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Human milk depot opens at SwedishAmerican Hospital Staff Report ROCKFORD – SwedishAmerican will host a grand opening of its first human milk depot at 10 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 10, at the hospital, 1401 E. State St. The milk deport is part of a partnership between SwedishAmerican and Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes, which benefits babies throughout Illinois and Wisconsin.

Pasteurized donor human milk is an important nutritional therapy for many at-risk Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) babies, as it provides numerous benefits in the absence of the mother’s milk, including infection-fighting factors, active growth and development hormones, improved digestion and ideal nutrition.

W hile SwedishAmerican supports breastfeeding whenever possible, donor milk can be used when the mother has a low milk supply, is ill or on certain medications, or in cases of adoption or surrogacy.

“Breast milk is of the utmost importance to our smallest babies, as it gives them immunity, gut protection, and so many more advantages,” said Jan Southard, manager of the mother/baby unit at Swedish American Hospital.

“SwedishAmerican is proud to partner with Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes, as this will offer a wonderful option to our patients in need of supplemental breast milk.”

The milk depot at SwedishAmerican will collect human milk donations from healthy, lactating women who are approved donors through Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes. The donations are then sent to the milk bank, where they are pasteurized to eliminate any viruses and bacteria. After pasteurization, the milk is tested once again for safety and distributed to hospitals.

“Rigorous safety protocols ensure that pasteurized donor human milk is safe when it’s provided from a milk bank that

adheres to guidelines from the Human Milk Banking Association of North America,” said Summer Kelly, Executive Director of Mothers’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes.

Potential donors are blood tested and thoroughly screened for communicable diseases, activities that increase the risk of blood borne diseases, and the use of tobacco, alcohol, and medications, Kelly added.

Milk collected from SwedishAmerican’s milk depot will help support the complex nutritional needs of sick and premature babies in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Swe d i sh A mer ica n a nd Mot her s’ Milk Bank of the Western Great Lakes will hold a grand opening for the milk bank on Tuesday, December 10 at 10 a.m. on the eighth floor of SwedishAmerican Hospital, 1401 E. State St. Rockford.

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SNAP Benefit Changes

140,000 Illinoisans could lose SNAP benefits

By Peter Hancock

Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD — The Trump administration is about to impose new regulations that would tighten eligibility rules for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps, in a way state officials say could cut off benefits for an estimated 140,000 Illinoisans.

The new rules apply to a category of SNAP recipients ages 18 to 49 known as “able-bodied adults without dependents,” or ABAWDs. Currently, who meet the program’s income eligibility limits are limited to three months of benefits during any 36-month period unless they work at least 20 hours a week or are enrolled in a job training program.

Those conditions were part of a 1996 welfare reform law passed during the Clinton administration. But the law also allows states to waive the work requirements if the applicant lives in an area marked by high unemployment or where there is a lack of sufficient jobs.

The new rules, which will take effect in April, will tighten the regulations governing those waivers by limiting them to counties with unemployment rates above

6 percent. It is one of several changes to SNAP eligibility being implemented or considered by the Trump administration.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the program, said in a document published Wednesday that about half of all able-bodied adults receiving SNAP live in areas that have received waivers “despite low unemployment levels across the majority of the country.”

“The strong economy is creating opportunities for all,” U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said during a telephone news conference Wednesday. “Now is the time for us to engage with this subset of SNAP participants so that they can know the dignity of work and the lasting transformation that it provides.”

But Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker blasted the new rules, calling them “cruel” and suggesting they are being enacted for other political purposes.

“President Trump is now resorting to the ugliest possible tactics to distract the American people from his impeachment and gin up support from the far right – denying food to the most vulnerable people in our society,” Pritzker said in an email statement. “This is cruel and my administration has fought him at every turn.”

USDA estimates the rule change will make about 668,000 people nationwide ineligible for SNAP, resulting in an estimated $5.5 billion savings over five years.

Meghan Powers, spokeswoman for the Illinois Department of Human Services, said about 140,000 people in this state would lose eligibility, although she added the agency has been working to find other ways to extend eligibility to those individuals.

“Many SNAP participants face serious barriers to employment, such as mental illnesses, substance use disorders, justice involvement and significant physical limitations, and would not be able to immediately meet the work requirements,” she said in an email statement. “IDHS has been working for months to appropriately exempt any individuals with these barriers so they do not need to meet the work requirements. However, we also recognize that some of our customers can and want to work. To that end, IDHS has also engaged in a robust effort to prepare for this rule change so we can help as many SNAP participants as possible find employment and training that would meet the work requirement.”

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World trade without rules? US shuts down WTO appeals court

BY JAMEY KEATEN AND PAUL WISEMAN ASSOCIATED PRESS

GENEVA (AP) – Global commerce will lose its ultimate umpire Tuesday, leaving countries unable to reach a final resolution of disputes at the World Trade Organization and instead facing what critics call “the law of the jungle.’’

The United States, under a president who favors a go-it-alone approach to economics and diplomacy, appears to prefer it that way.

The terms of two of the last three judges on the WTO’s appellate body end Tuesday.

Their departure will deprive the de facto Supreme Court of world trade of its ability to issue rulings.

Among the disputes left in limbo are seven cases that have been brought against Trump’s decision last year to declare foreign steel and aluminum a threat to U.S. national security and to hit them with import taxes.

The WTO’s lower court - its dispute settlement body - can hear cases. But its decisions will go nowhere if the loser appeals to a higher court that is no longer functioning.

Without having to worry about rebukes from the WTO, countries could use tari�s and other sanctions to limit imports.

Such rising protectionism could create uncertainty and discourage trade.

“We are in a crisis moment for our global trading system,’’ said U.S. Rep. Stephanie Murphy, D-Fla, who sits on the House Ways and Means subcommittee on trade. “As of tomorrow, the court will cease to exist.’’

The loss of a global trade court of final appeals, Murphy said, is “really dangerous for American businesses.’’

The panel is supposed to have seven judges. But their ranks have dwindled because the United States - under Presidents George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Trump - has blocked new appointments to protest the way the WTO does business.

Trump and his top trade negotiator, Robert Lighthizer, are especially vociferous critics of the WTO. They argue that the trade organization constrains America’s ability to counter unfair trading practices

by China and other countries.

Even other countries have complained about the WTO’s system for settling trade disputes. Critics say that cases take too long to resolve, that the panel often overreaches in its rulings and that the Geneva-based agency is ill-equipped to deal with the challenge posed by the Chinese economy’s unconventional blend of capitalism and state control.

Getting the WTO to reform is di�cult

because it requires consensus from its 164 member countries. Trump is willing to use America’s economic and political clout to shake things up in a way that smaller countries couldn’t.

“Where the United States is completely alone is the approach they’ve taken, (which) is to say: ‘We’re just going to blow this thing up,’ “ said Bernard Hoekman, an economist at the European University Institute.

The impending shutdown was met with dismay by several WTO member countries.

Zhang Xiangchen, China’s ambassador to the WTO, said in a statement that he was marking the occasion by wearing the black tie his wife had given him for funerals. Letting the “lights go out’’ at the appellate body, at least temporarily, Zhang said, is delivering what is “no doubt the most severe blow to the multilateral trading system since its establishment.’’

The EU commissioner for trade, Phil Hogan, said in a statement that “this is a regrettable and very serious blow to the international rules-based trade system.”

Speaking at a news conference Tuesday, WTO Director General Roberto Azevedo said he intended to engage in a round of consultations with a number of WTO member countries including the United States to see if a resolution to the impasse can be found.

“To the extent that this is an extremely sensitive political issue for everyone, I have no doubt that these consultations will grab the attention of leaders worldwide,” Azevedo said.

The EU and other countries have been working to set up an ersatz appellate body - including some former members of the existing appeals panel - to arbitrate future trade disputes. But that’s just a stopgap. And it is uncertain how many countries might join in.

The WTO was set up in 1995 to write and regulate the rules of global trade.

Earlier, countries had complained that the United States was using its clout as the world’s No. 1 economy to unilaterally impose trade sanctions and to strong-arm other countries into limiting exports to America. (During the Reagan administration, Lighthizer was involved in arranging such “voluntary export restraints.’’)

For its part, the United States wanted more access to foreign markets.

The WTO’s dispute settlement process, including the Appellate Body, was meant to establish that written rules, not arbitrary power, governed global trade.

But the process has proved cumber-

some. The appellate panel is notorious for missing deadlines, a problem that worsened as it lost judges. It is supposed to rule within 90 days but last year needed an average of 395 days to issue decisions.

Since 1995, 592 cases have been brought to the WTO (124 by the United States, the No. 1 complainant); the appellate body has issued 120 rulings, covering 162 of those cases. Most of the rest were dropped or resolved outside the WTO process.

Still, a former WTO appellate judge, Peter Van den Bossche, now a professor at Switzerland’s University of Bern, last week called the WTO’s dispute settlement process “a glorious experiment with the rule of law in international relations.’’

Its shutdown, he said, would leave countries and companies contending with “the law of the jungle ... the law of the strongest ... and that will hurt us all.’’

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Impeachment

Democrats unveil impeachment charges; Trump left ‘no choice’

By Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Tuesday, declaring his actions toward Ukraine “betrayed the nation” as they pushed toward historic proceedings that are certain to help define his presidency and shape the 2020 election.

The specific charges aimed at removing the 45th president of the U.S.: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi, flanked by the chairmen of impeachment inquiry committees at the U.S. Capitol, said they were upholding their solemn oath to defend the Constitution. Trump responded angrily on Twitter: “WITCH HUNT!” Voting is expected in a matter of days by the Judiciary Committee, and by Christmas in the full House. The charges, if approved, would then be sent to the Senate, where the Republican majority would be unlikely to convict Trump, but not without a potentially bitter trial just as voters in Iowa and other early presidential primary states begin making their choices.

In the formal articles announced Tuesday, the Democrats said Trump enlisted a foreign power in “corrupting” the U.S. election process and endangered national security by asking Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, including Democrat Joe Biden, while withholding U.S. military aid as leverage. That benefited Russia over the U.S. as America’s ally fought Russian aggression, the Democrats said.

Trump then obstructed Congress by ordering current and former officials to defy House subpoenas for testimony and by blocking access to documents, the charges say.

By his conduct, Trump “demonstrated he will remain a threat to national security and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, “ the nine-page impeachment resolution says.

“If we did not hold him accountable, he would continue to undermine our election,” Pelosi said later at a forum sponsored by Politico. “Nothing less is at stake than the central point of our democracy - a free and fair election.’’

After decrying the Democrats’ announcement, Trump headed to Pennsylvania for a reelection campaign rally.

First, he tweeted that to impeach a president “who has done NOTHING wrong, is sheer Political Madness.”

The outcome, though, appears increasingly set as the House presses ahead toward impeachment as it has only three times in

history against U.S. presidents, an ultimate test of the nation’s system of checks and balances.

Democrats said they had no choice but to act in what is now a strictly partisan undertaking, as Republicans stand with the president, because Trump has shown a pattern of behavior that, if left unchecked, poses risks to the democratic process.

Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., the Judiciary chairman, said the president “holds the ultimate public trust. When he betrays that trust and puts himself before country, he endangers the Constitution; he endangers our democracy; he endangers our national security.”

“No one, not even the president, is above the law,” he said, announcing the charges before a portrait of George Washington.

Chairman Adam Schiff of the Intelligence Committee said, “We stand here today because the president’s abuse of power leaves us with no choice.”

Trump’s allies immediately plunged into the fight that will extend into the new year. White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said Democrats are trying to “overthrow’’ the administration.

Campaign manager Brad Parscale said Democrats “don’t have a viable candidate for 2020 and they know it.” The president’s son, Eric, embraced his father’s penchant for name calling, assailing Pelosi and “her swamp creatures.”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said he would be “totally surprised’’ if there were 67 votes in the chamber to convict Trump, and signaled options for a swift trial. He said no decision had been made whether to call witnesses.

In drafting the charges against the president, Pelosi faced a legal and political challenge of balancing the views of her majority while hitting the Constitution’s bar of “treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors.”

Some liberal lawmakers wanted more expansive charges encompassing the findings from special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Centrist Democrats preferred to keep the impeachment articles more focused on Trump’s actions toward Ukraine.

The final resolution slim in length yet broad in concept attempted to find common ground by linking the Ukraine inquiry to the Mueller probe in two separate lines, without specifically mention the Russia investigation.

It said the abuse of power was consistent with “previous invitations of foreign interference in United States elections” while the obstruction charge was consistent with

Trump’s previous efforts to undermine “United States government investigations into foreign interference.”

Democratic leaders say Trump put his political interests above those of the nation when he asked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a July phone call to investigate his rivals, including Democrat Joe Biden, and then withheld $400 million in military aid as the U.S. ally faced an aggressive Russia. They say he then obstructed Congress by stonewalling the House investigation.

The articles say Trump “used the powers of the presidency in a manner that compromised the national security of the United States and undermined the integrity of the United States democratic process.”

The first article, on abuse of power, says Trump “corruptly” solicited Ukraine to investigate his political rivals.

The second article, obstruction of Congress, says that Trump directed defiance of the House’s ability to conduct its legal oversight like no other president “in the history of the republic.”

Trump insisted in a new tweet that when he asked Ukraine’s president “to do us a favor” with the investigations, “’us’ is a reference to USA, not me!” Democrats, however, say Trump’s meaning could not have been clearer in seeking political dirt on Biden, his possible opponent in the 2020 election.

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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy said, the vote will be on impeachment not “whether a call is perfect.’’

While the impeachment is focused on the Ukraine matter, Trump’s actions toward Russia continue underlie the debate. On Tuesday Trump met at the White House with Sergey Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister just back from Paris efforts to revive peace talks with Ukraine.

At the same time, a top adviser to the Ukraine president, Andriy Yermak, disputed key impeachment testimony from U.S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland, telling Time magazine the two did not speak of the investigations Trump wanted during a Warsaw meeting.

The next steps are expected to come swiftly after months of investigation into the Ukraine matter and special counsel Mueller’s two-year Russia probe.

In his report, Mueller said he could not determine that Trump’s campaign conspired or coordinated with Russia in the 2016 election. But he said he could not exonerate Trump of obstructing justice and left it for Congress to determine.

Even as she pushed ahead w ith the impeachment proceeding, Pelosi announced an agreement with the White House on a new U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal, a top priority for the president as well as many centrist Democrats. It, too, could get a vote next week.

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Crime

The Veronica Blumhorst Case, Part 8: Ostensible shoppers and a friendly checkout Editor’s note: The following is the eighth installment in a series about the disappearance of 21-year-old Veronica Blumhorst, who vanished Sept. 20, 1990, after finishing her shift at a Mendota, Illinois, grocery store. Her car was found in her garage less than a mile away and it is believed she had only $10 on her when she vanished.

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

MENDOTA - While seemingly incriminating statements made by the boyfriend of Veronica Blumhorst have garnered significant attention over the last three decades, the actions of others on the nights she vanished may be as noteworthy.

Police say a co-worker was unsure if a former security guard at a nearby McDona lds w as inside Dempsey’s SuperValu during Veronica’s last shift but that he may have been. She said he often came in between 9 and 11 p.m., and aside from buying the occasional pack of gum or renting a video, most of his time was spent talking to female employees, including Veronica. And while he was not known to have crossed the line, one worker said the man would “look at the girls like he was undressing them, or that he can see through their clothes.”

Before Veronica went missing, the loitering man would visit Dempsey’s two to three times a week. After Sept. 20, he would only drop in occasionally to talk about the case.

“He would ask for newspapers when he came in and would look for anything in the papers about Veronica,” Sharon Vandiver told police in 1990.

But the frequent inquiries eventually stopped, she added, and that the man would only occasionally ask about Veronica as the case grew colder. The man was later interviewed by police and told to stay out of the store.

Another person questioned was an 18-year-old man who stopped at SuperValu on Sept. 19 for a few items. Surveillance footage shows him purchasing a six-pack of soda, two pizzas and renting two videos.

Veronica checked him out at 11:49 p.m.

“Veronica scanned my purchases, I paid her and she said, ‘Have a nice night,’” the man told The Times.

Police say the man also encountered SuperValu employee Jason Stephenitch, also 18, and that at 11 p.m., overheard him tell Veronica he’d be back to pick her up.

The man denies that claim.

“That’s absolutely not true,” he said. “I

am guessing they fabricated that into the report because I never said that. There was nobody else in the store besides two employees and me when I checked out. I don’t even know who that is.”

Stephenitch admitted to talking to Veronica but denies telling her he would he return for her. Both men passed polygraphs and were later cleared. What still remains a mystery--besides what happened to Veronica--is the identity of a man who left Dempsey’s at around 11:39 p.m.

According to a source, the ostensible shopper, who’s not mentioned in police reports or referenced as being captured by a surveillance camera, was in the store for approximately 30 minutes but did not make a purchase. And while he was never named, he may have been an off-duty police officer.

Vandiver and Veronica Blumhorst were the last to leave the store, police say. After closing Dempsey’s just after 1 a.m., they briefly warmed up their vehicles then pulled away. Veronica drove her blue 1989 Chevrolet Corsica north out of the parking lot onto Meriden Street and went east. She made it to her home at 1204 Monroe St. and parked in the garage. Where she went from there is anybody’s guess.

Those close to the case say Veronica likely left with someone she knew as there was no sign of a struggle near her car. Her purse, work smock and the video she rented during her shift were missing; she took no extra clothes. These things suggest that had she decided to leave, even “get out of here,” as she once told a co-worker, Veronica did not intend on being gone for long. She was also sick with mononucleosis and had a doctor’s appointment that afternoon. An extended trip was unlikely.

So, what happened to Veron ica Blumhorst? Was she the victim of a violent domestic dispute? Did she cross paths with a serial killer who happened upon a sleepy Midwestern town that by all accounts rolls up its sidewalks at dusk? Did someone figure out her schedule, possibility her route home, and snatch her from the alley behind her house as her family slept?

Whomever is responsible had the skills to make someone disappear--for 29 years and counting.

Anyone with information about the disappearance of Veronica Blumhorst is urged to contact the Mendota Police Department at 815-539-9331 and mendotapd@mendotapolice.com.

6 killed in New Jersey gunbattle

By David Porter Associated Press

JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Six people, including a police officer and three bystanders, were killed in a furious gunbattle Tuesday that filled the streets of Jersey City with the sound of heavy fire for hours, authorities said.

The dead included the two gunmen, Jersey City Police Chief Michael Kelly said.

The slain officer, Detective Joseph Seals, 40, was credited by his superiors with having led the department in the number of illegal guns removed from the streets in recent years, and might have been trying to stop an incident involving such weapons when he was cut down by gunfire that erupted near a cemetery, authorities said.

The shooting then continued at a kosher supermarket about a mile away, where five more bodies were found, Kelly said.

“It’s a really tough day for the city of Jersey City,” Mayor Steven Fulop said. Seals “was one of the best officers for getting the most guns off the streets. He was a good cop.”

Two other officers were wounded but were later released from the hospital, authorities said.

The bullets started flying early in the

afternoon in the city of about 270,000 people, situated across the Hudson River from New York City. Seals, who worked for a unit called Cease Fire, was shot around 12:30 p.m. The gunmen then traveled to another part of the city in a stolen rental van and engaged police in a lengthy shootout.

“Our officers were under fire for hours,” the chief said.

Inside the grocery store, police found the bodies of what they were believed were the two gunmen and three other people who apparently happened to be in the place when the assailants rushed in, authorities said. Police said they were confident the bystanders were shot by the gunmen and not by police.

The kosher grocery is a central fixture in a growing community of Orthodox Jews who have been moving to Jersey City in recent years. Authorities were unable to say why the gunmen went there.

Rabbi Moshe Shapiro, who shops at the kosher store and attends a synagogue next door, said he spoke with the store owner, Moishe Ferencz.

“He told me he had just walked out of the store into the synagogue not five feet away just before this happened, and then he couldn’t get back for hours,” Shapiro said.

“His wife was inside the store. He said, ‘I hope my wife is safe.’”

The names of the victims inside the store were not immediately released, pending notification of relatives.

City Public Safety Director James Shea said that authorities believe the bloodshed was not an act of terrorism but that it was still under investigation.

The shooting spread fear through the neighborhood, and the nearby Sacred Heart School was put on lockdown as a precaution.

SWAT teams, state police and federal agents converged on the scene, and police blocked off the area, which in addition to the school and supermarket included a hair salon and other shops. Dozens of bystanders pressed against the police barrier to capture the action on their cellphones, some whooping when bursts of fire could be heard.

Video shot by residents recorded loud volleys of gunfire reverberating along one of the city’s main streets and showed a long line of law enforcement officers pointing guns as they advanced, yelling to bystanders, “Clear the street! Get out of the way!” “ It’s like firecrackers going off,” said

Andy Patel, who works at a liquor store about three blocks away. “They were shooting like crazy. ... The cops were clearing everyone off the streets.”

Police also removed what they described as a possible “incendiary device” from the rental vehicle and sent it for examination by a bomb squad. The results of that examination were not available Tuesday evening.

Seals had been on the Jersey City Police Department since 2006. In addition to his work with the illegal guns unit, he was cited for heroism in a Christmas Eve 2008 incident in which he and another officer burst through the window of a home and stopped a sexual assault that was being carried out against a 41-year-old woman.

Seventh grader Zamir Butler said his class was coming back inside from the playground at Sacred Heart, which sits across the street from the grocery store, when he heard the shots. At first he thought they were thunder, since it had rained earlier.

“Everybody was running up the stairs to get to safety in the classroom,” he said.

“A few of the kids were crying. They told us to stay behind the wall and stay down.”

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Season’s eatings & greetings

BY PAULA HENDRICKSON CONTRIBUTOR

Holiday specials – both old and new – are airing right and left this month. Here are a couple of highlights.

As a longtime fan of The Great British Baking Show, I might resent the commercial interruptions of The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition, but I’m glad ABC brought it back after pulling it from last year’s schedule when one of the judges (Johnny Iuzzini, who is no longer with the program) was accused of sexual harassment. Only one episode aired last year.

This twist on the popular baking competition is again headlined by the British version’s long-time judge Paul Hollywood. It returns Thursday, December 12 with two back-to-back episodes each week. Starting with 10 home bakers facing three baking

challenges per episode, one baker is sent home each week. The final three competitors face o� in the final episode, airing January 2.

If baking isn’t your thing, maybe classic animation is.

The original 1966 animated version of How the Grinch Stole Christmas – with legendary actor Boris Karlo� voicing The Grinch – sparks holiday joy in almost anyone who sees it when his heart finally grows three sizes. A lot of people love sweet little Cindy Lou Who, but my favorite character has always been the Grinch’s beleaguered dog, Max. And who doesn’t love the song, “You’re a Mean one, Mr. Grinch,” especially when he’s compared to a seasick crocodile?

A bit of trivia hardcore Dr. Seuss fans will know: In the original children’s book, the Grinch was white, not the vivid green we recognize now from this animated

incarnation.

Anyone who loves Bing Crosby and David Bowie’s now-iconic duet on “Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth” – and receives getTV – who wants to see the unlikely duo perform a somewhat awkward duet, Crosby’s 1977 Christmas special (his last, since he died less than two months after shooting the special) will be re-broadcast in full Sunday night on getTV. Like most Christmas specials of its time, it was built around a ridiculous premise. In this case, it was that Crosby and his family were visiting the English estate of a long-lost relative for the holidays, and Bowie just happened to be a neighbor who would often visit to play piano. Upon his arrival, they chat briefly about music and before breaking into song.

The oft-repeated backstory is that

Bowie agreed to appear on the special because his mother was a huge Crosby fan. Whatever the reasons, the result was memorable: two extremely di�erent musical giants from very di�erent eras joined forces to create one of the most beautiful, unusual, and enduring Christmas duets ever.

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Newspaper criticizes film’s take on Olympic bombing coverage

BY KATE BRUMBACK ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA (AP) — After a bomb exploded in a downtown Atlanta park midway through the 1996 Olympics, a security guard initially cast as a hero was recast as a villain virtually overnight. More than 20 years later, a movie to be released later this week, “Richard Jewell,” explores the roles played by law enforcement and the media in the guard’s ordeal.

Now the movie is drawing its own share of criticism.

Kevin Riley, the current editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, is disputing the film’s depiction of the newspaper’s reporting and decision-making processes, especially the portrayal of reporter Kathy Scruggs, who the movie implies traded sex with an FBI agent for a tip on the story.

In an interview with The Associated Press, director Clint Eastwood dismissed the criticism of his movie, which is based on a 1997 Vanity Fair article by Marie Brenner, by saying the paper likely is looking to “rationalize” its actions.

Jewell’s saga began on July 27, 1996, when he spotted an abandoned backpack during a concert in Centennial Olympic Park shortly before 1 a.m. and helped clear the area as federal agents determined it contained a bomb. The explosion about 20 minutes later killed 44-year-old Alice Hawthorne of Albany, Georgia, and injured 111 people, some of them seriously. A Turkish television cameraman died after su�ering a heart attack while running to film the explosion’s aftermath.

Jewell, who likely helped prevent many more casualties, was initially hailed as a hero but a few days later was reported to be the focus of the FBI investigation, and the public quickly turned on him.

The park reopened within days, the games continued and Jewell was publicly cleared three months later. But he grappled with the fallout for the rest of his life, and Atlanta lived with the fear and unease of a bomber still at large.

A new book, “The Suspect,” attempts to bring clarity to the aftermath of the bombing. Its authors were in the thick of it: Kent Alexander was the U.S. attorney in Atlanta when the bombing happened and Kevin Salwen led The Wall Street Journal’s southeastern section.

In the frantic days after the bombing, Scruggs confirmed with law enforcement sources that the FBI was focusing on Jewell.

The paper published that information three days after the explosion and scores of reporters descended on the apartment complex where Jewell lived with his mother, leaving them feeling as if they

were under siege for months.

Jewell had made clear his dream of working in law enforcement and was endlessly mocked as an overzealous but bumbling wannabe cop.

It’s easy to say in hindsight that the investigation focused too heavily on Jewell, Alexander said. But some of Jewell’s actions and tips from people who knew him raised serious questions, the former prosecutor said. There was also the memory of a police o�cer at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles who was celebrated for disarming a bomb until it emerged that he’d planted it.

Doubts about Jewell’s guilt surfaced quickly, especially once it became clear he couldn’t have made a 911 call reporting the bomb from a pay phone blocks away.

In late October 1996, Alexander took the unusual step of sending a letter to one of Jewell’s attorneys saying Jewell was not a target of the investigation.

“His name had been so badly muddied and tarnished that it just seemed like we should do something, so I did,” Alexander said.

That left authorities sifting through dozens of possible suspects – the actual bomber, anti-government extremist Eric Rudolph, not among them. Rudolph, who was behind two more bombs in Atlanta in early 1997 and another in Alabama in January 1998, was eventually captured in 2003 and pleaded guilty in 2005.

T he me d i a f r en z y su r r ou nd i ng Jewell drew backlash, and the JournalConstitution was criticized for the “voice of God” style in its initial story, which carried no attribution and left the origin of the information unclear.

Ron Martz, who shared a byline with Scruggs on the scoop, said questions and rumors swirled in the wake of the horrific attack and he saw it as a public service to let people know where the investigation stood.

Scruggs had solid sources and the story had been through several editors, Martz said. Editors even had him take the highly unusual step of reading the entire story to an FBI spokesman to confirm that the information was correct and to make sure it wouldn’t jeopardize the investigation.

But Martz said he regrets not pushing for clearer attribution on the original story, which could have spared the paper much grief with the addition of just five words: “according to law enforcement sources.”

Once he was e�ectively cleared, Jewell’s lawyers filed libel suits against numerous news outlets. Most settled, but the Journal-Constitution didn’t. The legal battle continued for more than a decade, beyond Jewell’s death in 2007 at age 44. The courts ultimately ruled the newspaper’s stories weren’t libelous because they were

substantially true when published.

Criticism of the newspaper, and particularly Scruggs, was devastating to her, Martz said.

“She felt very hurt by the way she was being portrayed and the fact that this was to be the shining moment of her career and people were going after her personally to get at her professionally,” he said.

Scruggs was a “wild child,” loud, foulmouthed and often provocative, Martz said, but she was also relentless, hard-nosed and one of the best reporters he ever worked with. She died at 42 in 2001 from an overdose of prescription drugs.

In an op-ed, Journal-Constitution editor Riley wrote that there’s no evidence Scruggs committed the breach of journalistic ethics implied in the movie and disputed implications that the newspaper’s reporting was sloppy.

Eastwood defended the depiction of Scruggs, saying he’d “read a lot of material” on her that seemed to “corroborate the fact that she was somewhat on the wild side.”

He also said the news media sometimes

rushes because of competition to be first, and “they pull the trigger before they’re dialed in.”

In a letter sent Monday to Eastwood, a Warner Brothers lawyer and others, a lawyer for the newspaper demands a public statement that dramatization was used in the film’s portrayal of events and characters, and asks that a “prominent disclaimer” to that e�ect be added to the film.

“It is highly ironic that a film purporting to tell a tragic story of how the reputation of an FBI suspect was grievously tarnished appears bent on a path to severely tarnish the reputation of the AJC,” lawyer Martin Singer wrote.

Warner Brothers fired back, saying that the newspaper’s claims are baseless, that the film seeks to confirm Jewell’s innocence and restore his name.

“It is unfortunate and the ultimate irony that the Atlanta Journal Constitution, having been a part of the rush to judgment of Richard Jewell, is now trying to malign our filmmakers and cast,” the studio wrote in a statement.

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Climate change and changing agriculture

Understanding our planting zone

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

One of the main limitations to growing perennial fruit and vegetable crops in Northern Illinois is the USDA Planting Zone we live in. This planting zone defines what perennial crops will be able to survive our cold winters successfully each year. It also helps you decide what plants you should plant and those you should never plant.

When you start looking to purchase plants, you will see listed what zones they can be planted in.

There are 11 di�erent USDA Plant Zones based on the minimal low temperature range within a defined area and combined with a perennial plant’s hardiness to survive this threshold range. Each zone is a 10 degree Fahrenheit di�erence. For example, if you live in zone 8, your growing area has a seasonal low average of 10 F to 20 F and that you could only plant perennial plants that are able to tolerate that low. You could plant fruit trees that could survive lower than this but you could not plant any perennial plants that cannot survive that temperature range.

When you look at the USDA Plant Zone map online, you will see di�erent color zones that run horizontal across the United States. Most states have multiple planting zones usually 2 to 3. In most cases, a state will have a dominant planting zone and smaller zones. You might see a small

planting zone within the state’s dominant planting zone. For instance, Georgia has a small dot of zone 7 within zone 8. These smaller dots/regions of planting zones are based on microclimates which could be tied to the topography of that area.

Illinois has 3 planting zones: 5, 6, and 7. We are fairly even between zone 5 and 6 with zone 5 running north of Springfield and zone 6 running south. There are small pockets of zone 6 in Cook County and zone 7 in Southern Illinois, respectively. All of our region is zone 5 which is further broken down into zone 5a and zone 5b. This is a 5 degree di�erence in which zone 5a is “-15 to -20 F” and zone 5b is “-10 to -15F”. Most of zone 5a is west of Rockford. While this di�erence may seem minimal, depending on the winter a perennial plant may not be able to tolerate it.

Now that you know this information, you can use it in purchasing perennial plants.

Most fruit tree companies will allow you to enter your zipcode and this will then let you know what trees you can purchase and plant successfully based on your planting zone. Other times, a fruit tree might be listed as good to plant in zone 4 to 8.

Grant McCarty is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension. His tips and tricks for local eating and your at-home garden appear every week in The Rock River Times.

BY DRS. ROBERT & SONIA VOGL CONTRIBUTORS

While predicting next year’s weather is always risky, climate scientists have generated data predicting that long term climate trends are less favorable for existing agricultural practices. If the past few years of wet conditions in the Midwest persist it will force changes in agriculture.

The extended wet conditions of spring delayed planting and prevented farmers from planting all the land they expected to farm. Above normal rains in August and September delayed drying crops adding to farmer woes. While soybeans are nearly all harvested, some estimates indicated only half the corn crop is in. High moisture levels in the corn requires extended hours of drying which is slowing the rate of harvesting and adding to overall costs.

The wet conditions are also delaying farmers from doing post-harvest field work preparing the ground for next spring’s crop. The increased size and weight of farm equipment also delays getting into the fields. Larger, heavier equipment and deeper plowing might be increasing the breakage of field tile. If this is occurring it only adds to the wet field problem.

Some farmers are downsizing their operations in response to the stress of the last few years. One farmer we know intends to gradually give up much of his rented ground and eventually only farm the land he owns. If wet conditions become the new normal some land will be abandoned while other lands will be tiled.

Facing an uncertain future, some farmers have linked their declining prospects to globalization, climate change, trade wars, falling commodity prices, corporate farming and political polarization. Suicide rates in farm communities are on the rise as farmers find themselves displaced by technologies favoring large scale operations.

As farm operations increase in size and complexity, their reliance on abundant, low costs supplies of fossil fuels increases which scientists report intensifies climate change. If e�orts to curtail the use of fossil

fuels are implemented, farm operations would have to change in response. One ongoing e�ort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and the fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides derived from them is work the being done by The Land Institute in developing perennial crops.

Their current research e�orts are headed

by Tim Crews, TLI Director of Research and Soil Ecologist. While pursuing a college degree at the UC, Santa Cruz, he developed an interest in agroecology. It is a discipline focused on understanding how nature functions and how agricultural systems functioned in the past without the use of fossil fuels, He has a strong interest how much energy it takes to grow food. Early agricultural e�orts were undertaken to obtain more energy for people. Crews points out that our crops are large solar collectors and we eat the solar energy they collect. But it takes additional energy to sow, tend and harvest the crops. This additional energy is increasingly coming from fossil fuels and exceeding the amount of energy available in our food. For example, growing a head of lettuce requires as much as 100 times the energy as is available in the lettuce.

As long as fossil fuels are cheap and widely available this approach to agriculture has been financially successful.

However, the securing and consuming of fossil fuels is charging the climate and undermining our existing agricultural system.

Crews is seeking to design farming methods applying his understanding of how traditional farming methods were able to sustain crop production without the use of fertilizers. By planting perennial wheat and legumes as companion plantsp he expects to achieve a dramatic reduction in fossil fuels while simulating how a natural ecosystem functions.

Perennial wheat, known as Kernza, is in the marketplace; other perennial crops are under development. For a fuller picture of the work being done at The Land Institute we suggest you visit their website.

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A&E Happenings Music & Arts

Ongoing Open Stage at Mandalay Lounge - Monday-Sunday beginning at 5 p.m. 200 North Church Street.

Mary’s Place - 602 N. Madison St. Open Stage, Tues. & Thurs. 9:30 p.m.-close; Karaoke, Wed. 9:30 p.m.-close.

Bruce L. Warden - For listening & dining every Friday and Saturday 5-9 p.m. at Hoffman House, 7550 E. State St. Ongoing Bold Abstrations - Rockford Art Museum’s (RAM) new art exhibition, Bold Abstractions: Paintings from the Thoma Collection, will be on display at RAM, located inside the Riverfront Museum Park at 711 North Main Street through January 26, 2020, with free daily admission provided by support from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Foundation. This major exhibition explores new forms of abstract painting from the 1960s, following the heyday of Abstract Expressionism.

Highlighting color-based, geometric, and perceptual experiments, this selection of works from the Carl & Marilynn Thoma Art Foundation Collection includes an international group of 33 artists associated with some of the key painting movements of the mid-20th century: Color Field, Post-Painterly Abstraction, Hard-Edge, and Op Art. Bold Abstractions at RAM marks the first time the Thoma’s significant post-war painting collection has been shown at a public institution.

This exhibition is organized by Carrie Johnson.

Thursday, December 12-Saturday, December 14 I Heard the Bells - North Love Music Ministries presents “I Heard the Bells”. Performances take place at 7 p.m. Thursday-Saturday at North Love Baptist Activity Building, 5301 E. Riverside Blvd. Free admission, any donations will go towards new choir music. The tale of a successful newspaper journalist assigned to write a Christmas article about the holiday season in her hometown. As she digs deeper into the carols and traditions she realizes her need for a meaningful relationship with Christ. For more information call 815-8776021 or visit northlove.org.

Friday, December 13 Bluegrass Reunion Band - Performing from 5-7:30 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free admission.

Saturday, December 14 Nine Lessons and Carols - 5 p.m. at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 412 N. Church St. Following the tradition of the Christmas Eve service broadcast annually from King’s College Cambridge, England featuring readers from the greater Rockford community. A freewill offering will help to support the music ministry at Emmanuel. For more information visit emmanuelrockford.org.

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

Friday, December 20 Listening Room Annual Holiday Fundraiser - Concert takes place at 201 7th St. Doors open at 6 p.m.,

Presents

Christmas Time In Freland

Paddy Homan and friends takes the audience on a trip back to the ‘hearth’ of an Irish Christmas, filled with songs, stories, rousing music and traditional Irish dancing. The Noble Call celebrates the age-old Irish tradition of calling on invited guests to share a favorite song, tune, story or dance.

Sunday, December 15, 2019 • 3:00pm $25 adult • $10 student • 14 & under free To purchase tickets, visit www ww ww.irishmarchingsociety.com w

Danny 815-218-8449 Mendelssohn Performing Arts Center 406 N Main St., Rockford, IL 61103

The Noble Call is.

• Mick Broderick on Bozouki • Dave Curley on Guitar, Banjo and Vocals • Larry Nugent on Flute • Brendan Bulger on Fiddle • Sean-no’s dancer Brian Cunningham

concert from 7-9:30 p.m. Standout Midwestern Musicians Mark Dvorak, Eric Lambert, Emily Hurd, and Dan Maguire will be donating their talent for charity. Free admission, generous donations to Rockford Urban Ministries encouraged.

Non-alcoholic refreshments will be available.

For more information call 815-964-7111 or visit rockfordurbanmin.org.

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Show times are 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, December 13 and 14, SUNDAY PERFORMANCE SOLD OUT. A reception with cast members will be held after the Saturday evening show.

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Friday, December 13 Donuts with Santa - 8:30-11:30 a.m. at Crusader Community Health, 1200 W. State St. Parents are invited to bring their children to have a photo taken with Santa and enjoy a variety of treats and activities. Crusader on West State Street’s third floor community room is magically transformed into Santa’s workshop complete with bright lights, music and “the man” in the bright red suit!

Kids are given presents of hand made mittens and hats. Winnebago County correction officers hand out stuffed animals. Kids will receive donuts and cookies along with milk and “reindeer” water.

Saturday, December 14 Hoo Haven Annual Christmas Walk - The public is invited to this free event from 12 p.m.-3 p.m. with a special Story Hour from 1-2 p.m. Listen to holiday music and enjoy hot cocoa or coffee while children enjoy a visit from Elf on the Shelf. A variety of gift items and t-shirts will be available for purchase as well as “Stuff a Reindeer” animals with 100% of funds going directly to the care and feeding of the recovering wildlife. Visitors wishing to bring donations are encouraged to check the ‘wish list’ posted on the website www. hoohaven.org and all donations are very much appreciated! Event takes place at 10823 Cleveland Rd. in Durand.

Friday, December 13-Sunday, December 15 Hometown Holidays - J. R. Sullivan’s Hometown Holiday, one of Rockford’s favorite holiday traditions, will make its final curtain call in the Sullivan Theater, 118 N. Main St. The seasonal variety show, featuring storytelling, comedy and holiday and popular songs, will mark its 25th anniversary with this production. In honor of its 25th anniversary, Hometown Holiday tickets will

Sunday, December 22 Photos with Santa - Hosted by the Northwest Firefighter’s Auxiliary at Northwest Fire Protection District - Station 1, 3222 N. Central Ave., from 1-3 p.m. Activities to enjoy includes free photo with santa, bake sale, silent auction, Christmas music, hot cocoa/coffee, and fire truck tours. Follow this event on Facebook at Facebook.com/nwfpd.

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WHERE Coronado Performing Arts Center The beloved TV classic Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer soars off the screen and onto the stage this holiday season. It’s an adventure that teaches us that what makes you different can be what makes you special.

WHERE Nordlof Center J.R. Sullivan’s Hometown Holiday, one of Rockford’s favorite holiday traditions, is a seasonal variety show featuring holiday-inspired storytelling, comedy and seasonal and popular songs.

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Luminaria WHEN Friday, December 13 - Saturday, December 14 (Friday 6 p.m. / Saturday 6 p.m.)

WHERE Severson Dells Nature Center Walk the candlelit trail, listen to live music, enjoy hot cocoa by the roaring fire on the porch, make a memory at our photo booth, and hop on a horse-drawn wagon ride through the prairie! There will be musical performances by Canto Zenzero on Friday and Swingbilly RFD on Saturday.

The Norwegian Snømarket WHEN Saturday, December 14 - Sunday, December 15 (3 - 9 p.m. both days) WHERE The Norwegian The Norwegian is celebrating its one year anniversary with an outdoor winter market, including holiday foods, hot cider, and glögg, as well as handmade pottery, clothing, wood carvings, and more from our favorite local makers. Kids will be able to decorate ornaments and have their picture taken with a yeti.

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Rockford Landmark Ornaments

Ornaments celebrate new Embassy Suites Hotel and United Way Anniversary From Doc Slafkosky

J.R. Kortman Center for Design

J.R. Kortman Center for Design introduces two new ornaments to the Rockford Landmark Ornament Collection for 2019.

One features the new Embassy Suites Hotel in the historic Ziock/Amerock building, and the other, a view of the Rock River with the Jefferson Street Bridge. The ornament celebrates the United Way of the Rock River Valley’s 100th anniversary.

“The Ziock/Amerock Building has been a part of the Rockford downtown skyline for over 100 years” says Fred DeLaRosa, General Manager of the new Embassy Suites Hotel. “The long-anticipated hotel, opening in April of 2020, will be an exciting addition to Rockford’s downtown cultural life. This ornament represents not only a landmark of the past, but also the future.”

The second new ornament for 2019, commissioned by the United Way of the Rock River Valley features a view of the Jefferson Street Bridge and the west bank of the Rock River. Also depicted are shadowed figures representing generations of Rockford people who have supported and been helped by the United Way for the past 100 years. The image is based on an original painting by Rockford artist Patricia Burkholder.

“We took images of the hotel and the river scene painting to Beijing where the artist who hand-paints each ornament was able to transpose them on the inside of a clear ornament sphere, utilizing an ancient Chinese folk art technique” said J.R. Kortman co-owner Doc Slafkosky.

“It’s fascinating to see how our artist communicated visually with the Chinese

artist through the language of art.”

For more than 20 years J. R. Kortman Center for Design has been featuring hand-painted ornaments depicting Rockford landmarks, sold year round at the downtown Rockford concept store and gallery.

Besides the Embassy Suites Hotel and United Way river scene ornaments, the Rockford Landmark Ornament Collection includes YMCA Log Lodge and Coronado Stage, the Prairie Street Brewhouse, East and West High Schools, St. Anthony Church, Blackhawk Statue, “Symbol” sculpture, two views of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Laurent House, a special edition of Memorial Hall,, and the North Main Street Armory. Other ornaments available in the Landmark Collection include, the Beattie Park Gazebo, the Faust Landmark Building, Coronado and Midway Theater Buildings, the Woodward Governor building, and the Sinnissippi Burr Oak Tree. Over the past 15 years the “Symbol” ornament has been the best selling ornament in the collection.

“Other top sellers include four ornaments depicting different scenes of the beautiful Anderson Japanese Gardens and Nicholas Conservatory,” says Slafkosky.

In addition to the Swedish Historical Society’s Erlander Home, other historic houses in the collection include the “Limestone Mansion,” home to the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois, and the “Cobblestone House,” located at 2127 Broadway, one of Rockford’s oldest houses.

The ornaments are available for $25 exclusively at J.R. Kortman Center for Design, 107 North Main Street, Downtown Rockford.

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Death Notices William Barker 58 Rockford 12/3/2019 Jose Pabon Sr. 57 Rockford 12/3/2019 Gilbert Rutlin 87 Rockford 12/3/2019 Richard Forsyth 54 Rockford 12/3/2019 Paul Stenseng 73 Rockford 12/3/2019 James Barlow 81 Rockford 12/3/2019 Colin Finnan 19 Rockford 12/3/2019 Mary Strauss 83 Rockford 12/3/2019 Wilma Kuhlmeyer 83 Rockford 12/3/2019 John Johnson 74 Rockford 12/3/2019 Lester Jones 81 Rockford 12/4/2019 Rachel Edwards 89 Rockford 12/4/2019 Marjorie Lighthart 88 Rockford 12/4/2019 Kevin Garrett 39 Rockford 12/4/2019 Fred Vines 99 Rockford 12/4/2019 Aleda Quam 101 Rockton 12/4/2019 Kathleen Spera 69 Rockford 12/4/2019 Karla Lighthart 45 Rockford 12/4/2019 Mary Schmidt 75 Machesney Park 12/4/2019 Margie Hodapp 84 Rockford 12/4/2019 Sinthia Facio 47 Rockford 12/4/2019 Tamera Adams 60 Rockford 12/5/2019 James Mann 84 Rockford 12/5/2019 Willo Brazel 91 Rockford 12/5/2019 Michael Neiber 54 Rockford 12/5/2019 Mildred Young 79 Rockford 12/5/2019 Patricia Beckett 70 Rockford 12/5/2019 Leroy Moody 86 Durand 12/5/2019 David Yerk 64 Rockford 12/5/2019 Amanda Rudderham 40 Rockford 12/5/2019 Jeremy Schoonover 49 Rockford 12/6/2019 Edythe Collins 74 Rockford 12/6/2019 Rosita Rodriguez 59 Rockford 12/6/2019 Lorne Lange 79 Rockford 12/6/2019 Randy Nicol 64 Loves Park 12/6/2019 Barry Webster 78 Rockford 12/6/2019 Joan Rice 74 Rockford 12/6/2019 Ronald King 68 Rockford 12/6/2019 Evan Ellett 95 Rockford 12/6/2019 Gary Buckman 73 Rockford 12/6/2019 James Gray 75 Rockford 12/7/2019 Ellsworth Powell 97 Rockford 12/7/2019 Janice Smith 68 Rockford 12/7/2019 Sandra Michaels 78 Rockford 12/7/2019 Catherine Wolf 93 Loves Park 12/7/2019 Charles Geschke 56 Rockford 12/7/2019 John OBoyle 84 Rockford 12/7/2019 Anthony Jenulevich 93 Rockford 12/7/2019 Troy Woody 49 Machesney Park 12/7/2019 Phyllis Spiess 88 Rockford 12/7/2019 Dixie Hosto 83 Rockford 12/8/2019 Calvin Mangruem 59 Rockford 12/8/2019 Benjamin Jarigese 68 Rockford 12/8/2019 Kenneth Barnes 78 Rockford 12/8/2019 Michael Sartino 97 Rockford 12/8/2019 Miller Anita 77 Rockford 12/8/2019 Roger McDonald 85 Roscoe 12/8/2019 Paul O’Connor 85 Rockford 12/8/2019 Kirankumar Desai 64 Rockford 12/8/2019 Margaret Bausman 89 Durand 12/8/2019

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You’re already organizing all holiday celebrations and you’ll succeed in bringing the people you’re closest to together. You’ll also have lots of inspiration to create something of your own. An activity with friends will prove very exciting.

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The artist inside you will awaken in a spectacular way. You’re a dreamer and you need to take note of your ideas if you want to make them happen. Otherwise, you’ll forget them.

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Your social life will be at the forefront. You’ll receive one invitation after another and you’ll accept happily, even if you feel like you’re burning the candle at both ends. After this, you’ll need some rest.

LEO

If you’re pulling out all the stops for your holiday celebrations this year, there’s lots of planning to do. Time will be scarce, but in the end, everything will be a success.

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For one reason or another, you’ll be the focus of everyone’s attention. It’s possible that you’ll save someone simply by listening attentively. This person will certainly appreciate you.

AQUARIUS

You’ll spare no expense when it comes to gifts and celebrating those closest to you. Your extraordinary generosity will bring you a sense of well-being. A family project will need careful thought.

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Government Notices    LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Riverfront Museum Park invites all interested and qualified firms to submit a Statement of Qualifications and performance information to prepare design, engineering, construction plans, and construction administration services associated with the Engineering Services for the Riverfront Museum Park HVAC Replacement Project. Responding firms are ranked and fees will be negotiated based on the Qualification Base Selection Process. Specifications are on file at Demand Star.

Proposals will be opened on Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at the Riverfront Museum Park, 711 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103. The Riverfront Museum Park reserves the unrestricted right to reject any or all proposals received, to waive or not to waive any informality, or to accept the proposal considered to be in the best interest of the Museum.

Vendor shall not pay less than the prevailing rates of wages to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics performing work under this contract, and shall comply with the requirements of the IL Wages of Employees on Public Works Act (820ILCS 130/1/12).

Bid No. 2019.01 – Engineering Services for the Riverfront Museum Park HVAC Replacement Project.

Pre-Bid Conference: Monday, January 6, 2020 at 2:00 p.m., Riverfront Museum Park, Board Room, 711 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103.

Proposal Opening: Tuesday, January 14, 2020 at 1:00 p.m., Riverfront Museum Park, Attn: C. Howard, 711 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103.

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RINGLAND-JOHNSON, INC., d/b/a RINGLAND-JOHNSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY; OSF HEALTHCARE SYSTEM f/k/a THE SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST. FRANCIS;

EXECUTIVE PAINTING, INC.; NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS; and UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants.

2019 CH 681 NOTICE OF MECHANICS LIEN FORECLOSURE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for foreclosure of certain mechanics lien concerning the premises described as follows, to-wit: The Northerly 1000 feet, the Southerly 1385 feet of Lot Twenty-four (24) in Section 21, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian in the County of Winnebago in the State of Illinois; Commonly known as: 5666 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108; PIN: 12-21-451-001, Property Code 165D 065; and for other relief; the summons was duly issued out of the said court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

The mechanics sought to be foreclosed is identified as follows: Subcontractor’s Notice and Claim for Lien (770 ILCS 60/7) dated May 11, 2018, and recorded in the Office of the Winnebago County Recorder’s Office as Document No. 20181016511 by Hoss Steel Solutions, Inc., against Ringland-Johnson, Inc., d/b/a Ringland-Johnson Construction Company; OSF Healthcare System f/k/a The Sisters of the Third order of St. Francis; and Northern Illinois Wall & Ceiling, Inc. Now, therefore, unless you the said named Defendants, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, located at 400 West State Street, Room 108,Rockford, Illinois 61101, on or before December 27, 2019, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. Thomas A. Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court

17th Judicial Circuit Winnebago County, Illinois PREPARED BY Craig A. Willette Yalden, Olsen & Willette 838 North Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103-6906 (815) 965-8635 | craigwillette@comcast.net I3138203 P11049R TRRT 12/11    STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: PAUL RICHARD CYBORSKI Current Name Case Number 19-MR-1157 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Paul Richard Cyborski to the new name of: Paul John Cyborski.

The court date will be held: on January 16, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ Paul Cyborski Paul Cyborski Current Name 11056R TRRT 12/11    STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: ISABEL RAYE OVERSTREET Current Name Case Number 19-MR-1167 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Isabel Raye Overstreet to the new name of: Isabel Raye Luhman.

The court date will be held: on January 22, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ Isabel Raye Overstreet Isabel Raye Overstreet Current Name 11057R TRRT 12/11    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of DELORES K. LIEBGOTT, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 487 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Delores K. Liebgott of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were

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The attorney for the estate is G. Michael Scheurich, Guyer & Enichen, P.C., 2601 Reid Farm Road, Rockford, IL. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 28, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975, 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, Room 425, 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 the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: November 25, 2019.

G. Michael Scheurich, Attorney G. MICHAEL SCHEURICH (#2479869) Guyer & Enichen, P.C. Attorneys for the Estate 2601 Reid Farm Road, Suite B Rockford, Illinois 61114 (815) 636-9600 11058R TRRT 12/11    STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: ERIC MICHAEL GIGER Current Name Case Number 19-MR-1133 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Eric Michael Giger to the new name of: Michael James Giger.

The court date will be held: on January 15, 2020 at 10:00 a.m., at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, in Courtroom #426. /s/ Eric M. Giger Eric M. Giger Current Name 11059R TRRT 12/11    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Glass & Handyman business in said County and State under the name of Clear Glass at the following post office addresses: 5426 Hollis Ave., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: John Kelly SIGNED: John Kelly 11/20/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of November, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Try, DEPUTY 11060R TRRT 12/11    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 Sunny Dee’s Cleaning at the following post office addresses: 1040 Dearborn Ave., South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Deanna Johnson SIGNED: Deanna Johnson 11/18/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of November, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Try, DEPUTY 11061R TRRT 12/11    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Snow Removal & Ice Control Services business in said County and State under the name of CMS Snow Removal & Ice Control Services at the following post office addresses: 4815 Snowcap Run, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Colton Sabo SIGNED: Colton Sabo 11/14/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of November, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11066R TRRT 12/11    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Car Dealership business in said County and State under the name of Soto Auto Sales at the following post office addresses: 911 Broadway, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jonathan Soto SIGNED: Jonathan Soto 11/20/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of November, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11063R TRRT 12/11    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Remodeling and Repair business in said County and State under the name of Affordable Repair & Remodeling at the following post office addresses: 5262 Tenby Chase, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Allan J. Gray SIGNED: Allan J. Gray 11/21/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 21st day of November, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11064R TRRT 12/11    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: Lucio Garcia Flores, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019-P-529 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Lucio Garcia Flores, Letters of Office were issued on November 27, 2019 to Sheila Hill who is the legal representative of the estate.

The attorney for the estate is Thomas G. Ruud, Thomas G. Ruud & Associates, P.C., 318 N. First St., Rockford, IL 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 11, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended,

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

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

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

Dated: December 10, 2019 /s/ Sheila Hill, Executor Prepared by: Thomas G. Ruud #6188190 Thomas G. Ruud & Associates, P.C. Attorney for the Estate 318 North First Street Rockford, IL 61107 (815) 961-9100 Tgrlaw@aol.com 11096R TRRT 12/25    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a business of embroidery of kids clothing online business in said County and State under the name of Rainbow Custom Designs at the following post office addresses: 2234 22nd St., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Nancy Sanchez Chavez SIGNED: Nancy Sanchez Chavez 12/10/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11097R TRRT 12/25    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a business providing an all natural homeopathic service by selling homeopathic products such as elderberry syrup & gummies, and colloidal silver water business in said County and State under the name of Honey’s Harvest at the following post office addresses: 2024 12th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are

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CASE NO. 2019-P-502 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Beverly Rose Wendorf, Letters of Office were issued on November 6, 2019 to Bryan E. Wendorf who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Thomas G. Ruud, Thomas G. Ruud & Associates, P.C., 318 N. First St., Rockford, IL 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before May 27, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

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

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

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December 11, 2019 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.DWAYNE T. BEETS A/K/A DWAYNE BEETS et al Defendant 2018 CH 119 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 4, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 22, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT EIGHTY-FOUR (84) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 2 MULFORD CREST, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 4, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 36 OF PLATS ON PAGE 101; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3807 CASANDRA DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-04427-008 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. 14-18-01603 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2018 CH 119 TJSC#: 39-7678 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.

I3139692 P11083R TRRT 12/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs.

SANDRA S. ROGERS AKA SANDRA ROGERS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 411 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 16, 2020 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Twelve (12) in Block Nine (9) as designated upon the Plat of Kinsey’s Little Farms, a subdivision of part of the West Half (1/2) of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 1 and of part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, all in Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the plat of which subdivision is recorded in Book 13 of Plats on page 46 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois.

P.I.N. 15-01-306-009.

Commonly known as 3034 10th Street, Rockford, IL 61109.

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 Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

19-024429 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3139326 P11084R TRRT 12/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs.

VIXAY PHAXAYSENG; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA) N.A. UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 234 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 16, 2020 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Thirty (30) as designated upon Plat No. 2 of Brandon Subdivision, being a Subdivision of part of the West Half (1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 6, in Township 43 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 40 of Plats on page 8B, in the Recorder`s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

P.I.N. 16-06-406-002.

Commonly known as 3065 BANNISTER DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61109.

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 Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580.

18-12093 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3139323 P11085R TRRT 12/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MELVIN R. MOSIER, Deceased

CASE NO. 2019 P 381 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MELVIN R. MOSIER, who died on July 13, 2019. Letters of Office were issued on August 27, 2019 to BRETT A. MOSIER, 1203 N. Main Street, Delphos, OH 45833, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Douglas R. Henry, of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before June 11, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate 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 her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: December 3, 2019 /s/ Brett A. Mosier, Administrator DOUGLAS R. HENRY #6229426 BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 dhenry@bslbv.com 11087R TRRT 12/25 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2019 TX 261 FILED November 20, 2019 Teri S. Schoepski, Trustee 766 Timber Ridge Trail Rockford, IL 61114 Theresa Schoepski 627 Julien St. Belvidere, IL 61008 Peggy S. Murray 2507 Anderson St. Rockford, IL 61102 Peggy S. Murray 208 Carbaugh Ave. Rockford, IL 61101 UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED, GENERALLY TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 27, 2017 Certificate No. 201601687 Sold of General Taxes of (year) 2016 Sold for Special Assessment of (municipality) N/A and Special Assessment Number N/A Warrant No. N/A Inst. No. N/A THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 88XX Newburg Road, Rockford, IL Legal Description or Permanent Index No.: The South Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section Twenty-five (25), in Township Forty-four (44) North, of Range Two (2) East of the Third Principal Meridian, EXCEPTING THEREFROM the South Half of the West Half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 25, in Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Tax Code No. 12-25-276-001 This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the

sale will expire on April 29, 2020.

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

This Notice is also to advise you that a Petition has been filed for a Tax Deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before April 29, 2020.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County in Winnebago, Illinois, on May 22, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. in Courtroom 412.

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

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before April 29, 2020, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

PETER CRANE, Purchaser By: G. Michael Scheurich, His Attorney 11088R TRRT 12/25 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 Information Technology Consulting business in said County and State under the name of Women Information Technology Specialists (W.I.T.S.) Computer Services at the following post office addresses: 927 Quill Drive, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mary Louise Caltagerone SIGNED: Mary Louise Caltagerone 11/8/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of November, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11062R TRRT 12/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RICHARD P. EGBERT, Deceased CASE NO. 2019 P 499 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RICHARD P. EGBERT, who died on September 13, 2019. Letters of Office were issued on December 2, 2019 to ANDREA L. LAGRENE, 5862 Princess Drive, Rockford, IL 61109, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Douglas R. Henry, of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, LLP, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before June 11, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate 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 her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: December 3, 2019 /s/ Andrea L. LaGrene, Administrator DOUGLAS R. HENRY #6229426 BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 dhenry@bslbv.com 11089R TRRT 12/25 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, Wellness & Rejuvenation Lashes, V-Steam, Non-surgical body contouring business in said County and State under the name of The Feminie Oasis at the following post office addresses: 2901 Halsted Rd., Apt. A, Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Camisha Sharpe SIGNED: Camisha Sharpe 12/5/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 11092R TRRT 12/25 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 Flooring and installation business in said County and State under the name of Floors & More at the following post office addresses: 6321 Weathervane Ln., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kelvin B. Williams; Austin D. Harris SIGNED: Kelvin B. Williams 12/4/19 SIGNED: Austin D. Harris 12/4/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 11094R TRRT 12/25 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 Retail sell and protein shakes served business in said County and State under the name of Rockford Nutrition at the following post office addresses: 2627 20th St., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Delia Raygoza; Hugo Alvarado SIGNED: Delia Raygoza 12/9/19 SIGNED: Hugo Alvarado 12/9/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11095R TRRT 12/25 n n n SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS WITHDRAWAL OF NAME(S) OR CANCELLATION OF BUSINESS STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

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Certificate No. 034895 On the 7th day of October, A.D. 2019, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for: New Cuts at the following Address(es): 3427 Auburn St., Rockford, IL 61101.

On the 22nd day of November, A.D. 2019, the following person or persons ceased doing business under the above assumed name and have no further connection with or financial interest in the business carried on under such assumed name: Delicia Harris SIGNED: Delicia Harris 11/22/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 22nd day of November A.D. 2019.

Maria Pinedo, Deputy Clerk 11093R TRRT 12/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Dog Breeding Company business in said County and State under the name of Grind House Bulldogs at the following post office addresses: 1122 S. Church St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Quincy Wimbush SIGNED: Quincy Wimbush 11/22/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of November, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11065R TRRT 12/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Online business selling bicycle lights business in said County and State under the name of Gloworm Lights at the following post office addresses: 3215 Alta Vista Rd., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: James R. Harger SIGNED: James R. Harger 11/20/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of November, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Kayla Hilliard, DEPUTY 11067R TRRT 12/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Mobil Automotive Repair business in said County and State under the name of Adam’s Mobil Auto Repair at the following post office addresses: 4743 Augustana Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Adam Steeber SIGNED: Adam Steeber 11/20/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of November, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Try, DEPUTY 11068R TRRT 12/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: DALE ALAN TIPTON, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 520 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death

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of DALE ALAN TIPTON. Letters of Office of Executor issued on November 26, 2019 to CHRISTOPHER D. TIPTON, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is J. Laird Lambert, 4615 E. State Street, Suite 201, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 11, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate 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, IL 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 of filing date.

DATED: 12/11/19 Christopher D. Tipton LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE PREPARED BY: J. LAIRD LAMBERT ATTORNEY AT LAW 4615 E. State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, Illinois 61108 815/316-2167 11091R TRRT 12/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JAMES ADEE Deceased, CASE NO. 19 P 00524 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JAMES ADEE, Letters of Office were issued on 11-18-2019 to John P. Adee, c/o 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL, 61108, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is BARTON L. HENBEST, 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 11, 2020, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate 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 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: December 5, 2019 BARTON L. HENBEST Name: BARTON L. HENBEST ARDC Number: 6194684 Attorney for Estate Address: 4615 East State Street, Suite 101 Rockford, IL 61108 Telephone: (815) 226-3411 11090R TRRT 12/25

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n n n Notice of Sale or Disposition of Property Notice is hereby given that Rockford Storage/ 815 Storage located at 1034 Short Elm Street Rockford IL 61102 intends to auction the items in the storage units listed below for the reason of nonpayment.

The sale will be held at 1034 Short Elm Street on 12/20/2019 at 9:00am CST. Certain terms and conditions shall apply. See Property Manager for details.

Rockford Storage/ 815 Storage 1034 Short Elm Street Rockford, IL 61102 815-786-7243 Units contain household items and other miscellaneous goods.

Unit C124 - ANGELA SMITH; Unit C174 - THERESA KETTON; Unit C140 - DENSION MOSELEY; Unit C130 - AUTUMN SPARKS; Unit B055 - GWENDOLYN MORRIS; Unit C046 - Jarvis Gilliam; Unit C154 - DAVID COOPER; Unit A043 - BOBBI MASON; Unit A028 - Katie Mae Collins; Unit C117 - Jamar Wilder; Unit B011 - CHRISTINA HALLMAN; Unit B108 - Herman Graham; Unit A046 - MARCUS WATKINS; Unit C069 - DENISE PITTMAN; Unit B076 - Kenneth Armstrong; Unit C152 - Gale Lewis; Unit C092 - Shahkeyah Waters; Unit A011 - James Douglas; Unit C004 - SHERYL ALEXANDER; Unit B122 - FRANCINE SPEARS; Unit B037 - ANGELA POUNCY; Unit B071 - Gloria Pickett; Unit C087 - WILLIE SANDERS; Unit C058 - ANTHONETTE E BUTLER. 11076R TRRT 12/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO

IN RE THE ADOPTION OF: T.W., A Minor.

ALEXANDER JIMENEZ AND HEATHER JOHNSON, Petitioners, v.

LAURA WINGFIELD, Respondent.

Case No.: 2019AD153 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION TO: ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, Laura Wingfield, Laura N. Wingfield TAKE NOTICE that a Petition for Adoption has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, for the adoption of a child known as TINLEY WINGFIELD. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, Laura Wingfield and/or Laura N. Wingfield file your Answer to said Petition in said suit, or otherwise make your appearance herein, in said Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois. Winnebago County Courthouse, in the City of Rockford, County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, on or before the 27th day of December 2019, a default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment order entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DATED at Rockford, Illinois, this 26th day of November, 2019.

PRO LEGAL CARE LLC Zachary Townsend #6307195 401 W State St Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61101 zt@prolegalcare.com (815) 200-8802 11077R TRRT 12/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a General Construction business in said County and State under the name of JSR Construction at the following post

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA MR. COOPER; Plaintiff, vs. DONALD E. KITSEMBLE; Defendants, 19 CH 315 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 9, 2020 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 08-30-480-014.

Commonly known as 8028 MILDRED RD., MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115.

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 Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 19-02450 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3138891 P11071R TRRT 12/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- DWAYNE T. BEETS A/K/A DWAYNE BEETS et al Defendant 2018 CH 119 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 4, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on January 22, 2020, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as

office addresses: 416 S. Horace Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Juan Santiago Garcia SIGNED: Juan Santiago Garcia 11/26/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 26th day of November, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11078R TRRT 12/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, 400 WEST STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF Stella Longs, DECEASED. 19 P 474 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Letters of office were issued to Gladys Staten, 2227 Pendleton Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61108, as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is John N Bielski II, Bielski Law Office Ltd., 123 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

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 June 4, 2020, 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.

John N Bielski II Bielski Law Office Ltd., (48028) 123 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2300 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 583-9430 I3138850 P11069R TRRT 12/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA MR. COOPER; Plaintiff, vs.

DONALD E. KITSEMBLE; Defendants, 19 CH 315 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 9, 2020 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT FIFTY SIX (56) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 1 OF HARLEM MEADOWS SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST

set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3807 CASANDRA DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-04-427-008 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

HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 26 OF PLATS ON PAGE 151 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 08-30480-014.

Commonly known as 8028 MILDRED RD., MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115.

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 Mr. Ira T. Nevel at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125. 19-02450 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3138891 P11071R TRRT 12/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Hair & Nail Salon business in said County and State under the name of Royalty Nail &

Hair Salon at the following post office addresses: 518 N. Court St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marissa Brown; Shelia Brown SIGNED: Marissa Brown 12/3/19 SIGNED: Shelia Brown 12/3/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11079R TRRT 12/18 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 YouTube Channel where we eat food and review it business in said County and State under the name of Eating Exclusive at the following post office addresses: 518 N. Court St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marissa Brown; Shelia Brown SIGNED: Marissa Brown 12/3/19 SIGNED: Shelia Brown 12/3/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11080R TRRT 12/18 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 TV Show & Channel that covers all topics business in said County and State under the name of Let’s Chat TV at the following post office addresses:

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. 14-18-01603 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2018 CH 119 TJSC#: 39-7678 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.

I3139692 P11083R TRRT 12/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. SANDRA S. ROGERS AKA SANDRA ROGERS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 411 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 16, 2020 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-01-306-009.

Commonly known as 3034 10th Street, Rockford, IL 61109.

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

518 N. Court St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marissa Brown; Shelia Brown SIGNED: Marissa Brown 12/3/19 SIGNED: Shelia Brown 12/3/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11081R TRRT 12/18 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 Radio Station where we talk about all topics business in said County and State under the name of Let’s Chat Radio at the following post office addresses: 518 N. Court St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marissa Brown; Shelia Brown SIGNED: Marissa Brown 12/3/19 SIGNED: Shelia Brown 12/3/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 11082R TRRT 12/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, 400 WEST STATE STREET, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF Margaret K. McDaniel, DECEASED. 19 P 468 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Letters of office were issued to Theresa Thompson, 3213

Bildahl Street, Rockford, Illinois 61109, as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is John N Bielski II, Bielski Law Office Ltd., 123 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

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 June 4, 2020, 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.

John N Bielski II Bielski Law Office Ltd., (48028) 123 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2300 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 583-9430 I3138849 P11070R TRRT 12/18

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

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(614) 220-5611. 19-024429 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3139326 P11084R TRRT 12/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. VIXAY PHAXAYSENG; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA) N.A. UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 234 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 16, 2020 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-06-406-002.

Commonly known as 3065 BANNISTER DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61109.

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 Ms. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580. 18-12093 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3139323 P11085R TRRT 12/25

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Theme: Happy Holidays

Hockey

‘Hogs solid in Central Division standings

By Jim Hagerty Reporter

Across 1. Taken where?

6. Vegas bandit’s body part 9. Titian’s Venus or Collier’s Godiva 13. Indian metropolis 14. Flapper’s neckwear 15. E-cigarette output 16. Galsworthy’s “The Forsyte ____,” pl.

17. Bovine hangout 18. UV light absorber 19. *Scrooge’s late partner 21. *December 26th, a.k.a. ____ Day 23. Ideas worth spreading, acr.

24. Great deal 25. *Like Santa’s suit 28. “____ Las Vegas,” Presley song 30. 1/100th of a ruble 35. Pupil’s place 37. *Sleigh bell sound 39.

Fairytale dust-sprinkler 40. German Mrs. 41. Chose bet ween competitors 43. Type of ballistic

missile, acr.

44. Not a gregarious one 46. Castaway’s home 47. Fungal spore sacs 48. Pencil end, often 50. ____-a-Sketch 52. Summer color 53. Cuckoo 55. “_ _ _ _ the ramparts...”

57. *Santa’s call 60. *Welcoming holiday decor 63. Bird of prey’s hunting tool 64. 16th birthday gift?

66. Engages the services 68. Skirt shape 69. Beehive State native 70. Bikini, e.g.

7 1. Bibliophile’s concern, sing.

72. D.C. bigwig 73. Australian Aboriginal’s war club Down 1. *Do holiday ones start earlier every year?

2. Show pleasure 3. Aquarium organism 4. Navigational aid

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ROCKFORD - The Rockford IceHogs have done something that’s been a significant chore for them in past years--get themselves in postseason contention before Christmas.

And while the Calder Cup Playoffs, which include the top four teams in each division, won’t begin until April, it’s vital for a team, especially a young group, to make an early push. And for the IceHogs, now 11-4-0-1 over their last 16 games, they’re doing just that.

“Guys are playing with some emotion, which is nice to see,” coach Derek King said. “I like where our game’s at.”

Where the Rockford game was ahead of last night’s meeting with the Milwaukee Admirals was the fourth spot in the Central Division. Rockford won three games last week, pushing its win streak to a season high-tying four straight games before dropping a contest to Milwaukee Saturday night.

“That’s a good team over there,” forward Brandon Hagel said of the Admirals. “But we’ve been winning some good games, battling hard. We’re a young team with a lot of guys who will go through a wall for each other. Everyone knows we’re young.

But that’s not scaring any of us or backing any of us down.”

Rockford registered a five-game home winning streak following their victory over Manitoba last Tuesday. Despite the loss Milwaukee, the ‘Hogs have won nine of their last 11 home games since Oct. 18.

The club was 9-4-0-0 at home going into Tuesday’s game.

On the move

The IceHogs began the new week with a significant roster shakeup. Injuries in Chicago forced eight transactions at the minor-league level, all of which involved Rockford. Forwards Matthew Highmore and Dylan Sikura were recalled by the Blackhawks along with with defenseman Adam Boqvist. It’s unclear how long Boqvist

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will remain with the big club. Sikura and Highmore could be in for a sizable stretch after Andrew Shaw was placed on the longterm injured reserve Monday.

Rockford has also recalled forwards Dylan McLaughlin and Mathew Thompson and defenseman Dmitry Osipov from the Indy Fuel while signing veteran defenseman Ben Youds to a professional tryout (PTO).

Bacon Bits

The IceHogs notched a season high-tying five-game home winning streak following their victory over Manitoba.

Despite snapping that streak Saturday against Milwaukee, Rockford has won nine of its last 11 home games since Oct. 18. The IceHogs are now 9-4-0-0 at home this season with their nine home wins tied for the third-most of any team in the AHL in 2019-20.

T he Ic eHog s he ld M i l w au k e e’s top-ranked power-play unit to 0-for-1 on the man-advantage Saturday. Rockford has now killed 12 of the last 13 opposing power plays dating to Nov. 30.

Brandon Hagel has scored goals in three of the last five games and recorded points in 10 of his last 16 contests since Oct 30. Hagel is first on the team with seven goals over that stretch and second in overall scoring with 11 points in those 16 games. He is the only rookie in the Western Conference to not go pointless in back-to-back games since Oct. 30.

Collin Delia bounced back from a two-game skid to win each of his two starts last week. He turned aside 65 of 68 shots while finishing the week with a 2-0-0 record, 1.44 GAA and .956 save percentage.

In snapping his two-game skid, Delia has now only once dropped more than two straight games in regulation through 63 career AHL outings.

Captain Tyler Sikura matched a seasonhigh three-game point streak with an assist in three straight games. The forward has notched points in 14 of 23 games and is just three points shy of last season’s point total from 50 games.

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football

Too little, too late, and little way for the Bears to elevate

By Robert Zeglinski Contributor

There’s a crucial mistake many make in regards to competitive windows in the NFL. They assume, by proxy, that windows will last longer than the blink of an eye. They believe that windows won’t be flashes in the pan, adventures into once bygone eras of success that never quite possess enough staying power. A window opens, a crisp, comforting breeze wafts in, and the room’s atmosphere becomes luxurious.

It’s comforting. It’s easy to get lost in the moment and lounge, to imagine what could be, what will be. Joy and achievement in one year in one place in time clouds perception.

The gravy train is destined for greatness and triumph and affluence year after year.

The opposition has no say in the matter.

Consistency in victory is a guarantee, a rite of passage, and not a rare privilege rooted in fortune with injury and the right mix of players coming together at the specific right time. You can’t perceive any regression from this vantage point because it’s a foreign concept in lieu of a rapid ascension to the top. Falling back down to earth in disappointment is never a consideration.

A fall from near the top is too catastrophic a thought to even envision due to the pain it would, and does, cause.

A fall from near the top can, theoretically, be recovered from. But most often, the perforations created in your body on the way down can’t be patched up. The wounds are too severe, too catastrophic,

too far gone to simply allow you to get up and dust yourself off and make something of nothing. It’s here where one imagines what could’ve been in melancholy, rather than what was.

The Bears entered this season on a platform of stratospheric expectations. They were a Super Bowl contender. They were a juggernaut poised to go pound for pound, taut for taut, blow for blow with other NFC heavyweights. They were the best team in their own city since an iteration that embellished in music videos and media and their very presence of talent more than any other. Their plan, no matter how justified or lofty in assertion, became a rough ride of it instead.

Most factors in the championship puzzle have a semblance of a collective identity by mid-season. The Bears, defined by a still-special defense and nothing else, did not. Most aren’t sitting in a place of discord and chaos with no way to climb out. Ask the Bears where they stand on the long-term future of their proposed franchise quarterback Mitchell Trubisky.

Ask them whether the toll of significant injuries to cornerstones like Akiem Hicks and Roquan Smith and Danny Trevathan have played a role in their slow-rolling demise. Discuss the reality of tuning the outside out, of turning the television with those darned talking heads on it, off. Their answers won’t amount to much more than a careless shrug or frustrated huff, or both.

Even in the rare case where a team

finds itself smack dab in the middle of both of these prisms while pushing for a title, they’re not in any mathematical precarious position. They’re not multiple games below .500, needing significant assistance from the outside in addition to clean perfection. Perfection, of course, being an outright impossibility based on all preceding evidence. There remains a feasible path back to relevance for the occasional also-ran, that might allow them to become the headliner again. They only have hope because the numbers haven’t ruled out their hope, as they do for so many.

The realistic end to the Bears’ 2019 season is a somber fizzle out. A former division champion with nothing to play for by the moment the calendar shifts to the next decade. At 7-6 with three match-ups remaining against teams currently in the postseason picture, bleak is the operative underlying word. Bleak is the status quo, the only means of existence for a squad once left for dead and buried alive, destined to stay six feet under. The Bears not only have to win out, they have to cross their fingers that others such as the Rams and Vikings fall short enough to keep a sliver in the window cracked open. In other words, they should be hoping to die, rather than seeing fateful childish superstition play in their favor.

At least a bucket of ice cold reality hasn’t seemed to crush the spirits at Halas Hall just yet.

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It’s a testament to Nagy’s work that the Bears have a pulse. How his players have rallied behind his message, how one of pro football’s former worst offense’s is suddenly one of the hottest over the past month, is a dramatic tonal shift from the walking corpse roaming Soldier Field in late October. The Bears appear to have finally pieced it together. They’ve figured out what they were supposed to accomplish, and morphed into the team many believed they would be back in August and September.

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