Street Rockford, IL 61108 815-229-5333 ddavitt@rockriverlaw.com 21944R TRRT 1/26 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN RE THE ESTATE OF MARGARET L. HAYELAN 2021-P-508 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION – UNKNOWN HEIRS AND CLAIMS NOTICE is given of the death of MARGARET L. HAYELAN. Letters of Office were issued on October 15, 2021 to DONNA J. GRANATH, 1037 E. Main Street, Rockton, IL 61072, who is the legal administrator of the estate. The attorney for the estate is JACK R. COOK, JR. 113 West Main Street, Rockton, Illinois 61072. Date of death was September 4, 2021.

Notice is given to unknown heirs whose names or addresses are not stated in the petition that an order was entered by the court on October 15, 2021 appointing said administrator.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 15, 2022, 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, IL 61101, or with the representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office—Probate Division—must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal executrix and to the attorney within ten (10) days after filing. //s//Donna J. Granath//s// Donna J. Granath, Petitioner DATED: January 5, 2022 21945R TRRT 1/26 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: TAYLOR NICOLE WINDBIEL Current Name Case Number 22-MR-12 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Taylor Nicole Windbiel to the new name of: Taylor Nicole Windford.

The court date will be held: on March 3, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Taylor Windbiel Current Name 21949R TRRT 1/26

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The Rock River Times. January 12, 2022

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.MICAH C. GULLEY et al Defendants 2021-CH-0000161 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 9, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 26, 2022, 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: LOT FIVE (5) AND THE NORTHERLY TWO AND ONE-HALF (2 1/2) FEET OF LOTS TWO (2), THREE (3) AND FOUR (4) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF DYSON TERRACE, DEUEL AND O’SHAY’S RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 7, 8, 9, 10 AND 11 BLOCK 3 OF COUNTY CLERK’S PLAT OF GARRISON’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 86 OF DEEDS OF PAGE 351 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE RIGHT OF A DRIVEWAY OVER THE NORTHERLY 3 FEET IN WIDTH OF SAID LOT FIVE (5) AS SAID DRIVEWAY IS DESCRIBED INA WARRANTY DEED FROM EDITHA M. WOODWARD ET AL TO Z. FRANK DEUEL AND GEORGE W. O’SHAY RECORDED IN BOOK 292 OF DEEDS ON PAGE 217 IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1012 NORTH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14-332016 (194C303) The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, 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. 14-21-02156 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2021-CH0000161 TJSC#: 41-3317 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2021-CH-0000161 I3184024 P21910R TRRT 1/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: PATRICIA L. AMBROSE Deceased, CASE NO. 2021 P 602 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of PATRICIA L. AMBROSE. Letters of Office were issued on December 3, 2021, to TINA K. MOSELEY, c/o 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway, Loves Park, IL 61111, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is JEREMY RAMSEY, 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway, Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 29, 2022, 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 West State Street, 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 his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: December 28, 2021 TINA K. MOSELEY Name: JEREMY RAMSEY ARDC Number: # 6276765 Attorney for Estate Address: 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway Loves Park, IL 61111 Telephone: (815) 988-4364 21919R TRRT 1/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a online preschool & kindergarten business in said County and State under the name of Shining Light Academy at the following post office addresses: 220 S. Lyford Rd., #100, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: DeAnna L. Cummings SIGNED: DeAnna L. Cummings 12/21/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of December, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21914R TRRT 1/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a renovate, remodel and repair houses business in said County and State under the name of Trudy’s Renovations, Remodel and Repair at the following post office addresses: 1812 N. Winnebago St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Darius Triplett SIGNED: Darius Triplett 12/21/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of December, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21915R TRRT 1/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a arts and crafts workshop & supply business in said County and State under the name of The Scrap Jar at the following post office addresses: 1645 Arlington Ave., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Angela Martinez SIGNED: Angela Martinez 12/21/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of December, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21917R TRRT 1/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS

PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LYNN HENRY ANDERSON, Deceased CASE NO. 2021 P 460 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of LYNN HENRY ANDERSON, who died on August 11, 2021. Letters of Office were issued on December 28, 2021, to Todd Anderson, 916 Anna Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111 as Administrator. The attorney for the estate is J. F. Heckinger, LLC, 405 West State St., Rockford, IL 61101.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before July 10, 2022, 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 St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representatives, or both.

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

TODD ANDERSON, Administrator By: /s/ J.F. Heckinger J.F. HECKINGER, LLC Prepared by: J. F. HECKINGER, LLC #1169491 405 West State Street P.O. Box 1492 Rockford, IL 61105-1492 815-965-2121 jfheckinger@yahoo.com 21924R TRRT 1/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a video production and transfer service business in said County and State under the name of Woven Film Co. at the following post office addresses: 4418 Windswept Way, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Daniel McMullen; Elizabeth McMullen SIGNED: Daniel McMullen 1/3/22 SIGNED: Elizabeth McMullen 1/3/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of January, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21934R TRRT 1/19 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: TERRY D. JACOBSON, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2020-P-497 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of TERRY D. JACOBSON. Letters of Office were issued on the 28th day of December, 2021, to HEIDI JACOBSON, 4486 Blackberry Knoll Drive, Loves Park, Illinois, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the Estate is GEORGE P. HAMPILOS, of Hampilos & Associates, Ltd., 308 West State Street, Suite 210, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 5, 2022, that date being at least six

(6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: January 3, 2022 By: /s/ George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos — ARDC #6210622 HAMPILOS & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 308 West State Street, Suite 210 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-962-0044 Fax: 815-962-6250 georgehamp@aol.com 21925R TRRT 1/19 n n n PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: FRANCISCO ROMERO VALSECA, Petitioner, AND ALICIA RENE MENDEZ, Respondent.

Case No: 2021 D 938 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION YOU, Alicia Rene Mendez, ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that this case has been commenced in this Court and is pending against you asking for a dissolution of marriage and other relief. UNLESS YOU FILE YOUR Response or otherwise file your Appearance in this case in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois at 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101 before February 25, 2022 or appear in person or via Zoom in Courtroom 216 of the Winnebago County Courthouse at 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or Zoom Meeting ID# 824 3365 5292, on February 25, 2022 at 2:15 p.m., A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THIS COMPLAINT. Prepared by: Alexis Simmons, The Law Offices of Alexis M.K. Simmons, LLC, 124 N Water St, Ste 206, Rockford, IL 61107, (815) 570-9662, alexis@simmonslaw.org.

21926R TRRT 1/19 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of DANIEL R. ERB, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2021 P 619 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Daniel R. Erb of Rockford, Illinois.

Letters of Office were issued on December 17, 2021, to Mary J. Erb, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is G. Michael Scheurich.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 6, 2022, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above

shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: December 29, 2021.

G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH, Attorney G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH (##2479869) Guyer & Enichen, P.C. Attorneys for the Estate 2601 Reid Farm Road, Suite B Rockford, Illinois 61114 (815) 636-9600 21927R TRRT 1/19 n n n Midwest Self Storage 1401 Windsor Rd. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-633-2333 NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Midwest Self Storage gives notice of a public sale of property to satisfy landlord’s lien. Sale is January 22nd, 2022 at 9:00 am CST at 1401 Windsor Rd Loves Park IL 61111. Property will be sold to highest bidder. Cleanup and removal deposit will be required.

Payment must be in cash or credit card - no checks. Seller reserves the right to withdraw property from sale or refuse any bid. If there are no bids, the property will be donated to charity or disposed of accordingly. Property includes contents of the units of the following tenants: 64 Truman Williams, 210 Shawna Blum, 230 Brittany Coulter.

Call (815) 633-2333 for more info.

21928R TRRT 1/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a pickup and delivery laundry service; wash, dry, fold business in said County and State under the name of Fresh Cynt Laundry Services at the following post office addresses: 3319 Alida St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tyrika Roberts SIGNED: Tyrika Roberts 12/28/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of December, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21929R TRRT 1/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a treat maker & event planning business in said County and State under the name of Plushez Designz at the following post office addresses: 527 Furman St., ste. 101, Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Joanna Williams SIGNED: Joanna Williams 12/28/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of December, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21930R TRRT 1/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the

undersigned intend to conduct and transact a trucking & logistics business in said County and State under the name of Graynetta Logistics at the following post office addresses: 2315 Benderwirt Ave., Apt. B, Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mark Anthony Grayned; Irene Latrice Buker SIGNED: Mark Anthony Grayned 12/29/21 SIGNED: Irene Latrice Buker 12/29/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of December, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 21931R TRRT 1/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a consulting LBI business in said County and State under the name of Logistical Brokers International at the following post office addresses: 3912 Pleasant Valley Blvd., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Leonard Suchobrus SIGNED: Leonard Suchobrus 12/30/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of December, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21932R TRRT 1/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a plumbing contractor business in said County and State under the name of M. Robinson Plumbing & Heating at the following post office addresses: 912 N. Independence, Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Myron Robinson SIGNED: Myron Robinson 12/28/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of December, A.D. 2021.

Alberta Walker, Notary Public My Commission Expires 3/31/2024 21933R TRRT 1/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a embroidery business in said County and State under the name of JMC Embroidery at the following post office addresses: 920 Bluecrest Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jennifer Cuevas SIGNED: Jennifer Cuevas 12/22/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of December, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21916R TRRT 1/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF: ROBERT L. CONANT, Deceased.

No. 2021 P 522 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death

of JANET LOUISE PERRY. Letters of Office were issued to Dennis R. Conant, 502 Hart Drive, PO Box 654, Clinton, WI 53525, who is the legal representative of the estate.

The attorney for the estate is Rodney W. Kimes, Bolgrien, Koepke & Kimes, LLC, 542 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, WI 53511.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office, Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the representative or both on or before the 12th day of July, 2022, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice.

Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: January 4, 2022 Dennis Conant, Independent Executor of the Estate of Robert L. Conant Rodney W. Kimes BOLGRIEN, KOEPKE & KIMES, LLC 542 East Grand Avenue Beloit, WI 53511 608-365-7702 21946R TRRT 1/26 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO In the Matter of the Estate of WILFRID JOSEPH HUITZACUA, DECEASED. CASE NO. 2021-P-636 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION WILL AND CLAIMS NOTICE is given of the death of Wilfrid Joseph Huitzacua.

Letters of Office were issued on December 29, 2021 to, Christina Marie Leviskas, Rockford, Illinois who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Attorney Charles T. Sewell, 215 South State Street, Belvidere, Illinois.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 21, 2022, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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: January 4, 2022 Christina Marie Leviskas, Independent Executor Charles T. Sewell. L.L.C. for Estate Attorney at Law 215 South State Street Belvidere, IL 61008 Phone: 815-544-3118 Email: charlests1@aol.com 21947R TRRT 1/26

January 12, 2022 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: TREVOR KENNETH KRIENKE Current Name Case Number 21-MR-1033 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Trevor Kenneth Krienke to the new name of: Trevor Caliber Carlson.

The court date will be held: on March 2, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Trevor Kenneth Krienke Current Name 21948R TRRT 1/26 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: EZELLA L. BENNETT, Petitioner,

vs.

ANTHONY DUSHUN BENNETT, Respondent.

Case No. 21-D-83 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Anthony Dushun Bennett that Petitioner Ezella L. Bennett 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 14, 2022, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Ezella L. Bennett, Petitioner 21950R TRRT 1/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a electronics manufacturing business in said County and State under the name of BC Audio at the following post office

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL HOME LOAN MORTGAGE CORPORATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SEASONED CREDIT RISK TRANSFER TRUST, SERIES 2019-4 Plaintiff, -v.- RONNIE A. CLARK, TRUDY L. CLARK, BMO HARRIS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO AMCORE BANK, N.A., CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., TD BANK USA, N.A. Defendant 2021 CH 0000024 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 21, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on February 3, 2022, 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 2823 PLEASANT VIEW AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31-376-011 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $70,498.75.

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

addresses: 7230 Wimbledon Rd., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: James A. Clark SIGNED: James A. Clark 1/4/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of January, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21951R TRRT 1/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a sell front door cameras, out-door cameras & baby monitor cameras business in said County and State under the name of Redd Tech at the following post office addresses: 2324 Nebraska Rd., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cleveland Redd SIGNED: Cleveland Redd 1/5/22

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of January, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 21952R TRRT 1/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a residential & commercial garbage cans / trash cans / recycling cans business in said County and State under the name of Can Cleaners of America at the following post office addresses: 144 Gilbert Terrace, Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: James Sundly SIGNED: James Sundly 1/10/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of January, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21956R TRRT 1/26

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, JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 20 8280.

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.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago IL, 60606 312-541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 20 8280 Case Number: 2021 CH 0000024 TJSC#: 41-3089 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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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 woodworker - sign maker business in said County and State under the name of PS: Montana Designs & More at the following post office addresses: 7750 Nesting Eagles St., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jenifer Brien SIGNED: Jenifer Brien 1/6/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of January, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 21953R TRRT 1/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and

transact a lawncare business in said County and State under the name of Solis Pros Lawncare at the following post office addresses: 7104 Stearman Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Walter Aroldo Sic Solis SIGNED: Walter Aroldo Sic Solis 1/10/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of January, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21954R TRRT 1/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a nail salon business in said County and State under the name of Pamper Me Nails Spa at the following post office addresses: 6512 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- MICAH C. GULLEY et al Defendants 2021-CH-0000161 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 9, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 26, 2022, 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 1012 NORTH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14-332-016 (194C303) The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, 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

persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kris T. Nguyen SIGNED: Kris T. Nguyen 1/10/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of January, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21955R TRRT 1/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a restaurant business in said County and State under the name of Via Sofia’s Italian Kitchen at the following post office addresses: 109 N. Showplace Dr., Suite 133, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Leslie Reinbach SIGNED: Leslie Reinbach 1/10/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of January, A.D. 2022.

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Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 21957R TRRT 1/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a candles (sales) business in said County and State under the name of Pushing Daisies Candles at the following post office addresses: 321 St. Louis Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jhordynne Alexander SIGNED: Jhordynne Alexander 1/10/22 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of January, A.D. 2022.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21958R TRRT 1/26

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. 14-21-02156 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2021-CH-0000161 TJSC#: 41-3317 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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Death Notices Cindy Sams 59 Rockford 1/3/2022 Robert Meyer 30 Roscoe 1/3/2022 Ralph Belcher 86 Rockford 1/3/2022 Frederick Schutz 89 Rockford 1/3/2022 Rena Lupps 105 Pecatonica 1/3/2022 Beverly Franzen 98 Rockford 1/4/2022 William Kent 76 Rockford 1/4/2022 Amy Borchmann 50 Rockford 1/4/2022 Amy Powers 50 Rockford 1/4/2022 Barbara Severson 99 Rockford 1/4/2022 Delores Cook 85 Machesney Park 1/4/2022 Darlene Purintun 84 Rockford 1/4/2022 Beverly Jensen 89 Durand 1/4/2022 Gloria Posey 59 Rockford 1/4/2022 Hugo Catalan 47 Rockford 1/4/2022 James Blake 51 Rockford 1/4/2022 Lorchid Martin 64 Rockford 1/4/2022 Ann Pasiecznik 79 Rockford 1/4/2022 John Meadows 82 Rockford 1/4/2022 Scott Kotlienthong 40 Rockford 1/4/2022 Darlene Beck 92 Rockford 1/4/2022 Delbert Peterson 98 Rockford 1/4/2022 Edwin Hogan 94 Durand 1/4/2022 Jatavius Hardy 19 Rockford 1/5/2022 Sally Carlson 82 Rockford 1/5/2022 Shirley Schlichting 89 Rockford 1/5/2022 Greg Majewski 71 Rockford 1/5/2022 Catherine Kindstrom 70 Rockford 1/5/2022 Bernice Sharp 75 Rockford 1/5/2022 Darlene Miller 92 Rockford 1/5/2022 Willie Harper 73 Rockford 1/5/2022 Phyllis Hagemann 88 Rockford 1/5/2022 Helen Haub 96 Rockford 1/5/2022 Patrick Taylor 70 Rockford 1/5/2022 Raymond Olson 82 Rockford 1/5/2022 Charlotte Chrisman 70 Rockford 1/5/2022 Scott Long 55 Rockford 1/5/2022 Eddie Hare 91 Rockford 1/5/2022 Lucca Santacruz 19 Rockford 1/5/2022 Daniel De Jesus Garcia 15 Rockford 1/5/2022 Aureliano Flores 64 Rockford 1/5/2022 Ka’harii Friar 1 Rockford 1/5/2022 Wylma Washington 95 Rockford 1/6/2022 James Griparis 90 Rockford 1/6/2022 Rosella McCollom 70 Rockford 1/6/2022 Darrell Nath 93 Loves Park 1/6/2022 Alan Miller 82 Rockford 1/6/2022 Robert Christensen 90 Davis 1/6/2022 Patricia White 91 Rockford 1/6/2022 Susan Szewczyk 71 Machesney Park 1/6/2022 Frank Fosse 83 Cherry Valley 1/6/2022 Cindy Jones 69 Rockford 1/6/2022 Dorothy Luebchow 89 Rockford 1/6/2022 Tom Gent 68 Rockford 1/6/2022 Mary Mule 95 Rockford 1/6/2022 Myrtice Penington 89 Rockford 1/7/2022 Menageme Flanary 83 Loves Park 1/7/2022 Rebecca Stubbs 63 Rockford 1/7/2022 Guadalupe Parmona 80 Rockford 1/7/2022 Mary Wheeler 83 Rockford 1/7/2022 Paisley Horton 31 Rockford 1/7/2022 Donald Lanier 82 Rockford 1/7/2022 Angelica Contreras 32 Rockford 1/7/2022 Phillip Burleson 70 Machesney Park 1/7/2022 Yolanda Yance 66 Rockford 1/7/2022 Joseph Fors 52 Rockford 1/7/2022 Shirley Brodd 86 Rockford 1/7/2022 James Iriors 84 Rockford 1/7/2022 Deborah Peterson 57 Rockford 1/7/2022 Robert Mattacks 89 Rockford 1/8/2022 Donald Holder 86 Rockford 1/8/2022 Thomas McDonald 77 Rockford 1/8/2022 Alphanso Barbary 62 Rockford 1/8/2022 Ronald Albert 85 Rockford 1/8/2022 Arlene Courtney 79 Rockford 1/8/2022 Jimmie Young 73 Rockford 1/8/2022 Derdre Merryman 65 Roscoe 1/8/2022 Joann Seales 86 Rockton 1/8/2022 Casimir Drechney 64 Rockford 1/8/2022 Lori Mansour 69 Rockford 1/8/2022 Shirley Clark 92 Rockford 1/8/2022 Kenneth Kasper 54 Machesney Park 1/8/2022 James Hills 74 Roscoe 1/8/2022 Donald Christman 88 Rockford 1/8/2022 Doris Smith 92 Rockford 1/8/2022 Mark Ricotta 62 Rockford 1/8/2022 Bonnie Freberg 81 Machesney Park 1/9/2022 Dorothy Lewis 67 Rockford 1/9/2022 Benjamin Maggio 86 Rockford 1/9/2022 Katherine Milburn 86 Machesney Park 1/9/2022 Richard Rudsinski 73 Rockford 1/9/2022 Christine Brown 45 Rockford 1/9/2022 Nancy Linder 77 Rockford 1/9/2022 Dennis Moore 76 Rockford 1/9/2022 Delores Sprig 62 Rockford 1/9/2022 Stephen Carlson 72 Rockford 1/9/2022 Lucille Lambert 89 Rockford 1/10/2022 Gene Traggardh 51 Rockford 1/10/2022 Mary Shivers-Cole 75 Rockford 1/10/2022 Herbert Eckstein 86 Rockford 1/10/2022 Nancy Morrow 92 Rockford 1/10/2022 James Worster 47 Rockford 1/10/2022 Ruby Hillburn 55 Rockford 1/10/2022 Vicki Ellis 59 Rockford 1/10/2022 Wallace Abraham 66 Rockford 1/10/2022 Lindsay Hediger 31 Rockford 1/10/2022

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

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

Theme: The Grammy Awards ARIES, TAURUS AND GEMINI ARIES

You’re craving a fresh start and are determined to rebuild your life. You also feel the need to escape and get away from it all.

TAURUS

You’ll make travel plans with your friends. Don’t delay! Free up your schedule and get your passport and other necessary documents toge­ ther. Your smile will be contagious.

GEMINI

Proper planning will ensure you get everything done on time. You’ll fi­ nally get around to organizing your life and will finish everything you’ve been putting off.

Pampering yourself would do you a world of good. At work, you’ll be offered a promotion. However, you’ll be under a lot of stress, which may lead to fatigue and confusion.

TAURUS

A lot is going on in your life, and people may start to notice you for one reason or another. You’ll be creative, or at least consider mak­ ing art.

GEMINI

If you still haven’t found your voca­ tional calling, you’ll be inspired to move in the right direction. Some­ one close to you will need you; you’ll be able to help each other.

LEO

LEO

VIRGO

VIRGO

At work, you’ll need to be patient and prepare for a negotiation. You’re also entitled to ask for a raise. Things are going well in your love life.

LIBRA

At work or elsewhere, you’ll receive well­deserved compliments. Your si­ gnificant other will pay attention to the small things. There may be an office romance on the horizon.

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ARIES

CANCER

Be careful about what you say. At work, don’t overlook any details, es­ pecially if big changes are on the ho­ rizon. In your love life, a major project will strengthen your relationship.

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

CANCER, LEO AND VIRGO Horoscope

CANCER

This is an excellent time to follow through on your new year’s reso­ lutions. You’ll learn new skills by participating in on­the­job training.

You’ll also be interested in trying new things.

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When needed, you’ll find 15. Genus, pl. colony kind people who lend a hand.

20. British peers 60. Inwardly 22. Will Ferrell holiday 61. Dirty air CAPRICORN movie 62 . Common “pro” You’ll find a solution to your finan­ 24. Matrimony follower cial problems. You have impecca­ 25. *2022 Grammy event 63.and Loads ble style will look fashionable venue, Crypto.com ____ 64.any Eggsituation. storage in almost 26. B on Mendeleev’s 67. *”Fight for You” table performer AQUARIUS 27. Type of acid Your spontaneous act of generosity 29. *Grammy host’s last will boost your self­esteem. Be care­ name ful with your money, or at least set 3 1 . A q u a r i u m a budget if you’re on vacation. dweller 32. #3 Down’s 1975 PISCES Big things are happening. However, hit “____ Mia” 3 3 . M e a n s o f stress may drain your energy and leave you bedridden for a few days. communication 34. *Kanye’s album You’re the kind of person who wants 3 6 . S o u r c e o f to help everyone, but to avoid burn­ out, you should focus your energy pressure? on helping those who deserve it.

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The holidays are finally over, and things are slowly returning to nor­ mal. You’ll have time to maintain a more active social life, even if it’s only on social media. Make sure you get enough rest.

You’ll be asked to step up at work and take on a task only you can ac­ complish. At home, you’ll organize a major cleaning with the help of the whole family.

You need a vacation. You won’t he­ sitate to go on an exotic getaway or plan a relaxing weekend alone at the cabin with your significant ot­ her. You’ll have a fairly active social life this week.

LIBRA

Focus on your health. Your doctor will finally find out what’s been bothe­ ring you and recommend a treat­ ment to get you back on track. Trust what they have to say.

SCORPIO

At work or elsewhere, you’ll be requi­ red to negotiate or mediate. You’ll be able to resolve any conflicts at work and in your love life.

SAGITTARIUS

Unfinished work is piling up. You’ll have to work hard to make up for lost time. You’ll also need to make an effort to keep your home tidy.

CAPRICORN

You’ll receive a lot of praise. Some people may look up to you after a brilliant success. You’ll have plenty of reason to be proud of yourself.

AQUARIUS

If you didn’t get to see all your friends and family during the ho­ lidays, now is the time to get to­ gether. You’ll excel at interacting at work and in your home life. How­ ever, some people are impossible to please.

PISCES

You’ll have a lot to talk about, espe­ cially pertaining to your vacation and family. Your exceptional inter­ personal skills will allow you to close several great deals at work.

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This week’s solutions.

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Christmas

Tree Recycling

CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING SITES ROCKFORD:

LOVES PARK:

Levings Lake 1420 S. Pierpont Ave. East entrance South Johnston Ave. at Montague Andrews Park 800 North Central Ave.

CHERRY VALLEY: Baumann Park South Walnut St. Daylight hours only

Gambino Park 4421 Pepper Drive west of North Alpine Alpine Park 950 South Alpine Road

ROCK TON:

Free mulch from the above Rockford locations will be available at 523 S. Central

Rockford:

Martin Park 5600 Park Ridge Road, south of Riverside; northeast parking lot

Sandy Hollow Golf Course — 2670 Sandy Hollow Rd, West Lot

Rockton Boat Ramp parking area about 830 E. Main St. opposite ball field

JANUARY 1-15 ROS CO E: Valley View Farms 6440 Belvidere Road

VILLAGE OF DAVIS: Davis Village Hall 104 East McKimmey

P E C AT O N I C A : Pecatonica Wetlands Forest Preserve 4550 N. Pecatonica Rd. (near picnic area)

HARLEM TOWNSHIP: Schoonmaker Park 10500 Ventura Blvd.

Machesney Park

ONSITE FREE MULCH,SELF-SERVE WHILE SUPPLIES LAST,OR UNTIL END OF FEBRUARY AT THE ABOVE LOCATIONS

Remove all wire, plastic bags, decorations.

No wreaths, flocked trees or stands. Please Obey Signs SPONSORS

Winnebago County City of Rockford

4665 Hydraulic Road Rockford, IL 61109

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City of Loves Park

Harlem Township

Village of Cherry Valley * Village of Rockton * Village of Davis * Lincoln Rent-All * Williams Tree Farm MembersAlliance Credit Union

In-Kind Sponsors

23 WIFR Gray Television, Inc. Mid-West Family Broadcasting WTVO/MyStateline.com Rockford Park District Winnebago County Forest Preserve 13 WREX Onsite mulching provided by Harwick Tree Services