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December 18, 2019.

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Rockford Art Museum

Carrie Johnson named Executive Director of RAM From Sarah McNamara Rockford Art Museum

Interim Executive Director Carrie Johnson has been officially named Executive Director/Curator of Rockford Art Museum (RAM).

Johnson has been with RAM since 2006, most recently as Curator, leading the development and innovative implementation of exhibitions while overseeing the care for and management of the RAM Permanent Collection. A Rockford native, she has a deep knowledge of the organization and a passion for supporting and working with artists, having also led education department prior to becoming Curator in 2012 – a position she has held longer than anyone else in the 106-year-old history of

the contemporary art museum.

“Carrie’s work to develop connections throughout the art world has brought significant donations of artwork to the RAM Collection, and introduced nationally known artists to our museum and to the Rockford region,” RAM Board President David Boccignone said in an earlier statement. “Her passion for art, education and the community make her a perfect fit to take on the leadership of Rockford Art Museum.”

About Carrie Johnson

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About Rockford Art Museum

Founded in 1913, Rockford Art Museum exists to enrich the quality of life in the Rockford region through a permanent art collection, frequent art exhibitions, and lifelong art education. RAM is located inside the Riverfront Museum Park building at 711 North Main Street in downtown Rockford, Illinois. Connect with us on Facebook @rockfordartmuseum and Instagram @rockfordart #rockfordartmuseum, and go behind the scenes with us on our free mobile app. Learn more at rockfordartmuseum.org.

Scam Warning

Child ‘safety kits’ put kids’ identities at risk Staff Report

ROCKFORD - A way for parents to help their children safe may be a scam, according to the Better Business Bureau.

Local BBB officials say scammers have thought up a new con involving “free child safety kits.” Instead of keeping children safe, the kits provide a way for criminals to get their hands on sensitive information that can be used to steal identities.

The scam

Parents are contacted over the phone, on social media or via email by someone offering to provide free child safety kits to all children in the community. They might explain that police and safety officials recommend all parents keep a kit that contains up-to-date pictures of their child, the child’s height, weight, birthdate, fingerprints, as well as a strand of their hair.

And while part of their story is true,

the seemingly free child safety kits come with a hidden catch or two. Scammers may insist that to receive the kit, you need to tell them sensitive personal information about your child, including their full name, address, birthdate, and Social Security or Social Insurance number.

Some parents have even reported that the person who contacted them said that meeting the child in person at their home was a requirement.

“If you give up your child’s personal information, they may become a victim of identity theft,” Rockford Better Business Bureau Director Dennis Horton said.

Children are more likely to have their identities stolen than adults, Horton said.

Scammers know that people rarely, if ever, check their child’s credit report, which means they can get away with using a child’s name and information for years before being found out. In addition, children’s credit scores are a clean slate, making them ideal targets.

Avoiding the scam

Horton added that there are simple ways to avoid having a child’s ident it y stolen. They include not giving a child’s personal information to a stranger, being especially careful with a child’s Social Security number and being wary of unsolicited offers. Legitimate businesses and organizations won’t contact parents out of the blue without first getting permission. Government institutions will generally contact you by mail before making phone calls.

Checking a child’s credit report annually for signs of fraud at annualcreditreport. com is also a wise precaution, Hortaon said. It is smart to ensure that a child’s school, doctor’s office and coaches keep all personal information safe.

Horton said parents should always watch for red flags, signs that a child’s identity has been stolen, such as bills or invoices in a child’s name.

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Why some cities and states balk at face recognition tech

BY MATT O’BRIEN ASSOCIATED PRESS

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) – Police departments around the U.S. are asking citizens to trust them to use facial recognition software as another handy tool in their crime-fighting toolbox. But some lawmakers – and even some technology giants – are hitting the brakes.

Are fears of an all-seeing, artificially intelligent security apparatus overblown?

Not if you look at China, where advancements in computer vision applied to vast networks of street cameras have enabled authorities to track members of ethnic minority groups for signs of subversive behavior.

American police o�cials and their video surveillance industry partners contend that won’t happen here. They are pushing back against a movement by cities, states and federal legislators to ban or curtail the technology’s use. And the e�orts aren’t confined to typical bastions of liberal activism that enacted bans this year: San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley and the Boston suburbs of Somerville and Brookline.

Take the western Massachusetts city of Springfield, a former manufacturing hub where a majority of the 155,000 residents are Latino or black, and where police brutality and misconduct lawsuits have cost the city millions of dollars.

Springfield police say they have no plans to deploy facial recognition systems, but some city councilors are moving to block any future government use of the technology anyway.

At an October hearing on the subject, Springfield City Councilor Orlando Ramos said he doesn’t want to take any chances. “It would only lead to more racial discrimination and racial profiling,” he said, citing studies that found higher error rates for facial recognition software used to identify women and people with darker skin tones.

“I’m a black woman and I’m dark,” another Springfield councilor, Tracye Whitfield, told the city’s police commissioner, Cheryl Clapprood, who is white. “I cannot approve something that’s going to target me more than it will target you.”

Clapprood defended the technology and asked the council to trust her to pursue it carefully. “The facial recognition technology does not come along and drop a net from the sky and carry you o� to prison,” she said, noting that it could serve as a useful investigative tool by flagging wanted suspects.

The council hasn’t yet acted, and the Springfield mayor has threatened to veto the proposal that Ramos plans to

re-introduce in January.

Similar debates across the country are highlighting racial concerns and dueling interpretations of the technology’s accuracy.

“I wish our leadership would look at the science and not at the hysteria,” said Lancaster, California, Mayor R. Rex Parris, whose city north of Los Angeles is working to install more than 10,000 streetlight cameras Parris says could monitor known pedophiles and gang members. “There are ways to build in safeguards.”

Research suggests that facial recognition systems can be accurate, at least under ideal conditions. A review of the industry’s leading facial recognition algorithms by the National Institute of Standards and Technology found they were more than 99% accurate when matching high-quality head shots to a database of other frontal poses.

But trying to identify a face from a video feed – a potentially useful technique for detectives – can cause accuracy rates to plunge. NIST found that recognition accuracy could fall below 10% when using ceiling-mounted cameras commonly found in stores and government buildings.

T he ag e n c y h a sn’t st u d ie d t he performance of facial recognition on body camera footage, although experts generally believe that its often-jumpy video will render the technique even less reliable.

In October, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a temporary ban on police departments using facial recognition with body cameras. Some other states have similar restrictions.

While California’s three-year moratorium was opposed by law enforcement groups, companies that provide video-surveillance equipment have mostly reacted with shrugs. Many businesses were already moving carefully before subjecting themselves to the legal, ethical and publicity risks of a technology that is facing backlash from privacy, civil liberties and racial justice advocates, not to mention bipartisan concern in Congress.

A xon, which supplies body-worn cameras to most of California’s big cities and is the biggest provider nationwide, had already formed an AI ethics board of outside experts that concluded facial recognition technology isn’t yet reliable enough to justify its use on police cameras. False identification could lead someone to be hurt or killed, said Axon CEO Rick Smith.

Even if facial recognition software

was perfectly accurate, Smith said in an interview, the ability to track people’s whereabouts raises constitutional and privacy concerns. “Do we want everybody who walks near a police o�cer to get their face identified and logged in a database?” he said.

Microsoft last year turned down an unnamed California police agency’s request to equip all police cars and body cameras with Microsoft’s facial recognition software, the company’s president and chief legal o�cer Brad Smith wrote in a new book on tech policy. He said police wanted to match a photo of anyone pulled over, even routinely, against a database of suspects for other crimes.

Smith said the technology would wrongly identify too many people, especially women and people of color. The executive has warned that unregulated facial recognition could unleash “mass surveillance on an unprecedented scale,” though he’s opposed to an outright ban.

Microsoft in November hired an attorney to speak out against a proposed ban in Portland, Maine.

Other companies including Amazon, which markets a face identification system called Rekognition to law enforcement, have shown fewer qualms about selling their technology to police. Some law enforcement agencies feed images from video surveillance into software that can search government databases or social media for a possible match.

Todd Pastorini, general manager at biometric forensics company DataWorks Plus, said it’s important to distinguish between real-time crowd surveillance – which is rare in the U.S. – and the “extremely e�ective” method of running images through a pool of known police mugshots or driver’s license photos to help identify a suspect.

“Society and the public are going to get frustrated” if governments block law enforcement from adopting a technology that keeps improving, he said.

Among his South Carolina company’s biggest face-matching clients are Detroit and New York City, the latter of which first adopted facial recognition in 2011 and also uses software from French company Idemia.

“I’d absolutely be opposed to a ban,” New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill told reporters this fall.

O’Neill, who retired in early December, added that facial recognition hits are just one part of an investigation. “There is so much video in New York City today that to not use facial recognition would be irresponsible,” he said.

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737 Max Production

Ripples from Boeing’s 737 Max quagmire begin to spread

By Tom Krisher Associated Press

Boeing is suspending production of the 737 Max as hopes of getting its marquee aircraft back in the air quickly fade.

The ramifications are likely to ripple beyond the factory floor of Boeing’s plant in Renton, Washington, across both the aviation and manufacturing sectors. It could ultimately alter the country’s trade balance.

Southwest Airlines, which had been relying on the Boeing aircraft to update its fleet, pushed back any hope of re-inserting the Max into its lineup by five weeks, to April.

American Airlines did the same last week.

Southwest said Tuesday that it is trying to minimize travel disruptions and apologized to customers for any impact they might suffer.

Shares of major manufacturers that supply Boeing with critical elements of the 737 Max fell in early trading Tuesday, demonstrating the wide reach of Boeing’s announcement. Spirit AeroSystems was down 1.5% while General Electric was off slightly. Meanwhile, shares of Boeing’s main rival Airbus were up about 1.8%.

Boeing announced Monday that it will suspend production of the Max starting sometime in January, with no specific date for when the Renton plant will be restarted.

The company said it won’t lay off any of the factory’s 12,000 workers “at this time,” and many could be diverted to plants elsewhere in the Seattle region.

Some could also be assigned to work on the 400 jets that Boeing has built since the Max was grounded in March but couldn’t be delivered.

Boeing’s decision is a recognition that it will take longer than the company expected to get the planes back in the air.

“If they had gotten some information quietly, behind the scenes, from the FAA that things were looking good for January or February, they wouldn’t have done this,” said Richard Aboulafia, an aircraft industry analyst at the Teal Group..

The Max is Boeing’s most important jet, but it has been grounded since March after crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia that killed a total of 346 people.

The FAA told the company last week that it had unrealistic expectations for getting the plane back into service. Boeing has missed several estimates for the plane’s return date.

The agency has not given a specific date for approving the Max’s return, but FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson has said it will be done on the agency’s timetable, not Boeing’s.

The FAA said Monday it wouldn’t comment on Boeing’s business decisions, and that it has no set time frame for when work to re-certify the Max to fly will be completed.

Even if no employees are laid off, ceasing production still will cut into the nation’s economic output because of Boeing’s huge footprint in the U.S. manufacturing sector. Through October of this year, the U.S. aerospace industry’s factory output has fallen 17% compared with the same period last year, to $106.4 billion, in part due to previous 737 Max production cuts.

Aboulafia said the shutdown would probably hinder the economy in the coming months and could worsen the nation’s trade balance. “This is the country’s biggest single manufactured export product,” he said.

Boeing said it will determine later when production can resume, based largely on approval from government regulators.

“We believe this decision is least disruptive to maintaining long-term production system and supply chain health,” the company said.

Investigators have found that flight control software designed to stop an aerodynamic stall was a major factor in the crashes, and Boeing is updating the software, making it less aggressive. But regulators have yet to approve the changes.

The long-term grounding has put Boeing in a difficult position, said Joe Schwieterman a DePaul University professor who is an aviation expert. The plant shutdown will help Boeing conserve cash, but it also will disrupt the network of about 900 companies that supply parts for the Max and other 737 models, Schwieterman said.

The shutdown will cost the company economies of scale gained by producing large numbers of planes. But by continuing to produce the grounded jets, Boeing was forced to store them on the ground as they depreciate because they can’t be delivered.

“The airlines certainly aren’t going to pay for planes until they’re ready for flight.

So Boeing is really between a rock and a hard place here,” Schwieterman said.

Boeing will likely face some tough negotiations with suppliers about what level of payments it will provide during the production hiatus. The company will want to avoid any layoffs or shutdowns by suppliers that would keep it from quickly restarting production once its safety is approved. Shares in French supplier Safran were down 3.4% in Paris.

“It’s really in Boeing’s interest to identify who needs payments to keep workers and

capabilities in place for when the ramp up eventually happens,” Aboulafia said.

Even before the production halt, airlines were delaying the dates for when they expect the Max to fly passengers. Last week American Airlines removed the Max from its schedule until April 7, a month later than previously announced. Southwest Airlines’ pilots union also doesn’t expect the Max to fly until at least April.

Jeff Windau, industrials analyst for Edward Jones, said the 400 planes that Boeing has built but can’t deliver likely were a major factor in the decision to halt production. This comes “both in consideration of storage space and how efficiently can you get them delivered once the plane is ready to return to service,” he said.

Boeing has made progress on some FAA requirements to get the Max back in service, Windau said, but he still views the production halt as a negative for the company.

“The flight control system is complex and there are still unknowns with the timing of regulator reviews and approvals,”

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Windau wrote in an email. He also wrote that it may be difficult to restart an idled factory once production ramps back up.

Boeing already is having cash flow issues. In October, the company reported that free cash flow went from $4.1 billion a year ago to a negative $2.9 billion in the third quarter, worse than analysts had expected.

The Chicago company also faces about 150 lawsuits from relatives of crash victims, and it has set up a $100 million fund to aid families.

The 737 Max crisis has meanwhile helped Boeing’s main competitor, Europe’s Airbus, which saw deliveries surge 28% during the first half of the year. Boeing deliveries fell 37%.

Airbus declined to comment Tuesday, but has said in the past that Boeing’s crashes have not affected its sales strategy. Its shares were steady in Paris.

At the opening bell, shares of Boeing Co. slid another 1% and they are at risk of going negative for the year.

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CRIME

The Veronica Blumhorst Case, Part 9: The lost scent Editor’s note: The following is the ninth installment in a series about the disappearance of 21-yearold 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 - A large crowd gathered outside the home of Veronica Blumhorst the morning of Sept. 20, 1990, including rescue teams from nearby towns and dogs trained to detect human scent.

As searchers planned to comb the greater Mendota area, the dogs were brought to 1204 Monroe St. to establish where Veronica may have gone after parking her car in the family garage.

Getting her scent from an article of clothing, the dogs were on Veronica’s trail immediately. As expected, they indicated that the 21-year-old grocery clerk had been near the Blumhorst garage that faces an alley. The animals were also responsible for the popular theory that Veronica left with

someone she knew. And while her family is not ready to discount that possibility, recent findings have prompted a new one.

After picking up Veronica’s scent, the dogs took their handlers away from the Blumhorst garage. But they didn’t get very far.

“They dogs were on her scent heavily,” family spokesman Doug Truckenbrod said.

“They became confused in the alley and lost the trail after about 200 feet to the west. That has always led us to believe that she got into another vehicle at that point.”

But, Truckenbrod he now has reason to believe that Veronica may not have immediately left the neighborhood. And part of that reasoning lies with what was done – or not done – early in the investigation.

Truckenbrod said only a cursory search of the block was done as the expanded hunt for the Mendota High School graduate, who would have turned 50 last September, focused on rural areas well away from Monroe Street. Nothing was done to establish whether Veronica may have met her fate just steps from her house.

“It has always been a possibility that

she did not venture far away from the alley,” Truckenbrod said. “It was just never really investigated. She may have gone to a neighbor’s house. She could have entered a nearby garage. That is why we are trying to connect dots we feel police failed to connect in the crucial hours after we discovered Veronica had disappeared.”

Truckenbrod declined to give details but said his team is looking into the possibility that Veronica visited someone at an adjacent property after she finished her shift at nearby Dempsey’s SuperValu and drove home. He is also revisiting statements made by her boyfriend, who told police that he may have driven back to Mendota that night, picked up Veronica, and hurt her during an argument. He couldn’t recall though, as a motorcycle accident a few years prior left him with memory problems.

Those statements, while incriminating on their face, may tell a di�erent story and paint the disappearance of Veronica Blumhorst in entirely di�erent light.

“The boyfriend or husband is usually the number one suspect in a case like this,” Truckebrod said. “And we realize that what

(he) said to police was alarming. But we don’t know why he made those statements and what led him to say those things. Was he fed information by police? Did they plant it in his head that Veronica was injured in some way – possibly strangled with her work smock? Or did he come up with that on his own? It is hard to believe that he just walked in there and told them that he may have hurt Veronica. It made no sense then and it makes no sense today.”

Truckenbrod said a search planned for next spring is coming together. His team is currently seeking volunteers to investigate private land west of Bartlett Woods Nature Preserve in the town of Sublette.

The search, which could happen as early as March, was organized after Truckenbrod received information that signs of Veronica may have been dumped there.

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.

HOLIDAY WEDDINGS

Getting married during the holidays?

FROM LORI GUMMOW

WINNEBAGO COUNTY CLERK

The holidays can be a popular time for weddings so the Winnebago County Clerk’s o�ce is encouraging couples to apply early for marriage or civil union licenses.

One advantage of getting married on a holiday is that it’s a lot easier to remember your anniversary date, according to Winnebago County Clerk Lori Gummow.

“After all, retailers will be advertising the holidays at least two months in advance, giving you plenty of reminders.”

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Winnebago County during the holidays must apply for a marriage license prior to getting married,” she said. Couples must first call the o�ce to schedule an appointment and then appear together at the County Clerk’s O�ce, 404 Elm Street.

There, couples must present valid identification including proof of age, complete and sign the marriage license application, and pay the $40 (cash only) application fee.

“Couples are always encouraged to plan ahead,” Gummow added. The Clerk’s o�ce processes applications for marriage licenses between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday. Marriage licenses are issued to the couple after the application is completed in the Clerk’s o�ce. Licenses are valid beginning the following calendar day after being issued and are valid for 60 days. Couples hoping to be married on New Year’s Eve, should schedule an appointment no later than Monday, December 30 th .

Couples who wish to get married in a courthouse ceremony can go to the Winnebago County Courthouse at 400 W. State Street. Regular hours for marriage ceremonies are between 3:00 and 4:00 p.m. Monday-Friday. Couples do not need

to make an appointment as marriages are performed on a first come, first served basis. However, the courts will be closed Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, Christmas Day, Dec. 25 and New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. Cost is $10.

For information about how to apply for a marriage license, application fees, or acceptable forms of ID, visit WinnebagoCountyClerk.com or call (815) 319-4250. The Winnebago County Clerk’s O�ce is responsible for issuing marriage licenses for all ceremonies performed in Winnebago County.

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TUBE TALK

More Christmas classics

BY PAULA HENDRICKSON CONTRIBUTOR

There are so many versions of A Christmas Carol – from a 1914 film short to Disney’s Mickey’s Christmas Carol animated featurette (1983) starring Scrooge McDuck as Ebenezer Scrooge – you probably feel as if you’ve already seen them all.

This year it’s FX’s turn to adapt Charles Dickens’ classic Christmas tale.

While it’s billed as a faithful adaptation of the original story, this is FX, and the script was written and produced by Peaky Blinders creator Steven McKnight, so you know it won’t flinch from showing the dark underbelly of Dickensian England. It may well be the first production of A Christmas Carol that comes with a parental warning due it’s adult content.

Australian actor Guy Pearce (Memento, The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert) plays Scrooge – not as a withered old shell of a man, but as a fairly vibrant middle-aged man who happens to be a greedy money lender set on constantly testing the depths to which humanity will sink. Just as he has.

Andy Serkis (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) tackles the role of The Ghost of Christmas Past; Stephen Graham plays Jacob Marley (Boardwalk Empire); Charlotte Riley (Press, Peaky Blinders) does double duty as the Ghost of Christmas Present and Scrooge’s sister, Lottie; Jason Flemyng (Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels) plays the Ghost of Christmas Future; Joe Alwyn (The Favourite) plays Scrooge’s loyal but beleaguered employee Bob Cratchit, and Vinette Robinson (who memorably played Rosa Parks in an episode from the previous

season of Doctor Who) plays his wife Mary.

In this lush production, Scrooge is forced to examine his cruel upbringing and how it shaped his negative and miserly outlook. Not that Scrooge could ever be a truly sympathetic character, but perhaps viewers will better understand how and why he became the disagreeable man he is at the start of the movie.

As with any classic tale, you already know the major plot points, but you’ll also find twists, turns, and new insights throughout the production.

If you’re looking for something lighter, Rankin/Bass’ original 1964 stop-motion animated classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer airs Friday on Freeform.

Again, we already know the high points.

In this case, Rudolph is teased because of his glowing red nose, but saves the day when Santa needs him to help guide his sleigh.

When you watch – or more likely, re-watch – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, consider how painstaking the stop-motion process is. Each tiny movement or blink of an eye is a separate shot, and every character in every scene had to be adjusted by hand between every single frame.

No matter what Christmas specials you do or don’t watch, may your entire holiday season be as bright as Rudolph’s nose.

Programing Notes

A Christmas Carol premieres Thursday, December 19 at 6:30 p.m. CT on FX. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer airs Friday, December 20 at 5:15 p.m. CT on Freeform

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Energy Perils, Part 4

BY ALLEN PENTICOFF COLUMNIST

Before I dive in too deep into forecasts of how our future energy will be supplied, I must make a disclaimer - Mr. Green Car is not an expert in any of this.

I like most of my readers, have a life. A life full of things to do. Commitments to others. Yards. Hobbies and other interests.

I read a lot and not all of it technical. And despite what it may appear, I do not spend hours and hours on the internet reading the latest and greatest in all things green.

I do maintain an above average interest in all things - and so, with a little additional research on topics of interest to me - I go forth and render opinions. Much like yourselves.

With that in mind, I may be “full of it.” But I’m doing my best to formulate a learned opinion and to disseminate it. I’d be glad to debate you over a cup of co�ee if you find I need some “education” but that doesn’t mean I’ll change my mind either. Of late, I’ve been reading several books with pros and cons of alternative energy sources spelled out and debated, and with those in mind I am venturing forth to explore a shift in the decades old paradigm that wind, solar and other “renewable” energy is our salvation.

Authors will often put the end of the story at the beginning - then explain how you got there. I will do the same here so you are not left wondering where this is going.

I am going to make a case for a new and improved form of atomic energy. At this point my green friends will throw up their hands and say, “what the heck (or words to that e�ect)?” That’s okay. Bear with me as we analyze the pros and cons of solar, wind, hydroelectric and atomic power. Save your judgement until the end please.

As I said in my last Mr. Green Car column, I believe we need to move to an all electric powered society. This will create a much bigger demand for electric power than our current needs. And bear in mind that as China, India and the rest of the world seek to up the quality of life for their citizens, it involves increased energy needs. China alone has created as much new electrical power through coal and atomic energy in the last 15 years equal to the entire grid of the United States. If something is not done

right away, this need for power will be met by burning coal.

My reading and intuition says that the first order of business it increased e�ciency. While a lot has been done to reduce our electrical consumption - actually to the point of not needing any new electrical generation, there is still much that can be done to tighten up drafty old homes and replace out-of date appliances. In a perfect world we’d discard much of what we have and replace with new super-insulated homes and drive only electric vehicles.

The demand for more electrical power would arrive not because of ine�ciency, but with conversion to an all-electric life.

While there are many who say this can all be done with wind, solar, hydro and bio fuels, there are an equal number of voices who say they are not practical enough to go all the way with “renewable” power.

Also, there are voices calling for “distributed power.” That is power generated from many sources and pooled together to make a more flexible network of power. I sort of agree with this. But it has pitfalls as well. The best thing to say for distributed power is that it can be more secure. It is hard for all the sources to be knocked out by one attack, failure or accident. Some say that in this model, solar power will come from the sunny places to the cloudy places and all will be good. I think that too hopeful. Also, there are several hours every day when the entire country is dark.

Snow falls across entire regions covering solar panels. Several states can be under a high pressure system that has no wind to speak of. Droughts reduce the output of hydro power.

And in the economic analysis - sure it is fine if YOU can a�ord a $50,000 solar system that powers your home and sends some o� to the grid - but the vast majority of Americans and people around the world cannot a�ord such a luxury. Folks who live “o�-grid” do so mostly by living very frugal lives, in tiny homes, campers or boats. It is a lifestyle that does not appeal to everyone. But it can be done. In fact, it cannot be done by everyone. If everyone heated their home by burning wood, we’d soon have no forests and the air would be toxic. To be continued...

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Federal Spending Bill

House passes $1.4 trillion federal spending bill

By Andrew Taylor Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Democraticcontrolled House voted Tuesday to pass a $1.4 trillion government-wide spending package, handing President Donald Trump a victory on his U.S.-Mexico border fence while giving Democrats spending increases across a swath of domestic programs.

The hard-fought legislation also funds a record Pentagon budget and is serving as a must-pass legislative locomotive to tow an unusually large haul of unrelated provisions into law, including an expensive repeal of Obama-era taxes on high-cost health plans, help for retired coal miners, and an increase from 18 to 21 in nationwide legal age to buy tobacco products.

The two-bill package, some 2,371 pages long after additional tax provisions were folded in on Tuesday morning, was unveiled Monday afternoon and adopted less than 24 hours later as lawmakers prepared to wrap up reams of unfinished work against a backdrop of Wednesday’s vote on impeaching President Donald Trump.

The House first passed a measure funding domestic programs on a 297-120 vote.

But one-third of the Democrats defected on a 280-138 vote on the second bill, which funds the military and the Department of Homeland Security, mostly because it funds Trump’s border wall project.

The spending legislation would forestall a government shutdown this weekend and give Trump steady funding for his U.S.-Mexico border fence, a move that frustrated Hispanic Democrats and party liberals. The year-end package is anchored by a $1.4 trillion spending measure that caps a difficult, months-long battle over spending priorities.

The mammoth measure made public Monday takes a split-the-differences approach that’s a product of divided power in Washington, offering lawmakers of all stripes plenty to vote for – and against. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., was a driving force, along with administration pragmatists such as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, who negotiated the summertime budget deal that it implements.

The White House said Tuesday that Trump will sign the measure.

“The president is poised to sign it and to keep the government open,” said top White House adviser Kellyanne Conway.

The bill would also increase the age nationwide for purchasing tobacco products from 18 to 21, and offers business-friendly provisions on export financing, flood insurance and immigrant workers.

The roster of add-ons grew over the

weekend to include permanent repeal of a tax on high-cost “Cadillac” health insurance benefits and a hard-won provision to finance health care and pension benefits for about 100,000 retired union coal miners threatened by the insolvency of their pension fund. A tax on medical devices and health insurance plans would also be repealed permanently.

The deficit tab for the package grew as well with the addition of $428 billion in tax cuts over 10 years to repeal the three so-called “Obamacare” taxes, extend expiring tax breaks, and .

The legislation is laced with provisions reflecting divided power in Washington.

Republicans maintained the status quo on several abortion-related battles and on funding for Trump’s border wall. Democrats controlling the House succeeded in winning a 3.1 percent raise for federal civilian employees and the first installment of funding on gun violence research after more than two decades of gun lobby opposition.

Late Monday, negotiators unveiled a scaled-back $39 billion package of additional business tax breaks, renewing tax breaks for craft brewers and distillers, among others. The so-called tax extenders are a creature of Washington, a heavily lobbied menu of arcane tax breaks that are typically tailored to narrow, often parochial interests like renewable energy, capital depreciation rules, and race horse ownership. But a bigger effort to trade refundable tax credits for the working poor for fixes to the 2017 GOP tax bill didn’t pan out.

The sweeping legislation, introduced as two packages for political and tactical purposes, is part of a major final burst of legislation that’s passing Congress this week despite bitter partisan divisions and Wednesday’s likely impeachment of Trump. Thursday promises a vote on a major rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement, while the Senate is about to send Trump the annual defense policy bill for the 59th year in a row.

The core of the spending bill is formed by the 12 annual agency appropriations bills passed by Congress each year. It fills in the details of a bipartisan framework from July that delivered about $100 billion in agency spending increases over the coming two years instead of automatic spending cuts that would have sharply slashed the Pentagon and domestic agencies.

The increase in the tobacco purchasing age to 21 also applies to e-cigarettes and vaping devices and gained momentum after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signed on.

Other add-ons include a variety of provisions sought by business and labor interests

and their lobbyists in Washington.

For business, there’s a seven-year extension of the charter of the Export-Import Bank, which helps finance transactions benefiting U.S. exporters, as well as a renewal of the government’s terrorism risk insurance program. The financially troubled government flood insurance program would be extended through September, as would several visa programs for both skilled and seasonal workers.

Labor won repeal of the so-called Cadillac tax, a 40% tax on high-cost employer health plans, which was originally intended to curb rapidly growing health care spending. But it disproportionately affected high-end plans won under union contracts, and Democratic labor allies had previously succeeded in temporary repeals.

Democrats controlling the House won increased funding for early childhood education and a variety of other domestic programs. They also won higher Medicaid funding for the cash-poor government of Puerto Rico, which is struggling to recover from hurricane devastation and a resulting economic downturn.

While Republicans touted defense hikes and Democrats reeled off numerous increases for domestic programs, most of the provisions of the spending bill enjoy bipartisan support, including increases for medical research, combating the opioid epidemic, Head Start, and childcare grants to states.

Democrats also secured $425 million for states to upgrade their election systems, and they boosted the U.S. Census budget $1.4 billion above Trump’s request. They won smaller increases for the Environmental Protection Agency, renewable energy programs and affordable housing.

“I am so proud that we are able to do so much good for children and families across the country and around the world,”

said House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Nita Lowey, D-N.Y. The outcome in the latest chapter in the longstanding battle over Trump’s border wall awards Trump with $1.4 billion for new barriers – equal to last year’s appropriation – while preserving Trump’s ability to use his budget powers to tap other accounts for several times that amount. That’s a blow for liberal opponents of the wall but an acceptable trade-off for pragmatic-minded Democrats who wanted to gain $27 billion in increases for domestic programs and avert the threat of simply funding the government on autopilot.

“Many members of the CHC will vote against it,” said Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chairman Joaquin Castro, D-Texas.

“It’s true that there are a lot of good things and Democratic victories in the spending agreement. I think everybody appreciates those. What members of the Hispanic Caucus are concerned with is the wall money, the high level of detention beds, and most of all with the ability of the president to transfer money both to wall and to detention beds in the future.”

The bill also extends a longstanding freeze on lawmakers’ pay despite behindthe-scenes efforts this spring to revive a cost of living hike approved years ago but shelved during the Obama administration.

Because dozens of Democrats oppose the border wall, Pelosi paired money for the Department of Homeland Security with the almost $700 billion Pentagon budget, which won more than enough GOP votes to offset Democratic defections.

The coal miners’ pension provision, opposed by House GOP conservatives like Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., had the backing of Trump and powerful Senate GOP Leader McConnell in addition to Democrats like Pelosi and Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia.

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ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT

Curtailing carbon has health benefits Indoor kitchen garden revisited

BY GRANT MCCARTY CONTRIBUTOR

Years ago, I wrote about indoor kitchen gardens in which you are growing vegetables, fruit, and herbs in your home. Since then, there have been newer developments in the ability to grow these vegetables including kits that will give you everything you need to have fresh vegetables in our winter months. Some of these kits can make very good Christmas gifts too.

An indoor kitchen garden kit works fairly well and includes your growing media, seeds, and light source. Many of these include timers, fertilizers, and water containers to grow within. Most of the systems tend to be a hydroponic type in which your plants are growing in recirculated water that contains the fertilizer they need. Because of the setup, it means you are not going to find any root vegetables available to grow in them. Some of these systems are designed that you must keep buying the seed pods to use the growing system. You may also see an expensive investment up front into purchasing the system.

The main challenges with the indoor kitchen garden is light and temperature.

Most vegetables will need direct light for 10-12 hours a day. In most cases, a window sill is not going to work for this. While a window sill has potential for herbs, it still may not give your plants the light they

need. Indoor kits will come with a light source but if you decide to make your own setup, you will need to invest in either an LED or fluorescents. The LED can be expensive but last longer than a fluorescent with the T5 a very common fluorescent. I currently use LED and fluorescent in my kitchen garden. Indoor air temperatures should stay between 65 and 75 F. Most likely you are staying in this temperature range in your home.

You may see mushroom logs or boxes this time of year too. These kits will usually be table-top systems that allow you to grow mushrooms in the kitchen. Typically, they are portabella or white cap mushrooms.

Because of the nature of growing mushrooms, sometimes these logs/boxes can be finicky when it comes to producing mushrooms.

Beyond the growing systems and kits, you can find a wealth of information and DIY ideas on growing vegetables indoors.

Steer towards those that do not require as much/any soil nor pollinators to ensure success. With any indoor growing, it is a lot of experimenting to determine what works well for you and your family.

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

Our articles have frequently addressed climate change and the adverse impacts it holds unless the global society dramatically reduces its consumption of fossil fuels. E�orts to reduce carbon emissions have focused on e�ciency, renewable energy and an electrified economy. The overall e�ort to reduce carbon emissions is not occurring at a pace that scientists have determined is essential to provide a sustainable future for human society.

Occasionally we have called attention to the work of Nate Hagens who anticipates that human consumption could fall by as much as 30%, still leaving society with a comfortable lifestyle. While he acknowledges concerns over climate change, he anticipates that such a decline is likely to occur within a decade or two. The decline is envisioned as occurring from the ongoing drop in the amount of useful energy available to us as more energy is used to secure the energy. Deep sea drilling involves a tremendous energy expenditure just to secure the oil.

A somewhat different approach to gaining public support to curb carbon emissions has been outlined by Jonathan Patz of the University of Wisconsin. In a presentation entitled: The Global Climate Crisis and Human Health, he highlights the major health concerns regarding climate change for human populations.

Moving beyond the image of polar bears stranded on a cake of ice in the Arctic, he points out that in the last 65 years the climate has become warmer. Projections indicate all major cities along the east coast can expect to experience a tripling in the number of days in which temperatures exceed 90oF. With higher temperatures we can expect an increase in deaths from heart attacks as well as an increase in asthma attacks. As the oceans continue to warm and more moisture evaporates into the air

we can also expect intense rains and more category four and five hurricanes.

Extreme weather events such as droughts, floods and fires have adverse e�ects on human health and wellbeing.

The fires in California have left deaths and billions of dollars of damages in their wake.

Australia is now experiencing massive forest fires associated with prolonged droughts.

The extreme weather conditions including warmer weather will usher in new mosquito populations and associated diseases. With deteriorating environmental conditions, an increase in poverty, wars and massive refugee migrations as occurred when Syrians fled into parts of Europe can occur.

In the Midwest the warmer weather is stimulating the growth of poison ivy and ragweed. The ragweed season is three weeks longer than previously and the plants produce more seeds increasing allergic reactions and asthma attacks.

Patz lays out how an aggressive program of reducing fossil fuel consumption would yield substantial economic and health benefits to the American public.

According to the U.S. EPA every dollar invested in cleaning the air produces $30 dollars worth of benefits. Yet our policy makers raise issues regarding the costs of cutting carbon emissions while seldom addressing the overall economic benefits of cleaning the air.

Patz cited a study which documents savings from reducing the number of urban two mile summer car trips and replacing them by walking or riding a bicycle. Some 1300 lives and $18 billion in health costs would be saved from improved physical fitness and cleaner air.

A full hour version of Patz’s presentation is available on Wisconsin Public television.

A shorter 20 minute presentation is a Tedx talk at the University of WisconsinOshkosh site.

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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.

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

Saturday, December 21 Trinadora - Performing from 5-7:30 p.m. at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. Free admission.

Saturday, January 4 Rockford Community Sing - Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 920 Third Avenue, will host Rockford’s

fourth community sing at 7:30 pm. The event will support Emmanuel Lutheran’s Center for Arts & Spirituality. Suggested donation is $10. There will also be a free harmony singing workshop at 5 p.m. Rockford area musician and performer Ron Holm will be joined by the Old Town School of Folk Music’s Mark Dvorak in a program of familiar folk songs, sing along favorites and a few other surprises too. Holm and Dvorak will offer a free harmony singing workshop at 5:00 pm the day of the concert. The first fifteen who attend the workshop and make an advance donation will be invited to join the cast on stage for the second half of the concert. The workshop will cover harmony singing basics, other vocal topics and serve as a loose rehearsal. For more information and to make a reservation phone 815 979 1949 or 815 963 4815. Visit the Emmanuel Lutheran home page at www.elcrockford.org.

Saturday, January 11 Kevin Gordon - Indie swamp, singer/songwriter, Americana, and blues. Gordon is a Louisiana native, now 20-year East Nashville resident.

His latest release, Tilt & Shine, was ranked #2 in Paste’s Best Roots & Blues Albums of 2018. His songs have been recorded by Keith Richards, Levon Helm, Hard Working Americans, Ronnie Hawkins, and more. The title track from his Down to the Well CD, was a duet with the fabulous Lucinda Williams. Also a published poet, Gordon earned an MFA degree from the renowned University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop.

Rolling Stone says of Gordon, “Dude’s a jukejoint professor emeritus.” Performance will take place at 1 p.m. at Severson Dells Nature Center, 8786 Montague Rd., in Rockford. Call Severson Dells Nature Center 815-335-2915 or order tickets online at www.seversondells.com/ music-at-the-dells

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Thursday, December 26-Monday, December 30 Holiday Hoopla - The kids will soon be out of school for their winter break. But that doesn’t mean it’s “tis the season” for kids to be without reason! The holidays are a great time to exercise the mind.

Discovery Center, 711 N. Main St., provides the perfect holiday mix…family fun, physical activity and even a little science! ADiscovery Center will be celebrating winter with extra fun during Holiday Hoopla, when we’ll merge hands-on crafts with science, math and engineering. We’ve got a rainbow of fun in our drop-in workshop space. Pick up a hammer or grab a screwdriver

and put your imagination in gear. See what you can construct using recycled materials, and take what you make from bird feeders and toys to decorations and musical instruments! Then have a blast building with LEGOs, cardboard, wire, and foam! We’ll also have live science demonstrations each day. The extra activities will take place 11-3 p.m. each day. Holiday Hoopla activities are included with admission to the Museum– $9/person and free to Members and children age 1 and younger. Planetarium shows are $1.00 for the general public and $0.50 for Discovery Center members.

Tuesday, December 31 Countdown to Fun - Three…Two…Fun! Discovery Center, 711 N. Main St., is bringing the sights, sounds and excitement of Times Square to the museum…all before bedtime! Ring in the New Year at “Countdown to Fun” from 12-4 p.m. The family-friendly celebration is filled with countdowns to ball drops and confetti showers at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. Fabricate a party hat, knock together a noise-maker and more!

The event is sponsored by SwedishAmerican – a division of UW Health, and HMC Products. Cost is included with admission to Discovery Center - $9 adults; $9 children ages 2-17 and free for Discovery Center Members and children age 1 and younger. Discovery Center will close at 3 p.m. on Christmas Eve, and be closed Christmas Day. Discovery Center will be open normal hours on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day - from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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Rockford IceHogs Hockey - Star Wars Night

WHEN Friday, December 20 (5 - 9 p.m.)

WHEN Friday, December 20 - Sunday, December 22 (Friday 7:30 p.m. / Saturday 4 & 7:30 p.m. / Sunday 2 p.m.)

WHEN Saturday, December 21 (6 p.m.)

WHEN Saturday, December 21 - Sunday, December 22 (Saturday 7:30 p.m. / Sunday 3 p.m.)

WHERE BMO Harris Bank Center

WHERE Coronado Performing Arts Center

WHERE Rockford University Clark Arts Center, Cheek Theatre

IceHogs Star Wars Night features a fun night of IceHogs hockey, complete with your favorite Star Wars characters from the 501st Legion. The Rockford IceHogs and the Resistance Fighters take on the First Order of Cleveland (Cleveland Monsters).

Rockford Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Pops concert is an uplifting experience for the entire family that features holiday carols and seasonal arrangements performed by the Rockford Symphony Orchestra and chorale.

WHERE Indoor City Market Paul Bronson Acoustic Music will be performing live at the market.

Stop by the bar for a drink, grab a bite to eat in the food hall, and shop from the Pop Up Holiday Shop. Bar opens at 5 p.m., food hall open until 9 p.m.

George Bailey desperately hopes for a miracle. A holiday classic done as a live radio broadcast from 1946 performed

by Artists’ Ensemble Theater.

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Church Sex Abuse

Pope removes shroud of secrecy from clergy sex abuse cases

By Nicole Winfield Associated Press

VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis abolished the use of the Vatican’s highest level of secrecy in clergy sexual abuse cases Tuesday, responding to mounting criticism that the rule of “pontifical secrecy” has been used to protect pedophiles, silence victims and prevent police from investigating crimes.

Victims and their advocates cheered the move as long overdue, but cautioned that the proof of its effectiveness would come when the Catholic hierarchy is forced to respond to national inquiries, grand jury subpoenas and criminal prosecutors who are increasingly demanding all internal documentation about abusers.

“The carnival of obscurity is over,” declared Juan Carlos Cruz, a prominent Chilean survivor of clergy abuse and advocate for victims.

In a new law, Francis decreed that information in abuse cases must be protected by church leaders to ensure its “security, integrity and confidentiality.” But he said the rule of “pontifical secrecy” no longer applied to abuse-related accusations, trials and decisions under the Catholic Church’s canon law.

The Vatican’s leading sex crimes investigator, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, said the reform was an “epochal decision” that will facilitate coordination with civil law enforcement and open up lines of communication with victims.

While documentation from the church’s in-house legal proceedings will still not become public, Scicluna said, the reform now removes any excuse to not cooperate with legitimate legal requests from prosecutors, police or other civil authorities.

Francis also raised from 14 to 18 the cutoff age below which the Vatican considers pornographic images to be child pornography. The reform is a response to the Vatican’s increasing awareness of the prolific spread of online child porn that has frequently implicated even high-ranking churchmen.

The new laws were issued Tuesday, Francis’ 83rd birthday, as he struggles to respond to the global explosion of the abuse scandal, his own missteps and demands for greater transparency and accountability from victims, law enforcement and ordinary Catholics alike.

“The reforms are long overdue but symbolize an important step in the right direction,” said SNAP, the victims advocacy group. “Still right now they are only words on paper and what needs to happen next is concrete action.”

The new norms are the latest amend-

ment to the Catholic Church’s in-house canon law – a parallel legal code that metes out ecclesial justice for crimes against the faith – in this case relating to the sexual abuse of minors or vulnerable people by priests, bishops or cardinals. In this legal system, the worst punishment a priest can incur is being defrocked, or dismissed from the clerical state.

When he was a cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI had persuaded St. John Paul II to decree in 2001 that these cases must be handled by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and be dealt with under the “pontifical secret” rule. The Vatican had long insisted that such confidentiality was necessary to protect the privacy of the victim, the reputation of the accused and the integrity of the canonical process.

However, such secrecy also served to keep the scandal hidden, prevent law enforcement from accessing documents and silence victims, many of whom often believed that the “pontifical secret” rule prevented them from going to the police to report their priestly abusers.

While the Vatican has long tried to insist this was not the case, it also never mandated that bishops and religious superiors report sex crimes to police, and in the past it has also encouraged bishops not to do so.

According to the new instruction, which was signed by the Vatican secretary of state but authorized by the pope, the Vatican still doesn’t mandate reporting the crimes to police, saying religious superiors are obliged to do so where civil reporting laws require it.

But it goes further than the Vatican has gone before, saying: “Office confidentiality shall not prevent the fulfillment of the obligations laid down in all places by civil laws, including any reporting obligations, and the execution of enforceable requests of civil judicial authorities.”

The Vatican has been under increasing pressure to cooperate more with law enforcement, and its failure to do so has resulted in unprecedented raids in recent years on diocesan chanceries by police from Belgium to Texas and Chile.

But even under the threat of subpoenas and raids, bishops have sometimes felt compelled to withhold canonical proceedings given the “pontifical secret” rule, unless given permission to hand documents over by the Vatican. The new law makes that explicit permission no longer required.

“The freedom of information to statutory authorities and to victims is something that is being facilitated by this new law,” Scicluna told Vatican media.

Robert Hoatson, a survivor and founder

of the clergy abuse advocacy group Road to Recovery, said the change was long overdue and a “hopeful sign that the church will finally hold itself accountable for the centuries-old scandal.”

The Vatican in May issued another law explicitly saying victims cannot be silenced and have a right to learn the outcome of their canonical trials. The new document repeats that and expands the point by saying not only the victim, but any witnesses or the person who lodged the accusation cannot be compelled to silence.

“Excellent news,” tweeted prominent Irish survivor Marie Collins, a founding member of Francis’ sex abuse advisory commission who noted that the reform was one of the first proposals of the commission.

“At last a real and positive change,” she wrote.

Lawyers for victims and accused priests have also advocated for a change to the pontifical secret rule, since it restricted their access to documentation from the case. Scicluna said the reform now facilitates making documents available to “interested parties” in a penal case, although it is not clear if these lawyers will still only be able to view the documents – as is currently the case – or can now make and keep copies of them, under the understanding that they remain confidential.

In recent years, individual abuse scandals, national inquiries, grand jury investigations, U.N. denunciations and increasingly costly civil litigation have devastated the Catholic hierarchy’s credibility across the globe, and Francis’ own failures and missteps in dealing with particular cases have emboldened his critics.

In February, he summoned the pres-

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idents of bishops’ conferences from around the globe to a four-day summit on preventing abuse, where several speakers called for a reform of the pontifical secrecy rule. Francis himself said he intended to raise the age for which pornography was considered child porn.

The move is significant and an indication that Francis has learned a lesson after one of his Argentine proteges, Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, was accused of inappropriate conduct with seminarians after gay porn – said to involve youngsters but not boys – was found on his cellphone.

“To date, the church has been especially lenient towards priests who offend against older children” with pornography, said Anne Barrett Doyle of the online resource BishopAccountability. “Extending the pornography ban sends a message that this vulnerable group of minors must be protected too.”

The Vatican’s editorial director, Andrea Tornielli, said the new law is a “historical” follow-up to the February summit and a sign of openness and transparency.

“The breadth of Pope Francis’ decision is evident: The well-being of children and young people must always come before any protection of a secret, even the ‘’pontifical secret,’” he said in a statement.

Also Tuesday, Francis accepted the resignation of the Vatican’s ambassador to France, Archbishop Luigi Ventura, who is accused of making unwanted sexual advances to young men.

Ventura turned 75 last week, the mandatory retirement age for bishops, but the fact that his resignation was announced on the same day as Francis’ abuse reforms didn’t seem to be a coincidence.

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Death Notices Kathy Ryan 52 Rockford 12/9/2019 Robert Snipes 68 Rockford 12/9/2019 Gail McKeever-Scadden 84 Rockford 12/9/2019 Michael Rowland 35 Rockford 12/9/2019 Patricia Lawlor 74 Rockford 12/9/2019 Malcolm Hewitt 88 Rockton 12/9/2019 Lloyd Chavers 90 Durand 12/9/2019 Adrian Book 57 Rockford 12/9/2019 Scott Storey 69 Rockford 12/9/2019 Robert Wood 76 Durand 12/10/2019 Mary Willard 65 Loves Park 12/10/2019 Patricia Dawson 82 Rockford 12/10/2019 William Wood 93 Rockford 12/10/2019 Denease Dixon 54 Rockford 12/10/2019 Ronald Hoffman 56 Rockford 12/10/2019 Jeffrey Grogan 49 Rockford 12/10/2019 James Heffernan 61 Rockford 12/10/2019 Patrick Morden 35 Rockford 12/11/2019 Terry Schenk 57 Rockton 12/11/2019 Jim Starry 81 Rockford 12/11/2019 David Garr 65 South Beloit 12/11/2019 Joan Olson-Greensburg 68 Rockford 12/11/2019 John Appanaitis 64 Rockford 12/11/2019 Kevin Dehart 63 Rockford 12/11/2019 Allen Holecek 75 Rockton 12/11/2019 Phyllis Trussoni 82 Rockford 12/11/2019 Phoebe Wyche 75 Rockford 12/11/2019 Carol Williams 82 Rockford 12/11/2019 Faye Markley 83 Rockford 12/11/2019 Robert Wiedenhoefer 75 Machesney Park 12/12/2019 James Ross 73 Loves Park 12/12/2019 Dorothy Streid 98 Loves Park 12/12/2019 Sally Bruce 62 Rockford 12/12/2019 Ervey Romero 77 Rockford 12/12/2019 Velma Gray 89 Rockford 12/12/2019 Margaret Farrey 78 Rockford 12/12/2019 Jane Wasiak 94 Rockford 12/12/2019 Beverly Mitchell 83 Rockford 12/12/2019 Reva Wyse 95 Rockford 12/13/2019 Kenneth Harper 66 Rockford 12/13/2019 Margaret Powell 79 Rockford 12/13/2019 Marvin Eyster 92 Rockford 12/13/2019 James Siemsen 81 Rockford 12/13/2019 Mary Leatherby 90 Rockford 12/13/2019 Eugene Meyers 83 Rockford 12/13/2019 Wilma Jackson 87 Rockford 12/13/2019 Amanda Smalley 32 Rockford 12/13/2019 James Addington 62 Rockford 12/13/2019 Beckie Zwart 49 Loves Park 12/13/2019 Thomas Rakoczy 82 Rockford 12/14/2019 Patricia Carlson 80 Rockford 12/14/2019 Roy Isov 91 Rockford 12/14/2019 Linda Wolford 63 Rockford 12/14/2019 Rita Siemer 89 Loves Park 12/14/2019 Helen Johnson 73 Winnebago 12/14/2019 Charlotte Martikonis 94 Rockford 12/14/2019 Antonio Luevano 89 Rockford 12/14/2019 Mary Billquist 81 Rockford 12/14/2019 Jeannette Fay 93 Rockford 12/14/2019 Jonathon Benton 66 Rockford 12/14/2019 Barbara Smith 89 Rockford 12/14/2019 Linda Johnson 72 Rockford 12/14/2019 Darla Morrissey 63 Rockford 12/15/2019 Laurie Mullen 60 Rockford 12/15/2019 Karen Woodward 69 Roscoe 12/15/2019 Calvin Hempstead 46 Rockford 12/15/2019 Mary Liston 75 Rockford 12/15/2019

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TAURUS

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GEMINI

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Many little details will need serious thought.

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CANCER

It wouldn’t be a bad idea to watch what you eat and to limit your alcohol intake before the holiday season. You may already have some stomach troubles this week.

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LEO

Your energy will be up and down this week. You’ll regain your vitality within a few days of the solstice, even if it’s the shortest day of the year. You’ll also have many ideas and activities to break your routine.

VIRGO

You dream of a perfect world where harmony reigns, but the reality is often very different. Avoid reading the news this week and immerse yourself in the world of a book that suits your fantasies.

LIBRA

Your presence will be required at a large gathering. You’ll organize an event that will attract an impressive crowd. A spontaneous family trip may be planned.

SCORPIO

You’ll find yourself planning holiday celebrations by yourself. You’ll realize that there are lots of preparations to finish and that time is running short. An outing with friends is an obvious escape.

SAGITTARIUS

CAPRICORN

You’ll be very sensitive this week and it won’t take much to bring a tear to your eye. Changes are necessary to improve your mood.

The holidays will also surely bring your smile back.

AQUARIUS

It’s not always easy to please everyone, despite your best efforts and the compromises you’re willing to make. You’ll need to walk on eggshells and weigh the pros and cons when dealing with a difficult situation at work.

PISCES

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Each vendor shall submit with their proposal the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any proposal which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered.

The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities.

11100R TRRT 12/18    LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education, School District No. 205, Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, will receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), Thursday,January 16, 2020 sealed submittals for IFB No. 2010 Kennedy M.S./Wilson ASPIRE Asbestos Abatement, terms to be in accordance with specifications which may be reviewed at the Board of Education Office, 501 Seventh St., 6th floor conference room, Rockford, Illinois. All names of offerors submitting will be publicly read at that time and place. All offers submitted shall be valid for a period of at least sixty (60) days from the date of set for receipt of offers. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers. Package request forms are available on the District’s

website, rps205.com. Vendors registered with DemandStar.com can download packages at no cost from their web-site – www.

Demandstar.com.

Dated this 18th day of December 2019, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 11101R TRRT 12/18    LEGAL NOTICE The Board of Education, School District No. 205, Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois, will receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), Thursday,January 16, 2020 sealed submittals for IFB No. 20-11 Flinn M.S. Asbestos Abatement, terms to be in accordance with specifications which may be reviewed at the Board of Education Office, 501 Seventh St., 6th floor conference room, Rockford, Illinois. All names of offerors submitting will be publicly read at that time and place. All offers submitted shall be valid for a period of at least sixty (60) days from the date of set for receipt of offers. The Board of Education reserves the right to accept or reject any or all offers. Package request forms are available on the District’s website, rps205.com. Vendors registered with DemandStar.com can download packages at no cost from their web-site – www.

Demandstar.com.

Dated this 18th day of December 2019, Board of Education in and for the School District of Rockford, Illinois.

Dane Youngblood Director of Purchasing 11102R TRRT 12/18

Public Notices    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 as follows: Chelsea L. Gomez SIGNED: Chelsea L. Gomez 12/10/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Try, DEPUTY 11098R TRRT 12/25    IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS MTGLQ INVESTORS LP; Plaintiff, vs.

DANIEL R. BUCKMAN AKA DANIEL BUCKMAN; TIFFANY S. CADY AKA TIFFANY CADY; STATE OF ILLINOIS; Defendants, 18 CH 656 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 23, 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: The East Thirty-Three and Thirty-Two Hundredths (33.32) feet in width of Lot Seven (7) and the West Thirty-Three and Thirty-Four Hundredths (33.34) feet in width of Lot Eight (8) in Block Two (2) as designated upon the replat of John V. Petritz Subdivision, being a replat of a part of Glen

Eyre Subdivision, lying in a part of the North Half (1/2) of Section 1, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the replat of which is recorded in Book 14 of Plats on Page 180 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, as said lots were laid out and designated on said plat prior to its vacation by instrument filed for record March 12, 1935 and recorded in Book 20 of Plats on Page 114 in said Recorder’s Office; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

P.I.N. 11-01-251-030.

Commonly known as 114 Pennsylvania Avenue, Loves Park, IL 61111.

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.

18-017499 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3139961 P11099R TRRT 1/1    Family Manufactured Home Communities L.L.C. 1418 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL 61109 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 27th, 2020 at 10.00 A.M. an auction will be held at Family Manufactured Home Communities L.L.C. 1418 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL 61109 to sell the following article to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the state of Illinois against such article for labor, services, skill or material expended upon a storage furnished for such article at the request of fallowing designated persons, unless such article is redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice. For further information regarding this

matter, please call Suren Soneji at (630)624-4624.

Names of the persons: Gates, Clifford R; Irielena Ramos Vazquez Description of article: 1970 Fleetwood Serial # 18H032S1633 Amount of lien: $1,765.00 11103R 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 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    Family Manufactured Home Communities L.L.C. 1418 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL 61109 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 27th, 2020 at 10.00 A.M. an auction will be held at Family Manufactured Home Communities L.L.C. 1418 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL 61109 to sell the following article to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the state of Illinois against such article for labor, services, skill or material expended upon a storage furnished for such article at the request of fallowing designated persons, unless such article is redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice. For further information regarding this matter, please call Suren Soneji at (630)624-4624.

Names of the persons: Basile, Pat; Lucero, Oscar Description of article: 1978 Rembrant Serial # 1113907 Amount of lien: $1,805.00 11104R TRRT 12/25    Family Manufactured Home Communities L.L.C. 1418 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL 61109

NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on January 27th, 2020 at 10.00 A.M. an auction will be held at Family Manufactured Home Communities L.L.C. 1418 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL 61109 to sell the following article to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the state of Illinois against such article for labor, services, skill or material expended upon a storage furnished for such article at the request of fallowing designated persons, unless such article is redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice. For further information regarding this matter, please call Suren Soneji at (630)624-4624.

Names of the persons: Maki, Donald; LuScroggins, Denny L Description of article: 1958 Homette Homes Serial # 5010220158 Amount of lien: $1,805.00 11105R TRRT 12/25    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: DIANNA LYNN AYLWARD, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 541 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DIANNA LYNN AYLWARD. Letters of Office were issued on November 27, 2019 to Ivory M. Bergeron, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Tyler M. Crosby, Crosby Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 18, 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, 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.

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/s/ Tyler M. Crosby Tyler M. Crosby Attorney for Administrator Crosby Law Firm, P.C. Tyler M. Crosby 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 11106R TRRT 1/1    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: HOWARD W. LYON, JR., Deceased.

CASE NO. 2019 P 515 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of HOWARD W. LYON, JR. Letters of Office were issued on December 3, 2019 to Pamela Lyon, who is the legal representative of the estate.

The attorney for the estate is Tyler M. Crosby, Crosby Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 18, 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, Rockford, Illinois or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Tyler M. Crosby Tyler M. Crosby Attorney for Administrator Crosby Law Firm, P.C. Tyler M. Crosby 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 11107R TRRT 1/1    STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: MARYLEE A. HAAG,

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CASE NO. 2019 P 543 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MARYLEE A. HAAG. Letters of Office were issued on December 3, 2019 to Jeffrey D. Brooks, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Tyler M. Crosby, Crosby Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 18, 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, Rockford, Illinois or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Tyler M. Crosby Tyler M. Crosby Attorney for Administrator Crosby Law Firm, P.C. Tyler M. Crosby 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 11108R TRRT 1/1    ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Sales Contracting business in said County and State under the name of Jesse J Sales Services at the following post office addresses: 10450 Metalmark Ln., Unit 1, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jesse John Linczmaier SIGNED: Jesse John Linczmaier 12/13/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of December, A.D. 2019.

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December 18, 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 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 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 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 Winneba-

go 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 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: 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

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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 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 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Clothing Boutique business in said County and State under the name of Fashion Slayy at the following post office addresses: 607 N. 2nd St., Apt. 1, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Atira Lashley; Markiez Lacy SIGNED: Atira Lashley 12/16/19 SIGNED: Markiez Lacy 12/16/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Ashley Try, DEPUTY 11110R TRRT 1/1 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Bakery business in said County and State under the name of B Sweet! at the following post office addresses: 6399 Nimtz Rd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Carleysha Quince; Michael Quince Jr. SIGNED: Carleysha Quince 12/16/19 SIGNED: Michael Quince Jr. 12/16/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11112R TRRT 1/1 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Juice & Smoothie Bar business in said County and State under the name of Liquid 4 Life! at the following post office addresses: 6399 Nimtz Rd., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Carleysha Quince; Michael Quince Jr. SIGNED: Carleysha Quince 12/16/19 SIGNED: Michael Quince Jr. 12/16/19 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of December, A.D. 2019.

Lori Gummow, COUNTY CLERK Maria Pinedo, DEPUTY 11113R TRRT 1/1

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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 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,

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 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

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 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

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

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 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

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 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:

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 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: 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

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 REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS MTGLQ INVESTORS LP; Plaintiff, vs. DANIEL R. BUCKMAN AKA DANIEL BUCKMAN; TIFFANY S. CADY AKA TIFFANY CADY; STATE OF ILLINOIS; Defendants, 18 CH 656 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 23, 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. 11-01-251-030.

Commonly known as 114 Pennsylvania Avenue, Loves Park, IL 61111.

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. 18-017499 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3139961 P11099R TRRT 1/1

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ROCKFORD - The Rockford IceHogs propelled themselves to second place in the AHL Central Division by winning two of three games last week, including a record-breaking tilt against the top-ranked Milwaukee Admirals.

The record belongs to Kevin Lankinen for a 55-save night in Rockford’s 2-1 onetime win over the Ads at the BMO Harris Bank center last Tuesday. The mark breaks the club’s previous AHL record 49 saves set by Kent Simpson in 2013 and matched most recently by Michael Leighton in 2015.

Lankinen stopped the Milwaukee’s first 50 shots and helped kill six penalties against the AHL’s top power play. The Finnish product stopped 19 shots in the first period, a dozen in the middle stanza and 24 in the third.

The IceHogs took the energy of the Milwaukee win on the road Friday and tied the game late in Bellville, Ontario, but fell 5-2 to the Senators.

Forward John Quenneville gave Rockford the equalizer to make it 2-2 early in the third period. The play developed as Joseph Cramarossa slid a loose puck to IceHogs captain Tyler Sikura who found Quenneville with 19 minutes left in regulation. That was plenty of time for the Senators to solve Matt Tomkins three more times, sending the IceHogs out of CAA Arena in defeat.

Quenneville went right back to work for Rockford Sunday though, registering two goals and an assist as the ‘Hogs delivered a 4-2 loss to the Toronto Marlies on the road. Quenneville scored in the first period and again in the second. His helper came on Nick Moutrey’s empty-netter with 15 seconds left in the game.

“It’s about doing the little things right and making habits out of it,” Rockford coach Derek Kings said ahead of Sunday’s game. “And the biggest thing we worry about is how we play and making sure we are playing as a team. Most teams play the same systems. There’s no magic to it. It’s just whether we execute better than the other team.”

A former assistant coach with the Marlies, King reflected on his time Toronto and said he was glad to be back.

“It was a good experience for me,” King said of his five seasons with Marlies. “We had some good teams here. We had a really good staff, and it was good to see them. It’s

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a nice place to play and it’s a real sports town. The fan base did a good job with us.”

With 31 points in the standings, Rockford was 26-15-10-0-1 going into tonight’s meeting with the Laval Rockford. A recap of that contest will be published at rockrivertimes.com. Updates can be seen at TRRT’s Twitter and Facebook page.

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The IceHogs won two of three games last week, downing the AHL’s top-ranked Milwaukee Admirals and the North Division’s second-ranked Toronto Marlies.

Rockford has won six of its last eight games and has now gone 19 consecutive contests without suffering back-to-back losses (13-5-0-1 over that stretch).

Rockford is perfect on the penalty kill over the last five games, killing 18 consecutive power plays over that span. Dating further back to Nov. 30, the club has killed 26 of the last 27 opposing power plays (96.3%) over the last seven games.

Rockford improved to 13-0-0-1 when scoring at least three goals with a 4-2 win over Toronto. Dating to the beginning of last season, the IceHogs have won 43 of 48 games when scoring more than two goals.

The ‘Hogs also have points in 46 of those 48 games with a record of 43-2-1-2 when tallying at least three markers.

The IceHogs faced the second-most shots of any team in the AHL thus far in the 2019-20 season when Milwaukee fired 56 shots on goal Tuesday at the BMO. Philipp Kurashev posted his first multipoint effort of his AHL career with a goal and two assists Sunday at Toronto. He notched just five points over his first 16 games but has since notched eight points (2g, 6a) over his last eight tilts. Kurashev tallied points in each of the two wins last week and Rockford is now 9-2-0-0 when he logs a point.

Kevin Lankinen went 2-0-0 last week while stopping 66 of 69 shots with a 1.49 GAA and .957 save percentage. He set Rockford’s AHL single-game saves record with 55 saves on 56 shots in Tuesday’s win over the Admirals.

Now in his second stint with the IceHogs, Ben Youds signed a PTO on Dec. 9 and has picked up at least one assist in each of his first three contests with the IceHogs. His four total helpers since joining Rockford are tied for the most in the league and his four total points are tied for first among all AHL defensemen in that span.

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The Bears’ leading couple has no love, actually

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At the heart of the success of any quality NFL team is one relationship. A pairing of two people who understand each other at the deepest of football levels. Every flaw, every highlight, every insecurity, and every opportunity for a meaningful dialogue must be out in the open, the brights on.

While other connections in the organization’s building can flounder or wisp away, these two have no choice but to be on the same page. Their imperfections, if minimized, can mask everyone else’s shortcomings. Any football observer doesn’t have to look far to see this application play out in a beautiful harmony autumn after autumn. New England has flourished as the NFL’s gold standard for almost two decades primarily because their legendary head coach and legendary quarterback have never crossed each other’s respective lines.

But if imperfections and detractions are magnified, if there’s even the slightest hint of a disconnect or unwarranted frustration, a broken promise, then that’s when tears in the seams become noticeable in the fabric.

That’s when the head coach-quarterback dynamic extends rips away the last threads of respectability, and leaves a throwaway rag as a fleeting memory of what once was when whole.

Matt Nagy and Mitchell Trubisky were supposed to have a role in the wave of football’s future. One hotshot former hotshot offensive assistant, mentored firsthand by one of the game’s prolific offensive masterminds in Andy Reid. One No. 2 overall pick sometimes dripping with natural ability, showing signs that all he needed a steady hand of guidance. The potential this quarterback-head coach duo once ostensibly held close would have (could have) acted as a catalyst of consistency and glory the Bears have never had in their possession.

A dream of joining football’s modern age of passing efficiency and glory that seemed too good to be true.

If the dream seemed too good to be true, that’s because it was. Dreams aren’t meant to be realistic or grounded. Dreams are unsubstantiated fantasies built on hope and fears and whims often entirely out of reach. They are myths akin to the likes of the Tooth Fairy leaving money under the pillow in exchange for excess dental matter, Yoda saving a galaxy far, far away, or Santa Claus somehow traversing the length of a planet to deliver presents to a generation in one cold night (sorry, children). The Bears having a competent quarterback working in synchronization with a competent head coach is the folksiest tall tale—the one

children will surrender as soon as they enter grammar school—of them all. It’s less believable than a green goblin having magical kinetic powers or an overweight, out-of-shape man living in the North Pole fulfilling the wishes of every little Timmy and Kaitlyn in existence.

Trubisky and Nagy were fine to a point.

They had a baseline of respect. Even while the Bears struggled to meet the colossal weighted expectations of a season once predestined for a Super Bowl, the two were still connected at the hip. They still had each other’s backs. They supported one another through thick and thin. Mostly thin, and mostly weary of the thin. The ship may have hit an iceberg, and they may been sinking to their doom in the cold night, but they were going down together. They were violinists recognizing the inevitable coming to a unanimous and courageous verdict to finish on equal happy terms, together, in the face of looming darkness.

Circumstances changed when Trubisky decided to make a break for the life boats.

At the last available moment as the ship of 2019 cracked into two pieces with the Bears’ official playoff chances wiped away by the Packers, the quarterback made his first play for continued life. When asked a simple question about Green Bay’s devastating pass rush, instead of staying in character and delivering cliches of hard work and team unity as he for the duration of his career, Trubisky left the man who has championed him, his tutor in Nagy, behind to freeze. He questioned his head coach in detail, publicly, and left no doubt.

“I felt like we could’ve taken more pressure off them moving the pocket a little more and me getting out,” Trubisky said of his offensive line’s struggles. “We’ve just got to continue to find ways to take pressure off our O-line. With a good pass rush like that, continue to mix it up, whether it’s with screens, running it, draws, all that kind of stuff helps.”

It doesn’t take a Nobel Prize laureate to see Trubisky daring to air his dirty laundry out for all to see. Nagy being the target of his ire in particular isn’t surprising either.

The reigning Coach of the Year has a fair share culpability for an offense that’s failed to take any progressive leaps forward.

Nagy’s inaugural campaign had the excuse of a complicated system and an inexperienced quarterback to explain offensive shortcomings. Thanks to experience, Year 2 should’ve meant, theoretically, far more smooth sailing in the open water. There should’ve never been an iceberg within shouting, let alone, spitting distance. Nagy is the navigator and he failed to foresee

many of the pitfalls that could’ve and did befall the Bears.

At least Nagy is mature and grounded enough to take the high road when necessary. When someone else takes aim, he doesn’t deliver potshots in return.

“I think, probably, if I’m going back and watching that, that it’s very general and big-picture,” said Nagy after being asked to expand on his quarterback’s commentary.

“But it’s also right after the game, so I take nothing by that, and we have a great relationship.”

The first place to look for discord on a mediocre team is at quarterback and head coach. Of two people who have lost a middle ground. If Nagy is capable of keeping it even-keel, then Trubisky making the conscious choice to stand on his soapbox only after the Bears are eliminated from the postseason picture rings hollow. Trubisky being the player to make a stand against the fallible coach as arguably the person most at fault for the Bears’ asphyxiation in the standings is also illogical in nature. For a professional athlete to speak out of turn, to let the media and fans and onlookers in on the inner workings of a locker room, there has to be

a measure of earned respect. The NFL has such a culture of secrecy and channelled brotherhood, that only the best merit the right to make a statement with the doors open. The best have a presence of relevant, on-field accomplishments beyond leading and being well-liked and admired. Beyond being a magnetic personality independent of football. A player like Trubisky, with 48 career touchdown passes in 38 starts and less 300-yard performances than the famed Ryan “Fitzmagic” Fitzpatrick since 2018, is not a man whose word carries any weight. When veiled critique leaves his lips, it reeks of petulance and of someone trying to save their own skin out of desperation.

It’s a man on his last legs, standing on a soapbox with a megaphone.

There are two games remaining in a lost year for the Bears. Trubisky’s first strike against the head coach who once had nothing but blind faith in his ability has been launched. Now when he makes a stand, the Bears suffer. And the last person listening, the most important person, will have tuned him out.

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

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