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Illinois Housing Development Authority Executive Director Kristin Faust speaks at an event in Springfield earlier this year. The IHDA announced the opening of the application period for a new round of rental assistance Monday. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Jerry Nowicki)

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Rental Assistance

Application portal opens for new round of Illinois rental assistance $297 million from federal government is available to Illinoisans facing pandemic hardships By Jerry Nowicki

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SPRINGFIELD – The application portal is now open for another $297 million of rental assistance for Illinoisans who lost income due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Illinois Rental Payment Program, or ILRPP, money comes from the federal American Rescue Plan Act signed into law by President Joe Biden in March. It will be administered by the Illinois Housing Development Authority. The application portal is available at illinoishousinghelp.org. To be eligible, a tenant must have an unpaid rent balance on a rental property which is their primary residence. They must have experienced a financial hardship due to the pandemic, have a household income below 80 percent of the Area Median Income and must be an Illinois resident. Proof of citizenship is not required, and assistance is available for renters of state- or federally-subsidized housing. The portal for the latest round of funding

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will be open until 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 9. IHDA said it expects that 32,500 households will receive assistance through this round of funding. Approved applicants will receive one-time grants of up to $25,000, paid directly to their landlords on their behalf, and IHDA said it would begin releasing funding by the end of the year. The launch date was pushed back one month from the initial November date announced by Gov. JB Pritzker so that the portal could undergo additional testing. A spokesperson for IHDA said the portal had already received more than 3,000 applications Monday and the department no longer had any concerns about its ability to handle the load after working through technical issues over the past month. Rent owed from June 2020 through April 2022 is eligible for repayment, with renters able to receive up to 15 months of back rent and three months of future rent. If a landlord chooses not to participate in the program, tenants may be able to receive payments directly, according to IHDA. A renter may still apply if they have previously received federal rental assistance, but they cannot cumulatively receive more than 18 months of assistance. IHDA said it would adjust grant amounts for those who have already received partial assistance.

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IHDA said it would prioritize households earning less than 50 percent of the area median income and those that have one or more members who have been unemployed for at least 90 days. The latest round of federal rental assistance is the third distributed by the state. More than 62,400 applications were approved and $571 million paid out to renters throughout the state in the previous round. According to IHDA, about 55 percent of approved applications were from households where a member had been unemployed for more than 90 days, and the program provided an average of $9,152 per household. More than $800 million has been distributed by the state for rental assistance since 2020, helping 108,500 Illinoisans with back rent. According to the latest report from the U.S. Treasury outlining distribution of the previous rounds of rental funding, Illinois had distributed over 90 percent of funds received thus far. “The initial round of the Illinois Rental Payment Program highlighted the continued need for assistance as we continue our recovery from this terrible pandemic,” IHDA Executive Director Kristin Faust said in a statement. “As we reopen this vital assistance program to help Illinois families, seniors and the most vulnerable, Gov. Pritzker is continuing to work with (the U.S.) Treasury and our elected officials to advocate for additional funding to ensure no one is forced from their home as a result of COVID-19.” The Illinois Department of Human Services also has rental assistance available, and assistance is also available through a court-based program. IDHS also provides utility and legal assistance, which can be accessed at https://www.illinoisrentalassistance.org/. The state is also preparing to launch a Homeowner Assistance Fund program to distribute federal resources for mortgage assistance in the spring. Information on that program is also available at illinoishousinghelp.org, where those seeking mortgage assistance can sign up for a mailing list for program updates when they are available. 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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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department sued Texas on Monday over its new redistricting maps, saying the plans discriminate against minority voters, particularly Latinos, who have fueled the state’s population boom. The lawsuit claims the Republicancontrolled state violated part of the Voting Rights Act in drawing new district boundaries for its congressional delegation and state legislature. It’s the Biden Justice Department’s first legal action challenging a state’s maps since states began redrawing their maps this year to account for population changes. The lawsuit notes that most of Texas’ population growth over the past decade came from Black, Latino and Asian people, but alleges that the new maps scatter these voters across districts, diluting their votes and denying them opportunities to choose their representatives. It also argues the maps pack Black and Latino communities into bizarreshaped districts — a Dallas-area one is described as “seahorse” shaped — while preserving seats for white Republicans. “This is not the first time that Texas has acted to minimize the voting rights of its minority citizens,” Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta said during a news conference with Attorney General Merrick Garland. “Decade after decade, courts have found that Texas has enacted redistricting plans that deliberately dilute the voting strength of Latino and Black voters and that violate the Voting Rights Act.” The litigation comes as Republicans and Democrats jockey for an edge in the once-a-decade redistricting process, which has already reached new levels of gerrymandering. The lawsuit also plays out during a changed legal landscape for redistricting challenges. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that it won’t referee partisan gerrymandering disputes — maps drawn to benefit a political party. A spokeswoman for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, condemned the lawsuit. “It’s no surprise that Democrats in Washington are attacking our state’s

redistricting plans,” Renae Eze said. “We are confident that Texas’ redistricting plans will be upheld by the courts, and our office continues working with the Office of the Attorney General to ensure Texans are represented fairly.” Monday’s lawsuit, filed in the Western District of Texas, cites several congressional districts in which Republicans drew tortured lines to lower the share of Black and Latino voters in their party’s congressional districts. In west Texas’ competitive 23rd District, the map trimmed out areas near El Paso and San Antonio to lower the share of Latino voting-age residents by 9%. In the Dallas area, it pulled Black and Latino residents in the northwest suburbs out of the district of Republican Rep. Beth Van Duyne, who narrowly defeated Candace Valenzuela, a Democratic Black Latina candidate last year. In the Houston area, where the share of the white population is dwindling, the map kept six of 10 House districts as white-majority or plurality districts. Texas has had to defend its maps in court after every redistricting process since the Voting Rights Act took effect in 1965. But this will be the first time since a 2013 U.S. Supreme Court ruling gutted a provision of the Voting Rights Act that had required Texas and other states with a history of racial discrimination to have the Justice Department approve the maps before they went into effect. The case is the second civil rights lawsuit the Biden administration has filed against Texas recently. Last month, it sued to overturn the state’s new voting law, part of a wave of GOP-backed voting changes, claiming the new restrictions would disenfranchise citizens in the state. The lawsuit, and others that civil rights groups and Democrats have previously filed challenging Texas’ maps, may not change things before next year’s election. Redistricting litigation can take several years and the Biden administration case will be heard in the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most conservative in the country. It remains illegal for mapmakers to discriminate on the basis of race while drawing legislative lines. Additionally, Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act prohib-

its line-drawers from diluting the voting power of minorities by scattering them among districts and preventing them from choosing their preferred candidates. “The Legislature refused to recognize the state’s growing minority electorate,” the lawsuit alleges. “Although the Texas congressional delegation expanded from 36 to 38 seats, Texas designed the two new seats to have Anglo voting majorities.” The lawsuit notes that Texas’ congressional map was drawn with heavy input from its Republican congressional delegation, which is all white except for one Latino representative. Statehouse Democrats at the time objected strongly to the process and the results. Although the federal lawsuit alleges Black voters are also treated improperly by the map, the bulk of the case centers around the map’s treatment of Latinos. The focus on Latinos could complicate the case. To prove that Latinos were denied their choice, the government has to prove that they vote as a bloc, and not in line with the majority of the voters in the district. While most Latinos in Texas vote Democratic, many have shifted to Republicans recently, with President Donald Trump gaining ground in 2020. “That does complicate the narrative,” said Josh Blackman, a law professor at the South Texas College of Law in Houston, noting that the Voting Rights Act claim depends on the group voting as a bloc. Michael Li, senior counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice in New York, said the legal analysis should consider Latino voting patterns over several elections, not just in 2020. He said he expects Republicans to argue they are only being partisan, now that the Supreme Court has appeared to greenlight that behavior in redistricting. “Texas drew a really aggressive map this decade,” Li said. “One of the most aggressive maps we have seen so far this cycle and one that heavily targets communities of color.” Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a Democrat who is challenging Gov. Abbott next year, tweeted, “Texas leaders would rather gerrymander election maps and hand pick their own voters than earn their place in power by listening and responding to the needs of Texans.”

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Bob Dole

Bob Dole, a man of war, power, zingers and denied ambition By Connie Cass and Calvin Woodward Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bob Dole willed himself to walk again after paralyzing war wounds, ran for Congress with a right arm too damaged to shake hands, and rose through the Senate ranks to become a long-serving Republican leader and tough and tireless champion of his party. He embodied flinty determination to succeed. Yet Dole, who died Sunday at age 98, was most famous for the times he came up short. He was the vice presidential running mate in President Gerald Ford’s post-Watergate loss and he sought the presidency himself three times. He came closest in his final race, securing the 1996 Republican nomination only to be steamrolled by President Bill Clinton’s reelection machine. Dole later said he had come to appreciate the defeats as well as the victories: “They are parts of the same picture — the picture of a full life.” Representing Kansas in Congress for nearly 36 years, Dole was known on Capitol Hill as a shrewd and pragmatic legislator, trusted to broker compromises across party lines. He wielded tremendous influence on tax policy, farm and nutrition programs, and rights for the disabled. Colleagues also admired his deadpan wit. Dole wasn’t a big talker; he was most comfortable communicating through a string of zingers and pointed asides. Those qualities rarely came across on the national political stage, however. Early on, Democrats dubbed him the GOP’s “hatchet man,” and Dole seemed born to play the part. His voice was gravelly, his face stony, his delivery prairie-flat, even when delivering a quip. He could seem hard-bitten, or bitter, or just plain mean when he lashed out at political opponents. With each presidential quest Dole tried anew to soften his public persona. He could never pull it off — at least, not until he was out of politics for good. Just three days after his final race ended in a resounding loss, Dole was cutting up with comedian David Letterman on late-night TV. Letterman greeted him with a cheeky, “Bob, what have you been doing lately?” “A pp a r ent ly not enoug h,” D ole answered with a grin. The newly chipper Dole parodied himself on “Saturday Night Live,” wrote

two collections of political humor and made a surprising commercial for the anti-impotence drug Viagra, at a time when sexual troubles weren’t so openly discussed. Dole later said people were always coming up to tell him they would have voted for him in 1996, if only he had been so free and funny in his presidential campaign. But he felt voters preferred gravitas and restraint in their politicians. “You’ve got to be very careful with humor,” he said. “It’s got to be self-deprecating or it can be terminal, fatal, if you’re out there just slashing away at someone else, and I’ve sort of learned that over the years.” Out of office, Dole remained dedicated to helping disabled veterans and honoring the fallen. He was a driving force in getting the World War II Memorial built on the National Mall. Into his 90s, Dole still showed up regularly on Saturdays to greet veterans at the memorial. In September 2017, Congress voted to award Dole its highest expression of appreciation for distinguished contributions to the nation, a Congressional Gold Medal. In 2019, it promoted him from Army captain to colonel. His announcement in February 2021 that he’d been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer prompted an outpouring of sympathy, prayers and well-wishes from across the political spectrum. President Joe Biden visited Dole’s home at the storied Watergate complex soon after Dole’s dire diagnosis; the White House said they were close friends. Dole was born July 22, 1923, in Russell, Kansas, a small farming and oil community. His father managed a cream and egg business and sold bootleg whiskey during Prohibition. The family of six struggled through the Depression and Dust Bowl years. They were so broke they moved into their basement and rented out the rest of the home. In 1943, Dole, a 6-foot-2 Kansas University basketball player with dreams of becoming a doctor, left for the war. Army 2nd Lt. Dole was leading an assault against a German machine gun nest in Italy when enemy fire tore through his spine and right arm. He nearly died, and spent three years enduring multiple operations and painful physical therapy. Dole had to relearn how to walk and bathe and write, this time with an awkward left-hand scrawl. He never recovered use of his right hand and arm or the feeling in his left

thumb and forefinger, making it difficult to button a shirt or cut his meat. Still, Dole earned a law degree from Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, in 1952. To avoid embarrassing those trying to shake his right hand, he clutched a pen in it, and reached out with his left. “I do try harder,” he once said. “If I didn’t I’d be sitting in a rest home, in a rocker, drawing disability.” That was unquestionably part of his motivation for persuading Congress to enshrine protections against discrimination against disabled people in employment, education and public services. Today, accessible government offices and national parks, sidewalk ramps and the sign-language interpreters at official local events are just some of the more visible hallmarks of his legacy and that of the fellow lawmakers he rounded up for that civil rights legislation 30 years ago. Dole became a Kansas legislator and county attorney, won a U.S. House seat in 1960 and moved into the Senate in 1968. His mentor, President Richard Nixon, would send Dole to the Senate floor to assail Vietnam War critics and other senators at odds with the White House. Nixon rewarded him with a stint as chairman of the Republican National Committee, including the period of the Watergate break-in that destroyed Nixon’s presidency. Dole, cleared of any involvement, liked to quip, “I was off that night.” He would later size up the disgraced Nixon by branding ex-presidents Jimmy Carter, Ford and Nixon, in turn, “See No Evil, Hear No Evil ... and Evil.” Dole’s aggressiveness won him his first big break in national politics. Ford chose Dole as a running mate who could fire off verbal attacks while the president kept to the high ground. Dole took on the mission with perhaps too much zeal. He shocked viewers of the nation’s first-ever vice presidential debate by pronouncing all the wars of the 20th century “Democrat wars” that had killed or wounded enough Americans to populate Detroit. Dole later said he regretted making a remark that offended so many and didn’t reflect his own views as a veteran. In that campaign, Dole said, “I was supposed to go for the jugular. And I did — my own.” In the Senate, Dole began to see the value of forging alliances with Democrats, and it became a lifelong habit. He teamed with Democrats to uphold civil rights, expand

food stamps, shore up Social Security and create the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday as well as to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act. As Senate Finance Committee chairman, Dole won praise for his handling of a 1982 tax bill that raised revenue to ease the budget deficit. Some fellow Republicans were appalled by higher taxes, however. Rep. Newt Gingrich, R-Ga., called him “the tax collector for the welfare state.” Dole didn’t think much of Gingrich at the time. “He’s just difficult to work with,” he said. “It’s either Newt’s way or the highway. He’s got a lot of ideas. Some of them are good; not many.” Nevertheless, Republicans made Dole majority leader in 1984, and he held his party’s top Senate post for more than 11 years, a record until Kentucky’s Mitch McConnell broke it in 2018. Dole’s 1980 bid for the presidency was short-lived. In the 1988 primaries, he won the Iowa caucuses before losing to George H.W. Bush in New Hampshire, where Dole glared into a TV camera and snapped that Bush should “stop lying about my record.” Stung by the defeat, he nevertheless used it to poke fun at himself. “The day after New Hampshire, I went home and slept like a baby,” he said. “Every two hours I woke up and cried.” By the time he finally got his turn in 1996, Dole was 73, making him then the oldest first-time nominee — running against one of the youngest presidents. Dole tried to turn the 23-year age difference to his advantage, portraying himself as a soldier of the Greatest Generation pitted against an undisciplined baby boomer who avoided serving in Vietnam. But he couldn’t overcome a pronounced charisma gap with Clinton. Clinton won 31 states, Dole 19. Dole’s first marriage, to an occupational therapist, Phyllis Holden, whom he met while recovering from war wounds, ended in divorce in 1972. They had one daughter, Robin. In 1975 he married Elizabeth Hanford, a Nixon appointee who later became a senator with her own presidential ambitions. The match endured. In 2014, asked what he hoped his legacy would be, Dole spoke of hard work for the people of Kansas, and couldn’t resist mixing in a quip. “That I lived to be 200,” said Dole, then age 91. “Or at least 100. And that I have never forgotten where I was from.”

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OLYMPICS BOYCOTT

China says US diplomatic boycott violates Olympic spirit ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING (AP) — China accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit on Tuesday after the Biden administration announced a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games over human rights concerns. Rights groups have pushed for a fullblown boycott of the Games, accusing China of rights abuses against ethnic minorities. The U.S. decision falls short of those calls but comes at an exceptionally turbulent time for relations between the powerhouse nations and was met with a barrage of criticism from China. The U.S. is attempting to interfere with the Beijing Games “out of ideological prejudice and based on lies and rumors,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters. The boycott “seriously violates the principle of political neutrality of sports established by the Olympic Charter and

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runs counter to the Olympic motto ‘more united,’” Zhao said. As he did the previous day, Zhao vowed that China would respond with “resolute countermeasures” but o�ered no details. “The U.S. will pay a price for its practices. You may stay tuned for follow-ups,” Zhao said. On Monday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters that the Biden administration will fully support U.S. athletes competing at the Games but won’t dispatch diplomats or o�cials to attend. Psaki said the U.S. has a “fundamental commitment to promoting human rights” and that it “will not be contributing to the fanfare of the Games.” The diplomatic boycott comes as the U.S. attempts to thread the needle between stabilizing di�cult relations with Beijing and maintaining a tough stance on trade and political conﬂicts. The U.S. has accused China of human rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs in northwest Xinjiang

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province, suppressing democratic movements in Hong Kong, committing military aggression against the self-ruled island of Taiwan and more. Other major countries have yet to say if they will follow the American lead. Beijing has denounced U.S. criticisms and punitive sanctions as interference in its internal a�airs and slapped visa bans on American politicians it regards as anti-China. Zhao warned the U.S. to “stop politicizing sports” and cease what he said were actions undermining the Beijing Winter Olympics, “otherwise it will undermine the dialogue and cooperation between the two countries in a series of important areas and international issues.” The Chinese Embassy in Washington dismissed the move as posturing in a tweet. “In fact, no one would care about whether these people come or not, and it has no impact whatsoever on the #Beijing2022 to be successfully held,” the embassy said. China’s mission to the United Nations called the boycott a “self-directed political farce.” Even the ruling Communist Party’s notoriously opaque Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a response in the form of a lengthy screed on its website entitled “The Spirit of the Olympic Charter Cannot be Tarnished.” “Some Western anti-China politicians” have shown a “defensive Cold War mentality aimed at politicizing sport,” the article said, calling that a “clear violation of the Olympic spirit and a challenge to all people who love the Olympic movement.” People on the streets of Beijing were overall dismissive of the U.S. move. “I don’t think it matters at all if they would come or not. The Olympic Games are not about one country or a couple of countries,” said co�ee shop employee Deng Tao. “Such remarks from someone we never invited are simply a farce. And I don’t think it will have much impact on the holding of the Winter Olympics,” Lu Xiaolei, who works in trade. It wasn’t clear which o�cials the U.S. might have sent to Beijing for the Games and Zhao said Monday that no invitation had been extended by China. Amid the calls for a boycott, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday that the country would make its own decision “from the perspective of national interests, taking into consideration the signiﬁcance of the Olympic Games and the signiﬁcance of Japan’s diplomacy.”

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said a decision on o�cials attending would be made “at an appropriate time.” “In any case, Japan hopes that the Beijing Winter Games will be held as a celebration of peace in line with the principles of the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” Matsuno said. South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson Choi Young-sam declined to comment on the U.S. decision and said the ministry had not received any request from its ally not to send o�cials. South Korea hopes the Beijing Olympics will “contribute to peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia and the world and help improve relations between South and North Korea,” Choi said. New Zealand said Tuesday it won’t be attending the games at a diplomatic level, but that it made the decision earlier due mostly to pandemic travel restrictions. The country told China in October about its plans not to send government ministers, Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson said. “But we’ve made clear to China on numerous occasions our concerns about human rights issues,” Robertson said. Australia, whose relations with China have grown increasingly tense, has yet to say whether it will send dignitaries. The dispatching of high-level delegations to each Olympics has long been a tradition among the U.S. and other leading nations. Then-President George W. Bush attended the opening of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Summer Games. First lady Jill Biden led the American contingent to the Summer Olympics in Tokyo this year and second gentleman Doug Emho� led a delegation to the Paralympic Games.

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US–RUSSIA

Biden to warn Putin of economic pain if he invades Ukraine BY AAMER MADHANI AND DASHA LITVINOVA ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is ready to warn Vladimir Putin during a video call Tuesday that Russia will face economy-jarring sanctions if it invades neighboring Ukraine as Biden seeks a diplomatic solution to deal with the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed near the Ukraine border. Biden aims to make clear that his administration stands ready to take actions against the Kremlin that would exact “a very real cost” on the Russian economy, according to White House o�cials. Putin, for his part, is expected to demand guarantees from Biden that the NATO military alliance will never expand to include Ukraine, which has long sought membership. That’s a non-starter for the Americans and their NATO allies. “We’ve consulted significantly with our allies and believe we have a path forward that would impose significant and severe harm on the Russian economy,” White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday in previewing the meeting. “You can call that a threat. You can call that a fact. You can call that preparation. You can call it whatever you want to call it.” The leader-to-leader conversation — Biden speaking from the Situation Room, Putin from his residence in Sochi — is expected to be one of the toughest of Biden’s presidency and comes at a perilous time. U.S. intelligence o�cials have determined that Russia has massed 70,000 troops near the Ukraine border and has made preparations for a possible invasion early next year. In a statement released just hours before the leaders’ video call, Ukrainian authorities charged that Russia is sending tanks and snipers to war-torn eastern Ukraine to “provoke return fire.” Ukraine’s Defense Ministry alleged that Russia is holding “training camps under the leadership of regular servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces.” The Kremlin hasn’t commented on the allegations. The U.S. has not determined whether Putin has made a final decision to invade. Still, Biden intends to make clear to the Russian leader that there will be a “very real cost” should Russia proceed with military action, according to a senior administration o�cial who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity. Biden was vice president in 2014 when Russian troops marched into the Black Sea peninsula of Crimea and annexed the territory from Ukraine. Aides say the Crimea episode — one of the darker moments for

former President Barack Obama on the international stage — looms large as Biden looks at the current smoldering crisis. The eastward expansion of NATO has from the start been a bone of contention not just with Moscow but also in Washington. In 1996, when President Bill Clinton’s national security team debated the timing of membership invitations to former Soviet allies Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, Defense Secretary William Perry urged delay to keep Russian relations on track. Perry wrote in his memoir that when he lost the internal debate he considered resigning. Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic were formally invited in 1997 and joined in 1999. They were followed in 2004 by Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and the former Soviet states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. Since then, Albania, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia have joined, bringing NATO’s total to 30 nations. A key principle of the NATO alliance is that membership is open to any qualifying country. And no outsider has membership veto power. While there’s little prospect that Ukraine would be invited into the alliance anytime soon, the U.S. and its allies won’t rule it out. In Washington, Republicans are framing this moment as a key test of Biden’s leadership on the global stage. Biden vowed as a candidate to reassert American leadership after President Donald Trump’s emphasis on an “America ﬁrst” foreign policy. But Biden has faced ﬁerce criticism from Republicans who say that he’s been ine�ective in slowing Iran’s march toward becoming a nuclear power and that the Biden administration has done too little to counter autocratic leaders like China’s Xi Jinping, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Putin. “Fellow authoritarians in Beijing and Tehran will be watching how the free world responds,” said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. “And President Biden has an opportunity to set the tone when he speaks with Putin.” Trump, who showed unusual deference to Putin during his presidency, said in a Newsmax interview on Monday that the Biden-Putin conversation would not be a “fair match,” describing it as tantamount to the six-time Super Bowl champion New England Patriots facing a high school football team. Ahead of the Putin call, Biden on Monday spoke with leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy to coordinate messaging and potential sanctions. The White House said in a statement that

the leaders called on Russia to “de-escalate tensions” and agreed that diplomacy “is the only way forward to resolve the conﬂict.” Ahead of the Biden-Putin faceoff, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter that he and Blinken “agreed to continue joint & concerted action” and expressed his gratitude for the U.S. and allies providing “continued support of our sovereignty & territorial integrity.” Biden is expected to speak with Zelenskyy later this week. State Department spokesman Ned Price said that Blinken “reiterated the United States’ unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity in the face of Russian aggression.” The Kremlin has made clear that Putin planned to seek binding guarantees from Biden precluding NATO’s expansion to Ukraine. Biden and aides have indicated no such guarantee is likely, with the president saying he “won’t accept anyone’s red line.” Psaki stressed “NATO member countries decide who is a member of NATO, not Russia. And that is how the process has always been and how it will proceed.” Still, Putin sees this as a moment to readjust the power dynamic of the U.S.Russia relationship. “It is about fundamental principles established 30 years ago for the relations between Russia and the West,” said Fyodor

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Smollett Trial

In and outside court, Smollett fights for reputation, career By Sara Burnett and Charles Rex Arbogast Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) — Outside the courtroom where former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett is fighting charges accusing him of lying to Chicago police about being the victim of an anti-gay, racist attack, his publicist has introduced a roster of supporters to the assembled TV cameras. Renow ne d op er a si nge r L au r en Michelle, who also appeared on “Empire,” spoke of how one of her best friends from high school has maintained his humanity despite the attacks on his character. Smollett’s pastor from New York, Damon Mack, said the person prosecutors are portraying in court is not “the Jussie I know.” And activist Bella BAHHS, who met Smollett while protesting the police murder of a 16-year-old, said she doesn’t trust Chicago police not to make things up — including the allegations against her friend.

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The daily turns at the microphone are part of a broader strategy underway since Smollett’s trial started at the Chicago courthouse roughly one week ago: trying to ensure the 39-year-old emerges from this scandal and legal troubles with his reputation and career intact, or at least having suffered as little damage as possible, whatever the outcome. The charges against Smollett — six counts of disorderly conduct for lying to police about the January 2019 attack — are low-level felonies and carry a possible sentence of three years in prison. Legal experts say if convicted he would most likely get probation and be ordered to perform community service. The impact on his livelihood could be far more serious. Taking the witness stand Monday, Smollett testified that “ I’ve lost my livelihood.” His media relations team, which is led by a former Chicago TV reporter, released a statement to The Associated Press from family friend Fania Davis, who said Smollett already has lost income and “many professional opportunities” due to a “character assassination and disinformation campaign” by Chicago police. “This is an injury to his personal reputation, to his career and his soul,” said Davis, whose sister is civil rights activist Angela Davis. “He could easily have copped a plea, with a slap on the wrist and then moved on with his life. But he chose instead to stand up to injustice.” Publicist Danny Deraney, who works with entertainment figures and often takes on crisis PR clients but is not working with Smollett, said the performer will be hurt in any attempt to return to his career because he was far from a household name before, and so many learned his identity because of the alleged attack and charges against him. “Nobody really knew who he was, unless you watched the show,” Deraney said. “For the time being, I don’t see any other way of people seeing him and not knowing him for this.” The atypical accusations, the absurdity of his alleged crime and his tendency to be fodder for comedians may hurt him more than accusations, even of serious crimes. “Being in the public eye as far as being on television or film or whatever it is, that’s going to be hard for him. I don’t think people are going to take him seriously,” Deraney said. “People who become the butt of jokes, of doing things as ridiculous and absurd as what allegedly happened, have a harder time working.” Some of the Smollett strategy is play-

ing out in the court proceedings, where Smollett testified he was a victim of a hate crime after two brothers said the actor recruited them to carry out the attack on him so he could publicize it via social media. Police testified they were able to corroborate the siblings’ accounts. Smollett’s defense attorneys have argued that the brothers committed the attack because they are homophobic and don’t like Smollett, who is gay. They say the men told police it was all staged by the actor so they could shake him down for $1 million each to not testify. Smollett’s legal team also has said Judge James Linn is biased against them, at one point asking for a mistrial — which Linn denied — after he cut off her questioning of one of the brothers about homophobic language he used, calling it “collateral” material. A defense attorney also claimed Linn “lunged” at her — all of which they could use as grounds for appeal if Smollett is convicted, and to argue in the court of public opinion that the legal system unfairly wronged him. And separate from the trial, Smollett’s team and his family — which includes five siblings, most of whom are also actors and a mother who was active in fighting for civil rights — have been promoting both the man and his talents. On the first day of his trial, Smollett learned that a film he wrote, directed and produced, “B-Boy Blues,” won the “fan favorite narrative feature” award in the American Black Film Festival Awards. His publicist blasted the news out to journalists, along with a link to a 2016 New York Times article about the Smollett family’s acting chops and activism — supporting causes like HIV/AIDS and the Black Lives Matter movement — and a letter of support from activist and artists,

including Davis and Danny Glover. On Monday, his team sent out a photograph of Smollett and his family meeting with civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson over the weekend. Early in his acting career, Smollett starred along with his brothers and sisters in the TV series “On Our Own,” about a group of orphaned siblings, that aired for one season. He had other roles in TV and movies, including playing Langston Hughes in “Marshall,” about Thurgood Marshall, the first Black Supreme Court justice. His biggest role was on “Empire,” a musical drama about an entertainment company that was filmed in Chicago. Smollett starred on the program for four years starting in 2015. Producers renewed his contract for the sixth and final season in 2019, but he never appeared in an episode. Deraney said it can be difficult to predict who will be accepted back into public life. A supportive family in the entertainment industry like Smollett has – sister Jurnee’s acting career is thriving – might not be a huge career advantage initially, but if they get into prominent positions and can hire him for roles, it might. “If you’ve got people behind you that are financially secure, This whole industry is built on nepotism, it’s all about who you know. If his family stands behind him, that’s going to be fine for him,” Deraney said. Fania Davis said in her statement to AP that Smollett comes from “a family of justice warriors” like her family and her sister’s family. “We are very proud that even in this difficult period, Jussie has persevered and created art at the highest level and we are confident he will continue to do so,” she said.

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Growing fruit trees indoors BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

Depending on your growing space, you may think that you cannot grow fruit trees. This is especially true for apple, peach, and cherry trees which need to be grown outdoors. However, there are some fruit trees that can thrive indoors when given the right amount of space, sunlight, and other growing conditions. Citrus is the most common indoor fruit trees in our region. I know many homeowners that will grow these and have had great success with them. Varieties include ‘Calamondin’ Orange, ‘Satsuma’

Orange, ‘Ponderosa’ Lemon, ‘Meyer’ Lemon, Ka�r Lime, and Kumquats. What is unique about these varieties is that they are dwarf and self-pollinating in which pollinators are not needed. Fig trees can be grow indoors too. ‘Chicago Hardy’ and ‘Brown Turkey’ are two varieties you will ﬁnd. Unlike a dwarf citrus that tends to grow to a height of 3-4 feet, a ﬁg tree can reach 5-6 feet and taller. I have a 5 year old ‘Chicago Hardy’ that grows in a container. I keep it outdoors in the summer and bring it indoors in the fall. Online retailers and certain home and garden centers will have indoor fruit trees

for sale. These will be grown in containers with a diameter of 10-14 inches. A good container depth is more than 2 ft. Choose a container that you can move outdoors during the summer. Your choice of potting mix is crucial. Most fruit trees will do well with a citrus/cacti mix that is commonly found in the houseplant section at home and garden centers. This mixture allows for proper drainage. When bringing your fruit tree indoors during the fall and winter, you may need to supplement with artiﬁcial lighting. Fig trees can tolerate a sunny window with 4-6 hours of sunlight whereas a citrus

tree will need 10-12 hours and greatly benefit with additional lighting. This lighting can be either fluorescent or LED. Place your fruit trees in areas that stay relatively warm, above 65 F. This will ensure that they continue to thrive during the fall and winter. Your trees will need to be watered fairly regularly. I find that my fig tree needs more water than my citrus tree when indoors and tend to water every other day. Add some compost every couple of months. You may want to add a low NPK fertilizer depending on how your trees look. Grant is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension.

ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Carbon reduction through sequestration BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL

ILLINOIS RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSOCIATION CONTRIBUTORS

In order to meet the Paris Accord goal of limiting global temperature to 1.5°C or 2.7°F. carbon emissions would need to be cut in half by 2030. Carbon sequestering may need to be widely deployed to reach that goal. A few projects have been initiated but doubts remain regarding their e�ectiveness, a�ordability and long term stability. Some existing proposals include moving carbon emissions from ethanol plants and compressing them into liquids to be buried deep underground in abandoned oil and gas wells. Even if feasible they raise doubts about their climate impacts. For example, corn ethanol as a vehicle fuel supplement is well established. The issue is that roughly the same amount of energy is used to make it as is produced from burning it as a fuel. Capturing carbon emissions from ethanol plants, liquifying and shipping them via a new pipeline and forcing the liquid underground will consume additional energy. There are some risks involved in underground storage which advocates of carbon storage downplay. The basic questions regarding safety is whether earthquakes, drinking water contamination or carbon

releases from well storage will occur. Monitoring the wells will be an important safety responsibility. The firms involved have assured the public this will be provided but skeptics point out that such promises are not always fulfilled. Two carbon capture pipelines are being proposed in Iowa. The Heartland Greenway project involves a 1,300 mile pipeline network which would collect carbon dioxide from ethanol plants in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota. Minnesota and Illinois. The captured carbon emissions would be liquified and shipped via pipeline to an underground storage site in Illinois. As many as 30 other carbon capture and storage facilities are planned for the United States and other places around the world according to a pamphlet describing the Heartland Greenway project. A second project, the Midwest Carbon Express, involves a 2000 mile pipeline capturing carbon emissions in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, Minnesota and North Dakota to push down abandoned wells in North Dakota. Both of the proposed projects are expected to raise the value of ethanol which benefits farmers who sell the corn while cutting carbon emissions and cleaning the air. Some farmers have expressed concerns

that the projects could include seizing their land at a court determined price if they fail to accept a ﬁnancial o�er to use their land for the pipeline. These projects as well as other carbon sequestering projects are expected to use federal tax credits to subsidize their costs. Other industries seek federal funding to subsidize their plans for sequestering carbon. An article in DeSmog.com points out that the fossil fuel industry is pushing the U.S. government to support its e�orts to capture carbon emissions. The projects are described by the industry as “carbon management” strategies. Critics have raised concerns regarding the consequences of such e�orts. Earlier carbon capture and storage projects, CCSs, designed to capture carbon dioxide from power plants or industrial sources were not successful. Seven large scale CCS projects at U.S. power plants subsidized by the federal government were either cancelled or ended due to ﬁnancial or mechanical problems. Several successful carbon capture projects in the United States and other places pump the captured emissions down into oil wells to increase production from declining wells. Direct capture of carbon emissions from the air requires a substantial amount of energy. A study from the National

Academies of Sciences indicates widespread direct air capture of carbon could consume nearly as much electricity as was produced in the United States in 2020. Given the costly and unproven technologies involved in carbon capture and storage, an article in DeSmog calls for an increased reliance on proven, low cost approaches to sequestering carbon using biological methods. Improved management of existing forests and urban trees could increase their carbon storage capacity by 70%. Sequestering carbon dioxide by biological methods could cut soil erosion, air pollution and urban heat. Such e�orts also increase biodiversity and protect watersheds. Even if carbon storage is helpful in any format an immediate transition away from fossil fuels remains. E�orts to extend their use by “carbon management” is seen as delaying the essential abandonment of fossil fuels. Nicholas Kusnetz, in an article in Inside Climate News, indicates that fossil fuel interests and other polluters could receive tens of billions of dollars from federal tax credits for removing carbon dioxide from their operations. The House recently passed legislation with tax breaks and the legislation will move on to the Senate for its consideration

December 8, 2021 The Rock River Times.

Letter to the Editor

December 2, World Nuclear Energy Day December 2 marked the celebration of the second anniversary of “World Nuclear Energy Day.” This day we should be thankful for the abundant clean electrical energy that the harnessing of splitting of the atom in controlled fission reactions has given us. I am grateful that our state legislature

saw fit to keep two of our nuclear power plants in operation. To have replaced their 24/7/365 clean energy with natural gas or even worse, coal-fueled power would only exacerbate our eminent crisis of global warming. There is insufficient wind and solar power available to replace nuclear power,

and neither can be counted on 24/7/365 even if vast areas of land and our skies were devoted to their implementation. It gets dark every night and the wind doesn’t always blow - and sometimes it is both cloudy and calm for days. That’s not what we need. We need more, not less, safe, clean, reliable nuclear power.

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Government Notices n n n Regional Alternative School (RAS) 300 Heart Blvd., Loves Park, IL 61111 Annual Statement of Affairs Summary for Fiscal Year Ending on June 30, 2021 Number of Full-time Certified staff: 15 Number of Part-time Certified staff: 0 Number of Non-Certified staff: 8 Gross Payments to Staff – Certified: Less than $25,000 = 0 $25,000-$39,999 = L. Johnson; T. Klotz; R. Longhenry; M. Macuha; T. Thompson; M. Whitman; L. Yomantas $40,000-$59,999 = K. Cullen; J. Ison; M. Lodge; M. Martin; S. Schor; $60,000-$89,999 = K. Dill; M. Grzonka; T. Zimmerman Gross Payments to Staff Non-Certified: less than $25,000 = S. Casas; V. Duron Ontiveros; C. Escobedo; C. Hernandez; K. Klimek; R. Whittington; D. Williams; K. Williams; Local Revenues Sources: Local $243,973; State - $1,214,309; Total Revenues - $1,458,232 Total Disbursements: $917,739 Person, Firm or Corporation Paid over $2500 during Fiscal Year: Benning Group LLC $7,200.00 CDW Government, Inc. $19,928.61 Comcast $8,191.45 Country Mutual Insurance Company $6,199.03 Delta Dental $5,847.47 Edgenuity Inc $24,074.50 Harlem Cons. School District #122 $72,579.00 Hauser, Izzo, Petraraca, Gleason & Stillman LLC $4,140.00 IL. Municipal Ret. Fund $10,640.22 K.I.D.S – Kishwaukee Inter. Delivery System $30,337.81 Kurtz, Sleper & Exline, LLC $8,750.00 Quartz Health Benefit Plans Corp. $109,889.20 Regional Learning Academy $27,003.14 Renaissance $3,166.50 RingCentral Inc. $3,168.55 Teachers’ Retirement System $11,320.51 UMOJA Student Development Corp. $5,100.00 Mr. Scott Bloomquist - Fiscal Agent 21841R TRRT 12/8

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n n n LEGAL NOTICE Lifescape Community Services-Lifescape Adult Day Program announces its participation in the USDA’s Child and Adult Care Food Program. The same meals will be served at no separate charge to enrolled participants at the following site: Lifescape Adult Day Program, 1330 S. Alpine Road, Rockford, IL 61108 operating 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. This program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Illinois Department on Aging, gives financial assistance to adult day care service so that nutritious meals can be integrated with nonresidential care services. The goal of the program is to improve the diets of participants. The meals and snacks served meet standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Listed below are the USDA Income Eligibility Guidelines which are effective July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022. The amount of reimbursement received by Lifescape Adult Day Program is based on the number of enrolled participants whose family income is at or below: Free Reduced-Price Family Size Yearly Monthly Weekly Yearly Monthly Weekly 1 $16,744 1,396 322 23,828 1,986 459 2 22,646 1,888 436 32,227 2,686 620 3 28,548 2,379 549 40,626 3,386 782 4 34,450 2,871 663 49,025 4,086 943 5 40,352 3,363 776 57,424 4,786 1,105 Each Additional Family Member 5,902 492 492 8,399 700 162 Lifescape Community Services-Lifescape Adult Day Program does not discriminate in admission to programs or activities in compliance with the Civil Rights Act. The same meals will be served at no separate charge to enrolled participants at the center listed below and will be provided in accordance with federal law and United States Department of Agriculture policy. Institutions are prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability. To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (800) 795-3272 or (202) 720-6382 (TTY). For further information, contact: Lifescape Adult Day Program, 1330 S. Alpine Road, Rockford, IL 61108. 815-964-2433 or 1-800-779-1189 21840R TRRT 12/8

Welders Supply Company $3,104.17 Weldstar $34,594.29 Winnebago School District $8,222.00 Xello $28,600.00 Mr. Scott Bloomquist - Fiscal Agent; Ms. Marjorie Hartfiel - Director 21842R TRRT 12/8

Public Notices n n n NOTICE 2021 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SCANDINAVIAN CEMETERY ASSOCIATION MAINTENANCE BUILDING 1700 RURAL ST ROCKFORD, IL 61107 WED. DECEMBER 22, 2020 @ 8:30 AM 21847R TRRT 12/8 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 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 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 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

December 8, 2021 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS INC. Plaintiff, -v.EVERETT R. WILLSTEAD et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000770 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 January 4, 2022, 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. 3 OF SPRING CREST SUBDIVISION, OF PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 9, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 32 ON PAGE 274 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 5412 REGENCY WAY, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-09379-009 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. 14-19-12141 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH0000770 TJSC#: 41-1513 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-0000770 I3182637 P21837R TRRT 12/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs. TONY D. ROBERTSON; MONTRICE ROBERTSON; CRAIG DEGUTIS; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; STATE OF ILLINOIS; WINNEBAGO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT; KHURRAM KHAN; JUVERIA KHAN; CITY OF ROCKFORD; Defendants, 19 CH 404 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT ONE (1) AND THE NORTH FIFTEEN (15) FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT TWO (2) IN BLOCK ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF TAYLOR’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID TRACT BEING PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT TWO (2); SITUATED IN THE

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-14-306-027. Commonly known as 1120 RIDGE AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61103. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sale Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527. (630) 794-5300. 14-21-03265 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3182499 P21838R TRRT 12/22 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Bank of America, N.A PLAINTIFF Vs. Robert R. Schulz; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Shirley M. Schulz; United States of America Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Jeremy Schulz; Katie Schulz; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for Shirley M. Schulz (deceased) DEFENDANTS 2021-CH-0000129 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Shirley M. Schulz 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: 6741 Leaoak Drive Rockford, IL 61114 and which said Mortgage was made by: Shirley M. Schulz the Mortgagor(s), to Vertical Lend Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 200700773123; 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 January 7, 2022, 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. 14-20-05219 NOTE: This law firm is a debt

collector. I3182761 P21839R TRRT 12/22 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 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 STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF CLARA D. BALDWIN 21 P 567 CLAIMS NOTICE Notice is given of the death of CLARA D. BALDWIN. Letters of Office were issued on November 22, 2021, to PENNY BALDWIN, whose address is 7415 Forest Preserve Road, Rockton, IL 61072, as Independent Administrator of the estate. The attorney of record for the estate is James E. Meason, 113 W. Main Street, Rockton, IL 61072. Claims may be filed on or before June 8, 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 of delivery of notice, whichever date is later, to any known creditor required by the Probate Act of 1975 (Act), 755 ILCS 5/1-1 et seq., and specifically 755 ILCS 5/18-3. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Court Clerk – Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 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 the Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4), any interested person terminates independent administration at

any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk of the Court. Date: December 8, 2021 PENNY BALDWIN, Independent Administrator James E. Meason Attorney for the Independent Administrator Prepared by: James E. Meason Attorney at Law 113 W. Main Street Rockton, IL 61072-2989 (815) 624-6517 measonlaw@gmail.com 21843R TRRT 12/22 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: GLORIA GIARDINI, Deceased. CASE NO. 2021-P-584 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of GLORIA GIARDINI. Letters of Office were issued on the 24th day of November, 2021, to TERRY GIARDINI, 8794 Carradale Drive, Caledonia, Illinois 61011, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the Estate is GEORGE P. HAMPILOS, of Hampilos & Associates, Ltd., 308 West State Street, Suite 210, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 8, 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: December 1, 2021 By: /s/ George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos — ARDC #6210622 HAMPILOS & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 308 West State Street, Suite 210 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-962-0044 Fax: 815-962-6250 georgehamp@aol.com 21844R TRRT 12/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF: MICHAEL L. MCFARLIN, Deceased. No. 2021-P-556 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Michael L. McFarlin. Letters of Office were issued on November 12, 2021 to Darin R. Mcfarlin, 406 Westview Avenue, Clinton, WI 53525, who is the legal Administrator 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 June 15, 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: December 1, 2021 DARIN R. MCFARLIN, Administrator 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, 11 61107 Phone: (815) 977-5000 Fax: (815) 977-5742 nancyschilling@schilling-law.com 21845R TRRT 12/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF: JADORE GOODWIN, a Minor. 2021 P 560 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION To: Unknown Persons and all whom it may concern Take notice that a petition was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, for the guardianship of a child named JADORE GOODWIN. Now therefore, unless you, UNKNOWN PERSON(S), and all whom it may concern, file your answer to the Petition in the action or otherwise file you appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 West State Street, Room 104, in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 7th day of January, 2022, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. Dated this 1st day of December, 2021 Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of Court Andrea L. McKenna (ARDC # 6309658) 1111 S. Alpine Road Suite 704 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 968-7200 service.canfieldlawoffice@ gmail.com 21846R TRRT 12/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OFWINNEBAGO ESTATE OF RONALD L. LEEK, Deceased No: 2019-P-0000383 NOTICE OF FILING Notice is hereby given to the heirs of the Estate of RONALD L. LEEK, namely GARY LEEK, DENNIS LEEK, THOMAS LEEK, JUDY LEEK MARUM and any descendants of PAUL L. LEEK that on the 2nd day of December, 2021, a final report was filed with the Circuit Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, in the herein case. Copies of the inventory and final account are available upon request to the office of Christopher W. Dodson, 4855 East State Street, Suite 17, Rockford, Illinois 61108. If no objection to this final report is filed within 42 days after the date that the report was filed, the independent representative will be discharged and the estate closed. In the absence of fraud, accident, or mistake, an order discharging the independent representative and declaring the estate closed is binding on each person whose

receipt or approval was filed with the report and on each person to whom notice thereof was given in compliance with §28-11(e) of the Probate Act of 1975, as amended, except a ward for whom no personal fiduciary is acting. 21848R TRRT 12/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: SHEILA NENA POWELL Current Name Case Number 21-MR-873 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Sheila Nena Powell to the new name of: Daeshawn Deontay Powell. The court date will be held: on February 2, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ Sheila Powell Current Name 21849R TRRT 12/22 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: KIMBERLY A. JACKSON, Petitioner, vs. TONY WALTON, Respondent. Case No. 21-D-794 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent Tony Walton that Petitioner Kimberly A. Jackson 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 11, 2022, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Kimberly A. Jackson, Petitioner 21850R TRRT 12/22 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 income tax, accounting, payroll, notary, legal documentation prep, copies, fax, IRS payments services business in said County and State under the name of Cardenas Tax Service at the following post office addresses: 209 Pond St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jessica M. Cardenas SIGNED: Jessica M. Cardenas 11/30/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21851R TRRT 12/22 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 handyman business in said County and State under the name of Andrew Miller at the following post office addresses: 340 Northway Park Road, #3, Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Andrew Scott Miller SIGNED: Andrew Scott Miller 11/30/21 Subscribed and sworn (or

affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of November, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21852R TRRT 12/22 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 MDH Cleaning Service at the following post office addresses: 2411 N. Rockton Ave., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Micah Hawkins SIGNED: Micah Hawkins 12/3/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of December, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Angela Reina, Deputy Clerk 21853R TRRT 12/22 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a thrift store business in said County and State under the name of Helping Hands Helping Others at the following post office addresses: 1114 Broadway, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: JoAnn Calzada SIGNED: JoAnn Calzada 12/6/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of December, A.D. 2021. Lori Gummow, County Clerk Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21855R TRRT 12/22 n n n SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS CANCELLATION OF BUSINESS STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ss. Certificate No. 27579 On the 26th day of December, A.D. 2007, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for: BJ’s Auto Repair at the following address(es): 2110 11th St., Rockford, IL 61104. On the 24th day of November, A.D. 2021, the following person or persons ceased doing business under the above assumed name and have no further connection with or financial interest in the business carried on under such assumed name: Brijido Alfaro SIGNED: Brijido Alfaro 11/24/21 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 24th day of November, A.D. 2021. Kayla Hilliard, Deputy Clerk 21854R 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 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

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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 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 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 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 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

December 8, 2021 The Rock River Times. 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

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. 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

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 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 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

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 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

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 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 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.

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 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS INC. Plaintiff, -v.EVERETT R. WILLSTEAD et al Defendant 2019-CH-0000770 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 January 4, 2022, 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 5412 REGENCY WAY, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-09-379-009 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

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Pamela Johnson, Deputy Clerk 21836R 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 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

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

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. 14-19-12141 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2019-CH-0000770 TJSC#: 41-1513 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-0000770 I3182637 P21837R TRRT 12/22 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs. TONY D. ROBERTSON; MONTRICE ROBERTSON; CRAIG DEGUTIS; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; STATE OF ILLINOIS; WINNEBAGO COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT; KHURRAM KHAN; JUVERIA KHAN; CITY OF ROCKFORD; Defendants, 19 CH 404 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, January 13, 2022 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 11-14-306-027. Commonly known as 1120 RIDGE AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61103. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. For information call Sale Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Burr Ridge, Illinois 60527. (630) 794-5300. 14-21-03265 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3182499 P21838R TRRT 12/22

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Death Notices Lisa Gully 58 Rockford 11/29/2021 Chester Woods 39 Rockford 11/29/2021 Ronald Dvojicka 78 Rockford 11/29/2021 Shirley Cavalzani 87 Rockford 11/29/2021 Tyrone Walker 45 Rockford 11/29/2021 Nancy Leitschuh 76 Rockford 11/29/2021 John Clark 77 Rockton 11/29/2021 Regina Dice 86 Rockford 11/29/2021 Marjorie Caster 84 Rockford 11/29/2021 Robert Creviston 65 Rockford 11/29/2021 Kathleen Yates 79 Rockford 11/29/2021 Clifford Fields 84 Loves Park 11/30/2021 Sharon Webie 74 Rockford 11/30/2021 Herbert Kasiem 79 Rockford 11/30/2021 Jonathon Nolasco 37 Rockford 11/30/2021 Angelique Dowthard 50 Rockford 11/30/2021 Alfred Gies 71 Rockford 11/30/2021 Joan Plummer 82 Rockford 11/30/2021 Richard Hardman 85 Rockford 11/30/2021 Keith Hatch 61 Rockford 11/30/2021 Dennis Howell 75 Rockford 11/30/2021 Virgil Alejos 33 Rockford 11/30/2021 Joseph Nicosia 63 Rockford 11/30/2021 Brian Claeyssen 43 Rockford 11/30/2021 Loyd Doyle 60 Rockford 11/30/2021 Andrew Lockner 85 Rockford 12/1/2021 Theresa Quattlebaum 50 Rockford 12/1/2021 Carmin Carapia 35 Rockford 12/1/2021 Dwayne Tyler 84 Rockford 12/1/2021 Karen Klug 73 Rockford 12/1/2021 Jesse Tapia 71 Rockford 12/1/2021 Willie Mangrum 66 Rockford 12/1/2021 Terry Wright 70 Rockford 12/1/2021 Gerald Collins 70 Rockford 12/1/2021 Lial McCullough 71 Rockford 12/1/2021 Thomas Nimmo 82 Rockford 12/1/2021 Rosemary Highland 97 Rockford 12/1/2021 Kather Alexander 92 Rockford 12/2/2021 Shirley Murphy 74 Loves Park 12/2/2021 Mary Stewart 75 Loves Park 12/2/2021 Lorene Robinson 85 Loves Park 12/2/2021 Herbert Hutson 70 Rockford 12/2/2021 Willie Miner 58 Rockford 12/2/2021 Linda Lahre 74 Loves Park 12/2/2021 Richard Sipe 60 Rockford 12/2/2021 Eugene Stilson 82 Rockford 12/2/2021 Shirley Byczynski 94 Rockford 12/2/2021 Jose Argumedo 80 Rockford 12/2/2021 Pamela Herdkoltz 77 Rockford 12/3/2021 David Olson 81 Rockford 12/3/2021 Bernice Muth 91 South Beloit 12/3/2021 Susan King 68 Winnebago 12/3/2021 Alberta Scalise 87 Rockford 12/3/2021 Emmett Skidmore 73 Rockford 12/3/2021 Finus Walker Jr 67 Rockford 12/3/2021 Cynthia Kroll 71 Rockford 12/3/2021 Jose Vega 35 South Beloit 12/3/2021 Gary Leininger 78 Rockford 12/3/2021 Betty Dillberry 74 Rockford 12/3/2021 Chaz Nading 40 Rockford 12/3/2021 Linda Fulgiam 70 Rockford 12/3/2021 Elanora Sandahl 84 Rockford 12/3/2021 Michael Schenk 62 Rockton 12/4/2021 Mary Russell 84 Rockford 12/4/2021 Karl Larson 71 Rockford 12/4/2021 Freda Geiken 88 Durand 12/4/2021 Jean Schoepski 88 Rockford 12/4/2021 Richard Weith 67 Rockford 12/4/2021 Russell Roland 70 Machesney Park 12/4/2021 Angela Day 47 Rockford 12/4/2021 E. Johnson 91 Rockford 12/4/2021 Betty Triplett 85 Rockford 12/5/2021 Terry Leerhoff 64 Rockford 12/5/2021 Kevin Daughtry 58 Rockford 12/5/2021 Milton Aumann 95 Rockford 12/5/2021 Esco Leisner 74 Rockford 12/5/2021 Kathleen Wentz 74 Rockford 12/5/2021 Jeffrey Jones 68 Rockford 12/5/2021 William Sims 78 Rockford 12/5/2021 Dave Barnes 93 Rockford 12/5/2021 Richard Macias 81 Rockford 12/5/2021 Donna Borrett 68 Rockford 12/5/2021 Martin Smith 81 Rockford 12/6/2021 Arthur Graham 79 Rockford 12/6/2021 Ronald Weaver 57 Rockford 12/6/2021 Ronald Linderwell 68 Rockford 12/6/2021

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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.

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

ARIES, TAURUS AND PISCES 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.

Across 1. Coalition of countries 5 . K i n g t r u m p - e r, sometimes 8. Cuckoo bird 11. ____ weevil 12. Smelting waste 13. Kitchen-wear 15. Coke or Pepsi 16. Check-in via text, email, etc. 17. Settler transport 18. *2021 Super Bowl winner, two words 20. Before long, to Shakespeare 21. Jeopardy 22. Auction action 23. Puts down 26. Coroner’s performance 30. Band booking 31. Snicket of “A Series of Unfortunate Events” 34. Stravinsky’s “The ____ of Spring” 35. Mine passages 37. *Build Back Better ____ 38. Eucharist plate 39. Table hill

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SCORPIO

You might be annoyed by your work

6. *Suez ____, too tight 40. Snoop around schedule this holiday season. With a for Ever Given 41. Snowmobile brandhow bit of patience and determination, 7. Like custard 44.manage Give the boot ever, you’ll to pull some strings. 8. Mythological ship You’ll also 46. *”Stronger” Cindy need to showby that you’re driven.McCain, e.g. 9. “High” time 10. Wayside stop 48. Southwestern hut SAGITTARIUS 12. Thinly spread 49. Sushi restaurant feeling on the verge of a burnout, 13. Look forward to If you’restaple try to get some rest right away. If nothing 14. *____ Papers, leaked 50. ____ gum, food else, this will give you a clearer picture o f f s h o r e a c c o u noft youradditive future. You may want to em information Leave outapproach to life. brace a51. more spiritual 19. Banana refuse, pl. 52. Home to the Leaning CAPRICORN 22. Exchange for money Tower always to balance family 23. Old World lizard It’s not53. Noteasy in use work. Time is in short supply, 24 . * J a n u a r y 2 0 tlife h and54. One in mattress so you’ll need to manage yours with honoree 55. Spot for a facial great care. You’ll also be faced with a 25. Anti-elderly one variety 58. *Actor Liotta, star of unforeseen situations. 26. Those not in favor in “The Many Saints of 27. Pita, alt. sp. Newark” AQUARIUS 28. Take without asking You’ll have the opportunity to plan a 2 9 . G o s s i p e r, trip with loved ones. You’ll want to do things differently for the holidays, so be Yiddish 32. *Perseverance sure to get started on the preparations. You’ll finally discover your passion. landing spot 33. Edible tuber PISCES 36. *Kabul’s orga- You’ll try to hide your sensitivity. How nization in power ever, your loved ones will be very sup 38. *The Nobel portive if you’re not in the right state of ____ Prize was mind. Don’t be afraid to show your emo awarded to Ressa tions if you need to. Any changes that arise will be for the better. and Muratov

If you have a big holiday celebration plan ned for this year, you’ll need to keep on top of the planning. Time will be in short supply, but you’ll be able to pull it off. In love, it’s the little things that ensure the longevity of a relationship. You’ll need to fly away from the nest to make great discoveries. The new year is coming up, and it’s already inspiring you to get a fresh start. By signing up for a few courses, you’ll open more doors for your future.

GEMINI

A special person or situation will move you. At work, you’ll find that any chan ges that arise will prove beneficial to you. If you’re single, you’ll be surprised to find love when you least expect it.

CANCER

You’ll be easy to get along with. You’re not afraid to take on projects at work, and you’ll agree to organize a few of the upcoming events. You’ll be worried about a conflict in the family.

LEO

You’ll find yourself taking the lead at work while your boss takes a well earned vacation. This will have a positive impact on your career. If your relation ship is lacking affection, it could even tually cause your feelings to fade too.

VIRGO

You’ll be in the spotlight for one reason or another. In particular, you could save someone, if only by lending them a sympathetic ear. You’ll get recognition for all that you do.

LIBRA

You’ll spare no expense when it comes to gifts for your loved ones. You’re in a generous mood, and this will have a positive impact on your wellbeing. You’ll need to give a family project some more thought.

SCORPIO

It’s not easy to maintain an interesting social life when work is so demanding. You need to let loose, so don’t hesitate to accept an invitation to go out and join in on a few activities with loved ones.

SAGITTARIUS

You’ll get your hands on some extra mo ney, and you’ll be sure to treat yourself. Whether you’re buying a property or starting a business, you’ll finally get the green light to finance your project.

CAPRICORN

You’ll challenge yourself to gather the whole family together and throw a big party to make up for last year. As an artist, you’ll have plenty of inspiration to draw upon as you create your own work.

AQUARIUS

There’s an artist within you that will awa ken in a pretty spectacular way. If your head is in the clouds, write down any ideas that come to mind so that you can bring them to life one day. Otherwise, they’ll be lost forever.

PISCES

You’ll receive a whole host of invita tions, and you’ll be more than happy to accept every one of them, even if you feel like you’re a candle burning at both ends. Some rest will be nee ded when all’s said and done.

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