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Community meeting about coyotes February 25 By Jim Hagerty Reporter
ROCKFORD - The City of Rockford will hold a community meeting Tuesday, Feb. 25, to discuss the recent increase is coyote sightings in residential areas. The event will begin 3 p.m., at Rockford Police District 3, 557 S. Newtowne Drive. It will include information from wildlife experts with the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) who will provide advice about what Rockford residents should do if they encounter coyotes. The meeting comes after a rash of east-side residents reported coyotes in their neighborhoods over the past several months. There’s been no human injuries reported, at least 10 dogs have been attacked in recent years. In January 2019, a miniature schnauzer survived a tussle with a coyote near Riverside Boulevard and Perryville Road. In February 2015, a
77-pound dog was attacked in Roscoe and also survived. In both attacks, the dogs were inside fenced yards. Experts say the increased sightings are indicative of a statewide growth in the amount of coyotes over the last decade. According to statistics, there has been a more than 40-percent increase in the Illinois coyote population. And because the animals are protected by the state wildlife code, the public isn’t invited to harvest them. It is only legal to kill a coyote if it is damaging property or at risk of harming a person.
About coyotes
Resembling a small German shepherd, the coyote carries its tail below its back rather than upward like a dog. Most coyotes in Illinois are grayish yellow, but some can be black or white. A coyote’s muzzle is long and narrow; its ears are erect and pointed.
The average length of an adult is 44 to 54 inches, including a 15- to 17-inch tail. A typical coyote weights between 22 and 42 pounds during fall and winter, slightly more in the warm months. Coyotes typically thrive in areas with mixtures of farmland, woods and grassland, making the Rockford region prime breeding ground. Although they tend to be pack hunters living in areas of between two and 10 square miles, loners cover larger spans. Coyotes are are most active from dusk to dawn but have been known to hunt during the day. The animals are strong and very quick, able to run as fast as 43 miles per hour for short distances. They are stealth swimmers and the state’s largest wild predator. Coyotes typically feed on small rodents, birds, rabbits, and deer. The also eat fruit and plants.
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Winnebago County Clerk Lori Gummow is very pleased to announce Harlem Township has agreed to allow its facility to serve as a new Early Voting location in Winnebago County. The Township Hall is located at 819 Melbourne Ave., Machesney Park. It will serve citizens during the t wo-week Early Voting timeframe prescribed by the Illinois State Board of Elections, which starts on Monday, March 2, 2020 and continues through Monday, March 16, 2020. The Township will serve voters living outside City of Rockford city limits on both evening and weekend hours during the two-week voting period. The County Clerk worked with Harlem Township Supervisor Terri L. Knight on the Early Voting agreement. In advance of the Tuesday, March 17 General Primary Election, Election Workers will conduct Early Voting during the following hours at the Township Hall: Monday, March 2-Friday, March 6 –
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday, March 9-Friday, March 13 – 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, March 14 – 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Sunday, March 15 – 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. Monday, March 16 – 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. “Our goals of early voting are to increase voter participation and relieve congestion at polling locations on Election Day,” stated Clerk Lori Gummow. “Early voting at off-site locations help alleviate lines by spreading out the opportunity to vote over 14 days plus Election Day, so that working people can decide for themselves which location and time best fits their family schedule,” she added. Supervisor Terri Knight was thrilled to offer their location for Early Voting. “We should treat all of our citizens like customers, and ensure they have the best experience possible,” she said. Early Voting for residents residing outside the City of Rockford is also still taking place at the Winnebago County Administration Building, 404 Elm Street, Rockford, during the following hours:
Monday-Friday, Feb 6-March 6 – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, March 7 – 9 a.m.-noon Monday-Friday, March 9-13 – 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, March 14 – 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, March 15 – 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday, March 16 – 9 a.m.-7 p.m. On Election Day, Tuesday, March 17, please go to your polling place to vote. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Clerk Gummow reminds Winnebago County residents that they can register to vote or make changes to their name and address during early voting. People who need to update their registration must provide two forms of ID with their correct name and address. People wishing to receive an absentee (vote by mail) application can apply online by visiting the Clerk’s website until Wednesday, March 11, at 10 a.m. Additional information regarding the candidates or the referendums can also be found on the website winnebagocountyclerk.com/ election-information.
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The Boy Scouts of America urged victims to come forward Tuesday as the historic, 110-year-old organization filed for bankruptcy protection in the first step toward creating a huge compensation fund for potentially thousands of men who were molested as youngsters decades ago by scoutmasters or other leaders. The Scouts resorted to Chapter 11 in hopes of surviving a barrage of lawsuits, many of them made possible by recent changes in state laws to allow people to sue over long-ago sexual abuse. Bankruptcy will enable the organization to put those cases on hold for now and continue operating. But ultimately the Boy Scouts could be forced to sell some of their vast property holdings, including campgrounds and hiking trails, to raise money for a victims’ fund that could top $1 billion. The Boy Scouts estimated 1,000 to 5,000 victims will seek compensation. “The BSA encourages victims to come forward to file a claim as the bankruptcy process moves forward,” the organization said in a statement. James Kretschmer of Houston, one of those suing, said he was molested by a Scout leader in the mid-1970s in the Spokane, Washington, area. The bankruptcy, he said, “is a shame because at its core and what it was supposed to be, the Boy Scouts is a beautiful organization.” “But you know, anything can be corrupted,” he added. “And if they’re not going to protect the people that they’ve entrusted with the children, then shut it down and move on.” More than 12,000 boys have been molested by 7,800 abusers since the 1920s, according to Boy Scout files revealed in court papers. Evan Smola said two new victims had already called his law o�ce in Chicago on Tuesday morning, bringing the firm’s total to 319. “The opportunity to tell your story is a cathartic and healing experience,” Smola said. “It’s very painful when they actually do it, but getting it o� your chest is a big step.” It will be up to the court to set a deadline for filing claims. The amount of money each victim will receive is likely to depend on what assets are turned over and how many people come forward. The filing in Wilmington, Delaware, sets in motion what could be one of the biggest, most complex bankruptcies ever seen, given the Scouts’ 50-state presence. The organization listed assets of $1 billion
to $10 billion and liabilities of $500 million to $1 billion. “We are outraged that there have been times when individuals took advantage of our programs to harm innocent children,” said Roger Mosby, the Boy Scouts’ president and CEO. “While we know nothing can undo the tragic abuse that victims su�ered, we believe the Chapter 11 process, with the proposed trust structure, will provide equitable compensation to all victims while maintaining the BSA’s important mission.” The Boy Scouts are the latest major American institution to face a heavy price over sexual abuse. Roman Catholic dioceses across the country and schools such as Penn State and Michigan State have paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in recent years. The bankruptcy represents a painful turn for an organization that has been a pillar of American civic life for generations and a training ground for future leaders. Achieving the rank of Eagle Scout has long been a proud accomplishment that politicians, businessmen, astronauts and others put on their resumes and in their o�cial biographies. “I’m sad for all the victims who were preyed upon by people entrusted with their care. I’m sad that no amount of money will undo their trauma,” said Jackson Cooper, an Eagle Scout who is now a prosecutor in Louisville, Kentucky. “Whatever consequences come for BSA are no concern of mine. I only hope, if they continue to operate, they build robust systems to protect the young people in their care.” The Boy Scouts’ finances have been strained in recent years by declining membership and sex-abuse settlements. The number of youths taking part in scouting has dropped below 2 million, down from a peak of more than 4 million during the 1970s. Its membership rolls took a big hit Jan. 1 when The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cut ties and withdrew more than 400,000 scouts in favor of programs of its own. The financial outlook worsened last year after New York, Arizona, New Jersey and California relaxed their statutes of limitations to make it easier for victims to file claims. Teams of lawyers across the U.S. have been signing up clients by the hundreds to sue the Boy Scouts. Most of the new cases date to the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, before the Boy Scouts adopted mandatory criminal background checks, abuse-prevention training for all sta� and volunteers, and a rule that two or more adult leaders must be present during all
activities. Many of the lawsuits accuse the group of negligence and cover-ups. Wayne Perry, a member of the organization’s national board and past president, said Scout families won’t notice any di�erences as a result of the bankruptcy. He touted the protections now in place for young people. “Today, we are really, really good. Were we always good? No, nobody was good 50 years ago, 40 years ago, 30 years ago,” Perry said. Amid the crush of lawsuits, the Scouts recently mortgaged some of their major properties, including their national headquarters in Irving, Texas, and the 140,000-acre Philmont Ranch in New Mexico. One unanswered question is whether the Boy Scouts’ 261 local councils – and their campgrounds and other assets – will be dragged into the case, even though the Boy Scouts said the councils are legally separate entities and they were not part of the bankruptcy filing. Mike Pfau, a Seattle-based attorney whose firm is representing scores of men nationwide, said the plainti�s may go after the local councils’ property holdings, too. “We believe the real property held by the local councils may be worth significantly more than the Boy Scouts’ assets,” he said. He said one question will be whether the Boy Scouts transferred property to their local councils to try to put it out of the reach of those suing. Perry said he hopes the court remembers that the Boy Scouts are teaching leadership and life skills to children. “You have to take into account the balancing of the victims, but (also) the fact that the kids today who are joining Scouting had nothing to with those bad behaviors of criminal acts of perpetrators who are long gone,” he said. Plainti�s’ attorneys trace the Boy Scouts’ fall to 2010, when a jury awarded a former Scout nearly $20 million in a lawsuit in Portland, Oregon. The trial led the Oregon Supreme Court to release 20,000 pages of confidential Boy Scout files on 1,200 people after The Associated Press and other news organizations fought for their disclosure. Until last spring, the organization had insisted it never knowingly allowed a predator to work with youths. But in May, the AP reported that attorneys for abuse victims had identified multiple cases in which known predators were allowed to return to leadership posts. The next day, the Boy Scouts acknowledged the truth.
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Blagojevich Commutation
Trump commutes former Illinois Gov. Blagojevich’s sentence By Michael Tarm Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday commuted what he called the “ridiculous” 14-year prison sentence handed out to former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for political corruption, clearing the way for his release after more than eight years behind bars. The Republican president said the punishment imposed on the Chicago Democrat and one-time “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant was excessive. “So he’ll be able to go back home with his family,” Trump told reporters in Washington. “That was a tremendously powerful, ridiculous sentence in my opinion and in the opinion of many others.” Blagojevich, 63, who hails from a state with a long history of pay-to-play schemes, was expected to walk out of prison later in the day. He was convicted in 2011 of crimes that included seeking to sell an appointment to Barack Obama’s old Senate seat and trying to shake down a children’s hospital. Trump had said repeatedly in recent years that he was considering taking executive action in Blagojevich’s case, only to back away from the idea. One of Blagojevich lawyers said she refused to believe it at first when word of her client’s possible release began to spread, fearing that the president might not follow through. “When it became obvious it was real, I got tears in my eyes,” said Lauren Kaesberg. “It was overwhelming.” Others in Illinois, including the governor, said setting Blagojevich free was a mistake. Trump “has abused his pardon power in inexplicable ways to reward his friends and condone corruption, and I deeply believe this pardon sends the wrong message at the wrong time,” Gov. J.B. Pritzker said in a written statement. Many Republicans agreed. “In a state where corrupt, machinestyle politics is still all too common, it’s important that those found guilty serve their prison sentence in its entirety,” said the the chairman of the Illinois GOP, Tim Schneider. The White House cited support from several Illinois-based leaders, including the Rev. Jesse Jackson, as supporting Blagojevich’s early release. More than 100 of his fellow inmates also sent in letters of support. Trump also granted clemency to financier Michael Milken, who served two years in prison in the early 1990s after pleading guilty to violating U.S. securities laws,
and pardoned former New York Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik, who served just over three years for tax fraud and lying to the White House while being interviewed to be Homeland Security secretary. The Illinois House in January 2009 voted 114-1 to impeach Blagojevich, and the state Senate voted unanimously to remove him, making him the first Illinois governor in history to be removed by lawmakers. He entered prison in March 2012. After exhausting his last appeal in 2018, Blagojevich seemed destined to remain behind bars until his projected 2024 release date. His wife, Patti, went on a media blitz in 2018 to encourage Trump to step in, praising the president and likening the investigation of her husband to special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election – a probe Trump long characterized as a “witch hunt.” At Blagojevich’s home, his wife’s sister, Deb Mell, emerged onto the porch after a rideshare driver arrived to deliver food. She said the logistics of the former governor’s return were not complete and that Patti Blagojevich would not speak to reporters until her husband is home. “The kids are overjoyed and Patti’s ecstatic,” Mell said. Blagojevich’s conviction was notable, even in a state where four of the last 10 governors have gone to prison for corruption. Judge James Zagel – who sentenced Blagojevich to the longest prison term yet for an Illinois politician – said when a governor “goes bad, the fabric of Illinois is torn and disfigured.” After his Dec. 9, 2008, arrest while still governor, Blagojevich became known for his foul-mouthed rants on wiretaps. On the most notorious recording, he gushed about profiting by naming someone to the seat Obama vacated to become president: “I’ve got this thing and it’s f-----golden. And I’m just not giving it up for f------ nothing.” When Trump publicly broached the idea in May 2018 of intervening to free Blagojevich, he downplayed the former governor’s crimes. He said Blagojevich was convicted for “being stupid, saying things that every other politician, you know, that many other politicians say.” He said Blagojevich’s sentence was too harsh. Prosecutors have balked at the notion long promoted by Blagojevich that he engaged in common political horse-trading and was a victim of an overzealous U.S. attorney, Patrick Fitzgerald. After Blagojevich’s arrest, Fitzgerald said the governor had gone on “a political
corruption crime spree” that would make Abraham Lincoln turn over in his grave. A joint statement from Fitzgerald and the lead prosecutors at Blagojevich’s trial, none of whom work in the Chicago U.S. Attorney’s Office anymore, stopped short of criticizing Trump’s decision. But they highlighted the convictions, including for trying to shake down the children’s hospital, saying, “Mr. Blagojevich remains a felon.” Mueller – a subject of Trump’s derision – was FBI director during the investigation into Blagojevich. Fitzgerald is now a private attorney for another former FBI director, James Comey, whom Trump dismissed from the agency in May 2017. Trump expressed some sympathy for Blagojevich when he appeared on “Celebrity Apprentice” in 2010, before his first corruption trial started. When Trump “fired” Blagojevich as a contestant, he praised him for how he was fighting his criminal case, telling him, “You have a hell of a lot of guts.” He later poll-tested the matter, asking for a show of hands of those who supported clemency at an October 2019 fundraiser at his Chicago hotel. Most of the 200 to 300 attendees raised their hands, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing several people at the event. On the same day, Trump told Chicago television station WLS that Blagojevich should not abandon hope of an early release. “No, he should not at all give up hope, at all,” Trump said. “We are looking at it.” Blagojevich’s first trial ended with the jury unable to reach a verdict, except for a single conviction, for lying to the FBI. At his second trial in 2011, Blagojevich
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BLAGOJEVICH COMMUTATION REACTIONS
Little support in Springfield for Trump’s Blagojevich commutation Most voices from both parties say disgraced ex-governor should have served full sentence BY JERRY NOWICKI
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SPRINGFIELD – There was little support Tuesday at the former stomping grounds of ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich for President Donald Trump’s decision to commute the remaining years of the disgraced former Democratic governor’s 14-year corruption sentence. Republicans and Democrats from various levels of state and federal government issued public statements condemning the president’s decision, which was initially reported by ABC News Tuesday morning. Several others received commutations from the president Tuesday as well, according to the Associated Press. “Yes, we commuted the sentence of Rod Blagojevich,” Trump told reporters Tuesday before boarding Air Force One. “He served eight years in jail, a long time. He seems like a very nice person, don’t know him.” Blagojevich, who was a contestant on Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” television program in 2010, began serving a 14-year federal prison sentence in 2012. He was convicted on 11 criminal counts related to his e�ort to sell the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama when he became president. Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, of Western Springs, called Trump’s decision “disappointing” and said he was “never going to be able to figure out how the president messages, nor the decision making that he does.” “Currently we have a massive federal investigation into corruption in the state of Illinois, and this action distracts and also dilutes what I think is the proper role of the Department of Justice to root out corruption,” he said. In a statement, Gov. JB Pritzker, who has argued on several occasions that Blagojevich should serve his full sentence, echoed that sentiment. “Illinoisans have endured far too much corruption, and we must send a message to politicians that corrupt practices will no longer be tolerated,” he said in the statement. “President Trump has abused his pardon power in inexplicable ways to reward his friends and condone corruption, and I deeply believe this pardon sends the wrong message at the wrong time. I’m committed to continu-
ing to take clear and decisive steps this spring to prevent politicians from using their o�ces for personal gain, and I will continue to approach this work with that firm conviction.” Blagojevich was also convicted on six counts related to campaign contribution shakedowns, including one count which said he essentially tried to trade $8 million in added state funding to pediatric specialists for a $25,000 campaign donation from a hospital CEO. In 2015, five of those counts were thrown out in appellate courts, although his 14-year sentence was re-imposed months later. Durkin was involved firsthand with the bipartisan e�ort to impeach Blagojevich in January 2009. “I saw a governor who was rogue on steroids,” he said. “He didn’t care about the state of Illinois, he cared about his own ambition and he abused the o�ce, and the Legislature did the appropriate thing, the federal courts did the right thing, not only at the district court level but also the appellate court and U.S. Supreme Court and they said his sentence was appropriate.” Durkin questioned why Blagojevich should get “special treatment” when others who are imprisoned for drug o�enses receive decades in prison without relief from presidential pardons. “It’s just because of the celebrity of Rod Blagojevich,” Durkin said. “I think it’s wrong and it sends a bad message to people in this country that … you don’t have to pay your debt to society.” U.S. Rep Darin LaHood, a Republican and honorary co-chair of Trump’s Illinois re-election campaign, said in August that he spoke to the president and encouraged him not to commute the sentence. On Tuesday, LaHood and the other members of Illinois’ congressional delegation – John Shimkus, Adam Kinzinger, Rodney Davis and Mike Bost – released a statement expressing their disappointment in Trump’s action. “We believe (Blagojevich) received an appropriate and fair sentence, which was the low end of the federal sentencing guidelines for the gravity of his public corruption convictions,” they said in the statement. “Blagojevich is the face of public corruption in Illinois, and not once has he shown any remorse for his clear and documented record of egregious crimes that undermined the trust placed in him by voters. As our state continues to grapple with political corruption, we
shouldn’t let those who breached the public trust o� the hook. History will not judge Rod Blagojevich well.” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, who said in 2018 he would support a shortening of Blagojevich’s sentence, released a statement Tuesday afternoon in which he did not specifically say if he agreed or disagreed with Trump’s action. “Former Governor Blagojevich betrayed the people of Illinois and engaged in a pattern of corrupt behavior for which he was held accountable and which cost him more than seven years of freedom,” Durbin said in the statement. “At a time
when corruption by elected o�cials is still in the headlines, Illinois and Washington should move quickly to establish stricter ethics requirements, including the full detailed disclosure of income, net worth, and income tax returns by all elected o�cials.” The o�ce of Illinois Senate Republican leader Bill Brady, R-Blooming ton, released a statement saying Blagojevich should serve his full sentence as well, and several rank-and-file Illinois lawmakers condemned the commutation and called for greater ethics reforms in state government.
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Blackhawk Trails Club
The Blackhawk Trails Club disbands after 94 years From Vivian Johnson
Earle Ainsworth brought a wonderful idea to Rockford in 1926, with the cooperation of the Rockford Athletic Commission and local newspapers, this idea took hold and on February 26, The Blackhawk Trails Club was born. In 1938 the club was incorporated. It has been 94 years of wonderful friendships and great memories and a fun way to spend your Sunday afternoons. Those on the first hike on February 6 were Earle Ainsworth, Harold Johnson, Ted Lund, Sterling Campbell, Roland Fagerburg and Axel Lindstedt. The first officers consisted of Oscar Anderson, Earle
Ainsworth, S.D. Campbell and Vera Walling and the first hike was from the library to Cherry Valley and back to town on the Interurban. At the end of the first year, the secretary’s report showed 45 members; 25 of them charter, 46 hikes averaging 8 miles and an average attendance of 20 persons. Many kindred activities were added along the way; including, bowling, camera club, sew-and-sews, tennis, ping pong tournaments, volleyball, weekend retreats, canoe trips, dancing, vacation trips, camping and bridge. Started in 1939, every October we’ve sponsored the annual hike around Lake Geneva. Many members
have made this 22 miles trek, with the most times belonging to Ed Mezner (30+), Dutch Vestel (40) and Dan McLevige (50). The basic concepts of our club remained essentially unchanged – healthful recreation, good companionship, enjoying meals and meetings while greeting old friend and making new ones, getting into the out of doors, or even indoors and forgetting for a time the cares of the day. Originally it was something for singles to do, but shortly changed as singles turned into couples, then marriage, then their children sharing our love for the many parks and forest preserves we are fortunate to have
in the area. The highlight every year was the annual banquet in February where a great meal was enjoyed, a program provided by the members, then dancing for several hours. Now down to 39 aged members, it is time to say good-bye to our beloved club. We end on February 29 with our final annual banquet which is being held at The Machine Shed in Rockford. If any past members would like to say their goodbyes, we would love to have you join at for our last hurray. Contact Vivian Johnson at 815-543-8460 for more information.
Women in History Month
The Ethnic Heritage Museum celebrates women From David Ruffin
Ethnic Heritage Museum
ROCKFORD - March is considered “Women in History Month”. During the month of March, the Ethnic Heritage Museum will salute some women who have made outstanding contributions in improving the lives of others. The women honored this year are Attorney Linda Zuba, Kate F. O’Connor and African American Suffragists. The Hispanic Gallery will honor Attorney Linda Zuba as the “Hispanic Woman of the Year” on Sunday, March 1 from 2-4 p.m. Born in Bogota, Columbia, she and her family moved to Rockford when she was in the 8th Grade. A graduate of Boylan High School, she obtained a Master’s Degree in Nursing from Loyola University in Chicago. After being confronted with issues relating to social injustice, she decided to go back to school to become an attorney. Linda started going to the U.S. southern border when children were being separated from their families to volunteer with asylum seekers. She has served on numerous boards and committees including Coalition of Latino Leaders, Women’s March Rockford and Eliminating Racism 815. Following the award ceremony, light refreshments will be served. This event is free to the public, donations are greatly appreciated.
In honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote, speaker Lynell Cannell introduces you to local suffragist Kate F. O’Connor on Sunday, March 8 at 2:15 p.m. (doors open 2 p.m.). The more you learn about Kate F. O’Connor, the more you will wish you could have known her. This Rockford native was well-known all over town as she became a public servant, successful businesswoman, noted suffragist, public speaker, defender of labor rights for women and children, and finally a state and federal official. Her achievements from the 1880s to the 1940s were noteworthy, but even more interesting were the fearlessness and good humor with which she approached life and its adventures. Come see what an interesting life she had and how she could hold her own when surrounded in the public sphere by men. Learn about her decadeslong dedication to women’s suffrage. This presentation is free to the public, donations greatly appreciated. The Rockford Reader’s Theatre will present “She Speaks: African American Poets, Playwrights and Pioneers” in celebration of the Black Suffragists exhibit on Sunday, March 29 at 2 p.m. Coordinated and directed by Dorothy Paige-Turner, the actors will perform music, monologues from plays, recite poetry, and feature cameos of women
who were major contributors to the cause of the Suffragist Movement of the 1900s. Included in the performance will be portrayals of Shirley Chisolm, the first African American woman to ever run for the President of the United States, and Dorothy Height, who created the “eliminate racism” part of the mission of the YWCA. This performance is made possible by a City Arts Action Grant from the Rockford Area Arts Council. It is free to the public, donations greatly appreciated and is appropriate for all ages.
The Heritage Museum Park (Ethnic Heritage Museum and Graham-Ginestra House) is open every Sunday from 2-4 p.m. General admission to both museums is only $5 student, $7 individual, $15 per family or free to members. The Ethnic Heritage Museum is handicap accessible. There is parking available on Loomis Street by the museum and additional parking in the lot on the corner of Main and Morgan Streets next to the Graham-Ginestra House. For more information call 815/962-7402 or visit ethnicheritagemuseum.org
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Hellos and goodbyes By Paula Hendrickson Contributor
When it comes to linear television, anyway, finding time slots for new series means something’s got to give. Often, that can be accomplished by juggling air dates, but occasionally existing series need to make way for new shows. All TV series end at some point. A good run might last four or five seasons, but the luckiest shows last even longer, like ABC’s Fresh Off the Boat and CBS’s Criminal Minds. Loosely based on chef Eddie Huang’s memoire of the same title, Fresh Off the Boat is a family comedy set in 1990s Orlando. For six seasons viewers have followed the Huang family – restaurant owner Louis (Randall Park), Jessica (Constance Wu), their sons Eddie (Hudson Yang), Emery (Forrest Wheeler), and Evan (Ian Chen), and Louis’ mom (Lucille Soong) as they pursue
the American dream, so it feels appropriate to end the show with Eddie graduating from high school and deciding his next step. More than just another sitcom, Fresh Off the Boat was first comedy in a long time to feature an Asian-American family – Margaret Cho’s All-American Girl ran for just one season in 1994-1995 (also on ABC) – and was one of few shows, ever, to regularly incorporate Mandarin dialogue, with English subtitles. It was also pretty darn funny. While no one would consider Criminal Minds a funny show, it often balanced its disturbing storylines with a bit of humor. It also counted some great comedic actors in its cast, especially Aisha Tyler (who voices Lana Kane on Archer), Paget Brewster (who was hysterical as Dodo on Another Period). But after 15 killer seasons, Criminal Minds wraps its final case with a two-hour send-
off this Wednesday. Always a mix of standalone procedural episodes and a handful of killers who got away only to return and torment Rossi and his team of behavioral analysts, the main thing Criminal Minds was known for was portraying violent and often sadistic crimes almost guaranteed to induce nightmares. But as we bid adieu to old favorites, we welcome new shows like the entertaining and heartwarming NBC show Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, which has already aired twice. The musical series follows the life of San Francisco coder Zoey (Suburgatory’s Jane Levy), who developed the curious ability to hear others’ innermost thoughts, expressed in song, after an earthquake struck while she was undergoing an MRI. With a strong supporting cast – featuring Broadway vets Once on this Island’s Alex
Newell (Glee), Spring Awakening’s Skylar Astin (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), and Guys and Dolls’ Peter Gallagher (Grace and Frankie) alongside actors previously not known for breaking into song, like Mary Steenburgen (Curb Your Enthusiasm) and Lauren Graham (Gilmore Girls) – the show is a delicate balance of poignant storylines, technicolor song and dance numbers, and a touch of comedy. If you like musicals, you’ll probably enjoy Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. If not, hang on. More new shows are rolling out all the time.
Programming Notes:
The Criminal Minds two-hour series finale airs Wednesday, February 19 starting at 8 p.m. CT on CBS. The Fresh Off the Boat one-hour series finale airs Friday, Feburary 21 starting at 7 p.m. CT on ABC.
Mr. Green Car
Our Energy Future, Part II By Allen Penticoff Columnist
We left off in the last column with a historical introduction to the Molten Salt Reactor (MSR). These have yet to be deployed to power communities. Rather, we have been using “light water reactors” (LWR) since the beginning of the atomic age. The problems that arise from LWRs is that the core modulating water is at a very high temperature – 400 degrees – and thus must be kept under high pressure to not boil. This creates the need for expensive plumbing and pumps that of course need electricity to run. When these bits of plumbing fail for any reason, then you have a nuclear disaster. This was the cause of Three Mile Island and more recently Fukushima. No cooling. The water boils, turns to hydrogen and boom. There has never been an explosion of the core of a reactor. Chernobyl, which was a poorly operated reckless older graphite-modulated design has been the worst nuclear power failure – yet only 43 people were directly killed (17 by thyroid cancer and 28 emergency responders). Nobody was killed at Three Mile Island which was put back in operation and has been running ever since. Fear of nuclear power is far greater than its reality as a safe clean source of power. There are about 400 LWR atomic energy plants in the world. In the U.S. there are 60 atomic power plants operating 98 LWR reactors. This is because one reactor is often shut down for refueling while the other continues to supply power to customers. Their safety record is quite good. But there
are even safer options. Most operating atomic power plants in the U.S. are of fairly old designs – although they do get upgrades in performance, efficiency and longetivity. One was recently licensed to extend its life to 80 years. However, most supporters of atomic energy see “small modular reactors” (SMR) as the next step in expanding atomic power. We’ve been building “what we know” for a long time – but with SMRs – which are still LWRs, the design is fixed, manufactured on more or less a production line and certified for use wherever one is needed. The U.S. military is planning to use them to power some of their bases “off-grid.” A SMR is no more complicated than building an airliner or ship and should be certified for the design, with the manufacturer then relieved of recertifying every unit they build. They could easily cleanly power smaller cities and large factories, and be built aboard ships for coastal deployment. Although the experiments with MSRs in the 1960s provided evidence that theoretically, a Liquid Floride Thorium Reactor (LFTR – pronounced “lifter”) concept was worthy of development as a safer alternative to LWRs, it was never pursued. MSRs can also operate on spent nuclear fuel – what most folks call “waste” – that really is not done with providing power. There is much new interest in this design now, as it could greatly expand the use of atomic energy worldwide. The main ingredient of a LFTR reactor would be hyper-abundant Thorium. It is one of the most common elements/ minerals on the planet. In fact, the hot core
of the Earth is a Thorium reactor – you are standing on it. It is easy to dig up. It would be incredibly cheap to make ready for use in a LFTR reactor. It is everywhere – so there are no political battles or issues over who has it and who does not or how much of it you use. In the LFTR reactor, Thorium is combined with Floride to become a solution that has a reaction. Unlike uranium it does not need containment to control stray neutrons. Essentially you have a big pot of molten metal (over-simplified here) in an expensive corrosion resistant tank that sits there and gets hot to the tune of about
700 degrees. This then heats water much as in the light-water reactor to provide steam for use in steam turbine generators – with the distinct advantage that the higher temperatures can make for more efficient and powerful turbines – creating more electricity for a given amount of fuel. The temperature of the reactor is controlled via circulated water. If there is a failure of the electrical supply to the reactor cooling pumps – a “freeze plug” melts and the reactor solution drains naturally into some reserve underground tanks for storage and cooling off. Safe and simple. To be continued…
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ENTERTAINMENT
‘Fresh O� the Boat’ leaving indelible mark on TV landscape BY TERRY TANG ASSOCIATED PRESS
Even before “Fresh O� the Boat” hit the airwaves on ABC in February 2015, the show was facing pressure that other new shows weren’t. It was set to be the first network TV comedy with an all-Asian cast since Margaret Cho’s “All-American Girl” premiered 20 years earlier. ABC canceled that series after one season, and some wondered how long this show would last too. Randall Park, who portrays patriarch Louis, never even thought the pilot – inspired by restaurateur and TV personality Eddie Huang’s childhood memoir – would be picked up. “The odds of a show getting picked up are tiny. On top of that, being an AsianAmerican family at the center of a show just made it kind of seem impossible in my head,” Park told The Associated Press in a phone interview from Atlanta, where he is filming the Marvel/Disney+ series “WandaVision.” Now, after six seasons, “Fresh O� the Boat” will make its final voyage Friday. Without question, the sitcom, centered on a Taiwanese-Chinese American family in the 1990s living in predominantly white Orlando, Florida – will be immortalized in the canon of Asian-American representation. It accomplished some unique firsts, like being the first American TV show to film on location in Taiwan and having a majority of dialogue in one episode be in Mandarin. It paved the path for movie stardom for Park (“Always Be My Maybe”) and on-screen wife Constance Wu (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “Hustlers”). And having passed 100 episodes, the Huangs will live on in syndication for years to come. Hudson Yang, 16, was 9 years old when he won the role of Eddie. Thanks to his father, journalist Je� Yang, he had an inkling this wasn’t just any TV gig. “My Dad would definitely talk about how important it was to have this kind of show. We talked about how previously ‘All-American Girl’ tried to do the same thing,” Yang said. “I knew a little bit about how important it was but I didn’t really know the full scale until a little bit later on.” The series used culturally specific humor while trying to universally appeal to a broadcast network audience. “What was smart was having a writers’ room, showrunner and actors that felt more empowered like they were part of the process,” said Stephen Gong, executive director of the Center for Asian American Media. “They take that stereotype-based
joke and turn it on its head a little bit more. That’s where the in-community joke gets funnier.” The show may also be remembered for headlines generated o�-screen. Wu, who was not available for an interview, shocked viewers when she angrily tweeted about the show’s renewal in May. She issued an explanation the next day, saying she would have to give up another project. She also apologized for being “insensitive” to struggling actors. During the show’s first season, the reallife Eddie Huang distanced himself from the show. In an essay for Vulture in 2015, he slammed it as a “cornstarch story” that was less about about specific moments in his life and was instead a bland, “one-sizefits-all” narrative. Huang hasn’t wavered. “I take representing my experience as an Asian American in this country very seriously,” Huang said in an interview in January. “I never compromised it for what a company or brand or studio told me to do.” For better or worse, the show was often treated as a default ambassador for the Asian-American experience. So, the cast understands some of the criticism from Huang and others. “As expected, there were some people who were like ‘This isn’t my family.’ It’s an understandable kind of response when there’s only one,” Park said. “But I get stopped by people of di�erent races who say how much they love the show.” “Fresh O� the Boat’s” absence leaves “Awkwafina is Nora from Queens,” the Comedy Central series led by the star of “The Farewell,” as the only other U.S. series with a mostly Asian cast. But because of “Fresh O� the Boat,” there’s already hope that Asian American-led successors will no longer be seen as out of the ordinary. “It is redefining what mainstream culture is. I think that’s the legacy,” Gong said. “It helped redefined a space that will help all creative Asian American media, producers and artists.” As a young Asian American actor, Yang said it’s been exciting to see how much the landscape has already changed in six years. He cited Ken Jeong’s since canceled ABC sitcom, “Dr. Ken,” and the game-changing opportunities for other “Crazy Rich Asians” actors. “Henry Golding, he’s playing Snake Eyes,” Yang said. “I feel like things are slowly changing. Soon, we hopefully won’t have to worry too much about only having a few of us on TV, only having a few of us represented.” Park credits “Fresh O� the Boat” fame for allowing him to be choosier about work.
The actor, who co-wrote “Always Be My Maybe” with friends including Ali Wong – a former sta� writer on the show – recently formed his own production company. “I’m in more of a position to create things now which is really exciting,” Park said. “It’s been a focus of mine tell more stories from an Asian American perspective.” Park also recently was in a position to direct. He helmed the series finale, which will include flashes of the Huang family’s future. Pulling double duty distracted him
from getting overwhelmed with emotions. “While a lot of people were crying, I was thinking about the next step,” Park said. For Yang, the next step will likely be college as well as the next acting job. And he knows he can think big. “My dream role is always gonna be Amadeus Cho. He’s the Asian hulk,” said Yang, referring to the fictional superhero in the Marvel comic books. “But now, my dream for the next role is something fundamentally di�erent from Eddie.”
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Voices From the Grave
One family’s anguish Kathi Kresol Contributor
When the telegram arrived at the cottage on Brown Street at the end of August 1926, everyone in the family was surprised. The telegram announced the visit of one of Sarah Sherman’s daughters, Hattie. Hattie lived in La Crosse, Wisconsin since her husband’s death six years ago. Hattie’s husband left her in good financial state but she liked working so she found a job as a purchaser for a large department store in La Crosse. It wasn’t the fact that she was coming to Rockford to see her mother and sister that was so surprising. It was the fact that the telegram mentioned she would be accompanied by her new husband, William Coffey. Sarah Sherman lived with her daughter, Anna and Anna’s husband, William Holdridge. Sarah was 87 years old in 1926. Though she was in very good shape for a woman her age, she felt safer living with her daughter and her family. The family could see that Hattie was quite taken with William. William and Hattie were planning a honeymoon road trip. They were going to take in the fall colors of Iowa, Illinois and Wisconsin. Hattie was almost giddy when she spoke of it. Sarah didn’t show it on the outside but on the inside, she was very concerned. She didn’t like the fact that Hattie had married this man she had only known for six months. Sarah felt concerned enough to discuss it with Hattie one evening when the women had some privacy. Hattie just laughed off their concerns. “He is just the man for me, Mama.” Hattie told her elderly mother. Sarah shared her concern with Anna. Sarah and Anna tried to focus on the fact that Hattie was happy. But there was fear in Sarah’s heart as she watched the couple load their car for the trip. She just couldn’t shake the feeling that they would never see Hattie again. The family received a letter from Hattie a few days later. The letter described the details of their trip up to that point. When the next letter arrived a few days later, Sarah and Anna were surprised that it was written by William. After several letters, all written by William, Anna asked why they didn’t hear from Hattie. The next letters appeared to be from Hattie but were typewritten and the signature didn’t seem quite right. The family grew concerned about the letters. That concern turned to fear when they received the final letter. This one was written by Coffey. He claimed that Hattie had left him and ran off with another man and Coffey had no idea where she was. That set off red flags for the family.
Sarah told her daughter and son in law, that she believed “all was not well with Hattie.” Anna came up with a plan to trap Coffey. Hattie owned stocks and bonds in different companies. The family knew that Hattie owned stocks in the Elroy Oil Company in Elroy, Wisconsin. The family lived there when Sarah’s husband Leander was alive. The Elroy Oil Company was having their annual Board of Director’s meeting. Anna wrote Hattie a letter reminding her about the meeting. She mentioned that if there were any changes to be made that Hattie would need to attend the meeting. Coffey took the bait and attended the meeting. He carried a letter supposedly typed and signed by Hattie turning over her stock to her husband. The family alerted the authorities and they were there to take Coffey into custody. He was arrested for forgery. The family felt that they would finally get the answers to Hattie’s whereabouts. They had no idea the twists that the story would take. Police soon found out that everything that Coffey had told Hattie and her family was a lie. Even their marriage was a lie. Coffey already had a wife and three children that lived in Madison, Wisconsin. The papers referred to her as Mrs. Coffey number one. When Mrs. Coffey heard of her husband’s arrest in Elroy, she contacted the police. Her husband traveled for his job and she wouldn’t see him for months at a time, so his absence didn’t arouse her suspicion. The police found all of Hattie’s suitcases in the trunk of Coffey’s car when they searched it. They also found that Coffey’s first wife had Hattie’s clothes and jewelry in her possession. She claimed they were gifts from her husband. When Anna and Sarah were shown pictures of the jewelry, they identified them as Hattie’s. “I knew then that she was dead” Sarah stated. “Those rings were precious to her.” Police started to pressure Coffey for the truth of what happened to Hattie, but Coffey stuck with his story that Hattie had deserted him in North Carolina. Hattie’s sister, Anna, who was praised in the papers for her strategy to catch Coffey now stepped forward once again. She offered to attempt to get the truth from the man she believed killed her sister. The police agreed and Anna went in the interview room. She sobbed and begged Coffey to tell the truth. Anna told him that her aged mother was heart-broken and needed to bring her daughter home. Coffey was moved to tears himself when Anna reached out and grasped his hands. It took two more hours but finally Coffey finally admitted that he had killed Hattie. Coffey said that they were camping by the Mississippi River in Dubuque on October 11, 1926. He had spent part of the
day visiting clients. When he returned to the camp, they got into an argument and Hattie slapped his face. Then she picked up a bat that they kept in the tent and tried to hit Coffey with it. This angered him and he took it away from her and swung out with it striking Hattie in the head. She died instantly. Coffey stated he panicked and put her body in the car. He drove unto the bridge, got out of the car and threw Hattie’s body off the bridge into the river below. When authorities pressed him for the exact location, they thought it strange that he kept insisting that they camped in Wisconsin. It all became clear when Coffey announced that he thought they were trying to trick him into saying that the camp was in Iowa. Iowa had the death penalty at the time but Wisconsin did not. By January 27, the police had not found Hattie’s body in the river. They had found a baseball bat in the Eagle View Park in Dubuque. They told Coffey that since there was no body to prove otherwise, they would have to believe that Hattie had been killed in that park. The park was in Iowa so things did not look good for Coffey at that point. Coffey once again changed his story. This time Coffey claimed that on October 9, he and Hattie were in the car driving across the Mississippi River heading along the river in Wisconsin. They pulled over to make camp in some woods about six miles south west of Platteville. It was here that he struck Hattie. The police found the weapon hidden in his home in Madison. Coffey confirmed he hid it there when he had returned to spend Christmas with his family. Coffey also changed another part of the story. He hadn’t thrown Hattie in the river as he first claimed. He now said that he had used a butcher knife and an axe to dismember her. He buried her in 12 different graves in the woods. Word about this leaked from the interrogation room. Folks around Platteville heard of the horrible killing that had taken place in the woods. The District Attorney and sheriff from Grant County accompanied Coffey to the location where he buried Hattie. When the small group of men arrived at the woods, they saw a shocking sight. More than 700 cars lined the road and over 3,000 people were wandering about the woods. Coffey kept his head down and began to lead the men from place to place revealing body part after body part. District Attorney Orchard grew frustrated by the pushing and shoving of the crowd as they jockeyed for the best position to see each body part. Finally, he turned to the huge group and asked what they wanted. They answered they wanted
to see Coffey. Orchard made Coffey get up on the running boards of a nearby car so that everyone could get a look at him. It took quite a while to unearth all of the body parts. Hattie’s head was the last piece to be found. The police knew that the head would reveal critical evidence of how Hattie had been killed and they were desperate for it to be recovered. There was a gasp that washed through the crowd as the last part was brought up. Anna was called on once again. She bravely agreed to look at the head to see if she could identify the grisly remains as her sister. Her strength and dedication to her sister touched even the most veteran of policemen. The autopsy proved that Hattie had been struck in the head. Instead of a baseball bat, the medical examiner thought that the weapon might have been a hammer. Coffey claimed that he struck Hattie as she slept and that she never knew what or who had hit her. One can only hope that at least this time, his words were true. Later many asked why Coffey confessed. The authorities believed that Coffey was aware of how the law worked. He adapted the story to give himself the best odds. Coffey mentioned that his own father had become insane and was institutionalized possibly laying down the grounds for an insanity plea. He also was smart enough to know that if they didn’t find a body it would be hard to prove that Hattie was dead. It was only when faced with the possibility of the case being handled in Iowa with a death penalty involved that Coffey decided to divulge where he had placed Hattie. Hattie’s family laid her to rest in the Elroy Cemetery next to her father. As her funeral was taking place, the man who murdered her was standing in front of the judge. The judge asked Coffey if he was guilty or innocent. “Guilty” said Coffey. The whole trial took 11 minutes. Coffey was sentenced to life in prison. He was transferred to Waupun to serve his time. He died there in 1962. The townsfolk of Elroy who knew the Sherman family so well paid tribute to Hattie. They wrote a beautiful letter to Sarah and the rest of the family. They spoke of Hattie’s big heart, friendly smile, and dedication to her family. They spoke of the loss of one so dearly loved by all who knew her. Sarah would state that the letter helped her remember the way that Hattie had lived and not dwell on the way she died. Kathi Kresol has been researching the history of this area for over a decade. She shares the stories she discovers in her articles for the Rock River Times, in her books, and during the events she hosts. Read more of Kathi’s stories on hauntedrockford.com.
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610 N. Bell School Rd., Rockford, 61107 Alchemy is the holy grail of appetizers. Every single appetizer that I have ordered (or stolen from someone else’s plate when they weren’t looking) has been glorious. You guys… I don’t even like shrimp and I find myself craving their Buffalo Shrimp in the middle of the night like I am pregnant with twins. That is how perfect their appetizers are!
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The Bruschetta Burrata is the Mr. Big to my Carrie Bradshaw. Every time I say “NO MORE CARBS,” someone near me orders this plate of deliciousness and it comes crawling right back into my life. But hey, maybe if I keep going back to it I will also be given a penthouse suite in Manhattan with a closet bigger than my current bedroom. Fingers crossed!
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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Increasing renewable energy in Illinois BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL
More information on selecting seeds BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR
As you decide on seeds, there are a couple features you need to consider. One is disease resistance. Due to seasonal diseases we deal with each year, you might want to purchase seeds that have disease resistance. While it may not guarantee full disease control, it still would be a practice that could help you attain yields. For instance, choose a tomato that has Early or Late Blight resistance, as both of those diseases can be highly destructive. Not all vegetables have disease resistance varieties available on the market but it would be a feature to look into. The other criteria you will look for with seeds are what the actual vegetables will look like. Seed packets and catalogs will have photos of what these vegetables look like. You will also find information on how these vegetables can be used. Fresh eaten, cooked, and preserved will all be information you need to know. In the last five years, there has been unique colors of vegetables available as seeds. You’ll find purple and orange cauliflower which can be added colors to your cooking. Red, purple, and white carrots can vary in their sweetness and added nutritional benefits compared to the
orange carrots. Blue and purple potatoes are commonly found too. Some seeds are better for spring or fall planting. This is especially true for cool season crops like broccoli, kale, and others. Usually this is connected to that variety needing either very warm weather in August to grow or the ability to germinate in slowly warming temperatures in the spring. Your seed packet will list this information. Keep in mind that some vegetables are better o� as seeds versus transplants. Many of the cool season vegetables will be better as seeds like radish, carrots, and loose leaf lettuce. Bigger plants like broccoli and kale are better as transplants. Big seeds like pumpkin, watermelon, and squash seeded directly in the garden. Tomatoes and peppers can be transplanted or seeds. Most seed packets purchased last year can still be planted/used in your garden. If it’s a seed packet from 2016 or 2017, you may need to get new seeds depending on the type of plant you want to grow. Grant McCarty is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension. His tips and tricks for local eating and your at-home garden appear in TRRT.
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We read a good deal of information about climate change, renewable energy and environmental issues in preparing our articles. But an additional dimension comes from interacting with others. System installers report they are very busy and expect to remain so if funding for renewable energy is increased. The unfilled demand for community solar investments is one of many examples of citizen interest. The international call for action on climate change has been intensifying but action to address the problem remains below what scientists have established as a necessary goal to avoid the worst consequences of climate change. The prospects of investing $1.3 trillion in new global oil and gas projects will undermine the goal of keeping global warming to no more than 1.5°C or 2.4°F. At the current rate of investments the industry will double its production of fossil fuels by 2030. It is also reported that our Federal government is spending far less on energy e�ciency and renewable energy than it is authorized to spend. One way to address climate change is to accelerate our investments in energy e�ciency and renewable energy. While such investments are increasing they have yet to o�set the global rise in carbon emissions. The good news is that electrical generation from renewables in the U.S stood at 17% in 2019 and is expected to increase to 20% in 2020. In California where additional power outages are projected to continue for a few years, residential owners are expected to have up to 50,000 battery backup systems installed in 2020. In Illinois legislative e�orts this spring are expected to reflect Governor’s J.B. Pritzker’s commitment to a clean energy future by 2050. The current renewable energy portfolio calls for 25% renewable
energy by 2025 which the state has yet to reach. In 2016 the state passed legislation which included funds for energy e�ciency and renewable energy. It also provided subsidies to keep open the Quad Cities and Clinton nuclear power plants. A new e�ort to increase funding for energy e�ciency and renewable energy is under consideration in this spring’s legislative session. One e�ort is known as the Clean Energy Jobs Act or CEJA which moves the state toward 100% renewable energy by 2050. It is backed the Illinois Clean Energy Coalition which includes the Citizens Utility Board. In addition to increasing funding for e�ciency, renewable energy, electric charging stations and job training it would transfer authority to operate capacity markets in northern Illinois to the Illinois Power Agency. The move is described as avoiding the cost increases associated with the higher minimum price rule of the capacity markets run by PJM which would benefit fossil fuel generating plants. Cub projects a savings of $860 million from transferring the authority over the capacity markets to the Illinois Power Agency and avoiding the higher costs of the PJM capacity markets from the e�ort to increase coal use. The renewable energy industry is backing the Path to 100 Act which would raise the Illinois Renewable Energy Standard to 40% by 2030 and also increase funding to achieve the goal. In response to e�orts to pass CEJA, the Illinois Chamber of Commerce questioned the economic benefits of CEJA and its impacts on the cost of electricity on households and big electrical consumers like hospitals and industries. Given Governor J.B. Pritzker’s commitment to a clean energy future supporters of CEJA are very active advocating its passage in this spring’s legislative session.
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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. Friday, February 21 Trinadora Rocks - Performing at 7 p.m. at Belvidere Moose, 575 Beloit Rd., in Belvidere. $10 for non-members. Don Collins & the Night Shift - 7 p.m. at Lyran Society, 1115 4th Ave. No cover. 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. Jazz After 5 - 5-7:30 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free admission. Sunday, February 23 Avalon String Quartet - 3 p.m. at Mendelssohn, 406 N. Main St. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door; students are $6. For tickets and more information visit mendelssohnpac.org. Friday, March 6 March 6 Ivy Ford - 7 p.m. at Lyran Society, 1115 4th Ave. No cover. Saturday, March 14 Kilborn Alley Blues Band - 8 p.m. at Hope & Anchor, 5040 N. 2nd St. in Loves Park. $5 cover.
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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 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. A Celebration through Diversity - A performance by “Do the Dream” musical/activist group at 1st Congregational UCC Church, 6th & Reed Streets, in Pecatonica. Performance from 7-8 p.m. A free-will offering will be received. Refreshments will be served after the performance, and band members will be available for conversation. 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.
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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 Mini-Golf in the Library - The Cherry Valley Public Library, 755 E. State St. in Cherry Valley, is transforming into a miniature golf course for their eighth annual “Mini-Golf in the Library and Silent Auction” fundraiser. For $5 each, young and old alike can test out their putting skills on the nine holes arranged throughout the library. Ages three and under are free with a paying adult. Refreshments will be available for purchase and over 100 Silent Auction items will be displayed for bids until 4 p.m. on Sunday. Tee times are available on Sat. from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Sun. from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. To reserve a time slot, call the library at 815-332-5161 or just drop-in and golf. Everyone is welcome… no library card is needed! For more information, visit the Library’s website at www.cherryvalleylib.org. Tuesday, March 3 Northwest Illinois Audubon Society’s Monthly
Meeting - The Northwest Illinois Audubon Society’s monthly meeting presents information about pelicans nesting along the Mississippi River. Pam Steinhaus, the visitor services manager with the Upper Mississippi River Wildlife Refuge in Thomson, IL, will share information about pelican nesting spots along the Mississippi River and other facts about these birds. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at St. John United Church of Christ, 1010 Park Blvd. in Freeport. The public is welcome. For more information, visit nwilaudubon.org or contact Teresa at 815-238-3963. 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! See full job descriptions under the Contact Us tab at winnebagoforest.org. 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. Takes place at Rockford Speedway, 9572 Forest Hills Road, in Loves Park. All registered participants will receive a souvenir beer glass, a Shamrock Beer Run long-sleeve T-shirt, and a medal for completing the course. Festivities begin at noon and the Run/Walk starts at 1 p.m. A post-race party goes until 4 p.m. 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. Proceeds benefit Nik’s Wish, whose mission is to BRING JOY to young adults (18-24), and their loved ones, fighting cancer. For more information visit facebook.com/events/1079145258955293/
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40th Annual Rockford Home Show WHEN Friday, February 21 - Sunday, February 23 (Friday 3 - 8 p.m. / Saturday 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. / Sunday 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
Whiskey and Wine at the Rockford City Market WHEN Saturday, February 22 (4 - 7 p.m.) WHERE Rockford City Market
WHERE Mercyhealth Sportscore Two The Home Show, presented by Showtime Productions, is the ideal place to shop for new products, services, ideas, concepts and expertise on interior and exterior design.
Sample whiskey and wine from around the world at over 15 tables provided by Artale Wine Co. Admission includes tastings, light appetizers, live music by Cole Brandt, and commemorative logo glass!
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60th Annual Antiques Show
Mini-Golf in the Library and Silent Auction
WHEN Saturday, February 22 - Sunday, February 23 (Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. / Sunday 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.)
WHEN Saturday, February 22 - Sunday, February 23 (Saturday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. / Sunday 1 - 4 p.m.)
WHERE Forest Hills Lodge The Midwest’s finest antique dealers come together for the 60th Annual Antiques Show hosted by the Northern Illinois Antique Dealers Association. The dealers bring out their finest 19th and 20th century antiques.
WHERE Cherry Valley Public Library During this family event, the inside of the library is transformed into a nine-hole miniature golf course with a huge silent auction area. All are welcome - a library card is not required.
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Byron Graff 74 Rockford 2/10/2020 Nancy Gray 97 Rockford 2/11/2020 GEMINI Tequis Hines 20 Rockford 2/11/2020 Your popularity will help you Joseph Clemons 51 Rockford 2/11/2020 plan an event that brings many Lyle Passini 66 Rockford 2/11/2020 people together. At work, you’ll Lois Worden 80 Rockford 2/11/2020 Christine Rubert 68 Rockford organize 2/11/2020 an urgent meeting that’ll be such a success it may Kathleen Drury 82 Rockford 2/11/2020 turn into a party. Kendall Bohr 80 Rockford 2/11/2020 Gregory Luter 65 Rockford 2/12/2020 CANCER George Dickson 75 Durand 2/12/2020 You’ll Valley be inspired by a life Lucio Serrano-Mendoza 70 Cherry 2/12/2020 changing voyage or class. You’ll Jacinta Diaz Silva 71 Rockford make 2/12/2020 enchanting discoveries that Frank Mangruem 54 Rockford guide 2/12/2020 you toward a new form of John Walling 78 Rockford 2/12/2020 spirituality. Ruth Ax 93 Rockford 2/12/2020 Rick Gork 33 Rockford 2/12/2020 LEO Dale Lighthart 55 Rockford 2/12/2020 Emotions will run high this week, Christine Wakenight 72 Rockford 2/12/2020 which should inspire you to Sarah Burkholber 69 Rockfordhave 2/12/2020 a more active social life. A Judith Smith 66 Rockford 2/12/2020 type of spiritual awakening will David Williams 84 Rockford 2/12/2020 guide you toward new goals. David Lilly 74 Rockford 2/13/2020 Joyce Yale 93 South Beloit 2/13/2020 VIRGO Virginia Mercer 101 Rockford 2/13/2020 You have to make an important Audrey Mizner 94 Roscoe 2/13/2020 decision, but not before thinking Kristie Barnett 57 Rockford 2/13/2020 carefully. Changes may be ne Janet Neal 60 Rockford 2/13/2020 cessary in order to achieve your Jane Clay 64 Rockford 2/13/2020 goals. Maggie Sullivan-Cairo 71 Rockford 2/14/2020 Frances Vance 73 South BeloitLIBRA 2/14/2020 Roy Gifford 68 Rockford 2/14/2020 It’ll Alice Bein 95 Rockford 2/14/2020 be a busy week at work, but that won’t stop you from ma Shirley Brees 90 Rockford 2/14/2020 king sure the house is clean. You Genevieve Pannell 89 Rockford 2/14/2020 a tidy environment in or Deborah Thomas 65 Rockfordneed 2/14/2020 der to be happy. Carolyn Nichols 90 Rockford 2/14/2020 Michelle Johnson 43 Rockford 2/14/2020 SCORPIO Virginia Bland 72 Rockford 2/14/2020 Your selfesteem will go up a Georgette Donnelli 85 Rockford 2/14/2020 notch, encouraging you to ac Mary Hajek 81 Rockford 2/14/2020 things you didn’t think Patricia Ericksen 75 Loves Parkcomplish 2/14/2020 possible in your professional Gail Gilbey 67 Rockford 2/15/2020 and personal life. You’ll have the Judie Pruitt 72 Rockford 2/15/2020 chance to make yourself look Thomas Bojar 89 Rockford 2/15/2020 good and be recognized by your Richard Huffaker Jr. 76 Rockford 2/15/2020 peers. Michele Chuilli 35 Rockford 2/15/2020 Della Laviolette 93 Rockford 2/15/2020 SAGITTARIUS Polly McKinney 91 Rockford 2/15/2020 Whether you’re single or not, Michael Cantele 47 Rockford 2/15/2020 Robert Gregg 90 Durand 2/15/2020 you’ll fall in love at first sight, Linda Burright 77 Rockford 2/16/2020 which will take over everything. Irene Miller 98 Rockford 2/16/2020 You’ll hear about a birth in the Helen Scott 81 Rockford 2/16/2020 family, bringing great joy to all Bernice Anderson 96 Rockfordaround 2/16/2020 you. Donna Niswonger 56 Rockford 2/16/2020 Vincenza Torissi 64 Rockford 2/16/2020 CAPRICORN Karen Garey 81 Roscoe 2/16/2020 Your circle of friends will get big Vivian Shields 90 Rockford 2/16/2020 ger. At work and in your per Bobby Hastings 81 Roscoe 2/16/2020 sonal life, you’ll be very chatty Constance Brown 88 Rockfordat2/16/2020 the beginning of the week, Leone Deckard 100 Durand 2/17/2020 which will allow you to place Jasper Montgomery 91 Rockford 2/17/2020 yourself on the forefront and Wilma Zuercher 88 Rockford 2/17/2020 make some important deals. Lois Smith 89 Loves Park 2/17/2020 Jaime Ramirez 79 Rockford 2/17/2020 AQUARIUS Leona Garrison 95 Rockford 2/17/2020 Before making a big purchase, Patricia Zawlocki 92 Rockfordbe 2/17/2020 sure to check your budget Joel Shelton 63 Rockford 2/17/2020 and make certain the thing you Mary MacDonald 88 Rockford want 2/17/2020 Jayme Barnes 32 Rockford 2/17/2020is something you need. With a little patience, you’ll be Zora Streib 87 Rockford 2/17/2020 more satisfied and get a better Fred Skultety 74 Davis 2/17/2020 price. Gary McConville 66 Rockford 2/17/2020 Phyllis Cain 80 Rockford 2/18/2020 PISCES Joyce Berg 77 Rockford 2/18/2020 Expect a hectic week that inclu Leroy Rajca 84 Rockford 2/18/2020 des some unforeseen expenses. Albert Holt 87 Rockford 2/18/2020 Happily, a raise will more than make up for it and will also en Death notices are provided bysure the you’re looked after in your old ce. age. Winnebago County Coroner’s offi
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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.
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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.
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ARIES You’ll be offered the oppor tunity to travel with a group. If you’re in a relationship, you’ll feel especially romantic this week. Single? Someone who’s interested in you could make their feelings known in a rather impressive way. TAURUS You may experience a whole range of emotions this week. You’ll be inspired to take a trip that will guarantee relax ation and a way to find men tal and physical balance. GEMINI Someone close to you may make a declaration of love that will leave you confused. At work, you’ll organize a meeting or event that’s better atten ded than expected. CANCER Take the time to finish a task that you started and haven’t yet finished. You’ll also find something that will consider ably improve your health. LEO You may be under a lot of pres sure at work and will have to work harder than usual to finalize an agreement or sign a contract. You’ll start to ex ercise in order to improve your health. VIRGO You’ll spend a lot of time at the office and your hard work will be rewarded with a pro motion. You’ll spontaneously decide to invest in a new hobby or sport that you’ve developed a passion for. LIBRA You won’t keep your opinions to yourself, even if you face some criticism for them. Try to be more tactful in the future. You’ll plan a romantic activity to enjoy with your partner. SCORPIO More and more, you want to become a homeowner. Before the week is over, you’ll find something that works for your family and fits your budget. SAGITTARIUS You’ll probably play taxi this week, or at least spend a lot of time on the road. You may also renegotiate your con tracts with certain service providers. CAPRICORN The winter blues will be in full effect this week, and nothing beats them better than some physical activity. You may dis cover a new winter sport. AQUARIUS You’ll feel more tired than usual this week. All you need to regain your energy is a visit to your massage therapist or even your doctor’s office. PISCES Stress is the greatest scourge of the 21st century. There may be changes you can make in your life that will remedy the situation.
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February 19, 2020 The Rock River Times. 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 17, 2020 sealed submittals for IFB No. 20-29 Lathrop Elementary School Asbestos Abatement 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 29th day of January 2020, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois. Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 11315R TRRT 2/19 n n n LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Rockford Park District intends to contract for the following items and services; specifications are on file with Demandstar.com. The Rockford Park District and Winnebago County are seeking qualified contractors to perform sealcoating services at various locations. Scope of work consists of cleaning, crack filling, sealing and striping of pavement for parking lots, roadways, paths and other surfaces, and handicap signage as specified in the Work Descriptions. This is a joint purchasing bid that will include Winnebago County and the Rockford Park District. Bids will be opened at the Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 South Main St, Rockford, IL 61101 (Purchasing Dept (815) 969-4062). The Rockford Park District reserves the unrestricted right to reject any or all bids received, to waive or not to waive any informality, or to accept the bid considered to be in the best interest of the Park District. Contractor shall not pay less than the prevailing rates of wages to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics performing work under this contract, and shall comply with the requirements of the IL Wages of Employees on Public Works Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12). Bid No. 20-2243 Joint Purchase of Seal Coating services at Various Rockford Park District and Winnebago County Locations Pre-Bid Conference: Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., Rockford Park District, Director’s Team Conference Room, 401 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101 Bid Opening: Thursday, March 5, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101 BY: Julianne C. Elliott, Secretary 11316R TRRT 2/19 n n n REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS 2020 COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY AT RISK YOUTH PROGRAMS GRANT RFP NO.: 220-HS-019 Proposals 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, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104. At that time and place, all proposals received will be publicly opened and read aloud.
Proposals will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused. Proposal forms may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, or at https://rockfordil.gov/city-departments/finance/central-services/ purchasing/open-bidsrfps/ Proposals must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the RFP, and the RFP number. Each vendor shall submit with their proposal 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 proposal which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities. 11317R TRRT 2/19 n n n NOTICE OF BID FOR ROOF REPLACEMENT Rockton Township is taking sealed bids for roof replacement at the Greater Rockton Centre, 302 W. Main Street, Rockton, IL 61072. Interested parties can pick up bid packets starting February 17, 2020 at Rockton Township Offices, 1315 North Blackhawk Blvd., Rockton, IL 61072 during regular business hours. JUDITH GURNEY ROCKTON TOWNSHIP CLERK 11318R TRRT 2/19
Public Notices n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOEY McLEOD, Deceased. No. 2019-P-199 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOEY McLEOD. Letters of Office were issued on February 5, 2020 to JACQUELINE McLEOD, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is Gary L. Ecklund, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 22, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of the claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: February 18, 2020 Gary L. Ecklund Name: Gary L. Ecklund Attorney for Estate Address: 4023 Charles Street City: Rockford, IL 61108 Telephone: 815 229-5333 gary@rockriverlaw.com 11327R TRRT 3/4 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 STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: DOUGLAS DEL RAY IVY / DOUGLAS DITTO Current Name Case Number 20-MR-141 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Douglas Freddy Ditto to the new name of: Douglas Del Ray Ivy. The court date will be held: on March 25, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #412. /s/ Douglas Ivy / Douglas Ditto Current Name 11330R TRRT 3/4 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 SOUTHWEST 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. I3143933 P11256R 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 Rufin freiming business in said County and State under the name of Andrade Construction at the following post office addresses: 631 Donelda Ln., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Alejandro Andrade SIGNED: Alejandro Andrade 2/14/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of February, A.D. 2020. Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11325R TRRT 3/4 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 MAURICE A. PARTRIDGE,
Deceased. CASE NO. 2020 P 46 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Maurice A. Partridge of Rockton, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on February 11, 2020, to Lori A. Thomson, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is G. Michael Scheurich. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before 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 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Room 425, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated: February 17, 2020. G. Michael Scheurich, Attorney G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH (#2479869) Guyer & Enichen, P.C. Attorneys for the Estate 2601 Reid Farm Road, Suite B Rockford, Illinois 61114 815/636-9600 11320R TRRT 3/4 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 Member’s only lounge & game room that will also sell clothing and accessories business in said County and State under the name of Functions Lounge & More at the following post office addresses: 340 College Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: David McCoy Jr. SIGNED: David McCoy Jr. 2/14/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of February, A.D. 2020. Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11332R TRRT 3/4 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JOYCE M. SHULTZ Deceased, CASE NO. 19 P 457 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOYCE M. SHULTZ. Letters of Office were issued on October 24, 2019, to RONALD A. ZICK and CINDY LEE ZICK, c/o 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway, Loves Park, IL 61111, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is JEREMY RAMSEY, 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway, Loves Park, IL 61111. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before September 1, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed
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by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 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: February 17, 2020 RONALD A. ZICK CINDY LEE ZICK Name: JEREMY RAMSEY ARDC Number: # 6276765 Attorney for Estate Address: 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway Loves Park, IL 61111 Telephone: (815) 988-4364 11322R TRRT 3/4 n n n Machesney Mini Warehouses 11330 North Second St. Machesney Park, IL 61115 815-282-8400 NOTICE OF SALE The personal property stored by: Jill Corbet (#232). Mitchel Fuchs (#135), Dan Wright (#201) and all located at 11330 North Second St., Machesney Park, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold on or after 3/6/2020 to enforce the owner’s lien thereon. If not sold, the property will be otherwise disposed of. Property includes households goods and many personal items. 11328R TRRT 2/26 n n n AADDITIONAL STORAGE 7319 N. Alpine Rd. Loves Park, IL 61111 MORE AADDITIONAL STORAGE 7327 N. Alpine Rd. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-282-8400 NOTICE OF SALE The personal property stored by: Eric Love (AS59) and Thomas Hildebrand (AS60) located at 7319 N. Alpine Rd., Loves Park, Illinois, a self-storage facility and Jeff Cremer (A14) and Blaine McDaniel (A27) located at 7327 N. Alpine Rd., Loves Park, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold on or after 3/6/2020 to enforce the owner’s lien thereon. If not sold, the property will be otherwise disposed of. Property includes households goods and many personal items. 11329R 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 Restaurant business in said County and State under the name of Angie’s Authentic Mexican Tamales at the following post office addresses: 1820 Dresden Ave., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Angelica Zarco Diaz SIGNED: Angelica Zarco Diaz 2/18/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of February, A.D. 2020. Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 11331R TRRT 3/4
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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 19, 2020 The Rock River Times. 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 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 Winnebago 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, 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 Winneba-
go 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 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Plaintiff, vs. MARIA D. MONTOYA, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF GONZALO MONTOYA, JOHN MONTOYA, GONZALO MONTOYA, JR., SHERRY ZACK AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 18 CH 739 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 26, 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 TWENTY-FOUR (24) AND LOT TWENTY-FIVE (25) IN BLOCK THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SUNSET HILL SECOND ADDITION BEING A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION SEVENTEEN (17), AND PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION EIGHTEEN (18), BOTH IN TOWNSHIP FORTY-FOUR (44) NORTH, RANGE ONE (1) EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS ON PAGE 121 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-17-303-006 AND
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11-17-303-007. Commonly known as 4428 VIRGINIA AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61101. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 18-04146 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3145360 P11314R TRRT 3/4 n n n NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart to satisfy a lien on MARCH 5, 2020 at www. storagetreasures.com. Online Bids END Approx. 11:00AM at CubeSmart #6146, 7511 Vandiver Road, Rockford, Illinois 61112 (815) 277-4051: CUBE L19, RUTH SMITH. Online Bids END Approx. 11:30AM at CubeSmart #6150, 4548 American Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109 (815) 277-4049: CUBE 709, KIARA BROWN; CUBE 1415, BIANCA M HERNANDEZ; CUBE 1509, JEREMIE ROBINSON; CUBE 1519, RHONDA LA FEW; CUBE 1527, GABRIEL REYES; CUBE 2619, DIANE DYE; CUBE 5109, MAGDALENA ORTIZ; CUBE 5919, APRIL ROGERS. Online Bids END Approx. 11:30AM at CubeSmart #6153, 4560 Stenstrom Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109 (815) 277-4049: CUBE S38, KIMBERLY R ALBRIGHT; CUBE S125, JERRY WHITFIELD. Online Bids END Approx. 12:00PM at CubeSmart #6152, 3015 North Main Street, Rockford, Illinois 61103 (815) 2774054: CUBE A39, ZACHARY CARTER; CUBE A79, EBONY DA THOMAS; CUBE A146, LATOYA NOLEN; CUBE B103, JESSE FARVE; CUBE B120, SHARON ABRON; CUBE B17, MONISHA WILLIAMS; CUBE B172, BRIAN SMITH; CUBE B312, SONJA M PEARSON. Online Bids END Approx. 12:30PM at CubeSmart #6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 2774052: CUBE 138, TERRICA PURIFOY; CUBE 222, SHANEKA M. SMITH; CUBE 338, ROBB W. PHILIPPUS. Online Bids END Approx. 1:00PM at Cubesmart #6148, 4300 Interstate Boulevard, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 2774053: CUBE 337, SARAH ANNE COMBS; CUBE 422, CURTIS DEAN MILLER. 11319R TRRT 2/26
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n n n conveying the premises described STATE OF ILLINOIS as follows: to-wit: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Part of Lot One (1) in 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Block Three (3) as desWINNEBAGO COUNTY ignated upon the Plat of IN CHANCERY Cherry Valley, which Plat VILLAGE OF CHERRY VALLEY, is recorded in Book N of Illinois, an Illinois Municipal Deeds on Page 346 in ReCorporation, corder’s Office of WinnebaPlaintiff, go County, Illinois, bounded vs. and described as follows: JAY PIERCE, JR., Beginning at the Northwest UNKNOWN OWNERS And corner of said lot; thence NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, South, along the West line Defendant(s). of said lot, Ninety-four and CASE NO. 2020-CH-93 Sixty-eight One Hundredths NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION (94.68) feet; thence NorthSTATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY easterly, in a direct line to a OF WINNEBAGO, in the Circuit point in the East line of said Court of Winnebago County, lot which is Seventy-five Village of Cherry Valley, Illinois an and Eighty-nine One HunIllinois Municipal corporation, vs. dredths (75.89) feet South Jay Pierce, Jr., Unknown Owners of the Northeast corner of and Non-Record Claimants; Case said lot; thence North along the East line of said lot, SevNo. 2020-CH-93. enty-five and Eighty-nine The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice One Hundredths (75.89) is hereby given you, feet to the Northeast corner UNKNOWN OWNERS of said lot; thence West, Defendants in the above-enalong the North line of said titled suit, that the said suit has lot, One Hundred Five and been commenced in the Circuit Six Tenths (105.6) feet to the Court of Winnebago County, by point of beginning, situated the said Plaintiff against you and in the County of Winnebago other Defendants, praying for and State of Illinois; ALSO, That part of Lots Two (2) the foreclosure of a certain Lien
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,
and Lot Three (3) in Block Three (3) as designated upon the Plat of Cherry Valley, the Plat of which is recorded in Book N of Deeds on Page 346 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, lying Northerly of a line drawn parallel with and distant Fifty (50) feet Northwesterly at right angles from the center line of the main track of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, ALSO, Those parts of Lots One (1), Two (2) and Three (3) in Block Three (3) of the Plat of Cherry Valley in the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 1, Township 43 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at the Northwest corner of said Lot One (1); thence Southerly along the West line of said Lot One (1), a distance of 94.68 feet to the point of beginning of the parcel of land herein described; thence Northeasterly along
a straight line a distance of 105 feet, more or less, to a point on the East line of said Lot One (1), distant 75.89 feet Southerly from the Northeast corner of said lot; thence Southerly along said East line of said Lot One (1), a distance of 5 feet, more or less, to a point distant 50 feet Northwesterly, measured at right angles, from the center line of the main track of the Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company, as said main track is now located ; thence Northeasterly parallel with said main track center line, a distance of 150 feet, more or less, to a point on the East line of said Block Three (3); thence Southerly along said line of Block Three (3), a distance of 41 feet, more or less, to a point distant 10 feet Northwesterly, measured at right angles, from said main track center line; thence Southwesterly parallel with said main track center line a distance of 250 feet, more or less, to a point on the West line of said Lot One (1); thence Northerly along
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 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.
said West line, a distance of 45 feet, more or less, to the point of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as: 201-203 North Cherry Street, Cherry Valley, Illinois 61016 PIN: 16-01-131-004 Lien was recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds in Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20201001616. And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Chancery Division, in the Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 4th day of April, 2020, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Dated at Rockford, Illinois February11, 2020. /s/ Thomas A. Klein Winnebago County Circuit Clerk
PREPARED BY: JAMES E. STEVENS (3128256) Barrick Switzer Long Balsley & Van Evera, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, Illinois 61108 815-962-6611 jstevens@bslbv.com 11321R TRRT 3/4 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF: JOHN WILLIAM HUGHES, Deceased. No. 2019-P-573 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOHN WILLIAM HUGHES. Letters of Office were issued to Todd A. Robinson, 428 Creekview Lane, Rockford, IL 61114 who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Rodney W. Kimes, Bolgrien, Koepke & Kimes, LLC, 542 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, WI 53511. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk’s office, Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the representative or both on or before the 19th day of August, 2020, or, if
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
mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by §18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: February 17, 2020 Todd Robinson, Independent Executor of the Estate of JOHN WILLIAM HUGHES Rodney W. Kimes BOLGRIEN, KOEPKE & KIMES, LLC 542 East Grand Avenue Beloit, WI 53511 608-365-7702 11323R TRRT 3/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a online item sales such as clothes, shoes, accessories business in said County and State under the name of VK Closet at the following post office addresses: 1120 N. Alpine Rd., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real
full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Hikisha Houston; Tekeda Brown SIGNED: Hikisha Houston 2/13/20 SIGNED: Tekeda Brown 2/13/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of February, A.D. 2020. Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11324R TRRT 3/4 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 landscaping business in said County and State under the name of Daniel’s Landscaping at the following post office addresses: 5430 Midvale Dr., #4, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Daniel Villarreal SIGNED: Daniel Villarreal 2/18/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of February, A.D. 2020. Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11326R TRRT 3/4
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 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY Plaintiff, vs. MARIA D. MONTOYA, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF GONZALO MONTOYA, JOHN MONTOYA, GONZALO MONTOYA, JR., SHERRY ZACK AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 18 CH 739 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 26, 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. 11-17-303-006 AND 11-17-303-007. Commonly known as 4428 VIRGINIA AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61101. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 18-04146 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3145360 P11314R TRRT 3/4
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ROCKFORD - The Rockford IceHogs are playing playoff hockey. They have to in order to secure a spot among the top four teams in the AHL Central Division to make playoffs. The 25-25-1-2 club had 22 games left in the regular season going into Tuesday’s tilt with Grand Rapids, meaning if there was ever a time to let their foot off the metaphoric gas pedal it has long passed. In other words, Rockford must continue its latest tear to have a chance to extend their season and make a bid for the Calder Cup. As of this report, the IceHogs are moving in the right direction. Their five wins in their last six contests included a threegame sweep in Week 20; Rockford knocked off Manitoba twice on the road and the Cleveland Monsters at home last Saturday. In Saturday’s contest, Collin Delia capped a night already set aside to forever etch his place in IceHogs history. It was Collin Delia Bobblehead Night at the BMO Harris Bank Center, and the the goaltender from Rancho Cucamonga didn’t disappoint. His 27 saves fueled 4-1 victory over Cleveland to put them just shy of playoff position. “I think we should have Delia Bobblehead Night every night he’s in net,” coach Derek King joked. “He played well. You could just see it.” Delia also had an assist on Rockford’s fourth goal. “When our goalies are on, they’re not running round and they’re just solid, you see the confidence build on our bench,” King said. John Quenneville and Dylan Sikura were also up to familiar tricks Saturday, beginning their offensive wizardry early in the game. The duo started the scoring just 3 1/2 minutes into the contest when Quenneville dished a pass to Sikura on the power play and Dylan beat Cleveland goaltender Brad Thiessen with a quick wrister. The goal extended Sikura’s point streak to 10 games. Brandon Hagel, Ian McCoshen (2) also scored for Rockford. “We know how crucial these (standings) points are,” Hagel said. “And to get two
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tonight is really good. But it doesn’t stop here. We’ve got to keep pushing.” Rockford entered Tuesday’s game against Grand Rapids in the same position they were in last year with the Griffins. Through the first seven games between the clubs in 2018-19, Rockford also held a record of 4-3-0-0 but would go on to win all three remaining.
Week 20 Notes
The IceHogs have won five of their last six games since Feb. 4 and have climbed into fifth in the Central, trailing the Grand Rapids Griffins and Chicago Wolves for the final playoff spot by just two points. Saturday’s win marks the first time the IceHogs have won five out of their previous six games since Nov. 29-Dec. 10. After going 0-for-14 on the power play across five games from Jan. 15-22 and falling to 31st in the AHL in power-play rankings, the IceHogs have now netted 10 power-play goals across their last 10 matchups, going 10-for-41 (24.4%) in that span and jumping to 29th in the league with a success rate of 13.0% on the season. Ian McCoshen netted his first and second goals of the season Saturday for his first multi-goal game of his professional career. It marked the first time McCoshen scored a goal since Feb. 23, 2019, when he scored for the Florida Panthers against the Los Angeles Kings. He scored his last AHL March 11, 2017, when he was with the Springfield Falcons. Dylan Sikura’s power-play goal in Saturday’s win over the Cleveland Monsters increases his point streak to a careerhigh 10. During that span, the former Northeastern University standout has four goals and nine assists. After only scoring three goals in a game twice from Dec. 21-Jan. 22, the IceHogs have now notched more than two goals six times in their last 10 outings. Additionally, after surrendering at least three goals in a game seven times in a 10-game span from Jan. 14-Feb. 1, Rockford has kept opponents to two or fewer tallies in five of the last six games dating to Feb. 4.
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Batting champ Anderson says he won’t change his style By Jack Thompson Associated Press
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — As far as Tim Anderson is concerned, winning a batting title doesn’t change his status. Anderson led the major leagues with a .335 average last season for the Chicago White Sox. Despite a sprained ankle that limited him to 123 games, he hit 18 homers and stole 17 bases. T he 26-ye a r-old shor t stop h a s emerged as a leader on a White Sox team seeking the franchise’s first postseason berth since 2008. When Chicago failed to sign Manny Machado ahead of the 2019
season, Anderson told teammates not to get down and said: “Ride with us or get run over.” “I just felt like everybody was depending on somebody that really wasn’t here,” Anderson said this week. “So when everybody saw that it’s was like we took a blow – no, we didn’t! I’ll fill that in for you guys.” “No hate against Machado, I wish him the best, rooting for him, but we had to do what we had to do here on the South Side to get to where we’re trying to go,” Anderson said. “He didn’t want to be a part of it, and that’s OK.”
After finishing third in the AL Central at 72-89, the White Sox signed catcher Yasmani Grandal, pitchers Dallas Keuchel and Gio González plus first baseman/DH Edwin Encarnación. While Anderson made some spectacular plays in the field, he also led the majors in errors with 26. “We’re all looking for less errors,” manager Rick Renteria said. “He’s conscientious about that. He wants to be the best. We all said it was kind of an off year for him defensively, but he still was pretty good and I think he’s going to grow in that position.” Anderson drew attention for his style.
After hitting a home run off Kansas City’s Brad Keller in April, Anderson threw his bat toward the White Sox dugout in celebration. Later in that game, Keller hit Anderson with a pitch, causing benches to clear. That led to suspensions for Keller, Anderson and Renteria, who got into a shouting match with Royals manager Ned Yost. “We’re going to continue to be us, have fun, bring a lot of energy, that’s what the fans like,” Anderson said. “You come into our house, so you’re going to get what we cooked. We’re going to serve whatever we cooked, and if that comes with it, hey, you got to eat it.”
Báez says Cubs lacked proper preparation last season By Brian M. Bergner Jr. Associated Press
MESA, Ariz. (AP) – Javier Báez wants his Chicago Cubs to be better prepared this season. The two-time All-Star said Sunday at spring training that he and the Cubs were lacking last year when it came to their pregame routines and work ethic. “We had a lot of optional things, not mandatory, and everyone kind of sat back on that – including me. I wasn’t really going out there and preparing for the game. I was getting ready during the game, which is not good,” Báez said. “But this year, I think before the games, everybody should be
out there as a team, stretch as a team, be together as a team so we can play together.” Cubs President of Baseball Operations Theo Epstein said last week he could think of only two times in 18 years of running major league clubs that he felt “basic organizational standards for work, preparation and behavior” were not being met. He didn’t point specifically at the 2019 Cubs, but after manager Joe Maddon’s departure, many are reading between the lines. New skipper David Ross said at the end of the day, from a manager’s standpoint, coaches try to get players prepared and put them in the best possible situation to
succeed, but baseball has “always been about the players.” “So for (Báez) to say that, and saying the group feels they can turn it up a notch, I mean, that’s a powerful message they are sending,” Ross said. “This is never about the manager. It never should be about the manager. When you’re in that locker room, the players are the ones affecting the outcome.” The Cubs finished third in the NL Central at 84-78 last season and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2014. Báez said the team hasn’t been “where we want to be” and perhaps not being properly prepared is a big reason why.
“We’ve been up and down, but we’ve been more down than up. We have to keep the level in between. We have to fight, compete,” said Báez, who batted .281 with 29 home runs and 85 RBIs a season ago. “To me, it’s think as a team. That’s something we haven’t been doing these last two years.” The 27-year-old shortstop agreed to a $10 million, one-year contract in January, avoiding arbitration. “I want to be here my whole career. If not, I have to be focused on baseball,” Báez said about a potential long-term deal. “I have to help my team get better every day and be in the playoffs again.”
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