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STATE COVID UPDATE

Two more regions to see COVID-19 mitigations Hospital bed, intensive care unit, ventilator usage once again hit highest points since June

By Raymon Troncoso

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SPRINGFIELD – Six of the state’s 11 coronavirus mitigation regions will be under escalated restrictions starting Wednesday as hospitalizations for COVID-19 show a quickening rate of increase.

“So no matter where in Illinois you call home, as you go about your daily lives, remember that this is not over,” Gov. JB Pritzker said at his daily COVID-19 briefing in Peoria. “There seems to be a COVID storm on the rise. And we have to get prepared.”

As of Sunday night, there were 2,638 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 589 in intensive care unit beds and 238 on ventilators – all were once again highs not seen since early to mid-June.

A Capitol News Illinois analysis shows the weekly average hospital bed usage from Monday, Oct. 19 to Sunday, Oct. 25 increased by 495 to a total of 2,488, or roughly 25 percent, from the previous week. ICU bed usage increased by 118 to a total of 534 on average, an increase of 28 percent from the previous week. Average daily ventilator use increased by 51 from the week prior to 210, a jump of 32 percent.

“At the beginning of the pandemic, we were concerned about overwhelming our hospitals and we must take action now to prevent that possibility,” Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike said in a news release.

Pritzker’s office on Monday made the announcement that suburban Cook County’s Region 10 will enter Tier 1 of the state’s mitigation protocols after seeing an increase in positivity rate and hospital admissions for eight of the past 10 days.

Region 4, which includes the Metro East area on the Missouri border near St. Louis, will see the mitigations after its positivity rate remained above 8 percent for three days.

Region 4 was previously under added mitigations from Aug. 18 to Oct. 9, while Region 10 is the first to trigger mitigations by a route other than three days above an 8 percent seven-day average positivity rate.

The state’s rolling seven-day average test positivity rate hit 6.3 percent Monday, the highest it’s been since June 2. That’s after IDPH reported an average of 4,984 confirmed cases among an average 70,959 test results reported each day from Saturday through Monday. That made for a three-day positivity rate of 7 percent, and

the 6,161 cases announced for Saturday set the state’s one-day record.

Another 104 COVID-19-positive individuals died over the previous three days, bringing the death toll to 9,522 among 378,985 confirmed cases and more than 7.3 million tests conducted since the pandemic began. Ezike said if the current trends continue, Illinois is on a path to see 11,000 dead from the virus by the end of the year.

While there is a 97 percent recovery rate – meaning 97 percent of COVID-19positivie individuals are alive 42 days after diagnosis, according to IDPH – Pritzker and Ezike said there are often lasting side effects for survivors.

“There are currently more than 2,500 Illinoisans in the hospital fighting this virus, and unfortunately because we now have so many new people getting infected, that number will likely rise over the coming weeks,” Pritzker said. “Many of those people will survive, but many will have lasting damage to their lungs and other internal organs.”

Ezike said all Illinoisans should take care to wash their hands, maintain social distance, wear face coverings and avoid large crowds, doing all of them together to further protect themselves.

“The goal should not be to be lax with getting infected because the chances of survival are good,” Ezike said. “But as we know, it’s not clear who will succumb to this virus or not. Yes, it’s true that our older members of society, and people with pre-existing conditions are among the higher risk, but we have heard countless stories of individuals, even teenagers, with no known medical conditions that have succumbed to this virus.”

Dr. Michael Cruz, chief operating officer of OSF HealthCare based in Peoria, agreed that OSF doctors had seen “otherwise healthy individuals who have succumbed to this virus.”

“This is the time when we have to double down,” he said. “We need everyone’s help to prevent further escalation of this pandemic in our area, and to help us reduce the impact on our health care resources, which are being used fully at this time.”

He said all Illinoisans should get their flu shot to help avoid strain on the system.

Asked about a potential need for field hospitals in the future, Pritzker said “we have the ability, by limiting capacity at certain locations like bars and restaurants, by everybody wearing a mask and so on, to avoid the need for field hospitals, but we’ve kept warm at least one facility.”

That’s in suburban Cook County, he said.

Ahead of the holiday season, Pritzker said people getting together with family

and friends should wear masks and keep six feet of distance from each other, even when gathering in private.

While Pritzker has said he is not considering a statewide stay-at-home order, at the current rate of increase to COVID-19 positivity rates, all of the state’s 11 regions could soon be under escalated mitigations.

As of Friday, Oct. 23, the latest IDPH data available, Region 9 in north suburban Lake and McHenry counties had reached an 8.1 percent positivity rate, meaning two more days at the level would lead to added mitigations.

Region 3 in the Springfield area and several surrounding counties and Region 6 in east-central Illinois were at 7.8 percent, while Region 11, which includes only Chicago, had a positivity rate of 7.7 percent. Region 2, which includes Peoria and several surrounding counties, had the lowest positivity rate at 7.2 percent.

Mitigations in effect in Regions 1, 5, 7 and 8 and soon to be in effect in Regions 4 and 10 include the closure of bars and restaurants to indoor service, and Ezike noted last week that an outdoor structure used by bars or restaurants must be open on at least two sides, otherwise it will be considered an indoor structure. Outdoor service must close at 11 p.m.

Meetings, social events and gatherings both indoor and outdoor will be capped at the lesser of 25 guests or 25 percent of overall room capacity for those under Tier 1 of the mitigation plan, while casinos will close at 11 p.m. and be capped at 25 percent of capacity. Party buses will not be allowed to operate.

Last week, Ezike said casinos are allowed to open at 25 percent capacity because they are large, well ventilated spaces.

Pritzker once again reiterated that the state would enforce mitigations, potentially with revocation of gambling machine or liquor licenses after first issuing citations or dispersal orders.

“Where we know we’ve got scofflaws, where we know there are bars and restaurants or others who are putting the public in danger, we have asked our state police to go to those areas,” he said.

The mitigations do not apply to schools, which have separate guidance provided by the Illinois State Board of Education which remains in effect. Districts can choose locally whether students will participate in in-person learning.

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Barrett sworn in at court as issues important to Trump await

BY MARK SHERMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) – Amy Coney Barrett was formally sworn in Tuesday as the Supreme Court’s ninth justice, her oath administered in private by Chief Justice John Roberts. Her first votes on the court could include two big topics a�ecting the man who appointed her.

The court is weighing a plea from President Donald Trump to prevent the Manhattan district attorney from acquiring his tax returns. It is also considering appeals from the Trump campaign and Republicans to shorten the deadline for receiving and counting absentee ballots in the battleground states of North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

Northeastern Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County filed legal papers at the court Tuesday arguing that Barrett should not take part in the Pennsylvania case. It’s not clear if she will vote in the pending cases, but she will make that call.

Barrett was confirmed Monday by the Senate in a 52-48 virtual party line vote.

She is expected to begin work as a justice on Tuesday after taking the second of two oaths required of judges by federal law. No justice has assumed o�ce so close to a presidential election or immediately confronted issues so directly tied to the incumbent president’s political and personal fortunes.

Barrett declined to commit to Democratic

demands that she step aside from any cases on controversial topics, including a potential post-election dispute over the presidential results.

At 48, she’s the youngest justice since Clarence Thomas joined the court in 1991 at age 43.

Other election-related issues are pending at the high court, which next week also will hear a clash of LGBTQ rights and religious freedoms. The fate of the A�ordable Care Act is on the agenda on Nov. 10, and Trump himself last week reiterated his opposition to the Obama-era law. “I hope they end it,” he said in an interview with CBS News’ “60 Minutes.”

On Friday, Barrett, the most open opponent of abortion rights to join the court in decades, also could be called upon to weigh in on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban.

The state is appealing lower court rulings invalidating the ban. Abortion opponents in Pittsburgh also are challenging a so-called bubble zone that prevents protesters from getting too close to abortion clinics.

The court put o� acting on both cases before Barrett joined the court, without o�ering any explanation in the Mississippi case. It ordered Pittsburgh to file a response to the appeal filed by the protesters, who call themselves sidewalk counselors.

It’s not clear that the public will know how Barrett voted in the two abortion cases

because the court typically doesn’t make the vote counts public when it is considering whether to grant full review to cases.

Barrett is joining the court at an unusual moment. The justices are meeting remotely by telephone because of the coronavirus pandemic, both for their private conferences and public argument sessions, at least through the end of 2020. The public can listen to the arguments as they take place, a change also resulting from the court’s response to the pandemic.

After her first private conference with her new colleagues on Friday, two weeks of arguments begin on Monday. In an institution that pays strict attention to seniority, Barrett will go last in the private and public sessions.

As she settles into her new o�ce at the court, Barrett will be joined by four law clerks, usually recent law school graduates who have experience working for federal judges.

When the court reopens to the public and the justices return to the courtroom, Barrett is expected to assume several duties reserved for the court’s junior justice. She will be a member of the committee that oversees the court’s public cafeteria, and the person who takes notes and answers the door when someone knocks during the justices’ private conferences.

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“Residents wishing to obtain a copy of their birth certificate, death certificate or a copy of their marriage or civil union license should visit during other hours,” according to Winnebago County Clerk Lori Gummow.

These certificates can also be ordered online at http://www.winnebagocountyclerk.com/licenses. All other business, including applying for ra�e licenses, DBA business licenses, liquor licenses, paying delinquent taxes, or checking the status of unpaid taxes, must adhere to the adjusted hours.

Voters or candidates interested in the outcomes of local races may check the status of the elections by going to http:// www.winnebagocountyclerk.com/election-information after the polls close at

7 p.m., Tuesday, November 3rd. Calls for results will not be accepted.

On Election Day, voters must go to their precinct polling place to vote. The polls are open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Clerk Gummow reminds residents that they can register to vote or make changes to their name and address, but must provide two forms of ID with their correct name and address at their polling site.

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Stock Market

Stocks end another wobbly day lower as virus cases rise

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

Wall Street’s losses mounted for the second straight day Tuesday as momentum slows on worries about rising virus counts and Washington’s inability to deliver more aid to the economy.

The S&P 500 fell 0.3% after spending much of the day swinging between small gains and losses. Most of the stocks in the index fell, particularly banks, oil producers and other companies whose profits tend to track the strength of the economy. Those losses outweighed gains in technology stocks and companies that rely on consumer spending. Traders also welcomed news that AMD has agreed to buy fellow chipmaker Xilinx for $35 billion.

The market’s latest pullback, which follows the S&P 500’s worst day in a month, cuts further into what had been a solid rebound this month after heavy selling in September snapped a five-month winning streak. Just two weeks ago, the S&P 500 was holding on to 4.4% gain for the month. It’s now on track for a gain of just 0.8%.

“Even though we had a really nice runup for a few months, we had been concerned

there would be some volatility coming in pre-election, and it’s just a function of the huge uncertainty level,” said Lisa Erickson, head of the Traditional Investment Group at U.S Bank Wealth Management.

The S&P 500 fell 10.29 points to 3,390.68.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 222.19 points, or 0.8%, to 27,463.19. The Nasdaq composite rose 72.41 points, or 0.6%, to 11,431.35.

Caution continues to hang over markets.

Coronavirus counts keep climbing at a troubling rate across much of the United States and Europe. The worry is that could lead to the return of lockdowns aimed at slowing the pandemic’s spread, which could further choke off the improvements the economy showed during the summer.

The U.S. economy’s momentum has already slowed following the expiration of supplemental benefits for laid-off workers and other support that Congress approved for the economy earlier this year.

Reports on the economy released Tuesday were mixed. Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rose 1.9% in September, an acceleration from August’s 0.4% growth and better than economists expected but well below July’s 11.8%.

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tions are not being rewarded to the degree that companies that miss expectations are being punished,” Knapp said. “That’s going to be the case when you have valuations this high.”

The parade of companies reporting better profits than expected for the last quarter continued to grow Tuesday, helping to steady the market somewhat. Merck, Invesco and Laboratory Corp. of America were among the roughly two dozen companies in the S&P 500 reporting earnings for the summer that topped analysts’ expectations.

F5 Networks climbed 8.5% for one of the biggest gains in the S&P 500 after it reported better earnings than expected.

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Caterpillar slid 3.2% after reporting stronger earnings than expected, while Eli Lilly slumped 6.9% after its profit report fell short of Wall Street’s forecast.

This is the busiest week of earnings reporting season, and Microsoft is the next big company on the schedule after trading ends Tuesday.

Xilinx jumped 8.6% for the biggest gain in the S&P 500 following the announcement of its all-stock acquisition by AMD. In another sign of increased caution, Treasury yields retrenched again. The yield on the 10-year Treasury dipped to 0.77% from 0.81% late Monday.

European stock markets fell, and Asian markets ended mixed.

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Consumer confidence also weakened a bit in October, when economists were expecting it to hold steady.

“The market was really set up for any sort of a negative surprise that could potentially impact it,” said Scott Knapp, chief market strategist at CUNA Mutual Group.

Investors have been clamoring for Congress to deliver another round of stimulus for the economy, but they’re increasingly acknowledging it won’t happen anytime soon.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin continued their negotiations on a deal Monday afternoon, and a Pelosi spokesman said she’s optimistic an agreement can happen before Election Day next week. But even if a deal is reached, it could wither in the face of resistance from Republicans controlling the Senate. After confirming the latest Supreme Court justice, the Senate is unlikely to return to session until Nov. 9.

“The market has accepted the odds of a stimulus package before the election and even before the end of the year have gone down dramatically,” said Adam Taback, chief investment officer for Wells Fargo Private Bank.

Wall Street’s caution is also apparent in how it’s reacting to corporate profit reports. Through the first two weeks of earnings season, companies that reported better results than expected have not been getting the typical pop in their stock price the day after.

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MR. GREEN CAR

Volt - Bolt

BY ALLEN PENTICOFF COLUMNIST

We now have both a Chevy Volt and a Chevy Bolt. Chevrolet definitely had their head up a dark anatomical place when the vehicle name committee decided “Bolt” was a good name for their new electric car. When it was introduced at the 2016 Chicago Auto Show I fell in love with the metallic butterscotch color (which they called “red fox” and said it was custom paint and not to be available). Soon Chevrolet apparently got the drift on the popularity of this hue and soon all sorts of Chevys were wearing this color paint.

Not so much luck with the name of the Bolt. I had suggested a name to the show sta�, “Volt Pure”... it got nowhere.

Of course “Bolt” is a reference to the star of the animated movie “Cars.” Cute, but out in the real word that cuteness does not carry well. Especially when the same company has a product that SOUNDS VIRTUALLY THE SAME - Volt. In English, V and B sound very much alike. Few people

can hear the di�erence, and far fewer know what the di�erence is. One has a gas engine for back up driving range (Volt) and the other does not (Bolt). We expend a lot of words explaining which is what.

Since acquiring our first pure electric vehicle at the end of July this year, enticed by a $10,000 discount o� MSRP, we’ve struggled with the Volt / Bolt pronunciation when talking to people about our wonderful quick new EV. At home we named the Bolt “Bluebird” but everyday just call it “Blue” for that is its color. This saves us from our own misunderstandings about which car we are speaking of.

I’d have preferred the “metallic orange/ red fox” paint but one can’t be too choosy these days since there is more demand for cars than there are cars to buy. We bought what was sitting on the showroom floor at Bergstrom Chevrolet in Middleton, Wisconsin. We did not bother to test drive this car as we had test driven a Bolt in 2017 ( that I reported in a Mr. Green Car column).

Now that we’ve been living with Blue for three months, the keen great things and the stupid things are coming to be everyday joys and annoyances. First up is its advertised range is 260 miles.

Since range is dependent on outside temperature and accessory use such as A/C (very little draw) or heater (a lot of draw) the instrumentation on any given day will vary between the most miles you can get and the least (if you have a lead foot). So I’ve seen middle estimates this summer of 300 miles. So Chevy’s 260 miles is a fair claim. Low end estimates seem always over 200 but we’ve not really hit winter cold temps either. Unlike the VOLT we don’t stint on using the heater.

We always have plenty of range when we get home to have used the heater along the way, but the heater so far does drop miles per kilowatt by a solid one.

Summertime no A/C mi/kw is roughly 4.3-4.7. With the heater on it is 3.6 ish.

The other great thing about Blue is that it has great acceleration. So great that one

has a tendency to over use it. As in being a bit aggressive in tra�c. Press pedal - it GOES. Out on the highway - same thing.

But it is speed limited to 92-93 mph which it gets to rather quickly. More in the next column about Blue.

Closing out this column, I’ll say a bit about letting go of our beloved 1992 Honda Civic VX. The Green Car for which this column is named. It was purchased new at Rockford Honda (downtown Rockford) in February 1992 for about $12,000. We put 240,000 e�cient miles on this car which was EPA rated at 55 mpg with no hybrid technology. It was sold via Ebay, with a lot of interest, for $3,000 along with an identical spare parts car to a young man thrilled to acquire it. Glad to see it go to someone who will cherish it. It could still provide 30-40 mpg after all those miles and was fun to drive. But I’m getting too old to crawl around under it to maintain it. Should be little need for that with Blue.

To be continued....

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TROPICAL WEATHER

Hurricane warning for New Orleans as Zeta swirls over Mexico

BY KEVIN MCGILL AND STACEY PLAISANCE ASSOCIATED PRESS

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Residents of the storm-pummeled Gulf Coast steeled themselves for yet another tropical weather strike Tuesday after Zeta raked across the Yucatan Peninsula on a track that forecasters said would likely bring it ashore south of New Orleans as a hurricane.

Tropical Storm Zeta, the 27th named storm of a very busy Atlantic hurricane season, headed for a Wednesday evening landfall and was expected to bring another round of high water and strong wind to a state that already this year has been hit by two tropical storms and two hurricanes: Laura, blamed for at least 27 Louisiana deaths after it struck in August, and Delta, which exacerbated Laura’s damage in the same area weeks later.

This time, Zeta – with 65 mph (100 kph) winds and centered 520 miles (835 kilometers) south of the mouth of the Mississippi River – was on a track for southeast Louisiana. Its approach frayed nerves in New Orleans, where thousands of evacuees left

homeless by Laura are sheltered in hotels.

“It really is scary, and I don’t know what to do,” said Yolanda Lockett, who evacuated her Lake Charles apartment – now a rain-soaked, moldy mess – ahead of Laura at the end of August. “I’m physically and mentally tired,” she said, standing outside a New Orleans hotel.

Hurricane warnings went up from the central Louisiana coast to the Alabama state line. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards declared an emergency ahead of the storm.

And commercial fishermen, again, had to stop fishing, stop marketing their catch and pull in their boats.

“The sad thing about is, the industry shuts down for a week, a week and a half with this stu� every time it happens,” said Acy Cooper, a shrimper in Plaquemines Parish at Louisiana’s southeastern tip. “It’s just killing our fishing man. Killing us.”

It wasn’t just Louisiana. On Dauphin Island, located o� the Alabama coast south of Mobile, workers at Dauphin Island Marina prepared for Zeta on Tuesday even though little remained of the business to

protect after it was pummeled by Sally in September. Pilings with no decking rise from the water and a few boats that sunk during that hurricane are still on the bottom.

“Right now we’re packing stu� up just to be safe. They’re saying it’s only supposed to be a Cat 1, but who knows,” said marina employee Jess Dwaileebe. “We don’t have any docks or fuel pumps at this point. Sally took it all out.”

In Waveland, Mississippi, hardware store operator David Hubbard said a few people were moving boats out of the town harbor but he’d yet to see a rush of people buying plywood, generators or other storm supplies. Most people already have what they need because Zeta is only the latest threat in a busy hurricane season, he said.

Zeta made landfall in Mexico on Monday as a hurricane just north of the ancient Mayan city of Tulum with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (130 kph). It weakened to a tropical storm as it crossed over land, but it was expected to regain strength over the Gulf of Mexico.

Zeta broke the record for the previous earliest 27th Atlantic named storm that formed Nov. 29, 2005. It’s also the 11th hurricane of the season. An average season sees six hurricanes and 12 named storms.

There have been so many storms this season that the hurricane center had to turn to the Greek alphabet after running out of assigned names.

The extraordinarily busy hurricane season has focused attention on the role of climate change, which scientists say is causing wetter, stronger and more destructive storms.

Zeta is just the latest in a series of troubles for fishermen like Peter Gerica. He works in the Lake Pontchartrain area and has also had to deal with silt and pollution in the lake – a byproduct of the opening of a spillway to deal with dangerously high water on the Mississippi River earlier in the year. And, he said, there is also a depressed seafood market because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“When you have acts of nature that come along, and it loses time for you, you can’t make it up,” says Gerica. “It’s lost.”

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To the Electors of the State of Illinois: The Illinois Constitution establishes a structure for government and laws. There are three ways to initiate change to the Illinois Constitution: (1) a constitutional convention may propose changes to any part; (2) the General Assembly may propose changes to any part; or (3) a petition initiative may propose amendments limited to structural and procedural subjects contained in the Legislative Article.

The people of Illinois must approve any changes to the Constitution before they become effective. The purpose of this document is to inform you of proposed changes to the Illinois Constitution and provide you with a brief explanation and a summary of the arguments in favor of and in opposition to the proposed amendment. Proposed changes in the existing constitutional amendment are indicated by underscoring all new matter and by crossing with a line all matter which is to be deleted.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 3 OF ARTICLE IX OF THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE IX – REVENUE SECTION 3. LIMITATIONS ON INCOME TAXATION (a) The General Assembly shall provide by law for the rate or rates of any tax on or measured by income imposed by the State. A tax on or measured by income shall be at a non-graduated rate. At any one time there may be no more than one such tax imposed by the State for State purposes on individuals and one such tax so imposed on corporations. In any such tax imposed upon corporations the highest rate shall not exceed the highest rate imposed on individuals by more than a ratio of 8 to 5. (b) Laws imposing taxes on or measured by income may adopt by reference provisions of the laws and regulations of the United States, as they then exist or thereafter may be changed, for the purpose of arriving at the amount of income upon which the tax is imposed.

EXPLANATION The proposed amendment grants the State authority to impose higher income tax rates on higher income levels, which is how the federal government and a majority of other states do it. The amendment would remove the portion of the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution that is sometimes referred to as the "ßat tax," that requires all taxes on income to be at the same rate. The amendment does not itself change tax rates. It gives the State the ability to impose higher tax rates on those with higher income levels and lower tax rates on those with middle or lower income levels. You are asked to decide whether the proposed amendment should become a part of the Illinois Constitution.

ARGUMENTS IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT Illinois' current tax system unfairly beneÞts millionaires and billionaires and this amendment will set things right for middle-class and working people. Currently, it is unfair that billionaires pay the same tax rate as regular people.

Voting "yes" on the amendment means that the State will enact a new tax structure where only those making above $250,000 a year will see their taxes go up. This amendment is simply upgrading Illinois' old tax system to a graduated system which is how the federal government and the majority of other states do it.

This Amendment Would Make Illinois' Tax System Fair.

Approval of this amendment would enact a fair system that allows the state to tax wealthy people at higher rates and lower income people at lower rates, replacing Illinois' current unfair tax system, in which wealthy people pay the exact same tax rate as lower and middle income people.

Illinois' current tax system unfairly beneÞts millionaires and billionaires, and approval of this amendment will set things right for the middle class and working people.

This amendment will help small business owners by creating a stable economic environment for their businesses to thrive.

While others try to mislead you, under the current tax system in Illinois, policymakers already have the authority to set any tax rate and to change tax rates at their will. The current system forces policymakers to charge the same tax rate to everyone, regardless of how much money they make. If this amendment passes, the State will have the ability to tax higher income earners at a different rate.

In fact, upon passage of this Amendment, a new tax structure will go into effect where 97% of taxpayers will pay the same or less, while only those making more than $250,000 a year will see a tax increase.

This amendment does not tax retirement income.

The Federal Government and Most States Use the Graduated Tax System Proposed in this Amendment, Not the Unfair System Currently Used in Illinois.

Illinois is among a minority of states that do not utilize graduated tax rates because the Illinois Constitution requires a "ßat tax" that penalizes middle-class and working people and beneÞts higher income individuals.

A majority of states and the federal government already use the kind of graduated income tax system proposed in this amendment to ensure that wealthy people pay their fair share of taxes.

Nearby states including Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin are among the majority of states that have graduated tax systems.

Illinois' Current Income Tax System Relies on Taxes from Middle and Lower Income Earners, While a Graduated System Would Lower that Burden and Fund Critical Programs such as Education and Human Services.

While some states have fair tax rates in which the highest income earners pay the highest tax rate, Illinois' "ßat tax" rate continues to rely unfairly on taxes from middle and lower income earners.

Under Illinois' "ßat tax" structure, a nurse making $50,000 per year pays the same tax rate as an executive making $4 million per year. A graduated tax rate would have the executive pay more.

Because of the way our current tax system is set up, the bottom Þfth of Illinois taxpayers (those making below $21,800) contribute 14.4% of their income to state and local taxes, compared to 7.4% for the top 1 percent of Illinois taxpayers.

If this Amendment passes, the State has already enacted a new graduated tax structure where 97% of taxpayers will pay the same or less.

Under the new tax structure, only the top 3% of Illinois income earners would pay more in income taxes. Everyone who makes $250,000 or less a year would pay the same or less.

Over 95% of small businesses earn $250,000 or less a year in proÞts, and their owners will not see a tax increase under the new tax structure.

This change will generate additional revenue each year that can help address Illinois' budget deÞcit and fund critical programs, including the State's education system, public safety, and social services like mental health and substance abuse treatment and domestic violence shelters.

After the COVID-19 Pandemic, We Need to Do All We Can to Help the Economy and Middle-Class and Working People.

Working people and essential workers like nurses, Þrst responders, and grocery store clerks should not pay the same tax rate as the wealthy. Nurses making $50,000 a year should not pay the same tax rate as an executive making $4,000,000 a year.

Having wealthy people pay more would reduce the burden on working families. This is money that middle and lower income people need for housing, groceries, medicine, and essentials.

When the wealthiest people pay more, middle and lower income earners can pay less while the State funds critical services that our essential workers rely on.

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ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT 1) 2) 3)

The Amendment gives the Legislature power to increase taxes on any group of taxpayers with no limits and no accountability and without any requirement to use the additional revenue to fund essential needs such as healthcare, education, or public safety.

Taxes and spending are out of control. The Legislature should not be allowed to keep raising taxes until they get their spending under control.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the worst possible time for a massive tax increase.

The Amendment gives the Legislature power to increase taxes on any group of taxpayers with no limits and no accountability and without any requirement to use the additional revenue to fund essential needs such as healthcare, education, or public safety.

The proposed amendment would give the Legislature unlimited new authority to increase income tax rates on any group of taxpayers at will, including low-income and middle-income families and small business owners. There would be no limit on the number of tax brackets that could be created and no limit on how high tax rates could be increased on individual taxpayers. In addition, this proposed change will pave the way for a tax on retirement income.

Nothing in the amendment requires the Legislature to do anything to control spending. Nor does it require funds to be spent on essential needs such as healthcare, education, or public safety. It would simply give the Legislature a blank check to spend billions of dollars however they want, with no accountability.

Taxes and spending are out of control. The Legislature should not be allowed to keep raising taxes until they get their spending under control.

Illinois already has some of the highest property taxes and sales taxes in the nation. And the Legislature has increased Illinois income tax rates twice in the past decade to try to deal with the out-ofcontrol spending in SpringÞeld.

Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, our state had a huge and growing multi-billion-dollar budget deÞcit, and the unfunded pension liability skyrocketed to over $137 billion. That's because the Legislature has continued to increase state spending instead of eliminating government waste, corruption, and abuse.

Because they refuse to control spending or pass major reforms, the Legislature will just continue to raise taxes on everyone in Illinois, and middle-class families will be their next target.

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the worst possible time for a massive tax increase.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused layoffs, unemployment, bankruptcies, and closures. As small businesses and local employers struggle to rebuild, this is the worst possible time to impose huge new tax increases. Even before the COVID-19 crisis, many residents and businesses were leaving the state because of the high tax burden. If the Amendment passes, it would be the last straw for thousands of small businesses, causing more jobs to leave the state, and making Illinois lose out on investments to rebuild our economy. This would mean fewer jobs and less opportunity for Illinois families.

FORM OF BALLOT Proposed Amendment to the 1970 Illinois Constitution The proposed amendment grants the State authority to impose higher income tax rates on higher income levels, which is how the federal government and a majority of other states do it. The amendment would remove the portion of the Revenue Article of the Illinois Constitution that is sometimes referred to as the "ßat tax," that requires all taxes on income to be at the same rate. The amendment does not itself change tax rates. It gives the State the ability to impose higher tax rates on those with higher income levels and lower income tax rates on those with middle or lower income levels. You are asked to decide whether the proposed amendment should become a part of the Illinois Constitution.

Due to COVID-19, all 2020 General Election voters are encouraged to cast a ballot prior to Election Day, either by mail or during early voting. Voting by mail is an easy option for voters and you can request a vote by mail ballot through email, mail, or in person. An application is available from your local election authority or at: https://elections.il.gov/electionoperations/VotingByMail.aspx. To register to vote or check your registration status, visit: https://ova.elections.il.gov.

CAPITOL BUILDING SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE I, Jesse White, Secretary of the State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Proposed Amendment, the Explanation of the Proposed Amendment, Arguments in Favor of the Amendment and Arguments Against the Amendment and a true copy of the Form of Ballot for this call as the regularly scheduled general election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as set forth in compliance with the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and afÞx the Great Seal of the State of Illinois. Done in the City of SpringÞeld, this Þrst day of June, 2020 This voter information material is available in written format in English, Chinese, Hindi, Polish, Spanish, and Braille. It is also available in audio format in English. For more information, visit www.cyberdriveillinois.com or write the Secretary of StateÕs ofÞce at 111 East Monroe Street, SpringÞeld, IL 62756.

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Halloween Costumes & Candy in the Rockford Region

Anderson Japanese Gardens

The Little Chocolatier

By Elizabeth Miller Rockford Area CVB

It’s the spooky time of year where creepy decorations are up outside houses around your neighborhood, and candy is sold by the bagful. It’s Halloween in the Rockford region! If you’re looking for places to go and things to munch on, let us be your guide.

If you have kids with Halloween costumes ready to go, head over to Anderson Japanese Gardens! Kids in costume receive free admission AND a free bag of goodies all week starting on Monday, October 26, during regular hours. Not only is this a great place to have kids “trick-or-treat” safely, but it’s also a spectacular time to visit the

gardens in general because of all the fall colors!

Don’t take that costume off quite yet, because kids can also wear their costumes to Discovery Center Museum for their Spooky Science Days event from Thursday, October 29 through Saturday, October 31! The hands-on exhibits at Discovery Center are already tons of fun, but adding in fun Halloween costumes is just the icing on the cake. Kids will also be able to make some crafts to take home (slime anyone?). Just make sure you make advanced reservations to secure your time slot to visit.

But who says you need a specific place to wear your Halloween costume? Get that costume on and simply take a stroll

on the bike path or in one of our local forest preserves or parks! I guarantee it will make other peoples’ day if they see a Power Ranger or superhero out taking walk. Show off your costume while walking the Rock River Recreation Path in Rockford and Loves Park, or the Stone Bridge Trail in Roscoe.

Do you have kids looking for a little more variety in their trick-or-treat bags?

Or maybe you’re just an adult with a big sweet tooth? Why not go “trick-or-treating” for candy at local sweets and candy shops? Sugar Britches up in Rockton is a hub for some homemade goodies. I always gravitate to anything chocolate, but the homemade caramels are bites you do NOT want to miss. Save some room,

because you’ll want to fill up on the treats at Sweets N’ Eats in Rockford! There are tons of classic candy items to choose from, but you also might want to splurge a little for some ice cream (hey, it’s good any time of year), churros, or smoothies.

Last stop on this trick-or-treat train is at The Little Chocolatier. Anything created from this local shop is delicious and a hit for any trick-or-treater (child or adult).

Enjoy dressing up in costume and indulging in sweets…and have a safe and spooky Halloween!

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Olympic Tavern is a friendly neighborhood spot since 1945 for drinks, sandwiches, pizza, homemade soup or full dinners.

Spooky Science Days

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Evening of Illumination

WHEN Thursday, October 29 - Saturday, October 31 (10 a.m. - 12 p.m. & 1 - 3 p.m. time slots each day)

WHEN Friday, October 30 (5 - 7 p.m.)

WHEN Friday, October 30 (7 - 9 p.m.)

WHERE Northeast Christian Church, Rockford

WHERE Midway Village Museum, Rockford

WHERE Discovery Center Museum, Rockford Dust off your favorite costume and wear it on your visit to the museum this week for some not-so-scary Halloween fun. Concoct some slime to take home, create a creature and play monster hide and seek. It will be skele-tons of fun! Advance reservations required.

Come join us as we host our first-ever drive-thru Trunk or Treat! Costumes are encouraged and face coverings should be worn at all times. Various safety measures will be in place to keep you and your family safe while enjoying a bit of Halloween fun. Please RSVP if you’re planning on attending.

Learn how “dying to be beautiful” was true in Victorian era. Attend a Victorian Mummy Unwrapping Party. Visit a Victorian wake and learn about mourning customs.

Guided by lantern light around the 13-acre Victorian Village, guests will visit seven 15-minute interactive stations. Admission is by pre-registration only.

SHOP

Candle Crest Soy Candles sells hand poured 100% Soy Wax Candles, handmade soaps and lotions, along with unique candle gifts.

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Built as a bicentennial community project in 1976, the paved, ten-mile Rock River Recreation Path is the “Grand Daddy” of the path system.

Find out more about these events and more at gorockford.com.

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Starting a backyard orchard, Part 2

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

As you continue making decisions on your backyard orchard, there are a couple of other decisions you need to make to.

Try to plant fruit trees that have disease resistance. The main apple diseases we encounter in northern Illinois are Apple Scab, Fireblight, and Cedar Apple Rust.

These three can cause severe damage to your fruit and leaves depending on the season and your varieties vulnerabilities.

With disease resistance, your trees may not be as susceptible to disease problems.

It can also allow you to limit your spraying if that is something you are considering.

When you purchase your fruit trees, the company will be able to share what disease resistance the trees have.

Tree size is very important in the backyard orchard. Most of the time a fruit tree company will o�er a variety as a standard, dwarf, or semi-dwarf based on it’s expected height. The tallest of these is the standard which can reach a height over 25’ followed by semi-dwarf at 14-16’ and dwarf at 8-10’. Since trees are commonly spaced based on their expected height, your backyard orchard could contain more dwarf and semi-dwarf than standard trees. Yields though can be lower for dwarf and semidwarf trees. These trees will also need

staking such as bamboo for their entire lives. As you think about what might make the most sense for you, consider the longterm growth of this tree and while it may be easy in the first couple of years to prune a standard tree, you may find that in year 10 and beyond it becomes more di�cult.

One of your final considerations is whip or feathered. This would be the shape of the tree that arrives to your home. A whip tree does not have any branches when it arrives and after planting, will develop branches that season. Whips are usually less expensive and tend to be the most common type you will find. Because it does not have branches at planting, it may

take an additional year to reach maturity.

A feathered tree comes with branches and leaves. These types are more expensive but will allow your tree to reach maturity sooner. You may not find feathered tree options often.

These decisions on backyard trees come together as you order from companies. For example, I may order 2 ‘Honeycrisp’ trees that are semi-dwarf and are feathered that has Apple Scab resistance.

Next week, I’ll continue more into the backyard orchard.

Grant is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Surviving tough times with energy e�ciency and solar

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL CONTRIBUTORS

Before the dramatic price decline in the cost of solar systems it was common practice for solar installers to encourage potential buyers that their most cost e�ective energy investment was upgrading the energy e�ciency of their building and the appliances they were using. Once those investments were made, then they could invest in a smaller more cost e�ective solar system. Investing in energy e�ciency remains an excellent way of decreasing energy bills while reducing the pollution associated with ine�cient energy practices.

There are examples of people choosing to simplify their lives and dramatically reducing their energy consumption. They often live in small homes with high levels of insulation, high e�ciency windows, limit the number of rooms heated and cooled, use mini refrigerators, maintain a garden and can some fruit and vegetables.

Such approaches can be found in books and articles under the title of simple living. It

is how the previous generations survived economic depressions and recessions.

A less dramatic approach to living with less energy is to consider having an energy audit performed on a home or business. It will identify the most cost e�ective measures to be taken to improve the energy e�ciency of a building and the appliances in it. Before organizing the Illinois Renewable Energy Association we used the energy guide directed at home owners issued by Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to conduct our home energy audit.

We were confident in our results and implemented many of the priorities we had identified. We cut our heating consumption by roughly 50%. Later we paid a small fee to have ComEd do an energy audit which we showed to students enrolled in our energy classes and workshops.

With the price of natural gas being so low people are less concerned with heating costs than they were when prices were high.

But with widespread bankruptcies in the fracking industry and the increased export

of U.S. gas supplies along with the need to limit carbon emissions the question is how long gas supplies will remain plentiful and low in costs.

There are a number of free information sources on improving home and building energy e�ciency. Both ComEd and the Citizen Utility Board have useful suggestions. Another source of information for us was a retired but busy engineer who has both upgraded the e�ciency of his home, shop and appliances and has an extensive solar installation. His home was originally heated with resistant electrical heat but he has since installed a couple of air to air heat pumps to reduce his heating and cooling costs.

With all the declarations by states and communities to transition to cleaner energy sources it would seem timely for authorities to commission studies to determine the solar potential of their communities. A siting report finds that Maryland can meet state solar goals with available brownfields and roof space. The analysis concludes that Baltimore County

and the City of Baltimore have multiple opportunities to install solar systems on degraded lands, former industrial sites, rooftops of industrial, commercial and residential buildings as well as installing solar parking canopies.

Maryland’s renewable portfolio standard goal is for 50% of its electricity sold by utilities is to come from renewable sources with 14.5% coming from solar. In Illinois an NREL study indicates nearly 40% of its rooftops could accommodate solar systems. Placing solar systems where the electricity is actually consumed reduces the need for costly grid expansions, increases local resilience and when combined with energy e�ciency savings will keep more energy dollars in communities while improving its economy and providing local jobs.

The Illinois Clean Jobs Coalition is holding a virtual lobby day on November 12th providing participants an opportunity to meet with their state legislators to express support for the Clean Energy Jobs Act.

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COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO subject to the Illinois Prevailing PROBATE DIVISION Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

The City of Rockford reserves IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF the right to accept or reject any n n n VIVIAN M. DULL, Rockford Township Pre-filing and all proposals and to waive Deceased. technicalities.

Election Notice Case No. 20-P-406 20259R TRRT 10/28 Rockford Township is acCLAIM NOTICE cepting Established Party and NOTICE is given of the death of Nonpartisan Municipalities CanVIVIAN M. DULL on May 2, 2019.

Public Notices didate Filings November 16-23, Letters of Office were issued on 2020, from 8:00 am until 4:30 pm, n n n October 2, 2020, to Charles P. at the Office of Rockford Township, ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE Kostantacos, of Rockford, Illinois, 315 North Church Street, RockOF INTENTION who is the Administrator of the ford, Illinois 61101, for the 2021 STATE OF ILLINOIS, Estate. The attorney for the estate Rockford Township Consolidated COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO is CHARLES P. KOSTANTACOS, Primary Election.

This is to certify that the un321 W. State Street, Suite 205, Carl R. Wasco, dersigned intend to conduct and Rockford, IUinois 61101.

Rockford Township Clerk Claims against the Estate may 20237R TRRT 10/28 transact a general contractor & carpentry business in said County and be filed on or before April 21, 2021, n n n State under the name of T. Moore that being at least six (6) months REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Construction at the following post ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE office addresses: 5362 Painted from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from RFP NO.: 1020-PW-128 Pony Ln., Loves Park, IL 61111; Proposals will be received that the true and real full names of the date of mailing or delivery of until 11:00 a.m., local time, on all persons owning, conducting or Notice to creditors, if such mailing November 18, 2020 at the office transacting such business are as or delivery is required by Section 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, of the Central Services Manager, follows: Trent Moore as amended, whichever date is City Hall Building, 425 East State SIGNED: Trent Moore 10/7/20 later. Any claim not filed by the Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois Subscribed and sworn (or requisite date specified above 61104. At that time and place, all affirmed to) before me, this 7th shall be barred. proposals received will be publicly day of October, A.D. 2020.

Claims against the Estate opened and read aloud.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk may be filed in the office of the Proposals will be accepted Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, until the specified opening time 20201R TRRT 10/28 Probate Division, at the Winnebago and date. Any bidder attempting n n n County Courthouse, 400 West to deliver after the opening time STATE OF ILLINOIS State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or and date will be refused.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF with the Administrator of the Estate Proposal forms may be ob- THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL identified above, or both. tained at the office of the Central CIRCUIT Copies of claims filed with the Services Manager, at City Hall, or at COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Winnebago County Circuit Clerk’s https://rockfordil.gov/city-departREQUEST OF: Office, Probate Division, must be ments/finance/central-services/ BARBARA A. CROSBY mailed or delivered to the Estate purchasing/open-bidsrfps/ No. 2020 MR 728 Administrator and to the attorney Proposals must be enclosed NOTICE OF FILING A REQUEST within ten (10) days after it has in a sealed envelope and marked FOR ADULT NAME CHANGE been filed. with the name of the RFP, and the There will be a court hearing on Dated: October 21, 2020.

RFP number. the request of Barbara A. Crosby BY: /s/ Charles P. Kostantacos Each vendor shall submit with to change her name from: Barbara Charles P. Kostantacos their proposal the information A. Crosby; to her former maiden Attorney for the Estate specified in the bid documents name of: Barbara A. Sweet.

This Instrument Prepared By: for compliance with the laws of The court hearing will be held: Charles P. Kostantacos the State of Illinois on Fair Em- on December 16, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. ARDC # 3128710 ployment Practices and with the at 400 West State Street, Rockford, Law Offices of Charles P. City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Illinois 61101, in Courtroom #412. Kostantacos Equal Employment and Business /s/ Barbara Crosby, Talcott Building - Suite 205 Opportunity. Any proposal which Current Name 321 West State Street fails to include the compliance 20197R TRRT 10/28 Rockford, Illinois 61101 items properly completed will not n n n 815.964.7891 be read and will not be considered. ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE 815.964.7894 (Facsimile) The City of Rockford reserves OF INTENTION Ckostantacos@aol.com the right to accept or reject any STATE OF ILLINOIS, 20220R TRRT 11/4 and all proposals and to waive COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO n n n technicalities.

This is to certify that the un- NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: 20256R TRRT 10/28 dersigned intend to conduct and The following self-storage n n n transact a painting, remodeling Cube contents containing houseINVITATION TO BID business in said County and State hold and other goods will be sold GARAGE COMMERCIAL LABOR under the name of Lil Pro’s Painting for cash by CubeSmart to satisfy - LIGHT VEHICLES to Perfection at the following post a lien on NOVEMBER 5TH, 2020 BID NO.: 1020-PW-129 office addresses: 218 S. Day Ave., at www.storagetreasures.com.

Bids will be received until 11:00 Rockford, IL 61102; that the true Online Bids START approximately a.m., local time, on November 18, and real full names of all persons 14 days prior to the final sale date 2020 at the office of the Central owning, conducting or transacting listed above at the stores listed Services Manager, City Hall such business are as follows: below at the approximate times Building, 425 East State Street, Frank Bailey listed below: 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104.

SIGNED: Frank Bailey 10/13/20 Online Bids END Approx.

At that time and place all bids Subscribed and sworn (or 11:00AM at CubeSmart #6146, received will be publicly opened affirmed to) before me, this 13th 7511 Vandiver Road, Rockford, and read aloud. day of October, A.D. 2020.

Illinois 61112 (815) 277-4051: Bids will be accepted until Lori Gummow, County Clerk CUBE G10, ANGELA NICOLE the specified opening time and Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk ULTSCH; date. Any bidder attempting to 20207R TRRT 10/28 CUBE P9, LAURIE THOMPSON. deliver after the opening time n n n Online Bids END Approx. and date will be refused.

STATE OF ILLINOIS, 11:30AM at CubeSmart #6150, Bid documents may be obCIRCUIT COURT 4548 American Road, Rockford, tained at the office of the Central WINNEBAGO COUNTY Illinois 61109 (815) 277-4049: Services Manager, at City Hall, PUBLICATION NOTICE OF CUBE 1240, TASHA WARD; 4th floor, 425 E. State Street, COURT DATE FOR REQUEST CUBE 1401, MELVIN LEE; Rockford, IL, 61104, or at https:// FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) CUBE 2638, ASJA DANFORTH; rockfordil.gov/city-departments/ Request of: CUBE 3226, MUHAMMAD finance/central-services/purchasMIKAILA LEA FILES ALSHURA; ing/open-bidsrfps/ Current Name CUBE 3408, VERNETTA Bids must be enclosed in a Case Number 2020-MR-723 GULLEY; sealed envelope and marked There will be a court date on CUBE 3603, SARAH BUSCEMI; with the name of the bid, and the my Request to change my name CUBE 3610, TIFFANY BROWN. bid number. from: Mikaila Lea Files to the new Online Bids END Approx.

Each bidder shall submit with name of: Jonah Lee Michaels.

11:30AM at CubeSmart #6153, his bid the information specified in The court date will be held: 4560 Stenstrom Road, Rockford, the bid documents for compliance on December 3, 2020 at 10 a.m., Illinois 61109 (815) 277-4049: with the laws of the State of Illinois at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, CUBE S159, ANITA R WHITE. on Fair Employment Practices Winnebago County, in Courtroom Online Bids END Approx. and with the City of Rockford’s #426.

12:00PM at CubeSmart #6152, Ordinance on Equal Employment /s/ Mikaila Files 3015 North Main Street, Rockand Business Opportunity. Any Current Name ford, Illinois 61103 (815) 277bid which fails to include the com20195R TRRT 10/28 4054: pliance items properly completed n n n CUBE B126, AMY MURASKI; will not be read and will not be STATE OF ILLINOIS CUBE A8 ,SARAH BUSCEMI; considered. All Contracts for the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF CUBE A146, LATOYA NOLEN; CUBE A86, GEORGIA JACKTHE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Construction of Public Works are

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SON; CUBE A22, CINDY LUTHER. Online Bids END Approx.

12:30PM at CubeSmart #6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 2774052: CUBE 230, DANNY SMITH; CUBE 310D, SHELBY GASIOR. Online Bids END Approx.

1:00PM at Cubesmart #6148, 4300 Interstate Boulevard, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 2774053: CUBE 21, MAX WALTERS; CUBE 169, JASON MANN; CUBE 364, TIMOTHY H MCCARTY. 20221R TRRT 10/28 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, MICHAEL P. CALLIES, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2019 CH 646 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 3RD day of September, 2020 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 19th day of November, 2020 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 Four (4) in Block Eight (8) as designated upon the Plat of Rock View Addition to the City of Rockford, Illinois, the Plat of which Addition is recorded in Book 10 of Plats on Page 4 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 2229 17th Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61104.

Property Code: 216 A 507 P.I.N. Number: 11-36-234-001 The property is commonly known as 2229 17TH Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61104 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $87,556.24 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

line and the West line of a by the mortgagee acquiring the public way designated East residential real estate pursuant to Street upon said Plat and its credit bid at the sale or by any running thence Southerly mortgagee, judgment creditor or along the Westerly line of other lienor acquiring the residensaid East Street extended tial real estate whose rights in and Southerly a distance of to the residential real estate arose Three Hundred (300) feet; prior to the sale. thence Easterly parallel Upon payment in full on the with the South line of said bid amount, the purchaser shall South Street to a point Five receive a certificate of sale which Hundred Six and Three will entitle the purchaser to a deed Tenth (506.3) feet (meato the real estate after confirmation of the sale. sured parallel with said Respective bidders are adSouth line, said South line herein designated South 80 monished to check the court file degrees 00’00” East) East to verify all information. of the curved centerline for For information, contact Tima public highway designatothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, ed (Illinois State Aid Route Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant 15) Harrison and Rockford to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Highway (County Highway Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, 15) ; thence Southerly a no information other than the distance of One Hundred information contained in this Notice Seventy Eight (178) feet will be provided. to a point Four HunIF YOU ARE THE MORTdred Seventy –three and Eight Tenths (478.8) feet GAGOR (HOMEOWNER) YOU (measured along aforesaid HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN South line) Easterly of the IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS curved centerline for said AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF State Aid Route 15 to the POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE POINT OF BEGINNING for WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) the tract herein described; OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE and running thence South FORECLOSURE LAW. 8 degrees 52’00” West a Attorney Timothy F. Horning distance of Three Hundred Meyer and Horning P.C. Forty-five (345) feet; thence Attorney for Plaintiff Westerly parallel with the 3400 N. Rockton Avenue South line of said South Rockford, IL 61103 Street a distance of Two 815/636-9300 Hundred Forty-one and 20223R TRRT 11/4 Seventeen Hundredths n n n (241.17) feet, more or STATE OF ILLINOIS less, to a point Two HunIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT dred (200) feet (measured COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO parallel with said South NORTHWEST BANK OF line) Easterly of the curved ROCKFORD, centerline for said State Aid PLAINTIFF, Route15; thence Northerly THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW at right angles to the last deOR LEGATEES OF GEORGE S. scribed course a distance KEHOE, of One Hundred(100) feet; CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE thence Westerly parallel ESTATE OF GEORGE S. KEHOE, with the South line of said UNITED SPECIALTY South Street a distance of INSURANCE COMPANY, Two Hundred Seven and UNKNOWN OTHERS, Thirty Five Hundredths NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and (207.35 ) feet, more or less, UNKNOWN TENANTS, to the curved centerline for TIMOTHY MILLER AS SPECIAL said State Aid Route 15; REPRESENTATIVE OF THE thence Northerly along said ESTATE OF GEORGE S. KEHOE, curved centerline a chord DEFENDANTS. distance of One Hundred 2019 CH 771 Twenty–seven and Eight NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S Hundredths (127.08) feet, FORECLOSURE SALE more or less, to a point NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN designated “POINT A”, that pursuant to a Judgment of said point being described Foreclosure heretofore entered as follows: Commencing at by the said Court on the 3RD the aforesaid point of beginday of September, 2020 in the ning and running thence above-entitled cause, GARY Westerly parallel with the CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago South line of South Street County, Illinois will on the 19th day a distance of Four Hundred of November, 2020 at the hour Seventy-three and Eight of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago Tenths (473.8) feet to the County Criminal Justice Center, curved centerline for said 650 W. State Street, Rockford, State Aid Route 15 (said Illinois 61102 sell at public auction course herein designated to the highest and best bidder for “Line B”); thence Southerly cash and all singular, the following along said curved centerdescribed premises and real esline a distance of One Huntate in said Judgment mentioned, dred Twenty (120) feet to situated in the County of Winsaid “Point A” and running thence Easterly parallel with nebago and State of Illinois, or so the South line of said South much thereof as shall be sufficient Street a distance of One to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: Hundred Eighty–One and Part of the Southeast Five Tenths (181.5) feet; Quarter (SE 1/4) of Secthence Northerly parallel tion14 in Township 28 with the said curved cenNorth, Range 11 East of the Fourth Principal Meridian, terline a distance of One Winnebago County, Illinois, Hundred Twenty (120) feet bounded and described as to the aforesaid “Line B”; follows to-wit: Beginning thence Easterly parallel at a point described as with the South Line of said follows: Commencing at a South Street (Line B) a point on the South line of distance of Two Hundred a public way designated Ninety-two and Twenty–five South Street as shown Hundredths (292.25) feet, upon the Plat of the Town of more or less, to the point Harrison, the Plat of which of beginning; situated in being recorded in Book the County of Winnebago 1 of Deeds on Page 480 and State of Illinois. in the Recorder’s Office, Commonly known as: 11613 Winnebago Count, Illinois, Harrison Road Rockton, Illinois said point being the point 61072 of intersection of said South Property Code: 374 D 076 &

374 D 075 P.I.N. Number: 06-14-452-004 & 06-14-452-006 The property is commonly known as 11613 Harrison Road Rockton, Illinois 61072 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $122,023.23 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 20224R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a real estate business in said County and State under the name of Erica Marketing Group at the following post office addresses: 11320 Main St., #915, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ricky Johnson SIGNED: Ricky Johnson 10/19/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20234R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS,

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a general remodeling contractor business in said County and State under the name of Dale Heilman Construction at the following post office addresses: 1118 Pine Valley Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Dale E. Heilman; Natalia Reyes Heilman SIGNED: Dale E. Heilman 10/13/20 SIGNED: Natalia Reyes Heilman 10/13/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20208R TRRT 10/28 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: JOE LEE CROCKETT Current Name Case Number 2020-MR-0000764 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Joe Lee Crockett to the new name of: Joe Lee Simmons.

The court date will be held: on December 17, 2020 at 10 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ Joe Lee Crockett Current Name 20248R TRRT 11/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: BETTY LIED, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2020 P 402 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of BETTY LIED on August 24, 2020.

Letters of Office were issued on October 21, 2020 to MARK A. SCHAMBERGER who is the legal representatives 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 May 4, 2021, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate 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: 10/26/20 MARK A. SCHAMBERGER, EXECUTOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 20250R TRRT 11/11

October 28, 2020 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM L. BALSLEY, Deceased CASE NO. 2009P343 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of WILLIAM L. BALSLEY, Letters of Office were issued on August 14, 2009 to Stephen G. Balsley, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Stephen G. Balsley, of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before April 30, 2021, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act 755 ILCS 5/18-3, 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 his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: October 13, 2020 /s/ STEPHEN G. BALSLEY, Executor STEPHEN G. BALSLEY (0104841) Barrick Switzer Long Balsley & Van Evera, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 815-962-6611 815-962-0687 (fax) sbalsley@bslbv.com 20238R TRRT 11/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: JAMES W. CARRELL, SR Deceased.

CASE NO. 20-P-412 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JAMES W. CARRELL SR. Letters of Office were issued on the 21st day of October 2020, to JAMES W. CARRELL JR, 7215 Port Moresby Drive, Rockford, IL 61108, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David H. Carter, 308 West State Street, Suite 215, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before April 30, 2021, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

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

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative

and to their attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: October 21, 2020 By: /s/ David H. Carter, Esq. David H. Carter, Esq. David H. Carter – ARDC #6204782 Attorney at Law 308 West State Street, Suite 215 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-968-8900 Fax: 815-968-9427 DHCLAW@aol.com 20239R TRRT 11/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ILLINOIS BANK & TRUST, as assignee of Rockford Bank and Trust Company, Plaintiff, vs.

LASK ROOFING & SIDING, INC., CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY, LORA J. MATTHEWS, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2020 CH 217 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-cause on October 20, 2020, an agent of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office will at 11:00 a.m. on November 19, 2020, at the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOTS ONE (1), TWO (2), THREE (3) AND FOUR (4) IN BLOCK SEVEN (7) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GORDON’S SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 7 OF PLATS ON PAGE 13 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 1101 22nd Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108 Permanent Index Numbers: 12-30-355-019 The property is not residential real estate.

The judgment amount was $204,298.97 together with interest thereon at the statutory rate plus additional costs, including publication costs, court costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses of sale.

Sale Terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 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.

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.

Persons wishing information regarding the real estate may contact: Kim Michels Illinois Bank & Trust 700 Locust Street, Suite 300 Dubuque, IA 52001 Ph. (563) 587-3943 Dated this 23rd day of October, 2020.

RENO & ZAHM LLP By: /s/ Michael G. Schultz Michael G. Schultz, Attorney for Illinois Bank & Trust, Plaintiff RENO & ZAHM LLP Jamie S. Cassel (#06200979) Michael G. Schultz (#06297569) 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 987-4050 jsc@renozahm.com mgs@renozahm.com 20240R TRRT 11/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. KATHERINE J. MCLUCKIE a/k/a KATHERINE J. ANDERSON, MILL CITY MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2018-3, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NON RECORD CLAIMAINTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO. 2020 CH 287 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: Lot Eleven (11) in Block Seventeen (17) as designated upon Randolph-Revell Land Association’s Highland Subdivision of a part of the East Half (1/2) of Section 24, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat ow which Subdivision is recorded in Book 4 of Plats on page 7 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 511 North Chicago Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61107 Property Code: 204 D 342 P.I.N. Number: 11-24-403-006 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about October 2, 2020.

That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is Katherine J. Anderson. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor – Katherine J. McLuckie a/k/a Katherine J. Anderson Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford Date of Mortgage – August 24,2010.

Date of Recording – September 23, 2010 County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document – 20101035631 NOW THEREFORE, unless you, Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, the said Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before December

1, 2020, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint.

Dated at Rockford, IL on the 24th day of October, 2020.

Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 thmeyerhorning@aol.com 20241R TRRT 11/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. KURTIS WITHERBY, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NON RECORD CLAIMAINTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO. 2020 CH 289 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: Lot Four (4) as designated upon the Plat of Spring Creek Hills Plat No. 2, part of the West Half (1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) and a part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 18, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, Rockford, Illinois, the Plat of which subdivision is recorded in Book 18 of Plats on page 46 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 1721 Bradley Road Rockford, Illinois 61107 Property Code: 162 D 255 P.I.N. Number: 12-18-402-009 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about October 2, 2020.

That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is Kurtis Witherby. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor – Kurtis Witherby Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford Date of Mortgage – September 27, 2019.

Date of Recording – October 1, 2019 County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document – 20191032908 NOW THEREFORE, unless you, Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, the said Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before December 1, 2020, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint.

Dated at Rockford, IL on the 24th day of October, 2020.

Thomas A. Klein,

Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 thmeyerhorning@aol.com 20242R TRRT 11/11 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 bonnets & accessories sales and more business in said County and State under the name of Magical Bonnets & Accessories at the following post office addresses: 1869 Bright View Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Monica V. Spencer; Nicki Mitchell SIGNED: Monica V. Spencer 10/8/20 SIGNED: Nicki Mitchell 10/8/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk 20203R TRRT 10/28 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. DONNY O. YOUNG, KELLY A. KING, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NON RECORD CLAIMAINTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO. 2020 CH 288 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: Lot One Hundred Eighteen (118) as designated upon the Plat of Welty Sisters Valley Park Subdivision in part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 30, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 20 of Plats on page 51 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 413 27th Street Rockford, Illinois 61108 Property Code: 174 A 087 P.I.N. Number: 12-30-251-003 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about October 2, 2020.

That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is Donny O. Young. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor – Donny O. Young and Kelly A. King Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford Date of Mortgage – July 11, 2014.

Date of Recording – July 16, 2014 County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document – 20141021754 NOW THEREFORE, unless you, Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants,

the said Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before December 1, 2020, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint.

Dated at Rockford, IL on the 24th day of October, 2020.

Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 thmeyerhorning@aol.com 20243R TRRT 11/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. LISA J. BARTEN, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NON RECORD CLAIMAINTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO. 2020 CH 239 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: Lot Five (5) as designated upon the Plat of Sierra Heights, being a Subdivision of a part of the North Half (1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 13, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 23 of Plats on Page 143 in the Recorders Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 5674 Vienna Drive Rockford, Illinois 61109 P.I.N Number: 15-13-428-005 Property Code: 229D 005 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about June 29, 2020.

That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is Lisa J. Barten. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor – Lisa J. Barten Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford Date of Mortgage – July 25, 2006.

Date of Recording – July 27, 2006 County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document – 0644327 NOW THEREFORE, unless you, Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, the said Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before December 1, 2020, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint.

Dated at Rockford, IL on the

24th day of October, 2020.

Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 thmeyerhorning@aol.com 20244R TRRT 11/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: JAMES C. MCFADDIN, Deceased.

No. 2020 P 441 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JAMES C. MCFADDIN. Letters of Office were issued on October 23, 2020 to EVELYN C. JOHNSON of 6419 Commonwealth Drive, Loves Park, Illinois 61111, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the Estate is Derek B.N. Seyller of HOWARD, HARDYMAN & DIVERDE, LLP; 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100, PO Box 1616, Rockford, Illinois 61110-0116.

Any claims against the Estate may be filed on or before April 28, 2021, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the Estate must be filed with the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the Estate legal representative and to his or her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DATED: October 27, 2020 EVELYN C. JOHNSON, Independent Executor Derek B.N. Seyller – ARDC# 6334524 HOWARD, HARDYMAN & DIVERDE, LLP 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100 PO Box 1616 Rockford, Illinois 61110-0116 (815) 964-8888 dseyller@howardhardyman.com Attorneys for the Estate of James C. McFaddin, Deceased 20257R TRRT 11/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF: RONALD L. BENNETT, Deceased No. 2020-P-403 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RONALD L. BENNETT. Letters of Office were issued on October 14, 2020, to Shannon Osterkamp of 33951 SE Erika Court, Scappoose, Oregon, as Executor for the Estate.

The attorney of record for the Estate is Andrea L. McKenna, 1111 South Alpine Road, Suite 704, Rockford, IL 61108.

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

Claims may be filed on or before April 28, 2021, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to any known

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creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as amended (755 ILCS 5/18-3), whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated shall be barred.

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

Dated: October 23, 2020 Shannon Osterkamp Executor Andrea L. McKenna (6309658) 1111 South Alpine Road Suite 704 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 968-7200 (815) 968-7227 facsimile canfieldmckenna@gmail.com service.canfieldlawoffice@gmail. com for service of documents only 20247R TRRT 11/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: HELEN J. THOMPSON, Deceased.

2020 P 363 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of HELEN J. THOMPSON. Letters of Office were issued on September 9, 2020 to KRAUSE DONOVAN ESTATE LAW PARTNERS, LLC, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Danielle L. Burza-Smith, Krause Donovan Estate Law Partners, LLC, PO Box 2027, Loves Park, Illinois 61111. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before April 28, 2021, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

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

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Danielle L. Burza-Smith Danielle L. Burza-Smith Attorney for Executor Prepared by: KRAUSE DONOVAN ESTATE LAW PARTNERS, LLC Danielle L. Burza-Smith PO Box 2027 Loves Park, IL 61111 815-333-2002 866-366-4091 fax dburza-smith@kdelp.com 20249R TRRT 11/11

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The Rock River Times. October 28, 2020

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 restaurant business in said County and State under the name of Gyro House at the following post office addresses: 2525 Auburn St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Alicia Yeverino SIGNED: Alicia Yeverino 10/7/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Maria Pinedo, Deputy Clerk 20198R TRRT 10/28 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a hair salon business in said County and State under the name of Studio 26 at the following post office addresses: 129 S. Phelps Ave., #512B, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Andrea Naill SIGNED: Andrea Naill 10/5/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20199R TRRT 10/28 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 high end tattoo studio business in said County and State under the name of Ambitious Ink Tattoo Studio at the following post office addresses: 11820 Main St., Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Justin Rednour SIGNED: Justin Rednour 10/8/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 20200R TRRT 10/28 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a construction business in said County and State under the name of Easy Construction at the following post office addresses: 2011 Elm St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Gildardo Gonzalez SIGNED: Gildardo Gonzalez 10/7/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20202R TRRT 10/28 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 catering food for the soul business in said County and State under the name of Taste These Hands at the following post office addresses: 815 N. Church St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all

persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Fines Woodard SIGNED: Fines Woodard 10/8/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20204R TRRT 10/28 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 holistic therapy clinic, offering occupational and physical therapy business in said County and State under the name of Reflective Remedies Holistic Therapy at the following post office addresses: 730 N. Church St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Latisha Montgomery SIGNED: Latisha Montgomery 10/9/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 20205R TRRT 10/28 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 service/retrofit business in said County and State under the name of Al Williams Services at the following post office addresses: 1149 Railroad Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Albert L. Williams, Jr. SIGNED: Albert L. Williams, Jr. 9/28/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of September, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 20206R TRRT 10/28 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Probate Division ESTATE OF GLORIA A. BARRETTE, Deceased.

Case No. 20-P-9 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of GLORIA A. BARRETTE, of Rockford, Illinois, on October 6, 2019. Letters of Office were issued on July 22, 2020, to TIMOTHY W. BARRETTE, 2631 Karen Drive., Rockford, IL, 61101, who is the Executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is D. KEVIN SOMMER, Sommer Law Office, One Court Place, Suite 300, Rockford, IL 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed within 6 months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within 6 months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within 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, shall be barred.

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

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate’s legal representative

and to her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: 10/08/2020 Timothy W. Barrette, Executor of the Estate Attorney for Executor: D. Kevin Sommer, Esq. Sommer Law Office One Court Place, Suite 300 Rockford, IL 61101 815.965.4412 20196R TRRT 10/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS TOWD POINT MORTGAGE TRUST 2017-2, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.ROBERTO ESCOTO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 2019 CH 0000432 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 19, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 23, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT TWO AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO.1 OF MEADOWS OF SPRINGBROOK, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND A PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, AND RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 7, 1974 IN BOOK 35 OF PLATS ON PAGE 292 AS DOCUMENT NO. 1348452 IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7338 SPRING BROOK ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-11126-008 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $145,882.22.

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, JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 19-6872.

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.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago IL, 60606 312-541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 19-6872 Case Number: 2019 CH 0000432 TJSC#: 40-2158 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019 CH 0000432 I3158080 P20191R TRRT 10/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CVF III MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST II, PLAINTIFF, VS. MARGUERITE BROWN; MIDLAND FUNDING LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS. 20 CH 0000268 215 SOUTH GARFIELD AVENUE SOUTH BELOIT, IL 61080 JUDGE PRESIDING JUDGE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

TO YOU, Marguerite Brown Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS: LOT ONE HUNDRED SIX (106) PLAT OF VIETS ADDITION TO SOUTH BELOIT, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. AND LOT ONE HUNDRED SEVEN (107) PLAT OF VIETS ADDITION TO SOUTH BELOIT, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 215 South Garfield Avenue South Beloit, IL 61080 and which said Mortgage was made by, Marguerite Brown Mortgagor(s), to Citifinancial Services, Inc. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 200800841150; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case, on or before November 13, 2020, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. E-filing is now mandatory with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider.

Visit http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/ service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/faq/ gethelp.asp or talk with your local circuit clerk’s office. If you cannot e-file, you may be able to get an exemption that allows you to file in-person or by mail. Ask your circuit clerk for more information or visit www.illinoislegalaid.org. If you are unable to pay your court fees, you can apply for a fee waiver.

For information about defending yourself in a court case (including filing an appearance or fee waiver), or to apply for free legal help, go to www.illinoislegalaid.org. You can also ask your local circuit clerk’s office for a fee waiver application.

PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 Ph. (312) 346-9088 File No. 20-02503IL-596617 I3157746 P20192R TRRT 10/28 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 DTG - Print shop offering online services as well as in-person sales business in said County and State under the name of Label Whore Collective at the following post office addresses: 1708 Montague Rd., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Joshua A. Brown

SIGNED: Joshua A. Brown 10/14/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Maria Pinedo, Deputy Clerk 20225R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a gifts, Christmas items, and Christmas trees business in said County and State under the name of Urban Farm Guy at the following post office addresses: 7219 Cunningham Rd., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Robb Firch SIGNED: Robb Firch 10/14/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Maria Pinedo, Deputy Clerk 20226R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a real estate business in said County and State under the name of RLA Properties at the following post office addresses: 1622 18th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Reico Louis Alexander SIGNED: Reico Louis Alexander 10/14/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk 20227R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a cleaning service, clean out foreclosure, commercial and foreclosed homes business in said County and State under the name of M. Smith Cleaning Services at the following post office addresses: 2207 Shelley Dr., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marcus Smith SIGNED: Marcus Smith 10/14/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Maria Pinedo, Deputy Clerk 20228R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a clothing business in said County and State under the name of ishoprich at the following post office addresses: 5147 Solitude Dr., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Cerenity Johnson SIGNED: Cerenity Johnson 10/14/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20229R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a hair salon business in said County and State under the name of Salon Revive at the following post office addresses: 2696 McFarland Rd., Ste. 19, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kathryn Kirby SIGNED: Kathryn Kirby 10/15/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20230R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a salon - studio business in said County and State under the name of Wax That Spot at the following post office addresses: 2696 McFarland Rd., #102, Ste. 16, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Emmy Handley SIGNED: Emmy Handley 10/19/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20231R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a construction company business in said County and State under the name of Lindquist Consaulting & Construction at the following post office addresses: 1114 Kingsley Ave., Loves Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Austin Lindquist SIGNED: Austin Lindquist 10/19/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Maria Pinedo, Deputy Clerk 20232R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a jazzy baskets, jazzy dessert jars, jazzy hair styles business in said County and State under the name of Jazzy Styles and Creations at the following post office addresses: 1512 W. Jefferson St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Anna Tyler Jordan SIGNED: Anna Tyler Jordan 10/15/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 20233R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a metal and crafts business in said County and State under the name of S & P Metal N Crafts at the following post office addresses: 5617 Newburg Road, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true

and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Sam P. Christofano SIGNED: Sam P. Christofano 10/20/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 20235R TRRT 11/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a sewing and alterations business in said County and State under the name of Theresa’s Creations at the following post office addresses: 819 Whitman St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Theresa G. Birch SIGNED: Theresa G. Birch 10/9/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20211R TRRT 10/28 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a jewelry and arts business in said County and State under the name of Oudgully Creative Studio at the following post office addresses: 10356 Monarch Rd., Unit #2, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brandon Bottensek SIGNED: Brandon Bottensek 10/13/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk 20212R TRRT 10/28 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: RODNEY LEWIS WILSON Current Name Case Number 2020-MR-744 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Rodney Lewis Wilson to the new name of: Rodney Lewis Wooden.

The court date will be held: on December 9, 2020 at 10 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ Rodney L. Wilson Current Name 20213R TRRT 10/28 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 painting business in said County and State under the name of David Atterbury Professional Painting at the following post office addresses: 1050 E. Main St., Rockton, IL 61072; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: David Atterbury SIGNED: David Atterbury 10/13/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 20214R TRRT 10/28

October 28, 2020 The Rock River Times. n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a cleaning service business in said County and State under the name of Dee’s Cleaning at the following post office addresses: 2354 Forest View Rd., #3, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Dionicia Macias SIGNED: Dionicia Macias 10/21/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk 20251R TRRT 11/11

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 boutique business in said County and State under the name of Sisters by Love at the following post office addresses: 3422 Summerdale Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Shimere Love SIGNED: Shimere Love 10/20/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Thalia Gallardo, Deputy Clerk 20252R TRRT 11/11

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS TOWD POINT MORTGAGE TRUST 2017-2, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.- ROBERTO ESCOTO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 2019 CH 0000432 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 19, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November 23, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7338 SPRING BROOK ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-11-126-008 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $145,882.22.

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, JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL, 60606 (312) 541-9710. Please refer to file number 19-6872.

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.

n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a printing business in said County and State under the name of Rockford Design and Print at the following post office addresses: 3008 Knight Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Latontrai Mangruen-Brown SIGNED: Latontrai Mangruen-Brown 10/16/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Maria Pinedo, Deputy Clerk 20254R TRRT 11/11

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 contracting/ remodeling and construction business in said County and State under the name of Helsper and Son’s Construction / General Contracting at the following post office addresses: 15611 Rockdale Rd., South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jennifer Helsper SIGNED: Jennifer Helsper 10/23/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of October, A.D. 2020.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago IL, 60606 312-541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 19-6872 Case Number: 2019 CH 0000432 TJSC#: 40-2158 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019 CH 0000432 I3158080 P20191R TRRT 10/28 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, MICHAEL P. CALLIES, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2019 CH 646 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 3RD day of September, 2020 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 19th day of November, 2020 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: 2229 17th Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61104.

Property Code: 216 A 507 P.I.N. Number: 11-36-234-001 The property is commonly known as 2229 17TH Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61104 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $87,556.24 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

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 20255R TRRT 11/11 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 sales company business in said County and State under the name of Dealz for Milez at the following post office addresses: 296 Karls Ct., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brian Fletcher SIGNED: Brian Fletcher 10/22/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 20258R TRRT 11/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: MEGAN CHRISTINE GUTHRIE Current Name Case Number 2020-MR-0000755 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Megan Christine Guthrie to the new name of: Megan Christine Droy.

The court date will be held: on December 16, 2020 at 10 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #412.

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 20223R TRRT 11/4 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, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF GEORGE S. KEHOE, CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF GEORGE S. KEHOE, UNITED SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, TIMOTHY MILLER AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE S. KEHOE, DEFENDANTS. 2019 CH 771 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 3RD day of September, 2020 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 19th day of November, 2020 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: 11613 Harrison Road Rockton, Illinois 61072 Property Code: 374 D 076 & 374 D 075 P.I.N. Number: 06-14-452-004 & 06-14-452-006 The property is commonly known as 11613 Harrison Road Rockton, Illinois 61072 and is improved with a residential property. Judgment was taken in the amount of $122,023.23 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

/s/ Megan Guthrie Current Name 20246R TRRT 11/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: DONALD RAY MEADOWS Current Name Case Number 2020-MR-745 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Donald Ray Meadows to the new name of: Adoniyah Ma’areh El. The court date will be held: on December 16, 2020 at 10 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #412. /s/ Donald R. Meadows

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Current Name 20245R TRRT 11/11 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 thrift store business in said County and State under the name of Thrifty Empire at the following post office addresses: 340 College Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: India Tinnie SIGNED: India Tinnie 10/20/20 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of October, A.D. 2020.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 20253R TRRT 11/11

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 20224R TRRT 11/4 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ILLINOIS BANK & TRUST, as assignee of Rockford Bank and Trust Company, Plaintiff, vs.

LASK ROOFING & SIDING, INC., CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY, LORA J. MATTHEWS, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No. 2020 CH 217 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-cause on October 20, 2020, an agent of the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office will at 11:00 a.m. on November 19, 2020, at the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as: 1101 22nd Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108 Permanent Index Numbers: 12-30-355-019 The property is not residential real estate.

The judgment amount was $204,298.97 together with interest thereon at the statutory rate plus additional costs, including publication costs, court costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses of sale.

Sale Terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 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.

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.

Persons wishing information regarding the real estate may contact: Kim Michels Illinois Bank & Trust 700 Locust Street, Suite 300 Dubuque, IA 52001 Ph. (563) 587-3943 Dated this 23rd day of October, 2020.

RENO & ZAHM LLP By: /s/ Michael G. Schultz Michael G. Schultz, Attorney for Illinois Bank & Trust, Plaintiff RENO & ZAHM LLP Jamie S. Cassel (#06200979) Michael G. Schultz (#06297569) 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 987-4050 jsc@renozahm.com mgs@renozahm.com 20240R TRRT 11/11

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Death Notices Stanley Hardgraves 57 Rockford 10/19/2020 Steven Hartman 66 Rockford 10/19/2020 Mark Rainwater 97 Rockford 10/19/2020 Earl Anderson 80 Rockford 10/19/2020 Vernon Schwebke 83 Rockford 10/19/2020 Marsha Blakely 79 Rockford 10/19/2020 Linda Barter 62 Rockford 10/19/2020 Lydia Cross 90 Rockford 10/19/2020 James Leipart 84 Rockton 10/19/2020 Arnold Malosh 101 Rockford 10/19/2020 Justin Ferte 45 Rockford 10/20/2020 Oscar Malm 91 Machesney Park 10/20/2020 Kelly Edwards 55 Rockford 10/20/2020 Lewis Ray 90 Rockford 10/20/2020 Michael Vizzone 66 Rockford 10/20/2020 Donald Johnson 90 Rockford 10/20/2020 Nancy Hamilton 85 Rockford 10/20/2020 Adela Hernandez 89 Rockford 10/20/2020 Russell Letheby 47 Rockford 10/21/2020 Herschel Warren 73 Rockford 10/21/2020 Keith Saylor 84 Rockford 10/21/2020 Linda Calhoun 78 Pecatonica 10/21/2020 John Lucas 80 Rockford 10/21/2020 Robert Stucker 51 Rockford 10/21/2020 Judith Fair 76 Rockford 10/22/2020 Josefina Rosario 72 Rockford 10/22/2020 Gabrielle Smith 64 Rockford 10/22/2020 Lavone Gabel 86 Rockford 10/22/2020 John Gayden 80 Rockford 10/22/2020 Patrick Hicks 57 Rockford 10/22/2020 Richard Freeman 82 Rockford 10/22/2020 Pamela Garrison 61 Rockford 10/22/2020 Marjorie Hallden 91 Rockford 10/22/2020 Dirk Kim 56 Rockford 10/22/2020 Lorraine Smith 94 Rockford 10/23/2020 Karl Krug 98 Rockford 10/23/2020 Carolina Madera 76 Rockford 10/23/2020 Dennis Heath 68 Rockford 10/23/2020 Geraldine Weier 77 Rockford 10/23/2020 Carol Waters 85 Rockford 10/23/2020 Max Keeling 85 Rockford 10/23/2020 Patricia Robinson 56 Rockford 10/24/2020 Edward Fowler 86 Loves Park 10/24/2020 Nicky Cocquit 49 Rockford 10/24/2020 Marianna Bivens 94 Machesney Park 10/24/2020 Patrica Larson 88 Rockford 10/24/2020 Charles Gentry 84 Rockford 10/24/2020 Robert Crevisour 89 Rockford 10/24/2020 Bobby Sommerfield 63 Rockford 10/24/2020 Randall Belter 61 Rockford 10/24/2020 Theodore Klint 75 Rockford 10/24/2020 Bruce Block 89 Rockford 10/24/2020 Lori Higgins 77 Rockford 10/25/2020 George Euell 64 Rockford 10/25/2020 Linda Boston 76 Machesney Park 10/25/2020 Gary Edgcomb 74 Rockford 10/25/2020 Carl Galligos 74 Rockford 10/25/2020 Beryl Burns 87 Rockford 10/25/2020 Richard Nyquist 91 Rockford 10/25/2020 Lance Telfair 45 Rockford 10/25/2020 William Flowers 27 Rockford 10/25/2020 Patricia Brown 89 South Beloit 10/26/2020 Gregory Lee 64 Rockford 10/26/2020 Dorothy Millard 99 South Beloit 10/26/2020

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Theme: Proverbially Speaking

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: Horoscope TAURUS, GEMINI AND CANCER

ARIES

A task at home or at work that you’ve been putting off will fi­ nally get done. Before you start a new project, get some rest. Other­ wise, you could develop one or more health issues.

TAURUS

If you’ve been waiting to hear back about a medical test, the results will put you at ease. You’ll finally be able to sleep and your anxiety will subside.

GEMINI

You’ll have a few minor personal or professional concerns to deal with. A promotion may require you to adjust your schedule, but the compensation will make taking the position a quick and easy choice.

CANCER

Now’s the time to plan a vacation for the holidays. Regardless of whether you want to travel alone or with others, you need to book early. A trip will be hard to or­ ganize if you wait until the last minute.

LEO

You could be assigned to inter­ national clients or enrolled in a training program at work. At ti­ mes, you might have trouble being understood by people who aren’t fluent in English.

VIRGO

Your focus will be on your signi­ ficant other. You’ll need to be more spontaneous and emotion­ ally available if you want to re­ kindle the magic. Changes will be necessary to avoid conflict.

LIBRA

You’ll need to put in a lot of ef­ fort to prepare for negotiations and reach an agreement that suits everyone. Radical changes will be necessary to improve your health and quality of life.

SCORPIO

Across 1. Bornean ape 6. Casino’s pull 9. Elbow-wrist connection 13. Paralyzing disease 14. Pigeon sound 15. Teething drops 16. Mar y’s subjec t s (1542-1567) 17. Ostrich-like bird 18. September stone 19. *One responsible for someone else’s welfare 21. *Both rodents and humans like to come up with these 23. Name fit for a king 24. Wedding cover 25. Like a dim star 28. Head vermin 30. *Like the schemes of a fool, biblically speaking 35. Thor’s father 37. Cleopatra’s necklace 39. Blood carrier 40. Ice on a window 41. Famous Teatro alla ____ 43. Took to court 44. Prevent

46. Burden of proof 47. Leprechaun’s land 48. Fit 50. Cabinet div.

52. Steadfast Soldier’s material 53. Letter before kappa 55. European Economic Community 57. *It increases love and friendship 61. *It will cause additional harm 64. Raccoon relative 65. Shor t for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC 67. Huey, Duey and Louie, e.g.

69. #41 Across location 70. Prior to, pref.

71. Organ swelling 72. Benevolent fellows 73. African tam-____ 74. English county Down 1. Roman goddess of plenty 2. *It’s just as unpleasant as a hard place 3. Sunburn soother

4. Fertilizer ingredient 5. Luke’s teaching, e.g.

6. Laptop manufacturer 7. Data storage acronym 8. *Cowards are sometimes compared to this 9. Encourage 10. Good earth 11. Sound on a scale 12. Saloon selections 15. Perennial garden flower 20. Signs for escape 22. Post-Soviet Union alliance, acr.

24. Covered porch 25. *Can’t use these to break a skeleton 26. Farewell, to ami 27. Nimbus, pl.

29. Gabrielle Chanel’s nickname 31. *Keep it clean to s t ay out of trouble 32. *It’s tastier if one is not allowed to have it 33. First cradles 34. Filled with cargo 36. Like whiskey

right out of bottle 38. Classic board game 42. Colorado ski resort 45. Curb, two words 49. Disney dwarf 51. ACT taker, e.g.

54. Dangle a carrot 56. Miss Muffet’s meal 57. “The Road Runner” corporation 58. Skin infection 59. #13 Across conqueror 60. J.F.K. postings 61. Bookkeeping entry 62. *Don’t make inquiries if you don’t want to hear this 63. Hefty volume 66. Chapter in history 68. Coltrane’s woodwind

A major success or form of re­ cognition is on the horizon. This could lead to a promotion or a change in your career path. If you’ve been sick for a while, you’ll finally see an improvement in your health.

SAGITTARIUS

You might find a property that of­ fers more than enough space for the entire family. At the very least, you’ll change your daily routine to better accommodate all the members of your household.

CAPRICORN

Remember to plug in your phone or computer every night. Other­ wise, a dead battery could inter­ rupt an important communication.

Your children might ask you to drive them around more often than usual this week.

AQUARIUS

While others might speak in hu­ shed tones, you won’t be afraid to voice your concerns loud and clear. If your partner makes un­ necessary or expensive purchases, you won’t hesitate to speak up.

PISCES

You’ll demonstrate a youthful energy this week. At work, every­ thing will be urgent and you’ll have to act quickly to avoid disaster.

You’ll be pleased about a pro­ motion, despite the changes and stress that come with it.

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CROSSWORD & SUDOKU Across 1. Part of a play 4. Punching tools 8. Casino numbers 12. Timid 13. Dude 14. Courage 15. Burst 16. Struggle successfully 17. Volcano flow 18. Vowed 20. Margin 22. Horrify 25. Lit 28. Talking birds 33. Dove’s cries 34. Wheel track 36. Car 37. Mountain call 39. Educated 41. To the rear of a ship 43. Hurled 47. The British ____ 51. Stack 52. Mournful word 55. In the past 56. Prod 57. Hurry 58. Criminal gang 59. Looked at 60. Soap-making substances 61. Stubborn animal Down 1. Deadly serpents 2. Hearty food 3. Mistake in print 4. Consent to 5. Reporter’s query 6. Once around the track 7. Hex 8. Eye 9. Tied contest 10. Opera star 11. Command to a dog 19. Rear 21. Tall tree 23. Miles ____ hour 24. ____ education

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