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Youth Hockey

Riverside Ice Arena to host N. Illinois Winter Cup Classic From Belvidere Park District Belvidere IL – B ​ elvidere Park District announced that their Riverside Ice Arena facility will host an eight-team youth hockey tournament this weekend, February 15 and 16.

“This is the last tournament we’ll be hosting for the season,” said Scott Meyer, Facilities Supervisor for the Belvidere Park District. “While we could host more tournaments if we chose, we like the balance we currently have.”

“This way we are able to utilize the rink for a greater variety of events, to a broader base of our residents for wintertime recreation,” Meyer said.

Beyond the three youth hockey tournaments the Belvidere Park District hosts each season – this year included an international team from Mexico – and home for the River Otters youth hockey recreational league (for ages 7-14), the rink is the venue for ice skating lessons, daily public skates, weekly open hockey times and special events throughout the winter, including a recent Rockford IceHogs practice and a Skate with Santa event, both of which have become popular annual events.

Other popular skating events include Half-Price Wednesday’s where the rink fee is $2 for Adults and $1 for 17 and under.

There are also weekly Themed public skates. (IE: Disco Night)

The rink also serves as home ice for the Belvidere Fury, a consolidated high school team made up of students from Belvidere, Belvidere North, Hononegah, Sycamore and DeKalb high schools.

“We also rent out the facility,” said Meyer. “It’s become a fun and unique place to host a birthday party, anniversary or just getting a group together for something different to do. There’s this special feeling about the open-air rink. With or without the lights on, it’s a one-of-a-kind setting and experience here in the Rock River Valley area.”

The Riverside Ice Arena opened in December 2015 and is in Doty Park in Belvidere.

Auto Show

Rockford Auto Show at CherryVale Mall Feb. 11-16

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - The 2020 Rockford Auto Show kicked off Tuesday inside the CherryVale Mall, 7200 Harrison Ave., Rockford.

The show runs through Feb. 16.

“We are thrilled to once again partner with the New Car Dealers Association to provide support to local charities, as well as to provide the community a warm, dry environment to browse for a new car” CherryVale Mall Marketing Director Melissa Cavanagh said in a release.

“CherryVale Mall continues to utilize our resources and amenities to host engaging and interactive events for people of all ages. We’ve had tremendous interest in this event and continue to grow the number of specialty shows, interactive elements,

and local showcases which are hosted at CherryVale.”

The show features more than 100 new cars, SUVs, trucks, and vans from more than 25 different brands.

TheRockfordNewCarDealersAssociation, in partnership with CherryVale, will also given a $10,000 donation to a local charity.

The charity receiving the donation will be selected from entries submitted by the public. Entry forms are available at all dealer displays set up in CherryVale Mall or at any Rockofrd new car dealership.

Entries must be completed and returned to dealer displays located in CherryVale Mall by 5 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 16. The 25-year partnership has generated donations go more than $220,000. Recipients have included Rockford Sexual Assault Counseling, Rock River Valley Pantry,

Youth Services Network, Rockford Rescue Mission, Remedies, and Children’s Safe Harbor of Rockford.

All Rockford new car dealers are participating in this year’s show, and sales representatives from each dealership will be on hand to answer questions and provide information on new models.

Participating car dealers and brands a r e A n d e r s o n T o y o t a; A n d e r s o n Lexus ; Anderson Dodge, Chrysler, Jeep and Ram; Anderson Nisson and Mazda; Hyundai on Perryville; Lou Bachrodt Auto Mall (Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, BMW, Volkswagen); Napleton Auto Werks on Riverside (Mercedes, Honda, Audi, Jaguar); Rock River Ford Cars and Trucks; Anderson Mitsubishi; and Rock River Kia. More information is at rockfordautoshow.com.

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Trial team quits Roger Stone case in dispute over sentence

BY MICHAEL BALSAMO AND ERIC TUCKER ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) – The four lawyers who prosecuted Roger Stone quit the case Tuesday after the Justice Department overruled them and said it would take the extraordinary step of lowering the amount of prison time it would seek for President Donald Trump’s longtime ally and confidant.

The resignations raised immediate questions over whether Trump, who earlier in the day had blasted the original sentencing recommendation as “very horrible and unfair,” had at least indirectly exerted his will on a Justice Department that he often views as an arm of the White House.

The department said the decision to shorten the sentencing recommendation was made Monday night – before Trump’s tweet – and prosecutors had not spoken to the White House about it. Even so, the resignations of the entire trial team broke open a simmering dispute over the punishment of a Trump ally whose case has long captured the president’s attention. The episode was the latest to entangle the Justice Department, meant to operate free from White House sway in criminal investigations and prosecutions, in presidential politics.

The four attorneys, including two who were early members of special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia team, comprised the entire Justice Department trial team that won convictions against Stone last fall.

Each had signed onto a Monday sentencing memo that recommended between seven and nine years in prison for Stone, who was convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstructing the House investigation into whether the Trump campaign coordinated with Russia to tip the 2016 election. None lent their names to a Tuesday memo that called the original recommendation excessive.

The resignations leave in limbo the resolution of a case that was one of the signature prosecutions of Mueller’s team and that cut to the heart of his mission – to determine whether the Trump team had access to nonpublic information about Democratic emails hacked by Russian operatives and provided to WikiLeaks.

The Justice Department’s leader, Attorney General William Barr, has been a steady ally of the president’s since taking the position. Barr last year cleared the president of obstruction of justice even when Mueller had pointedly declined to do so, and Barr has declared that the FBI’s Russia investigation – which resulted in charges against Stone – had been based

on “bogus narrative.”

It’s not clear what sentence the department will ultimately seek — a new sentencing memo filed Tuesday evening indicated that the original recommendation was too harsh but proposed no recommended punishment of its own.

A Justice Department official said authorities decided to step in and seek a shorter sentence because they had been taken by surprise by the initial recommendation. The person, who was not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity, said prosecutors had told the department to expect a recommendation for a shorter sentence.

It is e x t remely rare for Just ice Department leaders to reverse the decision of its own prosecutors on a sentencing recommendation, particularly after that recommendation has been submitted to the court. Normally, U.S. attorneys have wide latitude to recommend sentences on cases they prosecute. A mass exodus from a case is even rarer, though the tumult did conjure an episode from last summer when Justice Department lawyers abruptly left a lawsuit over whether a citizenship question could be added to the census.

The day of upheaval began with a morning tweet from Trump that the Stone case was a “miscarriage of justice.” He later told reporters he didn’t speak to Justice Department o�cials, though he said he could if he wanted.

“I have the absolute right to do it. I stay out of things to a degree that people wouldn’t believe, but I didn’t speak to them,” Trump said.

Hours after Trump’s tweet, a Justice Department o�cial called the original recommendation “extreme” and “grossly disproportionate” to Stone’s crimes and said it would file a new sentencing memo.

The departures began soon after. Aaron Zelinsky, a Mueller team member, quit the case and his job in Washington, with plans to return to his position as a federal prosecutor in Baltimore.

Another early Mueller team member, Adam Jed, also withdrew from the case.

His status at the Justice Department was not clear. Before joining Mueller’s team, he worked on civil cases there.

A n o t h e r fe d e r a l p r o s e c u t o r i n Washington, Michael Marando, withdrew from the case. A fourth trial team member, Jonathan Kravis, resigned his position as an assistant U.S. attorney.

Justice Department o�cials filed a revised sentencing memorandum, arguing its initial recommendation could be

“considered excessive and unwarranted under the circumstances,” but saying it would defer to the court.

Sentencing decisions are ultimately up to the judge, who in this case may side with the original recommendation. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson has repeatedly scolded Stone for his out-ofcourt behavior, which included a social media post he made of the judge with what appeared to be crosshairs of a gun.

Meanwhile, Democrats decried the decision, with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer calling for an investigation by the Justice Department’s inspector general.

House Intel l igence Comm it tee Chairman Adam Schi� said it would be a blatant abuse of power if Justice Department leadership intervened on Trump’s behalf.

“Doing so would send an unmistakable message that President Trump will protect those who lie to Congress to cover up his own misconduct, and that the Attorney General will join him in that e�ort,” the California Democrat said.

Federal prosecutors also recently softened their sentencing position on former national security adviser Michael Flynn, saying they would not oppose probation after initially saying he deserved up to six months in prison for lying to the FBI. That prosecution is also being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s o�ce in Washington.

In the initial memorandum Monday evening, prosecutors asked for Stone to serve between 87 and 108 months in federal prison – which they said was consistent with federal guidelines. Such a sentence would send a message to deter others who might consider lying or obstructing a congressional probe or tampering with witnesses, they said.

The prosecutors wrote that “Stone’s actions were not a one-o� mistake in judgement” and that he “decided to double – and triple – down on his criminal conduct by tampering with a witness for months in order to make sure his obstruction would be successful.”

Stone has denied wrongdoing and consistently criticized the case against him as politically motivated. He did not testify and his lawyers did not call any witnesses in his defense.

Witnesses in the case testified that Trump’s campaign viewed Stone as an “access point” to the anti-secrecy site WikiLeaks, which was in possession of more than 19,000 emails hacked from the servers of the Democratic National Committee, and tried to use Stone to get advance word about hacked emails damaging to Hillary Clinton.

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Coronavirus

China still mostly closed down as virus deaths pass 1,000

By Joe McDonald Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) – The daily death toll in China from a new virus topped 100 for the first time, pushing the total fatalities above 1,000 Tuesday as the World Health Organization announced a new name for the disease caused by the virus.

Despite the official end of the extended Lunar New Year holiday, China remained mostly closed for business as many remained at home, with some 60 million people under virtual quarantine.

In Geneva, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced a new name for the disease caused by the virus – COVID-19 – saying officials wanted to avoid stigmatizing any geographic location, group of people or animal that might be linked to the disease and to make it clear it was a new coronavirus discovered in 2019.

“Having a name matters to prevent the use of other names that can be inaccurate or stigmatizing. It also gives us a standard format to use for any future coronavirus outbreaks,” the WHO chief said, adding that the name was agreed upon by officials at WHO, the World Organization for Animal Health and the Food and Agriculture Organization.

Here are the latest developments:

PROVINCIAL HEALTH OFFICIALS SACKED

With the death toll reaching 1,016 in mainland China and no end in sight, heads are beginning to roll.

While no central government-level officials have lost their jobs, state media reported Tuesday that the top health officials in Hubei province, home to the epicenter of Wuhan, have been relieved of their duties.

No reasons were given, although the province’s initial response was deemed slow and ineffective. Speculation that higher-level officials could be sacked has simmered, but doing so could spark political infighting and be a tacit admission that the Communist Party dropped the ball.

The virus outbreak has become the latest political challenge for the party and its leader, Xi Jinping, who despite accruing more political power than any Chinese leader since Mao Zedong, has struggled to handle crises on multiple fronts. These include a sharply slowing domestic economy, the trade war with the U.S. and pushback on China’s increasingly aggressive foreign policies.

A total of 42,638 virus infections have been recorded on the Chinese mainland.

MAJOR CHALLENGES AHEAD

Zhong Nanshan, a leading Chinese epidemiologist, said that while the virus outbreak in China may peak this month, the situation at the center of the crisis remains more challenging.

“We still need more time of hard working in Wuhan,” he said of the central Chinese city where the outbreak started.

Speaking by teleconference to doctors in Wuhan, Zhong said the priority is to separate the infected from the healthy in their city.

“We have to stop more people from being infected,” he said. “The problem of human to human transmission has not yet been resolved.”

Without enough facilities to handle the number of cases, Wuhan has been building prefab hospitals and converting a gym and other large spaces to house patients and try to isolate them from others.

RISKS OF RESTARTING BUSINESS

The crossing of more grim thresholds has dimmed optimism that the near-quarantine of some 60 million people and other disease-control measures are working.

The restart of business poses a risk of further spreading the virus, but China has little recourse, said Cong Liang, secretary general of the National Development and Reform Commission, the country’s main economic planning body.

“Without the reopening of businesses, in the short term, it will affect the supply of medical material and ... in the long run, it will affect the supply of all kinds of production and life materials and will make the control and prevention efforts on the front line unsustainable. The target of defeating the epidemic will not be reached,” Cong said at a news conference.

in the city, where a total of 49 people have been infected.

The 34 households evacuated live above or below the woman and share the same sewage system. A modified toilet drainage pipe in her unit may have helped spread the virus and officials are checking if any other units have made such alterations while they disinfect the building.

“for the foreseeable future.”

The Chinese mail service, China Post, said it was disinfecting postal offices, processing centers and vehicles to ensure the virus doesn’t spread via the mail and to protect postal staff.

The virus does “not survive for long on objects. It is therefore safe to receive postal items from China,” China Post said.

GLOBAL FLOW OF MAIL DISRUPTED

EVACUEES LEAVE QUARANTINE IN U.S.

Postal operators in the United States, China, Singapore and elsewhere said the suspension of flights to slow the virus spread was having a major impact on the global flow of letters and parcels.

The United States Postal Service informed its counterparts around the world on Tuesday that it was “experiencing significant difficulties” in dispatching letters, parcels and express mail to China, including Hong Kong and Macau, because airlines have suspended flights to those destinations.

It said in the note that “until sufficient transport capacity becomes available,”it would no longer accept mail from other countries that transits via USPS to China, Hong Kong and Macau. That would start immediately, the note said. The Postal Service told AP that hiatus only affected transit mail and not letters and parcels posted in the United States.

The Universal Postal Union, a U.N. agency for postal cooperation between its 192 member countries, said the flight suspensions would impact mail delivery

A group of 195 evacuees were cleared Tuesday to end a two-week quarantine at a Southern California military base where they had been staying since flying out of China.

After everyone at March Air Reserve Base passed their final health screenings, they threw their face masks into the air and hugged, said Dr. Nancy Knight of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“These individuals have completed their quarantine. They pose no health risk to themselves, to their families, to their places of work, to schools or their communities,” she told reporters of the group, who arrived Jan. 29 aboard a chartered flight from Wuhan.

“They have been watched more closely than anyone else in the United States.”

There have been 13 confirmed cases in the United States, including seven in California.

More than 460 cases have been confirmed outside mainland China, including two deaths in Hong Kong and the Philippines. Of those, 135 are quarantined aboard a cruise ship in Yokohama, near Tokyo.

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Health officials called it a precautionary measure after a 62-year-old woman diagnosed with the virus Tuesday was found living 10 floors below a man who was earlier confirmed infected. The woman’s son and daughter-in-law, who live with her, were among seven new cases reported last week

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Crime

Cherry Valley cop pleads guilty in sex case

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - A former Cherry Valley Police officer was among the defendants who pleaded guilty in three Winnebago County felony cases this week.

Jason B. Personette, 37, was sentenced Monday to a total of 12 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading guilty to three counts of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony.

The sentence stems from a complaint that between August and November 2017, Personette, an advisor the Cherry Valley Police Explorers program, engaged in sexual contact with a teen who participated in the program. The abuse took place inside his squad car, at multiple places inWinnebago County. He also assaulted the victim at the Cherry Valley Police headquarters.

He was arrested Feb. 7, 2018, and placed on administrative leave pending the outcome

of his case.

Personette must serve 85% of his sentence and serve three year’s of mandatory supervised release. He joined the Cherry Valley Police Department in 2015.

Police Explorers is a career-oriented learning program for young adults ages 14-20 who are interested in becoming police officers. Explorers participate in a variety of community service projects alongside advisors, who are sworn officers.

The Cherry Valley Explorers program was started in 2012.

Winnebago County State’s Attorney Marilyn Hite Ross also announced that 23-year-old Nathaniel Brown pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and was sentenced to six years behind bars. The sentence comes after the Rockford Police Department received a complaint Jan. 4, 2018 that Brown sexually abused a minor.

Brown was also ordered to serve two years of sex-offender probation and register as a sex offender.

Meanwhile, the 28-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Rockford rapper Robert Wash faces an additional 30 years in prison after pleading guilty to the offense of armed habitual offender.

According to Hite Ross, Eric L. Brown was was in possession of a firearm last November, when he was arrested in the Wash case. Brown was taken into custody during a traffic stop Nov. 6, 2019, on the southeast side, after police received he was in the area.

Brown is scheduled for sentencing March 12. Courts records show is charged with first-degree murder, home invasion and armed robbery in the Wash homicide.

Wash, 40, was shot shortly after 8 p.m., Oct. 15, 2019, outside an apartment complex

in the 4900 block of Harrison Avenue. A rapper also known as “Pair A Dice,” He was known for speaking out against violence.

August appears

Nicholas August, the 39-year-old man who allegedly held a woman hostage and sexually assaulted her inside an east-side credit union last month appeared in court Tuesday for a pre-trial hearing.

August is charged with nine counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault with a weapon; three counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse with a weapon; four counts aggravated battery; three counts of burglary; and single counts of aggravated unlawful restraint, armed robbery and aggravated robbery.

August has pleaded not guilty. He is represented by Assistant Public Defender Brad Morrison.

Education

Survey finds pessimism toward Illinois public schools Broad support for increased funding, raising teacher pay

By Peter Hancock

Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD – Most adults in Illinois give the state’s public school system only a so-so grade, but they give slightly higher marks for their own local schools.

That’s according to a new survey commissioned by the Illinois Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union. The survey, called the State of Education Report, also found broad public support for increasing funding for K-12 education and raising educator salaries.

“H ig h-qu a l it y publ ic e duc at ion remains a high priority, and while there is no consensus on how to fix schools, funding and quality teachers are seen as a key,” IEA President Kathi Griffin said during a news conference Tuesday.

The survey of 1,000 adults in Illinois

was conducted Nov. 13-21 by NormingtonPetts & Associates, a Democratic polling firm, and We Ask America, a Republicanleaning firm. The survey had a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

When asked to give the state’s public school system a letter grade, only 2 percent of respondents gave it an A, while 20 percent gave it a B, both down slightly from a similar survey conducted last year.

Forty-one percent gave the state a C, while 31 percent gave it a D or F. Opinions were slightly more positive when respondents were asked about the schools in their own local community: 16 percent gave an A to their local schools and 37 percent gave them a B. Fortythree percent gave their local schools a C or lower.

Griffin said the survey revealed no clear consensus about how to improve the state’s school system, although 59 percent said having high-quality public

schools should be a “top priority.” The only other issue that ranked higher in the survey was cleaning up corruption in state government. Reducing crime, balancing the state budget and lowering taxes all ranked lower.

The survey also found broad support for increasing education funding in Illinois.

Overall, two-thirds of respondents said the state should increase school funding compared to only 5 percent who said it should be cut and 23 percent who said it should stay the same.

The survey did not ask respondents where they think the additional money should come from. Griffin, however, said she believes the state needs to continue funding the Evidence Based Funding program that lawmakers passed in 2017, and that it should do so with revenue from the proposed graduated income tax amendment that will be on the November general election ballot. “(T)hat will assist in making sure that

our schools have the resources they need so that we can provide a quality education for all of our students,” she said.

The survey was conducted just months after Illinois lawmakers passed measures aimed at relieving the state’s teacher shortage. Those included bills raising the minimum wage for teachers to $40,000 by 2023 and easing some of the state’s licensing requirements. Griffin, however, said it will take time for the effects of those new laws to set in.

Just over half of all respondents in the survey said they believe teachers in their communities are paid too little, while only 8 percent said they were paid too much.

One-third said they thought teacher salaries were about right.

The survey also found support for other measures aimed at reducing the state’s teacher shortage, including lowering the minimum retirement age for teachers in the Tier 2 retirement system – those hired since 2011 – to 60 instead of 67.

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Economy

Powell: Economy looks resilient despite risk of China virus

By Martin Crutsinger Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the U.S. economy appears durable, with steady growth and unemployment near a half-century low, but faces risks from the broadening viral outbreak that began in China.

Powell also said that the Fed is content with where interest rates are, suggesting that no further rate cuts would be contemplated unless economic conditions were to change significantly. Since last fall, the Fed has kept its benchmark short-term rate in a low range of 1.5% to 1.75%, well below levels typical during previous economic expansions.

The chairman made his remarks Tuesday to the House Financial Services Committee on the first of two days of semiannual testimony to Congress.

The Fed is monitoring developments stemming from the coronavirus, Powell said, which he cautioned “could lead to disruptions in China that spill over to the rest of the global economy.”

In response to questions, Powell said it was too early to assess the scope of the threat the virus poses to the U.S. economy.

But he observed that the economy “is in a very good place,” with strong job creation and steady if modest growth.

“We will be watching that carefully,” he said about the virus’ impact. “And the question we will be asking is will these be persistent effects that could lead to a material reassessment of the outlook” in the United States.

The daily death toll in China topped 100 for the first time, raising the number of deaths there from the virus above 1,000.

China remained mostly closed to business, with around 60 million people under virtual quarantine in the country.

The lockdown has raised concerns about how much damage the loss of production in China, the world’s second-largest economy, will inflict on global supply chains. China accounts for more than 80% of smartphone and notebook production globally and more than half of global TV and server production, according to recent estimates.

In the midst of his testimony Tuesday, Powell drew an attack from a familiar corner: President Donald Trump, the man who nominated him to the Fed’s chairmanship but who has repeatedly attacked him since for not cutting rates more aggressively.

“Fed rate is too high,” Trump tweeted.

“Dollar tough on exports.”

The president complained in his tweet that the Dow Jones Industrial Average had slipped during Powell’s testimony, though the Dow later recovered. It was unclear that Powell’s testimony had directly affected stock prices either way.

Asked during the hearing about the tweet, Powell gave his standard reply that he and other Fed officials are concerned only with their mandate to serve the economy and do not consider outside criticism – from the president or anyone else – in their policy-making.

“My colleagues and I are completely focused on using our tools to support ... our goals, and that is all we are focused on,” he said.

Powell was also asked about negative interest rates, a policy that Trump appeared to endorse in his tweet as a way to further boost the economy.

“That’s not a tool we’re looking at,” he said, noting that some research has suggested that negative rates could hurt banks’ profitability.

Powell, who has made frequent visits with both House and Senate lawmakers to understand their concerns, faced sharp questioning from Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., about a recent photo that showed him attending a party at the Washington home of Jeff Bezos, head of Amazon. Porter noted that Trump’s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner, as well as presidential counselor Kellyanne Conway, were at the Bezos party at a time when Trump has exerted pressure on the Fed, an independent government agency, to lower interest rates.

Powell replied that he didn’t talk with any of those people and was mainly escorting his son and his son’s new wife to the party, where he introduced them to former Trump Defense Secretary James Mattis.

Porter also pressed Powell if he knew how costly child care had become.

“It costs a lot,” the chairman said. But he said he didn’t know specifically because all his children are grown.

Several lawmakers asked the chairman about how the Fed is addressing the issue of climate change. Rep. Sean Casten, an Illinois Democrat, said that changing weather patterns and rising sea levels could threaten banks that have provided mortgages to homes in coastal areas.

Powell said banks should take that into account and later acknowledged that climate change could eventually influence Fed policy.

“As severe weather becomes more

common – and that’s connected to climate change – you will see those things ... entering our supervisory practices as well as our economic forecasting,” he said.

On interest rates, Powell said the Fed “believes that the current stance of monetary policy will support continued economic growth, a strong labor market” and annual inflation returning to the committee’s 2% target level.

As long as incoming economic data “remains broadly consistent with this outlook, the current stance of monetary policy will likely remain appropriate,” he said.

The chairman expressed satisfaction with many economic barometers, noting that the expansion is well into its 11th year – the longest period of uninterrupted U.S. growth on record. Last year, the economy was being buffeted by a global slowdown and rising uncertainty sparked by Trump’s trade war with China and other nations.

Powell said that while the “global headwinds had intensified last summer,” the economy proved resilient. He noted that

job openings remain plentiful and that employers appear increasingly willing to hire workers with fewer skills and train them.

Those developments, he said, mean that the benefits of a robust job market are becoming more widely shared, with employment gains broad-based across racial and ethnic groups and levels of education.

Powell suggested that the government should capitalize on low borrowing rates to put the federal budget on a sounder footing.

The Trump administration proposed a new budget Monday that projects that the deficit will top $1 trillion this year before starting to decline. The Congressional Budget Office sees the deficit remaining above $1 trillion over the next decade.

Putting the budget on a sustainable path while the economy is strong, the chairman said, would help ensure that policymakers would have the room to use the budget to help stabilize the economy during a recession.

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Beloit International Film Festival

BIFF celebrates fifteen years

By Charles Herbst Contributor

When was the last time you and your spouse went out on a date? Yeah, a date.

Dinner and a movie. Maybe a drink or two afterward. The Beloit International Film Festival, popularly known as BIFF, is the perfect occasion to shake off the late-winter blahs and have an incredibly good time watching first-rate, indie films.

This year’s festival, the 15th annual, runs in Downtown Beloit from February 21 through March 1.

Out of about 800 films submitted to BIFF, only about 100 make the cut. BIFF has become one of the more respected festivals on the circuit. The New York Times called it “an alternative to Sundance.” It’s an “alternative” that is a half-hour away from home, has free parking, and an affordable price of only $10 per screening. Beloit is filled with restaurants ranging from fast food to several upscale, fine-dining establishments. BIFF After Hours continues the party at local bars, complete with two special beers commissioned just for the festival. Most of the film venues offer food service with a few offering full liquor service. It is perfectly acceptable to carry a drink, alcoholic or otherwise, into the screening room.

The best way to experience BIFF is to first become familiar with its website, www. beloitfilmfest.org. There you will find a full list of the films on offer, complete with screening times. There is detailed information about the films available and you can book your tickets in advance. This avoids disappointment if the screening sells out. Of course, you can also take your chances and just show up.

BIFF has a number of traditions. One is the Silent Film Showcase. This year the film is Steamboat Bill Jr. starring Buster Keaton.

The Beloit Memorial Jazz Orchestra will provide the musical accompaniment. The screening is at the Beloit Memorial High School Auditorium, 1225 Fourth Street, on Friday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20.

The BIFF Sing Along film is The Blues Brothers. This one will be held at The Castle, 501 Prospect Street, on Saturday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.

A Vintage Radio Play, Sunset Boulevard, will be performed by Stage One Theatre Company at La Casa Grande, 618 Fourth Street, on Friday, February 21 at 5:30 p.m.

Admission is free.

This year’s classic film is The Princess Bride, at the Eclipse Center (the former Beloit Mall) on Sunday, March 1 at 2:30 p.m.

Admission is free.

This year’s Artist in Residence is James Choi, an award-winning filmmaker and professor at DePaul University in Chicago.

A free Filmmaker Workshop will be held on Saturday, February 22, at 10 a.m. at

Hendricks CareerTek, 625 Third Street.

Choi’s films have been popular at BIFF, and this year his film, Sun King, a comedy about a man who believes he is the reincarnation of Louis XIV, is part of the festival. Sun King is being screened on Saturday, February 22 at 5 p.m. at La Casa Grande and Sunday, February 23 at 2:30 p.m. at the Hendricks Arts Center. Reservations are suggested for the Filmmaker Workshop.

This year the 15th anniversary is being celebrated with a special kick-off party, BIFF FestEve 2020, on Thursday, February 20, from 6-9 p.m. at IronTek, 635 Third Street. There will be a live performance

by The Black Donnellys, featured in the film, This Is My Home, a film about a band performing 60 gigs in 50 states in 35 days. This Is My Home is being screened on Saturday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. at La Casa Grande and Sunday, February 23 at 5 p.m. at Bushel & Peck’s. Tickets to FestEve are $30.

For more information, visit the website beloitfilmfest.org or contact the BIFF Box Office located this year at 635 Third Street, telephone (608) 466 9693.

With over 100 films in the festival, you have to be a little bit arbitrary in the ones you choose. Here are eight that I can recommend. If one of your choices sells out, don’t worry. The festival will probably schedule an additional screening. While not compulsory, buying tickets online avoids the risk of showing up at a sold-out house.

Jhalki

Rated PG-13, Written by Brahmanand S. Singh. India. Drama. Hindi with English Subtitles.

A seven-year old boy, Babu (Goraksha Sakpal) is sold by his father into child labor.

Babu is taken to a nearby city, where he is put to work for fourteen hours a day under squalid conditions.

Babu’s nine-year old sister Jhalki (Aarti Jha) is unwilling to let this happen and sets off to find and rescue Babu. Jhalki is a persistent and persuasive little girl, who does not take no for an answer.

In the background of the film, the Indian folktale of the Tireless Sparrow is told.

The sparrow has dropped a grain that is precious to her inside a piece of bamboo.

She appeals to a woodcutter for help, who pays no attention to her. She escalates her grievance to various parties, all of which are unwilling to help. Eventually she finds an elephant who helps her, forces everyone to cooperate and the distraught sparrow recovers her grain.

Jhalki, like the sparrow, sets out in her childlike way and when rebuked by authorities and others, persists until she ultimately finds and rescues her brother.

While fictional, the story is based upon true events and circumstances. The story holds together very well and surprisingly holds the viewer’s interest. It is, of course,

not hard to empathize with Jhalki and the abhorrent way her brother is treated. It will make you think about the clothing that you are wearing and its provenance.

The film has been popular at other festivals and won Best Original Screenplay at the Boston International Film Festival.

Showings: Tues, Feb 25, 7:30 p.m., Hendricks Arts Center; Sat, Feb 29, 12 p.m., Bushel & Peck’s

and heartwarming.

The film has won several awards including Best Narrative Feature at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and Winner for Outstanding Directorial Achievement by the Directors Guild of Canada.

Showings: Sun, Feb 23, 12 p.m., Domenico’s; Fri, Feb 28, 5 p.m., Bushel & Peck’s; Sat, Feb 29, 7:30 p.m., Domenico’s

The Grizzlies

Sex, Drugs & Bicycles

Rated R. Directed by Miranda de Pencier.

Canada. Drama.

Based on a true story, Russ Shepherd (Ben Schnetzer) gets his first teaching job, a one-year contract teaching high school in Kugluktuk, on the north shore of Nunavut.

Kugluktuk has the highest suicide rate of any place in North America and one of the highest rates of teen suicide in the world.

Alcoholism, abuse, and poverty are widespread, and attending high school is not a priority in a place where young people often have to hunt to feed their families.

Miranda (Emerald MacDonald) was the only student in Russ’ class who turned in a homework assignment.

To motivate his students, Russ attempts to start a lacrosse team. He explains to his students the history of lacrosse and how it is the national game of Canada, rather than hockey. Initially, he has no takers.

Miranda correctly identifies who are the ringleaders that Russ must recruit: Adam (Ricky Marty-Pahtaykan) and Zach (Paul Nutarariaq). Finally, Russ offers one of the players $20 just to try it.

Gradually, the students discover how to play lacrosse, and Russ organizes them into two competitive teams. Playing lacrosse and attending school cause the students to suffer personal sacrifices and Russ gradually learns and accepts the cultural differences between the Arctic and the South of Canada.

Without authority, Russ enters the school into the Canadian National Lacrosse Championships in Toronto. The players come together and form their team: The Grizzlies. Fundraising to pay for the trip sets off a furor in the town about the village’s traditional way of life and the community’s future.

Ultimately, the Grizzlies do compete in Toronto, and learn that success isn’t necessarily about winning at lacrosse, but a sense of community and personal growth. Russ dreams of being employed at and is offered a position at a prestigious, private academy in Halifax, but instead he remained as a teacher in Kugluktuk for seven years.

The film has a largely Nunavut cast and an authentic flavor. The film goes beyond the usual sports story and gives an accurate account of the life and hardships in the Canadian North. It is entertaining to watch

Rated R. Directed by Jonathan Blank.

Documentary.

With a Presidential candidate calling himself a Socialist, maybe it’s time to take a closer look at a European Social Democracy.

Jonathan Blank takes us on an often humorous review of the Netherlands. Blank is a self-described fan of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and it is evident in his film.

He breaks the film down into ten topics, and deals with them.

Although the film is generally positive about the Netherlands, Blank notes the problem of bicycle theft and that his own bike was stolen twice. Bikes are everywhere in the Netherlands and it seems so are bike thieves.

While there is a discussion of the sex trade in Amsterdam and the very tolerant attitude, there were some surprises.

Technically drugs are illegal, although tolerated. The law in Illinois is probably more liberal than over there. Physician assisted suicide is accepted. People complain that paternity leave is not as generous as maternity leave.

The Dutch note that they often complain, but surveys show that they are some of the happiest people on the earth, the tallest, and enjoy one of the longest life expectancies.

While taxes are fairly high, people enjoy double pay for their four weeks of vacation each year. There is no fear of homelessness and there is universal health care, provided by an insurance system in which a monthly insurance payment is made. There are many wealthy people in the Netherlands and some of the world’s largest corporations are headquartered there.

Good editing and a fine sense of humor make this film not only informative, but enjoyable to watch.

Showing: Tues, Feb 25, 5:30 p.m., Hendricks Arts Center; Sat, Feb 29, 5 p.m., Bushel & Peck’s

Speed of Life

Rated PG-13. Directed by Liz Manashil.

Science Fiction.

After the death of David Bowie in 2016, June (Allison Tolman) is arguing with her boyfriend Edward (Ray Santaigo) when he suddenly disappears from their living room into a wormhole.

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Fast-forward to 2040, 24 years later, when in a few days, an older June (Ann Dowd) will be celebrating her 60th birthday. Society now locks up those over 60.

June is unwilling to “disappear,” and makes plans to run away with a neighbor (Je� Perry). She still grieves for Edward.

At this moment, Edward, still a young man, emerges from the wormhole into the living room.

There are invasive monitors everywhere and constant computer-generated announcements reminiscent of today’s personal computer assistants. Most people are convinced that society and the world have become worse, either despite or because of technological advancements.

Florida has disappeared and Phoenix now has a beach.

An interesting subplot occurs between Laura (Vella Lovell) and her neighbor, who become acquainted when a bird becomes stuck in a hole between their apartments.

Although the bird dies, as they discuss their feelings toward life, the two become romantically involved.

Using science fiction and time travel was an interesting way for the filmmaker to make observations about the various stages of life. There are conversations between Laura, whose hair is thinning, and the older June, who o�ers a more seasoned perspective. The young become old, and this is demonstrated by showing June at di�erent points of her life. At one point, older June meets younger June, and gives her advice.

It’s a thought-provoking film, and one that will leave you thinking.

Showings: Fri, Feb 28, 7:30 p.m., Bagels and More; Sat, Feb 29, 7:30 p.m., Hendricks Arts Center

Decoding the Driftless

Rated PG. Directed by Jonas Stenstrom.

Documentary.

Swedish filmmaker Jonas Stenstrom takes a look at the Driftless Region, the unglaciated area of land stretching from Southeastern Minnesota to Northwestern Illinois.

So often the Midwest is treated as dull, flyover country, and Stenstrom points out that this is a unique area in the world.

Stenstrom discusses the mound builders and the contemporary people of the region.

He takes us underground and explores some of the vast caves and rivers in the region. The area has few lakes, but is home of the Mississippi waterway, which is one of the world’s greatest habitats for migratory and other birds. There are also many species of flora and fauna that are unique to the region or considerably farther north or south of their usual range.

The documentary is beautifully filmed and shows the scenic beauty of the area.

Going beyond the superficial, Stenstrom discusses the biology and geology of a complex region in an approachable way.

Even those of us who have lived here for many years will probably either learn something new or obtain a fresh perspective on the lands lying just to our west.

Stenstrom is a founder of the Untamed

Science Movement and has produced a number of nature-oriented documentaries.

He tells a story well. It is interesting to hear his global perspective of our local area.

Showings: Sat, Feb 22, 5 p.m., Domenico’s; Sun, Feb 23, 2:30 p.m., Bushel & Peck’s

Book Week

Rated R. Directed by Heath Davis.

Australia. Comedy.

Nicholas Cutler (Al Dukes) is a middleaged, frustrated high school English teacher. Author of one successful novel, he receives word that his second novel is about to be published – but with a catch.

His zombies must be changed to vampires. No problem there. But the publisher wants assurances that Cutler has cleaned up his ways. In the past, his antics have gotten in the way of book sales. The publisher says that Cutler is the exception to the saying that “there is no such thing as bad publicity.” For the next week he is to cultivate a positive image.

The week turns into a fiasco. Cutler is coach for the basketball team, and his essential star player can’t stay out of trouble with the law. An obnoxious, but gifted student, Sarah Steward (Arlie Dodds) wants him to critique her manuscript and won’t take no for an answer. His girlfriend, Lee Issen (Susan Prior) informs him that she is pregnant. Finally, his brother desperately needs a kidney, and Cutler is the only possible donor.

Cutler is a man who does not stop at one drink or even two. He rides a bicycle, having lost his license. He is not on good terms with his fellow faculty members.

He is assigned a mentee new teacher, who turns out to be the woman he went home with from a bar the night before.

After being fired, and having the o�er to publish revoked, Cutler is finally forced to come to grips with life and what is important. But the events of one wild week are entertaining to watch and make for some good laughs.

Showings: Mon, Feb 24, 7:30 p.m., Domenico’s; Fri, Feb 28, 7:30 p.m., Bushel & Peck’s

Cerulean Blue

Rated PG-13. Directed by Adrian Ortega.

Australia. Drama, Comedy.

Introverted Alex (Jack Michel) drives 850 miles in a dilapidated car from Brisbane to Melbourne, using only back roads. His goal is to see his former girlfriend, Chloe (Danae Vincent) of 10 years ago. Along the way, he reluctantly picks up Lily (Senie Pritii) an extroverted hitchhiker, who ambitiously insists on accompanying him to Melbourne. Lily claims to be an actress, expecting a gig. The reality is that she is running from a broken relationship back in Brisbane.

Gradually the two travelers get to know each other. When Alex finally meets Chloe, she barely remembers him. Lily forces Alex to reexamine the relationship realistically.

The film contains its share of both funny and heartwarming moments.

Adam Ortega is an Australian filmmaker from Melbourne, and he says that Cerulean

Blue is autobiographical in nature. Ortega states that making the film helped him overcome the depression and isolation that he felt in his 20s. While unique in presentation, the themes in the film are universal. It raises the question whether we overcome our darkest instincts or simply learn to deal with them.

The film won the El Rey Award at the Barcelona International Film Festival and was well-received at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Showings: Sat, Feb 22, 2:30 p.m., Bagels and More; Sun, Feb 23, 5 p.m., Domenico’s

The Lutefisk Wars

Rated PG-13. Directed by David E. Hall and Christopher Panneck. Comedy.

Karl Larsen (Stewart Skelton) is a rural frozen food delivery man in North Dakota, who has won many culinary blue ribbons from county fairs and other contests. The story begins when an elderly man presents himself at Larsen’s door. He comes in and drops dead, his face falling into a plate of Larsen’s hot dish casserole. The elderly man had the lutefisk recipe that is being fought over by two Norwegian Mafia families.

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For anyone who doesn’t know, lutefisk is a traditional Scandinavian Christmas dish. It is gelatinous in nature and consists of dried and salted whitefish, pickled in lye. Lutefisk translates to “lye fish” in Norwegian.

The film is full of dry, Upper Midwestern humor and is a delight to watch. If you want to watch a film that will make you laugh, this is the one!

This film is an encore in Beloit, rated the best picture at the festival several years ago. It is back by popular demand. It is unusual for the festival to book an encore presentation.

Showings: Friday, Feb 28, 7:30 p.m., La Casa Grande; Sat, Feb 29, 7:30 p.m., Bushel & Peck’s

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Oscars

Making Oscar history, ‘Parasite’ wins best picture

By Jake Coyle

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) – In a milestone win that instantly expanded the Oscars’ horizons, Bong Joon Ho’s masterfully devious class satire “Parasite” became the first non-English language film to win best picture in the 92-year history of the Academy Awards.

“Parasite” took Hollywood’s top prize on Sunday night, along with awards for best director, best international film and best screenplay. In a year dominated by period epics – “1917,” “Once Upon a Time ... In Hollywood,” “The Irishman” – the film academy instead went overseas, to South Korea, to reward a contemporary and unsettling portrait of social inequality in “Parasite.”

True to its name, “Parasite” simply got under the skin of Oscar voters, attaching itself to the American awards season and, ultimately, to history. The win was a watershed moment for the Academy Awards, which has long been content to relegate international films to their own category. But in recent years, to diversify its membership, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has invited many more overseas voters.

Multiple standing ovations greeted Bong’s several wins. “I am ready to drink tonight,” Bong said, prompting roars from the crowd. Unexpectedly called up again for best director, Bong saluted his fellow nominees, particularly Martin Scorsese, and concluded: “Now I’m ready to drink until tomorrow.”

After the Dolby Theatre had emptied out, the “Parasite” team still remained on the stage, soaking in their win. Backstage, Bong was still gobsmacked. “It’s really f—-ing crazy,” he told reporters, clutching his awards.

The victory for “Parasite” – which had echoes of the surprise win by “Moonlight” over “La La Land” three years ago – came in a year when many criticized the lack of diversity in the nominees and the absence of female filmmakers. But the triumph for “Parasite,” the Palme d’Or-winner at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, enabled Hollywood to flip the script and signal progress, nevertheless. No Korean film had ever won an Oscar before.

In doing so, the film academy turned away another history-making event, again denying Netflix its first best-picture win despite two contenders in “The Irishman” and “Marriage Story,” and a big-spending awards campaign blitz.

Sam Mendes’ audaciously conceived World War I film “1917,” made to seem one

continuous shot, had been the clear favorite heading into Oscars, having won nearly all the precursor awards, including top honors from the Producers Guild, the Directors Guild, the Golden Globes and the BAFTAs. In the end, “1917” went home with three awards for its technical virtuosity: Roger Deakins’ cinematography, visual effects and sound mixing.

All of the acting winners – Brad Pitt, Renée Zellweger, Joaquin Phoenix and Laura Dern – went as expected. While Pitt, notching his first acting Oscar, had regaled audiences with one-liners in the run-up to Sunday, he began his comments on a political note.

“They told me I have 45 seconds to speak, which is 45 seconds more than the Senate gave John Bolton this week,” Pitt said, alluding to the impeachment hearings before mentioning director Quentin Tarantino. “I’m thinking maybe Quentin does a movie about it.”

Pitt said the honor had given him reason to reflect on his fairy-tale journey in the film industry, going back to when he moved to Los Angeles from Missouri. “Once upon a time in Hollywood,” said Pitt. “Ain’t that the truth.”

Zellweger completed a comeback, winning her second Academy Award for her fragile but indomitable Judy Garland in “Judy.” Dern won for her performance as a divorce attorney in Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story.” Accepting her first Oscar, Dern thanked her in-attendance parents, “my legends, Diane Ladd and Bruce Dern.”

Phoenix, long one of Hollywood’s most respected actors, took best actor for his limber but morose Joker. In his acceptance speech, Phoenix spoke deliberately about a host of issues, including sexism and racism in the film industry, ecological disaster and vegetarianism.

“I’ve been a scoundrel in my life. I’ve been selfish, I’ve been cruel at times and hard to work with. But so many of you in this room have given me a second chance,” Phoenix said. When people guide each other toward redemption, he added, “that is the best of humanity.”

He concluded quoting a lyric of his deceased brother, River Phoenix: “Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow.”

For the 87th time, no women were nominated for best director this year, a subject that was woven into the entire ceremony – and even into some attendees’ clothing. Natalie Portman wore a cape lined with the names of female filmmakers who weren’t nominated for their direction, including Lulu Wang (“The Farewell”), Greta Gerwig (“Little Women”) and Mati

Diop (“Atlantics”).

Coming on a rare rainy day in Los Angeles, the ceremony was soggy and song-heavy. Some performances, like Eminem’s performance of “Lose Yourself,” were unexpected (and drew a wan response from Scorsese). All of the song nominees performed, including Elton John who won with his longtime songwriting partner Bernie Taupin for their “Rocketman” tune.

The hostless ceremony opened on a note of inclusion, with Janelle Monae performing “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” and her own song, “Come Alive,” with an assist from Billy Porter. “I’m so proud to be standing here as a black queer artist telling stories,” Monae said. “Happy Black History Month.”

Two former Oscar hosts, Chris Rock and Steve Martin, provided the opening monologue. “An incredible demotion,” Martin called it. Martin also reminded that something was missing from this year’s directing nominees. “Vaginas!”

Rock replied.

There were milestones beyond “Parasite.”

In winning best adapted screenplay for his Nazi satire “Jojo Rabbit,” the New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi became the first indigenous director ever to win an Oscar. He dedicated the award to “all the indigenous kids in the world who want to do art, dance and write stories.”

“We are the original storytellers,” Waititi said.

“Joker” composer Hildur Guðnadóttir became only the third woman to ever win best original score. “To the girls, to the women, to the mothers, to the daughters who hear the music opening within, please speak up,” said Guðnadóttir. “We need to hear your voices.”

Awards were spread around to all of the best picture nominees, with the lone exception being Scorsese’s 10-time nominee “The Irishman.” When Bong mentioned his admiration of Scorsese, an impromptu tribute broke out, with the Dolby Theatre giving Scorsese a standing ovation. The car racing throwback “Ford v Ferrari” won both editing and sound editing. Gerwig’s Louisa May Alcott adaptation “Little Women” won for Jacqueline Durran’s costume design.

“Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood” won for Barbara Ling’s production design.

Netflix didn’t go home empty handed.

Aside from Dern’s win for “Marriage Story,” the streamer’s “American Factory” won best documentary. The film is the first release from Barack and Michelle Obama’s Higher Ground Productions.

Pixar extended its domination of the best animated film category, winning for “Toy Story 4.” It’s the 10th Pixar film to win the award and second “Toy Story” film to do so, following the previous 2010 installment.

It was an early award for the Walt Disney Co., which despite amassing a record $13 billion in worldwide box office last year and owning the network the Oscars are broadcast on, played a minor role in the ceremony. The bulk of its awards came from 20th Century Fox (“Ford v Ferrari”) and Fox Searchlight (“Jojo Rabbit”), both of which the company took control of after its $71.3 billion acquisition of 21st Century Fox last year.

Disney’s ABC hoped a widely watched field of nominees – including the $1 billion-grossing “Joker” – will help viewership. Last year’s show garnered 29.6 million viewers, a 12% uptick.

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Backed by big venues, variety and expertise, the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is thrilled to announce eight tourism Big Wins that are slated to deliver $12,643,430 of tourism economic impact to the region. These events, collectively representing a diverse mix in the meetings and sports segments — from major bowling and softball tournaments to basset hound and tattoo conventions—will take place throughout the Rockford area in 2020 and 2021.

Highlighting the multi-purpose nature of our region’s tourism venues, these eight signature events will showcase the variety of our region’s venues including: Mercyhealth Sportscore One, Mercyhealth Sportscore Two and its onsite Indoor Sports Center, Embassy Suites by Hilton Rockford Riverfront & Rockford Conference Center, Cliffbreakers Events & Riverview Inn & Suites, Don Carter Lanes, The Cherry Bowl and Park Lanes.

The big wins line-up includes: P r o f e s s i o n a l Wo m e n’s B o w l i n g Association (PWBA) Rockford Open Date: June 4 – 6, 2020 Location: Cherry Bowl, 7171 Cherryvale North Boulevard, Rockford, IL Attendance: There will be up to 80 professional bowlers traveling here from across the nation and internationally Economic Impact: Estimated 240 room nights, $86,426 estimated economic impact (EEI) Note: There will be an opportunity for the community to be involved in a Pro-Am event on Thursday, June 4 at 7 p.m. Details to be announced at www. doncarterlanes.com Illinois Council of Convention & Visitors Bureaus (ICCVB) 2020 Spring Conference Date: June 9 – 10, 2020 Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Rock ford R iver front & Rock ford

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Conference Center, 416 South Main Street, Rockford, IL Attendance: 100 attendees travelling from 38 different Convention & Visitors Bureaus throughout Illinois Economic Impact: Estimated 60 room nights, $35,741 EEI North American Fastpitch Association (NAFA) World Series Date: August 12 - 16, 2020 Location: Mercyhealth Sportscore One, 1288 Elmwood Road, Rockford, IL Attendance: There will be 80 teams coming from across the United States Economic Impact: Estimated 2,000 room nights, $694,514 EEI 2020 Basset Hound Club of America (BHCA) Nationals Date: September 18 – 25, 2020 Location: Mercyhealth Sportscore Two and Indoor Sports Center, 8800 East Riverside Boulevard, Loves Park, IL (primary event site location) Attendance: Approximately 200 exhibitors with over 250 Basset Hounds Economic Impact: Estimated 640 room nights, $757,614 EEI The Rock River Tattoo Art Expo Date: October 2 – 4, 2020 Location: Riverview Inn & Suites and Cliffbreakers Events, 700 West Riverside Boulevard, Rockford, IL Attendance: 2,000 attendees traveling from across the country and internationally Economic Impact: Estimated 900 room nights, $445,984 EEI Note: Rockford is known as the home of Milton Zeis, who ran a state-sponsored tattoo school opened in 1951. He was an early pioneer in the globalization of the tattoo market and is known for one of the first and earliest publications of tattooing. This convention will honor him and other historic artists.

Basset hounds at the RACVB Big Wins press conference I l l inoi s A s s o c i a t ion C h a mb er of Commerce Executives (IACCE) Fall Conference 2020 Date: November 4 – 6, 2020 Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Rock ford R iver front & Rock ford Conference Center, 416 South Main Street, Rockford, IL Attendance: 125 attendees will be in the Rockford region traveling from across Illinois Economic Impact: Estimated 250 room nights, $72,863 EEI Illinois State United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Women’s Bowling Tournament Date: February 27 – April 18, 2021 (held over the course of seven weekends) Location: Don Carter Lanes, 4007 East State Street, Rockford, IL and Cherry Bowl, 7171 Cherryvale North Boulevard, Rockford, IL Attendance: Nearly 2,500 bowlers traveling from across Illinois Economic Impact: Estimated 2,000 room nights and $10,550,288 EEI

(combined with the USBC Open Bowling Tournament) Note: This tournament continues to rotate throughout the state and because of strong partnerships with the Illinois State USBC board it has been hosted in the Rockford region in 2012, 2016 and once again in 2021.

Illinois State United States Bowling C o n g r e s s (U S B C) O p e n B o w l i n g Tournament Date: March 27 – May 2, 2021 (held over the course of five weekends) Location: Park Lanes, 5318 North 2nd Street, Loves Park, IL Attendance: Nearly 2,500 bowlers from across Illinois Economic Impact: Estimated 1,000 room nights and $10,550,288 EEI (combined with the USBC Women’s Bowling Tournament) This is the first time in Illinois State USBC history that the Women’s and the Open Bowling Tournaments will take place in the same host city.

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Mitigating threats to humanity

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Like me, you may be receiving a number of seed catalogs this year. Seed companies start sending out theses catalogs sometime before the end of the year with the newest seeds available to you. Keep in mind that the sooner you decide to purchase seeds, the better. New varieties can sell out fast from these companies. As you examine these magazines, there are some things you want to consider.

Many of these seeds will be expensive.

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Your heirloom/heritage seeds will be more expensive due to demand. There is also a good chance you will find the variety you are looking for in a number of catalogs.

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The other day when looking through some videos we came across one which we had never bothered to open. The title caught our eye; The Last Days on Earth produced by ABC news in 2006.

Based on interviews with top scientists it discusses the seven deadliest threats to humanity, including gamma ray bursts and black holes, intelligent machines, supervolcanos, asteroids, nuclear war, plague and climate change.

Three of the scenarios are relevant now: nuclear war, plague and climate change.

Currently, the possibility of a plague has burst into the news with the arrival of the Wuhan coronavirus. As a self-sustaining person to person disease, drastic measures are being implemented including isolating suspected cases, limiting population mobility and cancelling mass gatherings.

Other mitigation measures implemented during previous outbreaks such as Sars, Mers and pandemic influences could be implemented if necessary.

We have frequently addressed climate change and believe Illinois will continue to expand its renewable energy and energy e�ciency programs to lessen its impacts.

Legislative developments in Springfield will determine new elements in the renewable energy program.

Some surprising support for containing carbon emissions came from an announcement by CNBC’s Jim Cramer that he is done with fossil fuels as they are in the “death knell phase” as many firms around the globe are no longer investing in them.

Younger people do not believe they can be sustainable.

Another interesting development is the rising interest in burying carbon pollution in the soil. It has been estimated that 20% of annual carbon emissions could be captured by agricultural lands. E�orts to capture carbon in the soil would also increase food security, water quality and biodiversity.

Existing agricultural practices take more carbon out of the soil than they put in. Sarah Wesseler o�ers an overview of programs providing incentives for farmers to store carbon. The losses can be reduced through actions such as no till agriculture, keeping the soil covered throughout the year via cover crops and rotating crops. Very few farmers currently use such practices as they are not financially attractive.

There are Federal e�orts to encourage soil conservation practices such as the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s program providing funding for farmers who adopt sustainable practices. There are e�orts to increase the funding levels to attract more participants. Democrats Buttigieg, Sanders and Warren have made pledges to pay for carbon farming if elected President.

Some actions occurring on state levels including California’s Healthy Soils program provide grants for carbon storage to ranchers. A private non profit Western Sustainable Exchange provides carbon payment to ranchers.

Some private firms, such as Indigo Agriculture’s Terraton Initiative, have programs to pay farmers to sequester carbon. The funds to pay the growers comes from the sale of carbon o�sets. Increased public demand for climate solutions along with technological advances such as using satellite technology to monitor cover crop usage, tillage and digital models to predict carbon sequestering avoids the former costly program of onsite farm monitoring.

The firm Nori launched an on-line network to connect people interested in sequestration to others providing such service.

As with any new venture the firm expressed concern that existing economic, political and social forces supporting current agricultural practices could slow the adoption of carbon storage practices.

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A&E Happenings Music & Arts

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

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

Bruce L. Warden - For listening & dining every Friday and Saturday 5-9 p.m. at Hoffman House, 7550 E. State St. Dave Potter Blues Trio with Special Guest - Mondays from 6:30-10 p.m. at Grand Ave Pub, 132 W. Grand Ave., in Beloit.

Ongoing exhibit “Only Human” - A group exhibition of two-dimension work, showing through February 29 at The Art Box, 308 East Lincoln Highway, in DeKalb.

Open 11 a.m.–6 p.m. daily, closed Sundays and Wednesdays. For information call 815-758-0313.

Friday, February 14 Trinadora & Christine Swanberg - Performing Love poems and poetry for Valentines Day at Rockford Listening Room, 201 7th St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., performance from 7-9 p.m. Free admission, listeners encouraged to make donations to go to the musicians. Light refreshments are typically available. For more information call 815-621-9417.

Backroads Trio - Performing from 5-7:30 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free admission Saturday, February 15 Trinadora - Performing from 5-7:30 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free admission Sunday, February 16 Jodi Beach - Performing at 3 p.m. at Mendelssohn, 406 N. Main St. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door; students are $6.

Friday, February 21 Trinadora Rocks - Performing at 7 p.m. at Belvidere Moose, 575 Beloit Rd., in Belvidere. $10 for non-members.

Saturday, February 22 Trinadora - Performing at 7 p.m. at Books On First, 202 W. 1st St., in Dixon. Free; free-will donation requested for the performers.

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Saturday, February 15 Amazon Bestseller Sheri Poe-Pape Barnes and Noble Children’s Book Signing - Six-time Award Winning Children’s Book Author, Sheri Poe-Pape, will be at Barnes and Noble at Cherryvale Mall for a book signing from 1-3 p.m. Event will include an author reading, sales and book signing. For boys and girls ages 3-8.

Monday, February 17 Kid’s History Hunters-Presidents’ Day - 10 a.m.-12 p.m. at Byron Museum of History, 110 N. Union St., in Byron. No school? Check out the museum!

We will have an open-house style event for kids K-6 grade. Come find out why we celebrate Washington and Lincoln in February, make presidential crafts, play our scavenger hunt, and explore the museum. Kids 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult. For information call 815-234-5031 or visit www.byronmuseum.org.

Thursday, February 20 Wild Ones Monthly Meeting - 7 p.m. at Rock Valley College, Physical Education Center PEC0110 (lower level), 3301 N. Mulford Rd. Topic for this presentation will be Wild Ones: Aldo Leopold, Phenology, and Climate Change. Aldo Leopold, best known as the author of A Sand County Almanac, was a keen observer of the natural world. Throughout his life he kept daily journals recording observations of seasonal events, especially those occurring at his beloved “shack” on the Leopold farm, the setting for many of his essays. Leopold’s meticulous phenological observations provide an unparalleled record of when plants bloomed, birds migrated, and other natural events took place. Comparing his notes to recent records helps to understand how climate change is affecting the ecological community.

Stanley A. Temple is the Beers-Bascom Professor Emeritus in Conservation in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He will talk about the lessons learned from Leopold’s journals, and how the records Leopold kept are an invaluable resource for documenting effects on plants and animals from climate change. Dr. Temple is currently a senior fellow with the Aldo Leopold Foundation, where he continues to work on local and global conservation issues. He has received major conservation awards from the Society for Conservation Biology, the Wildlife Society, and

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the Wisconsin Society for Ornithology, among others. He has served as chairman of the board of The Nature Conservancy in Wisconsin and has authored more than 300 papers on ecology and conservation. This program is free and open to the public. For more information, call (779) 537.8939 or visit www.wildonesrrvc.org Friday, February 21 Free Classic Movie Night-“The Last Time I Saw Paris” - 7 p.m. at Byron Museum of History, 110 N. Union St., in Byron. Join us for our first free classic movie night featuring “The Last Time I Saw Paris.” The concession stand will be open with fresh popcorn, drinks, and desserts and Costa’s will be serving a cash bar and a signature cocktail to go with the movie! This 1954 film follows reporter Charles Wills (Van Johnson), in Paris to cover the end of World War II, who marries the beautiful Helen Ellswirth (Elizabeth Taylor) after a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion (Donna Reed). When the family suddenly finds wealth, their marriage begins to unravel until a sudden tragedy changes everything.

Saturday, February 22 NW Illinois Epilepsy Support Meeting - The Barbara Olson Center of Hope (3206 N. Central Ave.) will host a meeting of the NW Illinois Epilepsy Support organization at 11 a.m. Topics to discuss at the open meeting include Primary Health Care, Memory and Thinking, Employment Transportation and more. To schedule a free Needs Assessment, or for questions, contact the Center of Hope at 815-964-9275.

Social Justice Poetry workshop - Christopher Sims is an internationally known poet, spoken word poetry performer, human rights activist, and a fellow with the Intercultural Leadership Institute. Sims will be leading a Social Justice Poetry workshop at Womanspace. He will lead participants in writing performance poetry that pushes back against societal ills such as sexism, racism, homophobia and political corruption. The workshop will take place from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Womanspace, 3333 Maria Linden Drive, Rockford in the William Reif Gallery. Register at http:// womanspace-rockford.org/event-3644120 Friday, February 21-Sunday, February 23 Rockford Home Show - Friday, 3-8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. at Indoor Sports Center at MercyHealth Sportscore Two, 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. Admission is $6, discount coupons at area McDonald’s. Children under 12 are free and free parking available. For more information visit showtimeproduction.net.

Saturday, February 22-Sunday, February 23 Northern Illinois Antiques Show - 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Saturday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Event takes place at Forest Hills Lodge, 1601 West Lane Rd., in Loves Park. Admission to the show is $6. Door prizes will be awarded throughout the 2-day show. For more information visit NIADAAntiques.com.

Thursday, March 5 Forest Preserves of Winnebago County Job Fair The Forest Preserves of Winnebago County will be hosting a job fair to recruit candidates for permanent and seasonal employment opportunities on Thursday, March 5th from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at FPWC Headquarters, 5500 Northrock Drive. Preview maintenance, golf, food service, cashier, natural resource and campground job

descriptions and apply on-line before meeting our hiring managers – winnebagoforest.org/ employment/. Seasonal positions run from 10-32 weeks. Some weekend shifts may be required. Employee Benefits: free golf, cart rental, shelterhouse rental, camping and more!

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Saturday, March 14 5k Shamrock Beer Run/Walk - Sip and sprint (or walk) your way to granting Wishes for young adult cancer warriors. Join Nik’s Wish for the 5k Shamrock Beer Run/Walk. The course, at Rockford Speedway (9572 Forest Hills Road, in Loves Park), boasts five beer pitstops. At each pitstop, sample a three-ounce brew courtesy of one of our local craft beer sponsors: Generations, Granite City, Lena, Pig Minds, & Prairie Street. All registered participants will receive a souvenir beer glass, a Shamrock Beer Run long-sleeve T-shirt, and a medal for completing the course.

The race is not timed, but a race-clock is posted so you can check your time. Festivities begin at noon and the Run/Walk starts at 1 p.m. A post-race party, lasting until 4 p.m., will be held indoors, where all five breweries will be set up to serve participants and all who purchase beer tickets.

On race day, the cost to register for the Shamrock Beer Run/Walk will be $60 (must be 21 or older); however, a significant discount is available for those registering in advance. Register online at nikolasritschelfoundation.org/annual-events/.

The spectator fee is $20 on race day, but just $10 in advance. Beer tickets can be purchased during registration, before the race, and during the party. Proceeds benefit Nik’s Wish, whose mission is to BRING JOY to young adults (18-24), and their loved ones, fighting cancer.

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Newsboys United - Greatness of Our God Tour WHEN Friday, February 14 (7 p.m.)

Christian music supergroup Newsboys United will be taking the stage to perform several of the new songs from their recently released United album, as well as a set of songs spanning their three-decade career.

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Tinker and test your way through a score of displays provided by local engineering firms and find the fun in what engineers do! Local high school teams will show off their robotic skills. Engage your brain as you make and take and explore the many ways engineering happens in the Rock River Valley!

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WHERE Coronado Performing Arts Center Internationally renowned violinist Stefan Milenkovich is the featured guest artist, performing with the Rockford Symphony Orchestra.

The pieces being performed include “Deep Summer Music”

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Emotions will run high this week, which should inspire you to LEO have a more active social life. A You appreciate good company type of spiritual awakening will and devote yourself to those guide you toward new goals. you love. Some may take ad­ vantage of your good nature, VIRGO and you’ll let them continue to You have to make an important for a while. decision, but not before thinking carefully. Changes may be ne­ VIRGO cessary in order to achieve your It’ll be a stressful week for one goals. reason or another. You’ll be mo­ tivated to take better care of LIBRA yourself, if only by doing more It’ll be a busy week at work, but exercise. that won’t stop you from ma­ king sure the house is clean. You LIBRA need a tidy environment in or­ Unforeseen circumstances can der to be happy. put you behind schedule. Leave some time between appoint­ SCORPIO ments to avoid stressing if things Your self­esteem will go up a run late. This is an excellent time notch, encouraging you to ac­ to strike out on your own. complish things you didn’t think possible in your professional SCORPIO and personal life. You’ll have the Some friends will invite you to chance to make yourself look join them on a spontaneous trip. good and be recognized by your Nothing brings you more joy peers. than breaking up your winter routine and burying your feet SAGITTARIUS in the warm sand.

Whether you’re single or not, you’ll fall in love at first sight, SAGITTARIUS which will take over everything.

You’ll experience a whole range You’ll hear about a birth in the of emotions. You may clean up family, bringing great joy to all your circle of friends, as some around you. of them are parasites who don’t deserve your time.

CAPRICORN Your circle of friends will get big­ CAPRICORN ger. At work and in your per­ You may be pressured to make sonal life, you’ll be very chatty a big decision. Before you do, at the beginning of the week, however, you should take the which will allow you to place time to gather all the available yourself on the forefront and information so you can weigh make some important deals. the pros and cons.

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AQUARIUS Before making a big purchase, be sure to check your budget and make certain the thing you want is something you need.

With a little patience, you’ll be more satisfied and get a better price.

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PISCES Expect a hectic week that inclu­ des some unforeseen expenses.

Happily, a raise will more than make up for it and will also en­ sure you’re looked after in your old age.

AQUARIUS At work, you’ll find yourself with a mountain of urgent work to be completed. This situa­ tion may be stressful, but it’ll prove useful to your professio­ nal development.

PISCES Even if you prefer to remain on the sidelines, you’ll be in the spotlight this week. You’ll find yourself in a situation that re­ quires you to come out of your shell, such as on stage or in front of a crowd.

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ARIES If you’re in a new relationship, you may start to talk about li­ ving together. Valentine’s Day will be a good time to meet someone if you’re single.

TAURUS Expect good things at work this week. Incredible growth in your client base will get you working extra hard but will ensure you a more stable future.

GEMINI Your self­esteem could use a boost. You devote yourself to certain people but it’s im­ portant to put yourself first sometimes, especially if others won’t.

CANCER You’ll devote a good amount of time to your family. You’ll start to think seriously about the possibility of moving; a change of scenery would be beneficial.

LEO You’ll succeed in making new friends, in part because of time spent on social media. Your business and talent will grow through word of mouth.

VIRGO You’ll get the green light for financing one of your projects and take action immediately.

This would also be a good time to meet with a bank mana­ ger to settle some debts.

LIBRA In both your professional and personal life, it’s time to take action. You’ll gain a lot of satis­ faction from everything you accomplish. It’s a great time to boost your self­esteem.

SCORPIO Use this week to recharge your batteries by taking some time to relax. Someone in your fa­ mily will desperately need your attention.

SAGITTARIUS You’ll put together a project that brings many people to­ gether. Even when it’s hard to get answers from the people involved, you’ll be extremely effective.

CAPRICORN You’ll have a lot on your shoul­ ders this week, both at home and at work. Thanks to your work ethic, you’ll be offered a promotion that comes with a significant pay raise.

AQUARIUS The idea of a vacation or even a pilgrimage will cross your mind. You’ll need to prepare for your adventure months ahead of time to ensure it’s a success.

PISCES Emotions are in the air this week. You must fully show your love, as half measures are no longer acceptable. Deep re­ flection about your relation­ ship may also be necessary.

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Government Notices 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), Tuesday, March 10, 2020 sealed submittals for IFB No. 20-25 Fairview Early Childhood Center Parking Lot Improvements Project, 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.

Dated this 12th day of February 2020, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 11292R TRRT 2/12 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), Tuesday, March 10, 2020 sealed submittals for IFB No. 20-26 Parking Lot Drainage Improvements Project at Marshall 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.

Dated this 12th day of February 2020, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 11293R TRRT 2/12 n n n INVITATION TO BID PROPERTY INSPECTION SERVICES RFP NO.: 120-CD-017

Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on February 26, 2020 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

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

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

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

11295R TRRT 2/12 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, March 5, 2020 sealed submittals for RFQ 20-27 Kitchen Consultant, 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.

Dated this 12th day of February 2020, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 11294R TRRT 2/12

n n n INVITATION TO BID WATER TREATMENT CHEMICALS BID NO.: 220-W-018 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on March 04 , 2020 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

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

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

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

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Public Notices 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 Photography business in said County and State under the name of Alluring Stills at the following post office addresses: 1924 Kings Highway, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Taylor Reinke SIGNED: Taylor Reinke 1/23/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11247R TRRT 2/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Financial Lending business in said County and State under the name of Fund Smart Financial at the following post office addresses: 2205 S. Perryville Rd., Suite 211, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Joshua Thurman SIGNED: Joshua Thurman 1/22/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11244R TRRT 2/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: IZACK DAVID WAYMAN Current Name Case Number 19-MR-1264 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Izack David Wayman to the new name of: Izack Robert Foster.

The court date will be held: on March 11, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ Izack David Wayman Current Name 11263R TRRT 2/19 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.JESUS MEDRANO A/K/A JESUS J MEDRANO et al Defendant 19 CH 0000456 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 15, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 10, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT FOUR (4) IN BLOCK TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF J.B. WHITEHEAD’S SECOND ADDITION, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 12 OF PLATS ON PAGE

42 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1016 BLAKE STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27134-004 The real estate is improved with a single family home with a one car garage.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 270548 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Case Number: 19 CH 0000456 TJSC#: 39-7485 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.

I3144330 P11255R TRRT 2/19 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS QUICKEN LOANS INC. Plaintiff, -v.CARRIE MCCALLUM et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000629 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 16, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on February 26, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: UNIT 6-1 OF LAKE SHORE CONDOMINIUM AS DELINEATED UPON A SURVEY OF CERTAIN LOTS OR PARTS THEREOF IN PLAT NUMBER 1 OF COOLING SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH-

WEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 45, NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK OF 40 OF PLATS ON PAGE 128A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY AND STATE OF ILLINOIS; (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ‘’PARCEL’’), WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT ‘’A’’ TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED IN THE OFFICE OF THE RECORDER OF DEEDS OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS DOCUMENT NO. 0344164 AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN SAID PARCEL (EXCEPTING FROM SAID PARCEL ALL THE PROPERTY AND SPACE COMPRISING ALL UNITS THEREOF AS DEFINED AND SET FORTH IN SAID DECLARATION AND SURVEY); SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7280 N ALPINE RD. APT 1, LOVES PARK, IL 61111 Property Index No. 08-32377-007 The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

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

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

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed

to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-08842 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH0000629 TJSC#: 40-478 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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February 12, 2020 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.DITER FLORES-NOGUEDA et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000447 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 10, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 5, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT SEVENTY-TWO (72) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 4 PINE MANOR SUBDIVISION, PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 35 OF PLATS ON PAGE 239 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3121 BAVARIAN LANE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-06476-032 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser

of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-06610 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH0000447 TJSC#: 39-6651 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.

I3143797 P11230R TRRT 2/12 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Plaintiff, -v.ARETHA GASTON A/K/A ARETHA ROBINSON Defendant 19 CH 0000343 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 6, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 9, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT TWENTY-FOUR (24) AND THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF LOT TWENTY-THREE (23) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE NEW PLAT OF WYMANS ADDITION TO ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 58 OF DEEDS (PLATS) ON PAGE 132 IN THE RECORDERS OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 504 LINCOLN AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102

Property Index No. 11-27451-008 The real estate is improved with a tan vinyl siding, two story single family home with a detached two car garage.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 253295 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Case Number: 19 CH 0000343 TJSC#: 39-7824 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.

I3143656 P11231R TRRT 2/12 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PINGORA LOAN SERVICING, LLC, PLAINTIFF, VS. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF THOMAS A SEGALLA, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2019CH0000781 3502 NORTH CHURCH STREET ROCKFORD, IL 61103 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO YOU, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Thomas A Segalla, if any defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT ONE(1), TWO(2) AND THREE(3) IN BLOCK SIX(6) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NORTH TOWN HEIGHTS ADDITION BEING A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS ON PAGE 10 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THE NORTH LINE OF SAID PREMISES BEING PARALLEL WITH THE LINE DIVIDING SAID LOTS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 3502 North Church Street Rockford, IL61103 and which said Mortgage was made by, Thomas A Segalla Mortgagor(s), to Alpine Bank & Trust Co. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20101043819; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before February 28, 2020, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider.

If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit www. illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp. asp, or talk to your local circuit clerk’s office.

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED

FOR THAT PURPOSE. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 Ph. (312) 346-9088 File No. 271510-207080 I3143869 P11232R TRRT 2/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO In the Matter of the Estate of CLARA B. PRIOLA, Deceased.

No. 2020-P-17 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CLARA B. PRIOLA. Letters of Office were issued on January 21, 2020 to Regina O’Malley of Rockford, Illinois, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Robert A. Fredrickson, 2902 McFarland Rd., Suite 400, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 29, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18 3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: January 22, 2020. /S/ Regina O’Malley, Executor ROBERT A. FREDRICKSON, #00868469 Attorney for Estate Reno & Zahm LLP 2902 McFarland Rd., Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 815-987-4050 11238R TRRT 2/12 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: CURTIS A. HILL, Deceased.

Case No.: 2019-P-535 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CURTIS A. HILL, who died on August 21, 2019. Letters of Office were issued on January 13, 2020, to RAY E. HILL, JR., 37263 Pine Cone Dr., Menahga, MN 56464, who is the Independent Administrator of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is FRANKLIN J. EUBANK, JR., 126 N. Church Street, Rockford, IL 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 5, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Divi-

sion, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: January 23, 2020 RAY E. HILL, JR., Independent Administrator of the Estate of CURTIS A. HILL, Deceased BY: /s/ Franklin J. Eubank, JR., FRANKLIN J. EUBANK, JR., Attorney at Law His Attorney 11239R TRRT 2/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of: THELMA V. WONDER, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 586 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Thelma V. Wonder. Letters of Office were issued on January 13, 2020 to Judy Toney who is the Executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Timothy F. Horning, 3400 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 30, 2020 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: January 24, 2020 Judy Toney, Executor of the Estate of Thelma V. Wonder, Deceased Timothy F. Horning (#973) MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 North Rockton Ave. Rockford, IL 61103 (815) 636-9300 11240R TRRT 2/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of: JOHN MCNEELY Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 525 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of John McNeely. Letters of Office were issued on January 13, 2020 to Linda McNeely who is the Executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Timothy F. Horning, 3400 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 30, 2020 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office – Probate Di-

vision, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representatives and to their attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: January 27, 2020 Linda McNeely, Executor of the Estate of John McNeely, Deceased Timothy F. Horning (#973) MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 North Rockton Ave. Rockford, IL 61103 (815) 636-9300 thmeyerhorning@aol.com 11241R TRRT 2/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of: WILLIAM J. YANKAITIS Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 587 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of William J. Yankaitis. Letters of Office were issued on January 13, 2020 to Jacob Yankaitis and Amanda Yankaitis who are the Co-Administrators of the estate.

The attorney for the estate is Timothy F. Horning, 3400 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 30, 2020 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: January 27, 2020 Jacob Yankaitis and Amanda Yankaitis, Co-Administrators of the Estate of William J. Yankaitis, Deceased Timothy F. Horning (#973) MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 North Rockton Ave. Rockford, IL 61103 (815) 636-9300 thmeyerhorning@aol.com 11242R TRRT 2/12 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: JOSE MONTUFAR, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2017 P 475 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOSE MONTUFAR. Letters of Office were issued on October 27, 2017 to ALEJANDRO GUEVARA, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Tyler M. Crosby, Crosby Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 29, 2020 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate

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Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Tyler M. Crosby Tyler M. Crosby Attorney for Admnistrator Crosby Law Firm, P.C. Tyler M. Crosby 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 11243R TRRT 2/12 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: MARILYN JOANNA SANDSTROM, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2020-P-15 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MARILYN JOANNA SANDSTROM. Letters of Office were issued on the 21st day of January, 2020, to ESTHER JAYE POPP, 2606 Green Apple Lane, Rockford, Illinois 61107 who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is GEORGE P. HAMPILOS, of Hampilos & Associates, Ltd., 308 West State Street, Suite 210, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before July 29, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk--Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the estate 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 27, 2020 By: /s/ George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos — ARDC #6210622 HAMPILOS & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 308 West State Street, Suite 210 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-962-0044 Fax: 815-962-6250 george@hampiloslaw.com 11249R TRRT 2/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Woodworking business using a CNC router and other equipment business in said County and State under the name of Skimonkey Studios at the following post office addresses: 7337 Shillington Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael Congdon SIGNED: Michael Congdon 1/24/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 24th day of January, A.D. 2020.

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The Rock River Times. February 12, 2020

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, vs.

SHANE T. WOOLBRIGHT, SARA D. WOOLBRIGHT, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., KEYSTONE MARKETING, LTD. SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO MUTUAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., STATE OF ILLINOIS, ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT, SWEDISH AMERICAN HEALTH SYSTEM CORPORATION Defendants, 19 CH 474 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, March 19, 2020 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 FIVE HUNDRED FORTY-EIGHT (548) AS DESIGNATED UPON FINAL PLAT NO. 15 OF CHICORY RIDGE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST AND PART OF THE WEST HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 44 OF PLATS ON PAGE 180B IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 04-31-278-022.

Commonly known as 11022 CHICORY RIDGE WAY, ROSCOE, IL 61073.

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 Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 19-03404 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3144801 P11291R TRRT 2/26 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT)

Request of: MAJA LEWIS Current Name Case Number 20-MR-59 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Maja Lewis to the new name of: Maja Wares.

The court date will be held: on April 1, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ Maja Lewis Current Name 11296R TRRT 2/26 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: JAMES E. NIJOKA, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2020-P-24 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JAMES E. NIJOKA. Letters of Office were issued on the 3rd day of February, 2020, to SUE A. NIJOKA, 130 Shadow Ridge Lane, Rockford, Illinois 61107, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is GEORGE P. HAMPILOS, of Hampilos & Associates, Ltd., 308 West State Street, Suite 210, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 12, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk--Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the estate 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: February 5, 2020 By: /s/ George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos — ARDC #6210622 HAMPILOS & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 308 West State Street, Suite 210 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-962-0044 Fax: 815-962-6250 george@hampiloslaw.com 11297R TRRT 2/26 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Angelo Joseph Salvi Deceased.

NO. 2020 P 00030 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Angelo Joseph Salvi. Letters of Office were issued on February 3, 2020, to Susan Salvi Buckwalter, 319 N. Highland Avenue, Rockford, Illinois, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is William A. Reilly II of Reilly Law Offices, 6801 Spring Creek Road, Suite 2D, Rockford, Illinois, 61114.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 20, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required

by Section 5/18-3 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 with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Probate Division, at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the estate’s legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate’s legal representative and to her attorney within ten days after they have been filed.

DATED: February 11, 2020 Susan Salvi Buckwalter, Independent Administrator William A. Reilly II #6186140 Reilly Law Offices 6801 Spring Creek Rd., 2D Rockford, IL 61114 (815) 316-8540 WReilly@Reilly-lawoffices.com 11298R TRRT 2/26 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: KYLE KENNETH WERNTZ Current Name Case Number 20-MR-113 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Kyle Kenneth Werntz to the new name of: Kyle Kenneth Seymour.

The court date will be held: on April 8, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #412. /s/ Kyle Werntz Current Name 11299R TRRT 2/26 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: GEORG RIEDER, Deceased.

2020 P 23 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of GEORG RIEDER. Letters of Office were issued on January 29, 2020 to HEIKE RIEDER, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Danielle L. Burza-Smith, Krause Donovan Estate Law Partners, LLC, 6801 Spring Creek Road #209, Rockford, Illinois 61114. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 12, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

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

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Danielle L. Burza-Smith Danielle L. Burza-Smith Attorney for Executor Prepared by: KRAUSE DONOVAN ESTATE LAW PARTNERS, LLC Danielle L. Burza-Smith 6801 Spring Creek Road #209 Rockford, Illinois 61114 815-333-2002 866-366-4091 fax dburza-smith@kdelp.com 11300R TRRT 2/26

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Robert J. Miller, Deceased.

NO. 2020 P 5 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Robert J. Miller. Letters of Office were issued on January 10, 2020, to Jennifer M. Grebas, 519 East Briar Knoll Court, Saukville, Wisconsin 53080, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is William A. Reilly II of Reilly Law Offices, 6801 Spring Creek Road, Suite 2D, Rockford, Illinois, 61114.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 26, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required

by Section 5/18-3 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 with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Probate Division, at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the estate’s legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate’s legal representative and to her attorney within ten days after they have been filed.

DATED: February 11, 2020 Jennifer M. Grebas, Independent Executor William A. Reilly II #6186140 Reilly Law Offices 6801 Spring Creek Rd., 2D Rockford, IL 61114 (815) 316-8540 WReilly@Reilly-lawoffices.com 11301R TRRT 2/26 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: MADLEN FINDLEY Current Name Case Number 20-MR-77 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Madlen Findley to the new name of: Madlen Ortega.

The court date will be held: on April 8, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #412. /s/ Madlen Findley Current Name 11302R TRRT 2/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a grocery store miscellaneous business in said County and State under the name of One Stop Shop at the following post office addresses: 2807 Rudeen Close, Apt. 3, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Monica M. Davis SIGNED: Monica M. Davis 1/15/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 11280R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Construction business in said County and State under the name of Robles Construction 2020 at the following post office addresses: 4107 Amherst Ln., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jaime Robles-Luna SIGNED: Jaime Robles-Luna 2/1/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 1st day of February, A.D. 2020.

Rosa Martinez, Notary Public My Commission Expires 2-3-2021 11278R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Gutter business in said County and State under the name of Come and Go Seamless Gutters at the following post office addresses: 328 S. Gardiner Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ivan Paniagua SIGNED: Ivan Paniagua 2/6/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11303R TRRT 2/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Pet Grooming business in said County and State under the name of Lori’s Lovely Pets at the following post office addresses: 3702 N. Main St. B, Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Lori Autumn Schroder SIGNED: Lori Autumn Schroder 2/6/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 11304R TRRT 2/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a J’s Gallery business in said County and State under the name of J’s Gallery at the following post office addresses: 1312D 7th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michelle de Jesus; Milton Gonzalez SIGNED: Michelle de Jesus 2/6/20 SIGNED: Milton Gonzalez 2/6/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11305R TRRT 2/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a clothing brand business in said County and State under the name of Lucia at the following post office addresses: 1585 Livingston Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all

persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Deissy Gonzalez SIGNED: Deissy Gonzalez 2/6/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11306R TRRT 2/26 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 MARLENE CAMMELOT, Deceased CASE NO. 2020 P 37 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MARLENE CAMMELOT, who died on January 30, 2020. Letters of Office were issued on February 10, 2020 to RUSSELL CAMMELOT, 1467 Overview Drive, Morristown, TN 37814, who is the Executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Douglas R. Henry, of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before August 19, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

NOTICE IS FURTHER given to CRAIG CAMMELOT, a/k/a CRAIG HEALTY, a/k/a STEVEN HEALY, and the heirs-at-law, if any, of CRAIG CAMMELOT, a/k/a CRAIG HEALTY, a/k/a STEVEN HEALY, and any other unknown heirs-at-law, that on February 5, 2020 the Executor did cause to be filed with the Circuit Clerk of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Rockford, Illinois, a Petition for Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary.

You have forty-two (42) days from the date of said filing to demand formal proof of the Will and six (6) months from the date of said filing to contest the Will. You are hereby further notified that on February 10, 2020, the Court did enter an Order admitting the Will of MARLENE CAMMELOT to Probate and appointing an executor.

Dated: February 11, 2020 /s/ Russell Cammelot, Executor DOUGLAS R. HENRY #6229426 BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 / dhenry@bslbv.com 11313R TRRT 2/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Jewelry, shoes, clothing and general merchandise retail store business in said County and State under the name of The Beau’tique at the following post office addresses: 2013 12th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true

and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Shenita Moton SIGNED: Shenita Moton 2/7/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Try, DEPUTY 11307R TRRT 2/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a rental property management business in said County and State under the name of LB Rental Properties at the following post office addresses: 3512 Citadel Dr., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ricky Gene Woods, Sr.; JoAnn Denise Woods SIGNED: Ricky Gene Woods Sr. 2/10/20 SIGNED: JoAnn Denise Woods 2/10/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11308R TRRT 2/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a printing and design clothing & shoes & accessories business in said County and State under the name of Ezidore Designs at the following post office addresses: 823 13th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Alexander Ezidore SIGNED: Alexander Ezidore 2/7/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11309R TRRT 2/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Bakery business in said County and State under the name of Sweet and Savory Baking Goods at the following post office addresses: 3217 Buckeye Dr., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Magda Buzaladza SIGNED: Magda Buzaladze 2/10/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11310R TRRT 2/26 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a transmission and general automotive care business in said County and State under the name of Hi Performance Transmissions at the following post office addresses: 7910 Forest Hills Rd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Richard J. Rivas SIGNED: Richard J. Rivas 2/11/20 Subscribed and sworn (or

affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11311R TRRT 2/26 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE OF: CLARISSA GRACE YULIANTI, a female child.

WINNEBAGO COUNTY CASE NO. 2016 D 48 NOTICE TO MEGA YULIANTI and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Name Change of Minor Child was filed in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, for the name change of a child named, CLARISSA GRACE YULIANTI; NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, MEGA YULIANTI, and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 24th day of February, 2020, a default may be entered against you at any time following that day, and a judgment order entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DATED: January 28, 2020 THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Clerk Attorney Laura M. Hunt One Court Place, Suite 102 Rockford, Illinois 61101 815.505.8571 11262R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Photography business in said County and State under the name of Way Out Photography at the following post office addresses: 1327 Banks St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kara Murphy SIGNED: Kara Murphy 2/3/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11289R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Music Production business in said County and State under the name of Carlton’s Music and Services at the following post office addresses: 2671 Lund Ave., Apt. 8, Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Carlton A. Nabors SIGNED: Carlton A. Nabors 2/3/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11279R TRRT 2/19

February 12, 2020 The Rock River Times. n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Flooring Installation business in said County and State under the name of Afloorable Flooring at the following post office addresses: 2208 Pendleton Parkway, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jeremy R. Muench; Timothy I. Muench SIGNED: Jeremy R. Muench 1/9/20 SIGNED: Timothy I. Muench 1/9/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11246R TRRT 2/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Sewer and Drain Repair business in said County and State under the name of Nelson Drain at the following post office addresses: 2202 Quail Run, Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Erik Nelson SIGNED: Erik Nelson 1/22/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11245R TRRT 2/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Crystal sales, healing sessions business in said County and State under the name of Crystal Clear Healing at the following post office addresses: 10888 Product Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Wendy Graham SIGNED: Wendy Graham 1/24/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 24th day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11248R TRRT 2/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Food business/ truck business in said County and State under the name of KRAVE FOODS at the following post office addresses: 3424 Normandy Ave., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Sherrie Blankenship SIGNED: Sherrie Blankenship 1/27/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11251R TRRT 2/12 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Carpentry general

contractor business in said County and State under the name of Magnus Construction at the following post office addresses: 428 North Center St., Rockton, IL 61072; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cory Allen Magnus SIGNED: Cory Allen Magnus 1/13/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11253R TRRT 2/12 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 THOMAS E. CZUBACHOWSKI Deceased.

NO. 2019 P 568 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Thomas E. Czubachowski. Letters of Office were issued on December 19,2019, to Noah J. Morgan, who is the Independent Executor of the Estate. The attorneys for the Estate are Michael Jon Shalbrack, HolmstromKennedyPC, 800 North Church Street, Rockford, Illinois 61103.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before August 5, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

Dated: January 30, 2020 Noah Morgan, Independent Executor of the Estate of Thomas E. Czubachowski, Deceased HolmstromKennedyPC, By: /s/ Michael Jon Shalbrack Michael Jon Shalbrack, one of its attorneys Attorney Michael Jon Shalbrack - ARDC #6188198 HolmstromKennedyPC Attorney for the Estate 800 N. Church Street Rockford, IL 61103 mshalbrack@hkrockford.com 11265R TRRT 2/19 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BERNARD C. DWYER, Deceased.

NO. 2020 P 21 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of BERNARD C. DWYER. Letters of Office were issued on January 28, 2020, to Rodney W. Hafferty and Margaret C. Hafferty, Co-Executors, of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is John M. Nelson, One Court Place, Suite 300, Rockford, IL 61101 Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 7, 2020 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, as

amended, whichever date is later.

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

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

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

RODNEY W. HAFFERTY and MARGARET C. HAFFERTY Co-Executors This document was prepared by: JOHN M. NELSON #2031671 Attorney at Law 1 Court Place, Suite 300 Rockford, IL 61101 815-964-8800 Fax: 815-965-4413 johnmnelsonlaw@gmail.com Rock River Times: 2/5;2/12;2/19 11266R TRRT 2/19 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: DEMARCO MARTAIL JOE-WILLIAMS, Petitioner, vs.

MELISSA G. GOODGE-WILLIAMS, Respondent.

Case No. 19-D-867 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Melissa G. Goodge-Williams that Petitioner Demarco Martail Joe-Williams 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 March 9, 2020, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Demarco Martail Joe-Williams, Petitioner 11267R TRRT 2/19 n n n Family Manufactured Home Communities L.L.C. 1418 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL 61109 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 16th, 2020 at 10.00 A.M. an auction will be held at Family Manufactured Home Communities L.L.C. 1418 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL 61109 to sell the following article to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the state of Illinois against such article for labor, services, skill or material expended upon a storage furnished for such article at the request of fallowing designated persons, unless such article is redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice. For further information regarding this matter, please call Suren Soneji at (630)624-4624.

Names of the persons: Donavan, Jerry Description of article: 1989 Commodore Serial # NN29696A Amount of lien: $1483.00 11268R TRRT 2/12 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: CHERYL ANN OGREN STOCKWELL Current Name Case Number 20-MR-83 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Cheryl Ann Ogren

Stockwell to the new name of: Cheryl Ann Ogren.

The court date will be held: on April 30, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ Cheryl Ann Ogren Stockwell Current Name 11269R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Jewelry online shop business in said County and State under the name of Food Fusion at the following post office addresses: 8344 Phyllis Rd., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jessie Trejo SIGNED: Jessie Trejo 1/23/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11270R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Esthetics and lashes business in said County and State under the name of Hannah Jones Esthetics at the following post office addresses: 1638 N. Bell School Rd., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Hannah Jones SIGNED: Hannah Jones 1/28/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11271R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a making homemade pound cakes business in said County and State under the name of Precshus Pound Cakes at the following post office addresses: 2203 Overdene Ave., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Precshus Hamilton SIGNED: Precshus Hamilton 1/29/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11272R TRRT 2/19 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JACK ROGER HOUGHTBY, Deceased PROBATE No. 2019-P-0000556 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION – CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of JACK ROGER HOUGHTBY, of Rockford, Illinois.

Letters of Office were issued on January 2, 2020, to AVA JEAN VAN ZANTEN, Executor, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Attorney CHERYL RUSSELL-SMITH, Law Office of Cheryl Russell-Smith, 519 So. Main Street, Belvidere, Illinois 61008.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winneba-

go County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the legal representatives, or both, on or before August 5, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3, whichever date is later.

Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Attorney for the Estate, within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

AVA JEAN VAN ZANTEN, Executor Cheryl Russell-Smith, Attorney for Estate, 519 So. Main Street, Belvidere, IL 61008 (815) 544-0911 Printed in the Rock River Times 02/05/2020; 02/12/2020; 02/19/2020 11282R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a cleaning services business in said County and State under the name of Ofelia’s Cleaning Services at the following post office addresses: 132 S. Chicago Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ofelia Ojeda SIGNED: Ofelia Ojeda 1/13/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of January, A.D. 2020.

Jaime Salazar, Notary Public My Commission Expires 2-25-2020 11273R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Selling faux eyelashes, beauty products and accessories business in said County and State under the name of OOHLALA Lashes and Beauty at the following post office addresses: 3155 Holiday Drive, Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Nora L. Allen SIGNED: Nora L. Allen 1/30/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11274R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a meditation business in said County and State under the name of Quiet the Noise Meditation Studio at the following post office addresses: 1807 Kishwaukee St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mary A. Scott SIGNED: Mary A. Scott 2/3/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11277R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a hair product/beauty care line business in said County and State under the name of B3 Lux Wig Collection at the following post office addresses: 7081 Polo Place, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Rebecca Francis SIGNED: Rebecca Francis 1/30/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11275R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a E-commerce, Retail Bulk Sale business in said County and State under the name of CS Puffalot at the following post office addresses: 53 Wilshire Blvd., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Corey H. Schultz SIGNED: Corey H. Schultz 1/31/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 31st day of January, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11276R TRRT 2/19 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, V. MOSY, INC., WINNEBAGO COUNTY TREASURER, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ANDREW R. HENDRIAN, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO: 2020 ED 1 Parcel 2011901 NOTICE The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, abovenamed Defendants, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, for entry of an Order granting the Department possession of the interest in property described on the attached Group Exhibit A; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

The land and interests sought to be obtained are identified as follows: Fee simple title and temporary construction easement over property described on Group Exhibit A. GROUP EXHIBIT A FAP Route 303 (BR 20) Section 40RS-4 Parcel 2011901 Mosy, Inc. LAND A part of Lot 25 as designated upon the Plat of Second Lincoln Park Subdivision, being a subdivision of the Northwest Quarter of Section 20, Township 44 North, Range

1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of said Subdivision is recorded In Book 13 of Plats on Page 51 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, State of Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at a 1/4” iron pin at the northeast corner of Lot 57 in said Second Lincoln Park Subdivision; thence South 0 degrees 28 minutes 53 seconds East, 224.11 feet (Bearings and grid distances are referenced to the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System West Zone Data of 1983 (2007)) on the east line of said Lots 57 and 25, to the Point of Beginning.

From the Point of Beginning thence South 0 degrees 28 minutes 53 seconds East, 10.04 feet on the east line of said Lot 25, to the northerly right of way line of a public highway designated FAP Route 303 (BR 20); thence North 86 degrees 10 minutes 37 seconds West, 4.13 feet on said northerly right of way line; thence North 22 degrees 27 minutes 17 seconds East, 10.56 feet. to the Point of Beginning, containing 21 square feet (0.000 acre), more or less.

This description affects Tax Parcel No. 11-20127-038.

FAP Route 303 (BR 20) Section 40RS-4 Parcel 2011901 Mosy, Inc. EASEMENT A part of Lot 25 as designated upon the Plat of Second Lincoln Park Subdivision, being a subdivision of the Northwest Quarter of Section 20, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of said Subdivision is recorded in Book 13 of Plats on Page 51 In the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, State of Illinois, described as follows: Commencing at a 1/4” Iron pin at the northeast corner of Lot 57 In said Second Lincoln Park Subdivision; thence South 0 degrees 28 minutes 53 seconds East, 214.09 feet (Bearings and grid distances are referenced to the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System West Zone Datum of 1983 (2007)) on the east line of said Lots 57 and 25, to the Point of Beginning.

From the Point of Beginning thence South 0 degrees 28 minutes 53 seconds East, 10.03 feet on the east line of said Lot 25; thence South 22 degrees 27 minutes 17 seconds West, 10.56 feet, to the northerly right of way line of a public highway designated FAP Route 303 (BR 20); thence North 86 degrees 10 minutes 37 seconds West, 4.50 feet on said northerly right of way line; thence North 0 degrees 18 minutes 24 seconds West, 19.44 feet; thence North 89 degrees 41 minutes 36 seconds East, 8.54 feet, to the Point of Beginning, containing 149 square feet (0.003 acre), more or less.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse, in the City of Rockford,

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Illinois, on or before the 11th day of March, 2020, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court 17th Judicial Circuit Winnebago County, Illinois G. Michael Scheurich #2479869 scheurich@guyerlaw.com GUYER & ENICHEN, P.C. 2601 Reid Farm Rd., Suite B Rockford, IL 61114 815/636-9600 11290R TRRT 2/19 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: JAMES E. DEAN, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2016 P 484 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JAMES E. DEAN. Letters of Office were issued on March 20, 2017 to Tammy Dean-Purdy, who is the legal representative of the estate.

The attorney for the estate is Tyler M. Crosby, Crosby Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 5, 2020 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

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

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Tyler M. Crosby Tyler M. Crosby Attorney for Executor Crosby Law Firm, P.C. Tyler M. Crosby 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 11264R TRRT 2/19 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Consultant business in said County and State under the name of Steezy Services at the following post office addresses: 894 S. Trainer Rd., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cristian Santa Olalla SIGNED: Cristian Santa Olalla 2/4/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of February, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 11281R TRRT 2/19

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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS QUICKEN LOANS INC. Plaintiff, -v.- CARRIE MCCALLUM et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000629 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 16, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on February 26, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7280 N ALPINE RD. APT 1, LOVES PARK, IL 61111 Property Index No. 08-32-377-007 The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

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

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

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

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

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-08842 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH-0000629 TJSC#: 40-478 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.

I3143933 P11256R TRRT 2/19 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Plaintiff, -v.- ARETHA GASTON A/K/A ARETHA ROBINSON Defendant 19 CH 0000343 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 6, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30

PM on March 9, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 504 LINCOLN AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27-451-008 The real estate is improved with a tan vinyl siding, two story single family home with a detached two car garage.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 253295 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Case Number: 19 CH 0000343 TJSC#: 39-7824 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.

I3143656 P11231R TRRT 2/12 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- DITER FLORES-NOGUEDA et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000447 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 10, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 5, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3121 BAVARIAN LANE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-06-476-032 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-06610 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH-0000447 TJSC#: 39-6651 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.

I3143797 P11230R TRRT 2/12 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS GREENWICH REVOLVING TRUST BY WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.- JESUS MEDRANO A/K/A JESUS J MEDRANO et al Defendant 19 CH 0000456 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 15, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 10, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1016 BLAKE STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27-134-004 The real estate is improved with a single family home with a one car garage.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 270548 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Case Number: 19 CH 0000456 TJSC#: 39-7485 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.

I3144330 P11255R TRRT 2/19 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR MERRILL LYNCH FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, vs. SHANE T. WOOLBRIGHT, SARA D. WOOLBRIGHT, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., KEYSTONE MARKETING, LTD. SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO MUTUAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC., STATE OF ILLINOIS, ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT, SWEDISH AMERICAN HEALTH SYSTEM CORPORATION Defendants, 19 CH 474 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, March 19, 2020 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. 04-31-278-022.

Commonly known as 11022 CHICORY RIDGE WAY, ROSCOE, IL 61073.

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 Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 19-03404 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3144801 P11291R TRRT 2/26

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Theme: Black History Month

Hockey

‘Hogs in playoff mix

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

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ROCKFORD - The Rockford IceHogs would still not quality for the Calder Cup Playoffs if the season ended today.

But, Rockford back in the mix--a strong position to make postseason run after splitting games with San Antonio over the weekend.

Powered by John Quenneville, the IceHogs clipped the Rampage 3-2 in overtime Friday and fell by the same score a day later.

In Friday’s Blackhawk Night game at the BMO Harris Bank Center, Quenneville took a Lucas Carlsson pass on an overtime 2-on-1 and buried the game-winner for the club’s second straight win.

Quenneville and Gabriel Gagne to make it three straight Ws Saturday by scoring a power-play goal each but it wouldn’t be enough for Rockford sweep the homestand.

Quenneville opened the scoring 13 minutes into the contest, while Gagne struck with a man advantage with four minutes left in second period. But that would be all Rockford would muster. The Rampage iced the contest with a goal in the third period.

And while a sweep would have been the way Rockford coach Derek King would have wanted to end Week 19, the outcome put the IceHogs in a favorable position.

“The nice thing is we are playing teams that are ahead of us by one or two points (in the standings) or behind us by one or two, so the ball’s in our court,”King said.

Going into Wednesday’s game in Manitoba, the IceHogs (22-25-1-2) were only four points from third place in the AHL Central Division.

“We’re in a good spot,” King added. “I like what we’re doing. It would have been nice to snag a point (Saturday) but we got lazy and all of the sudden they capitalized on it. But I liked the way we practiced (Tuesday) and I’m looking forward to getting to Manitoba.”

Rockford will have Hononegah High School graduate Josh McArdle in tow Wednesday night. The defenseman was recalled from the Indy Fuel earlier this week is is ready to make his season debut.

“I’ve been working on my game and I’m feeling really confident,” McArdle said of his time in the ECHL. McArdle was expected to be called up last

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week, but was sick with food poisoning.

Before that he was shelved with an injury, making the wait to get back to Rockford a little longer.

“I battled through it and used it as motivation more than anything,” he said.

“But I am here and I am ready to work on my game and contribute.”

McArdle appeared in 19 games with the IceHogs last year, scoring a goal and three assists.

Notes

On the Road Again The Rockford IceHogs head to Canada for a two-game mini-series against the Manitoba Moose this week in need of points to climb the Central Division standings.

However, the last time the IceHogs defeated the Moose in back-to-back contests at Bell MTS Iceplex was from March 26-28 of 2018.

Since that pair of wins, Rockford is 0-3-1-0 when visiting Manitoba.

The Right Track Tuesday’s loss to the Texas Stars and Friday’s victory over San Antonio marked the first time the IceHogs had won backto-back games since defeating the Laval Rocket on Dec. 17 and the Texas Stars on Dec. 20. The two straight February wins also note the first time Rockford has tallied at least three goals in back-to-back contests since Dec. 17 and Dec. 20.

Goals Galore After only scoring three goals in a game twice from Dec. 21-Jan. 22, the IceHogs have now notched more than two goals in a game four times in their last seven outings, including three goals in Friday’s 3-2 overtime win versus the San Antonio Rampage. However, Rockford has surrendered at least three goals in five of their last seven and 14 of their last 22.

A Tale of Two Seasons From the IceHogs’ season-opener on Oct. 4 through Dec. 20, the IceHogs held an overall record of 17-10-0-1 and reached as high as second place in the Central Division. However, since Dec. 21, Rockford has won just five matchups, going 5-15-1-1 in that span and falling to sixth place in the Central. The Hogs won a season-high four-straight games two times prior to Dec. 21, with the first reaching from Oct. 30-Nov. 6 and the second spanning from Nov. 29-Dec. 6.

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football

Usher in a new guard: Interior OL a Bears’ soft spot

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor

Offensive line construction, like offensive line play, is simple. A common convention of building a successful wall is working your way from the outside in. Tackles are placed at a premium.

They are underrated athletes and some of the smartest members of a team.

Cornerstones with the authority and firsthand power to protect the main cornerstone, the quarterback. If a team jives well at tackle, chances are little other issues are present. Chances are, they possess an elite offense. But sometimes, conventions are meant to be broken.

They’re meant to be twisted, repurposed, flipped on a whim.

Until recently, that’s exactly how Ryan Pace’s Bears have operated up front.

Or, at least, when they had the resources and horses to do so.

There was a short period of time where it appeared Chicago was the league’s envy inside. Kyle Long. Cody Whitehair.

James Daniels. A trio not to be trifled with. A trio with a bright future combined together, never apart. The thesis of piecing together an offensive line from the inside out spreading out like a beautiful umbrella. Then Long missed 35 starts in four seasons thanks to a variety of maladies. Shifting around from center to guard and back to center left the veteran no steady ground to stand on for the veteran Whitehair. Daniels, ever the prodigy himself, is not being rushed to develop, but has yet to make a prolific, expected, or hopeful leap. A cavalcade of issues compounding on one another like a mistaken-tipped domino knocking over the rest of the set.

Plugging in holes in the hull everywhere when water sinks in other areas only delays the inevitable. What was once considered a strength for the Bears is now one of their glaring liabilities. Chicago’s best interior lineman is a 27-year-old veteran without a specific niche. Long is long gone to a second life of ascendance on the Twitter and Twitch-sphere. And Daniels, well, Daniels has baggage to work out.

In an off-season where the Bears need a quarterback change, they also need an overhaul of his personal protection service. The NFL’s 25th ranked rushing attack when using the middle has nothing to lean on as a vanguard for a viable passer. Whitehair and Daniels present a tantalizing prospect of a duo for the foreseeable future, but their camaraderie only goes so far without another partner. Aside

from basic math dictating that three is greater than two (in a sane society where facts matter), leaving an abyss of a pothole inside handicaps whatever bounce back the Bears are planning in 2020.

It’s not enough to already cover for lagging tackles of late such as Charles Leno and Bobby Massie. Great offenses already have to compensate for their flaws and weak points. The more present issues, the more the structural integrity collapses in on itself when asked to stretch beyond its means. One incompetent player closer to the quarterback by alignment places an inherent larger target on his back. A hollow turnstile where no car, or defensive linemen, has to stop on his way to speeding up the ramp again. This is how accidents happen, children.

The worst thing that could have happened with Long was delaying the specter of inevitability. While the injuries and degradation of his body are in no way to be blamed on the 30-year-old, his constant presence had the Bears procrastinate on a nagging problem. His promise of a return to full capacity, even though he returned worse for the wear with every passing season, straddled out what the Bears believed to be viable inside. When it came to bolstering their offensive line with an answer in Long’s absence, they said, “They’ll do it in the morning” or “They’ll do it tomorrow.”

To the surprise of complacency that is present in every soul in existence, such plans never coalesced well enough. It was never done in the morning. It was never done tomorrow. It was always rushed, squeezed out onto a page running on one brain cell. They operated like a college student writing a term paper the night before. They received the predictable, disappointing results they deserved.

At least there’s another semester for the Bears to pick their grades back up.

It’s often said acclimation for a guard is easier than every starting offensive position. They have less to worry about in specific separating skills against defensive backs. They’re not carrying the ball, catching the ball, and responsible for blitz pickup like running backs. The defense’s toughest pass rushers, save for the Aaron Donald’s of the world, play on the outside, not the inside. And they’re not the field generals responsible for memorizing every route, audible, syllable, poem, and dark incantation the way quarterbacks are. Guards are largely one-note mobile tanks. A dime a dozen on the gridiron, with little flash or substance in the package deal.

From this perspective, it shouldn’t be difficult for the Bears to find a quality replacement for Long. But given how limited they are in draft capital, a move toward the aggressive side in free agency is prudent. Finding a guard means finding the path of least resistance in pro football.

Finding a guard means bolstering the relative invulnerability of an already promising partnership with Whitehair and Daniels in the fold.

Three friends are always better than one.

A proactive methodology involves the pursuit of Washington’s Brandon Scherff.

Scherff, just 28, has missed 13 starts in the last two seasons. But when healthy and running on all cylinders, his prowess is unmatched among his peers. A threetime Pro Bowler to start his career, Scherff has served as a useful power ball of a tool for Washington. Be it impossible blocks in space, pancakes of superstars accustomed to wrecking games without resistance,

or a general encompassing intimidation factor, Scherff is the total package. He’s a 315-pound mass of menacing humanity who singlehandedly antiquates the idea of guards being less valuable than tackles.

While certainly a pricey (and risk-laden) investment, Scherff’s upside presents the Bears with the prospect of having the sturdy interior trio they never launched off the ground with Long.

He’s that good. He’s that experienced.

He’s that special. And yes, not without coincidence, he’s a guard. He’s also worth it. Who woulda’ thunk it?

The Bears have a lot of hurdles to clear over the coming months in free agency.

Reinvigorating Quarterback A’s Interior Secret Service should not only be a passing thought on the mythical to-do list, it should be a priority. Like their tackle brethren, guards are people too, after all.

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

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