The Rock River Times – June 26, 2019

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VanVleet Celebration

Downtown festival will celebrate NBA champ Fred VanVleet

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - Rockford will celebrate NBA champion Fred VanVleet Saturday, June 29, at City Market pavilion, downtown.

The event will run from 2 to 5 p.m.

VanVleet is expected address the crowd at 3 p.m. Various guest speakers will also talk about his remarkable career as an All-State selection at Auburn High School, All-American standout at Wichita State and now one of the best bench players in the NBA. “(We) are thrilled to be able to host this opportunity for the community to come down and celebrate their hometown hero,” Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau CEO John Groh said.

Groh said besides honoring his feats on the basketball court, the event is will serve to recognize how VanVleet continues to give back to Rockford.

“We recognize all of his accomplishments during the last season,” Groh said, “but also the many ways he gives back to our community, through his philanthropic and charitable activities and continued involvement with many youth programs and basketball programs. He was an important member of the Toronto Raptors championship team and is certainly a standout member of our community. We know the community is excited to welcome him home, to show Fred the city’s excitement and appreciation. Saturday will be a memorable, fun and festive day in the city of Rockford.”

What has been dubbed as “Dribble the City” will take place before pavilion gates open. Beginning at 1:45 p.m., fans are asked to bring their own basketballs and dribble from City Hall to City Market.

Gates will not open until 2 p.m. Lawn chairs are prohibited inside the pavilion.

Chairs are only allowed on Water Street and in the alley between the pavilion and the indoor market. No bikes, smoking, pets, or outside food and beverages are allowed.

Cost is free.

VanVleet dedicated the 2019 NBA Finals championship to Rockford following Toronto’s decisive Game 6 win over the Golden State Warriors by grabbing ESPN reporter Doris Burke’s microphone at the end of his postgame interview and saying, “Rockford, Rockford, this is for you, baby!”

Fred was a big factor throughout the series, averaging 14 points per game, including 16 3-pointers. He shot 45.5 percent from the field, 39.3 percent from beyond the arc. He was also lauded for keeping Golden State’s Steph Curry in check. Though Curry averaged 30.5 points per game in the Finals, he scored sparsely with VanVleet guarding him.

Crime & Courts

Violent crime down 21 percent

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

ROCKFORD - The Rockford Police Department, on Wednesday, released its latest crime statistics and reported that violent crime was down by 21 percent from January through May compared to the same time last year.

In addition, robberies decreased by 16 percent, property crimes were down by 15 percent, aggravated assaults down by 20 percent, shots fired down by 23 percent and auto thefts down by 25 percent.

The statistics also showed that 54 percent of aggravated assaults were domestic related.

There were nine homicides between January and May of last year. During the same time period in 2019, there were six. There are currently eight homicides in the city, including the fatal shooting that occurred last week near SwedishAmerican Hospital.

“We recognize that any amount of violence is too much, but are pleased with the way the community has stepped up to

help us take back our city and our safety,” Rockford Police said in a statement on its Facebook page. “We have some 300 officers who patrol a city of approximately 150,000 people, so every citizen who sees something and says something, is vital to our continued success. These statistics are not only a reflection of incredible police work by officers and detectives and our partner agencies, but also of the way in which the community works with us.”

Crime & Courts

Two charged in death of local rapper Staff Report ROCKFORD - Two men are in custody after the body of a missing 23-year-old Rockford man was discovered outside the city, Rockford Police Chief Dan O’Shea last Friday.

O’Shea said investigators working the missing-persons case involving William Pickering, a rapper otherwise known as Billy Da Kid and EBE Bandz, located a crime scene in the 5200 block of Inidanhead Avenue Thursday. From there, O’Shea said police were led to an area in unincorporated Winnebago

County, where Pickering’s remains were discovered.

William Arzate, 22, of Rockford, is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and concealment of a homicidal death. Manuel Ramirez, 22, of Rockford, faces a single count of concealment of a homicidal death.

A third man, 20-year-old Dakota Graff, is wanted on a number of outstanding warrants in unrelated cases.

A cause of death or exactly where Pickering’s body found is not being released at this time.

Pickering was repor ted missing

Saturday, June 1, after he was involved in a dispute with two teens near Court Street and Fisher Avenue. His car was later found behind his apartment complex. His dog was located inside his apartment and turned over to animal control.

O’Shea said the investigation is ongoing.

“We are looking for other persons of interest,” he said.

Arzate’s bail is set at $1 million. Ramirez is being held on a $500,000 bond. Both men are in the Winnebago County Jail.

Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Dakota Graff is urged to call police.

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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – Iran warned Tuesday that new U.S. sanctions targeting its supreme leader and other top o�cials meant “closing the doors of diplomacy” between Tehran and Washington amid heightened tensions, even as President Hassan Rouhani derided the White House as being “a� icted by mental retardation.”

President Donald Trump called that a “very ignorant and insulting statement,” tweeting that an Iranian attack on any U.S. interest will be met with “great and overwhelming force ... overwhelming will mean obliteration.” His secretary of state said the Iranian statement was “immature.”

The sharp remarks from Tehran shows the pressure that the nation’s Shiite theocracy and its 80 million people feel over the maximalist campaign of sanctions by the Trump administration. From Israel, U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton said Iran could walk through an “open door” to talks with America but also warned that “all options remain on the table” if Tehran makes good on its promise to begin breaking one limit from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

The verbal volleys recalled North Korea’s statements about Trump before the dramatic change in course and the start of negotiations with Washington.

In 2017, state media quoted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un calling Trump “the mentally deranged U.S. dotard.”

However, there are no signs the Iranian leadership would welcome talks.

“The useless sanctioning of Islamic Revolution Supreme Leader (Khamenei) and the commander of Iranian diplomacy means closing the doors of diplomacy by the U.S.’ desperate administration,” Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi t weeted. “Trump’s government is annihilating all the established international mechanisms for keeping peace and security in the world.”

Trump enacted the new sanctions against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his associates on Monday.

U.S. o�cials also said they plan sanctions against Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, something that drew Rouhani’s anger during his televised address Tuesday.

“You sanction the foreign minister simultaneously with a request for talks,” an exasperated Rouhani said. He called the sanctions against Khamenei “outrageous and idiotic,” especially since the 80-year-old Shiite cleric has no plans to travel to the United States.

“The White House is a�icted by mental

retardation and does not know what to do,” he added in Farsi, using a term similarly as o�ensive in English.

While U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he hadn’t heard Rouhani’s reaction to the new sanctions, he said that if true, “that’s a bit immature and childlike.”

“But know that the United States will remain steadfast in undertaking the actions that the president laid out in this strategy to create stability throughout the Middle East, which includes the campaign we have, the economic campaign, the pressure campaign that we have on the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Pompeo added.

The crisis gripping the Middle East stems from Trump’s withdrawal of the U.S. a year ago from the nuclear deal with Iran and other world powers and then imposing crippling new sanctions on Tehran. Recently, Iran quadrupled its production of low-enriched uranium to be on pace to break one of the deal’s terms by Thursday, while also threatening to raise enrichment closer to weapons-grade levels on July 7 if European countries still abiding by the accord don’t o�er a new deal.

Citing unspecified Iranian threats, the U.S. has sent an aircraft carrier to the Middle East and deployed additional troops alongside the tens of thousands already there. All this has raised fears that a miscalculation or further rise in tensions could push the U.S. and Iran into an open conflict, 40 years after the Islamic Revolution.

The sanctions followed Iran’s downing on June 20 of a U.S. surveillance drone, worth over $100 million, above the Strait of Hormuz, sharply escalating the crisis.

Trump then said he pulled back from the brink of retaliatory military strikes but continued his pressure campaign against Iran.

Mousavi’s statement echoed that of Iran’s U.N. ambassador, Majid Takht Ravanchi, who warned Monday that the situation in the Persian Gulf is “very dangerous” and said any talks with the U.S. are impossible in the face of escalating sanctions and intimidation.

Meanwhile, the U.S. envoy at the United Nations, Jonathan Cohen, said the Trump administration’s aim is to get Tehran back to negotiations.

Later Tuesday, Rouhani spoke by phone with French President Emmanuel Macron and told him: “If the Americans again want to violate the waters and airspace of Iran, Iran’s armed forces are assigned to confront them and will take a strong approach,” according to the state-run IRNA news agency.

But he added that Iran does not have any interest in escalating tensions in the region and never seeks war with any country, including the United States, the news agency reported, quoting him as saying: “We have always been committed to improving the stability and security of the region, and we will take e�orts in this direction.”

Pompeo held talks Monday with o�cials in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia about building a broad, global coalition that includes Asian and European countries to counter Iran. He is likely to face a tough sell in Europe and Asia, particularly from those nations still committed to the nuclear deal with Iran.

Meanwhile, Bolton said Trump was open to real negotiations to eliminate Iran’s nuclear weapons program and “all that Iran needs to do is walk through that open door.” He was meeting with his Russian and Israel counterparts in a fi rst-of-its-kind trilateral security summit in Jerusalem that was focused on Iranian involvement in regional conflicts, particularly in neighboring Syria.

“As we speak, American diplomatic representatives are surging across the Middle East, seeking a path to peace. In response, Iran’s silence has been deafening,” Bolton said. “There is simply no evidence that Iran has made the strategic decision to renounce nuclear weapons and open realistic discussions to demonstrate that decision.”

But only hours later, Bolton told a news conference that “all options remain on the table” if Iran goes over the limit for its low-enriched uranium stockpile as planned by Thursday.

“It would not be in their interest to do it but they have done a lot of things recently that are not in their interest,” Bolton said.

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US-CHINA TRADE WAR

Possible outcome of Trump-Xi meeting: A truce in trade war

BY PAUL WISEMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) – American businesses are bracing for a painful escalation in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China.

Yet they might just get a reprieve.

If history repeats itself – and most analysts are betting it will – Trump and President Xi Jinping will agree to some kind of cease-fire when they meet late this week at a Group of 20 international summit in Osaka, Japan.

Indeed, a senior administration o�cial sought to downplay expectations Tuesday by suggesting that the primary goal for the Trump-Xi meeting is simply an agreement to restart negotiations.

The o�cial, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the hard work of finalizing the complex details of any broad new accord would come later, when negotiating teams for the two sides meet.

Under the cease-fire scenario, the two sides’ existing tari�s and counter-tari�s on many of each other’s goods would remain in place. But no additional import taxes would take e�ect. This would buy time for U.S. and Chinese o�cials to restart talks that stalled last month after 11 rounds of negotiations.

The last time Trump and Xi met – in early December at a G-20 gathering in Buenos Aires, Argentina – they called a truce. That cease-fire injected some new momentum into the talks between the world’s two biggest economies.

“Ideally, results at this summit could match the last summit in Argentina,” said Tu Xinquan, director of the Institute for WTO Studies at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing. “That is, to prevent the trade war from escalating.”

The stakes are even higher now. Trump has ordered U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to prepare import taxes

on $300 billion in Chinese goods – which would extend U.S. tari�s to everything China ships to the United States. The administration has already imposed 25% tari�s on $250 billion in Chinese imports.

Beijing has retaliated by taxing $110 billion in goods from the United States.

“What I’m hoping is that two leaders will recommit to fully engage on the trade talks,” said Myron Brilliant, head of international a�airs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a traditional Republican ally that has been sharply critical of Trump’s use of tari�s. “There’s too much at stake in the bilateral relationship for the two governments not to try to work out the final parts of the trade agreement.”

The administration accuses Beijing of using predatory tactics in a pell-mell push to give Chinese companies an unfair competitive edge in such advanced technologies as artificial intelligence and driverless cars. In particular, Trump o�cials allege that Beijing forces American companies to hand over technology in exchange for access to China’s market, unfairly subsidizes Chinese tech companies and sometimes resorts to outright cyber-theft to pilfer U.S. trade secrets.

Beijing denies the charges and contends that the administration is simply trying to suppress a rising competitor in global trade.

If Trump did expand his tari�s to the final $300 billion in Chinese imports, it would amount to a significant escalation in the U.S.-China trade war. The earlier rounds of U.S. tari�s mostly spared consumers by targeting industrial goods, not everyday staples. Higher taxes on the rest of Chinese imports – from alarm clocks and baby carriages to contact lenses to Christmas ornaments – are “finally going to get into the average guy’s pocket. It’s all been hidden up to now,” said Je� Moon, a former China hand with

the U.S. State Department and the Trade Representative who runs the China Moon Strategies LLC consultancy.

When Lighthizer’s o�ce ran seven days of hearings this month on the expanded tariffs, the message from American businesses was fairly uniform: Don’t do it.

Indeed, economists warn that additional higher tari�s – e�ectively, a tax increase on consumers and companies – would hurt a U.S. economy that already appears to be weakening.

Consider Celestron, a telescopes and optics company with 80 employees at its o�ces in Torrance, California, that moved most of its manufacturing to China years ago. Trump’s earlier tari�s hit only about 10% of what Celestron brings in from China. The next round would cover the remaining 90% – and it might force company to lay o� manufacturing and assembly workers it still employs in California.

“These skilled positions will be imperiled by the proposed tari�s, because the parts and equipment these workers need to do their jobs are sourced in China,” Celestron said in a filing with the government.

Until last month, the Trump administration and Beijing seemed to be edging toward an agreement to end the trade war. Then Trump o�cials accused China of backpedaling on commitments it had made in earlier negotiations. The talks stopped. Trump raised tari�s on $200 billion in Chinese imports from 10% to 25% – the sanctions he had suspended after he met with Xi in December – and threatened to tax the $300 billion in Chinese goods he hadn’t already hit.

A key reason why analysts say the best to expect from the Trump-Xi meeting is an agreement to resume talks is that a substantive deal remains enormously di�cult. The Trump side is demanding concessions that would require China

to scale back its aspirations as a global technological powerhouse.

The di�erences between the two countries’ political and economic systems – America’s free-market capitalist economy versus China state-driven Communist model – are so vast that a resolution to the dispute likely would amount to “a pause in a broader conflict over trade and technology,” said James Green, a former U.S. trade o�cial in Beijing and now senior adviser at McLarty Associates consultancy.

A few months after any deal, Green said, “we will be back talking about this.”

The administration will insist on a means to enforce any agreement, reflecting its contention that Beijing has violated past promises. It will likely insist on retaining some tari�s as leverage.

Yet Beijing will want to eliminate all the U.S. tari�s.

“China seems willing to o�er Trump many concessions to de-escalate trade tensions,” said Eswar Prasad, a Cornell University economist and former head of the China division at the International Monetary Fund. “But it is unlikely to cave in to demands that it change its economic model or industrial strategy.

Such actions would go against the grain of Chinese leaders and their vision of China’s economic future.”

The senior Trump administration o�cial suggested that the negotiations could go on for “months and months,” noting that both sides have a “long view” about what’s in their best interests.

“Solutions to the outstanding remaining issues can be found as long as both sides have the political will to do so,” said Wendy Cutler, a former U.S. trade negotiator who is now vice president at the Asia Society Policy Institute. “It’s not entirely clear if that political will is there.”

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SupplyCore donates $30,860 to local non-profits From SupplyCore

Rockford – SupplyCore Inc., a supply chain and technology integrator, donated $30,860 to local non-profit organizations today after a successful fundraiser.

Through this annual fundraising event, employees raised $15,430, setting a new all-time record since the inception of this event in 2007. SupplyCore matched the amount raised, bringing the grand total of money donated to $30,860.

All proceeds will be donated to four not-for-profit organizations, including Youth Services Network, RAMP, Walter Lawson’s Children’s Home, and the Veterans’ Drop-In Center in Rockford.

Earlier today during a special ceremony at SupplyCore corporate headquarters in downtown Rockford, SupplyCore representatives presented each agency with a check in the amount of $7,715. SupplyCore President & CEO Peter Provenzano, a

longtime supporter and advocate for the greater Rockford community, promotes a company-wide culture of giving and voluntarism.

“SupplyCore is proud to be an active corporate citizen of the greater Rockford region,” Provenzano said. “Our associates are community-minded, generous, and passionate about volunteering. Though SupplyCore matches the auction amount raised, this event is 100% driven by our

associates which makes it even more satisfying.”

Associates raise money for various causes throughout the year, and this particular fundraiser dates back to 2007.

The event, organized by SupplyCore’s Activities Committee, featured auction items generously donated by a variety of merchants. This year, SupplyCore received over 200 donation items from 97 different businesses.

Flag Day

Flag Day winners announced From Lori Gummow

Winnebago County Clerk

Rockford – William Doyle and Giovanni Genna, both of Rockford, were the winners of the American Flag Drawing, held on Flag Day, Friday, June 14th. It was all part of a week-long observance of Flag Week. The promotion was co-sponsored

by Veterans Memorial Hall and the

Winnebago County Clerk’s Office.

In addition to the drawing, over 200 worn and tattered flags, of all sizes, were collected for proper retirement between the two locations. “We were very excited to be a part of this new flag collection program,” said Scott Lewandowski, Museum Director of Veterans Memorial Hall. “It’s also a great opportunity to

celebrate the birthday of the American Army,” he added.

In addition, over 100 free 8” x 12” USA stick flags were distributed to anyone who dropped off flags. “The red, white and blue flag is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom,” said Winnebago County Clerk Lori Gummow. We were honored to be a part

of this special week. Everyone seemed happy to have two convenient locations to drop off their flags, she added.

Veterans Memorial Hall, the first of its kind in the United States, was dedicated to Veterans of all wars, in 1903. The Winnebago County Clerk serves as the administrative arm of Winnebago County.

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Federal Reserve

Powell says economy facing growing uncertainties

By Martin Crutsinger Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said Tuesday the outlook for the U.S. economy has become cloudier since early May, with rising uncertainties over trade and global growth causing the central bank to reassess its next move on interest rates.

Speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York, Powell said the Fed is now grappling with the question of whether those uncertainties will continue to weigh on the outlook and require action.

Powell did not commit to a rate cut but said the central bank will closely monitor incoming data and be prepared to “act as appropriate to sustain the expansion.”

“The crosscurrents have reemerged, with apparent progress on trade turning to greater uncertainty and with incoming data raising renewed concerns about the strength of the global economy,” Powell said.

Many economists believe the Fed could decide at its next meeting on July 30-31 to cut its key policy rate, something it has not done since 2008.

But markets showed disappointment with Powell’s comments, which

suggested a rate cut was not certain. That followed separate comments Tuesday by James Bullard, head of the Fed’s St. Louis regional bank, who said that he believed a quarter-point cut in July would be sufficient as an insurance move against a possible severe economic slowdown.

The S&P 500 dropped 1% to 2,917, its biggest loss of the month, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 179 points or 0.7%, to 26,548.

In addition to disappointment with the Fed comments, reports showing a drop in consumer confidence and weakness in the housing market added to investor gloom.

In an interview with Bloomberg television, Bullard said an “insurance cut” of a quarter-point would be enough to protect against a sharper-than-expected slowdown in economic growth and a half-percentage point cut would be “overdone.” Bullard last week cast the lone dissent from the Fed’s decision to hold rates steady, favoring instead an immediate rate cut.

Trump on Monday tweeted that the Fed “blew it” by not cuttings rates at its meeting last week. At that session the Fed kept its policy rate unchanged in a range of 2.25% to 2.5% but dropped a previous pledge to be “patient” in changing rates

in coming months.

Trump reportedly has considered either firing Powell or demoting him from the chairman’s job but has been told by the White House legal team that he does not have the power to do either.

Asked about the repeated criticism by Trump, Powell said, “We are human. We make mistakes. I hope not frequently but we will make mistakes. But we won’t make mistakes of integrity or character.”

Powell said that the Fed’s independence from direct political control had served the country well and when central banks do not have that protection “you see bad things happening.”

The baseline outlook for the U.S. economy remains favorable for continued growth, Powell said, but “the risks to this favorable baseline outlook appear to have grown.”

In early May, Trump more than doubled the tariffs on Chinese goods after U.S.China trade talks broke down. The president has threatened to essentially hit all Chinse imports with tariffs if China does not meet the administration’s demands for greater protections for U.S. technology.

Trump’s moves sent financial markets tumbling because of concerns the trade conflict could end the current 10-year

economic expansion, which in July will become the longest in U.S. history.

Trump is scheduled to meet Chinse President Xi Jinping later this week at the Group of 20 economic summit in Japan, a meeting that is being closely watched for signals that the two sides are prepared to resume talks in search of a trade deal.

In addition to rising trade tensions, Powell said since May incoming data has raised new concerns about the strength of the global economy, noting tentative signs that investment by U.S. businesses has slowed from earlier this year.

Many Fed officials believe the case for easier monetary policy has strengthened, but “we are also mindful that monetary policy should not overreact to any individual data point or short-term swing in sentiment,” he said.

Powell said that would risk adding even more uncertainty to the outlook.

Earlier this year, economists believed the Fed would keep its key policy rate unchanged all year long after four rate hikes last year. Now private economists believe from two to four rate cuts are possible this year, although some analysts think the Fed could keep policy unchanged if trade tensions are resolved without harming the economy.

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David Benjamin and his wife, Frances were much like everyone else that settled in the early town of Guilford, Illinois. Their parents moved here to make a better life for their families.

Both of their families made their living by farming. When David and Frances took their wedding vows on March 19, 1861, they must have believed that their future was bright. The birth of their son, Charlie in December of 1861 was celebrated by both families.

But 1861 was a turbulent time for our country and the Civil War, though fought many miles from Rockford, would invade on David and Frances’ dreams for their family.

On August 15, 1862 David was 23-years old and he enlisted in the 74th Illinois Infantry here in Rockford. His enlistment papers describe him as 5’ 11” with brown hair and blue eyes. One can only imagine what was going through David’s thoughts as he said Frances and Charlie.

After training, David’s regiment was sent to Nashville, Tennessee to serve under General Grant. At the end of 1862, Rosecrans would be the commander of the Army of the Cumberland after Grant sent him to replace Don Carlos Buell. The regiment was sent to halt the advance of Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee. The battle that took place was given the name Battle of Stone’s River. The fighting was fierce and the casualties were many. The battle raged for five days with the most intense fighting from December 31, 1862 to January 2, 1863.

The battle would later be second only to Gettysburg for its high casualty percentage. The National Park Service’s website about the battle claims that 24,000 men from the original 81,000 that fought that day were casualties. The page also lists the rate of several other

major battles. Gettysburg had a 31% casualty rate and Stones River was 29%.

Rosecrans would be considered the victor of the battle but at a heavy cost.

David Benjamin was one of the casualties. The records only list that David died on February 10, 1863 from wounds he received in the battle. David was buried in the cemetery at Stone’s River Cemetery.

Frances must have been devastated at the loss of her young husband. She now faced raising her son on her own as she tried to hold on to the farm that she and David had built. Frances was fortunate to have her family so close. Her father and brothers would help work the land while her mother and sisters pitched in with the house and the care of Charlie.

She would hold on to the dream that she and David had for their family.

But fate would step in once again.

Little Charlie had taken ill and though everyone around her was hopeful, Frances was filled with fear. Those fears were realized on May 10, 1963 when Charlie died.

Frances’ heart broke for the second time in three short months. It was a blow from which Frances would not recover. She died on March 9, 1864 and was buried next to her son at Greenwood Cemetery. Though David was buried many miles away on Tennessee, he is listed on the tombstone for Frances and Charlie.

All that is left of the hopes and dreams of this family is the obelisk shaped tombstone that Frances’ family had built for them.

Kathi Kresol has been researching the history of this area for over a decade. She shares the stories she discovers in her articles, in her books, and during the events she hosts. Read more of Kathi’s stories on her website hauntedrockford.com. Kathi will be sharing some of her darker stories on a walking tour on June 14. Please visit the website for more information.

By Paula Hendrickson Contributor

Summer temperatures may have taken their time arriving in our area, but the summer TV season is in full swing. As if Sunday night weren’t already packed with great shows like Endeavour and The Good Fight (and until last Sunday, Luther, too), and fan favorites like Fear The Walking Dead and America’s Got Talent, a couple more shows will join the fray this weekend.

Starz’s new series, The Rook, is a London-set supernatural spy story focused on Myfanwy Thomas (Emma Greenwell, Shameless, True Blood).

She’s an EVA – short for a person with Extreme Variant Abilities – who wakes up on London’s Millennium Bridge one night, in the rain, sounded by corpses, with her memory wiped. Before the carnage, Myfanwy (rhymes with Tiffany) must have anticipated the memory wipe because she left herself a series of messages designed to help her piece together what transpired.

She could have done almost anything, since EVAs are sought after by human traffickers and others who “reprogram” them in order to weaponize their abilities. The Gestalt siblings – Eliza (Catherine Steadman, Downton Abbey), Robert (Ronan Raftery, Moone Boy) and twins Alex and Teddy (both played

by John Fletcher, Genius) – are EVAs. Or perhaps they’re an EVA, singular, because they’re not four separately people, they’re one mind inhabiting

four bodies.

The cast also includes Olivia Munn (The Newsroom, X-Men: Apocalypse), Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck), and Adrian Lester (Hustle).

The mystery, supernatural elements, cast, and location make this a new show I’m eager to check out.

Also on Sunday, the mystery series Instinct returns to CBS. Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) stars as Dr. Dylan Reinhart, an author, professor, and former CIA agent who serves as a consultant to the New York police department where he works alongside Detective Lizzy Needham (Bojana Novakovic, Shameless).

Their cases are filled with just as many twists and turns as another CBS mystery, Elementary, and Reinhart’s genius is on a par with Sherlock Holmes. (Which is why I would like to see them as a programming block.) My only quibble with the quirky character is that Cumming has to hide his natural Scottish lilt in favor of a not-very-convincing American accent.

If you stay tuned after Instinct you can watch Cumming’s former castmate, Christine Baranski, on The Good Fight.

Not a bad way to end a weekend.

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The Rook premieres Sunday, July 30 at 7 p.m. CT on Starz Season 2 of Instinct premiers Sunday, July 30 at 8 p.m. CT on CBS

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MARIJUANA

Illinois becomes 11th state to allow recreational marijuana

BY JOHN O’CONNOR ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ new governor delivered on a top campaign promise Tuesday by signing legislation making the state the 11th to approve marijuana for recreational use in a program o�ering legal remedies and economic benefits to minorities whose lives critics say were damaged by a wayward war on drugs.

Legalization in Illinois also means that nearly 800,000 people with criminal records for purchasing or possessing 30 grams of marijuana or less may have those records expunged, a provision minority lawmakers and interest groups demanded. It also gives cannabis-vendor preference to minority owners and promises 25% of tax revenue from marijuana sales to redevelop impoverished communities.

Gov. J.B. Pritzker, whose election last year gave Democrats complete control over state government again after four years under GOP predecessor Bruce Rauner, signed the bill in Chicago amid a bevy of pot proponents, including the plan’s lead sponsors, Rep. Kelly Cassidy and Sen. Heather Steans, both Chicago Democrats.

“Today, we’re hitting the ‘reset’ button on the war on drugs,” Cassidy said.

Residents may purchase and possess up to 1 ounce (30 grams) of marijuana at a time. Non-residents may have 15 grams.

The law provides for cannabis purchases

by adults 21 and older at approved dispensaries, which, after they’re licensed and established, may start selling Jan. 1, 2020.

Possession remains a crime until Jan. 1, a spokesman for Senate Democrats said.

“The war on cannabis has destroyed families, fi lled prisons with nonviolent o�enders, and disproportionately disrupted black and brown communities,” Pritzker said. “Law enforcement across the nation has spent billions of dollars to enforce the criminalization of cannabis, yet its consumption remains widespread.”

On the campaign trail, Pritzker claimed that, once established, taxation of marijuana could generate $800 million to $1 billion a year. He said dispensary licensing would bring in $170 million in the coming year alone. But Cassidy and Steans have dampened that prediction, lowering estimates to $58 million in the first year and $500 million annually within five years.

Carrying the psychoactive ingredient THC, marijuana was e�ectively outlawed in the U.S. in 1937 and in the 1970s was declared a drug with no medicinal purpose and high potential for abuse.

Blacks have been most susceptible since then to “Just say ‘No’’’-era crackdowns.

Pritzker quoted a 2010 statistic from the American Civil Liberties Union that while blacks comprise 15% of Illinois’ population, they account for 60% of cannabis-possession arrests.

Peoria Democratic Rep. Jehan GordonBooth summarized marijuana’s recent history as one where “white men would get rich and black men would get arrested.” The plan addresses those concerns with the criminal-record scrubbing by giving preference to would-be marijuana vendors in areas of high poverty and records of large numbers of convictions.

And 25% of tax proceeds must be reinvested in impoverished communities, while 20% is dedicated to substanceabuse treatment programs.

“What we are doing here is about reparations,” Gordon-Booth said. “After 40 years of treating entire communities like criminals, here comes this multibillion-dollar industry, and guess what?

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Law enforcement organizations fearing black-market impacts were successful in killing an earlier provision that would have allowed anyone to grow up to five marijuana plants at home for personal use. Police said they’d have di�culty enforcing that, so the bill was amended to allow five plants to be maintained only by authorized patients under the state’s medical marijuana law. They previously

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Rockford Rocked

Sitting down with Windsor Pizza Parlor’s Steve Blake Todd Houston Contributor

This week for Rockford Rocked Interviews we switch things up a bit. What goes hand and hand with music? The answer is food.

Pizza in particular. This week we catch up with With Steve Blake of Windsor Pizza Parlor in Loves Park.

Todd Houston: Tell us a little bit about yourself if you would. Where you live, family, wife? You know, just the usual run down.

Steve Blake: We live in Kirkland which is a little southeast of Cherry Valley. I have a wife, Samantha, and one baby girl, Aspen, who is 11 months old. We are going to be welcoming a son in about six weeks whose name will be Easton. We are a younger family just trying to make it in life.

TH: So how does a kid from the country decide that he can make pizza? And do it Extremely well?

SB: First you have to love pizza to know what good pizza is. I can eat pizza every day of the week, I extremely love pizza.

Once you are able to achieve that you add about six years of pizza making experience into the mix, then take a big leap in life and open up your own business and hope it works out (laughs).

TH: When did you find out that you had a passion for cooking?

SB: In college I managed a pizza restaurant and loved doing it. After I graduated college I went out and worked for a few different corporations but always wanted

to get back into the pizza business. I loved doing it and I missed doing it after college, things lined up and I went for it.

TH: I was told the sauce is either an old family recipe or you actually came up with it on your own. Can we debunk this rumor once and for all?

SB: The sauce recipe is over 30 years old, I was able to obtain it from the original owner of the recipe. I also put in a small twist of my own that I thought would take it to the next level even though it was great already. People seem to like it so I think we have made some really good decisions with ingredients.

TH: On any given Friday or Saturday night your restaurant is packed. Have you ever had to turn folks away from the door?

You know, fire marshall stuff.

SB: We haven’t had to turn anyone away.

We have had to have people wait for tables for a few minutes some nights. We have put a lot of money into our patio area so during the summer we can fit about 60 additional people out there if it’s too busy inside. We strive to give the best customer service that we can to all patrons and will do anything we can to make their experience at the Parlor a fun one.

TH: Windsor Pizza Parlor has had great success with comedy night and live bands in the beer garden. Thoughts?

SB: We consider ourselves a neighborhood pizzeria and pub, with the patio area we have we keep trying different things to

pull the neighborhood in and give them a fun atmosphere to hang out in. We try different things and usually all of our events are family friendly and fun. The comedy nights we have started have been a big hit and pulling in local bands has really given us a boost on Saturday nights. All of our events are posted on our Facebook page so everyone can see upcoming events.

One big event we have coming in August is our first ever kids fest held outside in our empty lot. There will be entertainment for the kids and great food available all day long. The Lions Club will be hosting it and between the Macktown Lions club and Windsor Pizza Parlor we hope to raise money for Gigi’s Playhouse which is a local Down syndrome achievement center.

TH: Your restaurant started out as a Kentucky Fried Chicken back in the ‘70s.

As a matter of fact I have a photo of it from 1975. The building is sort of small – have you ever thought about expanding?

SB: Yes we have limited space but have done great with utilizing the space we have. I would love to expand at some point but need to keep bringing in money and growing the business to be able to do so. As of right now I am all-in in my business adventure and need to payoff what we got. We are coming up on a year of being in business so hopefully we can keep growing the business with the space we have and maybe down the road can add on or build a new building utilizing the empty lot we have next to us.

TH: I personally love your staff. Very friendly and hard working folks. They never leave your beer glass empty. Combined with great food and atmosphere you have a winning combination for sure. Tell us what’s next for the Windsor Pizza Parlor; new menu items, bands, etc.

SB: Customer service means more to me than money or anything. I will do whatever it takes to keep this establishment with a high standard of customer service. The pizza we make here is made from scratch and with the freshest ingredients we can get our hands on. We will continue to strive to make you the best pizza in the area. As far as what’s next for us I can’t really tell you an exact answer. We like feedback from the community so bring us an idea, if we think it’s a good idea we more than likely will give it a try. We like to try to serve everyone so whether it’s a band, comedy night, paint and sip, kids fest, bringing in a magician, etc., we will give it a try. If it works that’s great, if it doesn’t we will try something else to keep people coming in to be the best neighborhood pizza parlor we can be. I would like to thank everyone that supports us we couldn’t do it without the support of a wonderful community.

So big thanks to Loves Park, Machesney Park, Rockford, Roscoe, and surrounding communities. Without your support we would fail, but with your support we can bring this community great food and a great place to go for many years. Thank you!

Entertainment

Viola Davis determined to go above and beyond on diversity

By John Carucci Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) – When Viola Davis started her production company nearly a decade ago, she was determined to bring about change in Hollywood with a strategic mandate: Normalize people of color on screen.

“We’re not social statements. We’re not mythical creatures all the time ... you can literally put pen to paper and write a great story that includes people of color, and it could actually sell,” the Oscar winner said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.

Now, in the era of Time’s Up and #MeToo, the call for diversity on all levels has been amplified. Some actors and directors have publicly called for 50-50 inclusion riders,

contractual stipulations for the diversity of a film’s cast and crew. But Davis says she doesn’t need a piece of paper to do the right thing, and her projects don’t try to replicate diversity simply based on statistics.

“Maybe that’s narcissistic of me, but I don’t want to tell my daughter that because she’s 12 percent of the population, she only deserves 12 percent of the pie,” Davis said.

She calls her JuVee Productions a “walking metaphor” of inclusion, noting that she has people of color and members of the LGBTQ community on staff at every level.

“Women are at the forefront of just about every project,” she adds.

She started JuVee Productions with her husband, Julius Tennon, in 2011 so she could have more of a voice in her own career, as well as provide more diversity on set. Before

that, Davis says, she often felt left out of the conversation.

Davis spoke to the AP while promoting a documentary on diabetes, “A Touch of Sugar.” The actress, who has an early form of the disease and has lost family members to it, wants to use her celebrity to help raise awareness.

“That’s what I can do. I’m not a politician.

I’m not a senator. I’m not in the House of Representatives. I’m not in Congress. What I am is an artist. That’s how I provoke change,” Davis said.

Earlier this month, she signed on to Netflix’s adaptation of “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” to be produced by Denzel Washington and co-starring Chadwick Boseman.

And JuVee has a slate of films on the hori-

zon, including “Emanuel,” a documentary released this month that explores life in a Charleston, South Carolina, community after a self-avowed white supremacist killed nine African Americans at a church there in 2015. The story focuses on the victims’ family members, friends and community, and their efforts to heal through faith and forgiveness after the massacre at Emanuel African Methodist Church. Dylann Roof was convicted of federal hate-crime and obstruction-of-religion charges and sentenced to death.

Davis also has a feature film in development, “The Personal History of Rachel Dupree,” in which she stars. It is based on the Ann Weisgarber novel about a pregnant woman struggling to survive with her homesteading family in the early 1900s.

June 26, 2019 The Rock River Times.

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Opa! It's Food Truck Season!

By Kelly Frye

Rockford Area CVB

Nothing says summertime like seeing food trucks roll up to your favorite community spots. There's just something about eating outside that says, "The nice weather is here to stay!" Whether you're looking for a way to break up your lunch routine or wanting something that the whole family can enjoy - food trucks are your answer.

Aside from offering tasty, affordable meals, food trucks also provide a strong sense of community.

That's exactly what local Greek food truck The Olive Branch is doing. "We are passionate about giving back to the community in many different ways. From offering 10% fundraising cash back to providing food at local school events," says Michele Christidis, wife of The Olive Branch owner, Bob Christidis, "We are proud to be creating food truck culture here in Rockford, and we do our best to provide not only great food and service, but [also] get families out of the house and get them connecting over our food!"

Speaking of which, local food truck

culture has greatly developed within the last few years with the addition of new trucks and a wider variety of food options. The accessibility to customers and embraced community collaboration is what makes food truck culture so strong.

"Compared to a brick and mortar, we are able to go to the people until [they] know how to find us," Christidis says, "Another thing we love about our particular business model is working with other entrepreneurs!

We have solid relationships with many local brewing companies and wineries. They have the alcohol and we have the food works our good for all parties!"

One of the main inspirations for The Olive Branch was having control of their calendar. Along with a family history in the local food scene and wanting to provide Rockford with authentic Greek food, The Olive Branch wanted a business that would fit with their lifestyle. Christidis recalled, "We knew being married to a restaurant was not what we wanted. We wanted to design the hours and make the business work around our family. Plus, we love the idea of being mobile. We are on the

Greek Rice Bowl with pork tenderloin from The Olive Branch

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move all the time and building so many relationships with other entrepreneurs along the way!"

The Olive Branch truly encapsulates what food truck culture is all about - community.

They put their heart and soul into the quality and authenticity of their food which translates into their involvement around the Rockford region.

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Recycling & plastic

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL CONTRIBUTORS

Trellising tomatoes

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

It is probably time to trellis those tomatoes if you have not already. I noticed some of my plants are at that stage where I need to decide what support I’m going to put in place. Cages or stakes are the two most common supports given to a tomato plant. As a reminder on determining your trellis needs, these are dependent on the type of tomato and number of plants you are growing. If you have one, small tomato plant, a tomato cage would be suitable.

If I was growing many indeterminate/ determinate tomato plants, staking will be the best.

Staking requires either metal or wooden stakes with one at the start of the row and the next one after every two plants. Some growers may place a stake after each tomato plant depending on what type of plant it is. A benefit to the staking system is that it allows you to adjust the string level instead of depend on set spacing from a tomato cage. Metal stakes like t-posts provide considerable more support for tomatoes than wooden stakes can. Some growers may also start their row with a metal stake and use wooden stakes the rest of the row. Whichever spacing and stakes that you decide on, you’ll need to use

heavy duty string to support them.

The Florida Weave is a trellising method that Florida tomato growers use in their staking system. Using general spacing (1 stake every 2 plants, spaced 18 inches apart), the first string line will cross between the plants before the next stake, creating a figure eight once you’ve worked your way to the end of the line and then returned to the first stake to tie it. Following this initial criss-cross string line, the next string lines will be the traditional trellis spaced every 6-8 inches. There are numerous online resources that explain the Florida Weave further with photos to show what this method looks like. Your first string line should be when your plant is about a 1ft in height and the string should be placed under the first stem. As heavy fruit develops, you may be trellising much more. The stakes may also need to be hammered into the ground as fruit weighs down the plants.

With your trellis system in place, your tomato plants are ready to start fruiting.

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 every week in The Rock River Times.

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

When we were kids much of our spending money came from picking up bottles and cans and taking them to be recycled at a local store. When industries and stores began to reject recycling because of the costs imposed on the stores and container manufacturers from handling recycled materials, the opportunity to earn a little money from recycling disappeared and the waste problem exploded. Some states enacted programs which placed a fee on aluminum cans and glass bottles to encourage recycling those wastes. Not all states, including Illinois, passed such legislation.

The arrival of plastic bags and fast food chains with throwaway containers only added to the problem. When we inquired about securing mulch for the garden from a major supplier, the source warned us that it would include plastic particles.

While recycling centers do an admirable job with our waste streams, their composition is increasingly complex due to changes in available products. Funds to support such wastes are too limited to handle the entire stream. While it remains important to reduce, reuse and recycle it remains a challenge to keep up with the ever growing waste stream.

When the Chinese government banned accepting wastes from other countries including the United States further stress to waste handling services resulted. Now with the documentation of the growing plastic pollution in the ocean adversely a�ecting wildlife and impacting human health, the projected growth in plastics is alarming.

The oil and gas industry is looking to increase the consumption of abundant fuels from fracking by expanding processing them for use in plastics and other chemicals. A report

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published by the Center for International Environmental Law indicates that during this year the plastics industry will release as much greenhouse gas pollution as 189 new coal fired power plants running year round. The industry is projected to expand so quickly that by 2030 it will add greenhouse gas pollution equal to the output of 295 new coal plants.

The petrochemical expansion is occurring at the same time that an international e�ort is underway to dramatically cut carbon emissions in half by 2030 to avoid the worst impacts of climate change on people, their property, the global economy and the health of the planet. According to the CIEL report the plastic growth trend if fully implemented will account for 20% of global oil consumption by 2050.

Even if demand for fossil fuel energy declines in response to climate change concerns, Sharon Kelly reports that oil and gas executives expect the demand for plastics and petrochemicals will persist as a growth area for the industry.

The expansion of plastic is occurring at a time when only 9% is recycled. Some are landfilled, others are burned in incinerators adding to carbon emissions and other pollutants. A substantial amount of plastics end up in the ocean collecting in large debris piles.

What can we do to help alleviate the problem? We need a much more vigorous program directed at curtailing wastes before they are generated, designing the products to last longer and be repairable, and designing them to be recycled.

We have yet to design our economy for sustainability. But for now it remains critical to sustain existing waste disposal systems and fund them adequately so existing services are not reduced as has been done in Ogle County and by Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful.

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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. Ongoing Chance Encounter: Julie Heffernan and Shelly Mosman Exhibition - Rockford Art Museum (RAM) opens new art exhibition Chance Encounter: Julie Heffernan and Shelly Mosman at RAM, located inside the Riverfront Museum Park at 711 N. Main Street. The exhibition remains on view through September 29. Chance Encounter explores paintings and photography by Julie Heffernan and Shelly Mosman. Both use opulent beauty and gritty detail to tell visual stories that disrupt one-sided histories of female figures that still exist today. Also on view are lavish, one-of-a-kind pieces of furniture by Minneapolis designer Carter Averbeck of Omforme Design.

Mosman’s recent projects include collaborating with Fashion Week Minnesota to help celebrate youth and the beauty of aging. Heffernan is an Illinois native and professor of art at Montclair State University in New Jersey, where she has taught for more than 20 years. Both artists are represented in the Rockford Art Museum Permanent Collection. Chance Encounter is organized by RAM Curator Carrie Johnson.

Friday, June 28 Trinadora Rocks - Performing at 6 p.m. at McEachran Winery, 1917 Wyman School Rd., in Caledonia.

Free.

Mike Williamson Trio - Performing at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St., from 5-7:30 p.m. Free admission.

Saturday, June 29 Trinadora - Performing at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St., from 5-7:30 p.m. Free admission.

Community

Monday, June 24-Saturday, June 29 Voices 10th Anniversary - VOICES of Stephenson County Book Nook will hold a week long 10th anniversary celebration from June 24 through June 29. This year also marks the 50th anniversary of the YMCA/VOICES book sales. These sales were moved to the current store in 2009. There will be door prizes for baskets and book bags, Trivia contests, scavenger hunts, and more. Saturday, the 29th will be a Costume Contest. Dress as your favorite character in a book. Registration required in-store by June 22nd. Prizes awarded.

Hours: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 10 a.m.- 7 p.m. Thursday. Location: Freeport Lincoln Mall, 1243 West Galena Avenue, in Freeport. For more information contact VOICES Book Nook at 815-821-2665.

Thursday, June 27 Fashion in Bloom - Fashion in Bloom: Cocktails + Living Couture, a fundraiser for Rockford Art Museum (RAM) during Art in Bloom, takes place at RAM, located inside the Riverfront Museum Park at 711 North Main Street in downtown Rockford,

Illinois. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., fashion show starts at 7 p.m. Tickets are $60/standing or $75/ reserved runway seating, and on sale now at rockfordartmuseum.org. Proceeds help support Rockford Art Museum. The second annual Fashion in Bloom goes from day to night with Cocktails and Living Couture. Fashions from b jones are accessorized with fresh florals by local florists Event Floral, Poska, O’Fallon’s Fine Flowers and Kishwaukee College, with hair by Beth Ann Weis and Marisa Black, and makeup by Arch. The event includes heavy hors d’oeuvres and cash bar from Giovanni’s, and decadent desserts by Jane Weis Proudfoot.

Friday, June 28 Whoosh! - 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Discovery Center Museum, 711 N. Main St. Test the strength of air and design devices that flutter, fly, and float in the breeze! Whip up a wind, pop out a vortex, compare breezes to gusts, and create a contraption for a blustery day. Manipulate materials in a wind column, use your breath to create a work of art, and witness wonders that wind can do! All activities included with admission: $9 Public; Free to Members and all children ages one and younger.

Saturday, June 29 Tour of Chestnut Cliff Farm - Northwest Illinois Audubon Society invites interested persons to join them to look and learn about Chestnut Cliff Farm located on Business Route 20 just east of Freeport. Pat Leininger and Phil Bardell began truck farming over 30 years, having a progressive vision for their land. Now their son Trale and wife Margaret manage the farm in a sustainable way.

Tours of this working farm will be held between 2 and 4 p.m. Visit nwilaudubon.org for more information and exact location of the farm. Contact Heidi Thorp at 813-369-5141 or heidithrop@ yahoo.com to confirm your attendance.

Prayer in the City - The Salvation Army Church invites all to a time for prayer for the city of Rockford.

Prayer Walk at 10 a.m. from 113 N. Rockton Ave. to the Parker Lot on the corner of South Main & Morgan St. Walk will be followed by a prayer for the city at 10:30 a.m. at the parking lot.

Sunday, June 30 45th Annual PNA Picnic - The Polish National Alliance, Rockford Lodge #1224, invites you to its 45th Annual Family Picnic at Camp Hillcrest, 4500 Rotary Rd., Rockford. (S. Mulford to Rotary Rd, West to Camp Hillcrest Dr. Turn in and follow to end.) Park opens at 11 a.m. Traditional full Sausage & Sauerkraut Dinners, Hot Dogs, and Polish Paczki available for Purchase starting at Noon. Cash Bar. Free Admittance & Parking, held “Rain or Shine” (covered pavilion and buildings)!

Bring your Friends. Music, Fun, Friends! Got Questions? call Ann (815) 222-6769 or Stan (815) 520-3915 & leave message.

Tuesday, July 2 NIAS visits Meinert Prairie - The Northwest Illinois Audubon Society offers summer visits to area prairies. For this visit, persons may visit the Meinert Prairie just over the state line in Juda, Wisconsin. This tour of a 6.5 acre remnant prairie is co-sponsored with The Prairie Enthusiasts (TPE). After the tour concludes, participants may join the annual TPE potluck held at the Nick Faessler residence. Meet at 4:45 p.m. at the Faessler residence, W1156 Stateline Road, Juda

or carpool from the Harbor Freight parking lot in Freeport at 4:15. Contact Laura Dufford to confirm attendance or in case of inclement weather (815-947-2720 or lauradufford@gmail.com). Visit nwilaudubon.org for more information.

Monday, July 8 NIAS visits Freeport Prairie - A tour of the Freeport Prairie will take place at 10:30 a.m. At this visit, participants will enjoy the prairie’s summer blooms. Meet at the prairie’s parking lot at the south edge of Freeport on the west side of Walnut Road, just south of the intersection of Meadows Drive and Walnut Road. Contact Laura Dufford to confirm attendance or in case of inclement weather (815-947-2720 or lauradufford@ gmail.com). Visit nwilaudubon.org for more information.

Thursday, July 11 Kids and Grandparents Morning at Oakdale Designed for grandparents and grandchildren to experience the natural world together, Northwest Illinois Audubon Society offers a morning of activities at the Mogle Center at Oakdale Nature Preserve from 9:30-11:30 a.m.

Activities are most appropriate for grandchildren ages 6-11. Oakdale is located three miles south of Freeport on Baileyville Road. Call Richard Benning (815-865-5279) to sign up. Visit nwilaudubon.org for details.

Saturday, July 13 Yoga in the Village - Come experience the beauty of Midway Village in a fun, unique way! Join local certified yoga instructor, Amanda Stivers 500-ryt

level, for a yoga class in Midway’s Victorian Village! Experience the wind in your hair, warmth from the sun, and sounds of nature as you move through your practice. Starts at 10 a.m. This class is open to all levels of yoga practice and students are encouraged to move at their own pace.

Please bring a yoga mat and water. Admission: $12 per person (ages 13+); $10 Museum Members (ages 13+). Indoor location available in case of inclement weather. You must pre-register for this event. To register, contact 815-397-9112, ext.

104 or email specialevents@midwayvillage.com.

Sunday, July 28 Music Academy trip to Midwest Mozart Festival Join students, parents and friends of The Music Academy as they travel to Sanfillippo Place de la Musique, for a concert featuring music by Mendelssohn, Vivaldi and Mozart performed by a string orchestra. Rockford musicians Rachel Handlin and Mike Beert are among orchestra members. The Place de la Musique is a 300-seat theatre located at the magnificent Sanfillippo Estate. The estate contains the world’s largest collection of fully restored antique musical instruments, music machines, arts objects and a newly updated carousel. Concert goers may tour the estate before the 3 p.m. concert. The trip includes the concert, tour and round-trip charter coach transportation. Cost is $95 per person.

The bus will depart at 12 noon from the former East State K-Mart parking lot. Reservations are needed by July 12 and may be made by contacting the Music Academy at 815-986-0037.

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June 26 - July 2

50th Annual Patriotic Celebration WHEN Friday, June 28 - Saturday, June 29 (6:30 p.m.)

WHERE First Free Rockford Join us in honoring and celebrating our patriotic heroes, veterans and military at First Free Rockford's 50th Annual Patriotic Celebration. This special program features a large choir and full orchestra performing our favorite patriotic songs.

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WHEN Saturday, June 29 (11 a.m. - 2 p.m.)

WHERE Downtown Rockford

WHERE Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens

RACVB invites the community to attend a free celebration in honor of Rockford native and NBA Champion Fred VanVleet. The event will feature Dribble the City, where the community is encouraged to bring their own basketballs and dribble from City Hall to the Rockford City Market Pavilion. There will also be food trucks, bouncy houses, and an appearance by Fred himself.

Started in 2008, International Mud Day is celebrated by children all over the world as a way to connect with nature through the earth. The event will be held outdoors on the grounds of the Conservatory, and will include muddy activities, games, educational experiences and more! Dress for the mess - you will get muddy!

Phantom Regiment Show of Shows WHEN Saturday, June 29 (7:30 p.m.)

WHERE Boylan High School Experience the art of musical pageantry as the Show of Shows features some of the best drum and bugle corps in the world. This event has won People's Choice for Special Event at the RAMI Awards. Come see why this event has become so special in the Rockford area.

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Death Notices Lecinda Kilgore 62 Machesney Park 6/17/2019 Doris Sims 99 Rockford 6/17/2019 Keith Heatherington 76 Rockford 6/17/2019 Douglas Webster 56 Rockford 6/17/2019 William Peterson 94 Rockford 6/17/2019 James Myers 43 Rockford 6/17/2019 Phyllis Mattern 96 Rockford 6/17/2019 Dorian McNair 45 Rockford 6/17/2019 Robert Cunningham 86 Rockford 6/17/2019 Doris Sim 99 Rockford 6/17/2019 Armida Musa 91 Rockford 6/17/2019 Beatrice Johnson 84 Rockford 6/17/2019 Bret Charron 43 Rockford 6/18/2019 Joseph Hernandez 20 Rockford 6/18/2019 Mary Clark 63 Rockford 6/18/2019 Barrett Hurston 43 Rockford 6/18/2019 David E. Lawson Jr. 42 Rockton 6/18/2019 Lawanda Lopez 65 Rockford 6/18/2019 Colleen Zimmerman 81 Machesney Park 6/18/2019 Andrea Serrano 78 Cherry Valley 6/19/2019 Gene Furgeson 68 Rockford 6/19/2019 Russell Kutz 57 Rockford 6/19/2019 Daniel Salas Sr. 89 Rockford 6/19/2019 Shelitha Jackson 59 Rockford 6/19/2019 Elizabeth Schroeder 66 Rockford 6/19/2019 Paul Crittenden 86 Rockford 6/19/2019 Patricia Wessell 83 South Beloit 6/19/2019 Shalon Sherod 51 Rockford 6/19/2019 John Pike 82 South Beloit 6/19/2019 Eugene Simonson 85 Rockford 6/20/2019 David Clauson 83 Rockford 6/20/2019 Carolyn Decker 95 Rockford 6/20/2019 Virginia Martin 70 Rockford 6/20/2019 Lisa Rohman 90 Rockford 6/20/2019 Robert Tautz 88 Rockford 6/20/2019 Annabelle Shugars 87 Rockford 6/20/2019 Luanne Wright 78 Rockford 6/21/2019 Douglas Olsen 62 Machesney Park 6/21/2019 James Larkins Sr. 80 Rockford 6/21/2019 LaVonne Johnson 83 Rockford 6/21/2019 Roger Bartindale 103 Rockford 6/22/2019 Charlotte Doyle 77 Rockford 6/22/2019 Margaret Mencarini 86 Caledonia 6/22/2019 Bethany Nelson 77 Rockford 6/22/2019 Paul Lewis 85 Machesney Park 6/22/2019 Janice Atkinson 80 Rockton 6/22/2019 Arvene Herrman 87 Rockford 6/22/2019 James Fleming 86 Rockford 6/22/2019 Eula Pizler 86 Rockford 6/22/2019 Lisa Bloomingdale 44 Rockford 6/22/2019 Michael Woodring 71 Rockford 6/23/2019 Rick Hannum 66 Rockford 6/23/2019 Richard Farris 75 Rockford 6/23/2019 Julius Nemeth 98 Rockford 6/23/2019 Peggy Reynolds 101 Rockford 6/23/2019 Darl Ruggles 52 Rockford 6/23/2019 Dean Dion 92 Rockford 6/23/2019 George Armstrong 61 Loves Park 6/23/2019 Richard Paeglow 79 Rockton 6/23/2019 Douglas Wainwright 66 Durand 6/23/2019 Lawrence Redmond 51 Rockford 6/23/2019

WEEK OF JUNE 23 TO 29, 2019 THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

GEMINI, CANCER AND LEO Horoscope

ARIES

Friends and family will keep ma­ king demands on you and you’ll be forced to give them a lot of time. But they’ll be very grate­ ful afterwards.

TAURUS

You’ll make good use of the sum­ mer by undertaking a new profes­ sional or personal project. You’ll surround yourself with an excellent team so you can realize your vision.

Be careful not to overspend.

GEMINI

You’ll receive excellent news about the health of a loved one and you might throw together a party to celebrate. As far as your vitality goes, this week’s going to be a rollercoaster.

CANCER

Time is a scarce commodity and it will take more than being simply well organized to accomplish ev­ erything you set out to do. You’ll attend an extravagant event with friends and find it delightful.

LEO

If you’re looking for a job, some­ one close to you will point you towards an amazing opportunity.

You’ll start a personal or profes­ sional project that’s important to you. It may involve planning a trip or starting a business.

VIRGO

Try to fit a summer holiday into your schedule so you can unwind.

You have all the tools you need to start your own business and you’ll receive support from a num­ ber of reliable people.

LIBRA

You should make a conscious ef­ fort to send out positive energy; people will automatically smile when in your presence. You’ll ar­ rive at the solution for settling a debt or you’ll figure out a way to renovate your property.

SCORPIO

You’ll be able to conclude a trans­ action or an important negotia­ tion that was drawn­out. Don’t be afraid of change, it can only be to your advantage.

SAGITTARIUS

To your great surprise, you’ll find yourself in the spotlight. Expect to be earnestly applauded after performing a heroic gesture, even if it’s something as simple as len­ ding a shoulder to cry on.

CAPRICORN

You may be dismayed to learn that one of your kids doesn’t enjoy their day camp. You’ll need to deal with the situation right way.

Take a day off work and give your kid lots of attention.

AQUARIUS

If you’re going on vacation, you’ll benefit from having a map or GPS system within reach. Other­ wise, you may go in circles for a while before finding your way. If you stay home, you’ll be able to rest and won’t regret it.

PISCES

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

You’ll be in an excellent position to demand a refund or a discount.

You’ll consider taking a short trai­ ning course over the summer that will benefit you at work.

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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 and Vendorregistry.com.

The Rockford Park District is seeking qualified bidders to prepare and install flooring in the Skybox Restaurant at the Indoor Sports Center.

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. 19-2230 Indoor Sports Center Skybox Flooring Pre-Bid Conference: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., Indoor Sports Center, 8800 E. Riverside Blvd., Loves Park, IL 61111 Bid Opening: Friday, July 12, 2019 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 10526R TRRT 6/26 n n n Notice of Availability of Audit Report of the Rockford Park District The Rockford Park District hereby provides public notice that an audit of its funds for the period January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018 has been made by Sikich LLP, and that a report of such audit dated April 17, 2019 has been filed with the County Clerks of Winnebago, Boone and Ogle counties, in accordance with 50 ILCS 310/6. The full report of the audit is available for public inspection on the Rockford Park District’s Website and at the Reception desk in the Webbs Norman Center at 401 S. Main Street, Rockford, IL during regular business hours (8:30 am – 4:30 pm) Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

10527R TRRT 6/26 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 and Vendorregistry.com.

The Rockford Park District invites qualified firms to bid on the following project which includes two former Rockford Public School (RPS 205) sites: Walker School Park and White Swan School Park.

Walker School Park is located at 1520 Post Avenue. White Swan School Park is located at 7550 Mill Road. The work scope at both locations includes removal of playground equipment and surfacing, repair and replacement of the existing playground structures, new playground equipment installation, storm water underdrainage,

and new playground surfacing installation. New concrete flatwork is included at White Swan School Park.

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. 19-2231 Walker School Park and White Swan School Park Playground Improvements Pre-Bid Conference: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101 Bid Opening: Thursday, July 11, 2019 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 10528R TRRT 6/26 n n n Committee Report Passed: June 17, 2019 ORDINANCE NO. 2019-124-O WHEREAS, The City of Rockford is the owner of and possessed of the real estate hereinafter particularly described; and WHEREAS, the said real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate or required for the use of, nor profitable to, the City of Rockford; and WHEREAS, retention of the property is not for the best interest of said City of Rockford.

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, THAT: Section 1: The City Council offer for sale of City owned property at 4XX Short Horsman Street, PIN #11-22405-018 at a minimum bid of $8,212 which includes advertising and with preference to the adjacent property owners. The city reserves the right to reject all bids. The subject property is legally described as follows: The Southerly Seventeen (17) feet in width of Lot Two (2), all of Lot Three (3) and the Northerly Twenty-six (26) feet in width of Lot Four (4) the South and North lines of said premises being parallel with the North line of Lot Three (3), all in Block Forty-seven (47) as designated upon the Map of that part of the Town (now city) of Rockford, on the West side of Rock River, filed for record by John W. Leavitt, the Plat of which is recorded in Book E of Deeds on Page 225 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Section 2: The Notice of said sale and the fact that said City of Rockford will receive bids for the purchase of said real estate shall be advertised in the Rock River Times, a weekly newspaper

published in said City of Rockford, for three (3) consecutive weeks, the first publication to be not less than thirty (30) days before the day provided in said Notice for the opening bids for the real estate.

Section 3: The said Notice shall set forth the fact that said bids will be received until 11:00 A.M., local Rockford time on August 5, 2019, at the office of the City of Rockford Purchasing Manager and shall be accompanied by a bank cashier’s or certified check payable to the City of Rockford for at least ten (10) percent of the amount of the bid, the balance to be paid in cash by the successful bidder within not more than fifteen (15) calendar days from the date of the City Council’s acceptance of his bid.

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

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

Section 5: All orders, resolutions, or ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed insofar as such conflict exists and this Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon its passage, approval, and publication, as required by law.

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

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Public Notices n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, CHRISTINE L GARNER, BRENT L. GARNER, THE CAMBRIDGE CHASE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2017 CH 952 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 28TH day of February, 2019 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 25th day of July, 2019 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: Lot One (1) as designated upon the Plat of Cambridge Chase, being a Re-Subdivision of part of Lot Fifteen (15), Plat of

Section 16, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 38 of Plats on Page 3B in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 5966 Cambridge Chase, Rockford, Illinois 61107 P.I.N Number: 12-16-476-014 Property Code: 160 D 802C The property is commonly known as 5966 Cambridge Chase Rockford, Illinois 61107 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $439,335.19 on behalf of Northwest Bank. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivision (g) (1) and (g) (4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 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.

Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided.

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. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 10507R TRRT 7/3 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2019 TX 117 FILED: May 29, 2019

n n n PUBLIC NOTICE The following list of vehicles abandoned and/or unclaimed in the County of Winnebago will be sold at public auction on 07/10/2019 at 11:00 a.m. at the Greater Rockford Auto Auction, 5937 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL. The owners can claim said vehicle at the Greater Rockford Auto Auction by paying the towing, impound and storage fees before 8:30 a.m. the day of the auction.

Only licensed re-builders, used parts dealers or scrap processors may purchase vehicles offered for sale at this auction. In addition, you must register with the Greater Rockford Auto Auction prior to the auction.

Purchasers will be issued a “Certificate of Purchase”. Payment is due at the conclusion of the auction. Only cash or check made payable to the “Greater Rockford Auto Auction” will be accepted.

COLOR YEAR MAKE MODEL STYLE VIN LICENSE Gray 2012 Nissan Altima 4 Door 1N4AL2AP2CC132205 AZ81541

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Bobby Peppers, 1216 N. Johnston Ave., Rockford, IL 61101 City of Rockford, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, IL 61104 Occupants, 1216 N. Johnston Ave., Rockford, IL 61101 Rockford Mortgage Company, UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED, GENERALLY TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold: October 24, 2016 Certificate No. 201500861 Sold of General Taxes of (year) 2015 Sold for Special Assessment of (municipality) N/A and Special Assessment Number N/A Warrant No. N/A Inst. No. N/A YOUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 1216 North Johnston Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101 Legal Description or Permanent Index No.: LOT NINETY-NINE (99) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF KEN ROCK SUBDIVISION, PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 16, IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE 3RD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 20 OF PLATS ON PAGE 75 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Tax Code No. 11-16-183-008 This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption for the sale will expire on October 3, 2019.

The Amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales Check with County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This Notice is also to advise you that a Petition has been filed for a Tax Deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 3, 2019.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County in Rockford, Illinois, on October 25, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 412.

You may be present at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 3, 2019 by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information, contact the County Clerk.

Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois 10508R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a music franchise entertainment company business in said County and State under the name of Brilliant Minds BME at the following post office ad-

dresses: 1822 Overdene Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kenneth Page SIGNED: Kenneth Page 6/12/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10511R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Barbershop/Salon business in said County and State under the name of Bettie Jo’s Hair Port at the following post office addresses: 7916 Scott Ln., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Shaun Jones SIGNED: Shaun Jones 6/13/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 10514R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Lawn Care, Mowing, Landscaping business in said County and State under the name of Perez Green Envy Lawns at the following post office addresses: 5858 Safford Rd., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Gustavo Perez SIGNED: Gustavo Perez 6/13/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10515R TRRT 7/3 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS. STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF: JOYCE MARIE NOE, Deceased.

Case No. 2019-P-244 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Joyce Marie Noe. Letters of Office were issued on June 6, 2019 to Aaron Noe, 1215 Brentwood Road, Machesney Park, Illinois 61115, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Debra A. Delia, Oliver Close, LLC, 124 N. Water Street, Suite 300, P.O. Box 4749, Rockford, IL 61110-4749.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 22, 2019, 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 Di-

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

Dated: June 13, 2019 Aaron Noe Independent Administrator Debra A. Delia, ARDC #6195886 OLIVER CLOSE, LLC 124 N. Water Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 4749 Rockford, IL 61110-4749 Telephone: 815-963-0009 Telefax: 815-963-0339 10509R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a General Contractor business in said County and State under the name of Cör Concepts at the following post office addresses: 213 E. Second St., Pecatonica, IL 61063; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cory Yates SIGNED: Cory Yates 6/14/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 10517R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Art & Gift Shop business in said County and State under the name of Rockford Art Source at the following post office addresses: 406 7th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Timothy Hatch SIGNED: Timothy Hatch 6/18/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 10521R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Nail Salon business in said County and State under the name of Venus Nail Salon at the following post office addresses: 1558 West Lane Rd., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Oanh Le; Hai Nguyen; Eric Phuc Vo SIGNED: Oanh Le 6/11/19 SIGNED: Hai Nguyen 6/11/19 SIGNED: Eric Phuc Vo 6/11/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 10500R TRRT 6/26 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 July 11th, 2019 at www. storagetreasures.com. All online Bids start approximately 14 days prior to the final sale date listed above at the stores listed below at the approximate times listed.

All items in the Storage Cubes contain household items unless otherwise mentioned.

Online Bid Ends Approx.

11:00AM at CubeSmart #6146, 7511 Vandiver Road, Cherry Valley, Illinois 61112 (815) 277-4051: Cherrelle Pendelton – Cube #A5, Lenora Brown – Cube #J1, Adam Summers – Cube #M11.

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Online Bid Ends Approx.

11:30AM at CubeSmart #6150, 4548 American Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109 (815) 277-4049: Trumaine Kyles – Cube #1401, Michael Mashaw – Cube #B12, Myia Wiggins – Cube #1105, Gina Garrison-Benjamin – Cube #4235.

Online Bid Ends Approx.

11:30AM at CubeSmart #6153, 4560 Stenstrom Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109 (815) 277-4049: Jerome Egliske – Cube #S144, Scott Wolfe – Cube #S108, Jerry Whitfield – Cube #S125.

Online Bid Ends Approx.

12:00PM at CubeSmart #6152, 3015 North Main Street, Rockford, Illinois 61103 (815) 2774054: Ericka Bates – Cube #A75, Catrina Pelzer – Cube #A77, Morris D Flannigan – Cube #A88, Marcus Oliver – Cube #B3, James Reppen – Cube #B10, Robert E. Pyles – Cube #B44, Karen A Coleman – Cube #B77, Sharon Mitchell – Cube #B137, Malik Jones – Cube #B139, Ashley Pozzani – Cube #B160, Albert Fuller III – Cube #B191, Brandy Shipp – Cube #B198, Ray C Davis – Cube #B247, Kristina Kay Bowles – Cube #B306, Shadae Bailey – Cube #B337.

Online Bid Ends Approx.

12:30PM at CubeSmart #6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Rockford, Illinois 61111 (815) 277-4052: Dominique Frazier – Cube #53, Adam C. Tubbesing – Cube #207, Elizabeth Barnett – Cube #304I, Porscha Golden – Cube #310E, Allyssa E. Rains – Cube #408C, Lori Schnorr – Cube #415, Tim Mcinturff – Cube #428, Carol Chavez – Cube #458.

Online Bid Ends Approx.

1:00PM at Cubesmart #6148, 4300 Interstate Boulevard, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 2774053: Max Walters – Cube #333, Max Walters – Cube #21, Alexander Fernandez – Cube #90, Cathay Keyes – Cube #251.

10531R TRRT 7/3 n n n SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS WITHDRAWAL OF NAME(S) STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ss.

Certificate No. 030506 On the 29th day of January, A.D. 1997, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for Pathways EAP at the following address(es): 6072 Brynwood Drive, Suite 105, Rockford, IL 61114.

On the 1st day of July, A.D. 2019, the following person or persons ceased doing business under the above assumed name and have no further connection with or financial interest in the business carried on under such assumed name: Anne Zuba SIGNED: Anne Zuba 6/19/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 19th day of June A.D. 2019.

Michelle L. McKenna, Notary Public My Commission Expires 11/6/2019 10539R TRRT 6/26

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The Rock River Times. June 26, 2019

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Sharon F. Ferson; Illinois Housing Development Authority; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 2019-CH-0000298 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2822 Kinsey St Rockford, IL 61109 and which said Mortgage was made by: Sharon F. Ferson Clifford Ferson the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Alpine Bank & Trust Co., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20151031467; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court 400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before July 26, 2019, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-19-03578 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I3124483 P10523R TRRT 7/10 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE PRESTON RIDGE PARTNERS INVESTMENTS II TRUST Plaintiff, -v.BEVERLY KING A/K/A BEVERLY INGRAM, et al Defendant 17 CH 00194 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 30, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 22, 2019, 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 7 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF ALPINE PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE EAST 1/2 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDI-

AN, AND RE-PLAT OF LOTS 62, 63 AND PART OF 66 AND PART OF EAST LAWN DRIVE AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF BULKLEY ACRES, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 32 OF PLATS ON PAGE 83 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 4817 ALPINE PARK DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-29-428003 (173D343).

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-01845.

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. 14-17-01845 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00194 TJSC#: 39-3763 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.

I3124248 P10524R TRRT 7/10 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS A/SL DF V, LLC, Plaintiff vs.

East Bank Center, LLC, et al., Defendants 19CH0000346 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 June 14, 2019 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: PARCEL 1: PART OF THE LOT TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) AND A PART OF THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING EAST OF ROCK RIVER, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 9 OF PLATS ON PAGE 21 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT TWO (2) AT A DISTANCE OF 250.00 FEET WEST OF THE WEST LINE OF EAST DRIVE (AS NOW LAID OUT); THENCE WEST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT TWO (2) A DISTANCE OF 287.10 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT FIVE (5) IN BLOCK SEVEN (7) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF ARBOR SUBDIVISION, BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOTS THREE (3), FOUR (4) AND FIVE (5) OF AFORESAID GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION, THE PLAT OF SAID ARBOR SUBDIVISION BEING RECORDED IN BOOK 22 OF PLATS ON PAGE 34 IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY A DISTANCE OF 149.38 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT TWO (2) OF GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION, 22.92 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER

OF LOT TWENTY (20) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF THE SECOND RESUBDIVISION OF LOT ONE (1) AND PART OF LOT TWO (2) OF SAID GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION, THE PLAT OF WHICH SECOND RESUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 12 OF PLATS, PAGE 34 IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE; THENCE EAST ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT TWO (2) OF GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION, A DISTANCE OF 264.81 FEET TO A POINT 250.0 FEET WEST OF THE WEST LINE OF AFORESAID EAST DRIVE; THENCE NORTH A DISTANCE OF 148.34 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: PART OF LOT TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) AND PART OF THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 9 OF PLATS ON PAGE 21 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS AND PART OF THE VACATED PUBLIC RIGHT TO WAY LYING NORTH OF LOTS TWENTY-ONE (21) AND TWENTY-FOUR (24) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE SECOND RESUBDIVISION OF LOT ONE (1) AND PART OF LOT TWO (2) OF SAID GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION, THE PLAT OF WHICH SECOND RESUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 12 OF PLATS ON PAGE 34 IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE; ALL BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO -WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT TWO (2) OF GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION, 63.34 FEET WEST OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT TWENTY (20) AS DESIGNATED UPON SAID PLAT OF SECOND RESUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 AND PART OF LOT TWO (2) GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY A DISTANCE OF 64.50 FEET ALONG A LINE DRAWN FROM THE THE PLACE OF BEGINNING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT TWO (2) WHICH IS 40.42 FEET WEST FROM THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF LOT FIVE (5) IN BLOCK SEVEN (7) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF ARBOR SUBDIVISION, BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF PART OF LOTS THREE (3), FOUR (4) AND FIVE (5) OF AFORESAID GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 22 OF PLATS ON PAGE 34 IN SAID RECORDER’S OFFICE; THENCE WEST, AT AN ANGLE OF 81 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 30 SECONDS, MEASURED TO THE WEST FROM THE PRECEDING COURSE EXTENDED TO THE EASTERLY BANK OF ROCK RIVER; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG THE EASTERLY BANK OF ROCK RIVER

TO THE NORTH LINE OF LOT TWENTY-FOUR (24) AS DESIGNATED UPON SAID PLAT OF SECOND RESUBDIVISION OF LOT ONE (1) AND PART OF LOT TWO (2) OF GLEN EYRE SUBDIVISION; THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT TWENTY-FOUR (24) AND ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF LOT TWENTY -ONE (21) IN SAID SECOND RESUBDIVISION TO A POINT 51.87 FEET WEST FROM THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT TWENTY-ONE (21); THENCE NORTHWESTERLY A DISTANCE OF 10.11 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 6131 Park Ridge Road, Loves Park, IL 61111.

P.I.N.s: 11-01-252-012 and 11-01-177-016.

The Mortgagor is East Bank Center, LLC and Advanced Management Company, LLC. The Mortgagee is A/SL DF V, LLC. The Mortgage is dated June 15, 2005 and was recorded with the Winnebago County Recorder of Deeds on June 21, 2005 as Document No. 0534824. Present owner of the property is East Bank Center, LLC. 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 July 26, 2019, 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 I3124138 P10525R TRRT 7/10 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ROCKFORD BANK & TRUST COMPANY, an Illinois banking corporation, Plaintiff, vs.

CHARLOTTE A. VARBLE, FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA, a national banking association, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants.

NO. 19 CH 173 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, CHARLOTTE A. VARBLE, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, and all UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants in the above-entitled cause, that the above-captioned Mortgage Foreclosure action was filed on March 25, 2019 and the Amended Complaint filed on May 7, 2019 and is now pending.

1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the case number are identified above.

2. The Court in which this action is brought is identified above.

3. The name of the titleholder of record is Charlotte A. Varble.

4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: PARCEL I: Lot Five (5) as designated upon Plat No. 1 of John Fridh and Sons Alpine Meadow Subdivision of a part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 32, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 26 of Plats on Page 98 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago County, Illinois.

PARCEL II: Commencing at the Southeast corner of Lot Five (5) as designated upon Plat No. 1 of John Fridh and Sons Alpine Meadow Subdivision of a part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 32, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 26 of Plats on page 98 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; thence South along the East line of said Lot Five (5) extended, 12 1/2 feet; thence West, parallel with the South line of Lot Five (5), 65 feet; thence North along the West line of said Lot Five (5) extended to the Southwest corner of Lot Five (5); thence East along the South line of Lot Five (5) to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago County, Illinois.

5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 4519 Longmeadow Lane, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

6. An identification of the Mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Mortgagor: Charlotte A. Varble b. Name of Mortgagee: Rockford Bank & Trust Company c. Date of Mortgage: March 31, 2016 d. Date of Recording: April 12, 2016 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 20161009805 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, CHARLOTTE A. VARBLE, all NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, and UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, on or before the 2nd day of August, 2019, default may be entered against you and each of you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint for Foreclosure.

Thomas A. Klein, Circuit Court 10529R TRRT 7/10 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN CHANCERY VILLAGE OF NEW MILFORD, a Body Politic and Assignee of Byron Bank, Plaintiff, vs.

JEFF J. SWAYNE, HOPE K. SWAYNE, AND UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendant(s).

CASE NO. 2019 CH 26 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that in pursuant of the Decree entered in said Court in the above-entitled cause on the

19TH day of June, 2019, I, Gary Caruana, Sheriff of Winnebago County, or such other Deputy as may be sitting in my stead, will on July 25, 2019 at the hour of 11:00 a.m. in the lobby of the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described land and premise situated in Winnebago County, Illinois in said Judgment mentioned or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said Judgment with the terms and conditions as set forth herein: The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: James E. Stevens BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 962-6611 A. The common address of said property is: 6421 11th Street, Rockford, IL 61109 (PIN#15-24-151-009) and legally described as: Part of the West Half of the Northwest Quarter of Section 24, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian, also known as Part of Lot 64 as designated upon the County Clerks Plat of Section 24, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian; bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Lot 64; thence East parallel with the South line of said 1/4 Section approximately 230 feet to the West line of Eleventh Street as dedicated; thence Northerly along said West line of Eleventh Street 50.0 feet; thence West parallel with the South line of said 1/4 Section approximately 190.0 feet; thence North parallel with the East line of said 1/4 Section 92.0 feet; thence West parallel with the South line of said 1/4 Section 45.0 feet; thence South parallel with the East line of said 1/4 Section 142.0 feet to the point of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

B. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: garage The terms of the sale are: to the highest and best bidder with cash or certified check in full at time of sale. Provided, however, Village of New Milford, has the right to submit a credit bid against the amount of its judgment. Property is conveyed in “AS IS” condition. Sale subject to Court approval; buyer will be entitled to possession of property 30 days after confirmation of sale

by Court.

Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes or special taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessment, if any, and easements and restrictions of record. The subject property is offered for sale without any presentation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Any personal property that may be located at/in the property is not included in this sale.

Upon the sale being made and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a Receipt of Sale will be issued and/ or a certificate of sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon Court confirmation of said sale.

The property will not be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $45,016.35. Prospective purchas-

ers are admonished to check the court file to verify this information. /s/ Gary Caruana Sheriff of Winnebago County BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP BY: JAMES E. STEVENS (3128256) 6833 STALTER DRIVE ROCKFORD, IL 61108 815-962-6611 jstevens@bslbv.com 10530R TRRT 7/10 n n n NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Personal Property stored by the following individuals from A Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C. P.O. Box 8116 Rockford IL 61126, a self service storage facility, operated

by A Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C. shall be sold at public auction at the address listed below.

The Auction will be held on or after 7/26/2019 at 9:00am to enforce the Owner’s Lien thereon. If there are no bidders, the property will be otherwise disposed of by the owner. Any vehicles sold will not have a title provided to the buyer.

Units Located at 5112 Linden Rd. Rockford IL 61109 at 9:00am: Nathaniel Jordan Unit #030; Samantha Jones Unit #074; John Dodson Unit #168; Scott Carlson Unit #184; Nicholas Rocha Unit #226; Vesta Thomas Unit # 231; Rosalinda Miller Unit #313; Egbert Sanchez Unit #351; Matthew Oros Unit #388; Jamie Rice Unit #391.

Units Located at 3722 Baxter Rd. Rockford IL 61109: None.

Units located at 5315 Sandy Hollow Rd. Rockford IL 61109 at 10:00am: Peter Sparacino Unit #S010; Robert Hunter Unit #S033; Henry Pospiech Unit #S054; Cheryl Brown Unit #S068; Lisa Murphey Unit #S078.

Units located at 1619 N. Meridian Rd. Rockford IL 61103 at 11:45am: Samuel Jimenez Unit #M081; Joshua Ollman Unit #M089.

Units located at 1821 W. Chrysler Dr. Belvidere IL 61008 at 11:00am: Duane Miller Unit #C010; Cesar Lira Unit #C091; Tanya Emery Unit #C146.

If unit is not paid in full by Friday July 19th 2019 at 4pm your unit will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction on Friday July 26th 2019. To register as a buyer please arrive 15 minutes prior to the auction with proper identification and payment. Please register at our office located at 5112 Linden Rd Rockford IL 61109.

A Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C. 10532R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a dog waste clean-up business in said County and State under the name of Affordable Dog Waste Clean Up at the following post office addresses: 14719 Liston Ave., S. Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Chad Hanson SIGNED: Chad Hanson 6/20/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 10540R TRRT 7/10

June 26, 2019 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: SAMANTHA RAYNE SMITH, Petitioner, vs.

CHRISTOPHER ALEX SMITH, Respondent.

Case No. 2018-D-0000930 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Christopher Alex Smith that Petitioner Samantha Rayne Smith 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 July 15, 2019, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Samantha Rayne Smith, Petitioner 10489R TRRT 6/26 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: GARY CHARTIER, Deceased.

CASE NO. 19-P-226 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of GARY CHARTIER. Letters of Office were issued on the 30th day of May, 2019, to THOMAS TIMLER, 316 Beech Court, Plymouth, Wisconsin 53073, 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 December 12, 2019, 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: June 7, 2019 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 10490R TRRT 6/26 n n n State of Illinois In the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit County of Winnebago HATO CAPITAL, INC. Plaintiff, –vs– 815 BELTWAY HOLDINGS, LLC, a South Dakota limited liability company, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, CONSTELLATION NEW ENERGY, INC., COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2019–CH–319 Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is given to you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above action which has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Boone County against you and other defendants requesting a Mortgage Foreclosure made

by HATO CAPITAL, INC., against 815 Beltway Holdings, LLC, on the following described real estate: Parcel 1: Part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 23, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Quarter (1/4) Section; Thence South 88° 46’ 20” West, along the South Line of said Quarter (1/4) Section, a distance of 50.00 feet to the point of beginning located on the West Right-of-Way line of Lyford Road; Thence South 88° 46’ 20” West, a distance of 971.48 Feet to the East line of property conveyed to the Illinois State Toll Highway Commission by Deed Recorded August 13, 1956 in Book 1010 of Deeds on Page 214 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; Thence North 00° 03’ 10” West, along the East Line of Property so conveyed to the Illinois State Toll Highway Commission, a Distance of 974.67 feet to the southerly Right-of-Way line of U.S. Route 20 (which point is 100 feet perpendicularly distant southerly from the center line of said U.S. Route 20); Thence North 79° 51’ 10” East along the southerly Line of said U.S. Route 20 to a Point on the West Right-of-Way of Lyford Road (as established by dedication deed recorded as microfilm No. 87292476); thence southerly, along said westerly Rightof-Way line to a point which is perpendicularly distant from the East line of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of said section a distance of 70.00 feet and northerly along the East line from the Southeast corner of said section a distance of 497.92 feet; Thence easterly perpendicular to the East line of said section a distance of 20.00 feet, thence southerly along said westerly Right-of-Way line a distance of 497.92 feet to the point of beginning; Excepting therefrom that part conveyed to the State of Illinois by Warranty Deed recorded April 18, 1961 in Book 1258 on Page 450, and that part conveyed under Book 1369 Page 3 recorded January 10, 1963, and that part conveyed under Book 1369 Page 6 recorded January 10, 1963, and that part conveyed under microfilm no. 8729-2476 recorded August 11, 1987; Also excepting therefrom that part conveyed to Firstar Bank N.A., as trustee under trust agreement dated October 30, 2001, and known as Trust Number 7529 by Deed in Trust recorded December 18, 2001, as document number 0180358, and described as follows: That part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 23, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the

third principal meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said quarter (1/4) section, thence South 88° 46’ 20” West along the South Line of said Quarter (1/4) Section a distance of 50.00 feet to the point of beginning (located on the West Right-of-Way line of Lyford Road); thence South 00° 1’ 24” East a distance of 70.02 feet to the point of beginning; Also excepting therefrom that part conveyed to Firstar Bank N.A., as trustee under trust agreement dated October 30, 2001, and known as trust number 7529

by Deed in Trust recorded January 23, 2002, as document number 0207300, and described as follows: that part the Southeast quarter (1/4) of section 23, township 44 North, range 2 East of the third principal meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Quarter (1/4) section; thence South 88° 46’ 20” West along the South Line of said Quarter (1/4) Section a distance of 537.48 feet to the point of beginning; thence South 88° 46’20” West along the South line of said Quarter (1/4) section a distance of 484.57 feet to a point in the East line of the Interstate 90 Toll Road Right-of-Way, thence North 00° 04’ 09” West a distance of 143.56 feet along said East line of the Interstate 90 Toll Road Right-of-Way; Thence North 88° 46’ 20” East a distance of 73.51 feet; Thence South 01° 13’ 40” East, a distance of 73.53 feet, thence North 88° 46’ 20” East, a distance of 422.91 feet, thence South 10° 40’ 21” West a distance of 71.54 feet to the point of beginning; Also excepting from the above description all those portions thereof taken, used or dedicated for public roadway purposes; Also excepting therefrom all coal, oil, gas and other minerals underlying the land, and all rights and easements in favor of the Estate of said coal, oil, gas and other minerals excepted or reserved in the warranty deed recorded January 20, 1950, as document no. 642143, and any and all other conveyances of record; All situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Parcel 2: The right to locate, use and maintain those certain air conditioning units, transformer pad and building (collectively, the encroaching items) as defined in the encroachment easement agreement dated October 26, 2005 and recorded November 11, 2005 as document no.

0568861 by and between US Bank, N.A., as successor Trustee to Firstar Bank, N.A., Trustee under the provisions of a certain Trust Agreement dated October 30, 2001 and known as Trust Number 7529 and WPH Rockford, LLC, a Wisconsin limited Liability Company (the “encroachment easement agreement”) over, under and across that portion of the following property as described and depicted in the encroachment ease-

ment agreement: that part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 23, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeast corner of said Quarter (1/4) section, thence South 88° 46’ 20” West along the South line of said Quarter (1/4) section a distance of 50.00 feet to the point of beginning (located on the West Right-of-Way line of Lyford Road); thence South 88° 46’ 20” West along the South line of said Quarter (1/4) section a distance of 487.48 feet; thence North 10° 40’ 21” East, a distance of 71.54 feet, thence North 88° 46’ 20” East a distance of 474.20 feet to the West Right-of-Way line of Lyford Road: Thence South 00° 01’ 24” East a distance of 70.02 feet to the point of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 7801 East State Street Rockford, Illinois 61108 Summons was issued out of the court against you as provided by law, and the action is still pending.

Consequently, unless you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above case, file your answer to the Complaint in the action or otherwise make your appearance in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, located in Rockford, Illinois on or before July 19, 2019, default may be entered against each of you at any time after that day and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint.

Prepared by: George P. Hampilos – ARDC # 6210622 HAMPILOS & ASSOCIATES, LTD. Attorneys for HATO CAPITAL, INC. 308 W. State St. – Suite # 210 Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 962-0044 10491R TRRT 6/26 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 CHRISTOPHER W. TACKETT, Deceased.

Case No. 19 P 234 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CHRISTOPHER W. TACKETT. Letters of Office were issued on May 31, 2019, to JANNA McLAUGHLIN, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David L. Davitt, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 12, 2019, 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 his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: June 10, 2018 David L. Davitt David L. Davitt #6206402 Attorney for Estate 4023 Charles Street Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 229-5333 ddavitt@rockriverlaw.com 10492R TRRT 6/26 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 Construction & Remodeling Siding & Windows business in said County and State under the name of J.A.B. Construction at the following post office addresses: 9907 Shore Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jakeb Barrett SIGNED: Jakeb Barrett 6/5/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 10494R TRRT 6/26 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 greeting card/ novelty business in said County and State under the name of Potty Mouth Press at the following post office addresses: 1125 19th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Bree Anne Zingre SIGNED: Bree Anne Zingre 6/5/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10495R TRRT 6/26 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 Basic home cleanouts that the garbage company doesn’t pick up (Mattresses, hot tubs, etc.) business in said County and State under the name of Ayers Snow and Junk Removal at the following post office addresses: 623 17th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jordan Ayers; Audrey Pearson SIGNED: Jordan Ayers 6/7/19 SIGNED: Audrey Pearson 6/7/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 10496R TRRT 6/26 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 Homemade ice creams business in said County and State under the name of Just Gerry’s Ice Cream at the following post office addresses: 4970 S. Mulford Rd., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Gerald Madero SIGNED: Gerald Madero 6/7/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10497R TRRT 6/26

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 Smoked meats, Sausages & Desserts as a personal chef business in said County and State under the name of Smokey Eats & Tasty Treats at the following post office addresses: 4970 S. Mulford Rd., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Gerald Madero SIGNED: Gerald Madero 6/7/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10498R TRRT 6/26 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 lawn care and landscaping business in said County and State under the name of Lawn Geeks at the following post office addresses: 7558 Montague Rd., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Nichole Hammer SIGNED: Nichole Hammer 6/10/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 10499R TRRT 6/26 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 Removal of asbestos, mold, lead paint business in said County and State under the name of The Blessed Brothers at the following post office addresses: 510 S. Johnston Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marcus Brint SIGNED: Marcus Brint 6/11/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10501R TRRT 6/26 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 Dealership business in said County and State under the name of A-1 From Day One Auto Sales at the following post office addresses: 3115 Kishwaukee St., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Pierrez McBride SIGNED: Pierrez McBride 6/10/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 10502R TRRT 6/26 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 Fitness Center business in said County and State under the name of Midtown Fitness at the following post office addresses:

323 7th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Keith Steven Young; Justin Michael Sheley SIGNED: Keith Steven Young 6/11/19 SIGNED: Justin Michael Sheley 6/11/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 11th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10504R TRRT 6/26 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: SEAN P. GALLAGHER, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 180 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of SEAN P. GALLAGHER. Letters of Office were issued on May 15, 2019 to JULIA M. GALLAGHER, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is DAVID M. GILL, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 21, 2019, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

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

DATED: 6/11/19 JULIA M. GALLAGHER, ADMINISTRATOR DAVID M. GILL #6274994 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 10493R TRRT 6/26 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 Cleaning/Handyman, trash-out, junk hauling business in said County and State under the name of Tony’s Maintenance and More 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: Anthony Moton; Shenita Moton SIGNED: Anthony Moton 6/13/19 SIGNED: Shenita Moton 6/13/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 10516R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Landscaping business in said County and State under the name of F & G Family Landscaping at the following post office addresses: 1719 25th St.,Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all

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persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Claudia Ferral SIGNED: Claudia Ferral 6/17/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 17th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 10519R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact an Online business in said County and State under the name of E & E Online Enterprises at the following post office addresses: 1121 16th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ernesto Santana SIGNED: Ernesto Santana 6/18/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 10520R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Long-arm Quilting business in said County and State under the name of RiverQuilter3 at the following post office addresses: 10518 Ventura Blvd., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Silvia Jeanne Vaughn SIGNED: Silvia Jeanne Vaughn 6/12/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10510R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a lash & permanent make up boutique business in said County and State under the name of Femme. beauty boutique at the following post office addresses: 129 Phelps Ave., Suite 504, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Dana Hansen SIGNED: Dana Hansen 6/12/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 10512R TRRT 7/3 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Beauty Salon & Hair Weave Extensions & Wigs business in said County and State under the name of Ming Mona Glam Shop at the following post office addresses: 101 N. Alpine Rd., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mary Mcclellan SIGNED: Mary Mcclellan 5/2/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 2nd day of May, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 10513R TRRT 7/3

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The Rock River Times. June 26, 2019

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 MARTHA HELEN BROOKS, Deceased.

Case No. 2019 – P – 253 Date Will Filed: No Will CLAIMS NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MARTHA HELEN BROOKS. Letters of Office were issued on June 12, 2019 to DOUGLAS A. BROOKS, whose address is c/o Anthony R. Phelps, Reno & Zahm LLP, 2902 McFarland Rd., Suite 400, Rockford, IL 61107, as Independent Administrator of the estate. The attorney of record for the estate is Anthony R. Phelps of Reno & Zahm LLP, 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400, Rockford, Illinois 61107.

Claims may be filed on or before December 26, 2019, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, with the Independent Administrator, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Administrator and to the attorney for the estate within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

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

Dated this 20th day of June, 2019.

DOUGLAS A. BROOKS, Independent Administrator BY: RENO & ZAHM LLP By: /s/ Anthony R. Phelps Attorney for the Independent Administrator Anthony R. Phelps (#06297415) RENO & ZAHM LLP 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 987-4050 arp@renozahm.com 10533R TRRT 7/10 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CHARLES E. BROCKMAN, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 263 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CHARLES E. BROCKMAN. Letters of Office were issued on June 13, 2019 to CHARLES E. BROCKMAN II, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before December 28, 2019, 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 Win-

nebago County Circuit Clerk-ProNOTICE is given of the death bate Div. at the Winnebago of GRAHAM K. JOHNSON. Letters County Courthouse, 400 W. State of Office were issued on May 23, St., Rociford, IL 61101, or with the 2019 to TIMOTHY P. DITTMER, estate legal representative, or both. 6411 Colockum Road, EllensCopies of claims filed burg, WA 98926, who is the legal with the Circuit Clerk’s Office­representative of the estate. The Probate Div., must be mailed attorney for the estate is Jeffry A. or delivered to the estate legal Dahlberg, 5130 N. Second St., representative and to his/her Loves Park, IL 61111. attorney within ten (10) days after Claims against the estate may it has been filed. be filed on or before December 26, DATED: 6/20/19 2019, that date being at least six CHARLES E. BROCKMAN II, (6) months from the date of first EXECUTOR publication, or within three (3) ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 months from the date of mailing Attorney for Estate or delivery of Notice to creditors, 535 Loves Park Drive if mailing or delivery is required by Loves Park, IL 61111 Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate 815/654-3060 Act, 1975 as amended, whichever 10534R TRRT 7/10 date is later. Any claim not filed by n n n the requisite date stated above STATE OF ILLINOIS, shall be barred.

CIRCUIT COURT Claims against the estate may WINNEBAGO COUNTY be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk – Probate PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST Division at the Winnebago County FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate Request of: legal representative, or both.

KATELIN RAY PARIS Copies of claims filed with the Current Name Circuit Clerk’s Office–Probate DiviCase Number 19 MR 474 There will be a court date on sion, must be mailed or delivered my Request to change my name to the estate legal representative from: Katelin Ray Paris to the new and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. name of: Karson Lyle Paris.

The court date will be held: on Dated: June 17, 2019 July 31, 2019 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 TIMOTHY P. DITTMER, Executor W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winneba- Attorney For Estate: go County, in Courtroom #412. JEFFRY A. DAHLBERG /s/ Katelin Paris #6206776 Katelin Paris BALSLEY & DAHLBERG Current Name 5130 N. Second St. 10535R TRRT 7/10 Loves Park, Il 61111 n n n 815-877-2593 STATE OF ILLINOIS 10537R TRRT 7/10 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF INTENTION COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO STATE OF ILLINOIS, IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO OF This is to certify that the unJEARLEAN GRAY dersigned intend to conduct and Deceased. transact a Microgreens business NO. 2019-P-190 in said County and State under the CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death name of Rockshire Farms at the of JEARLEAN GRAY. Letters of following post office addresses: Office were issued on June 12, 2032 22nd St., Rockford, IL 61108; 2019 to Rose M. Sockwell, 310 N. that the true and real full names of Horace, Rockford, IL 61101, who all persons owning, conducting or is the legal representative of the transacting such business are as Estate. The attorney for the estate follows: Stephen Gauf SIGNED: Stephen Gauf 6/19/19 is John M. Nelson, 1318 E. State Subscribed and sworn (or Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104.

Claims against the estate may affirmed to) before me, this 19th be filed on or before December 27, day of June, A.D. 2019.

2019, that date being at least six (6) Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK months from the date of first publi- Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY cation, or within three (3) months 10538R TRRT 7/10 n n n from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION or delivery is required by Section STATE OF ILLINOIS, 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, as COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO amended, whichever date is later.

This is to certify that the unAny claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. dersigned intend to conduct and Claims against the estate transact a Therapeutic Massage may be filed in the Office of the business in said County and State Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, under the name of Sullivan Muscle Probate Division at the Winnebago Therapy at the following post office County Courthouse, 400 W. State addresses: 129 S. Phelps, Building Street, Rockford, IL 61101 or with 8, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true the estate legal representative, and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting or both.

Copies of claims filed with the such business are as follows: Mary Clerk must be mailed or delivered Ann Sullivan SIGNED: Mary Ann Sullivan to the estate’s legal representative 6/20/19 and to his/her attorney within ten Subscribed and sworn (or (10) days after it has been filed.

ROSE M. SOCKWELL, Executor affirmed to) before me, this 20th This document was prepared by: day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK John M. Nelson Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY Attorney for the Estate 10541R TRRT 7/10 1318 E. State Street n n n Rockford, IL 61108 ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE Telephone 815-964-8800 OF INTENTION Rock River Times: STATE OF ILLINOIS, 6/26;7/3;7/10/2019 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO 10536R TRRT 7/10 n n n This is to certify that the unSTATE OF ILLINOIS dersigned intend to conduct and IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE transact a Catering business in 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT said County and State under the COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO name of Cami’s Kitchen at the folIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE lowing post office addresses: 2901 Halsted Rd., Apt. A, Rockford, IL OF: 61101; that the true and real full GRAHAM K. JOHNSON names of all persons owning, CASE NO: 2019 P 228 conducting or transacting such CLAIM NOTICE

business are as follows: Camisha M. Sharpe SIGNED: Camisha M. Sharpe 6/21/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10542R TRRT 7/10 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 custom clothing line and online retailer business in said County and State under the name of Rockford Sneaker Society at the following post office addresses: 4887 Linden Rd., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Chanda A. Quarles SIGNED: Chanda A. Quarles 6/21/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 10543R TRRT 7/10 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 clothing boutique selling clothing, shoes, beauty supplies, make up and perfume business in said County and State under the name of Diamond’s Beauty Boutique at the following post office addresses: 3518 Greendale Dr., Apt. 7, Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tamieka Taylor SIGNED: Tamieka Taylor 6/21/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK KAyla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10544R TRRT 7/10 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 Pressure washing business in said County and State under the name of JG Washing Services at the following post office addresses: 228 Goodhue St., South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jose G. Hernandez SIGNED: Jose G. Hernandez 6/24/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 24th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 10552R TRRT 7/10 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2019-TX-142 FILED June 24, 2019 Yarber, Matthew AKA Matt; City of Rockford Legal Department; Rock River Water Reclamation District; Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 222 18th Ave. Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-35-104-018 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 24, 2019.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 24, 2019.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 11, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 426, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 24, 2019, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 404 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 10545R TRRT 7/10 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2019-TX-143 FILED June 24, 2019 AHS1 LLC %Anthony H. Shun; Richard M. Smulski; Anna M. Smulski; Anthony H. and Sou K. Shun; Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 1016 15th Ave. Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-35-226-009 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 24, 2019.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 24, 2019.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 11, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 426, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY

Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 24, 2019, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 404 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 10546R TRRT 7/10 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2019-TX-144 FILED June 24, 2019 Rockford Harmony Bldg.

Association; Rockford Harmony Singing Society; Rockford Harmony Building Association Attn: C.F.O, Brian Crowley; Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 1536 7th St. Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-35-227-013 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 24, 2019.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 24, 2019.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 11, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 426, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 24, 2019, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 404 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 10547R TRRT 7/10 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2019-TX-145 FILED June 24, 2019 J I Corporation; Janal Chaudhary; Mtg. Kelley Williamson Co., an Illinois Corporation; City of Rockford Legal Dept.; Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES

Property located at: 1603 11th St. Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 11-36-107-005 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 24, 2019.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 24, 2019.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 11, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 426, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 24, 2019, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 404 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 10548R TRRT 7/10 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2019-TX-147 FILED June 24, 2019 Shawn E. Minnick; Nylena Minnick; Nationscredit Home Equity Services Corp.; Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 1206 Brooke Rd. Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 15-02-434-002 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 24, 2019.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 24, 2019.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 11, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 426, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this

hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 24, 2019, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 404 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 10550R TRRT 7/10 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2019-TX-148 FILED June 24, 2019 Citi Mortgage Inc.; Colleen McWilliams; Billy Jo Hutchson; Cheri Wyatt; Melody Brewer; David Lester; Derrick Lester Unknown Owners; Unknown Occupants; Unknown Claimants; Persons interested in said property; Unknown Heirs and Legatees; County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

TAKE NOTICE THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at: 2311 New Milford School Rd. Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 15-24-326-004 in Rockford Township.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on October 24, 2019.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 24, 2019.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 11, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 426, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 24, 2019, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 404 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 10551R TRRT 7/10

June 26, 2019 The Rock River Times. n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Roofing & Siding installer business in said County and State under the name of AZUZ Exteriors at the following post office addresses: 1202 Banks St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting

such business are as follows: Alec Biedowicz SIGNED: Alec Biedowicz 6/25/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of June, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 10554R TRRT 7/10 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the un-

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, CHRISTINE L GARNER, BRENT L. GARNER, THE CAMBRIDGE CHASE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2017 CH 952 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 28TH day of February, 2019 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 25th day of July, 2019 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: Commonly known as: 5966 Cambridge Chase, Rockford, Illinois 61107 P.I.N Number: 12-16-476-014 Property Code: 160 D 802C The property is commonly known as 5966 Cambridge Chase Rockford, Illinois 61107 and is improved with a residential property.

Judgment was taken in the amount of $439,335.19 on behalf of Northwest Bank. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations 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. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivision (g) (1) and (g) (4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 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.

Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff,

TAKE NOTICE dersigned intend to conduct and Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN transact a Food Truck business in Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 10555R TRRT 7/10 SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES said County and State under the Property located at: Flintridge name of Blazin Magic BBQ at the n n n following post office addresses: TAX DEED NO. 2019-TX-146 Drive Legal Description or Perma3523 Green Dale Dr., Rockford, FILED June 24, 2019 nent Index No. 12-29-228-019 IL 61109; that the true and real Stanley E. Kowalski; and 12-29-228-020 in Rockford full names of all persons owning, McCormick 101 LLC; Township. conducting or transacting such Unknown Owners; This Notice is to advise you business are as follows: Marcus Unknown Occupants; that the above property has been Marshall Unknown Claimants; SIGNED: Marcus Marshall 6/21/19 Persons interested in said property; sold for delinquent taxes and that Subscribed and sworn (or Unknown Heirs and Legatees; the period of redemption from affirmed to) before me, this 21st County of Winnebago, the sale will expire on October day of June, A.D. 2019.

State of Illinois.

24, 2019.

3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided.

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. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 10507R TRRT 7/3 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE OF THE PRESTON RIDGE PARTNERS INVESTMENTS II TRUST Plaintiff, -v.- BEVERLY KING A/K/A BEVERLY INGRAM, et al Defendant 17 CH 00194 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 30, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on July 22, 2019, 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 4817 ALPINE PARK DRIVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-29-428-003 (173D343).

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer

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 or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-01845.

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. 14-17-01845 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 00194 TJSC#: 39-3763 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.

I3124248 P10524R TRRT 7/10 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN CHANCERY VILLAGE OF NEW MILFORD, a Body Politic and Assignee of Byron Bank, Plaintiff, vs. JEFF J. SWAYNE, HOPE K. SWAYNE, AND UNKNOWN OWNERS, Defendant(s). CASE NO. 2019 CH 26 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE

title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before October 24, 2019.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County, in Rockford, Illinois, on November 11, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 426, 400 West State Street.

You may be present at this hearing but your rights to redeem will have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY

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Redemption can be made at any time on or before October 24, 2019, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois at the County Administration Building in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

Winnebago County Clerk 404 Elm Street Room 101 Rockford, IL 61101 (815)-319-4253 /s/ Elizabeth S. Reents, Trustee Purchaser or Assignee 10549R TRRT 7/10

Public Notice is hereby given that in pursuant of the Decree entered in said Court in the above-entitled cause on the 19TH day of June, 2019, I, Gary Caruana, Sheriff of Winnebago County, or such other Deputy as may be sitting in my stead, will on July 25, 2019 at the hour of 11:00 a.m. in the lobby of the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder for cash the following described land and premise situated in Winnebago County, Illinois in said Judgment mentioned or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said Judgment with the terms and conditions as set forth herein: The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: James E. Stevens BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG,BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 962-6611 A. The common address of said property is: 6421 11th Street, Rockford, IL 61109 (PIN#15-24-151-009) and legally described as: B. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: garage The terms of the sale are: to the highest and best bidder with cash or certified check in full at time of sale. Provided, however, Village of New Milford, has the right to submit a credit bid against the amount of its judgment. Property is conveyed in “AS IS” condition. Sale subject to Court approval; buyer will be entitled to possession of property 30 days after confirmation of sale by Court.

Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes or special taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessment, if any, and easements and restrictions of record. The subject property is offered for sale without any presentation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Any personal property that may be located at/ in the property is not included in this sale.

Upon the sale being made and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a Receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a certificate of sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon Court confirmation of said sale.

The property will not be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $45,016.35. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file to verify this information. /s/ Gary Caruana Sheriff of Winnebago County BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP BY: JAMES E. STEVENS (3128256) 6833 STALTER DRIVE ROCKFORD, IL 61108 815-962-6611 jstevens@bslbv.com 10530R TRRT 7/10

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Blackhawks acquire de Haan in trade with Hurricanes

BY JIM HAGERTY REPORTER

CHICAGO(AP)—The Chicago Blackhawks made another trade for a veteran defenseman on Monday, acquiring Calvin de Haan in a deal with the Carolina Hurricanes.

The Blackhawks also received minor league forward Aleksi Saarela in exchange for defenseman Gustav Forsling and goaltender Anton Forsberg.

Chicago has been looking to upgrade its blue line since it missed the playo�s last season for the second straight year.

It acquired Olli Maatta in a trade with Pittsburgh on June 15.

The addition of de Haan and Maatta raises questions about what the Blackhawks might do with the rest of their defensemen. They also have Duncan Keith, Brent Seabrook, Connor Murphy, Erik Gustafsson, Carl Dahlstrom and Slater Koekkoek on their roster, and Henri Jokiharju could take on a prominent role after finishing last season in the minors.

The Hurricanes’ acquisition of Forsberg comes with the two goalies who helped lead them to the Eastern Conference final — veterans Petr Mrazek and Curtis McElhinney — eligible for free agency on July 1.

De Haan was selected by the New York

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Islanders with the 12th overall pick in the 2009 draft. He spent his first six seasons with the team before joining Carolina last summer, signing a four-year contract worth $18.2 million.

The 28-year-old de Haan had one goal and 13 assists in 74 games last season. He also had a goal in 12 playo� appearances.

Forsberg becomes the second Blackhawks goalie traded to Carolina in three years.

The Hurricanes picked up Scott Darling in 2017 and gave him a four-year contract that pays him an average of $4.15 million per season. Darling was injured during the preseason finale last season, placed on waivers and played only eight games in the NHL in 2018-19.

Carolina acquired Saarela from New York in the 2017 deal that sent then-captain Eric Staal to the Rangers. He played only one game with the Hurricanes.

Forsling, a fifth-round pick by Vancouver in 2014, had eight goals and 19 assists in 122 games over three seasons with Chicago.

He just turned 23 on June 12.

Forsberg was acquired by the Blackhawks in the 2017 trade that sent Artemi Panarin to Columbus. He spent last season with Rockford in the AHL, going 15-15-2 with a 2.64 goals-against average.

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Countdown to Bourbonnais: Mack and defense the one constant Bears should count on

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor

A half year ago, the Bears defense was one of the toasts of the NFL. They brought life to a football-starved city. Starting fast and never losing much steam over the course of four months, the Bears defense was a stark jump away from the new norm: where most of the rest of the league focused on tenets of offensive efficiency to maximize every last blade of grass, the Bears were the black sheep leaning on laurels of disciplined defense. The Bears led the league in takeaways (36) and were first in Football Outsiders’ all-encompassing efficiency metric known as DVOA. They were not the eventually-coronated 1985 Bears, 2000 Ravens, 2008 Steelers, 2013 Seahawks, or 2015 Broncos because they never wore the crown. But they remain one of the most intimidating and overpowering NFL defenses of the last four decades, especially when considering how distinctive their accomplishments were.

It’s easy to forget about how uniquely special the Bears defense was last year when for six months the conversation centers on their ill-fated swipes at kicker and fixing their hole at running back: two of the least important positions in football in the grand scheme of things.

It’s easy to make a buzzsaw of a defense an afterthought when the insistence that they don’t have to change much hangs in the air. (You can, after all, put in earplugs.)

Which, is a fact: they don’t have to change.

What the Bears and their defense were able to uncommonly manifest in 2018 should be what defensive coordinator Chuck Pagano and each of his underlings focuses on maintaining for as long as they can. What they have to do is lose little and keep the ship sailing smoothly.

The question of how much the Bears defense can maintain the integrity of their defensive ship while letting every other aspect of the team grow up is the primary question that should loom over training camp in Bourbonnais a month from now.

It’s the question that should either bring the tightest of knots to their stomachs, or inspire beautiful butterflies to rise to the occasion.

Key players

Khalil Mack: The reigning First-Team All-Pro and 2018 Defensive Player of the Year runner-up is the face of the Bears.

A trade for the superstar last summer awakened a doormat of a franchise. There’s nothing for Mack to improve upon. His penchant for breaking the will of offensive tackles and putting his teammates on his back is the one variable the Bears can always count on and ill afford to lose.

Playing highlights of Mack’s first season in Chicago while the Raiders used the first-

round pick they acquired from the Bears encapsulates an infatuation the entire organization has with the 28-year-old.

Eddie Jackson: A free-wheeling mercenary of a safety the Bears have been seeking for most of this century, Jackson’s rise has served as one of the catalysts for their Renaissance. He’s on the fast track toward not only becoming the best safety the Bears have ever had, but the best safety in the NFL. The catch-22 is whether he can play in January this time around.

Roquan Smith: As a rookie, Smith accrued 121 tackles: second-most in Bears history only to Brian Urlacher. You may have heard of the latter or at least seen dozens of his hair restoration billboards while driving around Chicago. Despite a reasonable contract dispute that kept Smith out for all of training camp and despite not receiving his first start until Week 2 of the 2018 season, the “Montezuma Missile” lived up to the hype. In accordance with a heavy-handed prophecy, another small progression in Smith’s game will have him take over the star-studded Bears defense as his own. It’ll also have his name embroidered firmly alongside legendary Bears linebackers.

Money quote: “I’ve always thought of myself as the best defensive player in the league and I want to play like the best defensive player in the league,” - Khalil Mack on his ambitions.

Rebels without a cause

The Bears for the time being embody zagging while everyone else zigs. They are the defensive rebel most around the league are probably confounded still exists given heavy investments into the offensive revolution. The results of those investments don’t lie.

The NFL’s four top offenses by most metrics last year in the Saints, Chiefs, Patriots, and Rams were the four teams to reach Championship Sunday. The only team of the top four defenses to even see the playoffs was the Bears. 2018 saw the second-most points ever scored in a 16-game NFL season, with an average of 23.1 points scored per contest. Offenses also averaged over 350 yards a game in 2018, with 2015 (352.7) acting as the only time any offense has ever averaged more. To top it off, a median 5.6 yards a play – the epitome of efficiency – is the most the NFL has ever seen in its century of play.

Well over 300 yards of offense in any game was once a mythical bar only juggernauts could reach. They were “Madden” numbers. Now, well over 300 yards is a mediocre baseline standard. Something that is inherently expected out of everyone and inspires disappointment when it doesn’t arrive. Three yards and a cloud of dust, as Woody Hayes and his stubborn

reincarnated form in John Fox would attest to, is no longer acceptable by modern parameters.

For the Bears to enjoy one of the most nuanced defensive seasons in recent memory despite every conceivable obstacle stacked against them speaks volumes as to what they’ve created, and what their focus should continue to be. As much as Matt Nagy may consider himself an offensive guru, the Bears are a defensive team. As much as they may be in the process of ideally turning Mitchell Trubisky into a lynchpin of their success, the Bears are, conspicuously, a defensive team. Their foundation rests on some of the game’s premier defensive talents – led by the likely future Hall of Famer in Mack – and it’s this steady variable that should comfort them, not dissuade.

What the Bears actively have on defense is rare. Given the way the NFL machine continues to shift with a largesse toward offensive play, it won’t last. It’s on them to make sure they wring out every last drop they can.

15.9 games on their defense, fourth in the league. Injuries play a clear factor in any team’s success in any sport. Given the grueling nature and length of most football seasons and the game itself, the last team standing is the team that won a war of attrition, not a healthy head-to-head. Even still and even with an upgraded strength and conditioning staff, the likelihood that the Bears lose less than 16 games to their defense in 2019 is minimal. Football is too violent of a game to see all 11 members, plus depth, enjoy the same injury fortune from year to year. It’d be a jarring statistical anomaly if it weren’t true.

Where the Bears can cross their fingers for on this front is that the serious injuries they end up suffering have better timing.

Last year, late-season respective leg and groin injuries to Jackson and Trey Burton deflated a lot of what the Bears did well on both sides of the ball. It’s not about staying healthy for the long haul, though that helps.

It’s about being as healthy as possible once the weather turns and the Soldier Field turf is more unusable than usual.

Battling regression

Confidence with a capital C

One of the benefits behind the football analytics revolution is in the wide use of statistics to predict future performance. It shouldn’t have to be stated, but yes, simple math based on basic trends combined with the realities of the fragile human body, can make evaluating a quality NFL roster that much easier. No longer do coaches and general managers have to solely rely on the merits of the “eye test”—otherwise known as professional sports’ most common crutch to do less work. Analytics, through its player tracking, personnel-defining, and play-polishing acts as the preeminent tool behind preparing for the future. It’s unparalleled means for being ready for the terrifying and exciting mystery of regression and ascendance at the same time.

It’s the former principle of regression that’s been discussed most often with the Bears and their defense this off-season.

What the Bears were able to accomplish last year is seen as unsustainable. On the whole, each of the NFL’s last four leaders in takeaways dropped off at least 25 percent in takeaway production the ensuing year.

If the Bears follow this familiar trend based on surprise, that could mean one less magical Jackson pick-six. It could mean one less dispiriting Mack strip sack. It could mean one or two less victories galvanized by the randomness of turnovers.

Injuries are the more troubling aspect to consider when it comes to this Bears defense. According to Football Outsiders’ Adjusted Games Lost Metric – which takes into account actual games lost to injury and when players who show up on injury reports still play – the Bears lost roughly

Perhaps the chief quality of the Bears defense shouldn’t be viewed in binary terms. It’s not about the talent they have at their disposal, with depth and stars at all three levels. It’s not about the coaching and experience on their side, with Pagano at the helm and a bunch of veterans that have been there and done that.

What makes the Bears defense distinguished, what allows it to survive in a football ecosystem that no longer wants it alive, is an intangible confidence. Every member of the Bears defense believes they’re either at the individual top of their profession, like Mack, or soon will be, like Jackson and Smith (though they’ll never say it). Every member of this defense, from role players to field-tilters, believes that when they come together, no offense stands a chance. It’s that faith, that damned blind faith in the operation that sets them apart and reassures them they won’t fall off a cliff. No matter what anyone says to the contrary.

As they gear up for what is shaping up to be one of the steepest roller coaster seasons in franchise history, this Bears defense isn’t going to shy away from criticism.

If anything, having them be a respective afterthought is what they need to make history and get their crown.

“The level of expectation has been raised,” Danny Trevathan said at the Bears100 convention. “Let’s not care about what anybody thinks about us or what they say about us. Let’s just be that cocky group that wants to be the best defense ever to do this.”

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

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