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State Updates

State seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate hits lowest point since Oct. 23 Hospitalization metrics continue to improve as well

By Jerry Nowicki

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SPRINGFIELD – The state’s COVID-19 seven-day average case positivity rate dropped to 5.7 percent Tuesday, the lowest it has been since Oct. 23.

The positivity rate peaked at 13.2 percent on a rolling average as of Nov. 13, and the entire state entered strict Tier 3 mitigations on Nov. 20. Since then the positivity rate has been on a continual downward trend except for the two weeks following Christmas day when it rose from just under 7 percent to over 8.5 percent before beginning to fall again.

Hospitalizations for the disease continued on a gradual downward arc as well, decreasing for the eighth week in a row as of Sunday night after peaking the week ending Nov. 22.

There were 3,335 people reported hospitalized for COVID-19 in Illinois as of Monday night, while there were 3,473 people hospitalized on average each night for the seven days prior. That marked a 7 percent decrease from the week prior and a 43 percent drop from its peak the week ending Nov. 22.

Intensive care unit beds have followed similar trends with 713 of them in use by COVID-19 patients Monday night and 728 in use on average each night for the seven days prior. That marked a 5.9 percent decrease from the week prior and a 40 percent decrease from the week ending Nov. 29, when there were 1,209 in use on average.

COVID-19 patients occupied 395 ventilators as of Monday night, or slightly more than the 389 that were in use on average the seven days prior. That number marked an 8 percent decrease from the week prior and a 44 percent decrease from the Nov. 29 peak.

Approximately 32 percent of staffable hospital beds and 29 percent of staffable

ICU beds remained unused statewide. That surge capacity had dropped to the high teens for ICU beds and low 20s for hospital beds in December.

Deaths slowing

Deaths related to COVID-19 have significantly dropped this week as well, although those numbers fluctuate daily and are lagging indicators of disease spread.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported another 33 deaths Tuesday after reporting 50 Monday and 29 Sunday.

The state had reported single-day death counts exceeding 100 for 17 of the past 30 days, and has not reported a death count this low in a three-day period since the end of October.

The progress on all of the key metrics has spurred the state to slowly begin removing mitigation measures that prohibited several indoor activities since Nov. 20 or earlier, depending on the region and the activity.

There was no tier movement reported by the state Tuesday, however, with Regions 3 and 5 remaining in Phase 4-level mitigations that allow for indoor dining and bar service; Regions 1, 2 and 6 in Tier 1 mitigations which allow for indoor dining and drinking as long as food is served; and Regions 8, 9, 10 and 11 all in Tier 2 which does not allow indoor dining but allows other establishments to open slightly more broadly.

Only Region 4 in the Metro East near St. Louis and Region 7 in Will and Kankakee Counties remain under the strictest Tier 3 mitigations, with Region 4 potentially one day away from moving back to Tier 2.

Vaccine update

The state has now reported over 1 million cases of the disease and 18,291 deaths since the pandemic first reached Illinois, with more than 14.8 million test results reported.

As of Tuesday night, Illinois had received over 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, with 508,732 having been administered,

although administrators have three days to report a vaccination once it has been conducted.

Of the doses received, 781,350 were delivered to providers and 304,600 doses have been allocated to the federal government’s Pharmacy Partnership Program for long-term care facilities. Of the doses administered, 69,976 have been part of the partnership program.

On average over the past week, the state administered 22,134 doses each day.

Gov. JB Pritzker’s office also announced the locations for four state-supported vaccination sites in Cook County Tuesday which will begin vaccinating individuals immediately.

They are in the municipalities of North Riverside, Robbins, Cicero and Ford Heights and will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for health care workers who are part of Phase 1A before opening to those eligible for Phase 1B on January 25. More information is available at https://cookcountypublichealth.org/.

“Standing up these sites is a pivotal first step of a plan that coordinates our 97 local health departments statewide – who operate clinics already and will open up more as vaccine supply grows,” Pritzker said in a news release.

Phase 1B will begin statewide on Jan. 25 with sites giving vaccinations to those eligible by appointment only, according to the governor’s office. All residents over the age of 65 and frontline essential workers can receive the vaccine as part of Phase 1B. IDPH will also partner with large pharmacies to launch new sites in communities across Illinois, according to the governors office. The sites announced Tuesday are being stood up through support from the Illinois National Guard..

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Biden DNI pick says no room for politics in intel agencies

BY ROBERT BURNS, LOLITA C. BALDOR AND MATTHEW LEE ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) – President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the intelligence community, Avril Haines, promised Tuesday to “speak truth to power” and keep politics out of intelligence agencies to ensure their work is trusted. Her remarks implied a departure from the Trump administration’s record of pressuring intelligence o�cials to shape their analysis to the president’s liking.

“When it comes to intelligence, there is simply no place for politics — ever,” she told the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Haines, a former CIA deputy director and former deputy national security adviser in the Obama administration, would be the first woman to serve as director of national intelligence, or DNI — a role created after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Her testimony kicked o� a series of confirmation hearings for Biden’s top national security nominees.

In the opening hour of her hearing, Haines was repeatedly asked to comment on the problem of domestic extremism, following the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. She said that under her watch, the intelligence community, which is comprised of 18 intelligence agencies, including the CIA, would have a support role in assessing the threat coming from domestic extremists.

The primary responsibility for U.S.based threats belongs to the FBI and the Department Homeland Security, she said, adding that she expects that intelligence agencies would be involved in those discussions, particularly if there are connections between Americans and foreign-based extremist groups. She said she understand that such connections to international groups do exist, although she mentioned none by name.

The committee’s lead Republican, Marco Rubio of Florida, and its ranking Democrat, Mark Warner of Virginia, both indicated they expect Haines to win confirmation.

Her hearing kicked o� a series of Senate confirmation hearings Tuesday, including those for Biden’s picks to lead the State Department, the Pentagon, and the departments of Homeland Security and Treasury.

While most of those nominees are unlikely to be confirmed by the time Biden takes the oath of o�ce at noon Wednesday, some could be in place within days.

In introducing Haines to the committee, Dan Coats, who served as director of national intelligence in the Trump

administration, called her an “exceptional choice” for the position.

Also testifying Tuesday at his confirmation hearing was Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He would be the first Latino and first immigrant to lead the agency.

In opening remarks, Mayorkas addressed the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He said in prepared remarks released ahead of the hearing that the pro-Trump riot is “horrifying” and the authorities still have much to learn about what happened that day and what led to the insurrection.

Putting his national security team in place quickly is a high priority for Biden, not only because of his hopes for reversing or modifying Trump administration policy shifts but also because of diplomatic, military and intelligence problems around the world that may create challenges early in his tenure.

The most controversial of the group may be Lloyd Austin, the recently retired Army general whom Biden selected to lead the Pentagon. Austin will need not only a favorable confirmation vote in the Senate but also a waiver by both the House and the Senate because he has been out of uniform only four years.

Also facing confirmation hearings were Biden confidant Antony Blinken to lead the State Department, and Janet Yellen as treasury secretary, another first for a woman.

In prepared remarks, Blinken said he is ready to confront challenges posed

by China, Iran, North Korea and Russia and is committed to rebuilding the State Department after four years of atrophy under the Trump administration.

Ahead of the Blinken hearing, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Robert Menendez of New Jersey, said he expects the committee to vote on the nomination on Monday.

Blinken will tell the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Tuesday that he sees a world of rising nationalism and receding democracy. In remarks prepared for his confirmation hearing, Blinken will say that mounting threats from authoritarian states are reshaping all aspects of human lives, particularly in cyberspace.

He’ll say that American global leadership still matters and without it rivals will either step in to fill the vacuum or there will be chaos — and neither is a palatable choice.

Blinken also promises to bring Congress in as a full foreign policy partner, a subtle jab at the Trump administration and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who

routinely ignored or bypassed lawmakers in policy-making. He called the Jan. 6 insurrection on Capitol Hill “senseless and searing” and pledged to work with Congress.

Austin was testifying later Tuesday before the Senate A rmed Ser v ices Committee, but the panel will not be in position to vote until he gets the waiver.

Republicans are expected to broadly support the Austin nomination, as are Democrats.

Biden’s emerging Cabinet marks a return to a more traditional approach to governing, relying on veteran policymakers with deep expertise and strong relationships in Washington and global capitals. Austin is something of an exception in that only twice in history has a recently retired general served as defense secretary — most recently Mattis.

Austin, who would be the first Black secretary of defense, retired from the military as a four-star general in 2016.

The law requires a minimum seven-year waiting period.

Doubts about the wisdom of having a recently retired o�cer running the Pentagon are rooted in an American tradition of protecting against excessive military influence by ensuring that civilians are in control. When he announced Austin as his pick in December, Biden insisted he is “uniquely suited” for the job.

Lindsay P. Cohn, an expert on civil-military relations and an associate professor at the U.S. Naval War College, said at a Senate hearing on the subject last week that an Austin waiver raises worrying risks.

“Choosing a recently retired general o�cer and arguing that he is uniquely qualified for the current challenges furthers the narrative that military o�cers are better at things and more reliable or trustworthy than civil servants or other civilians,” she said. “This is hugely problematic at a time when one of the biggest challenges facing the country is the need to restore trust and faith in the political system. Implying that only a military o�cer can do this job at this time is counterproductive to that goal.”

Some Democrats have already said they will oppose a waiver. They argue that granting it for two administrations in a row makes the exception more like a rule. Even so, a favorable vote seems likely. ___ Associated Press writers Ben Fox, Eric Tucker and Martin Crutsinger contributed to this report.

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Stock Market

Wall Street’s momentum swings back as stocks, yields tick up

By Stan Choe, Damian J. Troise and Alex Veiga Associated Press

Stocks are ticking higher on Wall Street Tuesday, recovering some of last week’s losses to pull closer to their record highs.

The S&P 500 was up 0.9% in afternoon trading and back within 1% of its record set earlier this month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 154 points, or 0.5%, at 30,968, as of 2:11 p.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composite was 1.5% higher.

Wall Street’s rally is getting back on track after stocks ran out of steam last week. Markets have been rising on enthusiasm about a coming economic recovery as COVID-19 vaccines roll out and Washington gets set to try for another massive round of stimulus for the economy.

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Biden last week released details of a $1.9 trillion plan to bolster the economy, which would include $1,400 cash payments for most Americans. Democrats are also pushing for an accelerated rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, a higher minimum wage for workers and enhanced benefits for laid-off workers. The hope is that such stimulus can carry the economy until later this year, when more widespread vaccinations get life returning to some semblance of normal.

“If most of this is implemented, it does suggest significant pickup in economic growth as we head through to the fourth quarter of this year,” said David Kelly, chief global strategist at JPMorgan Funds.

The case for such stimulus has been rising by the day. Dismal reports have piled up showing how the worsening pandemic has more workers applying for jobless benefits and shoppers feeling less confident.

Tuesday’s Senate Finance Committee hearing with Yellen is one of several that the Senate will be holding as the incoming Biden administration tries to get its top Cabinet officials in office quickly.

Biden is set to take the oath of office on Wednesday, ending President Donald Trump’s four-year term.

Besides stocks, the optimism about an eventual acceleration for the economy and another round of stimulus have also helped push Treasury yields up sharply recently.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury climbed to 1.09% from 1.08% late Friday.

Higher rates could eventually add pressure on stocks, underscoring more how expensive stocks have become relative to the profits that companies are producing.

But some areas of the stock market could benefit, including banks. Higher rates and a healthier economy would allow them to earn bigger profits from making loans.

Bank of America was up 0.1% after flipping between small losses and gains after reporting a weaker profit for the last three months of 2020 than a year earlier, but still above analysts’ expectations.

The bank also said expectations for a healing economy mean it doesn’t need to hold onto as much in reserves to cover for potentially bad loans.

Goldman Sachs, State Street and Halliburton also reported stronger results for the end of 2020 than analysts expected as earnings reporting season picks up pace. Wall Street is expecting a relatively weak showing across the S&P 500 this time around, with another sharp drop in earnings per share. But analysts expect growth to rebound powerfully through 2021.

General Motors jumped 9.4% for one of the biggest gains in the S&P 500 after saying its self-driving car company, Cruise, will work with Microsoft to develop autonomous, all-electric vehicles. GM, Microsoft, Honda and other investors will also pump $2 billion into Cruise, valuing it at $30 billion. GM bought Cruise in 2016.

Microsoft shares rose 1.6%.

Western Union rose 1.9% after it said it will begin offering money transfer and other services at more than 4,700 Walmart stores, beginning in the spring.

Walmart slipped 0.9%.

On the losing end was NOV, which fell 5.9% after saying it expects to report weaker revenue and results for the end of 2020 than it had earlier forecast. The

energy company said the resurgence of COVID-19 infections pushed customers to slow their orders.

In Europe, Germany’s DAX lost 0.2%, and France’s CAC 40 slipped 0.3%. The FTSE 100 in London fell 0.1%.

In Asian markets, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained rose 2.7%, the Nikkei 225 in Tokyo gained 1.4% and South Korea’s Kospi jumped 2.6%. Stocks in Shanghai slipped 0.8%.

On Monday, trading got off to a slow start for the week around the world with U.S. markets closed in observance of Martin Luther King Day. End of trading update: Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, recovering some of last week’s losses and pulling closer to their record highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% Tuesday and got back within 1% of its record set earlier this month. Markets have been rising on enthusiasm about a coming economic recovery as COVID-19 vaccines roll out and amid expectations that Washington will soon try to deliver another round of economic stimulus.

President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for Treasury Secretary, former Fed Chair Janet Yellen, called on Congress to do more for the economy in testimony before the Senate.

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Mets fire GM after he sent explicit texts to female reporter

By Mike Fitzpatrick Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Jared Porter went from rising star to unemployed — literally overnight.

Just more than a month after joining the New York Mets as general manager, Porter was fired Tuesday for sending sexually explicit, uninvited text messages and images to a female reporter in 2016 when he was working for the Chicago Cubs in their front office.

ESPN reported late Monday that Porter sent dozens of unanswered texts to the woman, including a picture of “an erect, naked penis.” ESPN said it obtained a copy of the text history, and many of the messages and photos he sent were displayed in the report online.

About nine hours later, new Mets owner Steve Cohen posted on Twitter that Porter had been fired.

“We have terminated Jared Porter this morning,” Cohen wrote Tuesday. “In my initial press conference I spoke about the importance of integrity and I meant it.

There should be zero tolerance for this type of behavior.”

Approximately 30 minutes after that, the Mets released a statement from team president Sandy Alderson saying the move was effective immediately.

“Jared’s actions, as reflected by events disclosed last night, failed to meet the Mets’ standards for professionalism and personal conduct,” Alderson said.

New York hired the 41-year-old Porter last month. He agreed to a four-year contract after spending the past four seasons with the Arizona Diamondbacks as senior vice president and assistant general manager.

It was not immediately clear if the Mets planned to replace Porter with a new GM. Porter reported to Alderson, who is running baseball operations.

The woman was not identified in the report. ESPN said she recently chose to come forward only on condition of anonymity because she is afraid of backlash in her home country.

In a statement Monday night addressing the report, Alderson said the Mets would “follow up” as they reviewed “the facts regarding this serious issue.”

“I have spoken directly with Jared Porter regarding events that took place in 2016 of which we were made aware tonight for the first time. Jared has acknowledged to me his serious error in judgment, has taken responsibility for his conduct, has expressed remorse, and has previously apologized for his actions,” Alderson said in that statement.

“The Mets take these matters seriously,

expect professional and ethical behavior from all of our employees, and certainly do not condone the conduct described in (the ESPN) story.”

ESPN said the woman was a foreign correspondent who had moved to the United States to cover Major League Baseball. She met Porter in a Yankee Stadium elevator in June 2016, and she said they spoke briefly about international baseball and exchanged business cards. She told ESPN that was the only time they ever spoke.

After text exchanges that began casually, Porter started complimenting her looks, inviting her to meet him in different cities and asking why she was ignoring him, ESPN said.

After he sent her a lewd picture, the woman ignored more than 60 messages from Porter before he sent the most vulgar photo, according to ESPN. The woman told ESPN she intentionally tried to avoid him at a couple of big league ballparks and the texts from Porter ultimately contributed to her decision to leave journalism and return to her home country.

Porter texted apologies to the woman in 2016 after she saw the naked picture and wrote to him that his messages were “extremely inappropriate, very offensive, and getting out of line,” ESPN reported.

ESPN said it contacted Porter on Monday evening, and he acknowledged texting with the woman. At first, he said he hadn’t sent any pictures of himself, but when informed the exchanges show that he sent selfies and other pictures, he said “the more explicit ones are not of me. Those are like, kinda like joke-stock images,” ESPN reported.

After asking whether the outlet intended to run a story, Porter requested more time before later declining further comment, ESPN said.

It’s another embarrassing development for the Mets, who have energized fans by acquiring star shortstop Francisco Lindor and several other notable players since Cohen purchased the club from the Wilpon and Katz families for $2.42 billion in early November.

Last offseason, under previous GM Brodie Van Wagenen, the Mets hired former slugger Carlos Beltrán as manager only to cut ties with him 2 1/2 months later when he was implicated in MLB’s investigation of illegal sign stealing by Houston while Beltrán was an Astros player in 2017.

Beltrán was let go by the Mets — without managing a single game — just more than a year ago on Jan. 16, 2020, following a tenure that lasted 77 days. Porter was fired less than 40 days after being introduced as GM of the Mets, which he called “a dream job.”

Before his Diamondbacks tenure, Porter

worked under Theo Epstein with the Boston Red Sox and Chicago Cubs, winning three World Series championships in Boston’s front office and another with the Cubs. ESPN said Porter was the Cubs’ director of professional scouting when he sent the messages to the woman.

Not fully familiar with the English language and American culture, the woman received help from an interpreter in constructing a message to Porter asking him to “please stop sending offensive photos” or messages. He apologized by text multiple times and said he would stop, ESPN reported.

ESPN said it interviewed three other people who said they saw or were told about the texts at the time.

The woman eventually informed her bosses and was connected in 2016 with a lawyer and a Cubs employee from her home country, ESPN reported. She didn’t want to identify the employee publicly because she feared retribution, according to ESPN. She said the Cubs employee told her Porter wanted to apologize in person, but she didn’t want to see him. She said the employee pressed her repeatedly on whether she planned to file a lawsuit against Porter and months later got angry when she saw the employee at spring training in 2017 and said she was still considering it, ESPN reported.

ESPN said the employee confirmed Monday that he discussed the situation with Porter and the woman but denied getting angry. The woman did not pursue legal action and told ESPN she doesn’t plan to.

“This story came to our attention tonight and we are not aware of this incident ever being reported to the organization,” the Cubs said in a statement given to ESPN late Monday.

“Had we been notified, we would have taken swift action as the alleged behavior is in violation of our code of conduct,” the club said. “While these two individuals are no longer with the organization, we take issues of sexual harassment seriously and plan to investigate the matter.”

Cohen brought back Alderson, the Mets’ general manager from 2010-18, as team president and he immediately fired Van Wagenen and several of his top front-office aides.

The team initially sought to hire a president of baseball operations but changed course when it was unable to attain permission to interview several candidates around the majors and at least one did not want to move to New York.

Instead, the 73-year-old Alderson has taken over baseball operations, and the idea was for Porter to potentially grow into that role.

“I think what we’ve talked about the most is just a cultural shift, for one,” Porter said when introduced as GM last month. “Adding good people to the organization. Improving on the organizational culture.” ___ AP Sports Writer Jake Seiner contributed to this report.

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Buy Local, Order T0-Go During Inaugural Rockford Region Restaurant Week Rockford Area CVB

In partnership with the City of Rockford, the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (RACVB) is hosting its inaugural Rockford Region Restaurant Week from Monday, January 18 through Sunday, January 24. To commemorate Restaurant Week, join us in ordering to-go to help celebrate and support the hardworking local food and beverage service industry.

During this year’s To-Go Rockford Restaurant Week, establishments will offer their most creative carryout, delivery and to-go packages for patrons of all palette types. These specials include a variety of exclusive menu items, themed take-out options, limited time promotions, and more. Residents and visitors are encouraged to venture out safely following state health guidelines for pick up and carry-out, or enjoy delivery to participate from the comforts of home.

“We have exceptional food and beverage establishments here in the Rockford region, and we wanted to thank them in a special way with our first-ever Rockford Region Restaurant Week. This is a chance for the community to rally together for this hardworking industry, which has been greatly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic,” said Andrea Cook, RACVB senior manager of marketing & communications.

“It’s a new year, a fresh beginning and an opportunity for all of us to continue to find fun ways to show our appreciation ordering to-go as much as we can throughout the Rockford region.”

Here is how you can support local during To-Go Rockford Restaurant Week: • Enter the Dine Local Year-Long Prize Package, which will award a $500 gift card to a local restaurant of the winner’s choice. To participate, submit photos of your receipts to

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Info@GoRockford.com by Sunday, January 24. The more receipt images you submit, the better your chances are of winning. The contest winner will be announced the week of January 25-29 on GoRockford social channels.

Be a RockFoodian! Purchase the limited-edition To-Go Rockford Restaurant Week “RockFoodian” T-shirt for only $25, and wear it with community pride and for a great cause!

Order your shirt at GoRockford.com/ RestaurantWeek and $10 per T-shirt sale will be donated to the Winnebago County Restaurant Workers’ Relief Fund created by YWCA Northwestern Illinois. Special thanks to Rockford Art Deli for this creative partnership!

Order to-go for the family and plan a drive-in experience at one of the local recreational parks or paths in the Rockford region.

Take a Community Lunch Break with family, friends or colleagues virtually from your home, the office or your home office.

Delivery Date Night: Recreate that special date night with your favorite dine-out experience right inside your home—and let your favorite culinary delivery service bring the food and beverages!

Pay-it-forward and surprise someone with a special delivery from your favorite local restaurant.

“At Lucha Cantina and Ranchero Pizza we love bringing people together whether it be our table or yours. Long before the pandemic affected us locally, we took pride in our to-go program by paying close attention to everything from the quality of our packaging to the ease of ordering through our online portals,” said Joshua Binning, owner of Lucha Cantina and Ranchero

Pizza. “For the last several months we have fine-tuned our to-go program to what we now consider one of the best curbside operations around.”

V i s i t w w w.G oR o c k for d .c om/ RestaurantWeek for a complete list of this year’s specials and Restaurant Week updates, which will include additional program features alongside media partner WREX Channel 13. In addition to local restaurants, other area attractions, businesses and organizations are welcome to participate by offering deals and specials in conjunction with restaurant-specific promotions. RACVB would also like to extend a special thanks to the City of Rockford for its partnership and commitment to help the food and beverage industry, which has seen 110,000 restaurants close nationally amidst the pandemic (Source: National Restaurant Association).

“The new To-Go themed Restaurant Week is a great fun way to support local food and beverage establishments,” said Mayor Tom McNamara. “The City of Rockford is doing everything it can to help these

businesses that have been exceptionally adaptive this past year keeping compliant with state mitigations and regulations. We are proud to partner with the RACVB on this promotion in gratitude to all who are working hard each day. I thank everyone for an outstanding job during these challenging times.”

Participating businesses have taken or are encouraged to take the Clean Hands, Open Doors Pledge (w w w.

Ro c k for d C le a n Ha n d s .c om), w h i c h signifies the local business community’s continued commitment to responsible operating procedures amidst the pandemic. Moreover, RACVB will continue to work with health department and community officials to closely monitor the fluid nature of food and beverage industry mitigations, and additional promotional offers may be accepted as pandemic restrictions change.

For more information about To-Go Rockford Region Restaurant Week, visit www.gorockford.com/restaurantweek.

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To-Go Rockford Region Restaurant Week WHEN Monday, January 18 - Sunday, January 24 (various times) WHERE Throughout the Rockford region Local area food/beverage establishments offer their most creative to-go meal packages for patrons. A special “RockFoodian” t-shirt can also be purchased through Rockford Art Deli.

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This seven-week series offers you the chance to connect with Rockford’s past in a lunch and learn program format. Thursday, January 21 is about the History of the Pledge of Allegiance and the speaker is Sue Saunders, a History Interpreter from Midway Village Museum.

A great way to spend time together outdoors in the winter is to build a shelter! Join us in our shelter-building area to learn how to build an emergency shelter that will keep you out of the elements if you get separated from your group while out on a hiking adventure. Families with children ages 7 and up. Dress for the weather.

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Experience a world of hands-on investigation and fun-filled exploration at Discovery Center Museum with more than 250 hands-on art and science exhibits.

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Energy & Environment

Solutions to dwindling energy

By Drs. Robert & Sonia Vogl Contributors

As we await actions from Washington and Springfield which would increase support for renewable energy, we would like to share some ramblings by a retired engineer who was a technology researcher. He reads our articles to get another perspective on energy and environmental problems. His career involved inventing new technologies while not being very concerned about the costs involved in bringing them into the market place.

These are some of his ideas.

For the past several years he has been experimenting to increase the efficiency of his home energy use by eliminating sources of “phantom” energy while powering the home with carbon free energy sources. He has a substantial solar system and relies on nuclear power for backup energy to live with plenty of reasonably priced energy.

Such efforts while worthwhile are not seen as sufficient to address global energy supply concerns in a world of nearly 8 billion people.

Technological solutions are preferred to behavioral changes such as turning

down one’s thermostat and enduring discomfort as such actions only temporarily delay addressing declining energy resources. Building new energy efficient buildings and upgrading the efficiency of existing ones where feasible are seen as desirable.

He doubts that most households will undertake as complicated an energy management plan as he has but suggests that installing Energy Star appliances should be widely practiced.

Those willing to go off the grid and lead what is portrayed as a limited and labor-intensive lifestyle are too few to have a major impact. The approach involves using firewood, propane and diesel fuel and supporting wells and septic systems. In the words of a friend of ours, living off grid did not appeal to her as she considered herself to be a non-renewable resource.

If living off grid includes internet service, cell phones, internal combustion vehicles and other high-tech equipment they are not as independent as they tend to believe they are. If world development expands substantially along these lines,

the resulting pollution is portrayed as overwhelming, Another major concern is to need to curtail pollution, particularly from coal that kills humans and threatens all of our lives.

The recent cloudy weather has limited solar production and increased concern as to how to solve the problem of intermittent production. Although batteries have been seen as solving this problem, they currently do not have sufficient capacity to actually overcome it. Compressed air for storage is not seen as efficient as compressing it produces a great deal of heat which is dissipated and lost.

He sees uranium based nuclear power plants as coming closest to solving the supply problem and supports their continued use as a means to recovering our investment in them.

From a global perspective there is interest in building thorium nuclear reactors. With large thorium reserves, India has indicated it will move in this direction and hopes the world will also.

Thorium advocates claim that it cannot explode and is safer and cheaper to build

thorium plants. It is more plentiful than uranium and safe containment is only required for 300 years, not 100,000 years as is uranium waste.

Thorium holds potential for solving some environmental concerns about obtaining minerals needed for the renewable energy revolution. It is currently a waste product associated with mining these minerals but it could be captured and put to use in thorium based nuclear plants.

We remain advocates of energy efficiency, renewable energy and the role of batteries in energy storage. Using thorium as a nuclear fuel source is not currently a major contributor to our energy supply and its importance in a sustainable energy future remains to be established.

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VIRUS MUTATIONS

A new COVID-19 challenge: Mutations rise along with cases

BY MARILYNN MARCHIONE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The race against the virus that causes COVID-19 has taken a new turn: Mutations are rapidly popping up, and the longer it takes to vaccinate people, the more likely it is that a variant that can elude current tests, treatments and vaccines could emerge.

The coronavirus is becoming more genetically diverse, and health o�cials say the high rate of new cases is the main reason. Each new infection gives the virus a chance to mutate as it makes copies of itself, threatening to undo the progress made so far to control the pandemic.

On Friday, the World Health Organization urged more e�ort to detect new variants.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a new version first identified in the United Kingdom may become dominant in the U.S. by March. Although it doesn’t cause more severe illness, it will lead to more hospitalizations and deaths just because it spreads much more easily, said the CDC, warning of “a new phase of exponential growth.”

“We’re taking it really very seriously,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

“We need to do everything we can now ... to get transmission as low as we possibly can,” said Harvard University’s Dr. Michael Mina. “The best way to prevent mutant strains from emerging is to slow transmission.”

So far, vaccines seem to remain e�ective, but there are signs that some of the new mutations may undermine tests for the virus and reduce the e�ectiveness of antibody drugs as treatments.

“We’re in a race against time” because the virus “may stumble upon a mutation” that makes it more dangerous, said Dr. Pardis Sabeti, an evolutionary biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

Younger people may be less willing to wear masks, shun crowds and take other steps to avoid infection because the current strain doesn’t seem to make them very sick, but “in one mutational change, it might,” she warned. Sabeti documented a change in the Ebola virus during the 2014 outbreak that made it much worse.

MUTATIONS ON THE RISE

It’s normal for viruses to acquire small changes or mutations in their genetic alphabet as they reproduce. Ones that help the virus flourish give it a competitive advantage and thus crowd out other versions.

In March, just a couple months after the coronavirus was discovered in China, a mutation called D614G emerged that made it more likely to spread. It soon became the dominant version in the world.

Now, after months of relative calm, “we’ve started to see some striking evolution” of the virus, biologist Trevor Bedford of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle wrote on Twitter last week. “The fact that we’ve observed three variants of concern emerge since September suggests that there are likely more to come.”

One was first identified in the United Kingdom and quickly became dominant in parts of England. It has now been reported in at least 30 countries, including the United States.

Soon afterward, South Africa and Brazil reported new variants. On Tuesday, researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles said yet another new variant has been found in one-third of COVID-19 cases in that city and may have fueled its recent surge in cases.

The main mutation in the version identified in Britain also turned up on a di�erent version “that’s been circulating in Ohio ... at least as far back as September,” said Dr. Dan Jones, a molecular pathologist at Ohio State University who announced that finding last week.

“The important finding here is that this is unlikely to be travel-related” and instead may reflect the virus acquiring similar mutations independently as more infections occur, Jones said.

That also suggests that travel restrictions might be ine�ective, Mina said.

Because the United States has so many cases, “we can breed our own variants that are just as bad or worse” as those in other countries, he said.

TREATMENT, VACCINE, REINFECTION RISKS

Some lab tests suggest the variants identified in South Africa and Brazil may be less susceptible to antibody drugs or convalescent plasma, antibody-rich blood from COVID-19 survivors — both of which help people fight o� the virus.

Government scientists are “actively looking” into that possibility, Dr. Janet Woodcock of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration told reporters Thursday.

The government is encouraging development of multi-antibody treatments rather than single-antibody drugs to have more ways to target the virus in case one proves ine�ective, she said.

Current vaccines induce broad enough immune responses that they should remain e�ective, many scientists say.

Enough genetic change eventually may require tweaking the vaccine formula, but “it’s probably going to be on the order of years if we use the vaccine well rather than months,” Dr. Andrew Pavia of the University of Utah said Thursday on a webcast hosted by the Infectious Diseases Society of America.

Health o�cials also worry that if the virus changes enough, people might get COVID-19 a second time. Reinfection currently is rare, but Brazil already confirmed a case in someone with a new variant who had been sickened with a previous version several months earlier.

WHAT TO DO

“We’re seeing a lot of variants, viral diversity, because there’s a lot of virus

out there,” and reducing new infections is the best way to curb it, said Dr. Adam Lauring, an infectious diseases expert at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Loyce Pace, who heads the nonprofit Global Health Council and is a member of President-elect Joe Biden’s COVID-19 advisory board, said the same precautions scientists have been advising all along “still work and they still matter.”

“We still want people to be masking up,” she said Thursday on a webcast hosted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

“We still need people to limit congregating with people outside their household.

We still need people to be washing their hands and really being vigilant about those public health practices, especially as these variants emerge.”

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Government Notices n n n Committee Report Passed: December 14, 2020 ORDINANCE NO. 2020-273-O WHEREAS, The City of Rockford is the owner of and possessed of the real estate hereinafter particularly described; and WHEREAS, the said real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate or required for the use of, nor profitable to, the City of Rockford; and WHEREAS, retention of the property is not for the best interest of said City of Rockford.

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, THAT: Section 1: The City Council offer for sale of City owned property at of 1210 6th Avenue (Pin # 11-26-284-014) for a minimum bid of $1,000 pursuant to state law, 65 ILCS 5/11-76-2. The city reserves the right to reject all bids.

The subject property is legally described as follows: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, CITY OF ROCKFORD, STATE OF ILLINOIS AS FOLLOWS: PART OF LOT NINE (9) IN BLOCK THIRTY-SIX (36) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GREGORYS

ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 40 OF DEEDS ON PAGE 3 IN THE RECORDERS OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT TWENTY-SEVEN AND FIVE TENTHS (27.5) FEET WEST OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE NORTH IN A DIRECT LINE TO A POINT IN THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT, TWENTY-SEVEN AND FIVE TENTHS (27.5) FEET WEST OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE ALONG SAID LOT, THIRTY-EIGHT AND FIVE TENTHS (38.5) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS, RESERVATIONS, EASEMENTS,

COVENANTS, OIL, GAS OR MINERAL RIGHTS OF RECORD, IF ANY. Section 2: The Notice of said sale and the fact that said City of Rockford will receive bids for the purchase of said real estate shall be advertised in the Rock River Times, a weekly newspaper published in said City of Rockford, for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30) days before the day provided in said Notice for the opening bids for the real estate.

Section 3: The said Notice shall set forth the fact that said bids will be received until 11:00 A.M., local Rockford time on March 1, 2021, at the office of the City of Rockford Purchasing Manager and shall be accompanied by a bank cashier’s or certified check payable to the City of Rockford for at least ten (10) percent of the amount of the bid, the balance to be paid in cash by the successful bidder within not more than fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of the City Council’s acceptance of his bid.

The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids.

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

Section 5: All orders, resolutions, or ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed

insofar as such conflict exists and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, approval, and publication, as required by law.

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

20458R TRRT 1/27 n n n LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education, School District No. 205, Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, will receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), Thursday, February 11, 2021 sealed submittals for IFB No. 21-08 Interior Renovations at Ellis Elementary School and RESA Middle School, terms to be in accordance with specifications which may be reviewed at the Board of Education Office, 501 Seventh St., 6th floor conference room, Rockford, Illinois. All names of offerors submitting will be publicly read at that time and place. All offers submitted shall be valid for a period of at least sixty (60) days from the date of set for receipt of offers. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers. Package request forms are available on the District’s website, rps205.com. Vendors registered with DemandStar.com can download packages at no cost from their web-site – www.Demandstar.com.

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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 (10) days of filing date.

DATED: 1/4/21 John P. Wilhite Legal Representative/ Administrator PREPARED BY: J. LAIRD LAMBERT ATTORNEY AT LAW 4615 E. State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, Illinois 61108 815 / 316-2167 20452R TRRT 1/20 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 crafting and custom monogramming business in said County and State under the name of Unique Unicorn at the following post office addresses: 3508 Grouse Ct., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Andrea Byrd SIGNED: Andrea Byrd 1/12/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of January, A.D. 2021.

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CASE NO. 2020 P 417 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RONALD O. WILHITE. Letters of Office of ADMINISTRATOR issued on December 28, 2020 to JOHN P. WILHITE, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is J. Laird Lambert, 4615 E. State Street, Suite 201, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 6, 2021, 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, 202075 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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January 20, 2021 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Community Loan Servicing, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

Ralph Anderson aka Ralph H. Anderson; Rock River Water Reclamation District; County of Winnebago; Evajean Erickson, as Trustee, under the provisions of a private Trust Agreement known as Fridly Trust NO. 75, dated December 15, 1975; Unknown Owners and Non Record Claimants; Defendants, 20 CH 255 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOTS FIFTEEN (15), SIXTEEN (16), SIXTY-NINE (69) AND SEVENTY (70) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF JOHNSON HEIGHTS OF A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 17, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS, PAGE 67 IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-17-251-030 and 1117-251-031.

Commonly known as 1311 North Springfield Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. W19-1127 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3162669 P20476R TRRT 2/3 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Community Loan Servicing LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Jim Stejskal aka James Stejskal, III; Lake Summerset Association, Inc., fka The Lake Summerset Association; Citizens State Bank; Rock River Water Reclamation District; Debra Davidson; James Stejskal, Jr.; Karen Stejskal aka Karen Danielson; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative of Jim Stejskal aka James Stejskal, III;

Unknown Owners and Non Record Claimants; Defendants, 20 CH 81 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 1775 IN SECTION 6 OF THE CORRECTED FINAL PLAT NO. 2 OF LAKE SUMMERSET, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 32 OF PLATS ON PAGE 262 THROUGH 270 INCLUSIVE; SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 05-07-251-027.

Commonly known as 1775 Gainsboro Avenue, Davis, IL 61019.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. W19-0958 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3162671 P20477R TRRT 2/3 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-BC4; Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DEBRA LYNN HOLLIMAN; DELL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC; VELOCITY INVESTMENTS, LLC; DEONTE HOLLIMAN; TREYVON HOLLIMAN; EVELYN LUBRANO; STEPHEN PETERS; TERRELL PETERS; MICHAEL RILEY; SHARRY SONNENBURG; TIM MILLER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF DEBRA LYNN HOLLIMAN; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 20 CH 235 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT SIXTY-EIGHT (68) AS DESIGNATED UPON

THE PLAT OF EASTMORELAND, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 12 OF PLATS ON PAGE 33 IN THE RECORDERS OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 12-32-105-015.

Commonly known as 1616 Eastmoreland Avenue, Rockford, IL 61108.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. W20-0398 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3162672 P20478R TRRT 2/3 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS COMMUNITY LOAN SERVICING, LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VICKY K. COLLINS AKA VICKY COLLINS; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; ZACHARY COLLINS; TIMOTHY A. MILLER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF VICKY COLLINS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 20 CH 234 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT TWENTY-FOUR (24) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF MELWOOD HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 27 OF PLATS, PAGE 40 IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 12-25-451-013.

Commonly known as 8622 Trudy Road, Rockford, IL 61108.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5

of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. W18-0122 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3162674 P20479R TRRT 2/3 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CAROL ANN ADDOTTA, Deceased.

Case No. 2020 P 523 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of CAROL ANN ADDOTTA of the City of Rockford, County of Winnebago, and State of Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on December 21, 2020, to CANDICE MARIE ZAUGG, of Loves Park, Illinois, as Executor, whose attorney is DANIEL A. LEWANDOWSKI, 1111 South Alpine Road, Suite 205, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at WINNEBAGO COUNTY COURTHOUSE, Probate Division, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the representative, or both, within six (6) months from the date of the first date of Publication, and any claim not filed within the period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

CANDICE MARIE ZAUGG, Executor By: /s/ Daniel A. Lewandowski DANIEL A. LEWANDOWSKI Prepared by: DANIEL A. LEWANDOWSKI, Reg. No. 6272609 Attorney for Petitioner 1111 South Alpine Road, Suite 205 Rockford, IL 61108 Office: (815) 399-1703 Fax: (815) 399-2803 Email: attorneylewandowski@ gmail.com 20483R TRRT 2/3 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: MATTHEW RYAN CARR Current Name Case Number 2021-MR-15 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Matthew Ryan Carr to the new name of: Mathias Capriola Venture.

The court date will be held: on March 4, 2021 at 9:45 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # Zoom # 832 7687 8671. /s/ Matthew Carr Current Name 20484R TRRT 2/3 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: KAYLA KRISTINE MORGAN Current Name Case Number 2021-MR-16 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name

from: Kayla Kristine Morgan to the new name of: Birdie Junior Venture.

The court date will be held: on March 4, 2021 at 9:45 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # Zoom # 864 1523 8830. /s/ Kayla Morgan Current Name 20485R TRRT 2/3 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: MYSTIC ROSE MATHEWS Current Name Case Number 2020-MR-859 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Mystic Rose Mathews to the new name of: Eve Rose Mathews.

The court date will be held: on March 17, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., at 420 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Mystic Mathews Current Name 20486R TRRT 2/3 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF: MICAH EZRA TY RUSSELL, a minor, male child No. 2020 AD 122 ADOPTION PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: MELISSA RUSSELL AND ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Take notice that a petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Rockford, Illinois, for the adoption of a child named Micah Ezra Ty Russell.

Now, therefore, unless you, and all whom it may concern, file your answer to the Petition in said action, or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Room 459, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 12th day of February 2021, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment order entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Dated, Rockford, Illinois Thomas A. Klein, Circuit Clerk Prepared by: Attorney for Petitioner Bradley R. Tengler, #6301019 Law Office of Bradley R. Tengler, P.C. 728 North Court Street Rockford, IL 61103 Phone: (815) 997-5200 Fax: (815) 997-5129 brad@tenglerlaw.com 20495R TRRT 2/3 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: STEVEN LYNN DANIELS, Petitioner, vs.

RUTH DANIELS, Respondent.

Case No. 2018-D-674 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Ruth Daniels that Petitioner Steven Lynn Daniels 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 22, 2021, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Steven Lynn Daniels, Petitioner 20496R TRRT 2/3

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 business under the description of exporting goods and supplies business in said County and State under the name of DAWN at the following post office addresses: 1616 N. Church St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Dawud Basheer SIGNED: Dawud Basheer 1/12/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 20487R TRRT 2/3 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 sole proprietor business in said County and State under the name of REP Services at the following post office addresses: 2929 Sunnyside Dr., A106, Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Roger E. Peters SIGNED: Roger E. Peters 1/13/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk 20488R TRRT 2/3 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 life coaching business in said County and State under the name of Awakenings Behavioral Consulting at the following post office addresses: 4775 Manhattan Dr., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Heather Hall SIGNED: Heather Hall 1/8/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20489R TRRT 2/3 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 design and print t-shirts business in said County and State under the name of Squirrel Nut Creations at the following post office addresses: 9741 Cherrywood, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jennifer Walker SIGNED: Jennifer Walker 1/13/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk 20490R TRRT 2/3 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 dog photovideogerphy business in said County and State under the name of Bow Wow’s by a Veteran at the following post office addresses: 128 Northway Park

Rd., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ralph D. Timbush Jr. SIGNED: Ralph D. Timbush Jr. 1/14/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20491R TRRT 2/3 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 home improvements and repairs business in said County and State under the name of Christopher’s Home Improvements at the following post office addresses: 2107 Rivington Rd., #37, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Christopher Allen Morgan SIGNED: Christopher Allen Morgan 1/14/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20492R TRRT 2/3 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 power washing business in said County and State under the name of Precision Power Wash at the following post office addresses: 11258 Valerian Way, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Fernando Gomez SIGNED: Fernando Gomez 1/15/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20493R TRRT 2/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a construction / remodeling business in said County and State under the name of S & G Home Renovation & Remodeling at the following post office addresses: 3002 Sewell St., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Sebastian Gonzalez Ocampo SIGNED: Sebastian Gonzalez Ocampo 1/19/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20494R TRRT 2/3 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: SANDRA FERNANDEZ CARDENAS, Deceased.

No. 2020-P-294 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of SANDRA FERNANDEZ CARDENAS. Letters of Office were issued on September 9, 2020, to Luz Maria Del Toro, as Independent Administrator for the Estate. The attorney of record for the Estate

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is Andrea L. McKenna 1111 South Alpine Road, Suite 704, Rockford, IL 61108.

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

Claims may be filed on or before July 8, 2021, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as amended (755 ILCS 5/18-3), whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the Executor, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Executor and to its attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: January 5, 2021 Luz Maria Del Toro Administrator Prepared by: Canfield & McKenna Andrea L. McKenna (6309658) 1111 S Alpine Rd, Suite 704 Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 968-7200 service.canfieldlawoffice@ gmail.com (For service of documents only) 20448R TRRT 1/20 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: RYAN BLAKE, Petitioner, vs.

ERIN BLAKE, Respondent.

Case No. 2020-D-707 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Erin Blake that Petitioner Ryan Blake 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 16, 2021, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Ryan Blake, Petitioner 20473R TRRT 1/27 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 window cleaning service residential/commercial business in said County and State under the name of A Plus Window Cleaning at the following post office addresses: 139 Warren Ave., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Craig W. Lanquist SIGNED: Craig W. Lanquist 12/29/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of December, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk 20453R TRRT 1/20

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The Rock River Times. January 20, 2021

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.JEFF L. NORMAN et al Defendant 2020-CH-0000251 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 10, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on February 17, 2021, 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 ONE (1) IN BLOCK TWENTY-THREE (23) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF AUBURNDALE, E.H. MARSH’S SUBDIVISION SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 3 OF PLATS, PAGE 21 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE EAST LINE OF SAID BLOCK TWENTY-THREE (23), 257.10 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID BLOCK; THENCE WEST, PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT ONE (1 ), 105 FEET; THENCE NORTH, PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT ONE (1 ), 42.90 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT ONE (1); THENCE EAST ALONG SAID NORTH LINE 105 FEET TO THE CORNER OF SAID LOT ONE (1); THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT ONE (1), 42.90 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1724 N WINNEBAGO ST, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14155-012 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-20-01732 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2020-CH0000251 TJSC#: 41-10 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2020-CH-0000251 I3162318 P20457R TRRT 1/27 n n n NOTICE OF SALE The personal property stored by the persons listed below, occupants of storage units located at 2437 N CENTRAL AVE., ROCKFORD, Illinois, a self-storage facility operated by AAA WINDSOR STORAGE INC. (“OWNER”), Shall be sold at public auction at 2437 N CENTRAL AVE., ROCKFORD, Illinois, on or after 01/26/2021 at 10:00 a.m., to enforce the Owner’s lien thereon.

If there are no bidders, Owner will otherwise dispose of the property. #232, 234 - RUBY GRIFFS; #419 - DAVID ROBBEL. 20459R TRRT 1/20 n n n NOTICE OF SALE The personal property stored by the persons listed below, occupants of storage units located

at 1915 WINDSOR RD., LOVES PARK, Illinois, a self-storage facility operated by AAA WINDSOR STORAGE INC. (“OWNER”), Shall be sold at public auction at 1915 WINDSOR RD., LOVES PARK, Illinois, on or after 01/26/2021 at 11:00 a.m., to enforce the Owner’s lien thereon.

If there are no bidders, Owner will otherwise dispose of the property. #122 - MATT ZENDER; #125 - CHARLES DANIEL REECE JR. 20460R TRRT 1/20 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: SYLYCIA ANN MARIE FERRO Current Name Case Number 2020-MR-974 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Sylycia Ann Marie Ferro to the new name of: Sya Ryn. The court date will be held: on March 3, 2021 at 9:45 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # Zoom # 864 1523 8830. /s/ Sylycia Ferro Current Name 20461R TRRT 1/27 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 JANICE E. CARTER, Deceased.

Case No. 2021-P-03 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of JANICE E. CARTER of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on January 5, 2021, to GREGORY M. CARTER of Carbondale, Illinois, whose attorney is Marcia L. Mueller, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 13, 2021, 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 Clerk of the Circuit Court at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Probate Division, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representatives, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representatives and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. /s/ Gregory M. Carter GREGORY M. CARTER, Independent Administrator for the Estate of JANICE E. CARTER, Deceased PREPARED BY: MARCIA L. MUELLER, ARDC #3122098 HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue Rockford, IL 61101 815-490-4919 Email: mmueller@hinshawlaw. com Attorneys for Estate 20462R TRRT 1/27 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

JUNIOR B. FOUTS, Deceased CASE NO. 2020 P 134 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Junior B. Fouts, who died on April 11, 2020. Letters of Office were issued on July 22, 2020 to Michael J. Fouts, 1020 South Independence Avenue, Rockford, IL 61102, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is J.F. Heckinger LLC, 401 West States Street. Suite 201, Rockford, Illinois 61105.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before July 13, 2021. that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication. or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: January 13, 2021.

MICHAEL J. FOUTS By: /s/ J.F. Heckinger Attorney J.F. Heckinger, LLC Prepared by: J. F. Heckinger, LLC #1169491 401 West State Street, Suite 201 P.O. Box 1492 Rockford, IL 61101 815-965-2121 jfheckinger@yahoo.com 20463R TRRT 1/27 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO TITAN GROUP, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

ATTORNEY SHARON RUDY as Administrator of the Estate of ROMANA LAYNG, Deceased; THOMAS LAYNG, son of ROMANA LAYNG; MARISA TORTORICI, daughter of ROMANA LAYNG; MIDLAND STATES BANCORP INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants.

CASE NO. 2021 CH 2 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, In the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, TITAN GROUP, LLC, vs. Attorney Sharon Rudy as Administrator of the Estate of Romana Layng, Deceased; THOMAS LAYNG; MARISA TORTORICI; MIDLAND STATES BANCORP INC.; and, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Case No. 2021 CH 2. The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mechanic’s Lien conveying the premises described as follows to-wit: Lot Thirty (30) as designated upon the Plat of First Twin Sister Heights Subdivision, part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 30, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which

Subdivision is recorded in Book 20 of Plats on page 17 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Property commonly known as: 903 29TH Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108 A mechanic’s lien was recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document Number 20201000744.

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

Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Chancery Division, in the Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the March 10, 2021, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Dated at Rockford, Illinois on January 6, 2021. /S/ Thomas A. Klein Thomas A. Klein, Circuit Clerk PREPARED BY: BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP JODY L. BEILKE (6292370) 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 962-6611 jbeilke@bslbv.com 20464R TRRT 1/27 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: MICHAEL S. PRZYTULSKI, Deceased CASE NO. 2020 P 272 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of MICHAEL S. PRZYTULSKI, of Rockford, County of Winnebago, and State of Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on January 8, 2021 to Glen Brudnowski, as Administrator. GLEN BRUDNOWSKI’s attorney is J.F. Heckinger, LLC, 401 West State St., Suite 201, Rockford, IL 61101.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Court at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Probate Division, 400 W. State St., Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the representatives, or both, within six (6) months from the date of the first date of publication and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: January 12, 2021 GLEN BRUDNOWSKI, Administrator By: /s/ J.F. Heckinger J. F. HECKINGER, LLC Prepared by: J. F. HECKINGER, LLC #1169491 401 West State Street, Suite 201 P.O. Box 1492 Rockford, IL 61105-1492 815-965-2121 jfheckinger@yahoo.com 20465R TRRT 1/27 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 pilot car service business in said County and State under the name of Interstate Flag Cars at the following post office addresses: 4711 Linview Dr.,

Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brittany Lawrence SIGNED: Brittany Lawrence 1/7/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk 20468R TRRT 1/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a cleaning commercial services business in said County and State under the name of AGR Cleaning Services at the following post office addresses: 822 Prestwick Pkwy., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Agustin Guzman SIGNED: Agustin Guzman 1/8/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 20469R TRRT 1/27 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: DONNA M. STEELE, Deceased.

CASE NO. 20-P-533 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DONNA M. STEELE. Letters of Office were issued on the 11th day of January 2021, to Scott L. Meyer, 205 Coronado Blvd, Loves Park, IL 61111, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David H. Carter, 308 West State Street, Suite 215, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 1, 2021, 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 12, 2021 By: /s/ David H. Carter, Esq. David H. Carter, Esq. David H. Carter — ARDC #6204782 Attorney at Law 308 West State Street, Suite 215 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-968-8900 Fax: 815-968-9427 DHCLAW@aol.com 20474R TRRT 1/27 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (MINOR CHILDREN) Request of: ISABELL AMOR CARLOS TO CHANGE NAMES OF MINOR CHILDREN Case Number 2020 MR 699 There will be a court date on

my Request for Name Change (Minor Children) for these children: Aviana Amor Carlos-Hall to the new name of: Aviana Amor Carlos.

The court date will be held: on February 4, 2021 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ Isabell Amor Carlos Isabell Amor Carlos 20450R TRRT 1/20 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANTHONY G. WILLIAMS, Deceased CASE NO. 2020 P 479 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS AND CLAIMS NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ANTHONY G. WILLIAMS, who died on August 24, 2020. Letters of Office were issued on December 21, 2020 to Olga Williams, 4839 Linden Road, Apartment 1711, Rockford, IL 61101, as Supervised Administrator whose attorney is J. Thomas Witek, Witek Law Offices, 7210 E. State St., Suite 102, Rockford, IL 61108.

Notice to Heirs and Creditors: Notice is given to Unknown Heirs, who are heirs in the above proceeding and whose names or addresses are not stated in the petition, that an order was entered by the court on December 21, 2020, appointing Olga Williams administrator.

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://efiled.illinoiscourts.gove/ FAQ/gethelp.asp.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before July 6, 2021, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: January 6, 2021 /s/ Olga Williams, Supervised Administrator J. Thomas Witek - #6230539 Witek Law Offices 7210 E. State #102 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-9288 witek888@witeklaw.com 20451R TRRT 1/20 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 consultant agency business in said County and State under the name of Deb’s Consultant Agency at the following post office addresses: 7302 Shillington Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Deborah Williams SIGNED: Deborah Williams 1/11/21

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 20471R TRRT 1/27 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 real estate rental & leasing business in said County and State under the name of Nashad Properties at the following post office addresses: 3011 Yonge St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Dashan Chandler SIGNED: Dashan Chandler 1/5/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20456R TRRT 1/20 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: RONALD O. WILHITE, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2020 P 417 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RONALD O. WILHITE. Letters of Office of ADMINISTRATOR issued on December 28, 2020 to JOHN P. WILHITE, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is J. Laird Lambert, 4615 E. State Street, Suite 201, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 6, 2021, 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, 202075 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 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 (10) days of filing date.

DATED: 1/4/21 John P. Wilhite Legal Representative/ Administrator PREPARED BY: J. LAIRD LAMBERT ATTORNEY AT LAW 4615 E. State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, Illinois 61108 815 / 316-2167 20452R TRRT 1/20 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 retail business in said County and State under the name of 8th and Broadway at the following post office addresses: 540 N. Chicago, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mortedus DuBois SIGNED: Mortedus DuBois 1/5/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 20454R TRRT 1/20

January 20, 2021 The Rock River Times. n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a sole proprietorship business in said County and State under the name of MMA Couture and Decor at the following post office addresses: 5758 Inverness Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Monique M. Aduddell SIGNED: Monique M. Aduddell 1/8/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 20472R TRRT 1/27

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: JOSEPHINE A.HARRINGTON, Deceased.

Case No. 2020 P 0000489 Date Will Filed: October 6, 2020 Will No. – 2020-w-631 CLAIMS NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOSEPHIONE A. HARRINGTON. Letters of Office were issued on December 9, 2020, to BRIAN HARRINGTON, whose address is 814 Evernia Court, Geneva, IL 60134, as Executor of the estate.

The attorney of record for the estate is Richard L. Williams of Griffin Williams LLP, 21 N. Fourth Street, Geneva, Illinois, 60134.

Claims may be filed on or

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Community Loan Servicing, LLC Plaintiff, vs. Ralph Anderson aka Ralph H. Anderson; Rock River Water Reclamation District; County of Winnebago; Evajean Erickson, as Trustee, under the provisions of a private Trust Agreement known as Fridly Trust NO. 75, dated December 15, 1975; Unknown Owners and Non Record Claimants; Defendants, 20 CH 255 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 11-17-251-030 and 11-17-251-031.

Commonly known as 1311 North Springfield Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. W19-1127 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3162669 P20476R TRRT 2/3 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Community Loan Servicing LLC; Plaintiff, vs. Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Jim Stejskal aka James Stejskal, III; Lake Summerset Association, Inc., fka The Lake Summerset Association; Citizens State Bank; Rock River Water Reclamation District; Debra Davidson; James Stejskal, Jr.; Karen Stejskal aka Karen Danielson; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative of Jim Stejskal aka James Stejskal, III; Unknown Owners and Non Record Claimants; Defendants, 20 CH 81 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 05-07-251-027.

Commonly known as 1775 Gainsboro Avenue, Davis, IL 61019.

before July 6, 2021, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as amended, whichever date is later.

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

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the Independent Administrator, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Administrator and to the attorney for the estate within ten days after it has been filed.

The estate will be administered

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

Dated: December 29, 2020 BRIAN HARRINGTON, Executor

By GRIFFIN WILLIAMS, LLP By: /s/ Richard L. Williams Attorney for the Executor Richard L. Williams / Atty. No. 6230526 Kristin N. Suchy / Atty. No. 6314084 GRIFFIN WILLIAMS LLP 21 N. Fourth Street Geneva, IL 60134 Phe: 630.262.0544 Fax: 630.262.0644 E-Mail: rwilliams@gwllplaw.com E-Mail: ksuchy@gwllplaw.com 20449R TRRT 1/20

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. W19-0958 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3162671 P20477R TRRT 2/3 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.- JEFF L. NORMAN et al Defendant 2020-CH-0000251 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 10, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on February 17, 2021, 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 1724 N WINNEBAGO ST, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14-155-012 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

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

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 entertainment production marketing business in said County and State under the name of Shakedown Productions at the following post office addresses: 502 Seminary, #306, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ronnie Williams SIGNED: Ronnie Williams 1/5/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 20455R TRRT 1/20

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 Make Cents is a clothing line, will make jumpsuits and apparel business in said County and State under the name of Make Cents at the following post office addresses: 4540 Apple Orchard Ln., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Christopher Hill SIGNED: Christopher Hill 1/8/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20470R TRRT 1/27

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. 14-20-01732 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2020-CH-0000251 TJSC#: 41-10 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2020-CH-0000251 I3162318 P20457R TRRT 1/27 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-BC4; Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DEBRA LYNN HOLLIMAN; DELL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLC; VELOCITY INVESTMENTS, LLC; DEONTE HOLLIMAN; TREYVON HOLLIMAN; EVELYN LUBRANO; STEPHEN PETERS; TERRELL PETERS; MICHAEL RILEY; SHARRY SONNENBURG; TIM MILLER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF DEBRA LYNN HOLLIMAN; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 20 CH 235 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East

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 remodeling and residential renovation business in said County and State under the name of Larsen Remodeling and Restoration at the following post office addresses: 617 River Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jacob M. Larsen SIGNED: Jacob M. Larsen 1/5/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20466R TRRT 1/27

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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 home daycare business in said County and State under the name of Holding Hands Home Daycare at the following post office addresses: 3319 Idlewood Ter., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Latoya Ingram SIGNED: Latoya Ingram 1/4/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of January, A.D. 2021.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 20467R TRRT 1/27

State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-32-105-015.

Commonly known as 1616 Eastmoreland Avenue, Rockford, IL 61108.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. W20-0398 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3162672 P20478R TRRT 2/3 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS COMMUNITY LOAN SERVICING, LLC; Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VICKY K. COLLINS AKA VICKY COLLINS; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; ZACHARY COLLINS; TIMOTHY A. MILLER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF VICKY COLLINS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 20 CH 234 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 25, 2021 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-25-451-013.

Commonly known as 8622 Trudy Road, Rockford, IL 61108.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. W18-0122 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3162674 P20479R TRRT 2/3

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: ARIES, TAURUS AND PISCES

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Death Notices

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Mary Ambroz 84 Rockford 1/11/2021 Someone from a different backDan Ferri 86 Rockford 1/11/2021 ground than yours may be at an Jose De Loera Rodriguez 90upcoming Machesney social function. You’ll be Park 1/11/2021 open-minded and curious about James Tarr 89 Rockford 1/11/2021 their culture, and as a result, you’ll introduce various international inRobert Worley 82 Rockford 1/11/2021 gredients into your cooking.

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Marjorie King 78 Machesney Park 1/16/2021 Peter Gonzales 60 Rockford 1/16/2021 SCORPIO Virda Bray 82 Rockford 1/16/2021 Encourage relatives to chip in for Gloria Moncue 91 Machesney Park 1/16/2021 a group lottery ticket; luck will be Norma Bleed 90 Rockford 1/16/2021 on your side. You might also soliRickey Grimes 74 Rockford 1/16/2021 dify plans with your family.Across In parWilliam Bond 80 Roscoe 1/16/2021 ticular, you may organize a1. spon*Starr of Super Bowl I Thomas Wold 65 Rockford 1/16/2021 taneous trip, allowing you to realize and MVP Emma Underwood 90 Rockford 1/16/2021 a dream.

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Epsom or Jean Eige 60 Rockford 1/16/2021 Jasper Guarino 94 Rockford 1/16/2021 SAGITTARIUS Évian-les-Bains Even if there’s tension 8. among Laverne Adams 103 Rockford 1/16/2021 Mexican money your relatives, you’ll manage to Pauline Carlson 97 Rockford 1/17/2021 12. alleviate it by bridging the Gulf gap V.I.P. Elizabeth Henriksen 92 Rockford 1/17/2021 13. Biblical pronoun or using some creative manipuJoyce Chatfield 79 Rockford 1/17/2021 lation. Your organizational skills will 14. Competitive musher, Karen Danielson 51 Rockford 1/17/2021 prove effective, and you’ll be a Ian Proudfoot 87 Rockford 1/17/2021 e.g. hero in your family.

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Watch out: it wouldn’t be surprising if a misunderstanding with someone close to you disrupts your routine. You’ll need to take special care when dealing with certain people, and you’ll feel like you’re walking on eggshells.

You can’t put off cleaning any longer. The holidays are over, and you need to move on to serious matters. At work, you’ll land the position of your dreams following the unexpected departure of a colleague.

Now’s an excellent time to embrace self-care and learn to respect yourself. You’ll also discover something you’re passionate about and take the first steps to steer your life in that direction.

CANCER

Whether you have time off or not, you’ll spend the week with your family or at least at home.

Use the next few days to reassess your decor and move around some furniture to help clear your mind.

LEO

You’re facing a lot of pressure or too much stress. It’s hard to find balance. When you want solitude, you’ll be surrounded by people, but when you’re alone, you’ll be wishing your friends were around.

VIRGO

You’ll take the opportunity to return or exchange items in stores.

You’ll also come across a bunch of great deals, and you’ll decide you can afford to treat yourself.

LIBRA

If you’re still off work, take the opportunity to spend time outdoors with family or friends.

You’ll also feel the need to move.

Even if it’s a solo trip, you’ll go on an adventure to satisfy your intrepid spirit.

Having rested, you’ll return to work with an incredible amount of energy and efficiency, and you’ll be offered an attractive promotion. In fact, it’ll be nothing less than the boss’ chair, or you’ll start your own business.

After a disagreement, you’ll head off on an exciting new adventure rather than stick around to needlessly bicker. You’ll feel a strong sense of being in the right place at the right time, and you’ll also have a lot of fun.

You’ll feel sensitive, and it’ll seem like nothing’s going your way. This is simply a sign from the universe that it’s time to make some necessary changes in your life.

CANCER

It’s important to take some time to weigh the pros and cons before you make a decision. There’ll also be an occasion, such as a business dinner, that’ll require you to dress to the nines.

LEO

There’s a lot of work coming up and plenty of details that can’t be overlooked. You’ll need to pay extra attention during a speech or conversation in which crucial information will be revealed.

VIRGO

You’ll accomplish a task that puts you in the spotlight. You might not always feel comfortable being on a pedestal, but fortunately, this will help you overcome your shyness.

LIBRA

You’ll invest yourself in finding a new place to live. You might also take on a renovation or redecorating project. Additionally, your family will demand a lot of your energy.

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SCORPIO

You’ll display exceptional dynamism and interpersonal skills. Among other things, you’ll organize an event that ends up being a major success. All of your initiatives will have a significant impact on your future.

You’ll experience a lot of action, with some spectacular twists and turns, and time will feel like it’s in short supply. A big dream of yours will become increasingly attainable, even if the path to achieving it remains unclear.

A bit of fatigue is likely to set in after a few stressful days. You’ll find yourself in a creative frame of mind, and you’ll complete a remarkable masterpiece.

CANCER

Time won’t be easy to manage, and you’ll find that you can no longer put off certain tasks. At work, you’ll be responsible for managing crises and important files that will help advance your career.

LEO

You’ll need to be forceful if you want to get that promotion. Give it your all, and you’ll be rewarded for your efforts; success is waiting. A getaway with friends will be planned at the last minute.

VIRGO

A change in your family’s circumstances will make you consider moving somewhere more convenient. You’ll have an important decision to make that’ll require a long period of reflection before you jump into action.

LIBRA

The idea of going back to school or signing up for a course will cross your mind. At work or elsewhere, there’s a good chance you’ll have to negotiate with strangers and converse in another language.

SCORPIO

At work, you’ll have a number of detailed tasks that will take a ridiculously long time to complete.

In terms of your health, you’ll get your hands on the right medication or treatment to deal with a chronic problem.

SAGITTARIUS

You’ll end up in the spotlight, in spite of yourself. This anecdote will be a joke at the office for years to come. Needless to say, your pride might get bruised in the process.

CAPRICORN

You’ll take care of your family and things around the house, but you’ll also need to make time to pamper yourself and have fun. You might also prepare meals ahead of time for all of your loved ones.

AQUARIUS

You’ll be doing a lot of running around. Your family and friends will need you to lend a hand as well as an ear. Fortunately, they’ll be sure to express their immense gratitude for your support.

PISCES

Affection will be a major theme this week. If you’re single, you’ll meet a rare gem who’s looking for a serious commitment. If you’re in a relationship, you’ll make longterm plans that will strengthen your bond.

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