The Rock River Times – April 29, 2020

April 29, 2020.

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County Jail

Detainee with COVID-19 in isolation

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - A Winnebago County Jail inmate with COVID-19 is in isolation and precautions to stop the spread of the disease are being taken, Sheriff Gary Caruana said.

The detainee is a man in his 40s charged with domestic charge and parole violation.

He’s been in the facility since March 30 and was tested when he started showing symptoms. He’s now in medical quarantine, away from other inmates.

The sheriff said inmates, including new arrivals, are being screened for COVID-19 symptoms. Those showing symptoms are tested and housed in a medical quarantine pod. Anyone requiring medical attention

would be transported to a local hospital.

The jail’s coronavirus protocol also calls for asymptomatic inmates to spend time in quarantine--two weeks--and must be re-screened and cleared before being released to general population.

“Even before the virus was detected in Winnebago County, our Corrections staff implemented procedures to keep inmates and officers in the facility safe from the illness,” Sheriff Gary Caruana said in a release. “We continue to follow guidelines from the CDC, IDPH and the Winnebago County Health Department to ensure we take every precaution to keep the virus contained. The health and safety of all the citizens in our community is of the utmost

importance and we will do whatever we can to limit the spread of the illness within the jail population, especially to those who are most vulnerable to adverse outcomes.”

All detainees are required to wear a masks when leave their pod and the facility is sanitized several times a day.

“Visitor restrictions have also been in place at the jail for several weeks and will continue to be enforced to limit the spread of the virus,” the sheriff said.

At press time, no other jail detainees have tested positive for COVID-19. There are currently 354 confirmed cases in Winnebago County. There have been 14 deaths because from complications of the illness.

Illinois Stay-at-Home Order

Order blocking stay-at-home order only applies to one person

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

CLAY COUNTY, Ill. - A temporary restraining order issued Monday that would temporarily block Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s stay-at-home order extension that beings May 1 only applies to one person.

According to an injunction issued Monday by Clay County Circuit Court Judge Michael McHaney the order exempts only Illinois Rep. Darren Bailey from Pritzker’s statewide executive edict.

The ruling does, however, open the door for broader legal implications. In other words, others could also join Bailey with similar complaints.

Bailey, a Republican farmer from Xenia, filed the complaint in Clay County as a private citizen last week, claiming Pritzker violated his civil rights and those of all Illinoisans by extending the stay-at-home order through May 30. He claims the governor cannot extend such an order for

longer than 30 days.

The complaint also claims the decision whether businesses should close in response to COVID-19 should not be made by the governor alone, but by lawmakers and local authorities.

Pritzker, who has been preparing to defend the suit, called Bailey’s actions insulting during his Monday press briefing.

“Representative Bailey’s decision to go to the courts is an insult to all Illinoisans who have been lost during this COVID-19 crisis,” the governor said. “It’s a danger to millions of people who might get ill because of his recklessness. Disasters don’t evaporate on a 30-day timeframe. Legislators took this into account when they wrote this law.”

The governor said as the attorney general’s office prepares to respond to Monday’s ruling, his office will be issuing new public health directives in response to the COVID19 situation in Illinois.

About three quarters of Illinois’ COVID-

19 cases and deaths have been in Cook County, something Pritzker continues to acknowledge. However, he said coronavirus knows no boundaries and spreads just as quickly in rural communities. He noted that per capita, Jasper and Randolph, both downstate, are among the top-five infected counties in Illinois.

“Even more troubling,” Pritzker said, “is residents are more likely to die of COVID-19 than residents of Cook County. When these factors are taken into account, the overall picture around COVID-19 in Illinois is quite different than many have assumed. Yes, in terms of total case numbers and lives lost, Cook and the collars constitute the largest segment of COVID-19’s presence in Illinois.

That is indisputable. It would be doing a massive disservice to our downstate residents if we governed only by raw numbers.”

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Rockford Art Museum: We’re All in this Together

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We’re all in this together! Never has that felt more evident. Even with major fundraisers, art exhibitions, programs and classes being rescheduled, postponed or canceled at Rockford Art Museum—we’re committed to helping enrich the quality of life in the Rockford region, now more than ever.

In spite of our doors being closed, we’re right here with you. Engage with us on our Facebook page, facebook.com/ rockfordartmuseum, where we share everything from behind-the-scenes exhibition info to chats with artists, donors and local art figures. We also have a free mobile app with artist-led gallery walks, curator talks and more: app.cuseum.com/rockford-art-museum.

In the same way that we encourage you to support local restaurants and shops by purchasing gift cards now to use

later, consider purchasing a museum membership for you or a friend!

Stay in touch with us online, and check out one of our latest weekly e-newsletters: Hello, Rockford Art Museum Family! Hope you all are being safe and healthy at home and finding new ways to connect in this unique time. We are so grateful to all of you that have reached out and given your support to the museum and to the artists whose work we’ve shared these past couple of weeks.

We certainly believe that art is a unifier and we feel so connected with all of you as we navigate our new (temporary) normal! Keep creating, keep sharing and keep looking for ways to be inspired! You inspire us.

Recently we launched a YouTube channel where the first “Cocktails with the Curator” video can be seen. A handful of you wrote Executive Director/Curator Carrie Johnson questions about the museum’s collection, feature exhibitions and

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educational programs, and she addressed them with a glass of wine from her home.

If you have a question that didn’t get answered, please email her at cjohnson@ rockfordartmuseum.org and maybe it’ll be answered in the next video! Be sure to check out our Instagram and Facebook feeds to see other behind-the-scenes videos, the final schools featured in our 79th Annual Young Artist Show and fun family art activities.

We are excited to participate in the international social media campaign “between art and quarantine” (@tussenkunstenquarantine) where people from around the world have taken a favorite piece of art and interpreted it with things from their homes. RAM Staff has created a couple of pieces and we’d love to see what you create as well! You can find a piece from our permanent collection to mimic by visiting our website or feel free to interpret

a piece from another museum’s collection.

Let’s see what we can create! (Don’t forget to tag us! @rockfordart) If you’re looking for a way to support us during this time, please consider becoming a member or renewing early (12 months will be added to whatever you have left of your current membership). Other ways you can help are by buying tickets to upcoming events (Art X happening in July, Art in Bloom Preview Party and Fashion in Bloom in December), by purchasing a cool Rockford Art Museum t-shirt or simply by making a donation. We so appreciate every gift, large or small! Visit rockfordartmuseum.org to register for events/programs, become a member or make a donation.

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The US reopening is coming, but ‘normal’ is still a ways off

By Sarah DiLorenzo Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) – Everyone wants to know: When, oh when, will it go back to normal?

As some governors across the United States begin to ease restrictions imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, hopes are soaring that life as Americans knew it might be returning. But plans emerging in many states indicate that “normal” is still a long way off.

White House adviser Dr. Deborah Birx says social distancing will be with Americans through the summer. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards warns of a “different way of life” until there is a widely available vaccine – maybe not until next year. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says: “There is no return to yesterday in life.”

From the beginning, the pandemic forced impossible choices: physical health or mental health? Economic well-being or medical safety? Most states joined the world and turned the dial down hard, closing shops and restaurants, factories and schools. Asking people to largely keep to their homes. Now, the dial is beginning to inch in the opposite direction.

In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp is pushing one of the most aggressive reopening plans in the United States. Barbershops, gyms and nail salons were allowed to reopen Friday, and dine-in restaurant service and movie screenings were freed to resume Monday – despite warnings that, without sufficient testing, the state could see a surge in infections.

Even there, though, life was far from normal. Patrons went to restaurants with X’s on some tables, chatted across the room to one another and gave orders to servers whose faces were covered by masks.

In Alaska, restaurants are keeping logs with every customer’s name and phone number – in case they’re needed for contact tracing.

Draft guidance for reopening from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided more evidence that “normal” would not be on the menu – at restaurants or anywhere else. No break rooms for employees and no field trips for school children, the guidelines recommended.

Children should eat in their classrooms, and congregants should stay 6 feet apart in church.

In Maryland, Gov. Larry Hogan laid out a

phased reopening. First small shops could open, and some outdoor recreation could resume, then perhaps restaurants and bars.

Phase three, which the administration cautions it has no realistic time frame for reaching, would allow larger social gatherings and high-capacity bars, restaurants and entertainment venues could reopen.

You know – the stuff that two months ago might have just been called “city life.”

Even with strict rules in place, it’s a delicate dance, as Dennis McKinley learned this weekend. He had planned to open two of the three branches of his restaurant, The Original Hot Dog Factory, for dine-in service in the Atlanta area. He reversed himself Monday after getting about 40 calls from politicians, community leaders and customers urging him to keep diners out.

“Ultimately, The Original Hot Dog Factory can’t make it without the community’s support, so I felt it was important to hold back and wait,” McKinley said.

What he calls community support, economists might refer to as confidence.

Economies run on that, especially the American one, in which consumer spending accounts for 70% of all activity. When people are scared or times uncertain, they tend not to shell out.

“After an initial pop to growth, when businesses do reopen, it’s going to be a slog until there’s a vaccine,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics. “I think there’s going to be a lot of cautious people and therefore a lot of cautious businesses.”

For most people, the new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness and lead to death. And while many point to a vaccine as the surest path to normal, public health experts see another way that’s no less daunting: millions more tests, 100,000 or more health workers to track and isolate those exposed to COVID-19, and a seamless data network to coordinate the effort.

The U.S. is far from implementing this. So in the absence of a vaccine or other reassuring measures – and in the face of a threat that is largely invisible – how will Americans believe that it’s safe to go out again?

“You know when a flood is there and when it’s gone,” says Steven Taylor, a professor at The University of British Columbia who wrote “The Psychology of

Pandemics.” He predicts confidence will return when people see others hugging, shaking hands and crowding into elevators – and not getting sick.

While Taylor believes most people will bounce back quickly, he notes that some calamities like the Great Depression have caused lasting changes to habits.

What will fade and what will survive after the coronavirus? Friday nights in restaurants where the tables are just a few inches apart, jostling for space in sweaty nightclubs, a peck-on-the-cheek hello? What about sleepaway camp and freshmen bunking together in dorms and the ever-shrinking seats in economy class?

Historian Francis Bremer can’t help but wonder whether the new normal will ever mean an end to “doing history from my dining room.” Like many others, the professor emeritus of history at Pennsylvania’s Millersville University has found that much can be done from a distance – in his case, through the rapidly expanding online availability of historical documents.

Clues lie in places that are weeks, even months ahead of the United States in this global experience.

In China, where the virus emerged late last year, people proven healthy can generally move around within their own cities now – tracked by mobile apps and monitored with temperature checks in public. Germany has seen far fewer deaths than many of its European neighbors, but life remains curtailed: While it allowed smaller shops to reopen last week, it stuck to strict social-distancing guidelines and continued widely requiring face masks in public.

As spring blooms, Americans look to a whole new set of activities they hope they won’t be barred from. Californians flooded beaches and river fronts this past weekend as temperatures soared, prompting warnings that they might lose the few privileges they have.

But in Pennsylvania, the dial is turning the other way. Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday he would lift some restrictions on outdoor recreation. Not just because the virus was starting to be contained, but also because people simply needed it.

“As the weather warms and daylight lengthens,” Wolf said, “enjoying time outdoors is an important way to manage stress.”

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Pandemic Cancellations

Gloomy summer looms as pandemic cancels US festivals, trips

By Pat Eaton-Robb Associated Press

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Thelma Uranga is sprucing up her back deck in Chicago, hoping to host some small gatherings to take the place of the summer’s usual neighborhood festivals built on music, food and time with friends.

“People look forward to summer because winter tends to feel like an eternity,” said Uranga, 38. “We were just getting to that point where things kick off.”

Instead, she and many others are “mourning summer 2020” as cancellations pile up because of efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

From Cape Cod to California, festivals are being nixed, businesses in tourist havens are looking at empty reservation books, and people who have been cooped up through a dismal spring are worrying summer will bring just more of the same.

As the weather warms, some already have begun venturing outside in larger numbers, despite guidance to stay home.

Government officials say they aim to manage public health risks in a way that allows for a gradual return to normal, but with the course of the outbreak still unknown, nobody is sure what summer will bring.

On a typical summer day, the Ship Bottom Brewing beer house on New Jersey’s Long Beach Island is packed. Bartender Bridget Barlet isn’t expecting anything close to that this season.

“I’m scared even if we do open up, it just won’t be the same, especially if distancing

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rules are continued,” she said. “A lot of people will still be too nervous to venture back into what life as usual used to look like.”

Youth baseball leagues are holding out hope they will get in a sliver of a season, water parks are unsure if they will be able to open, and restaurants are wondering if it’s worth welcoming dine-customers when social distancing guidelines would slash the numbers they can host at one time.

Little League coach Noah Rouen, 45, of Plymouth, Minnesota, a father of four boys, is hoping there might still be time for a shortened season. After all, he said, 95% of baseball is played without anyone getting within 6 feet of anyone else.

“Those games under the lights, that’s something special for the kids,” he said.

In New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy has not indicated when his state’s beaches and casinos will reopen. He said Monday he hoped there would be “some semblance of normal” at the shore this summer but gave no indication when those decisions might be made.

Along Virginia’s coast, a long list of festivals have already been canceled, and the usually bustling Virginia Beach oceanfront sits quiet and empty.

The now-scrapped Something in the Water music festival, organized by musician and producer Pharrell Williams, should have wrapped up Sunday. Late May’s Patriotic Festival, which celebrates the military community, has also been called off.

“It’s surreal and sobering,” said Mike Standing, 50, a Virginia Beach restaurateur

and hotel owner. “Our losses will probably take five years to regain.”

Some destinations are taking measures themselves to manage the risks.

At Tony Gore’s Smoky Mountain BBQ & Grill in Sevierville, Tennessee, which opened to dine-in guests Monday, each diner faced the same infrared thermometer gun required of the employees clad in masks and gloves.

“You’ve gotta start somewhere, is the way I look at it,” said Keith Carter, the restaurant’s general manager. “You’ve gotta start getting the business back and start getting the economy headed back in the right direction.”

Tennessee officials, who allowed restaurants to reopen in 89 of the state’s 95 counties starting Monday, have said they are discouraging travelers from out of state and have yet to release guidelines for tourist attractions, such as Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge where hundreds of furloughed employees are waiting to get back to work.

Cities and towns across the country also are sorting out what the pandemic will mean for municipal pools, beaches and summer camps.

Can the virus be spread in chlorinated pools? Will day-campers have to remain 6 feet apart while playing? New Haven, Connecticut, Mayor Justin Elicker said he and his staff are working on getting answers – but it’s not easy.

“If businesses open, then parents or guardians will have to work,” Elicker said Monday. “So, we want to be able, as much as we can, to provide opportunities for care

and meaningful activities for young people.

The challenge is how to do that while at the same time ensuring the safety of the young people.”

Children appear to be among the least affected by the virus, but experts warn that people of all ages can likely play a role in transmitting it. For most, the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms. For some, especially older adults and people with health problems, it can cause more severe illness and lead to death.

In Southern California, the Orange County Fair was canceled Monday for the first time since World War II. Last year, the summer staple drew nearly 1.4 million visitors for its livestock shows, carnival rides, fried food and big-name concerts.

“This is the worst news, just devastating,” chef Linda Johnsen said. Since 2013 Johnsen has owned Filomena’s Italian Kitchen and Market in Costa Mesa, a few blocks from the fairgrounds. She estimated that her revenue jumps between 40% and 60% during the three-week exhibition.

Chuck Rage owns a hotel and a resort in Hampton, New Hampshire, and leases out several businesses on the beach. All his businesses are shuttered due to the state’s stay-at-home order, but he’s hopeful a summer season can be salvaged, even if it’s a bad one.

The one thing that isn’t missing is pent up demand, Rage said.

“I have gotten phone call after phone call,” Rage said. “All my regulars that come every year: ‘I need my Hampton Beach time.

I need to come to Hampton Beach. I am sick of being in this house.’”

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STOCK MARKET

A day of wa�ing leaves major stock indexes slightly lower

BY STAN CHOE AND DAMIAN J. TROISE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Stock indexes are inching higher Tuesday, as some of Wall Street’s most downtrodden stocks flip into winners and some earlier stalwarts run out of momentum.

On the winning side were shopping-mall owners, travel companies and other businesses that got hammered after widespread stay-at-home orders locked their customers away. Some U.S. states and nations around the world are starting to gradually lift restrictions implemented to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.

Stocks that have held up the best through this year’s sell-o�, meanwhile, were down the most sharply on Tuesday. They included health care companies, big tech titans and winners of the stay-at-home economy such as Netflix and Amazon.

All the washing around left U.S. stock indexes mixed in early afternoon trading The S&P 500 was up 0.2%, as of 2:43 p.m.

Eastern time, after flipping between an earlier gain of 1.5% and loss of 0.5%.

Like the stocks within the market, the day’s leaderboard for U.S. indexes was close to a mirror opposite of their performance for the year so far. The Nasdaq, which is dominated by big tech stocks and is the only major U.S. index up over the last year, was down 0.5%. The Russell 2000, which got beat up more than the rest of the market on worries about small companies’ financial strength, climbed 2%.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 68 points, or 0.3%, to 24,201. It, like other indexes, gave up much of its gains after a report came out in the morning showing U.S. consumer confidence fell to its lowest level in nearly six years.

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European stocks were strong, following a mixed showing in Asian markets. The price of U.S. oil remained wild, though, and it swung through more extremes as storage tanks come closer to hitting their limits.

With massive aid in place for the economy from central banks and governments, stocks have been building higher in recent weeks on anticipation that stay-at-home orders will gradually lift as infections level o� in some hard-hit areas.

“Investors are taking that as a positive sign that it’s not going to be anytime soon, but we’re making progress,” said Katie Nixon, chief investment o�cer at Northern Trust Wealth Management.

Even though data continues to pile up showing the devastation hitting the economy following worldwide orders for businesses to shut down, some investors are looking past it to the prospect of a return of growth in the future.

“Hope is trumping caution this week so far,” Nixon said. “Investors are kind of looking over the valley.”

Harley-Davidson jumped 15.9% after laying out plans to slash costs and preserve cash, including a cut of its dividend and a halt to its stock buyback program.

Norwegian Cruise Line rose 16.1%, and Kimco Realty, which owns shopping centers, added 10.5% Sectors of the stock market that are tied most closely to the strength of the economy were also leading the way. Energy stocks rose 2.8% for the biggest gain among the 11 sectors that make up the S&P 500.

Industrial stocks were close behind with a gain of 2.5%.

On the opposite side was Netflix, which set record highs recently amid captive audiences around the world. It slipped 3.7%. Other stay-at-home winners also fell, including a 2.1% drop for Amazon and a 0.3% dip for Clorox, whose disinfecting wipes have seen a surge in demand.

Signs of caution are prevalent throughout the market. Many professional investors are wary of the stock market’s big rally, which has driven the S&P 500 up nearly 30% since hitting a low late last month.

Premature reopenings of economies could cause another wave of coronavirus infections.

Skeptics are also wary about how stocks have risen nearly as fast as they had earlier dropped in anticipation of a severe recession. The economy’s recovery may drag for a while as people tiptoe back to “normal” life and shopping patterns. That disconnect between a quick rebound for stocks and a potentially slower recovery for the

economy could cause a reckoning later on.

Treasury yields, which had sent warning signals about the disastrous economic e�ects of the pandemic long before the stock market did, were down.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 0.60% from 0.65% late Monday. Yields tend to fall when investors are downgrading expectations for the economy and inflation.

Inflation recently has gotten weighed down by a plunge in oil prices. With airplanes, autos and factories around the world idled, demand has collapsed for energy, and producers have not cut back quickly enough. All the extra oil has flowed into storage tanks, which are close to hitting their limits.

A barrel of U.S. oil for delivery in June fell 44 cents, or 3.4%, to settle at $12.34 in volatile trading. It dropped as low as $10.07 earlier in the morning. Brent crude, the international standard, fell 34 cents, or 1.5%, to $22.75 a barrel.

In Europe, France’s CAC 40 gained 1.4% while Germany’s DAX rose 1.3%. Britain’s FTSE 100 gained 1.9%.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 edged 0.1% lower. South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.6%, and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 1.2%.

The Federal Reserve began a two-day meeting Tuesday, but economists don’t expect it to add to the huge amounts of stimulus it has already deployed. The European Central Bank will hold its own meeting Thursday.

Nearly a third of the companies in the S&P 500 are scheduled to report their results for the first three months of 2020 this week and, more importantly, perhaps talk about how they see future conditions shaking out. That includes Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and Google’s parent, Alphabet, which together make up about a fifth of the index.

End of trade update: Stocks are ending lower on Wall Street after an early gain evaporated. The losses were led by companies that have been investor favorites including Microsoft, Apple and Amazon. The S&P 500 fell 0.5% Tuesday and the Nasdaq, which is dominated by tech companies, fell 1.4%. Small-company stocks, which took a beating in the sello� that swept markets the last several weeks, ended higher. Other winning stocks included shopping mall owners, travel companies and other businesses that stand to benefit from economies reopening. The price of oil swung wildly again as concerns remain about crashing demand and a lack of storage space.

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Illinois Inmate Releases

House Republicans urge more transparency on inmate releases Pritzker administration says it’s complying with laws and regulations

By Peter Hancock

Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPR INGF IE L D – I l l i noi s Hou s e Republicans on Monday stepped up their demands that the Pritzker administration release more information about inmates being furloughed or granted early releases from state prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic.

They also requested the governor consult more with the General Assembly about granting such releases.

“As a co-equal branch of government, we shouldn’t have to wait and learn of all of this from media reports,” Rep. Avery Bourne, of Morrisonville, said during a video news conference. “We should not have had to learn from a media report that between March 2 and April 10, there were 1,300 prison inmates who were released through executive action. As a co-equal branch of government, we should have known about this ahead of time.”

Gov. JB Pritzker issued an executive order April 6 allowing the Illinois Department of Corrections to grant medical furloughs to inmates beyond the standard 14-day limit.

But he has also used his executive authority to commute the sentences of 20 inmates since declaring a state of disaster on March 9, according to the Prisoner Review Board, and IDOC has

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Cabello also said lawmakers want to make sure that crime victims and their families are being properly notified when an offender is released.

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“And I sure hope that none of these people reoffend because I will hold this governor personally responsible if any of these folks reoffend and hurt somebody else, and I would sure hope that the rest of the state does that as well.”

But IDOC spokeswoman Lindsey Hess said in an email that crime victims and local law enforcement agencies are being notified of the releases.

“State’s attorneys receive an email notification when an incarcerated individual is released early,” she said. “Victims are notified by the Prisoner Review Board and the (Automated Victim Notification) system sends notifications to those who register.”

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However, we as legislators don’t know what that criteria is. And I don’t think we’ll have the chance to know what the criteria is because then everyone would know how this has been shifting.”

During his daily COVID-19 media briefing Monday, Pritzker said he is willing to provide whatever information the lawmakers want.

“We’ll be happy to provide information to anyone,” he said. “I don’t have the numbers right here. I can tell you that we’ve overall reduced the population in our prisons by, I know, it’s more than 1,300. Overall, many of those were near the end of their terms or actually their sentences were up, but also many of them were under this program of either medical furloughs due to COVID-19 or other reasons for pardons or commutations on my part.”

IDOC spokeswoman Hess noted that the department has statutory authority to place offenders on electronic detention or award earned “discretionary credit” in order to reduce an inmate’s sentence. A list of all of the discretionary credits granted since March 1 – 945 in all – is posted on the IDOC website.

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By Allen Penticoff Columnist

In the previous Mr. Green Car I dove into the developing market for light-duty electric trucks, touching on the new GMC Hummer EV and Tesla Cyber Truck.

This week I’ll take a look at the Ford and Bollinger options.

First up is Ford since there is less to say.

Basically what you will see from Ford is an all-electric F-150 four door crew cab with a somewhat different grill. If you like F-150s and shopping at your local Ford dealer, this will probably be a good way to get into the EV truck world. Ford has not yet revealed performance, powertrain or battery details, but a publicity stunt showed a prototype F-150 EV pulling rail cars loaded with 42 other F-150s - a one million pound pull.

This shows what sort of torque EV trucks will have.

The Ford EV F-150 will also have a two-compartment front trunk (frunk) that is common on EVs. This will be handy when the back seat is full of humans and the bed is either full or purposefully empty.

I suspect that many of the new EV trucks will also feature built in inverters to convert their immense battery power into job-site useful 120-volts AC. That will quiet many a job-site without the need to haul about and run a seperate gas powered generator.

The Ford F-150 EV may be the first light-duty EV truck to hit the market for 2021. Stay tuned.

Now for something completely different.

The Bollinger EV trucks. Bollinger Motors is a new company with apparently significant financial backing. Their two upcoming models, the B1- SUV and B2 - SUT are built on a common base chassis that features old-timey frames. But this chassis is such an independent unit that all sorts of different body styles can be placed upon it. The styling is very retro. Think old Range Rover or Hummer - basic flat-sided boxes. Analog gauges. Flat as a pancake floor. Removable

seats and all glass is removable too.

Why would you remove the glass? Well, if you were operating an African safari tour you just might not need windows or even the windshield. What an interesting concept. A remote, out-back operation where it was once difficult to get fuel supplies to can now be solar and wind powered. Stealthily sneak up on wildlife.

These Bollingers look incredibly rugged, not poser aggressive, but truly utilitarian.

Ground clearance is 15 inches with wheel travel of 10 inches. That is off-road ready.

Unique to EVs, the B1 and B2 will have a transfer case with Hi and Low range for even more rock crawling creep power.

Power will be a two-motor, 614 horsepower all-wheel drive system with geared axles that can be locked at both ends. Rather a lot of the world is accessed by poor or non-existent roads, Bollinger Motors is going after a world market that needs them.

Bollinger claims 200 miles of range with the base 120 kWh battery, but the chassis is designed to hold up to 180 kWh worth of batteries. This box will put many sports cars to shame with acceleration of 0-60 in 4.5 seconds. Revealing the inefficiency of EV trucks, Bollinger estimates an EPA efficiency rating of 70 MPGe. A Tesla Model 3 sedan by comparison is 130 MPGe (current best MPGe). So long as the truck’s energy source is clean, this means little except the cost to charge. Truck owners are accustomed to paying more per mile in operating costs anyway, so I don’t think this is a particular deterrent. And should fuel prices return to the higher levels we’ve seen in the past, the EV will be of a definite financial benefit.

The Bollinger Motors B1 and B2 are expected to sell in the $125,000 range. Tesla has sold a lot of Model S cars in this price range, so I do not feel this is a deterrent either. I recommend a visit to Bollinger’s website for more of the many details on these new vehicles: bollingermotors.com/

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Vegetable and fruit growing resources

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

In the last month, the University of Illinois Extension has been receiving numerous emails and phone calls about growing fruits and vegetables this season in the Rockford area. While this is very common most years, we are seeing many more people interested in growing for the first time or revisiting their dormant garden.

If this is your first year, know that you are right on time. Most summer vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, herbs, and squash will be planted towards the end of May in our area. You could spend the next couple of weeks getting your growing area ready before planting the weekend before

Memorial Day. Fruit trees like apple, pear, and peach would be great additions to the backyard this season and can still be planted successfully. Most cool season crops like kale, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, and others can be planted right now and grow well for you. In addition, brambles like raspberry and blueberry are common fruit additions to the Northern Illinois backyard.

University of Illinois Extension provides resources in the form of blogs, social media, and webinars. We recently wrapped up our Get Growing webinar series that covers the basics of a home orchard, growing tomatoes, having successful squash, and determining your soil needs. These have been archived on our Unit’s YouTube page (https://go.illinois.edu/JSWExtYouTube).

We are planning additional free webinars toward the end of May that will cover container gardening, herbs, and wildlife/ pest management in fruits/vegetable production. In addition, our Master Gardener Hotline is open and able to answer phone calls related to horticulture questions you may have. You can find our upcoming webinars, social media, and contact information on our website (https:// extension.illinois.edu/jsw).

On a state level, the University of Illinois Extension is hosting free webinars with topics related to colorful vegetables, backyard composting, asparagus production, weed management, and many others. In addition, a number of Extension educators actively write blogs related to fruit and

vegetable production. In the past weeks, entries have included the basics of seed starting, setting up a worm compost bin, planting fruit trees, and growing potatoes.

You can find these and more through our state website of https://extension.illinois. edu/.

In addition, our local University of Illinois Extension educators are available to help you during this growing season.

Whether you are a beginning or advanced grower, we are able to help you when it comes to diagnosing problems and providing solutions.

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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Earth Day’s 50th anniversary non-celebration

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL CONTRIBUTORS

Missing public demonstrations in support of the Earth Day celebration due to the coronavirus comes at a bad time as the current Federal administration is busily dismantling many of the initiatives that followed in Earth Day’s wake. The 50th anniversary had been planned for two years to be a major global event with organizer Denis Hayes’ expectations that as many as a billion people would take to the streets to demand environmental reforms. Instead of taking to the streets the event was a virtual experience carried out on the internet.

The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970, and was estimated to have involved as much as 10% of the U.S. population with events held across the nation including universities, colleges, high school and grade school students and the general public. It was designed as a teach-in after the antiwar teach-ins popular at the time.

Following the event were Federal legislative initiatives including the formation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Clean Air, Clean Water and Endangered Species Acts. Many were passed by the Nixon Administration. The annual Earth Day usually involves signing legislation designed to enhance environmental protections. This year’s event was targeted at global e�orts to address climate change.

The sudden arrival of a virus which was poorly understood in the medical community resulted in many countries initiating policies that e�ectively locked down their citizens, preventing a public

protest. Research indicates that the 1970 Earth Day had a lifelong impact on many who participated in it. It remains to be seen what impact a virtual event has on environmental policies around the globe.

We took part in the March, 1970, event at the University of Michigan which served as a model for the first Earth Day the following April. The Michigan event took a very broad approach to environmental concerns with representatives from industry, business, government, and environmental groups all presenting their perspectives on environmental conditions both within the country and across the globe and what could be done about them.

A few impression from our Earth Day experience remain fixed in our minds.

One former federal o�cial remarked that whenever a military appropriations bill was headed to Congress, the public was informed that a Russian submarine was spotted o� the east coast as if it were a new event. Russian subs had been known to be there for years. Ironically, the poplar environmental book, The Population Bomb, also relied on fear to gather public support.

A major utility executive expressed some support for suggested reforms to lessen the impacts of generating electricity using fossil fuels but reminded participants that the increased cost of goods and services would be borne by citizens.

A major speaker at the opening event had just completed his Ph.D. and had participated in the research e�ort to unravel the mysteries of DNA. While he recognized that the new understandings could be beneficial

to humanity, he was also very concerned that the understandings would be used for military purposes and was abandoning his research.

Industrial and governmental policies were widely criticized for failing to address environmental and social issues. One participant pointed out that a firm had two separate piping systems for discharging their wastes. One went to a wastewater treatment plant. The second was used on dark nights to discharge wastewater into a nearby lake to avoid paying for the cost

of treating it even though it adversely impacted fish quality.

The first Earth Day had a dramatic impact on the public, government policy and corporate behavior but it remains to be seen what impact the most recent event will have on securing positive global changes in environmental policies. While a long list of environmental issues are of concern, addressing climate change is a priority.

Hopefully governments will respond in a more timely manner than they did with the coronavirus.

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Government Notices n n n LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Rockford Park District intends to contract for the following items and services; specifications are on file with Demandstar.com.

The Rockford Park District is seeking qualified contractors to perform extensive repairs to the Sandy Hollow Golf Clubhouse slate roof. Only qualified contractors with five or more years of slate roof experience will be considered.

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. 20-2248 Sandy Hollow Golf Clubhouse Roof Repairs Pre-Bid Conference: Wednesday, May 6, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. via Cisco Webex Meetings Bid Opening: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. via Cisco Webex Meetings BY: Julianne C. Elliott, Secretary 11510R TRRT 4/29 n n n NOTICE OF NORTH PARK PUBLIC WATER DISTRICT ORDINANCE NO. 20-02 ASCERTAINING THE PREVAILING RATE OF WAGES FOR LABORERS, WORKERS, AND MECHANICS EMPLOYED IN PERFORMING CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR SAID WATER DISTRICT. Public Notice is hereby being given that North Park Public Water District at its regularly scheduled monthly board of trustees meeting held on April 22, 2020 passed ordinance 20-02 entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 20-02 AN ORDIANCE OF THE NORTH PARK PUBLIC WATER DISTRICT, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ASCERTAINING THE PREVAILING RATE OF WAGES FOR LABORERS, WORKERS AND MECHANICS EMPLOYED ON PUBLIC WORKS OF SAID DISTRICT. That said Ordinance adopted a schedule of prevailing wages and is on file and at the North Park Public Water District offices of 1350 Turret Drive, Machesney Park, IL 61115.

Said Ordinance, including the prevailing wages set forth therein, is available for inspection by any interested party at the offices of the District. A certified copy of the Ordinance is also on file with the Department of Labor for the State of Illinois.

APPROVED: Signed: Dale James Chairman, Board of Trustees ATTEST: Signed: John Donahue Secretary 11511R TRRT 4/29

Public Notices n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a coffee and decor shop business in said County and State under the name of DeeDee’s

Main Street Coffee & Decor at the following post office addresses: 101 W. Main St., Rockton, IL 61072; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Diana M. Weiser SIGNED: Diana M. Weiser 4/6/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of April, A.D. 2020.

First National Bank, Notary Public My Commission Expires 8/6/2021 11501R TRRT 4/29 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS Finance of America Commercial LLC, Plaintiff vs.

Rainier Properties International, Inc., et al., Defendants.

20 CH 0000207 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, on April 8, 2020 by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT ELEVEN (11) IN BLOCK TWELVE (12) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF FAIRVIEW SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS ON PAGE 59 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 12161220 18th Street, Rockford, IL 61104 P.I.N.: 11-25-478-011.

The Mortgagor is Rainier Properties International, Inc. The mortgagee is Finance of America Commercial LLC. The Mortgage is dated December 18, 2017 and was recorded with the Winnebago County Recorder of Deeds on December 22, 2017 as Document No. 20171041138. Present owner of the property is Rainier Properties International, Inc. Notice is also hereby given you that the said Complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now therefore, unless you, 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 Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, on or before May 15, 2020, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk.

This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

POLSINELLI PC, Attorneys 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 3000 Chicago, Illinois 60606 I3149972 P11497R TRRT 4/29 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS Finance of America Commercial LLC, Plaintiff vs.

Rainier Properties International, Inc., et al., Defendants.

20 CH 0000202 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, on April 3, 2020 by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT TEN (10) AS DESIGNATED UPON A REPLAT OF BLOCK 32 AND PARTS OF BLOCK 23 AND 31 OF ROLLING GREEN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 31 OF PLATS ON PAGE 118 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 3103 Carolina Avenue, Rockford, IL 61108 P.I.N.: 12-33-255-012 The Mortgagor is Rainier Properties International, Inc. The mortgagee is Finance of America Commercial LLC. The Mortgage is dated November 3, 2017 and was recorded with the Winnebago County Recorder of Deeds on November 8, 2017 as Document No. 20171036217. Present owner of the property is Rainier Properties International, Inc. Notice is also hereby given you that the said Complaint prays for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. Now therefore, unless you, 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 Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, on or before May 15, 2020, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk.

This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

POLSINELLI PC, Attorneys 150 N. Riverside Plaza, Suite 3000 Chicago, Illinois 60606 I3149887 P11498R TRRT 4/29 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: JOYCE O. MCCANDLESS, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2020 P 130 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOYCE O. MCCANDLESS. Letters of Office were issued on March 31, 2020 to Rhonda Osborne, 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 October 15, 2020 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of

Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

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

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Tyler M. Crosby Tyler M. Crosby Attorney for Administrator Crosby Law Firm, P.C. Tyler M. Crosby 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 11502R TRRT 4/29 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/retail/wholesale electronics business in said County and State under the name of All Audio at the following post office addresses: 209 S. Westmoreland Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Patrick Dougherty; Thomas Dougherty SIGNED: Patrick Dougherty 3/30/20 SIGNED: Thomas Dougherty 3/30/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of March, A.D. 2020.

Shalonda T. Johnson, Notary Public My Commission Expires 10/10/2023 11499R TRRT 4/29 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (MINOR CHILDREN) Request of: JENNIFER NICOLE SIMS TO CHANGE NAMES OF MINOR CHILDREN Case Number 20 MR 230 There will be a court date on my Request for Name Change (Minor Children) for these children: Isiah Allen Gibson to the new name of: Isiah Deon Sims.

The court date will be held: on May 21, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #412. /s/ Jennifer Nicole Sims Jennifer Nicole Sims 11449R TRRT 4/29 n n n STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT LAFAYETTE COUNTY Case No. 20 - CV - 32 Case Codes: 30303, 30405, 30703 Jeffrey E Riley, 9399 S. Dublin Road Darlington, WI 53530, Jeffrey E Riley Revocable Trust, 9399 S. Dublin Road Darlington, WI 53530, Cheryl Riley, 10474 County Road M Darlington, WI 53530, Cheryl A Riley Trust, 10474 County Road M Darlington, WI 53530, Plaintiffs vs Petry Trust No.1989 Jeffrey G. Petry, Trustee 4750 Hiawatha Dr.

Rockford, IL 61103 Defendant SUMMONS THE STATE OF WISCONSIN To each person named above as a defendant: You are hereby notified that the plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you.

Within 40 days after April 22, 2020, you must respond with a written demand for a copy of the complaint. The demand must be sent or delivered to the Lafayette County Courthouse, whose address is 626 Main Street, Darlington, WI 53530, Lafayette County Court, and to Nathan R. Russell of Russell Law Offices, SC, plaintiff’s attorney, whose address is 213 Main St., PO Box 66, Darlington, WI 53530. You may have an attorney help or represent you.

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Dated: April 17, 2020 Russell Law Offices, SC. Attorney’s for the Plaintiffs Nathan R. Russell State Bar No. 1047499 213 Main St. PO Box 66 Darlington, WI 53530 (608) 448-3680 11503R TRRT 5/6 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 Concrete business in said County and State under the name of JMS Concrete at the following post office addresses: 551 Triton Ave., Apt. 4, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jennifer Smith SIGNED: Jennifer Smith 4/10/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of April, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 11507R TRRT 5/6 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN BRAMEL AKA JOHN C. BRAMEL; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 643 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, June 4, 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 NINE (9) IN BLOCK SIX (6) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HALSTED PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 16 OF PLATS ON PAGE 20 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-11231-007.

Commonly known as 3203 Louise Street, Rockford, Illinois 61103.

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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. F19100104 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3150220 P11509R TRRT 5/13 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, FOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, v.

DYN CAPRON HOLDINGS, LLC, an Illinois limited liability company, and THE HARVARD STATE BANK, and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO: 2020 ED 2 Parcel 2041725 NOTICE The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, abovenamed Defendants, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, for entry of an Order granting the Department possession of the interest in property described on the attached Exhibit A; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

The land and interests sought to be obtained are identified as follows: Exhibit A: Parcel 2041725 P-30 FAP Route 517 (BR 20) Section (2Y-1)N Parcel 2041725 EASEMENT Dyn Capron Holdings, L.L.C A part of Lot 2 and the private drive as designated upon the Plat of Interstate Commercial Centre, being a subdivision of the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 44 North, Range

2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of said Subdivision is recorded in Book 39 of Plats on Page 169B in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, State of Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at a 3/4” iron pin at the northwest corner of said Lot 2; thence North 78 degrees 58 minutes 53 seconds East, 157.87 (Bearings and grid distances are referenced to the Illinois State Plane Coordinate System West Zone Datum of 1983 (2011 Adjustment)) on the north line of said Lot 2; thence South 11 degrees 49 minutes 44 seconds West, 42.74 feet; thence South 78 degrees 28 minutes 44 seconds West, 99.63 feet; thence South 50 degrees 32 minutes 04 seconds West, 22.53 feet; thence South 54 degrees 11 minutes 08 seconds West, 1.45 feet; thence South 47 degrees 01 minutes 37 seconds West, 1.84 feet; thence South 25 degrees 36 minutes 08 seconds West, 2.48 feet; thence South 1 degree 26 minutes 01 second East, 59.17 feet; thence South 89 degrees 17 minutes 46 seconds West, 40.46 feet; thence North 0 degrees 41 minutes 50 seconds West, 68.87 feet; thence North 73 degrees 41 minutes 18 seconds West, 25.07 feet, to the east line of Lot 3 of said Plat of Interstate Commercial Centre; thence northwesterly on the east line of said Lot 3, 28.53 feet on a curve to the left, having a radius of 68.42 feet, a central angle of 23 degrees 53 minutes 32 seconds and the long chord of said curve bears North 32 degrees 15 minutes 46 seconds West, a chord distance of 28.32 feet, to the northeast corner of said Lot 3; thence North 78 degrees 58 minutes 53 seconds East, 52.37 feet on the north line of said private road, to the Point of Beginning, containing 0.242 acres, 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 3rd day of June, 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 11512R TRRT 5/13 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS WINNEBAGO COUNTY, IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WADE ARTHUR FOX, Deceased.

2020 P 139 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Wade Arthur Fox of Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. Letters of office were issued to Aina M. Carter as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is David W. Badger, Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger & Considine,

LLC, 215 E. First Street, Dixon, Illinois 61021.

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

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at 400 West State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the representative, or both, on or before the date which is six (6) months after the date of the first publication of this Claim Notice, or, if mailing or delivering of a notice from the representative is required by section 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 to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

By: Aina M. Carter, Independent Executor David W. Badger Ehrmann Gehlbach Badger & Considine, LLC 215 E. First Street P.O. Box 447 Dixon, IL 61021 (815) 288-4949 (815) 288-3068 FAX badger@egbclaw.com 11513R TRRT 5/13 n n n PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the legal current owner of the property located at 3415 North Winnebago Road, Winnebago, Winnebago County, Illinois, PIN 1033-100-012 and commonly known as Valhalla Pet Cemetery will cease all operations, including visitation on May 7, 2020. The attorney for the property owner is David H. Carter, Law Office of David H. Carter, 308 West State Street, Suite 215, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Any person or entity having a claim to or interest in the maintenance and/or perpetual use and operation of Valhalla Pet Cemetery, legal or otherwise, must contact the attorney for the property owner no later than June 4, 2020.

Any person wishing to remove personal items from the property may do so by first contacting the attorney for the property owner and making suitable arrangements.

Failure to remove personal items prior to June 4, 2020 will constitute a forfeiture of such property and may be subject to removal.

Dated: April 23, 2020 By: /s/ David H. Carter, Esq. DAVID H. CARTER David H. Carter — ARDC #6204782 Attorney at Law 308 West State Street, Suite 215 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-968-8900 Fax: 815-968-9427 DHCLAW@aol.com 11514R TRRT 5/13

April 29, 2020 The Rock River Times. n n n DALLAS O. BOYLE STATE OF ILLINOIS CASE NO: 2020 P 82 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CLAIM NOTICE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT NOTICE is given of the death of COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO DALLAS O. BOYLE. Letters of OfIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE fice were issued on March 13, 2020 OF: to CHRISTINE A. TOWELL, 11752

Love Road, Roscoe, IL 61073, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Jeffry A. Dahlberg, 5130 N. Second St., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 25,

2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. JOHN BRAMEL AKA JOHN C. BRAMEL; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 643 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, June 4, 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. 11-11-231-007.

Commonly known as 3203 Louise Street, Rockford, Illinois 61103.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family res-

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

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

Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

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

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

Dated: April 20, 2020 CHRISTINE A. TOWELL Executor Attorney for Estate

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JEFFRY A. DAHLBERG #6206776 BALSLEY & DAHLBERG 5130 N. Second St. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-877-2593 11515R TRRT 5/13

idence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperinterest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section ville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. F19100104 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified intercountyjudicialsales.com funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court I3150220 file to verify all information.

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DEATH NOTICES Josefina Sanchez 86 Rockford 4/20/2020 Robert Hillard 77 Rockford 4/20/2020 Theodore Staniec 73 Rockford 4/20/2020 Shirley Gorbet 85 Rockford 4/20/2020 Virginia Gulotta 95 Rockford 4/20/2020 Robert Purdy 58 Machesney Park 4/20/2020 Julietta Resendiz 22 Rockford 4/20/2020 Donna Ruthe 89 Rockford 4/20/2020 Joe Zavagli 97 Rockford 4/20/2020 Julie Kozak 61 Rockford 4/20/2020 Josephine Genovese 91 Roscoe 4/20/2020 Thomas Andreen 83 Rockford 4/20/2020 Ina Anderson 94 Rockford 4/21/2020 Nannette Jackson 68 Rockford 4/21/2020 Patricia Stanford 78 Rockford 4/21/2020 Ronald Bare 79 Rockford 4/21/2020 Viola Lamp 97 Rockford 4/21/2020 Daniel Carlson 45 Rockford 4/21/2020 Lucile Kieley 100 Rockford 4/22/2020 Berdie Benford 81 Rockford 4/22/2020 Lucinda Dean 77 Machesney Park 4/22/2020 August Tomenillie 89 Rockford 4/22/2020 Bradley Lameyer 60 Machesney Park 4/22/2020 Howard Morrison 87 Rockford 4/22/2020 Nellie Ray 70 Rockford 4/23/2020 Christopher Jones 35 South Beloit 4/23/2020 Joseph Morgan 71 Rockford 4/23/2020 Kyle Millard 28 Machesney Park 4/23/2020 Leo Berogan 79 Rockford 4/23/2020 Lillian Hanson 93 Rockford 4/23/2020 Gloria Olson 79 Machesney Park 4/23/2020 Amber Farve 29 Rockford 4/23/2020 Michael Kuzmin 67 Loves Park 4/23/2020 Laura Davis 64 Rockford 4/23/2020 Marianne Rowe 84 Rockford 4/23/2020 Joseph Ehardt 67 Rockford 4/24/2020 Jody Honda 45 Machesney Park 4/24/2020 Ajaykumar Patel 35 Rockford 4/24/2020 Vicki Vancleve 77 Rockford 4/24/2020 Horace Peterson 90 Durand 4/25/2020 Martin Hermeling 66 Rockford 4/25/2020 Reva Charland 42 Rockford 4/25/2020 Kenneth Lamb 64 Rockford 4/25/2020 Kimberly Hoover 60 Rockford 4/25/2020 Barbara Lacy 61 Loves Park 4/25/2020 Ronald Steder 71 Rockford 4/26/2020 Carol Duncan 41 Machesney Park 4/26/2020 David Fox 85 Rockford 4/26/2020

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: HOROSCOPE VIRGO, LIBRA AND SCORPIO

ARIES You’ll concentrate on your fa­ mily this week. Those closest to you will place demands on your time. A new home may be on the horizon.

TAURUS Travel might be difficult this week or your communications with others may not always be clear. Your outspokenness will have an impact on those around you.

GEMINI Money is a cause for concern this week. Don’t hesitate to take matters into your own hands and negotiate with those invol­ ved. You may be able to resolve your financial troubles once and for all.

CANCER Work is piling up and you don’t know where to start to get it all done. Pace yourself so you don’t get overwhelmed. If you manage your time and energy efficien­ tly, you’ll get through it.

LEO Don’t be surprised if you find yourself replacing a colleague who’s going away indefinitely.

This will cause some stress but will benefit you greatly in the end.

VIRGO When you speak in front of a large crowd, you’ll feel a thrill when you hear the audience ap­ plaud. However, one or more people may offer up some criti­ cism you weren’t expecting

Across 1. “Flowers in the ____” 6.

Emergency responders 9. Peacock’s pride 13. Life force in Sanskrit 14. Doctor Dolittle, e.g.

15. The Beast’s problem 16. Happen again 17. Freudian topic 18. In a fitting way 19. *Hopkins’ Lecter to ____’s Starling 21. *McGillis’ Charlie to ____’s Maverick 23. Unagi 24. Undesirable row 25. Stuff in a tray?

28. The Tramp’s love interest 30. Hairy vertebrate 35. “Best ____ schemes o’ mice an’ men” 37. Be inclined 39. City in Belgium 40. Debussy’s “Clair de ____” 41 . D ’A r t a g n a n ’s weapon, pl.

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7. *Billy’s Harry to ____’s Sally 8. Investor’s asset 9. _ _ _ _- Guar ani languages 10. Liberal pursuits 11. Archipelago unit 12. Bovine hangout 15. Posterior, anatomically speaking 20. Fill with optimism 22. Basketball target 24. Two heads are better than one, e.g.

25. *Keaton’s Annie to ____’s Alvy 26. Sweating room 27. Hinduism follower 29. *Knightley’s Swann to ____’s Sparrow 31. *Cameron’s Fiona to ____’s Shrek 32. List of options, pl.

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SCORPIO You may take an unexpected vacation. You need some time away to clear your head before making a difficult decision and moving forward with conviction.

SAGITTARIUS There’s a good chance you’ll have to tighten your circle of friends. Fortunately, some will pay you what they owe you be­ fore you have to remove them from your life.

CAPRICORN You’ll find a billing error. It may take most of the week, but you’ll track down the problem and will be reimbursed in full.

AQUARIUS A new medical treatment or diet will quickly prove to be effec­ tive. One thing’s for sure, you’re definitely moving toward living a healthier lifestyle.

PISCES You’ll be surprised to find out just how popular you are in your circle of friends. If you’re single, you’ll be equally shocked to re­ alize that more than a few peo­ ple are vying for your affections.

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RACVB View

COVID-19 Tourism & Hospitality region restaurants and eateries are offering carryout, curbside pickup, delivery and drive-thru to keep patrons and staff safe and healthy. Ciao Bella Italian Kitchen in Loves Park is offering favorite, hearty Italian dishes with curbside pickup, and also a $1 bottle of wine with a purchase of two entrees. Have a wine tasting with your meal from the comfort of your couch!

Rockford Area CVB

Tourism is an ever-important part of the fabric of communities and economies, near and far. While managing through the COVID-19 landscape, the Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (RACVB) is committed to helping locally as it continually assesses organizational and industry health, the direction tourism is headed in Winnebago County, and the anticipated resources needed to flourish again.

Like its tourism counterparts, RACVB shares in the difficulties that many organizations and communities are facing as a result of this pandemic. However, the Bureau prides itself in being creative and resilient, both of which drive the organization’s current and future work.

The same can be said for our community--creativity and resiliency will lead us through these times. We’re proud of the work that’s been done, and look very much forward to what our future holds...

Sites/Attractions Updates

Step Outside with Social Distancing in Mind: Keep celebrating Earth Day by taking a visit to Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden. Guests are encouraged to explore the grounds of the arboretum, although keeping social distancing in mind.

Retail Updates

Keep Supporting Local, Even for Pets: Many local retailers in the Rockford region are offering online and creative ways to shop while we’re at distance. The Canine Crunchery, Inc. still offers favorite treats and goodies for your four-legged friends, including custom cakes for pups. Simply call your order in and let the store know when you’ve arrived for another convenient curbside pick-up.

Important Updates

Home with the FAM Virtual Tour a Success: As a part of its #StayHomeRFKD campaign, RACVB hosted “Home with the FAM” on Friday, April 17 as a tourism industry leading stay-at-home live virtual familiarization tour for national event operators, trade publication partners and media. RACVB was joined by the BMO Harris Bank Center, Coronado Performing Arts Center, Embassy Suites by Hilton Rockford Riverfront and Rockford Conference Center, Mercyhealth Sportscore One, Mercyhealth Sportscore Two and Indoor Sports Center, and UW Health Sports Factory. The 80-plus webinar attendees tuned in from as far as Los Angeles, the Pacific Northwest, Florida, and Germany.

Two event operators have also already contacted the Bureau about planning for future events. For a complete wrap-up or to watch the FAM, check out GoRockford. com/HomeFAM! What’s Cooking at Home?: In our latest edition of “What’s Cooking at

Hotels Updates Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden Home?”, Rockton-based Sugar Britches Old Fashioned Candy helped us satisfy our sweet tooth by teaching us how to make delicious caramels. It only takes a few ingredients, many of which you may already have in your kitchen. And if you are a local restaurant owner, catering business or food truck that would like to contribute a video demonstration for the series, email us at Social@GoRockford.com.

Donate Locally If You Can: RACVB and the 815 Community Response Team

Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s isn’t easy.

(815CRT) are encouraging individuals and businesses that have the means to please consider donating to the United Way of Rock River Valley’s COVID-19 Emerging Needs Fund for Winnebago and Ogle Counties.

Donations can be made directly at www. unitedwayrrv.org/covid-19 or by texting TOGETHER to 40403.

Food/Beverage Updates

To-Go Via Curbside, Carr yout & Delivery: Several favorite Rockford

Essential & Open with Preventive Measures: Rockford area hotels, including Extended Stay America, are deemed essential and remain ready to accommodate and service guest needs during this time. The financial impact on hotels has been substantial, though the current reporting week is showing some improvement. Demand, occupancy and revenue all experienced slight increases from April 12-18.

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