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Harris Retirement

House Democratic Leader Greg Harris announces retirement plans First LGBTQ leader spearheaded marriage equality, health care reforms By Peter Hancock

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SPR INGF IE L D – I l l i noi s Hou s e Democratic Leader Greg Harris said Monday he will not seek reelection in 2022 and will step down from the General Assembly after eight terms in office. Harris, 66, of Chicago, is the first openly LGBTQ legislative leader in Illinois history who spent much of his time in office advancing gay rights, health care reform and social service funding. “I think it was just, it was just time. At the end of this term, I’ll have been there in the General Assembly, 16 years. And that just seemed to be a good amount of time,” Harris said during a phone interview. Harris said he would finish the rest of his term and would continue to lead the Democratic caucus through the annual budget process in the upcoming 2022 session. He said he chose to make the announcement now so other potential candidates in the 13th District would have time to decide if they want to run for the office. Candidates in the 2022 election will begin circulating nominating petitions in mid-January. Harris was first elected in 2006, succeeding former Rep. Larry McKeon

who, like Harris, was both openly gay and HIV-positive. He was reelected seven more times and did not face a challenger in any of those elections. “I hope it means I did a good job and people were happy and thought I should keep going,” he said. Asked about his biggest accomplishments as a lawmaker, Harris cited his efforts to pass marriage equality in Illinois. “For me, passing marriage equality in Illinois and giving lesbian, gay families the right to be married and participate in civic life as full partners, that was really important,” he said. In 2010, Harris was the lead House sponsor of a bill, Senate Bill 1716, establishing the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act, which recognized civil unions of same-sex couples in Illinois. In 2013, he was the lead House sponsor of another bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Illinois. Then-Gov. Pat Quinn signed it into law in November that year, nearly two years before the U.S. Supreme Court declared same-sex marriages legal nationwide. In his retirement announcement, Harris listed other legislative accomplishments during his tenure, such as reducing economic disparities in accessing mammograms and breast cancer treatment, cutting red tape in the state’s health care system and lowering the costs of prescription drugs. Other bills he sponsored included

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legislation allowing transgender Illinois residents to change information on their birth certificates, legislation preventing consumer reporting agencies from charging a fee for credit freezes and legislation reforming consumer drug pricing. In 2019, Harris was named House Majority Leader. From that position, he was able to help steer many of Gov. JB Pritzker’s policy initiatives through the House, including state budgets and the $45 billion capital improvements plan, “Rebuild Illinois.” He has also been House Majority Leader throughout the COVID-19 pandemic when he and other Democratic leaders were criticized by Republicans for allowing Pritzker to manage the state’s response largely through executive orders, with little input from Democrats. But Harris defended that decision, saying the governor’s office was better equipped to respond to the crisis quickly. “A lot of the execution of public policy and implementation of directives, those rightly belong to the executive branch, and especially in a public health emergency where people’s lives are at stake,” he said. “I think it’s been important that we have people who are professionals in public health who are looking at the science who are making the correct determinations and implementing public health strategies in a short order. I mean, especially with these variants coming around, to wait for weeks and weeks for a legislative debate I don’t think would have been a good idea.” House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, issued a statement praising Harris’ work in the General Assembly. “As a values-oriented leader and as the first openly gay majority leader, Greg has given a voice to so many who have continuously felt left out of state government,” he said. “I am grateful for Leader Harris’s support as I’ve navigated my first year as Speaker. I look forward to his continued guidance throughout the 102nd General Assembly, but I will forever be blessed to call him a friend.” Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service covering state government and distributed to more than 400 newspapers statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.

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Abloh Obituary

Fashion designer Virgil Abloh dies of cancer at 41 By Jake Coyle

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Virgil Abloh, a leading designer whose groundbreaking fusions of streetwear and high couture made him one of the most celebrated tastemakers in fashion and beyond, has died of cancer. He was 41. Abloh’s death was announced Sunday by the luxury group LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy) and Abloh’s own Off-White label, which he founded in 2013. Abloh was the artistic director for Louis Vuitton’s menswear, but his ubiquitous, consumer-friendly presence in culture was wide-ranging and dynamic. Some compared him to Jeff Koons. Others hailed him as his generation’s Karl Lagerfeld. “We are all shocked after this terrible news. Virgil was not only a genius designer, a visionary, he was also a man with a beautiful soul and great wisdom,” Bernard Arnault, chairman and chief executive of LVMH, said in a statement. A statement from Abloh’s family on the designer’s Instagram account said Abloh was diagnosed two years ago with cardiac angiosarcoma, a rare form of cancer in which a tumor occurs in the heart. “He chose to endure his battle privately since his diagnosis in 2019, undergoing numerous challenging treatments, all while helming several significant institutions that span fashion, art, and culture,” the statement read. In 2018, Abloh became the first Black artistic director of men’s wear at Louis Vuitton in the French design house’s storied history. A first generation Ghanaian American whose seamstress mother taught him to sew, Abloh had no formal fashion training but had a degree in engineering and a master’s in architecture. Abloh, who grew up in Rockford, Illinois, outside of Chicago, was often referred to as a Renaissance man in the fashion world. He moonlighted as a DJ. But in a short time, he emerged as one of fashion’s most heralded designers. Abloh called himself “a maker.” He was named one of Time magazine’s most influential people in 2018. In 2009, Abloh met Kanye West — now called Ye — while he was working at a screen-printing store. After he and Ye interned together at the LVMH brand Fendi, Abloh was Ye’s creative director. Abloh was art director for the 2011 Ye-Jay-Z album “Watch the Throne,” for which Abloh was nominated for a Grammy.

Abloh’s work with West served as a blueprint for future border-crossing collaborations that married high and low. With Nike, he partnered his Off-White label for a line of frenzy-inducing sneakers remixed with a variety of styles and Helvetica fonts. Abloh also designed furniture for IKEA, refillable bottles for Evian and Big Mac cartons for McDonald’s. His work was exhibited at the Louvre, the Gagosian and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. Abloh’s death stunned the entertainment world. Actor Riz Ahmed said on Twitter that Abloh “stretched culture and changed the game.” Fashion designer Jeff Staple wrote, “You taught us all how to dream.” Pharrell Williams called Abloh “a kind, generous, thoughtful creative genius.” Abloh took what he called a “3% approach” to fashion — that a new design could be created by changing an original by 3%. Critics said Abloh was more brilliant at repackaging than creating something new. But Abloh’s style was also self-aware — quotation marks were a trademark label for him — and high-minded. “Streetwear in my mind is linked to Duchamp,” Abloh told the New Yorker in 2019. “It’s this idea of the readymade. I’m talking Lower East Side, New York. It’s like hip-hop. It’s sampling. I take James Brown, I chop it up, I make a new song.” Stars lined up to be dressed by Abloh. Beyoncé, Michael B. Jordan, Kim Kardashian West, Timothée Chalamet and Serena Williams have worn his clothes. Abloh’s Off-White label, which LVMH acquired a majority stake in earlier this year, made him an arbiter of cool. But his appointment at Louis Vuitton brought Abloh to the apex of an industry he was once a scrappy outsider in — and made Abloh one of the most powerful Black executives in a historically closed fashion world. As Abloh prepared for his debut menswear show in 2018, he told GQ, “I now have a platform to change the industry.” “We’re designers, so we can start a trend, we can highlight issues, we can make a lot of people focus on something or we can cause a lot of people to focus on ourselves,” Abloh said. “I’m not interested in (the latter). I’m interested in using my platform as one of a very small group of African-American males to design a house, to sort of show people in a poetic way.” Abloh is survived by his wife Shannon Abloh and his children, Lowe and Grey.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors urged the U.S. Supreme Court to reinstate Bill Cosby’s sexual assault conviction, complaining in a petition released Monday the verdict was thrown out over a questionable agreement that the comic claimed gave him lifetime immunity. They said the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in June to overturn Cosby’s conviction created a dangerous precedent by giving a press release the legal weight of an immunity agreement. Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele called the court’s decision “an indefensible rule,” predicting an onslaught of criminal appeals if it remains law. “This decision as it stands will have far-reaching negative consequences beyond Montgomery County and Pennsylvania. The U.S. Supreme Court can right what we believe is a grievous wrong,” Steele wrote in the filing, which seeks review under the due process clause of the U.S. Constitution. Cosby’s lawyers have long argued that he relied on a promise that he would never be charged when he gave damaging testimony in an accuser’s civil suit in 2006. The admissions were later used against him in two criminal trials. The only written evidence of such a promise is a 2005 press release from then-prosecutor Bruce Castor, who said he did not have enough evidence to arrest Cosby. The release included an ambiguous “caution” that Castor “will reconsider this decision should the need arise.” The parties have since spent years debating what that meant. Steele’s bid to revive the case is a long shot. The U.S. Supreme Court accepts fewer than 1% of the petitions it receives. At least four justices on the nine-member court would have to agree to hear the case. A decision on the petition, filed Wednesday but only made public Monday, is not expected for several months. Castor’s successors, who gathered new evidence and arrested Cosby in 2015, doubt Castor ever made such a deal. Instead, they say Cosby had strategic reasons to give the deposition rather than invoke his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent, even if it backfired when “he slipped up” in his rambling testimony. Cosby’s spokesperson called Steele “obsessed” with the actor and said he only hoped to please “the #MeToo mob.” Defense lawyers have long said the case

should never have gone to trial because of what they call a “non-prosecution agreement.” “This is a pathetic last-ditch effort that will not prevail. The Montgomery’s County’s DA’s fixation with Mr. Cosby is troubling to say the least,” spokesperson Andrew Wyatt said in a statement. Cosby, 84, became the first celebrity convicted of sexual assault in the #MeToo era when the jury at his 2018 retrial found him guilty of drugging and molesting college sports administrator Andrea Constand in 2004. He spent nearly three years in prison before Pennsylvania’s high court ordered his release. Legal scholars and victim advocates will be watching closely to see if the Supreme Court takes an interest in the #MeToo case. Two justices on the court, Clarence Thomas and Brett Kavanaugh, were accused of sexual misconduct during their bitterly fought confirmation hearings. Appellate judges have voiced sharply different views of the Cosby case. An intermediate state court upheld the conviction. Then the seven justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court wrote three separate opinions on it. The majority found that Cosby relied on the decision not to prosecute him when he admitted giving a string of young women drugs and alcohol before sexual encounters. The court stopped short of finding that there was such an agreement, but said Cosby thought there was — and that reliance, they said, marred his conviction. But prosecutors call that conclusion flawed. They note that Cosby’s lawyers objected strenuously to the deposition questions rather than let him speak freely. Cosby himself has never testified about any agreement or promise. The only alleged participant to come forward is Castor, a political rival of Steele’s who went on to represent President Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial. Castor said he made the promise to a now-dead defense lawyer for Cosby, and got nothing in return. He never mentioned it to his top assistant, who reopened the case in 2015 after a federal judge unsealed Cosby’s deposition. At a remarkable pretrial hearing in February 2016, Castor spent hours testifying for the defense. The judge found him not credible and sent the case to trial. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in its ruling, called Cosby’s arrest “an affront to fundamental fairness.” Weeks later, the ruling prompted the

state attorney general to dismiss charges against a jail guard accused of sexually abusing female inmates, because of an earlier agreement with county prosecutors that let him resign rather than face charges. Cosby, a groundbreaking Black actor and comedian, created the top-ranked “Cosby Show” in the 1980s. A barrage of sexual assault allegations later destroyed his image as “America’s Dad” and led to multimillion-dollar court settlements with at least eight women. But Constand’s case was the only one to lead to criminal charges. Five of Cosby’s accuser’s testified for the prosecution to support Constand’s claims, testimony that Cosby’s lawyers also challenged on appeal. However, the state’s high court declined to address the thorny issue of how many other accusers should be allowed to take the stand in a criminal case before the testimony becomes overkill. In a recent memoir, Constand called the verdict less important than the growing support for sexual assault survivors inspired by the #MeToo movement. “The outcome of the trial seemed strangely unimportant. It was as if the world had again shifted in some much more significant way,” Constand wrote in the book, “The Moment.” The Associated Press generally does not name alleged victims of sexual assault unless they speak publicly, as Constand has done. Cheryl Carmel, who served as jury foreperson at Cosby’s retrial, said she was glad to see Steele ask for the review. “I firmly believe that what we decided was correct, or else I wouldn’t have made that decision … with the group. Having it overturned because of something that was outside of the facts of what we were given is disappointing,” Carmel told The AP on Monday.

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OMICRON VARIANT

New info shows omicron spread wider earlier than thought BY RAF CASERT AND ANDREW MELDRUM ASSOCIATED PRESS

BRUSSELS (AP) — New findings about the coronavirus’s omicron variant made it clear Tuesday that the emerging threat slipped into countries before their defenses were up, as two distant nations announced their first cases and a third reported its presence before South African o�cials sounded the alarm. The Netherlands’ RIVM health institute found omicron in samples dating from Nov. 19 and 23. The World Health Organization said South Africa first reported the variant to the U.N. health agency on Nov. 24. Meanwhile, Japan and France reported their first cases of the new variant that has forced the world once again to pinball between hopes of returning to normal and fears that the worst is yet to come. Much remains unknown about the new variant, including how contagious it might be, but a WHO o�cial said Tuesday that there could soon be a steep rise in infections in parts of southern Africa. It is unclear where or when the variant first emerged, and the Dutch announcement further muddies the timeline. Previously, the Netherlands had said it found the variant among passengers who came from South Africa on Friday — but the new cases predate that. That hasn’t stopped wary nations from rushing to impose travel restrictions, especially on visitors coming from southern Africa. Those moves have been criticized by South Africa and the WHO has urged

against them, noting their limited e�ect. The latest news though made it increasingly clear that travel bans would struggle to stop the spread of the variant. The Netherlands, Belgium and France have now all reported cases in people who were in their countries before the European Union imposed flight restrictions. Japan announced that it would ban all foreign visitors beginning Tuesday — but that turned out to be too late. It confirmed its first case that day, a Namibian diplomat who recently arrived from his country. German authorities, meanwhile, said they had an omicron infection in a man who had neither been abroad nor had contact with anyone who was. The WHO warned Monday that the global risk from omicron is “very high.” and that early evidence suggests it could be more contagious. The growing number of cases attributed to omicron in Botswana and South Africa suggests that this may be the first sign of a “a steep rise,” Dr. Nicksy GumedeMoeletsi, regional virologist for the World Health Organization, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “There is a possibility that really we’re going to be seeing a serious doubling or tripling of the cases as we move along or as the week unfolds,” Gumede-Moeletsi said. After a period of low transmission in South Africa, new cases began to rapidly increase in the middle of November. Currently the country is confirming nearly 3,000 new infections per day.

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The concentration of omicron cases among university students in the capital of Pretoria is a particular cause for concern because that group is very sociable – and will soon be heading for their homes at the end of the year and mixing with friends and family. Doctors in South Africa are reporting patients are su�ering mostly mild symptoms so far, but many of them are young adults who generally do not get as sick from COVID-19 as older patients. Still, many o�cials tried to calm fears, insisting vaccines remain the best defense and that the world must redouble its e�orts to get the shots to every part of the globe. European Medicines Agency chief, Emer Cooke, insisted that the 27-nation EU was well prepared for the variant. While it is not known how e�ective current vaccines are against omicron, Cooke said the shots could be adapted within three or four months if need be. The latest variant makes vaccination e�orts even more important, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, noting as many have before that “as long as the virus is replicating somewhere, it could be mutating.” In the face of the new variant, some introduced new measures aimed at mitigating the spread. England made face coverings mandatory again on public transport and in shops, banks and hairdressers. And one month ahead of Christmas, the head of the U.K.’s Health Security Agency, Jenny Harries, urged people not to socialize if they don’t

need to. And after COVID-19 already led to a one-year postponement of the Summer Games, Olympic organizers were beginning to worry about the February Winter Games in Beijing. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said omicron would “certainly bring some challenges in terms of prevention and control.” World markets continued to seesaw on every piece of medical news, either worrisome or reassuring. Global shares mostly slipped Tuesday as investors cautiously weighed how much damage omicron may unleash on the global economy. Some analysts think a serious economic downturn, like what happened last year, likely will be averted because many people have been vaccinated. But they also think a return to pre-pandemic levels of economic activity, especially in tourism, has been dramatically delayed. In a world that is already unnerved by the more contagious delta variant that ﬁlled hospitals again in many places, even in some highly vaccinated nations, the latest developments underscored the need for the whole globe to get their hands on vaccines. “We have vaccination rates in the United States, in Europe of 50, 60, 70 %, depending on exactly who you’re counting. And in Africa, it’s more like 14, 15 % or less,” Blinken said. “We know, we know, we know that none of us will be fully safe until everyone is.”

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SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES

Supply chain problems hit charities’ holiday gifts for kids BY HALELUYA HADERO ASSOCIATED PRESS

With less than four weeks to go until Christmas, Kristyn Begari has been rushing to find enough doll styling heads to give to kids in need. But, the purchasing coordinator for the California-based nonprofit Family Giving Tree says it’s been di�cult to find them, or racially diverse Barbies or Disney princess dolls. Others charities who give to kids during the holidays say they’re also facing challenges finding enough gaming consoles, laptops and other electronic items amid the global shortage of chips used in cars, phones and other devices. “I’ve never seen something like this,” Begari said. “Our biggest fear is we’re not going to get the quality of gifts that we want, or we’re not going to have enough in general.” Attempting to grant thousands of holiday wish requests has always been challenging for Begari. But it’s been downright miser-

able this year as the global supply chain bottlenecks create shortages on many items, making it di�cult to grant many holiday wishes for the 34,000 children and adults the organization expects to aid in the Bay Area this holiday season. Some wholesale vendors have already informed her that purchases will not arrive – giving her the option of getting a refund, or buying another item. If a child doesn’t get their preferred gift, she said the organization will attempt to grant their “second wish,” or ﬁnd another replacement item. Similar worries are being felt across the country as COVID-related supply chain snafus – produced by clogged U.S. ports, a lack of workers to move the cargo and skyrocketing shipping costs – lead to empty store shelves and higher prices on some products. The supply chain slowdown is one of the main reasons why donations of new toys to The Toy Foundation have declined by nearly 80% in dollar value this year compared to

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2019, according to Pamela Mastrota, the executive director of the group, which was formed by a toy industry trade association to act as an industry-wide charitable collective for manufacturers. The lack of trade shows due to the COVID-19 pandemic also put a wrench in their collection e�orts for the second year in a row, straining their ability to get gifts for sick, impoverished or other vulnerable children who are in need. “It’s been a real challenge this year, and last year,” Mastrota said. “But this year especially.” Mastrota’s only hope now is if more toys are donated quickly. But such donations might further stress the proﬁt margins of manufacturers who are facing high shipping costs and pressure to pass on increased costs to consumers. Jim Silver, CEO of Toys, Tots, Pets & More, a toy industry review website, says charities are bound to see less toy donations from manufacturers this holiday season because many containers holding their products are stuck at U.S. ports, which have been experiencing record volumes of shipping containers as the economy recovers from the pandemic. “There is going to be a shortage,” he said. “Without a doubt.” Last month, President Joe Biden announced plans to establish around-theclock operation at the Port of Los Angeles, the nation’s largest, to tamp down the inﬂation being caused by ships waiting to dock and a shortage of truck drivers to haul goods. Port o�cials have said some of the bottleneck has since eased, but experts note it will take a long time before things get back to normal. Silver notes small and mid-size manufacturers who largely produce toys in countries like China are feeling squeezed by the supply chain problems more than larger ones. However, the disruption is also being felt at MGA Entertainment, the American toy giant which makes Bratz! and L.O.L. Surprise! Dolls. Isaac Larian, the company’s CEO, says they’ve only been able to meet 70% of the demand for items because the company is waiting for hundreds of containers full of toys to clear the California ports. “These goods are not going to make it to Christmas,” Larian said. And the toys that are in stores now cost 23% higher than they did last year, he noted. His advice for anyone looking to get a toy is simple: shop now. Despite an earlier planning process, many gift requests for gaming systems and other items submitted to One Simple Wish

have been out of stock, or are facing major shipping delays, said Daniella Gletow, the founder of the organization, which works with social service agencies across the country to facilitate holiday wishes anyone can grant for children in need. “That’s obviously holding up our ability to make sure that we’re going to be able to fulfill all these needs in time for the holidays,” Gletow said. “Because our goal is to get everything out by the week before Christmas.” To avoid further delays, she says the organization is encouraging donors to grant wishes earlier than they have in prior years. Toys for Tots, the nation’s most well known toy donation drive run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve, is not expecting shortages, said David Cooper, the organization’s vice president of operations. He said the organization purchased about $16.5 million worth of toys this spring to mitigate any impact supply chain issues might have on donations. There are concerns more families might register to receive toys from them this year due to higher costs. However, a Toys for Tots spokesperson says early indicators for their holiday collection e�orts point in a positive direction. Some of their donations in the past have gone towards The Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program, which also collects gifts for children and families in need during the holidays. The organization estimates about 5 million gifts are donated each year though the program. Though this year, Kenneth Hodder, Salvation Army’s commissioner, says there are concerns many kids might not receive their gifts on time. “We are encouraging everyone who has generously supported us in the past, and who would like to do so again this year, to shop early and to get those toys to us as quickly as they can,” he said. At the Christian relief charity Samaritan’s Purse, the concerns center around shipping delays. David Thompson, the senior director for the international portion of the group’s “Operation Christmas Child” project, says the organization is aiming to send 9.7 million shoeboxes filled with Christian materials and gifts to children in more than 100 countries. But a shortage of truckers, delivery equipment and other factors have slowed things down. “We have to be flexible,” Thompson said. “But our in-country teams, volunteers and logistical networks are strong. And we’re confident that the program will be carried out at the same level of excellence in scope that it has been in the past.”

December 1, 2021 The Rock River Times.

COVID VACCINES

Omicron brings COVID-19 vaccine inequity ‘home to roost’ BY MARIA CHENG AND LORI HINNANT ASSOCIATED PRESS

LONDON (AP) — The emergence of the new omicron variant and the world’s desperate and likely futile attempts to keep it at bay are reminders of what scientists have warned for months: The coronavirus will thrive as long as vast parts of the world lack vaccines. The hoarding of limited COVID-19 shots by rich countries — creating virtual vaccine deserts in many poorer ones — doesn’t just mean risk for the parts of the world seeing shortages; it threatens the entire globe. That’s because the more the disease spreads among unvaccinated populations, the more possibilities it has to mutate and potentially become more dangerous, prolonging the pandemic for everyone. “The virus is a ruthless opportunist, and the inequity that has characterized the global response has now come home to roost,” said Dr. Richard Hatchett, CEO of CEPI, one of the groups behind the U.N.backed COVAX shot-sharing initiative. Perhaps nowhere is the inequality more evident than in Africa, where under 7% of the population is vaccinated. South African scientists alerted the World Health Organization to the new omicron variant last week, though it may never be clear where it ﬁrst originated. Researchers are now rushing to determine whether it is more infectious or able to evade current vaccines. COVAX was supposed to avoid such inequality — but instead the initiative is woefully short of shots and has already abandoned its initial goal of 2 billion doses. Even to reach its scaled-back target of distributing 1.4 billion doses by the end of 2021, it must ship more than 25 million doses every day. Instead, it has averaged just over 4 million a day since the beginning of October, with some days dipping below 1 million, according to an Associated Press analysis of the shipments. Shipments in recent days have ramped up, but nowhere near the amount needed. Meanwhile, richer nations often have a glut of shots, and many are now o�ering boosters — something the WHO has discouraged because every booster is essentially a dose that is not going to someone who’s never even gotten their ﬁrst shot. Despite the U.N. health agency’s appeal to countries to declare a moratorium on booster shots until the

end of the year, more than 60 countries are now administering them. “What it highlights are the continuing and fundamental risks to everyone associated with not seriously addressing the inequalities still at play globally in the ﬁght against disease and poor health,” said Dr. Osman Dar, director of the One Health Project at the Chatham House think tank. Anna Marriott, health policy manager for Oxfam, said COVAX was limited from the outset after being pushed to the back of the vaccine queue by rich countries. “The COVAX team may be delivering as fast as they can, but they can’t deliver vaccines they haven’t got,” Marriott said. Just 13% of vaccines COVAX contracted for and 12% of promised donations have actually been delivered, according to calculations by the International Monetary Fund from mid-November. About a third of the vaccines dispensed by COVAX have been donations, according to the vaccine alliance known as Gavi, and the initiative is now partly a clearinghouse for those donated doses, the very situation it was set up to avoid. Last week, COVAX sent out a news release praising a European Union pledge to ship 100 million vaccines to Africa by the end of the year — but only 1/20 of that amount was actually on planes. Asked about the logistical challenges of distributing the other 94 million doses in only six weeks, Aurelia Nguyen, managing director of COVAX maintained that arrangements “are in place to move a vast number of doses between now and the end of the year.” In a statement, she said the issue was ensuring that “conditions are right on the ground for doses to be administered.” In minutes released ahead of an executive meeting this week, Gavi fretted that the perception that rich countries are dumping older or lesser vaccines on poor countries could undermine the whole project. On Monday, in a joint statement with WHO and the African Union among others, it admonished that “the majority of the donations to date have been ad hoc, provided with little notice and short shelf lives.” Fury over dose dumping is already very real. In Malawi and South Sudan, tens of thousands of out-of-date doses were destroyed. But it’s not just getting the vaccines into poorer countries that’s a problem, according to some experts. COVAX is “falling short on getting vaccines from

the (airport) tarmac into people’s arms,” said Dr. Angela Wakhweya, senior director for health equity and rights at CARE. Authorities in Congo, for instance, returned their entire COVAX shipment this summer when they realized they would not be able to administer doses before they expired. In a “risk management” report on COVAX, Gavi warned that “poor absorption” of vaccines by developing countries could lead to “wastage” of some doses. One problem is logistics — just getting the doses in the right country at the right time. But just as important is the ability of often underfunded national health systems to distribute the shots where they’re most needed, along with syringes and other necessary gear. A third issue is persuading sometimes hesitant people to get the vaccines. World Health Organization DirectorGeneral Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, however, has disputed distribution is a problem, saying the only obstacle to immunization in poor countries is supply. Most COVAX doses distributed so far have been AstraZeneca’s vaccine, a shot that has yet to be authorized in the U.S. and whose botched rollout in Europe helped fuel anti-vaccine sentiment when the vaccine was linked to rare blood clots. The vaccines mostly used in the U.S. and much of Europe — made by PﬁzerBioNTech and Moderna — have only been available in tiny amounts via COVAX.

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The U.S., which blocked vaccine sales overseas and exports of key ingredients for months, has donated 275 million doses in all, more than any other country, but the vast majority of the Biden administration’s 1.1 billion pledge has a deadline of September 2022. The European Union, which has in general allowed vaccines manufactured in the bloc to be sold anywhere in the world, has actually delivered about a third of its 500 million promised doses. E�orts to ramp up global production beyond a select group of manufacturers have stalled, which many activists and scientists blame on pharmaceutical companies’ opposition to waive intellectual property rights for the highly lucrative vaccines. COVAX’s failure to deliver anywhere close to enough vaccines has led some to wonder if it’s worth the e�ort to ﬁght for the shots, given that the pandemic has so far not devastated Africa as many had initially feared — and has often been the worst in richer nations. That’s a strategy few public health o�cials would endorse. “I think what Africa could do to really shame the world is to stop asking for vaccines,” said Christian Happi, a Nigerian virologist who sat on the scientiﬁc advisory board of CEPI. “The vaccines have not arrived, and anyways it may turn out that we don’t need them as much as the West.”

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Landmark Ornament Collection

Elk’s Lodge added to the Rockford Landmark Ornament Collection From Doc Slafkosky

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The historic downtown Elk’s Lodge #64, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, has been selected as the new addition to the hand-painted Rockford Landmark Ornament Collection for 2021 at J.R. Kortman Center for Design. The building, which stands on the corner of North Main and Jefferson Streets, was built in 1913 and designed by the successful and influential Chicago architect Lawrence. P. Buck. “T he b eaut i f u l a nd enda ngere d downtown Elk’s Club is not only a local landmark, but is is one of America’s treasures,” says Doc Slafkosky, co-owner of J.

R. Kortman. “The building’s architecture is definitely inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement that took place around the turn of the 19th to 20th century.” The Elk’s Club ornament image was based on a painting by Rockford artist Rebecca Dow ning Pelley who was inspired by a 1920’s vintage post card of the building. Also added this year in the Landmark collection is a new edition of Symbol sculpture by Alexander Liberman, “The Rockford “Symbol” in Sinnissippi Park along the river is by far the best selling ornament of all other buildings and places that have been made into ornaments since we started commissioning

them back in 1997,” said Jerry Kortman. “It really has become Rockford’s definitive landmark!” Besides the Elk’s Club and the new Symbol, other ornaments in the collection include the Rockford Armory, which is also a National Landmark along with two different ornaments of the Coronado Performing Arts Center. Rock ford L andmark Or nament Collection also includes the Embassy Suites Hotel, Prairie Street Brewhouse, East and West High Schools, St. Anthony Church, two views of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Laurent House, a special edition of Memorial Hall, the Beattie Park Gazebo, the Faust Landmark Building, the “Y” Log

Lodge, Burpee Natural History Museum, Anderson Gardens, and Midway Theater Building. In addition to the Swedish Historical Society’s Erlander Home, other historic houses in the collection include the “Limestone Mansion,” home to the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, and the “Cobblestone House,” located at 2127 Broadw ay, one of Rockford’s oldest houses. All the Landmark ornament images are individually hand-painted on the inside of a glass sphere, utilizing an ancient Chinese technique originally applied to “snuff” bottles. Each collectable ornament is a miniature work of art.

Gotham Awards

‘The Lost Daughter’ wins big at 31st Gotham Awards By Jake Coyle

Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Elena Ferrante adaptation “The Lost Daughter” won four Gotham Awards including best feature film at the 31st Gotham Awards, the annual New York independent film celebration that serves as a boozy kickoff to Oscar season. Gyllenhaal won breakthrough director and best screenplay for her directorial debut, and star Olivia Colman shared the award for outstanding lead performance with Frankie Faison, “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain,” a drama based on the 2011 police shooting in White Plains, New York. “The Lost Daughter,” a Netflix release, opens in theaters Dec. 17. As one of the first stops in the long march to the Oscars, Monday evening’s Gothams was the first real attempt since the pandemic began to summon all the season’s usual glitz and pomp. Stars including Kristen Stewart, Tessa Thompson and Dakota Johnson walked the red carpet. Inside the crowded banquet hall, attendees were required to provide proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test. Last year’s Gotham Awards (where “Nomadland” won the top award) was held virtually, with winners accepting awards by Zoom and an online poker platform

deployed to digitally sit guests at tables. This year, even with the recent discovery of the omicron variant spooking a film industry still trying to rebound from the pandemic, the Gothams got back to normal – even while tweaking traditions. For the first time, the Gothams were presented without gendered acting categories. While the season’s top award shows – the Oscars, the Emmys, the Tonys – haven’t yet embraced such a move, the Gothams are part of a growing number of awards bodies, including the Grammys and the MTV Film and TV Awards, to ditch “best actor” and “best actress.” Several times during Monday night’s show that was applauded. Ethan Hawke, a co-winner for his performance in the series “The Good Lord Bird,” said he never understood the separate categories in the first place. “True talent shines through the divisions meant to separate us,” said “Billions” actor Asia Kate Dillon, a presenter, who identifies as nonbinary. Other borders seemed to disintegrate at the Gothams, once a more narrow celebration of independent film. Among the series winners was Netflix’s “Squid Game,” the pop-culture sensation that has been watched for more than 2 billion hours, according to the streaming service. At the

Gothams, speeches have often exalted the hard work and sometimes lesser-seen rewards of indie film. “CODA,” the celebrated coming-of-age drama about a hearing daughter in a deaf family, won several awards. Troy Kotsur, the veteran deaf actor who plays the film’s fisherman father, won outstanding supporting performance. Emilia Jones, who stars as the daughter, won breakthrough performer. After an award-winning debut at a virtual Sundance Film Festival, the film’s awards hopes had seemed to lag somewhat after a muted streaming debut on Apple TV+ in August. But the Gothams gave “CODA” a boost. “First off, I’m absolutely handless right now,” Kotsur said through sign language, shaking his hands. Nominees and winners (except for best film) are chosen by juries for the Gothams. In a few categories, they elected multiple winners – like for outstanding lead performance where Colman and Faison both won from a pool of 10 nominees. Other winners included Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s intimate epic “Drive My Car” for best international film and Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s “Flee,” an animated film about an Afghanistan migrant’s life, for best documentary. But the Gothams also trot out a number

of tribute awards, some of them going to a handful of filmmakers and performers expected to play starring roles throughout awards season. Those included honors for Jane Campion, director of “The Power of the Dog”; Stewart for her performance at Princess Diana in “Spencer”; Peter Dinklage for the upcoming “Cyrano”; and the cast of Jeymes Samuel’s Black Western “The Harder They Fall.” Often, the tribute introductions are as dramatic as the acceptance speeches. “Spencer” director Pablo Larrain, alongside Julianne Moore, told Stewart that she changed his life and called her “a miracle of cinema.” “I feel so visible to him,” Stewart said. Dinklage, introduced with exuberance by Hawke (“If he was British, he’d be a knight”), stood aside and went “off-podium” for his speech because, he noted, the lectern was too high for him. “The podium, not me,” he said. “Although...” But Dinklage, who plays Cyrano de Bergerac in the film, spoke warmly about his life in movies and his love of “you tribe of weirdos.” “When it’s good, it’s not precious,” said Dinklage of acting. “It’s work.”

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Final garden tasks for December BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

December in Northern Illinois can still provide you with the ability to complete those fall tasks that were delayed. While planting a cover crop or starting seeds in the garden would not work, there are certain tasks that could potentially occur based on the lack of snow cover and mild air temperatures. You may still have the ability to plant garlic. While it should be planted by the end of October, your growing area may not be frozen just yet and have the ability

to plant garlic cloves. Cloves should be planted 3-6 inches down a row and double their height in the soil. You should cover your garlic with 4-6 inches of mulch (straw, shredded leaves). While you are covering your garlic beds, plan to cover your other garden beds. Leaving these exposed to the elements may increase loss of good soil benefits. Adding a mulch layer will help with weed control in the spring and break down into the soil for good benefits. Shredded leaves work well here and could be combined with aged manure/finished compost to

enhance breaking down into the soil. You are a couple of weeks away from pruning your fruit trees. These trees need to enter dormancy in order for you to do any pruning. As a reminder, your goal is to remove between 30-40% of the tree limbs each year. Depending on the age and height of the tree, this may be a lot or very little. With pruning, the goal is to help the tree produce better quality of fruit which is enhanced when you are pruning the fruit trees in a certain shape. For apples-pears, you are looking to create a Christmas tree type shape

with a central leader while stone fruit (peach, plums, cherry) are best with an open-center. I’ll have more overview on pruning in the next month. This could be a good time to assess your current seed packets as the seed catalogues are coming in the mail for 2022. I already received two of them in the last week. A seed packet you used in 2021 should still be good for 2022. If it’s 3-4 years old, it may be time to purchase new seeds if there is a particular variety you like. Grant is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Electrify Everything BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL

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We did not expect much progress from COP26 meetings since the countries involved are dealing with COVID and stressed national budgets. After roughly 60 years of collecting data on the dangers of climate change and the calamities occurring in the natural world inﬂuenced by accumulations of carbon, the world’s response has yet to reach the level science indicates is needed to curtail its worst impacts. In his book Electrify Saul Gri�th presents an optimist’s playbook for our clean energy future. He suggests an appropriate role for the United States is to implement a model of what would be involved in a cleaner energy future to demonstrate to the global community what is possible to do and how it could be done. It is a solution based on faith in a technological solution. His basic message is to electrify everything to ﬁght climate change while creating millions of new jobs and providing a healthier environment. As many others have suggested Gri�th also calls for an e�ort similar to the mobilization implemented for WWII which established

America’s ability to quickly reorganize its industrial base to provide the essential resources and materials. The analogy to what was done to ﬁght WWII lacks the emotional intensity which drove the war e�ort. To date the existing dramatic impacts of climate change have generated support for addressing the issue but failed to move nations to implement a vigorous response. The heart of the WWII e�ort was the focus on dramatically scaling up needed technologies for the war. Griffith’s climate plan relies on building and installing existing technologies at a scale needed for a successful transition to carbon free sources of energy. With roughly 80% of our energy consumption relying on fossil fuels he suggests we should focus our e�orts on electrifying everything. For households, electric solutions involve rooftop solar, heat pumps and electric vehicles. Purchasing electrically powered appliances would also be integral to a household transition. New ﬁ nancing mechanisms such as climate loans would be needed to spread the cost of the transition and lower upfront costs similar to methods used to purchase cars. The

cost of needed investments could be paid for with the savings from using cheap electrical power. Electrifying everything would necessitate a massive buildup of generation and transmission facilities as demand for electricity would increase by three to four times the existing level. However such an intensive buildup is meeting public resistance which could slow a rapid transition to electrifying everything. A point well taken is the fact that many of our national, state and local policies facilitate reliance on fossil fuels which would require eliminating and rewriting rules to favor zero carbon energy solutions. While desirable, achieving such a change would need the support of an aroused public and political leadership. His optimistic perspective relies on claiming, as Amory Lovins has long claimed, that there is no need to sacriﬁce any of the existing American lifestyle to implement an energy transition. They have both expressed the potential of cutting American energy consumption by 50% through relying on technological solutions which would eliminate our reliance on fossil fuels. While Gri�th envisions a possible nuclear component

Lovins continuous to portray it as a bad choice. Gri�th indicated he chose an optimistic approach to climate change in the belief that an approach based on sacrifice would not garner su�cient public support. Yet sacrifice including the lives lost and injuries su�ered down to the level of reduced availability of consumer goods for public consumption along with successful recycling programs was integral to the Allies winning WW 11. There are interesting and appealing ideas in Gri�th’s call to electrify everything while providing a pathway toward a far less carbon intensive economy. But while appealing, electrifying everything may not prove su�cient to meeting the environmental, energy, economic and social justice issues adversely impacting the planet and its inhabitants. What we did not see addressed in Gri�th’s book is the amount of fossil fuel energy and other resources needed to build and install a net-zero economy. In our attempts to move toward sustainability we are left to wonder how much additional damage will be inflicted on the biosphere and its inhabitants in the process.

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Public Notices n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a clothes business in said County and State under the name of “Crazy Love Ent” at the following post office addresses: 2725 19th St., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Dwashnique Thompson SIGNED: Dwashnique Thompson 11/15/21

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21790R TRRT 12/1 n n n AADDITIONAL STORAGE 7319 N. Alpine Rd. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-297-7803 NOTICE OF SALE The personal properties stored by: (A33) Jared Rigsby, (A45) Karen Dobbs, (B2) Arthur Dacanay, (B19) Geraldine Davenport. Located at 7319 N. Alpine Road, Loves Park, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold through an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com on 12/22/2021, to enforce the owner’s lien thereon. If not sold, the property will be otherwise disposed of. Property includes household goods and many personal items. 21813R TRRT 12/1 n n n NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart to satisfy a lien on DECEMBER 16TH, 2021 at www.storagetreasures.com. Online Bids START approximately 14 days prior to the final sale date listed above at the stores listed below at the approximate times listed below: Online Bids END Approx. 11:00AM at CubeSmart #6146, 7511 Vandiver Road, Rockford, Illinois 61112 (815) 277-4051: CUBE H48, DEBORAH GATES; CUBE H9, JEFFREY ELIAS; CUBE K41, THOMAS ELLIS; CUBE L16, KIM WESSNER; CUBE L19, RUTH SMITH; CUBE L5, TRACEY RANGEL; CUBE P15, TRACEY RANGEL. Online Bids END Approx. 11:00AM at CubeSmart #5754, 3780 E. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108 (815) 668-0010: CUBE 189, KIMBERLY PARADIS; CUBE 190, JUDI EDWARDS. Online Bids END Approx. 11:30AM at CubeSmart #6150, 4548 American Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109 (815) 277-4049: CUBE 709, KIARA BROWN; CUBE A21, RUTH CARRILLO; CUBE B36, PATRICIA M SUNNY; CUBE 1417, PAMELA HALE; CUBE 1916, TRACEY RANGEL; CUBE 3229, JASMINE DANIELS; CUBE 3417, AIJA PENIX; CUBE 4272, TIFFANY ELLIS. Online Bids END Approx. 11:30AM at CubeSmart #6153, 4560 Stenstrom Road, Rockford, Illinois 61109 (815) 277-4049: CUBE S144, JEROME EGILSKE. Online Bids END Approx. 12:00PM at CubeSmart #6152, 3015 North Main Street, Rockford, Illinois 61103 (815) 2774054: CUBE A133, GREGORY A. HULLMANN; CUBE A138, ESTATE OF MAE B GREGORY; CUBE A3, SANDRA NICKLOS; CUBE A30, SHINISHA WILSON HARRINGTON; CUBE B238, TIFFANY DAVIS; CUBE B250, GREGORY A. HULLMANN; CUBE B277, JENNIFER MYERS; CUBE B320, TABITHA JACOBS; CUBE B329, DONNA DELVEAUX; CUBE B331, ALBERTA WALKER; CUBE B332, AARON MOORE; CUBE B51, RICHARD PRYMER; CUBE B91, MADISEN PETERSON. Online Bids END Approx. 12:30PM at CubeSmart #6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 2774052: CUBE 412A, ADRIENNE MARRIETT; CUBE 314, STEVE PATTERSON; CUBE 222, SHANEKA SMITH; CUBE 475, JANIE BOYER; CUBE 211B, ALEXIS CROSSER;

CUBE 310G, JUSTIN MCKAY; CUBE 215C, NATHANIEL JOHNSON; CUBE 228, ALOIS HARTMANN; CUBE 529, ERIC ALDERMAN. Online Bids END Approx. 1:00PM at Cubesmart #6148, 4300 Interstate Boulevard, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 (815) 2774053: CUBE 403B, BAILEY VETTORE. 21819R TRRT 12/8 n n n Forshay Storage & Van Co., Inc 9135 N. 2nd St. Roscoe, IL 61073 (815) 877-9905 NOTICE OF SALE Auction: To satisfy a lien for non-payment of rent and other charges at Forshay Storage & Van Co. Inc, will hold a public sale to dispose of all contents of the following units, including personal property and household goods: Brett Dunaway Unit 17, Josh Reed Unit 66, Ray Thompson Unit 125. Sale will be conducted after December 15, 2021 online at storageauctions.com 21820R TRRT 12/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: KEVIN L. BASS, Deceased. CASE NO: 2021 P 563 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of KEVIN L. BASS. Letters of Office were issued on November 12, 2021 to Latosha Bass, Administrator, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is BRIAN K. LARKIN, ONE COURT PLACE, SUITE 301, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 1, 2022, 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 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED November 23, 2021 /s/ Latosha Bass Latosha Bass Brian K. Larkin Attorney at Law One Court Place, Suite 301 Rockford, IL 61101 815-964-4601 Brian@blarkinlaw.com 21821R TRRT 12/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION In re the Estate of JOYCE BLAIR, Deceased Case No. 21 P 393 CLAIMS NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOYCE BLAIR. Letters of Office were issued on September 21, 2021 to CASSANDRA JO BLAIR, whose address is 116 East 5th Street, Pecatonica, IL 61063, as Independent Administrator of the Estate. The attorney of record for the Estate is David F. Monteleone of Fisk & Monteleone Ltd., 308

West State St., Ste. 210, Rockford, IL 61101. Claims may be filed on or before June 1, 2022, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated shall be barred. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit https://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. 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, Illinois 61101, or with the Independent Administrator, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Independent Administrator and to the attorney for the estate within ten days after it has been filed. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court. Dated: November 23, 2021 CASSANDRA JO BLAIR, Independent Administrator By: /s/ David F. Monteleone Fisk & Monteleone Ltd. 308 W. State St.; Suite 210 Rockford, Illinois 61101 (815) 962-0044 eService@RockfordInjuryHelp.com Atty. No. 6208832 21822R TRRT 12/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY CHRIS KAEDING BUILDERS, INC., Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL A. CLOSE, DEBRA S. CLOSE, U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR LOAN ACQUISITION TRUST 2017-RPL1, UNKNOWN OWNERS, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN NECESSARY PARTIES, Defendants, Case No: 2021 CH 183 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown Necessary Parties, Defendants in the above-entitled cause, that the above-entitled Mechanic’s Lien Foreclosure action was filed on November 22, 2021, and is now pending. 1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above. 2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above. 3. The names of the titleholders of record are Michael A. Close and Debra S. Close. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Lot Three (3) as designated upon the Plat of LaMadera Subdivision

of part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 13, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian and of part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 18, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 27 of Plats on Page 15 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, EXCEPTING THEREFROM the following described parcel, to-wit: Beginning at the Northwest corner of Lot Three (3) in La Madera Subdivision, as recorded in the Office of the Winnebago County Recorder in Book 27, Page 15; thence North 90 degrees 00’ 00” East, 171.73 feet, on an assumed bearing, along the North line of said Lot Three (3), to the Northeast corner of said Lot Three (3); thence South 0 degrees 02’ 23” West, 17.69 feet along the East line of said Lot Three (3); thence South 90 degrees 00’ 00” West, 171.73 feet to the West line of said Lot Three (3), said point being South 0 degrees 02’ 23” East, 17.69 feet along the West line of said Lot Three (3), from the point of beginning; thence North along the West lot line 17.69 feet to the point of beginning; situated in Winnebago County, Illinois and State of Illinois. 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 2615 Cerro Vista Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61107 6. An identification of the Mechanic’s Lien sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Debtor: Michael A. Close b. Name of Contractor: Chris Kaeding Builders, Inc. c. Date of Recording: March 9, 2020 d. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County e. Recording Document Identification: 20201006513 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, Unknown Owners, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown Necessary Parties, Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial District, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104 on or before the February 28, 2022, default may be entered against you and each of you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint for Foreclosure. Chris Kaeding Builders, Inc., Plaintiff Amy L. Silvestri ARDC 06210065 Silvestri Law Office Attorney for Plaintiff 2208 Charles Street Rockford, Illinois 61104 815-227-0700 amy@silvestri-law.com 21823R TRRT 12/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF: LARRY G. DYE, Deceased. Case No. 2021 P 577 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Larry G. Dye. Letters of Office were issued on November 22, 2021 to Marlene A. Dye, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Debra A. Delia, Oliver Close, LLC, 124 N.

Water Street, Suite 300, P.O. Box 4749, Rockford, IL 61110-4749. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 24, 2022, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Dated: November 22, 2021 Marlene A. Dye, Independent Administrator Debra A. Delia, ARDC #6195886 OLIVER CLOSE, LLC 124 N. Water Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 4749 Rockford, IL 61110-4749 Telephone: 815-963-0009 Telefax: 815-963-0339 ddelia@oliverclose.com 21824R TRRT 12/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION ESTATE OF: CHARLES LAURENCE FINCH, Deceased. No. 2021 P 559 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Charles Laurence Finch. Letters of Office were issued on November 12, 2021 to Heather L. Finch and Michelle L. Finch, who are the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Debra A. Delia, Oliver Close, LLC, 124 N. Water Street, Suite 300, P.O. Box 4749, Rockford, IL 61110-4749. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 1, 2022, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Dated: November 24, 2021 Heather L. Finch and Michelle L. Finch, Independent Co-Administrators with the Will Annexed Debra A. Delia, ARDC #6195886 OLIVER CLOSE, LLC 124 N. Water Street, Suite 300 P.O. Box 4749 Rockford, IL 61110-4749 Telephone: 815-963-0009 Telefax: 815-963-0339 ddelia@oliverclose.com 21825R TRRT 12/15 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: INGEBORG ROCKWELL,

Deceased. CASE NO. 21-P-431 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of INGEBORG ROCKWELL. Letters of Office were issued on the 16th day of September 2021, to Irene H. Dyer, 1560 Red Oak Lane, Rockford, IL 61107, 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 June 1, 2022, 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: November 29, 2021 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 21826R TRRT 12/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: LANAESHA TANNIA MOSES Current Name Case Number 21-MR-872 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Lanaesha Tannia Moses to the new name of: Lavon Timothy Moses. The court date will be held: on January 19, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Lanaesha Tannia Moses Current Name 21827R TRRT 12/15 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: RICARDO LOPEZ CRUZ, Petitioner, vs. PAMELA IRINA BECERRIL CRUZ, Respondent. Case No. 21-D-764 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Pamela Irina Becerril Cruz that Petitioner Ricardo Lopez Cruz has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and other relief in the above-captioned cause of action. You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise appear on or before January 3, 2022, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Ricardo Lopez Cruz, Petitioner 21828R TRRT 12/15 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 craft and retail boutique business in said County and State under the name of AR Workshop Rockford at the following post office addresses: 5219 Gingeridge Lane, Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Diann Panozzo SIGNED: Diann Panozzo 11/23/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21829R TRRT 12/15 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 gallery business in said County and State under the name of Gold Rose Tattoo Gallery at the following post office addresses: 3800 E. State St., Ste. 101, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Justin Rednour; Joseph Shableau; Joshua Bauer SIGNED: Justin Rednour 11/23/21 SIGNED: Joseph Shableau 11/23/21 SIGNED: Joshua Bauer 11/23/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21830R TRRT 12/15 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a beauty supplies business in said County and State under the name of Sadie Red’s at the following post office addresses: 3912 Louisiana Rd., Apt. #1, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Sharde Evans SIGNED: Sharde Evans 11/22/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21831R TRRT 12/15 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 automotive part sales business in said County and State under the name of 815 LSX Swaps at the following post office addresses: 1033 Windbourne Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Eric White SIGNED: Eric White 11/22/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 21832R TRRT 12/15

December 1, 2021 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.DONNA KESSLER et al Defendant 2021-CH-0000034 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 23, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 28, 2021, 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 ELEVEN (11) IN BLOCK THIRTEEN (13) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF RIVERSIDE ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD; SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1612 CAMP AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-13307-014 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. 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 condomini-

um unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-20-06265 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2021-CH0000034 TJSC#: 41-2658 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 # 2021-CH-0000034 I3180628 P21773R TRRT 12/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS MIDLAND STATES BANK, Plaintiff, vs. AMC DEVELOPMENT LLC, ANTHONY J. CAPRIOLA, SR., CITY OF ROCKFORD, ROCK RIVER RECLAMATION DISTRICT, and UNKNOWN OWNERS & NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No. 2021-CH-0000173 NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE (FOR PUBLICATION) NOTICE is given to Unknown Owners and Non-record Claimants, of the following-described real estate, that the above-entitled mortgage foreclosure action has been commenced and is now pending, and the day on or after which a default may be entered against said Defendants is December 20, 2021. The title of the court, the title of the case, the name of the first named plaintiff and the first named defendant, and the number of the case are identified above. The name of the title holder of record is: AMC Development LLC. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows:

Lot 2 as designated upon Plat No. 2 of Forest Plaza, being a re-subdivision of part of Lot 4 of Plat No. 1 of Forest Plaza and being a subdivision of part of the Northwest 1/4 of Section 27, Township 44 North, Range 2, East of the Third Principal Meridian, the plat of which first named subdivision is recorded in Book 39 of Plats on Page 115A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois. Common address or location of mortgaged property is 6445 E. State Street, Rockford, IL 61108; Permanent Index Number is 1227-126-002. 5) An identification of the mortgages sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of mortgagee: Alpine Bank & Trust Co. n/k/a Midland States Bank b. Name of Lien: Mortgage c. Date of mortgage and modification: July 1, 2009 and January 1, 2020 d. Names of mortgagors: AMC Development LLC e. Date and place of recordings: July 8, 2009 and August 31, 2020; Winnebago County Recorder’s Office f. Identification of recordings: Document No. 200900936128 and 20201025234 Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois Jeffrey M. Glass - 6206976 Michael G. Cortina - 6255782 Amber L. Bishop - 6309698 SmithAmundsen, LLC Attorney for Midland States Bank 475 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Suite C1 Crystal Lake, IL 60014 (815) 337-4900 Telephone (815) 337-4910 Facsimile mcortina@salawus.com abishop@salawus.com jglass@salawus.com 21787R TRRT 12/1 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: BRYANNA MARIE PIERCE-MORGAN Current Name Case Number 21-MR-945 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Bryanna Marie Pierce-Morgan to the new name of: Bryanna Marie Morgan. The court date will be held: on January 12, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Bryanna Pierce-Morgan Current Name 21789R TRRT 12/1 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 FRANCES M. BUROS, Deceased. Case No.: 2021-P-561 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of FRANCES M. BUROS of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on November 12, 2021, to DAVID E. BUROS of Maricopa, AZ, whose attorney is Marcia L. Mueller, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 17, 2022, 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 Clerk of the Circuit Court at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Probate Division, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representatives, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representatives and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. /s/ David E. Buros DAVID E. BUROS, Independent Executor of the Estate of FRANCES M. BUROS, Deceased PREPARED BY: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP Marcia L. Mueller, ARDC #3122098 100 Park Avenue Rockford, Illinois 61101 815-490-4919 mmueller@hinshawlaw.com 21791R TRRT 12/1 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a online shop – handcraft accessories and gifts business in said County and State under the name of Ember Crafthouse at the following post office addresses: 5035 Welsh Rd., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Luis Hermosillo SIGNED: Luis Hermosillo 11/12/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21809R TRRT 12/8 n n n MACHESNEY MINI WAREHOUSES 11330 N. 2nd St. Machesney Park, IL 61115 815-297-7803 NOTICE OF SALE The personal properties stored by: (3) Audrey Clark-Dodson, (19) Todd Kelley, (26) Michael Tipton, (35) Ambrosia Doyle, (42) David and Candice Fitz, (58) Dayna Hammack, (115) David and Candice Fitz, (132) Jodie Bell, (202) Kristen Smith. Located at 11330 N. 2nd St., Machesney Park, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold through an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com on 12/22/2021, to enforce the owner’s lien thereon. If not sold, the property will be otherwise disposed of. Property includes household goods and many personal items. 21812R TRRT 12/1 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR THE ADOPTION OF: FERNANDO OLGUIN-MONTESDEOCA, Minor, CASE NO.: 2021 AD 121 ADOPTION PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: SALVADOR OLGUIN-GALLEGOS AND ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Take notice that a petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Rockford, Illinois, for the adoption of child Fernando Olguin-Montesdeoca. Now, therefore, unless you, and all whom it may concern, file your

answer to the Petition in said action, or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Room 459, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 31st day of December 2021, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment order entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. Dated, November 17, 2021, Rockford, Illinois Thomas A. Klein, Circuit Clerk Prepared by: Attorney for Petitioners Bradley R. Tengler, #6301019 Law Office of Bradley R. Tengler, P.C. 728 North Court Street Rockford, IL 61103 Phone: (815) 997-5200 Fax: (815) 997-5129 brad@tenglerlaw.com 21778R TRRT 12/1 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: NELS WILLIAM HORNEY Current Name Case Number 21-MR-931 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Nels William Horney to the new name of: Nels William Horneij. The court date will be held: on January 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Nels Horney Current Name 21776R TRRT 12/1 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: ULDUZ KHIDIRZADE, Petitioner, vs. ORKHAN KHIDIROV, Respondent. Case No. 21-D-631 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Orkhan Khidirov that Petitioner Ulduz Khidirzade has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and other relief in the above-captioned cause of action. You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise appear on or before December 20, 2021, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Ulduz Khidirzade, Petitioner 21785R TRRT 12/1 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 R.V. rental similar to a mobile Air Bed & Breakfast business in said County and State under the name of Make Your Way at the following post office addresses: 12068 Baneberry Dr., #4, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Robert Cure SIGNED: Robert Cure 11/12/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21782R TRRT 12/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY L. KENNEDY,

Deceased. Case No: 2021-P-552 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MARY L. KENNEDY. Letters of Office were issued on November 3, 2021 to STEPHEN N. KENNEDY, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David L. Davitt, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 18, 2022 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of the claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: November 8, 2021 David L. Davitt David L. Davitt - #6206402 Attorney for Estate 4023 Charles Street Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 229-5333 ddavitt@rockriverlaw.com 21780R TRRT 12/1 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLYN M. PETERSON, Deceased. Case No: 2021-P-551 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CAROLYN M. PETERSON. Letters of Office were issued on November 3, 2021to ROBERT A. PETERSON, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is David L. Davitt, 4023 Charles Street, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 18, 2022, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of the claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: November 8, 2021 David L. Davitt David L. Davitt Attorney for Estate 4023 Charles Street Rockford, IL 61108 815-229-5333 ddavitt@rockriverlaw.com 21779R TRRT 12/1 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 Stateline

Cleaning Service at the following post office addresses: 4750 Arvada Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Natalia Michnik SIGNED: Natalia Michnik 11/10/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21784R TRRT 12/1 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF: AURELIA FERRO, Deceased. No. 2021-P-291 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Aurelia Ferro. Letters of Office were issued on September 29, 2021 to Daniel Ferro 622 Dickerson Drive, Winnebago, IL 61088, who is the legal Executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Nancy Grimme Schilling, Schilling Law, LLC, 973 Featherstone Road, Suite 350, Rockford, IL 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 25, 2022, 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 ClerkProbate 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: November 12, 2021 DANIEL FERRO, Executor By: Schilling Law, LLC By: /s/ Nancy Grimme Schilling Nancy Grimme Schilling Schilling Law, LLC By: Nancy Grimme Schilling 973 Featherstone Road, Suite 350 Rockford, Il 61107 Phone: (815) 977-5000 Fax: (815) 977-5742 nancyschilling@schilling-law.com 21775R TRRT 12/1 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: MUYASSAR HASSAN, Petitioner, vs. HASSAN AL NAMANI, Respondent. Case No. 21-D-815 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Hassan Al Namani that Petitioner Muyassar Hassan has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and other relief in the above-captioned cause of action. You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise appear on or before December 20, 2021, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Muyassar Hassan, Petitioner 21777R TRRT 12/1 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS,

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a food trailer (restaurant) business in said County and State under the name of Slide-N-Eats at the following post office addresses: 2216 Montana Ave., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Melvin Drye; Jason Aube SIGNED: Melvin Drye 11/9/21 SIGNED: Jason Aube 11/9/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21781R TRRT 12/1 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 freelance writing business in said County and State under the name of The Third Degree at the following post office addresses: 1979 Harlem Blvd., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: John Borling SIGNED: John Borling 11/15/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21792R TRRT 12/1 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: CHRISTAL LUCKY PIERCE-MORGAN Current Name Case Number 21-MR-946 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Christal Lucky Pierce-Morgan to the new name of: Christal Lucky Morgan. The court date will be held: on January 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Christal Pierce-Morgan Current Name 21788R TRRT 12/1 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 natural hair and skin products manufacturing and sale business in said County and State under the name of Fina Cosmetics Group (DBA Skipper’s Cosmetics) at the following post office addresses: 4863 American Rd., Ste. CD, Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Macodou Sall SIGNED: Macodou Sall 11/10/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21783R TRRT 12/1

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.SANDRA L. SCHMALL et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000390 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 16, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 20, 2021, 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: LOTS NINETEEN (19) AND TWENTY (20) IN BLOCK FIVE (5) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF BEVERLY PARK, A SUBDIVISION LYING IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 16 OF PLATS ON PAGE 26 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2002 BELDEN ST., ROCKFORD, IL 61101 Property Index No. 11-15-106021 (195B116) The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser

of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-06102 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH0000390 TJSC#: 41-1512 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-0000390 I3181663 P21815R TRRT 12/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.JEREMY WATKINS et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000575 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 17, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 20, 2021, 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 FORTY-NINE (49) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 2 OF JAMESTOWN EAST, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE N.W. 1/4 OF THE N.E. 1/4 OF SECTION 12, T. 43 N., R. 1 E. OF THE 3RD P.M, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 35 OF PLATS ON PAGES 159 AND 160 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3505 CAPTAINS COURT, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 15-15-202020 (228A150) The real estate is improved with

a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-08805 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH0000575 TJSC#: 41-1510

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-0000575 I3181664 P21793R TRRT 12/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association as successor by merger of U.S. Bank National Association ND PLAINTIFF Vs. Terry Estes a/k/a James Terrence Estes; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Rosemary Estes; Winnebago County; Stan Lee a/k/a Stanley Lee; Tim Estes a/k/a Timothy Estes; Christine Estes; Robert Huisel; Cathy Estes a/k/a Catherine Estes; Patty Givens a/k/a Patricia Givens; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 2021-CH-0000175 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Rosemary Estes Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 4424 Compton Avenue Rockford, IL 61101 and which said Mortgage was made by: James Estes Rosemary Estes the Mortgagor(s), to U.S. Bank, National Association, N.D., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0710593; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court 400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before December 27, 2021, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-21-03557 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I3181606 P21794R TRRT 12/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, 400 WEST STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF Ronald W. Knauer, DECEASED. 21 P 495 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Letters of office were

issued to, Christine Knauer, 3117 Bavarian Lane, Rockford, Illinois, 61109, as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is Jonathan D. Morton, Golan Christie Taglia, LLP, 70 West Madison Street, Suite 1500, Chicago, Illinois 60602. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, par. 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk. Claims against the estate may be filed with the clerk or with the representative, or both, on or before May 24, 2022, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions. To e-file, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider. Visit http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/service-providers.htm to learn more and to select a service provider. If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp.asp. Jonathan D. Morton Golan Christie Taglia, LLP (6313549) 70 West Madison Street, Suite 1500 Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312)263-2300 I3181749 P21795R TRRT 12/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: LEON TYLER BUNCH Current Name Case Number 21-MR-923 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Leon Tyler Bunch to the new name of: Zion Apollo Rutz. The court date will be held: on January 12, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ Leon Tyler Bunch Current Name 21805R TRRT 12/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS In the Matter of LEWIS E. BLAISING, Decedent. 2021P0000564 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Lewis E. Blaising, of Rockford, Illinois on December 07, 2020. Letters of office were issued on November 12, 2021, to Barbara J. Blaising, 1389 Red Oak Lane, Rockford, IL 61107, as independent executor, whose attorney is TOBIN & RAMON, 530 South State Street; Suite 200, Belvidere, IL 61008-3711. The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under 5/28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4), an interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk -Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, at 400 W. State St. Rockford, IL 61101, or with

the representative, or both, on or before May 25th, 2022, which date is not less than six (6) months from the date of the first publication of this notice, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of any claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. DATED: November 17, 2021 Barbara J. Blaising Independent Executor Tobin & Ramon Attorneys for Petitioner 530 South State Street; Suite 200 Belvidere, IL 61008-3711 (815) 544-0316 mail@tobinramon.com 21800R TRRT 12/8 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DAVID G. PERSONETTE, Deceased. CASE NO. 2021 P 526 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DAVID G. PERSONETTE on September 16, 2021. Letters of Office were issued on November 12, 2021 to ROBBY E. PERSONETTE 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 26, 2022, 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 OfficeProbate 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: 11/17/21 ROBBY E. PERSONETTE, INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 21801R TRRT 12/8 n n n Auto Body Specialists, INC. 3330 Forest View Rd. Rockford, IL 61109 (815) 397-6199 NOTICE OF MECHANIC’S LIEN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on 12/10/21, Auto Body Specialists, INC., 3330 Forest View Rd., Rockford, IL 61109, to liquidate the following articles to enforce a lien existing under the laws of that State of Illinois against such articles for labor, services, skill, or material expended upon a storage furnished for such articles at the request of the following designated persons, unless such articles are redeemed within 3 weeks of the publication of this notice. Inquire at above address or telephone (815)397-6199. Name of Person: Shatana Goodloe Description of Article: 2011 Jaguar XF VIN: SAJWA0FB8BLS01504 Amount of lien: $12,000.00 21802R TRRT 12/8

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: STEVEN PATRICK KNOLL, DECEASED. PROBATE NO. 2021 P 513 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of STEVEN PATRICK KNOLL. Letters of Office were issued on November 10th, 2021 to Danielle Knoll as Administrator of the Estate. The attorney for the Estate is Brent D. Blair, One Court Place, Suite 404, Rockford, Illinois, 61101. Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before May 24, 2022, 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 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the Estate Executor, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office – Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the Executor and to his attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated: November 24, 2021 Attorney Brent D. Blair Danielle Knoll, Administrator PREPARED BY: Brent D. Blair BLAIR LAW OFFICES, P.C. One Court Place, Suite 404 Rockford, Illinois 61101 (815) 962-3427 mbrlawoffice@sbcglobal.net 21803R TRRT 12/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS, IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE OF: STEPHEN THOMAS HADE. WINNEBAGO COUNTY CASE NO. 2021 MR 965 NOTICE TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Name Change was filed in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, for the name change of Stephen Thomas Hade; NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file your appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 19th day of January, 2022, a judgment may be entered at any time following that day, and a judgment order entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. DATED: November 19, 2021 THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Clerk Attorney Jill I. Pierard 6536 Antler Trail Rockford, Illinois 61102 618.910.1849 21804R TRRT 12/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: ERIK WILLIAM EMANUEL DINGUS

Current Name Case Number 21-MR-905 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Erik William Emanuel Dingus to the new name of: Erik William Emanuel Engstrom. The court date will be held: on January 5, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Erik William Emanuel Dingus Current Name 21806R TRRT 12/8 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: MARLENE HUERTAS, Petitioner, vs. JASON LUKE, Respondent. Case No. 21-D-593 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Jason Luke that Petitioner Marlene Huertas has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and other relief in the above-captioned cause of action. You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise appear on or before December 28, 2021, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Marlene Huertas, Petitioner 21807R TRRT 12/8 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 welding and fabrication business in said County and State under the name of Taylor’s Welding and Fabrication at the following post office addresses: 128 Town Line Ave., South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Gage Taylor SIGNED: Gage Taylor 11/17/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 17th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 21808R TRRT 12/8 n n n AADDITIONAL STORAGE NORTHWEST 5070 Spooner Dr. Rockford, IL 61103 815-297-7803 NOTICE OF SALE The personal properties stored by: (54) Keith Francis Jr., and (58) Brooke Acosta, Located at 5070 Spooner Dr. Rockford, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold through an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com on 12/22/2021, to enforce the owner’s lien thereon. If not sold, the property will be otherwise disposed of. Property includes household goods and many personal items. 21811R TRRT 12/1 n n n MORE AADDITIONAL STORAGE 7327 N. Alpine Rd. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-297-7803 NOTICE OF SALE The personal properties stored by: (AS32) Christina Erickson, (AS44) Whitney Curry, (AS61) Kasey Erckfritz, (AS66) Afshan Khan. Located at 7327 N. Alpine Road, Loves Park, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold through an online auction at www.storagetreasures.com on 12/22/2021, to enforce the owner’s lien thereon. If not sold, the property will be otherwise disposed of. Property includes household goods and many personal items. 21814R TRRT 12/1

December 1, 2021 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 custom vehicle conversions business in said County and State under the name of NOVAWAGEN at the following post office addresses: 5640 Oak Village Dr., Roscoe, IL 61073; that

the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tommy Spielmann SIGNED: Tommy Spielmann 11/24/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 24th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21833R TRRT 12/15

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.- DONNA KESSLER et al Defendant 2021-CH-0000034 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 23, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 28, 2021, 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 1612 CAMP AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-13-307-014 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. 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

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 books business in said County and State under the name of New Authors Paradise at the following post office addresses: 1702 Windsor Rd., Ste. 2198, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true

and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Winona Wilson SIGNED: Winona Wilson 11/29/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21835R TRRT 12/15

same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-20-06265 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2021-CH-0000034 TJSC#: 41-2658 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 # 2021-CH-0000034 I3180628 P21773R TRRT 12/1 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.- SANDRA L. SCHMALL et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000390 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 16, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 20, 2021, 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 2002 BELDEN ST., ROCKFORD, IL 61101 Property Index No. 11-15-106-021 (195B116) The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

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 personal Herbalife nutrition business in said County and State under the name of Lina’s Protein Bar at the following post office addresses: 307 Carbaugh Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that

the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Carolina Silva Morales SIGNED: Carolina Silva Morales 11/29/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 21836R TRRT 12/15

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-06102 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH-0000390 TJSC#: 41-1512 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-0000390 I3181663 P21815R TRRT 12/8 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.- JEREMY WATKINS et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000575 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 17, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on December 20, 2021, 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 3505 CAPTAINS COURT, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 15-15-202-020 (228A150) The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the

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 videography business in said County and State under the name of KateJones1121 at the following post office addresses: 1224 Widergren Dr., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of

all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kaitlyn Jones SIGNED: Kaitlyn Jones 11/29/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21834R TRRT 12/15

close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-08805 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH-0000575 TJSC#: 41-1510 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-0000575 I3181664 P21793R TRRT 12/8

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Death Notices Jack Gilbertson 60 Rockford 11/22/2021 Sharon Holdgrafer 71 Rockford 11/22/2021 Marlo Goodrich 80 Rockford 11/22/2021 Joyce Pryor 66 Rockford 11/22/2021 Hosea Stanford 93 Rockford 11/22/2021 John Magnuson 46 Rockford 11/22/2021 Jill Musick 60 Rockford 11/22/2021 Richard Bast 53 Rockford 11/22/2021 Billy Hogue 64 Loves Park 11/22/2021 Shirley Shelton 75 Rockford 11/22/2021 Edward Heal 63 Rockford 11/22/2021 Shirley Johnson 87 Rockford 11/22/2021 Earl Davis 59 Rockford 11/23/2021 Georgia Sams 69 Rockford 11/23/2021 Lucille Bagley 87 Rockford 11/23/2021 Diane Rasmussen 71 Rockford 11/23/2021 John Ainsworth 83 Roscoe 11/23/2021 Malah’ki Lee 15 Rockford 11/23/2021 Dorothy McCollough 73 Rockford 11/23/2021 Ruth Bergquist 67 Rockford 11/24/2021 Laverne Quamme 78 Rockford 11/24/2021 Cindy Palm 64 Rockford 11/24/2021 Brian Lofquist 59 Rockford 11/24/2021 Robert Fromm 76 Rockford 11/24/2021 Bill Dole 69 Rockford 11/24/2021 Gregory Scalise 74 Machesney Park 11/24/2021 Walter Pflaume 65 Rockford 11/24/2021 Kevin Colschen 36 Rockford 11/24/2021 Jessie Cicero 85 Rockford 11/24/2021 Patsy Turner 86 Rockford 11/24/2021 Gerald Lumpkins 92 Rockford 11/24/2021 Joleen Dunavin 46 Rockford 11/24/2021 Joanne Lucarz 73 Rockford 11/24/2021 Betty Keefer 83 Rockford 11/24/2021 Patricia Czerniewski 82 Rockford 11/25/2021 Phillip Speracino 40 Rockford 11/25/2021 Frederick Nelson 70 Rockford 11/25/2021 Shirley Moore 77 Rockford 11/25/2021 Jeanette Clouser 100 Rockford 11/25/2021 Linda Jordan 83 Rockford 11/25/2021 Gloria Torrisi 92 Rockford 11/25/2021 John Poletto 67 Rockton 11/25/2021 Jenel Vaughn 51 Rockford 11/25/2021 Francis Licari 87 Rockford 11/25/2021 Rose Weinman 77 Rockford 11/25/2021 Ronald Wenberg 54 Rockford 11/25/2021 Mary Hertzmer 65 Rockford 11/26/2021 George Anderson 83 Pecatonica 11/26/2021 John Bender 76 Rockford 11/26/2021 Sidney Hensel 79 Loves Park 11/26/2021 Karen Shumate 63 Rockford 11/26/2021 Sandra Corner 61 Rockford 11/26/2021 Adolfo Antonio 87 Rockford 11/26/2021 James Smart 80 Rockford 11/26/2021 Phyllis Sampson 85 Rockford 11/26/2021 Keith Brieltz 86 Rockford 11/26/2021 Marilyn Miller 87 Rockford 11/27/2021 Kayla Nyamekye 74 Rockford 11/27/2021 Carole Dagnon 85 Rockford 11/27/2021 Richard Guffey 77 Rockford 11/27/2021 Richard Sweeney 84 Rockford 11/27/2021 Douglas Bixby 78 Rockford 11/27/2021 Divan Peterson 88 Rockford 11/27/2021 Sarah Frazer 76 Rockford 11/27/2021 Nora Bishop 79 Rockford 11/27/2021 Sheryl Jackson 67 Rockford 11/27/2021 Leona Sacco 100 Roscoe 11/27/2021 Terri Dawson 63 Rockford 11/27/2021 Nicole Gallagher 45 Rockford 11/27/2021 Russell Mitchell 63 Rockford 11/27/2021 Antoinette Gaddie 53 Rockford 11/27/2021 Margaret Jury 94 Rockford 11/28/2021 Beverly Schwater 74 Rockford 11/28/2021 Dorothy Fechter 94 Rockford 11/28/2021 Gayle Myatt 68 Rockford 11/28/2021 Shirley Tinoco 80 Rockford 11/28/2021 Lawrence Fleming 55 Rockford 11/28/2021 Leonard Kinberg 102 Rockford 11/29/2021 Daryl Harmon 90 Loves Park 11/29/2021 Roger Scheidegger 85 Rockford 11/29/2021

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Theme: Happy Holidays

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

SAGITTARIUS, CAPRICORN AND AQUARIUS Horoscope

ARIES

You’ll be in an excellent position to lead some major projects. You’ll also be inspi red to make a few drastic changes at work. Your significant other will be in credibly thoughtful and romantic this week.

TAURUS

You’ll receive some good news about your health or that of a loved one. You’ll also see an unexpected increase in in come. What’s more, you’ll likely improve your worklife balance.

GEMINI

You’ll find yourself the focus of every one’s attention. You might also receive some form of recognition for your achie vements. This will be a source of immense pride and give you a confidence boost.

CANCER

You should keep an eye on what you eat during the holiday season and drink alcohol in moderation. You might expe rience an upset stomach this week.

LEO

You’ll have a lot of errands to run, and your phone won’t stop ringing. You might find yourself shuttling people around more than once. Your loved ones will start inviting you to parties as plans get underway.

VIRGO

You’ll have plenty of ideas for gifts and holiday parties. You’ll need to prepare a budget to assess their feasibility, how ever, so that you’re not tight on cash later. You’ll undoubtedly be very generous.

LIBRA

You’re a spontaneous person. When an idea comes to you, you can basically consider it done. You’ll feel a strong urge to get out of the house and socialize with friends. You’ll also get involved with a charitable cause.

Across 1. Pilgrim’s destination 6. Make a scene 9. Rubik’s puzzle 13. Hawaii environs 14. Toothy fish 15. Cone-shaped dwelling 16. White Swan in “Swan Lake” ballerina 17. ____-Wan Kenobi 18. *Decorate with wreaths and holly, e.g. 19. *Either dessert or source of heat (2 words) 21. *____ Day, or second day of Christmastide 23. Land parcel 24. Strauss of denim fame 25. Broadband access overseer, acr. 28. Clarified butter 30. Acute one and obtuse one 35. Southeastern Asian country 37. Jouster’s breastplate 39. Shrewdness 40. Caspian basin river 41 . * P a s a d e n a’s Tournament of ____

43. Tel ____, Israel 44. Native American emblem 46. “Why not?” 47. Hitchhiker’s quest 48. Omits when speaking 50. Hard to find 5 2 . B e a r ’s w i n t e r quarters 53. Hoodwink 55. Scepter’s partner 57. *Number of days in Christmastide 60. *”Ugly” holiday party garb? 64. Prepare a letter 65. “Bingo!” 67. Hunger for 68. Pass-the-baton race 69. *Cranberry sauce sometimes comes from it 70. Same as tori 71. Raise the roof 72. German river 73. Stall sound Down 1. Whiny and miserable 2. Shade of beige 3. Finish a ceiling, to a

plasterer 4. Marlboro alternative 5. Not digital 6. Bug-eyed 7. Not Uber 8. Social group 9. Ghana monetary unit 10. Second word of many fairytales 11. Cause of Titanic’s demise 12. Poetic “even” 15. Burdensome 20. Not this or that 22. Lab eggs 24. Time off 25. *Champagne holder 26. *Wassailing composition 27. Raccoon’s South American cousin 2 9. Fe e l ing o f superiority, pl. 31. ____ gum, food additive 32. Furiously angry 33. Exclude or omit 34. *Number of candles in kinara, Kwanzaa 36. *Troika vehicle 3 8 . “ W i l l b e ,”

according to Doris 42. Asian goat antelope 45. Potpourri 49. Chevy Suburban, e.g. 51. Builds 54. *Popular holiday wish 56. Munchausen’s title 57. *Bedecked arbor 58. Shakespeare, to his friends? 59. And others, for short 60. Minus 61. Tropical edible root 62. Anon’s partner 63. Take a load off 64. Like some humor 66. *Traditional main holiday dish

SCORPIO

You might be annoyed by your work schedule this holiday season. With a bit of patience and determination, how ever, you’ll manage to pull some strings. You’ll also need to show that you’re driven.

SAGITTARIUS

If you’re feeling on the verge of a burnout, try to get some rest right away. If nothing else, this will give you a clearer picture of your future. You may want to em brace a more spiritual approach to life.

CAPRICORN

It’s not always easy to balance family life and work. Time is in short supply, so you’ll need to manage yours with great care. You’ll also be faced with a variety of unforeseen situations.

AQUARIUS

You’ll have the opportunity to plan a trip with loved ones. You’ll want to do things differently for the holidays, so be sure to get started on the preparations. You’ll finally discover your passion.

PISCES

You’ll try to hide your sensitivity. How ever, your loved ones will be very sup portive if you’re not in the right state of mind. Don’t be afraid to show your emo tions if you need to. Any changes that arise will be for the better.

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