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Summit examines broadband as business, job creator stimulus

By La Risa Lynch A broadband summit held by the National Black Chamber of Commerce (NBCC) wants Black entrepreneurs to harness the power of the Internet as a business and job creation engine fueled by $7.2

billion in economic stimulus money.

President Obama set aside that amount of money in his massive stimulus package to provide grants to bring broadband Internet access to unserved and underserved communities. Of that, $4.7 billion is for broadband infrastructure expansion, sus-

NICOL TURNER-LEE, of One Economy, addresses attendees at a broadband summit last week in the South Loop where she discussed how businesses can leverage $7.2 billion President Obama allocated in stimulus money to expand broadband on urban and rural communities. The money will be used to create jobs and new businesses.

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ty, the jobs that you create no longer have to be those big manufacturing industries that we used to have in our communities.”

With broadband, jobs and business development can come in the form of call centers, collection centers, even video production studio jobs “that don’t have to go overseas,” Turner-Lee explained.

Jessica Ditto, director of external affairs for Connected Nation, agreed. Connected Nation, facilitates public-private partnerships to increase access and use of broadband, plans to work with state agencies to expand affordable broadband in Illinois.

Ditto noted that increasing access to broadband by seven percent in Illinois can generate $6 billion for the state’s economy and can create or save more than 100,000 jobs annually.

“Communities that don’t have access to high speed Internet are lagging behind in business and economic development and technology,” she said.

“Cities that enhance their telecommunication or broadband infrastructure have a great rate of return in new business growth.” Turner-Lee added. “Again the opportunity of having access is so powerful … that we have to understand as a business community what we can do with it.”

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Obama’s health plan draws reaction

By J. Coyden Palmer

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tainability, adoption and mapping to determine the level of broadband use and where. Another $2.5 billion is to expand broadband access in rural communities.

Summit organizers held the event last week at the South Loop Hotel to help Black businesses recognize the potential in expanding broadband technology to communities most impacted by the digital divide minority urban and rural areas.

Harry Alford, NBCC’s president and CEO, contends Black businesses can leverage stimulus dollars to “bring broadband to our communities better,” since many telecommunication companies are unwilling to invest in broadband in low- and moderate-income communities.

“Corporate America wants to go after the big bucks, the more high-powered communities so we’re always last in line,” Alford said. “So we need to go do it ourselves.”

The summit’s keynote speaker Nicol Turner-Lee, PhD., senior vice president of external affairs of One Economy, called access to broadband technology the great equalizer.

“Broadband produces jobs,” Turner-Lee said, adding that job creation is the caveat of President Obama stimulus plan. “When you have broadband access in a communi-

During a speech before delegates of the American Medical Association on Monday, President Barack Obama said the nation’s current health care system is a “ticking time bomb” and urged delegates at the AMA’s annual convention to consider his massive reform plan. Speaking in front of nearly 2,200 delegates and guests at the Hyatt Regency Hotel downtown, Obama said the nation is spending $2 trillion on a health care system that finds more Americans uninsured and unhealthy than ever

before. He added the economic impact is hurting the nation’s financial well-being.

“The cost of our health care is a threat to our economy,” Obama said. “It is an escalating burden on our families and businesses.”

Obama said the financial burden being placed on businesses is hurting many in this global economy. He used U.S. automakers as an example. Obama said Chrysler and General Motors are in the position they currently find themselves in part due to providing healthcare coverage (Continued on page 9)

NEWS

CBC Presses White House for Black Press Stimulus Dollars, Fairness in Advertising

By Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) — U. S. Rep. Barbara Lee (DCalif.), chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, is pressing the White House and the president’s cabinet on the apparent void in federal government advertising in Black-owned newspapers and radio.

CBC spokesman Jioni Palmer this week says the CBC anticipates more exchange on the issue in coming weeks as all White House cabinet secretaries have been sent copies of CBC letters on the issue.

The dialog started April 23 when National Newspaper Publishers Association Chairman John B. Smith, Sr. sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emmanuel; President Obama’s Special Advisor Valerie

John B. Smith, Sr.

Dorothy R. Leavell

Jarrett, and Lee. Smith’s letter asked why the Black Press is not benefitting from economic stimulus dollars to help disseminate information to the Black community on how to apply for and use the $787 billion in economic stimulus money.

A story, partially prompted by the letter, was written by Wilmingt on Journal reporter Cash Michaels and syndicated by the NNPA News Service on April 27.

Lee then followed up with a May 13 letter to Vice President Joseph Biden, who oversees the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the formal name for the President’s stimulus activity. Lee followed up with another letter to Timothy Geithner, secretary of the U. S. Treasury. Both letters were released to the NNPA News Service this week.

“We write to bring to your attention the general concern among African American news-

Summit examines . . .

(Continued from page 1) Pierre Clark, of Chicago Digital Access Alliance, said businesses shouldn’t just set their sights on that $7.2 billion in stimulus money for broadband. He said there is $80 billion in health care technology and $14 billion in housing technology. And while some of that money has already be allocated, state officials are trying to figure out what to do with it.

“Our problem is we don’t have a plan to do anything once the money comes up and we don’t have people in positions to implement a plan once the money is allocated,” said Clark, whose threeyear-old agency plans to establish a WiFi network on the south side, using Bronzeville as a pilot area.

However, Clark noted, the Obama administration is looking for plans that creates sustainable jobs and put people to work. “If your plan doesn’t clearly define that you are not going to win.”

While there is still a digital divide in Black communities, it is driven more so by income, Turner-Lee said.

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“More middle-income Blacks are online now, (but) households earning less than $20,000 adopted broadband at 25 percent in 2008 compared to 27 percent in 2007,” she said. “Broadband is not being adopted at the rate we think it is.”

Turner-Lee’s company, a nonprofit that promotes broadband technology, is working to establish a broadband cooperative in North Lawndale. The goal is to give free broadband access to 3,000 residents within the next three months and set up hotspots in barber and beauty shops. The idea is to go beyond digital literacy and think about digital democracy, she said.

“The Internet is changing how we live, how we learn, how we earn and how we exchange information with one other,” she explained. “That $7.2 billion is not going to solve world hunger or bring world peace and it may not wire half the communities that we serve or we care about. But it is a start. It should be a way to begin to think about how we engage a community.”

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papers and radio station owners that they are not being given a fair opportunity to compete for federal advertising dollars,” Lee and CBC leaders wrote to Biden.

“Specifically, we seek your commitment that Black-owned media outlets are receiving their fair share of advertising dollars in conjunction with the various activities associated with the disbursement of federal dollars.”

The letter further states, “We seek your additional commitment that Black-owned media are being utilized by the federal government as it distributes the $787 billion recovery package.

Additionally, we seek the same assurance when it comes to entities receiving money from the federal government . . .We request a meeting with you at your earliest convenience to discuss this matter in detail.”

A separate letter to Geithner, requests specific information on dollar amounts spent so far: “Please advise me as to the total amounts your department and financial institutions receiving TARP and TALF funds have spent on African-American, Latino and Asian American owned newspapers and radio stations,” Lee wrote. “Also please advise me on the measures your department has taken to insure that the minority-owned media outlets participate equitably in your department’s advertising, marketing and outreach activities.”

TARP, which stands for Troubled Asset Relief Program; and TALF, which stands for Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility, are both financial relief programs for businesses and corporations needing help.

Palmer, CBC communications director, says the letter to Treasury Secretary Geithner was specifically a follow up to questions that Lee posed to him as he testified May 21 before the House Financial Services and General Government Operations Subcommittee of which she is a member.

“This is an issue that has great importance to the chairwoman of the CBC and its members,” Palmer said in an interview on Monday. He says the conversations are ongoing as the CBC presses for results.

“We have received acknowledgements of our concerns,” he said. “While we have not settled on a specific course of action, a working conversation is ongoing.”

In the April 27 story on Smith’s letter, which was widely circulated

by NNPA Newspapers, NNPA Foundation Chairwoman Dorothy R. Leavell said it was “unclear in the Black community where to go and what is available

Congresswoman Barbara Lee to help Black families and Black businesses, the very communities that we serve.” She added, “The Black Press has participated in teleconferences and have sought information locally, yet there are no clear answers to these two queries.’’

Leavell vowed that the quest for information would continue.

“We will continue to vigorously reach out to the Obama Administration to make sure that our community and our industry is a part of this stimulus and avoid what has been the norm - that we are outside looking in and devoid of stimuli,’’ she said.

Palmer credits Smith’s letter, the article and the conversations that followed with stirring up interest and movement on the issue.

“I think it’s fair to say that Mr.

Smith’s letter, as well as the ongoing efforts of NNPA to bring attention to this economic justice, economic fairness, economic parity issue are very important and very helpful,” Palmer said. “We encourage this type of civic engagement and participation. I think it’s clear in our letters that yes, these are commercial enterprises, but they also serve a very important civic function.”

Both of Lee’s letters, also signed

by CBC officers Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Gregory Meeks (DN.Y.) and Keith Ellison (DMinn.), pointed out the dual purposes of the Black Press.

“African American owned newspapers and radio stations have historically captured and chronicled the hopes and history of the African American community when no one else cared.

They remain uniquely positioned to communicate directly with segments of the population that the federal government must reach to achieve its mission,” they wrote Biden. “As implementation of the economic recovery package continues, I strongly encourage you to include a review of African American-owned news outlets and their struggle to receive an equitable distribution of taxpayer funded advertising dollars.”

Metra honor the late Illinois Assistant Majority Leader Construction marks congressman’s 15-year effort to improve transpo rtation in South Side community and increase minority participation

U. S. Rep. Bobby L. Rush today applauded a decision by the Metra board of directors to name the new 35th Street Metra station in honor of the late, IL State Rep. Lovana S. “Lou” Jones. The Metra board voted to name the station, located at 35th Street and LaSalle Street, the “Lovana S. (Lou) Jones/Bronzeville Metra Station.”

Last month, Rep. Rush submitted a formal request to the Metra Board to name this new Metra stop in honor of the Assistant House Majority Leader, who served for 20 years in the Illinois General Assembly. “I am pleased the Metra Board agreed to honor my request in honor of my dear friend, and political colleague Lou Jones. “This decision is even meaningful given the tremendous effort by Metra to provide the opportunity for minority businesses to participate in the economic benefits this new station will usher into Bronzeville.”

Rep. Rush commended Metra’s commitment to ensuring that minority contractors were given

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Lovana S. “Lou” Jones

the opportunity to participate in the $8.8 million construction project. Forty-three percent of the construction contracts to date have been awarded to MBE/DBE firms with pending contracts expected to push the final total to nearly 50 percent. Metra officials and the general contractor, Burns Construction have been very aggressive in working to bring minority contractors to the table, co-sponsoring a Minority Contractors Fair with Rush at the Illinois Institute of Technology last March.

Jones, who spent nearly 20 years in the Illinois Legislature speaking up for abused children and (Continued on page 16) The Chicago Crusader

NEWS On Father’s Day: The Black Man – An American Hero

By Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief He built America from the ground up with a few tools, his bare hands and by the sweat of his brow. While doing so, he was repeatedly whipped, lynched, falsely accused and castrated.

Even now, he braves America’s streets despite the fact that he is more often stopped, brutalized or shot by police, blamed for crimes he did not commit, and incarcerated at astronomical rates. He even dies earlier of natural causes than any other racial group in America – a statistic that some doctors speculate is partially due to the every day stresses of being Black.

Whether he’s wearing a necktie, a uniform, coveralls, or jeans, he braves the streets of America when he goes to work – or even to look for work.

Most of the time, he makes it home.

But, all too often he falls victim to this historic, undeclared war on Black males.

Still, he dares to believe in a nation

Sean Bell, shot by police while unarmed on his wedding day. where his unemployment rate exceeds all others – not just because of the economic downturn – but because of a history of race discrimination that has pressed him to rock bottom.

His post traumatic stress is not from Iraq or Afghanistan, but from a lifetime of scaling the dangerous mine fields of American society. This

is about Joe Blow and John Qshon Citizen. One might call him “the average Black man.” But, given the list of daily atrocities he faces in this nation, there is actually no “average” Black man.

Rather, this is about “The Black Man – An American Hero.” Despite the odds against him, he has exceeded every bar that has ever been set.

What is an “American hero”?

Traditionally, the American hero is deemed as a Super Man type, someone with exceptional courage who performs a one-time gallant deed or a long time public service that warrants celebrity and perhaps even a medal.

But, for the Black man, he is a quiet American hero, unsung, even unsuspecting, deserving of respect simply for the risks he takes every day.

The family of 25-year-old Black New York police officer Omar Edwards is familiar with this gallantry as they grieve their husband and father of 18-month-old and 7-month old children. Struck down in a hail of bullets from a White police officer who mistakenly thought him to be a

State’s Mortgage Relief Project offers assistance for Chicago-area homeowners with troubled mortgages IDFPR and IHDA team up with Sen. Collins and Rep. Thapedi to help residents avoid foreclosure during June 23rd outreach event at Kennedy-King College The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) and the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA) are joining forces with State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins (D-Chicago) and State Representative André M. Thapedi (D-Chicago) to kick-off the statewide Mortgage Relief Project, which is designed to help property owners lower their mortgage payments and stay in their homes. The effort is a direct result of the Homeowner Protection Act signed into law by Governor Pat Quinn earlier this spring.

“Both the state and federal government have responded to the economic crisis by developing programs that offer direct assistance to homeowners,” said Brent Adams, Deputy Secretary of IDFPR and Chairman of the State’s Mortgage Fraud Task Force. “These programs can help homeowners lower their mortgage payments and help them avoid becoming the targets of unscrupulous real estate and mortgage scam artists who can literally steal your home from you.”

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State Senator Jacqueline Y. Collins tough economic times, the state is committed to helping homeowners by announcing the Mortgage Relief Project outreach events,” said IHDA Executive Director DeShana L. Forney.

“The Mortgage Relief Project outreach events will provide information on new federal resources and offer free financial counseling so that families have a greater chance of protecting their homes and keeping the American dream of homeownership alive.”

The Chicago-area event will be from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, June 23rd at Kennedy-King College, 6301 South Halsted Street in Chicago. Additional outreach events, co-sponsored by IDFPR and IHDA, are planned for Peoria, Metro East (East St. Louis area), and Carbondale later this summer.

Homeowners attending the outreach events may attend workshops offering helpful advice about mortgage refinancing, foreclosure prevention, legal rights, credit counseling and avoiding scam artists. Homeowners can also take advantage of private, one-on-one housing counseling with HUD-certified counselors.

The Homeowner Protection Act establishes a grace period of up to 90 days on mortgage foreclosures for homeowners that enter housing counseling. The Act requires that all lenders and loan servicers notify homeowners who are at least 30-days late on their mortgage payments that they have 30 days to seek housing counseling to get their loan back on track. If a homeowner enters housing counseling, he or she gets an additional 30-day grace period on foreclosure in order to work out a payment plan or refinance option.

Services provided at the Mortgage Relief Project outreach events are free. Property owners seeking assistance are asked to bring their latest mortgage documents (bills, statements, notices, etc.) and their state ID or driver’s license to the event.

For more information, please call IDFPR’s toll-free hotline (800) 532-8785 or visit www.idfpr.com or www.ihda.org.

A list of HUD-approved housing counseling agencies in Illinois can be found at www.hud.gov.

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criminal, Omar is an American hero.

The family of 38-year-old Stephen T. Johns also knows. When this husband and father of an 11-year-old son was felled by the bullet of a hatecrazed White supremacist at the U. S. Holocaust Museum, it was yet another shot that was “heard around the world”. “Big John” – as they called him - is indeed an American Hero.

From coast to coast they have fallen.

Among them, Sean Bell, 23, of New York; Oscar Grant III, 22, of San Francisco; DeAuntae “Tae Tae” Farrow, 12, of West Memphis, Ark.; and

Ma r t i n L e e A n d e r s o n , s u f f o c a t e d b y g u a r ds a t a b o ot camp.

Martin Lee Anderson, 14, of Bay County, Fla. They are among the sons and fathers who were all too early struck down amidst injustice. Not

Omar Edwards, shot by a fellow police officer who mistook him for a criminal. to mention the thousands of Black men who have died at the hands of other Black men – a dubious “friendly fire” if you will.

Unlike other wars, there is no flagdraped casket or playing of “Taps.”

Yet, the grieving hearts of loved ones are no less painful; the tears are no less real. And moreover the fortitude he displays in having to fight against the odds is no less worthy of honor.

The Black man – an American hero, we all know one as he refuses to cower. His swagger is emboldened as he defies statistics that constantly predict his demise. He daily swims upstream in the murky, unpredictable waters, daring to believe in himself and in the power of his God. Despite the memories of his fallen brothers, he presses on for respect.

And on Father’s Day, we salute him for his raw courage.

JEWEL-OSCO® Hunger Relief Grant Program Helping to Fund Area Food Pantries & Soup Kitchens Grant Application Deadline: August 14, 2009 JEWEL-OSCO, a leading Midwest food and drug retailer, announced today that the company will begin accepting applications for its “Hunger Relief Grant Program,” designed to fund the operational needs of food pantries and soup kitchens.

Now in its second year, the $300,000 block grant program is conducted in partnership with three “Feeding America” area food banks, including the Greater Chicago Food Depository (GCFD), the Northern Illinois Food Bank (NIFB) and the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana (FBNI).

“Food pantries and soup kitchens are a lifeline to many families during these difficult economic times,” said Jewel-Osco President Keith Nielsen.

“Hunger relief is a key part of our community partnership agenda.

We know these funds will be put to good use.”

Qualified agencies can apply for grants of up to $2,500 that are designed to improve their operational efficiency and maximize

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their existing resources. Among the funding possibilities, the grant program offers a food credit of up to $750, which is administered directly through the food banks.

Grant application forms will be available online through the websites at GCFD, NIFB and FBNI. The food banks will also mail the applications directly to pantries that are current members. Agencies have until August 14th to submit a completed grant request by mail. Grants will be awarded in November.

Last year, the Hunger Relief Grant Program provided over 100 pantries with funding to buy equipment such as stoves, refrigerators, shelving and sorting tables. The program also provided funding for the transportation and delivery of food supplies.

“Jewel-Osco is making a big difference in our communities, and because of their support for the hunger relief network that we serve, we know that more people who need food help will get it,” said H. Dennis Smith, CEO of Northern Illinois Food Bank.

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EDITORIAL

OPINION

SCAPEGOATING BLACK TEACHERS According to any number of studies, African American children are lagging behind everyone else when it comes to academic achievement. Many activists, however, might decry this notion and point to the inequities inherent in uneven school funding. Recently, another group of individuals is being victimized by this trend: African American teachers. When students don’t perform, and poor performing schools are closed, a disproportionate number of African American teachers are fired, some who have many years of excellent service.

Recently, a group of teachers calling themselves CORE (Caucus of Rank and File Educators) filed charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission about this issue. According to an article by Kenzo Shibata, “Educators File Discrimination Charges Against Board of Education,” CORE is alleging that school “turnarounds”, a Renaissance 2010 policy, has an adverse impact on African American teachers. In turnarounds, schools that have less than adequate test scores are shut down and everyone is fired, including teachers, cafeteria staff, administration and every other school employees. Some of the teachers feel that this is a ploy to get rid of tenured teachers who have higher salaries in order to replace them with younger, less experienced teachers with lower salaries. Others feel that this is a step by the Daley administration to de-stabilize schools in an attempt to encourage privatization.

CORE researchers, after perusing Illinois State Board of Education statistics, have found that since 2002, when the term “Renaissance Schools” was first used in the closing of schools, the percentage of African American teachers in CPS dropped from 39.4 to 31.6. At the present time, there are 2,000 fewer Black teachers working in CPS than there were in 2002.

This situation is just the latest in a long-held tradition of blaming teachers for the failure of students in schools. The fact of the matter, however, is that using school test scores as a sole measure of determining the effectiveness of a school is merely smoke and mirrors. As one victimized teacher aptly stated this says “…more about socio-economic status than about teaching and learning.” True.

Once upon a time, students did quite well in one-room schoolhouses. Though these situations were less than ideal, it highlights the point that learning can be done under any circumstance, and that the outcomes say a lot about the learner and his environment.

It is a loud secret that there is a pervasive “anti-academic” attitude in the Black community and especially in schools in troubled communities. No doubt, this statement will ruffle some feathers, but it doesn’t make it less than true. To punish teachers, many who choose to work in troubled schools because they want to make a difference, is disingenuous. In the final analysis, it really does take a whole village to raise a child, and to educate her or him.

In order for our schools to get better, an attitudinal change has to occur among students, their parents, and everyone else involved. If this does not happen, educators will continue to bear a disproportionate brunt of Black student academic failure, and the whole community will continue to suffer as a result. A luta continua.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR FITZGERALD MISSES THE MARK Dear Editor: Atty. General Fitzgerald is to be commended for his remarks before the City Club where he tried to enlist the business community in the fight against gangs. However, he failed miserably to address the question of how does Chicago and other cities destroy, dismantle and or disperse gangs that operate with impunity and have entire neighborhoods living in fear.

The problem has gotten so pervasive; it has driven Father Pfleger to use the flag to bring attention to the killings that occur almost daily. His voice seems to be the lonely voice crying out in the wilderness. Fitzgerald seems to imply that the number of gang members is so great (70,000 to 100,000) that law enforcement is overwhelmed. Has he ever heard of eating an elephant one bite at a time? Take on one gang at a time.

Do something. Do anything.

The public has a right to hear more than the usual refrain, (The killing was gang related).Tell us which gang, where they hang out, who are the leaders and members, where dothey meet, who controls the gang money and

weapons. What about methods such as gang infiltration and constant harassment to make gang life uncomfortable and untenable mIf law enforcement can’t or won’t get a handle on this problem, then in a short time, the number of gang members will continue to increase prompting calls for the National Guard Ned L. McCray nedmccray@aol.comTinley Park, Ill. Retired principal of Simeon H.S.

the Clean Air Act, preventing the President from cracking down on dirty power plants.

For the sake of our economy and our planet, we need our representatives in Congress to fight to fix the energy bill. Congress is voting in less than ten days.

Hilda Simmons Chicago, IL 60637

Congress Abandoning the President's Clean Energy Goals Dear Editor: The Associated Press just ran a major story saying Congress is abandoning President Obama's clean energy jobs campaign promises. Oil and coal lobbyists have badly weakened the big energy bill in Congress, even though it still has good parts.

The bill wouldn't require any more clean energy than is already in the works. Wind and solar create more than twice as many jobs as coal and oil, so this bill won't create the new jobs we need in our community.

The bill would repeal parts of

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BEYOND THE RHETORIC

Let’s Fight for the Stimulus Money

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist The following is an open letter to the Secretary of U.S. Department of Transportation and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor: On behalf of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (100,000+ Black owned business-

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es) and with the encouragement of Johnny Ford, General Secretary of the World Conference of Mayors (700+ Black mayors) and Calvin Smyre, President of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators (624 Black state legislators), I write

this letter to protest the festering and damaging state of affairs at the Federal Highway Administration in regards to Executive Order 11246 and Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

These very precious laws are not being adequately monitored nor enforced by your departments and many thousands of Black firms and millions of Black citizens are being denied equal opportunity.

Enclosed is a copy of the official cancellation of Executive Order 11246 by the Federal Highway Administration dated February 1, 1999. The U.S. Department of Labor has not filled that void.

Since that date and at a progressive rate prime contractors of highway funds (state departments of transportation) such as Caltrans, Illinois DOT, Missouri DOT, Oklahoma DOT, and practically all other state entities have hired less and less Black employees to the point of almost nonexistence.

Likewise, contractors participating in the procurement of federal monies being let by the state entities have also decreased hiring of Blacks and have ignored Executive Order 11246 without any recourse from either the Federal Highway Administration or the U.S. Department of Labor.

States with 8 percent, 12 percent,

15 percent, etc. Black populations have state transportation departments with less than 5 percent Black employment. In many cases, the number is 3 percent or less.

This is not America! You can take a drive on Interstate 80 starting in San Francisco and drive all the way to New Jersey and there is a good chance you will not see one Black working on a freeway construction project.

This significant lack of jobs attributes to the higher than average unemployment rate of Blacks. It hurts Black households and encourages hopelessness, crime, poor health and all other indicators of lost value of life. What we have is wholesale discrimination under the official management of the Federal Government.

Since the change from 49 CFR Part 23 to 49 CFR Part 26 (during the Clinton Administration), state departments of transportation have been allowed to “dumb down” their Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goals from the standard 10 percent to whatever they want which is usually in the 5 percent area.

As a result of the laissez faire approach, Black construction companies, architectural and engineering firms, do about 1 percent of the business involving USDOT

funds (Federal Highway Administration). One percent of the contracting done by 13 percent of the population is indeed a severe disparate impact and also promotes even more unemployment as Black firms are most likely to hire Black employees.

In essence, there is no compliance with Executive Order 11246, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. We demand that this sad state of affairs be corrected immediately. It has been a long fight but in light of the Stimulus Bill money that is coming down through the above racist channels we must see change and see it now.

To monitor any improvements that might be made in the near future please provide this office with the following: 1. By state, the percentage of the total dollar amount of contracts let to Black firms (prime and subcontracts) by individual state departments of transportation for fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.

2. By state, the amount of Blacks working at each state department of transportation (general staff, management and executive) per the latest Executive Order 11246 audit. 3. By state, the latest Executive Order 11246 audit performed

for each of the top 10 contractors (annual sales) working on state highway projects.

We know that we are opening up a “can of worms” but it is the Truth that will set us free. Also, if the Stimulus money is to include the Black population of the nation which is, indeed, the intention of the 111th Congress and our President, then we must address this major hurdle – Jim Crow use of federal monies.

It has been 47 years since the issuance of Executive Order 11246 and 45 years since the Civil Rights Act was signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson after 400 years of slavery and 100 years of apartheid costing millions of lives and terrible suffering.

Enclosed you will find an example of a typical state, California, and its dismal record. Also enclosed is the justification for Executive Order 11246. The time to act is now and I trust that you will meet this obligation. Thanks for your immediate attention and proactive follow up. Forty million plus Americans will appreciate it.

Harry Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc. Website: www.nationalbcc.halford@nationalbcc.org.

Are Racist 'Lone Wolves' Really Alone?

By Ron Walters NNPA Columnist On Wednesday evening June 10, I was supposed to have attended the preview of a play by Janet Cohen, an African-American writer and wife of Jewish former Secretary of the Army, Steve Cohen at the Holocaust Museum.

But that day it was attacked by James von Brunn, long time avowed White racist. At the entrance to the Museum von Brunn shot and killed Stephen Johns, a beloved African-American security guard who had worked there for six years. This was a supreme irony because Janet’s play, Anne and Emmett was about introducing more Americans to the lives of Anne Frank and Emmett Till, two Jewish and African-American icons of the human rights movement whose lives have been used to repudiate racist violence.

Needless to say, the preview was cancelled and I awoke the next day to find the American media cutting the foundation of American racism out of the story by emphasizing that von Brunn was a “lone wolf.”

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two points. So-called “lone wolves” are part of a larger official community which gives them substantial legitimacy and two, when that legitimacy falters they are most likely to show their violent fangs.

With the upsurge of the conservative movement, racist violence and hate speech became staples used to mobilize people, not necessarily into racist groups, but also into campaigns and voters for elected officials.

When Ronald Reagan ran for President in 1980, not only did he open his campaign in Philadelphia, Miss., where civil rights martyrs Schwerner Goodman and Chaney were killed by the Klan, but Klan members took off their sheets and staged “Vote for Ronald Reagan” rallies at events on the campaign trail.

And even though Reagan mildly repudiated their support, the new road to the legitimacy of the radical right had been forged.

In the 1990s, as one publication put it, “a feeling of rage is building across the country,” an expression of which became the militias that were forming in many states, ostensibly to protect citizens from all sorts of government conspiracies.

Many of these had ties to racist, neo-Nazi and Ayran supremacy

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movements and most militia members were also card carrying members of the National Rifle Association which gave them political protection. So serious was this movement regarded that in return for grass roots assistance, some members of Congress included them in campaign operations and gave them access to government resources.

In March of 1995, the paranoid rumor of a federal plan to raid them prompted inquiries to Attorney General Janet Reno’s office from mostly Republican members of Congress, such as: Robert Dornan (CA), Mac Collins (GA), James Hansen (UT), Larry Craig, (ID), Lauch Faircloth (NC), and Steve Stockman (TX).

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Next month on April 19, when “lone wolf” Timothy McVeigh bombed an Oklahoma City federal building, because he had ties to the Michigan Militia, members of Congress with ties to such groups, such as Rep. Helen Chenoweth (ID) who had associations with the Commander of the United Militia Assn. and others were pressured to explain the nature of these ties.

Bill Clinton tried to de-legitimize the hate-filled atmosphere with speeches addressing directly the need for stronger hate crimes legislation. Official statistics indicate that most such crimes are oriented toward race and most of these involve African Americans.

But although the Clinton administration wanted to expand it to include crimes against gays and provision related to the burning of churches, in his last days in office, he publicly regretted the fact that Republicans had prevented the passage of any hate crimes legislation.

Indeed, Republicans made such moves extremely difficult. When in 1999, Democrat, Rep. Robert Wexler (CA) attempted to pass a resolution condemning the Council of Conservative Citizens, a new version of the supremacist group, White Citizens Council, Republicans blocked it. Politicians who had Saturday, June 20, 2009

associations with the Council inc luded Senators Trent Lott, Jesse Helms, Bob Barr, Mississippi Gov. Kirk Fordice and others.

This led Wexler to ask why the Congress could pass a resolution denouncing Black hate speech by Khalid Muhammad, then of the Nation of Islam by 97-0, but did nothing in this case.

That same year, Congress also refused to denounce the speech of Republican Sen. Ernest Hollings who called Black people “darkies” and Hispanics “wetbacks” and said that African heads of state came to International conferences to “get a square meal instead of eating each other.”

With the latest change of administrations it may appear that legitimacy for racism has weakened, and so the “lone wolves” may come out once more.

Dr. Ron Walters is the Distinguished Leadership Scholar, Director of the African American Leadership Center and Professor of Government and Politics at the University of Maryland College Park.

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By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill

Involvement in a positive way is good

PREPARING FOR NBUF’S 30TH NATIONAL CONVENTION ( D r . C o nr a d W o r r i l l i s t h e National Chairman of the Nat i o n a l B l a c k U n i t e d F r o nt ( N B U F ) l o c a t e d a t 1 8 0 9 E a st 71st Str eet, Chicago, Illinois, 6 0 6 4 9 , 7 7 3 - 4 9 3 - 0 9 0 0 , Fa x # 7 7 3 - 4 9 3 - 9 8 1 9 , E - m a i l : n b u fchic@sbcglo bal.net, Web site: nbufront.org)

The National Black United Front (NBUF) is preparing for the Thirtieth Annual National Convention to be held in Chicago, Illinois from July 16-19, 2009. The Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan will give the

Dr. Conrad Worrill opening keynote address on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at the new Kennedy King College Great Hall, 6300 South Halsted. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and the program begins at 7:00 p.m.

Time has a way of moving forward and it’s hard to believe that NBUF has been in existence thirty years. It is a remarkable achievement that a Black Movement organization made up of committed volunteers, with limited resources, has survived and continues to grow and develop.

NBUF grew out of the spirit of the 1960’s and 70’s when African people in this country were aggressively organizing around numerous issues. The activism of the Civil Rights Movement and its challenges against legal segregation was a spark that set off the mass motion of African people in America.

The mobilization and organizing of the Civil Rights Movement transitioned into the Black Power Phase of our movement in the late 1960’s, sparking the renewed call for Pan Africanism and Black Nationalism.

Through the disruptive tactics of the United States Government and its counterintelligence programs (COINTELPRO), the Black Liberation Movement, in America, suf6

fered serious setbacks. Many leading activists and organizers were arrested and convicted on false charges, and continue to remain locked up, as political prisoners. Others were assassinated, such as Malcolm X. Dr. King, Fred Hampton, and Mark Clark.

By the late 1970’s, the Black Liberation Movement was in serious disarray. This stimulated numerous leading Black activists, organizers, and leaders to convene a series of meetings. Twice during the latter years of the 1970’s (1976-1977), in Brooklyn, New York, several organizations attempted to bridge the gap of ideological disunity among the various forces in the Black Movement and to formulate a United Front formation.

Many of the members of NBUF can remember the all–day meetings held in the East in an attempt at national unity. But the commitment, positions, and images of most forces were fixed. The mistrust and apprehensions of the past years lingered in the memories of most participants.

However, a core group of participants in these meetings, from around the country, agreed that it was urgent that a call be made to convene the founding convention of the National Black United Front / NBUF. The founding convention was held in Brooklyn, New York at the Old Armory in June of 1980. More than 1,000 activists from thirty-five states and five foreign countries participated in this four-day convention. Rev. Herbert Daughtry was elected interim National Chairman and we approved a draft of the Constitution and By Laws. In 1985, I was elected National Chairman and have continued to serve in that capacity.

At the second national convention, once again, held in Brooklyn in July of 1981, NBUF ratified a permanent Constitution, By Laws, and leadership structure. NBUF Chapters emerged across the country in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Raleigh, Greensboro, Mississippi, Houston, Dallas, Kansas City, St. Louis, Portland, Seattle, the Bay Area, Muskegon, Lansing, Detroit, New York, New Jersey, Milwaukee, Memphis, and Chicago. Most of these chapters continue to function today— thirty years later.

Over this thirty year period, NBUF has organized around the following principles: • To struggle for self determination, liberation, and power for Black People in the United States.

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• To work in common struggle with African liberation movements and African people throughout the world.

• To build a politically conscious, unified, committed, and effective Black mass movement.

• To struggle to eliminate racism (including Zionism and Apartheid), sexism (the oppression, exploitation, and inequality of women), monopoly capitalism, colonialism, and neo–colonialism, imperialism, and national oppression.

• To maintain strict political and financial independence of the National Black United Front.

• To build unity and common struggle with oppressed peoples in the United States and throughout the world, as long as the best interests of people of African descent are not contradicted or compromised.

• To continue to struggle to maximize the unity of the Black Liberation Movement and of people of African descent; to eliminate internal violence, character assassination, and self-destruction; to establish a viable process to arbitrate all major conflicts within the Black Liberation Movement and the African community.

• To continue the political/cultural revolution to create a new vision and value system and a new man, woman, and child based on the common struggle around the needs of the African majority.

NBUF believes that in order for Black people in America to become free, liberated, and independent, we must be organized. Therefore, we believe all Black people should join an organization that is working in the interest of our people. We believe that the National Black United Front is such an organization and we urge you to join us and participate in our Thirtieth National Convention.

This year’s theme is “Turning Point 2009: Connecting the Black Power Generation to the Hip-Hop Generation.” NBUF takes the position that only through our own economic self-sufficiency and self-help will we truly liberate ourselves from the continued devastation of racism and white supremacy in this country.

I will write more on the convention theme in future columns. Please save this date and prepare to participate in this historic 30th Annual National Convention of the National Black United Front (NBUF). The convention will be held at the renowned Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies at 700 East Oakwood Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois.

By Maurice A. Clayton

Looking out the window is the least of what a person can do to participate in the smallest way…being a witness can be of great value in incidences of theft, burglary, battery, murder and the like. There are many other ways that can put you in the position of doing great things for an individual or point out the bad guy.

On the other side of the coin that is ever present but unable to find the manpower to get the job done regarding law-enforcement.

Most people are afraid to step forward and point the individual who has hurt, killed, wounded or stole something from one or more of your neighbors. We must realize that there are people who prey upon each of us and there are many who are aware who these people in their neighborhoods. Law-enforcement and they are not enough to secure our lives and possessions. It takes a village to raise a child and all in the village to care for the village itself. All must be vigilant of their possessions. All is equal within the village though we might be set out into the elements. Each of us has that duty at all times.

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to be attentive to their surroundings. But the parents have to be diligent beyond yesterday and today. Your children have become victims of fire and every other danger upon them. The legislators must be vigilant about the laws that have not served us as they were expected. Criminals are leaving institutions in groves and especially those who have harmed the society and have become ever more violent and attacking our children.

Congratulations to Gabriella Clayton for her sturdiness acquiring a scholarship to Loyola University.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Keep Angel Flight Central Dear Editor: Each month, volunteer pilots from Angel Flight Central fly patients needing specialized medical care, including chemotherapy and dialysis, to hospitals throughout Illinois. Many of these patients are from rural areas and would otherwise be hard-pressed to receive the care they need.

These flights are part of General Aviation (GA), which includes all flying except the scheduled airlines and the military. Right now GA is being imperiled by misguided plans in Washington, D.C. If these proposals are enacted, the outlook could be grim for patients who use Angel Flight Central, as well as for millions of other people throughout the country who depend on General Aviation for services and jobs.

Among the proposals are new costs and regulations. Since Angel Flight Central pilots already donate their time and planes and

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pay for their own fuel, these increased costs could ground them.

The impact on patients who live in rural Illinois could be devastating, because they would have to drive long distances to receive care.

The new charges and regulations would involve not only medical volunteer organizations.

With an estimated 65 percent of General Aviation flights conducted for public service and business, many industries and services would be affected, including agriculture, emergency medical evacuation, law enforcement, aerial fire-fighting, package delivery and the Civil Air Patrol.

In addition, millions of jobs depend on GA, which pumps more than $150 billion into the U.S. economy. Two members of Congress deem GA so essential that they formed a caucus to educate their peers on its value to the American economy and transportation system.

Recently, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the world’s largest pilot organization with more than 415,000 (Continued on page 16) The Chicago Crusader

By Ima Gontellit D iscla imer: T he fo llo wing co lumn is a gossip column. We ask t h a t i t e m s c o n ta i n e d h e r e i n b e judged by individuals that read it as such and not as documente d f a c t s g a t h e r e d b y th e n e w s gathering personnel of this publicatio n. All sourc es submitting i t e m s t o T H E C H A T T ER B O X are confidential.

WAITING FOR THE EXPLOSION Members of that far southside church of positive thought is waiting for the shoe to drop and the possibility of an explosion that may be heard all the way to Atlanta if things don’t change in the process of selecting a new pastor.

Talk is, a flamboyant male preacher has been touted as the new pastor, but some members say not so fast. What about the minister that has been the steady hand behind the throne for many years? Word is the Atlanta import was not given a going away party, as a matter of fact some say it was more of a “good riddance” party. The flamboyant one is just that, more flash than substance. He likes to live high on the hog and wear fancy duds, but that’s about it for him.

The members are still wondering how quietly the well known pastor of the church was whisked out of sight without much of a rumble.

Folks are saying that senioritis took over the well known pastor, without a succession plan in place.

Keep your eyes to the skies to the south of the city and stay tuned.

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great James Brown. Now James Brown was a “ghetto philosopher” but it is unlikely that he would be invited to the White House if he was still around.

-ImaONE BIG HAPPY COUNTRY!!

For those Blacks so anxious to assimilate with the white race, Whites so eager to shed the guilt of bigotry and bias and we all live in the United States as one big happy family, Ima is sorry to have to tell you that prejudice and hate ain’t dead. What brings it into the spotlight is the killing of the Black security guard at the Holocaust Museum last week by a 88-year-old hater of Blacks, Jews and every-

thing that was not pure white.

And then there’s the cartoon that depicts all of the United States presidents and the spot that should be occupied with the photo of the 44th president is held by two “white eyes.” It was sent out in an email to the “wrong” email addresses from the office of a State Senator in Tennessee. The “wrong” email addresses? What were the “right” email addresses? All Ima knows is President Barack Hussein Obamas better remember that he is only 50% white, it only took a much smaller amount of Black blood to be always considered Black, so what do you think he is considered? Will somebody get the President a mirror please???

-Ima-

AN OLD JOKE

Ima recently heard an old joke I wants to share it with you – my readers. Law’d knows we need something to laugh about. So here goes: A lady was traveling on a train when she became infuriated at a ticket taker on the train when he insulted her about her baby. He said that her baby was the ugliest baby he had ever seen. She asked to see the Conductor. When the Conductor arrived she said she had been insulted on the train by the ticket taker and the Conductor told her the railroad company would not tolerate any passenger being insulted. He offered to give her something special for the insult and asked her to accompany him

to the dining car where she would be treated with a free meal and added that they would try to find a banana for her monkey!

-ImaGOVERNOR ONE TERM A poll was released this week that showed that a majority of the folks in Illinois think Governor Quinn is doing an alright job, but would not vote for him for a new term.

The poll also gave a favorable rating for Attorney General Lisa Madigan, although she has not declared she will run for Governor.

She also got a favorable rating for U.S. Senator. But if’n you a member of Ima’s “family” you know we were not polled. Far as my “family” (Continued on page 16)

-ImaHOW DID HE GET IN THE WHITE HOUSE? Folks all over the USA are wondering how Rev. Al Sharpton got to be the “favored” one with the Obama administration. Was it because he didn’t talk about cutting off any body parts of the President before he was President? Did he kiss the mistletoe? Was he given an ok from the leading race in New York City? What did he do, promise, say or not say that he was cleared to come to the White House? Some folks in Chicago, the President’s “home town” feel that if you are Black, from Chicago and without a Harvard pedigree or basketball skills, you are held in disdain and don’t expect anything.

However, if you are of another nationality, have a Harvard pedigree and basketball skills from Chicago you could possibly land a gig like Arne Duncan. Who by the way will be accompanied by Al Sharpton on an educational tour. Al Sharpton on an educational tour???

The last tour Rev. Al is noted for is the tour he made with the late The Chicago Crusader

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F R E E S U MM E R R E A D S FOR ADULTS EVENTS IN JUNE: Reading interesting books about the life and times of President Abraham Lincoln, during the Chicago Public Library’s 2009 Land of Lincoln Readers: Summer Reads f or Adults program is great, but the Library wants more. The Chicago Public Library invites the public to enhance their summer reading by participating in the variety of informative, thought–provoking and fun author talks, lectures, and performances that support the Land of Lincoln Readers: Summer Reads for Adults program. During the month of June, come in and bring a friend to the Chicago Public Library as it hosts a series of free Summer Reads for Adults programs which include: Family Concert—Kristin Lems Abraham Lincoln’s Best Friend in Congress-Owen Lovejoy Saturday, June 20, 1 pm, Manning Branch, 6 S. Hoyne Avenue. For more information, call 312-7466800. Author and historian Bill Moore will describe the fascinating details of President Lincoln’s friendship with Illinois congressman Owen Lovejoy. Tom Campbell’s Fighting Slavery in Chicago will be the topic on Monday, June 22, 6 pm at the Albany Park Branch, 5150 N. Kimball Avenue. Call 312-744-1933.

Join local author Tom Campbell as he discusses his book about the great Chicago abolitionists who played a significant role in pushing slavery down the road to extinction.

BASKETBALL CAMPS COMING TO SOUTH SUBURBAN COLLEGE: The South Suburban College Basketball Program will host a Championship Shooting Camp June 22 – 25, from 1 pm – 4 pm, and an All-skills Basketball Camp June 29 – July 2, from 9 am – 3 pm. The camps are designed for Boys and Girls ages 7 - 17, and will be directed by Head Coach John Pigatti and players from the 2009 Basketball Team that finished 7th in the nation. Pigatti brings over 20 years of college coaching experience from a well-rounded background.

He was also the head coach of the Five Star Basketball Post Development Camp where he instructed several top 100 high school players in the country. He received the NJCAA Division II Region IV-A Coach of the Year Award in his first three seasons as SSC’s Head Coach. The main goal of these camps is to give each individual a chance to become a better player and to have some fun along the way. In order to accomplish these goals, the emphasis will be on the fundamentals of basketball. The cost of the Shooting Camp is $50 and the All8

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skills camp is $75, with a special price of $100 for both camps.

Campers will need shorts, basketball shoes, and a T-shirt or practice uniform. Food and refreshments will be available for purchase every day of the camps.

Contact Coach Pigatti at 708596-2000 x2524 for more information.

WHAT WOULD LINCOLN EAT? AMERICAN COOKB OO K S A N D C U L T UR E 1809 – 1865: On Tuesday, June 23, from 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm, there will be a free Members Ice Cream Social at the Hyde Park Art Center. Join them for Ice Cream and mingling. It’s a chance to meet your fellow Art Center members, students and supporters as well as cool off on a warm summer day. Also, on June 24, from 1 pm -3 pm, Sound to Sight will be featured. Creating visual images becomes an exercise in listening. CUBE, a contemporary chamber ensemble, will use music to inspire the creation of new art pieces. This workshop will be great for young audiences.

This event is also free. The Hyde Park Art Center is located at 5020 S. Cornell Avenue in Chicago. For further information, please call 773-324-5520 or visit http://www.hydeparkart.org.

HEAR NASA ASTRONAUT AND CHICAGO NATIVE JOHN GRUNSFELD SPEAK AB OUT HIS RECENT MISSION TO REPAIR HUBBLE: On Tuesday, June 23, less than a month from his Space Shuttle Atlantis landing, the Museum of Science and Industry will welcome Chicago native and NASA astronaut John Grunsfeld back to Chicago to present details of his mission to Museum guests. A native of Highland Park, Ill., Dr. Grunsfeld is now the veteran of five space flights, and has logged almost 60 days in space. He will lead a fascinating presentation about his recent mission from 1:15 pm - 2 pm on Tuesday, June 23. Dr. Grunsfeld will discuss and showcase his recent 13-day trip to the International Space Station for the final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope. The mission included five grueling space walks to repair and upgrade the telescope, which extended the observatory’s capabilities into the next decade. Following the formal presentation, guests will be able to ask questions and also have the opportunity to meet Dr. Grunsfeld and get his autograph. Reserved tickets for this event are required. Tickets to the lecture are included in general admission, which is $13 for adults, $12 for seniors and $9 for children 3-11. The Museum of

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Science and Industry is located at 57th and Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. Space is limited. Those interested in attending must have a reservation. To reserve a ticket to presentation, which is INCLUDED in general admission to the Museum, call 773-6841414.

JAMMIN’ AT THE Z OO: Chicago’s Wildest Summer Event: Lincoln Park Zoo kicks off their annual outdoor concert series Jammin’ at the Zoo on June 26, celebrating another summer of wild entertainment for all ages.

This year’s line-up of musical acts includes Sister Hazel, Five for Fighting, Brett Dennen and Matt

Nathanson. On Friday, June 26, Sister Hazel with Josh Kelley will be featured. Returning by popular demand to the zoo’s South Lawn, the concerts will be held one night each summer month with all proceeds supporting the zoo’s animals, conservation and education programs. Live music, delicious food from Park Place Café and the great outdoors creates a unique opportunity for ticket-holders to experience Lincoln Park Zoo at its best. The concert venue, located in the heart of the zoo near flamboyant flamingos and rambunctious gibbons makes this musical setting unlike any other in Chicago.

Guests are encouraged to reserve

tickets early as performances typically sell out! The night of each concert, gates open to ticket holders at 6 pm. Zoo Members with tickets can enter 15 minutes early to stake out premium seats.

Seating is open, and guests are encouraged to bring small blankets. Full food service will be available at Park Place Café. Beer and wine will be available for purchase to those 21-years and older. Please leave coolers and outside food or drinks behind, as they are not permitted into the event. Tickets are available online at www.lpzoo.org, by phone at 312-742-2283, or can be purchased in person at the Zoo’s Gateway Pavilion.

THE BLACK PUBLIC RELATIONS SOCIETY OF CHICAGO (BPRS) recently announced the winners of its 2009 academic scholarships, based upon their quality as candidates and future public relations practitioners. The two winning recipients of $2,500 each are Ebonee Just, and Daniel Campbell, both students with Columbia College of Chicago. Pictured above presenting scholarship checks to the winners are (from left) BPRS-Chicago President David Rudd, Campbell, Just, BPRS-Chicago Vice President Jeri Bingham and BPRS-Chicago Executive Vice President Ronald E. Childs. Established in 1983, the Black Public Relations Society of Chicago is the largest, and founding chapter of the National Black Public Relations Society (NBPRS). (Photo by Toya Werner-Martin/courtesy of Flowers Communications Group.)

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Lend a car to a friend? Not without a lot of thought. Indeed, it may be as injurious to the friendship as lending money. *** Lending your car also lends the full protection of your auto insurance. If the car is involved in a serious accident, the friend will be insured as a “permissive” driver.

Milton E. Moses *** The car owner is liable, though, even if not personally involved. It can be a financial gamble. If your own insurance coverage is adequate, it will cover the costs; if not, your own assets are at risk.

At the least, you can expect your premiums to rise. ***

Call Community Insurance Center, Inc. to see how much your savings could be – in the first year alone when you switch to the AARP Auto Insurance Program from the Hartford.

It’s particularly dangerous when a young driver lends a car to another young driver. The ability to judge character—like driving skill—takes time to develop.

They—and you—are more at risk. *** Be smart. And protect your car

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IHDA Executive Director named Woman of the Year Illinois’ senior housing official earns award from distinguished community group DeShana L. Forney, executive director of the Illinois Housing Development Authority (IHDA), has been named Woman of the Year by the Coalition for

DeShana L. Forney United Community ActionORTC, Inc. Forney has been honored for leading the state’s affordable housing efforts to help low-income residents in Illinois and for going “above and beyond the call of duty.”

Forney accepted the award at the organization’s 37th Annual Unity Testimonial Awards Ban-

quet on Friday, June 5 at the Palmer House Hilton, 17 E. Monroe St., Chicago. She was among the “people who have made a difference” commended by the Chicago-based organization that works with community organizations, labor unions, contractors, and government agencies to develop construction training programs for unemployed and underemployed minorities and women.

“Receiving this award from such a distinguished organization with established ties in the community is a great honor. Working together with the dedicated board and staff of the Illinois Housing Development Authority, it is truly a privilege to coordinate the state’s housing resources to help provide residents with more access to affordable, quality homes, and to create more job opportunities in the construction industry,” Forney said.

Carl W. Latimer, president of the Coalition for United Community Action-ORTC, Inc., noted the 2009 All Illinois Coalition Banquet Committee honored Forney’s “extraordinary government and business leadership (Continued on page 16)

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MILWAUKEE (June 15, 2009) – Honoring the spirit of today’s young people aspiring to business ownership and success, MillerCoors has announced the winners of its 2008-2009 Urban Entrepreneurs Series and Business Plan Competition (MUES). The recipients, selected from a field of more than 120 applicants nationwide, were awarded business grants totaling $150,000 at a special dinner and reception held in Chicago, June 11th. This year’s grand prize winner received a $50,000 business grant, with the four runners-up each receiving grants of $25,000 to contribute to their company’s start-up capital, or to expand their existing businesses. Pictured above (se cond from left) is Larry Wa ters, director, Multicultural Re lations for Mi llerCoors, along with (from left) grant winners ReShon Anderson, Demetrius Walker, Olaolu Yemitury, Sebastine Ujereh, Jr., Robert Bryant, Joyce Johnson, Jolanda Powell, Joanne Tabellija Murphy, grand prize-winner Termetrice Gibbons and Justin Giboney. Now successfully concluding its ninth year, MUES has provided more than $1 million in business grants to date to more than 100 urban professionals across the country, empowering urban American communities by creating jobs and sustaining economic development. For information about the upcoming 10th anniversary MUES competition, visit www.millercoorsmues.com.

Obama’s health plan draws reaction (Continued from page 1) for their workers.

“If we do not fix our health care system, America may go the way of GM: paying more, getting less and going broke,” Obama said.

Dr. Nancy Nielsen, outgoing President of the AMA, said the organization is open to hearing details about the Obama plan.

Last week, the AMA issued a public statement denouncing any attempts to bring “governmentrun medicine” as part of a reform package. Former AMA president Dr. John Clowe, a retired family physician, said the AMA wants to maintain its autonomy. After the President’s speech, the AMA is still skeptical but showed signs of softening from its hard stance earlier this month.

“Hey, you have to give credit where credit is due,” Nielsen said.

“This is the first Democratic president to talk to us about any kind of reform. The AMA is looking for ways to best help the president reach the goals we share...affordable health insurance for all Americans.“ Obama also scored points with other delegates because of the frankness in his speech. He could have easily deleted topics that

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would have been unpopular with the crowd such as not putting caps on malpractice lawsuits.

Obama said by doing so, he believes it would hurt the plaintiffs in many situations. Even though he was booed for the comment, delegates respected the fact he incorporated it into his speech.

“The comment about malpractice award caps was no surprise,” Nielsen said. “What we were very pleased about was that he is open to considering options that would lower the costs of defensive medicine and that he acknowledged the issue and put it in context of rising medical malpractice insurance premiums.”

While Obama still has work to do to win over the AMA regarding his reform plan, the National Medical Association (NMA), is backing the President’s efforts.

Founded in 1895, the NMA is the largest and oldest organization representing Black physicians. It disagreed with the AMA in 1965 at the inception of Medicare and again this week over Obama’s plan.

“The AMA’s reservations are duly noted, however, competition is healthy, we need a public option along with the private

plans to create competition that will lead to lower cost and increase the quality of care for patients,” said Dr. Carolyn Barley Britton, president of the National Medical Association. “Public plans such as Medicaid and Medicare have done a great deal to improve access to care for millions of Americans.”

Former Chicago State University Board of Trustees member and local resident Dr. Niva LubinJohnson agrees with Britton. She is concerned like many health care providers are about the options for quality care facing many Black and Latino citizens.

“Lack of choice is a major concern for our communities. A public option will give people an alternative where private plans are not willing to go,” said Dr. Lubin-Johnson, chair, Board of Trustees of the NMA. Dr. Terry Mason is the Chicago Health Department Commissioner. He said the President’s speech touched on several important issues and like others; he believes something must be done to relieve the financial stress on hospitals.

“The President’s focuses on prevention and employee health are

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welcome changes,” Dr. Mason said. “I can tell you that most of the uninsured residents of Chicago are people who are working everyday but their employers don’t provide insurance. There is very little in terms of a safety net for adults who are not custodial parents of children of a certain age so this is a real challenge for our hospitals and clinics.

“When a person shows up to the emergency room, they are entering the system at its most expensive point,” Mason explained.

“So for example, if a person comes into the ER with a cold…that visit could be as high as $1,500. But that same person going into a clinic or doctor’s office could only be paying $200.

So what we have are people with the least means having to get the most expensive treatment.”

Mason worked at Provident Hospital for years before the county took over the facility.

During that time, he said you have a mission as a doctor where you would like to see everyone that comes through the door. But when you have to pay the salary of all your staff, in addition to utilities it becomes a very difficult thing to do. Senator Roland Bur-

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ris is also supporting Obama’s efforts.

“By allowing Americans a public insurance option, we will not only broaden our health care system, but we will lower costs and ensure that all Americans have a suitable choice when it comes to the health and well-being of themselves and their families,” said Sen. Burris in a press release.

“While I support our insurance companies and the role they play in our health care system, I believe a public option needs to be made available to all Americans who cannot afford to be a part of a private insurance system.”

Obama said he understands his plan will have its doubters. But he also believes this is a course necessary to the health of the nation physically and financially.

“I know people are cynical, but we can do this. I know there will be disagreements about how to proceed in the days ahead. But I also know that we cannot let this moment pass us by,” Obama concluded. Current to say no to the saint this is a live event in the hole in the hole in the left front 9

IN MEMORY OF GEORGE MITCHELL WILLIAMS

Chicago’s Classical Music Community loses treasure Chicago Crusader columnist dies at 73

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen George Mitchell Williams had such a passion for music that he travelled back and forth from the city to the Northfield Community Church (UCC) in the northern suburbs to share his talents and foster musical unity, so to speak, for people of very divergent backgrounds.

That passionate spirit has been stilled with the passing of Mr. Williams, who died at Warren Barr Pavilion due to lymphoma on June 11.

Mr. Williams was Director of Music and organist at the predominantly white Northfield Community Church for more than four decades. But to this gifted musician and teacher, music had no racial barriers and Black and white to him were only obvious on the keys of the organs that he played and created beautiful music to the glory of God and the delight of man.

This assignment at Northfield should not be taken lightly. Mr. Williams began playing at the church in 1967, when racial discord was heavy, and certainly many people must have frowned on an African-American man playing organ for a white audience. But it was the talented hands of Mr. Williams that made the difference.

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leagues in music, and he subsequently married Annabel Dixon, a former college classmate of mine, in 1960.”

Wright-Pryor continues: “Inasmuch as both my husband and I were classical singers and church musicians, we began a longstanding musical alliance with George, who frequently cast us as soloists in the musical productions he sponsored.”

The friendship between the Pryors and the Williamses grew, as they all shared opera nights, home visits and performed concerts together. After Mr. Pryor passed away in 1984, and Mrs. Williams passed away in 2001, the musical friendship between Wright-Pryor and Mr. Williams continued.

“On August 17, 2002, two musical friends married one another and began a newer musical relationship when I joined George in his music ministry at the Northfield Community Church,” Wright-Pryor said.

Methodist Church located on Chicago’s west side.

Mr. Williams developed his musical talents at Francis W. Parker School, under the tutelage of Chauncey Griffith. He was a graduate of Chicago Musical College, now the Chicago College of Performing Arts of Roosevelt University, where he received bachelor and master’s degrees and won the coveted Oliver Ditson Award in organ, and was inducted into Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity.

He later became an instructor of organ at his alma mater and taught music, and conducted the award-winning chorus for 10 years at Englewood High School.

In 1968, he was invited to join the faculty of Loop Junior College (now Harold Washington College), where he taught music theory, piano and vocal music for 34 years.

Mr. Williams will be greatly missed for his work with children throughout many communities

take advantage of this opportunity to foster relationships from the northern suburbs to the South Side, by creating an “exchange” program where musicians, orchestras, and choruses from Northfield would travel to the city to perform at various churches and members of the South Side Family Chamber Orchestra

GEORGE AND BARBARA share a pictorial moment with musician Ahmad Jamal and friends.

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would travel to Northfield to reciprocate.

Mr. Williams, 73, was a renowned concert organist, playing around the city, nation, and world; he was also principal guest conductor of the South Side Family Chamber Orchestra.

Mr. Williams was the husband of Dr. Barbara Wright-Pryor, and the two lived in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood.

“George and I first met rehearsing for a performance of “Handel’s Messiah” in 1957 after I had returned to college following my marriage to Harry L. Pryor II, and becoming the mother of a 2year-old son,” said Wright-Pryor.

“We became friends and col-

Mr. Williams also served as music director/organist at Sixth Grace Presbyterian and St. James United Methodist churches in Chicago.

As a child George, the elder of four siblings, attended Hyde Park AME church where he declared his faith in Christ.

Encouraged by his parents, the church and Chauncey Griffith, his beloved music teacher at Parker, George discovered his musical talents early on, which included having perfect pitch.

He was assistant accompanist for his father’s choir until he enrolled in Chicago Musical College and accepted his first post as organist at Gammon United

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and his influence on his contemporaries.

“I first knew of George Williams when I was a child in Hyde Park and a member of the children’s choir at the old KAM Temple in the mid-1960s,” said Andrew Patner, Classical music critic, Chicago Sun-Times, and Critic-at-Large, 98.7WFMT Radio Chicago and wfmt.com.

“George and Barbara WrightPryor worked with Max and Gretel Janowski of KAM to establish an interfaith children’s choir in Hyde Park-Kenwood and we performed at the annual Thanksgiving Day Service at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel at U of C.” (Continued on page 11) The Chicago Crusader

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(Continued from page 10) and organ communities in Chicago, and then we came to know each other again through his work with the Crusader, his friendship with Barbara, and then their marriage.”

Mr. Williams’ death cut deeply with colleagues in the music press and in public relations for Chicago area music organizations, Patner said.

“Every one of my colleagues reacted in the same way upon hearing of George’s death: He was the nicest, kindest, most thoughtful man any of us knew.

He treated every person with respect and warmth and attentiveness. He was a pioneer who never boasted or tried to draw attention to himself. He was a teacher who spoke of his *own* teachers and of his students and not of himself. We hope that we can take even a small spark of his life example and his great heart in continuing our own lives which were blessed by having known him.”

He also was a professor of music at Chicago State University, where his work particularly touched one student.

“Mr. Williams will always be known as Professor Williams to me. It’s how we met in the fall of 1997 when I was a student at Chicago State University where he was teaching music,” said J. Coyden Palmer. “Like many college students, I needed to take some electoral classes to fill my schedule and figured classical music would be a breeze. While the class was relatively easy, Professor Williams’ teaching of the contribution of African Americans to classical music and opera, music genres not necessarily popular with urban youth, gave me a better appreciation of the art that I still hold today.”

Williams cut an imposing figure, Coyden said. “He was a tall man with a very kind voice, and he wouldn’t just talk about the contributions of people like Lawrence Winters, Jessye Norman and Leontyne Price out of a textbook, he would play their songs. Hearing Norman’s high

Patner described Mr. Williams’ wide appeal: “I later knew of George through his general leade rship and eminence in the choral

listen, relax and forget about the troubles of the world for just a few minutes and allow our souls to be stirred by some of the most

soprano voice in a quiet classroom could bring a sense of calmness to urban students that one wouldn’t expect.”

Palmer continued: “It was only by chance that Professor Williams and I would meet again here at the Crusad er, where we both served as contributing writers. I was even more surprised to know his wife Barbara WrightPryor had known my mother for years before my arrival at the Crusader in 2000.”

The Cr usader continues to be the only African American publication in the country that on a weekly basis features the contributions of African Americans on classical music.

“With Professor Williams’ passing, our community has lost a writer with a depth of knowledge in a genre many of our people push aside. But if we could all just take a little bit of time and

gifted voices of our people, I think it will make us all just slightly more compassionate,” Palmer said. “In honor of Professor Williams, I know I will take some time today to listen to one of our community’s classical artists. Thanks Professor Will iams for bringing this wonderful genre into my life.”

Mr. Williams retired as an associate professor from Harold Washington College in 2002. In addition to being an established organ recitalist, church musician, and conductor, Mr. Williams was a classical music critic for The Chicago Crusad er, the oldest Black-owned Chicago area weekly newspaper, for six years. And he also turned his golf enthusiasm and love of Tiger Woods into stories about the world golf.

“My husband, John and I are heartbroken as we try to comfort Barbara during this painful peri-

CONDUCTING 2006 MESSIAH Performance at Northfield Community Church The Chicago Crusader

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od,” said Dorothy R. Leavell, general manager and publisher,repectively, of the Chicago Crusader. “Not only was George a great contributor to the Crusader of the highest professionalism, but he was our friend. We felt as though we had known him for a long time and it was only after his death that we realized we had only known him since he and Barbara began a romantic and beautiful marriage some six years ago.

“One memory we shall hold close to our hearts is the evening George and Barbara hosted us on the 95th floor of the John Hancock building along with Shirley Verrett, soprano and renowned opera singer, and her husband. It was a great evening and we enjoyed the light conversation, as well as the professional knowledge shared during the evening.

“Our first impression of George was he was a shy guy, but through the six short years we enjoyed his great sense of humor and personality.

We always knew at the Crusader that George was a fan of Tiger Woods, who inspired him to write about his magnificent feats on the golf course and brought him many hours of enjoyment.

So for the reasons I have articulated here and many more we shall

Church established an endowed organ scholarship in perpetuity in his name at the Music Institute of Chicago.

Mr. Williams fought lymphoma for nine months, and WrightPryor, family and a member of the clergy were present in the room shortly before he died. And as highly suitable to a musical life, Wright-Pryor sang for him two favorite classical vocal works that were also performed at the couple’s wedding—J.S. Bach’s “Bist du bei mir,” (Be Thou With Me) and Schubert’s “An die Musik” (To Music).

At that point, nothing more was necessary; the renditions said it all.

Mr. Williams leaves behind to celebrate his magnificent life as an esteemed musician, teacher, writer, and humanitarian his wife, Barbara Wright-Pryor; a son, Damon Mark; a daughter, Alicia Joyce; and three grandchildren.

Cremation was private. Final tributes are scheduled for: Friday, June 26, at Sixth Grace Presbyterian Church, 600 E. 35th St., Chicago, with a 6 p.m. visitation followed by a memorial service at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Northfield Community Church, 400 Wagner Rd., Northfield,

M U S I C A L F R I E N D S ( l e ft t o r i g h t ) G e o r g e M . W i l l i a m s , B a r b a r a W r i g h t - P r yo r , T o n i - M a r i e M o n t g om e r y , I n dr a Thomas. Donnie Ray Albert (rear). miss him so much and thank with an organ tribute at 11 a.m., God for the privilege of knowing followed by a memorial service at noon. him,” Leavell concluded.

The family asks and would Mr. Williams was also a member of the American Guild of Or- greatly appreciate that, in lieu of ganists and past dean of the flowers, memorial donations be North Shore Chapter, and a made to the Scholarship Fund of trustee at the Music Institute of Chicago Music Association, Br. No. 1, NANM, Inc., 7059 South Chicago.

The church that Mr. Williams South Shore Drive, Chicago, Illiloved so well equally reciprocated nois 60649. Additional inforthe sentiment. In 2007 on the mation about the association can occasion of his 40th anniversary, be obtained at www.chgomusi the Northfield Community assn.org.

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The NEW Four-One-One

ENTERTAINMENT

By Raymond Ward

FROM BROADWAY: Chicago is about to once again become a mecca for Broadway shows. Coming this Fall and Winter is a GREAT line-up of musicals and revivals that everyone is sure to want to see. So, get out your calendars and save the following dates. I guarantee you’re going to leave the theaters singing and dancing.

November 3 through December 13, 2009 Cadillac Palace Theatre The New Mel Brooks Musical - Young Frankenstein

The classic Mel Brooks movie is ALIVE...and it’s headed to Chicago. You’ll have a monstrously good time at this spectacular new production which was the winner of the 2008 Outer Critics Circle Award and the Broadway.com Audience Award for “Best Musical.” Don’t miss the sensational cast delivering all your favorite moments from the classic film, plus brand-new show-stopping numbers for the stage, including “Transylvania Mania,” “He Vas My Boyfriend” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” This wickedly inspired re-imagining of the Frankenstein legend follows bright young Dr. Frankenstein (that’s Fronkensteen) as he attempts to create a monster—but not without scary and hilarious complications. The brains behind the laughter is mad genius and threetime Tony Award winner Mel Bro oks himself, who wrote the music and lyrics and co-wrote the book, along with his record breaking team from The Producers: five time Tony Award winning director and choreographer Susan Stroman and three-time Tony Award winning writer, Thomas Meehan.

December 15 through January 3 Cadillac Palace Theatre In The Heights In The Heights is the 2008 Tony Award winner for Best Musical and it’s an exilarating journey into one of Manhattan’s most vibrant communities, where coffee from the corner bodega is light and sweet, the windows are always open, and the breeze carries the rhythm of three generations of music. The New York Times called it, “A musical about chasing your dreams and finding your true home, with enough energy to light up the George Washington Bridge.

January 19 through January 31, 2010 Cadillac Palace Theatre DreamGirls

This is a revival of the show that turned Grammy Award and Tony Award winner Jennifer Holliday into a mega-star, and the show on which the film is based which garnered American Idol contestant, Jennifer Hudson a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award. Direct from the world famous Apollo Theatre in New York City, a brand new, sensational stage production of DreamGirls comes to Chicago. Full of onstage joy and backstage drama, DreamGirl s tells the rags-to-riches story of a 1960s Motown girl group, and the triumphs and tribulations that come with fame and fortune. With music by Academy Award nominee Henry Kreiger and lyrics and book by Tony and Grammy award winning Tom Eyen, DreamGirls features the unforgettable hits: “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going,” and “One Night Only.”

Broadway director and choreographer Robert Longbottom and co-choreographer Shane Sparks of TV’s So You Think You Can Dance fame, along with some of Broadway’s top designers, re-envision this Tony and Academy Award-winning musical so it sparkles like never before.

For tickets and information on any of these shows please call 312-977-1717 or visit www.BroadwayInChicago.com online.

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ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ

The Talking of Pelham 123 Denzel Washington and John Travolta in the Taking of Pelham 123 played off each other so well, that by the end of the movie, I sort of felt sorry for old Travolta, who played Ryder in the “New York City terrorist run-away subway” plot.

Washington plays Garber, a Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) control center operator who had his own troubles at work, before Ryder came on the scene to totally mess up his day.

He has recently been demoted for his part in an alleged bribe with a Japanese rail car manufacturer. So when the call comes into the station that a train has been commandeered by Travolta and his crew, Washington just happens to be the one to answer the call.

The relationship between Travolta and Washington at times seems close, because Travolta has a way of playing mind games and endearing Washington, as well as the audience, to him—finding a common ground upon which they both can relate. They both discuss religion and family, but in the midst of it all, Travolta is very clear in his ransom demands— $10 million brought to him on the train within less than an hour, or each minute’s delay will result in one subway passenger being gunned down.

As Travolta purges himself, you get the sense that he has a beef with the city of New York. And in the end, the movie reveals that he, in fact, does.

After initially speaking with Washington, who wears glasses and sports a noticeable pouch, Travolta forces him to come clean about the alleged bribe, or Travolta threatens to kill a passenger. In this exchange, Travolta reminds Washington that by giving him the front-line desk job, the city of New York is in a way humiliating him, and that he should not be pleased with his new position.

Travolta relishes the fact that, with Washington’s admission, he and Washington have a “badboy” bond, as Travolta continues to threaten to kill passengers on the subway train.

A special detective is brought in on the case, played by John Turturro, as is the mayor of New York, played by James Gandolfini. The mayor’s character seems to be a composite of mayors Guilliani and Bloomberg, as well as a spattering of derailed New York Gov. Mark Spitzer. References to extra-marital affairs and living large on a token salary are

"D E N Z E L W A S H I N G T O N A S W a l t e r G a r b e r a n d J a m e s Gandolfini as the Mayor in "The Taking of Pelham 123."

thrown Gandolfini’s way throughout the negotiations with Travolta.

Washington has as much expertise in the subway system as Travolta has in masterminding the

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crime, as Washington started working for MTA as a maintenance man. His knowledge of the rail system makes him the prime choice to be the one whom Tra(Continued on page 16)

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SPRITUALLY SPEAKING

June: Black Music Month Celebration

Chicago’s Gospel Fest 2009 The Silver Anniversary R. Veronica Williams Special to the Chicago Crusader The Father of Gospel Music, Thomas Dorsey and The Mother of Gospel Music, Sally Martin, credits much to the City of Chicago being the home of gospel music.

They are both from The City of Chicago. This year’s Silver Anniversary of The Chicago Gospel Fest was phenomenal! To our gospel sister Pam Morris and her staff, thank you for making the 25th year anniversary celebration a success. We look forward to 2010.

Kicking off the fest, from the early day stage, Alfred Wheeler and Blessed. This local traditional community gospel choir is known for singing the song, “I have a father who can.” This is one of the songs that, my pastor, the Rev. Dr. Lucius Hall appreciates. Pastor Hall is on the Chicago Gospel Fest Board of Directors, and coordinator of ‘A

Walgreen’s early day state on Saturday, Lady LaVarnga Hubbard.

LaVarnga has sung with The Chicago Mass Choir, Ricky Dillard and New Generation (Let the Redeemed of the lord, say so), Bishop Larry Trotter and Sweet Holy Spirit, Walter Howard and Dedicated to Christ Ensemble (Whatever you want, God’s got it) LaVarnga is a praise team member at Sweet Holy Spirit Church, where Bishop Larry Trotter is pastor. LaVarnga also has a CD out with a soul stirring song, which I really love. “If he doesn’t do any thing else, he’s already done enough” (not to be confused with Beverly Crawford, who sings the same song).

As Lavarnga Hubbard was closing out the early day stage, I thought I would steal away to the youth tent.

The Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge Youth Tent was a high energy experience.

Children, youthful teens and young adults were from the window to the wall. Soloists, praise dancers, and Gospel steppers were just a few of

F O LL OW I N G A S OU L s t i r r i n g p e r f or m a n c e S h e a r d a n d McClurkin are applauded by thousands of fans.

DURING THE 25TH anniversary of the Chicago Gospel Fest Karen Clark-Sheard and Donnie McClurkin sang their hearts out before a crowd of thousands. ly they won the “How Sweet the Sound” choir competition. In rare form, directress Janet Sutton was truly amazing, and her husband Attorney Deacon Arthur Sutton, and the band were off the charts. All of a sudden, out of no where Kurt Carr of Los Angeles, California graced the stage. He congratulated the Voices of Acme, took off his sweater, threw it at me (I caught it), and directed the Voices of Acme.

This was an exciting moment.

Shekinah Glory Ministries then ministered in song, singing “Yes,” and “Jesus.” They sang under the anointing so much, that the clouds parted the sky. That is when the sun began to shine for at least 20 minutes. One thing about Shekinah Glory, they have the best praise dancers and flag praisers, which included one male performer.

A regal group of young people, Jonathan Nelson and Purpose were second to none. The soul stirring JONAT HAN NELSO N (pi ctured ) a long wi th the gr oup gospel fest crowd demanded that known as Purpose stirred up the crowd with their song “My Name is Victory!”

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the talented performers that were on hand to make this tent a memorable occasion. The perfect praise dance troop from Christian Tabernacle Church Baptist rendered a great praise dance performance.

The most appealing attraction to the youth tent was that it was also the location for all of the vendors.

The Clairol Professional booth offered free beauty tips and facials.

After making my way over to The Jay Pritzker pavilion stage, the crowds started gathering so fast; it was like a tidal wave. By 4pm, Millennium Park was so crowded; there were people as far as you could see.

The award winning Voices of Acme launched the main stage performance. Acme is dubbed the number one choir in the nation! Recent-

VOT ED T HE NUMBER one gospel choi r i n the nati on T he Voi ces of Acme performed for their directress Janet Sutton and was then sho ‘nuff showed out when directed by singer Kurt Carr (pictured) who stunned the audience with a surprise appearance on stage.

touch of Chicago Gospel Pioneers and Legends. South Chicago native Maurice Griffin of BET’s Sunday’s Best also performed. Long time Chicago Mass Choir vocalist, Felicia Welch performed. It was quite unique to see her sing with a group, when usually there are hundreds singing background. Felicia Welch and Friends will be a group in the forefront of the gospel music industry.

In the spirit of Chicago, we share in the exchange of gospel artists in New Orleans. This year’s Jazz and Heritage Festival artists was the group The Williams Brothers.

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HEALTH June 27th is National HIV Testing Day June 27th is National HIV Testing Day according to The National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA). The annual awareness day, which was started in 1995, encourages routine HIV testing and promotes culturallyapt messages for those affected by and living with HIV/AIDS. This day is an opportunity for people nationwide to learn their HIV status, especially in a time when the CDC estimates that one out of four people living with HIV in the U.S. are unaware of it. Although awareness seems to be spreading, data show a discrepancy among African Americans concerning HIV testing and prevention.

With the help of Donna Sinclair, HIV Coordinator, Advocate Trinity Hospital is doing its part to tackle and defeat this issue, not just on June 27th, but on every day of the year. Through a grant donated by the Centers for Disease Control and the Chicago Department of Health, Trinity began offering free oral HIV tests to every person that entered its emergency room.

Trinity was first approached by the CDPH in October 2007, to receive a grant towards HIV education and testing. The hospital was chosen based on a targeted zip code area with a high prevalence of HIV (statistics were provided by the CDC). Since Trinity’s administration knew this issue was important to the community surrounding the hospital, which

consists mostly of African Americans, they geared up to spread the word about HIV and the testing process.

Already interested in the cause, Sinclair, Trinity’s HIV coordinator and long time employee, became an integral part of the planning process. She first saw an overall lack of HIV education from her patients when she worked for Advocate as a nurse.

Years later, when she was working at Trinity, Sinclair saw the same pattern repeating itself. Not only did her patients lack basic HIV knowledge, they were also opposed to being tested for the disease. She knew she wanted to a make a change.

After several months of planning, Trinity started its program in May 2008. Thoroughly trained educators, approached patients in the emergency room and offered them the HIV test (a rapid oral test that takes 20 minutes).Because the educators approached and handled the subject using compassionate techniques including praying with the patient, focusing on treatment and management and avoiding focusing on death, refusal rates have dropped from 197 to 25 patients a month. “We have had such a great response from our patients that we have been able to expand the program to include testing for friends and family,” says Sinclair.

Their initial goal was to test 4,500 in 2009, approximately 22 patients a day. However, since re-

fusal rates have dropped, they are now hoping to test 10,000 patients in the next year.

The program provides patients with pre and post-test counseling, educates them about the testing process and results, and helps address their concerns regarding HIV. In fact, Trinity’s program was featured in a presentation by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the 2008 World AIDS Conference.

Together with the CDC, Trinity would like to expand the program over the next two years. The hospital would like to extend its reach to include high school students.

Sinclair is hopeful this program will help young adults make informed decisions saying, “ Although we face many challenges when confronting this issue, we can still educate the people in our community, hope they use the resources we provide them, and ultimately make the right choices when it comes to safe sex.”

NKEM IROEGBU, MD, FACP, Director of the Saint Joseph Ambulatory Clinic Program at CommunityHealth was recently presented with the Visionary Award. The award is an honor bestowed upon an individual who exemplifies his/her compassion and service, as well as, the importance of making quality h e a l t h c a r e a v a i l a b l e t o t h o s e m o s t i n n e e d t h r o ug h o u t Chi cago and its communities. Dr. Iroegbu is also Associ ate P r o g r a m D i r e c t or , I n t e r n a l M e d i c i n e R e s i de n c y a t S a i n t Joseph Hospital.

Chicago’s Gospel Fest 2009 (Continued from page 15) they sing “My name is Victory.”

Fred Nelson III, coordinated the segment entitled “An evening of Gospel Elegance.” The talent on hand were tenor Robert Dixon along with The Divine Divas, Felicia Coleman-Evans, Connie Kinnison, and Elizabeth Norman-Sojourner. These divas sang spirituals and hymns of the church. The Gospel Music according to Chicago Mass Choir sang many traditional songs. “I know the Lord will make a way somehow,” was one of the songs Vernon Oliver Price sang.

This song was dedicated in memory of Professor Eugene Smith.

Smith is the godfather to Elder Maceo L. Woods, pastor of Christian Tabernacle Church – Baptist.

Smith was the last surviving member, of the Roberta Martin singers.

Chorale directors included Lemuel Johnson, C. Ramon Perry, Reginald Earle McCracken, and Loudella Evans Reed.

“Little Black Jesus” Doc McKenzie and The Gospel Hi-Lites, took on stage, “Pouring water, on a drowning man.” Lee Williams and The Chicago Crusader

The Spiritual QC’s, “I learned to lean” Closing out the fest on Saturday, Donnie McClurkin along with surprise guest Karen Clark Sheard, Of course the most requested song was “Stand.”

Sunday was just as great with Detroit’s own Evelyn Turrentine Agee and The Warriors opening up the Walgreen’s Early Day Stage! Doc McKenzie and The Gospel HiLites, along with Lee Williams and The Spiritual QC’s performed as well. Dr. Charles G. Hayes and The Cosmopolitan Church of Prayer Choir opened up the main stage at 4:30pm. They went old school and sang “Jesus Can Work it Out” The new school then kicked in. Percy Gray and New Direction exhibited a rare talent, among today’s young vibrant choirs. My pastor, Rev. Dr. Lucius Hall presented “A Touch of Chicago Gospel Pioneer/Legends.”

Among those featured were Professor Almond Dawson, Evangelist Verlean Moore, Reverend Walter Veal, and Dr. Yolanda Freeman.

The last three artists that closed out the gospel fest put the icing on the cake! Fantasia, her mom, Diane Barrino, and Kirk Franklin.

DR. IRO EGBU IS shown here wi th Joe l Spe ar, MD, FA CP, Progra m Di rec tor , In terna l M e d i c i n e R e s i d e n c y P r o g r a m , S a i n t Jo s e p h H o s p i t a l ( l e f t ) a n d S h e s h R a o , M D , A s s o c i a t e Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Saint Joseph Hospital (right). The ceremony was attended by nearly 300 guests.

JEWEL-OSCO® Hunger Relief Grant Program . . .

(Continued from page 3) neighbors without their support and partnership.”

“Community food programs need resources to keep up with the 35 percent increase in demand we've seen in the past year," said Kate Maehr, executive director of the Greater Chicago Food Depository. "Jewel-Osco's Hunger Relief Grant Program will bolster our agencies’ efforts by providing food supplies and equipment that will enhance efficiency and increase distribution.”

“This program will enable us to provide more food for our neigh-

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bors in need,” said Angie Williams, executive director of the Food Bank of Northwest Indiana. “In the midst of an economic crisis, it is such a blessing to see Jewel-Osco extend a helping hand to our agencies that are on the frontlines battling hunger.

We are so thankful for their support.”

For more information about this year’s grant program and how to request funding, local pantries and soup kitchens can look for details online or call their local food bank: Saturday, June 20, 2009

Greater Chicago Food Depository 773-247-3663 www.chicagosfoodbank.org Northern Illinois Food Bank 630-443-6910 www.northernilfoodbank.org Food Bank of Northwest Indiana 219-980-1777 www.foodbanknwi.org 15

IHDA Executive Director named Woman . . .

(Cont’d from page 9) skills, her unique career accomplishments, and most importantly, the contribution she has made to the community above and beyond the call of duty.”

Since her appointment as executive director, Forney has led IHDA through unprecedented challenging times in the housing market. She has rallied state efforts to help struggling homeowners avoid

losing their homes and started a vigorous statewide program that provided homeowners with access to free, one-onone foreclosure mitigation counseling.

Forney also implemented the national award-winning G-I Loan for Heroes program to assist Illinois veterans and active duty personnel to buy their own homes. Illinois became the first state in the nation to offer its veterans and

active service members a comprehensive homeownership package.

After a year as IHDA’s Executive Director, Forney received the 2008 “Rising Star” Award from the Women in Public Finance organization for the leadership she has demonstrated during her first year as Illinois’ most senior affordable housing official. The “Rising Star” Award recognizes the achievements of

Metra honor the late Illinois . . .

(Continued from page 2) ex-convicts, died at age 68 in May 2006. Known to everyone as “Lou,” the Chicago Democrat chaired the House Committee on Public Safety. She had served since 1987 and was an assistant majority leader.

Rep. Rush began his legislative quest to establish this Metra stop early in his congressional career following a conversation with former Chicago Alderman Christopher Cohen. Undet -

err ed by Metra’s early refusals to support the station, in both the 1994 and 1999 federal Highway Reauthorization bills, the congressman remained adamant in his pursuit of this project. In 2004, Metra agreed to support the construction of the station and legislator secured $4.1 million in federal funds from the 2005 Highway Reauthorization bill.

Earlier this year, Rep. Rush

worked aggressively to pass the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) which provided a significant boost to the Metra station project by injecting $7.5 million in economic stimulus dollars into the construction project.

Groundbreaking on the new project, which will generate 100 construction jobs, is expected to take place in the first week of July.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR (Cont’d from page 6) members, launched General Aviation Serves America.

The goal of this national grassroots campaign is to educate policymakers, opinion leaders and the public about the vital role GA plays in our local com-

munities and the nation’s economy. Actors Harrison Ford and Morgan Freeman, both avid pilots, are volunteering their services in support of the campaign. (To learn more about the General Aviation Serves America program,

THE CHATTERBOX (Cont’d from page 7) is concerned we done been tricked by the man with his forehead going all the way aback to the middle of his head. He ain’t for us, that’s evident in everything he’s done so far. And Lisa Madigan will have to get a map

and an escort to come on the south and west sides of the city. The Hustling Preachers will have their hands out when election time gets near and will probably do well. Watch for the new suits and cars, they’ll be ones that got over.

please take a few minutes to visit www.gaservesamerica.- com.)

The importance of GA and its impact on the citizens of Illinois cannot be overstated. For more than 80 years, General Aviation has played a significant role in the lives of millions of Americans across the country. I hope you will join me in our efforts to ensure that it’s around for another 80 years, and well beyond.

Sincerely, Craig Fuller President Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association

The NEW Four-One-One (Cont’d from page 12) volta orders to deliver the ransom once it’s paid.

Things get a bit scary then, as it pains Washington to see Travolta and what’s left of his crew get away with the robbery.

What develops after they do escape is sad, as Travolta reaches out one last time to pretend he and Washington both have bones to pick with city authority.

The Taking of Pelham 123 is a remake of the 1974 movie of the same name, which starred Walter Matthau as the subway dispatcher and Robert Shaw 16

as the hijacker of the train.

In the original movie, $1 million was the ransom amount and, of course, the technology and “feel of the film” are quite different than it was 35 years ago. A twist also exists in the new movie that plays the progression of the hijacking against the day’s stock market returns.

I loved the movie’s energy, cinematography and the action scenes involving the New York Police Department, as well as the way director Tony Scott periodically suspends action during a particular scene to

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emphasize the minutes left on the clock. However, I don’t know if I’m comfortable with seeing terrorist type, hijacking movies filmed in New York City, after 9/11, even if this one does occur on the subway.

But in the end—while much of the movie revolves around the dialogue and temporary connection between Washington and Travolta—the pair gives the audience its money’s worth in a film filled with nail-biting suspense, conniving action and, of course, stunning bloodshed.

women involved in the public finance industry for up to 10 years whose work demonstrates skill and intelligence for long-term impact in the field.

Before joining IHDA, Forney served as Illinois’ Director of Public Safety where she was responsible for a combined budget of nearly $2 billion and more than 17,000 employees at six state agencies.

During her tenure, she oversaw the creation of the new Department of Juvenile Justice. Forney previously worked as the legislative liaison between the Governor’s Office and the Illinois House of Representatives, and on the Issues Development Staff for House Speaker Michael J. Madigan.

Forney currently serves on the Board of Directors of the influential nonprofit organization, the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA), which advocates for affordable housing funding at the federal level on behalf of the nation’s state housing finance agencies. She is also on the Board of Directors for the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC Chicago), a non-profit agency that organizes capital and other resources to support initiatives that will stimulate the comprehensive development of healthy, stable neighborhoods.

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LEGAL NOTICE

STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF COOK, ss.

Circuit Court of Cook County, Public notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held on June 12, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., in room 1708, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington, Chicago, IL pursuant to a Petition heretofore filed in the County Division of said Court as Case Number 09C0NC299 Said Petition prays for the change of my name from Mozell Keith Barnes to that of Noel Mozell Keith Barnes pursuant to the statue in such case made and provided.

Mozell Keith Barnes, Petitioner April 15, 2009

HOUSES FOR SALE

FOR THE STRUCTURED ASSET LOAN INVESTMENT Plaintiff, TRUST, 2006-BNC3 s . v CEDRIC V. HOWARD; CITY OF C H I C A G O ; D e f e n d a n t s , CH 25777 08 OF SALE NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on February 4, 2009 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, July 20, 2009 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: 20-21-125-004.

P.I.N. Commonly known as 661 W. 66th Street, IL 60621.

Chicago, The mortgaged real estate is improved The with a multi-family residence. successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession.. THE SALE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO GENERAL TAXES, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND TO A PRIOR RECORDED FIRST M O R T G A G E .

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Ms. Diane Thomas at Plaintiff's Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg & Rappe, LLC, 1307 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(877) 729-6734 W08060158.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I187813

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NEW YORK, THE BANK OF SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN BANK, AS TRUSTEE CHASE ADMINISTRATOR, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE MORTGAGE - B A C K E D PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, 2002-9 SERIES P l a i n t i f f , v s .

STEVIE M. KING, CURRENT SPOUSE, ANY, OF IF STEVIE M. KING, RON PURLEY A/K/A O N R CHRISTIAN PURLEY, CITY OF UNKNOWN CHICAGO, GENERALLY, AND OWNERS, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s , 08 CH 47860 OF SALE NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on April 13, 2009 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-22-412-004.

Commonly known as 6809 S. Langley Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds. The property will NOT be for inspection open For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, (312) 236-0077.

Illinois 60601.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I186460

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N P l a i n t i f f , v .

NIKKIDA HART, GENERAL FINANCE CORP., CITY of CHICAGO DEPARTMENT of WATER M A N A G E M E N T D e f e n d a n t CH 37235 08 OF SALE NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 16, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 17, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described estate: real Commonly known as 7234 S. LANGLEY Chicago, IL 60619 AVE, Property Index No. 20-27-213-035-0000 The real estate is improved with a single residence. family The judgment amount was $337,561.33.

Sale terms: The bid amount shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of 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 by the court. confirmation 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 are property. Prospective bidders admonished to check the court file to verify information. all 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, 765 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

ILCS 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC , 111 East Main Street, Suite 200, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 .

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE 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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE STRUCTURED ASSET IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK INVESTMENT LOAN COUNTY, ILLINOIS TRUST, 2006-BNC3 Plaintiff, COUNTY DEPARTMENT v s .

CHANCERY DIVISION CEDRIC V. HOWARD; CITY OF THE BANK OF NEW YORK, C H I C A G O ; SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN D e f e n d a n t s , CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE 08 CH 25777 ADMINISTRATOR, ON NOTICE OF SALE BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN MORTGAGE - B A C K E D that pursuant to a Judgment of PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above SERIES 2002-9 entitled cause on February 4, 2009 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will P l a i n t i f f , July 20, 2009 at the hour of 11 v s .

BLACKS MUSTonCMonday, ONTROL THEIR OWN COMMUNITY a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison STEVIE M. KING, CURRENT SPOUSE, Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell IF ANY, OF at public auction to the highest bidder for STEVIE M. KING, RON PURLEY A/K/A cash, as set forth below, the following R O N described mortgaged real estate: CHRISTIAN PURLEY, CITY OF P.I.N. 20-21-125-004.

CHICAGO, UNKNOWN Commonly known as 661 W. 66th Street, OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND Chicago, IL 60621.

NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS The mortgaged real estate is improved D e f e n d a n t s , with a multi-family residence.

The 08 CH 47860 successful purchaser is entitled to NOTICE OF SALE possession of the property only. The PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN purchaser may only obtain possession of that pursuant to a Judgment of units within the multi-unit property Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above occupied by individuals named in the order of possession.. THE SALE SHALL BE entitled cause on April 13, 2009 Intercounty

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WACHOVIA MORTGAGE P l a i n t i f f , v .

DANA WRIGHT, et al D e f e n d a n t 08 CH 21294 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 16, 2008, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 10, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6942 S. NORMAL BLVD., Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-21-318-031 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $355,767.65.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

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 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-08-15447.

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.

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.

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CERTIFICATE

CASE No. 08 CH 2 Chicago Crusader does hereby certify Chicago Crusader

that said Chicago The Chicago Crusader

C newspaper that has the City of Chicago, Illinois, continuously to the first date of pu appended, that it is throughout said Cou newspaper as defin law in relation to not Compiled Statutes (

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY C O M P A N Y P l a i n t i f f , v .

MAURINE MUSTIFUL, ALBERT MELTON AND NOTLEM GROUP, INC. D e f e n d a n t , NOTLEM GROUP, INC. COUNTER PLAINTIFF IN MECHANIC'S LIEN F O R E C L O S U R E Counter Plantiff, v .

BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, COUNTER DEFENDANT IN MECHANIC'S LIEN FORECLOSURE Counter Defendant, v .

MAURINE MUSTIFUL, CROSS DEFENDANT IN MECHANIC'S LIEN F O R E C L O S U R E Cross Defendant 2008 CH 4040 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 14, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 15, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 503 EAST 88TH STREET, Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 25-03-213-001-0000 The real estate is improved with a multi unit building containing two to six a p a r t m e n t s .

The judgment amount was $305,719.90.

Sale terms: The bid amount shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of 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 are property. Prospective bidders 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 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 OF THE ILLINOIS 15-1701(C) MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC , 111 East Main Street, Suite 200, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) .

422-1719 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE 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.

I189040 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC P l a i n t i f f , v .

DAVID JONES, et al D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 557 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 17, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 21, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7248 S. LANGLEY AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-213-040 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $202,867.88.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate The Crusader or special taxes,Chicago special assessments, 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.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

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

TO PLACE YOUR AD IN THE CRUSADER C AL L 773-752-2500

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DAVID JONES, et al D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 557 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 17, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 21, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7248 S. LANGLEY AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-213-040 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $202,867.88.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

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 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-08-35255.

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.

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.

I188418 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , v .

ADAM CHAVEZ, et al D e f e n d a n t 08 CH 39595 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 10, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 14, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6412 S. DREXEL AVENUE UNIT #2, Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-23-103-029 The real estate is improved with a c o n d o m i n i u m .

The judgment amount was $193,485.66.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

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 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for

the Mortgagee's attorney.

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 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-08-27697.

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.

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.

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COUNTY DEPARTMENT DIVISION CHANCERY AUSTIN BANK OF CHICAGO; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE U/T/A DTD DECEMBER 14, 2001 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 1110467; ET AL; D e f e n d a n t s , 08 CH 46441 OF SALE NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 18, 2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 817 West 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60621.

20-17-407-003.

P.I.N. The improvement on the property consists of a mixed, commercial and residential three story building. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds.

The property will NOT be open for i n s p e c t i o n .

For information call Ms. Edyta Kania at Plaintiff's Attorney, Di Monte & Lizak, 216 West Higgins Road, Park Ridge, Illinois (847) 698-9600.

60068-5736.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I186438

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , v .

MOHAMMAD F. SIDDIQUE A/K/A MOHAMMAD SIDDIQUE, et al D e f e n d a n t 08 CH 34377 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 10, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 14, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7318 SOUTH DORCHESTER AVENUE UNIT 1, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-26-219-048-1004 The real estate is improved with a brown brick condo with no garage.

The judgment amount was $285,923.06.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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 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. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number P A 0 8 2 2 0 9 7 .

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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY DIVISION CHANCERY AMERICA NATIONAL BANK OF ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY TO LASALLE BANK MERGER ASSOCIATION, AS NATIONAL TRUST TRUSTEE UNDER THE AGREEMENT FOR THE STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST SERIES 2004-BNC2 P l a i n t i f f , v .

RAYMOND KING, et al D e f e n d a n t 08 CH 39563 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 16, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 20, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6619 S. MARYLAND AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-23-121-007 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $182,302.15.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to by the court. confirmation If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or Mortgagee's attorney. the 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 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH COUNTY, ILLINOIS FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR COUNTY DEPARTMENT RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between CHANCERY DIVISION the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for AUSTIN BANK OF CHICAGO; the sales department.. Please refer to file P l a i n t i f f , number 14-08-27959. v s .

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE U/T/A DTD DECEMBER 14, 2001 AND You can also visit The Judicial Sales KNOWN AS Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day TRUST NO. 1110467; ET AL; status report of pending sales.

D e f e n d a n t s , NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised 08 CH 46441 that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a NOTICE OF SALE debtO collector attempting to collect a debt B LACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR WN C OMMUNITY PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that and any information obtained will be used pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure for that purpose. entered in the above entitled cause on May I188068 18, 2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales

Corporation will on Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 817 West 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60621.

P.I.N. 20-17-407-003.

The improvement on the property consists of a mixed, commercial and residential three story building. The successful

FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-08-27959.

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.

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.

I188068 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY DIVISION CHANCERY U. S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE AS STRUCTURED ASSET FOR LOAN TRUST, INVESTMENT PASS-THROUGH MORTGAGE SERIES CERTIFICATES, Plaintiff, 2005-10 s . v WILLIE MCBOUNDS; 6831 SOUTH LAWRENCE SAINT ASSOCIATION; CONDOMINIUM HEIRS AND UNKNOWN LEGATEES OF WILLIE MCBOUNDS, IF UNKNOWN ANY; AND NON RECORD OWNERS Defendants, CLAIMANTS; CH 41043 08 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE UNDER LAW FORECLOSURE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 4/20/2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: 20-22-410-052-1002.

P.I.N. Commonly known as 6831 South Saint Lawrence Avenue Unit 2, Chicago, IL 0 6 3 7 .

6 The improvement on the property consists The of a condominium residence. purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 8 2 5 6 5 3 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I187940 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY O N D I V I S I JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N , f P l a i n t i f .

V WELLSTON; UNKNOWN ERIC AND NON-RECORD OWNERS C L A I M A N T S , D e f e n d a n t s 08 CH 47755 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 08-15227 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure sales.)

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on May 26, 2009, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on July 20, 2009, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 6033 South Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60621 Permanent Index No.: 20-17-412-013 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $403,873.32 .

Sale terms: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

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

For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, 4201 Lake Cook Rd., 1st floor, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, (847) 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays o n l y .

I187473 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY D I V I S I O N HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS INDENTURE Saturday, JuneTHE 20, 2009 TRUSTEE FOR REGISTERED NOTEHOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2006-4, P l a i n t i f f V .

SHERRIE MCGARY, D e f e n d a n t 08 CH 48533 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 08-14592 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure sales.)

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on April 16, 2009, Kallen Realty

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY O N D I V I S I BANK USA, NATIONAL HSBC AS INDENTURE ASSOCIATION, TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED NOTEHOLDERS OF RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2006-4, f P l a i n t i f .

V MCGARY, SHERRIE D e f e n d a n t CH 48533 08 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 08-14592 (It is advised that interested parties consult their with own attorneys before bidding at mortgage sales.) foreclosure PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on April 16, 2009, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on August 4, 2009, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 7104 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60619 Permanent No.: 20-27-103-016 Index The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be for inspection. open The judgment amount was $190,074.02.

Sale terms: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Prospective bidders are Plaintiff. admonished to review the court file to verify information. all For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, 4201 Lake Cook Rd., 1st floor, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, (847) 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays o n l y .

I179030 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , v .

GREGRORY MCCLENDON A/K/A GREGORY MCCLENDON, et al D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 450 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 14, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 16, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7525 SOUTH VERNON AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-401-015 The real estate is improved with a brick brown single family with no garage.

The judgment amount was $198,299.48.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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 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. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number P A 0 8 2 9 8 9 8 .

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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY O N D I V I S I DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE, ON BE-HALF OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2004-HE1, MORTGAGE CERTIFICATES, PASS THROUGH 2004-HE1, SERIES f P l a i n t i f .

V NARCISSA RANKIN A/K/A NARCISSUS OF RANKIN; UNKNOWN HEIRS NARCISSUS WATSON, DECEASED; HAROLD, JR. RICHARDSON; DAVID AS SPECIAL NOVOSELSKY, REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE NARCISSUS WATSON, OF DECEASED; DENISE MURRY A/K/A DENIS MURRY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, D e f e n d a n t s CH 5688 05 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 63246 (It is advised that interested parties consult their with own attorneys before bidding at mortgage sales.) foreclosure PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on April 16, 2009, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on July 17, 2009, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 6232 SOUTH CHAMPLAIN AVENUE, Chicago, IL Permanent Index No.: 60637 2 0 - 1 5 - 4 2 0 - 0 2 5 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be for inspection. open The judgment amount was $288,139.59.

Sale terms: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

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

For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, 4201 Lake Cook Rd., 1st floor, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, (847) 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays o n l y .

I186530

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-4 P l a i n t i f f , v .

URSULA BEZDZIECKI A/K/A URSLA BEZDZIECKI, et al D e f e n d a n t 08 CH 22098 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 17, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 20, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 549 WEST 60TH STREET, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-311-001-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $285,465.60.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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 YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE 18 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 134 N. LASALLE ST., SUITE 1110, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 263-0003 .

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.

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt

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 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 134 N. LASALLE ST., SUITE 1110, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 263-0003 .

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.

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.

I188058 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY I V I S I O N D JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N , P l a i n t i f f V .

DALE PERKINS, D e f e n d a n t 08 CH 47987 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 08-14968 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure sales.)

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on April 15, 2009, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on August 4, 2009, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 6048 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60621 Permanent Index No.: 20-16-411-036 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be for inspection. open The judgment amount was $365,107.07.

Sale terms: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

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

For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, 4201 Lake Cook Rd., 1st floor, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, (847) 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays o n l y .

I178983

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY DIVISION CHANCERY NATIONAL BANK TCF P l a i n t i f f , v .

MCNEAL, et al KEVIN D e f e n d a n t CH 14934 08 OF SALE NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN PUBLIC that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 7, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 8, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6121 S. DREXEL, Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-14-308-010-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $347,533.36.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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) Saturday, June 20,and 2009(g)(4).

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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: DAVID T. COHEN, DAVID T. COHEN & ASSOCIATES , 10729 WEST 159TH STREET, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467, (708) 460-7711 .

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales

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 are property. Prospective bidders admonished to check the court file to verify information. all 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, 765 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

ILCS IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN OF POSSESSION, IN ORDER WITH SECTION ACCORDANCE OF THE ILLINOIS 15-1701(C) MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: DAVID T. COHEN, DAVID T. COHEN & ASSOCIATES , 10729 WEST 159TH STREET, ORLAND PARK, IL 60467, (708) 460-7711 .

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.

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.

I185757

units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession.. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the a l e . s For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 2 7 3 .

0 8 1 9 JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N (312) 444-1122 Selling Officer, I185339

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY DIVISION CHANCERY NATIONAL CITY MORTGAGE CO. P l a i n t i f f , s . v GEORGE VASILI; UNKNOWN HEIRS LEGATEES OF AND GEORGE VASILI, IF ANY; UNKNOWN AND NON OWNERS RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , CH 28098 08 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 12/10/2008, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, July 9, 2009, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-27-205-005-0000.

Commonly known as 7121 SOUTH CHAMPLAIN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60619.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence no garage.

Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds.

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 8 1 6 9 3 2 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I185450

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS REALTY CORP. P l a i n t i f f , v s .

SHUNN MCGEE; 6130 S. RHODES C O N D O M I N I U M ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SHUNN MCGEE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 08 CH 38551 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 4/3/2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 7, 2009, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-15-410-023-0000.

Commonly known as 6130 SOUTH RHODES AVENUE 2, CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 3 7 .

The improvement on the property consists of a condominium residence.

The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 8 2 5 1 6 0 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I185243 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION UNITED MIDWEST SAVINGS BANK; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

LOUIS JOHNSON; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LOUIS JOHNSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 08 CH 43347 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 5/11/2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, July 6, 2009, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: 20-27-414-016-0000.

P.I.N. Commonly known as 7651 S LANGLEY AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 8 2 6 5 0 7 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I185151

P l a i n t i f f , v .

RASHAD, et al WAHID D e f e n d a n t CH 37304 07 OF SALE NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 4, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 6, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described estate: real Commonly known as 7557 S. RHODES AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-403-026 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $175,221.40.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

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 YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN OF POSSESSION, IN ORDER WITH SECTION ACCORDANCE OF THE ILLINOIS 15-1701(C) MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: Sale Clerk, CODILIS & The ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-07-T962.

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.

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.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK CHANCERY DIVISION COUNTY, ILLINOIS INDYMAC FEDERAL BANK FSB F/K/A COUNTY DEPARTMENT INDYMAC BANK, F.S.B. CHANCERY DIVISION P l a i n t i f f , U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION v .

AS TRUSTEE FOR KEVIN CLOUD, et al STRUCTURED ASSET MORTGAGE D e f e n d a n t II INC. INVESTMENTS 08 CH 35049 , BEAR STEARNS ALT-A TRUST, NOTICE OF SALE PASSMORTGAGE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN CERTIFICATES SERIES THROUGH that pursuant to a Judgment of 0 0 6 3 2 Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above P l a i n t i f f , cause on March 31, 2009, an agent of The s . v Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 STIDHUM; MORTGAGE VALERIE AM on July 2, 2009, at the The Judicial E L E C T R O N I C Sales Corporation, One South Wacker REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC AS Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, FOR NOMINEE sell at public auction to the highest bidder, MORTGAGE L; MARIBELLA as set forth below, the following described HEIRS AND UNKNOWN real estate: LEGATEES OF VALERIE STIDHUM, IF Commonly known as 7251 S. LANGLEY UNKNOWN ANY; AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60619 AND NON RECORD OWNERS Property Index No. 20-27-214-019 CLAIMANTS; Defendants, The real estate is improved with a single 08 CH 30442 family residence.

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that The judgment amount was $262,274.98. pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by entered in the above entitled cause on certified funds at the close of the auction; 4/1/2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales the balance, in certified funds, is due within Corporation will on Wednesday, July 8, twenty-four (24) hours. The subject 2009, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at property is subject to general real estate 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, taxes, special assessments, or special Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder taxes levied against said real estate and is for cash, the following described property: offered for sale without any representation P.I.N. 20-15-418-024-0000. as to quality or quantity of title and without Commonly known as 6230 S RHODES recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637. condition. The sale is further subject to The improvement on the property consists confirmation by the court.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK of a multi-family residence.

The If the sale is set aside for any reason, the COUNTY, ILLINOIS successful purchaser is entitled to Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only COUNTY DEPARTMENT possession of the property only. The to a return of the deposit paid. The CHANCERY DIVISION purchaser may only obtain possession of Purchaser shall have no further recourse GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC units within the multi-unit property against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or P l a i n t i f f , occupied by individuals named in the order the Mortgagee's attorney. v . of possession.. Sale terms: 25% down by Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the WAHID RASHAD, et al certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale D e f e n d a n t certified funds. No refunds. The property that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to 07 CH 37304 will NOT be open for inspection. Upon the real estate after confirmation of the sale NOTICE OF SALE payment in full of the amount bid, the The property will NOT be open for PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale inspection and plaintiff makes no that pursuant to a Judgment of which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed representation as to the condition of the Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above to the premises after confirmation of the property. Prospective bidders are cause on May 4, 2009, an agent of The s a l e . admonished to check the court file to verify Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 For information: Visit our website at all information.

AM on July 6, 2009, at the The Judicial http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 If this property is a condominium unit, the Sales Corporation, One South Wacker p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 B North Dearborn sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the LACKS MUST sell CONTROL THEIR OWNbidder, COMMUNITY at public auction to the highest Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. assessments and the legal fees required as set forth below, the following described (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 real estate: 0 8 1 9 2 7 3 .

ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

Commonly known as 7557 S. RHODES INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60619 C O R P O R A T I O N (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE Property Index No. 20-27-403-026 Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION The real estate is improved with a single I185339 FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN family residence.

ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN The judgment amount was $175,221.40.

ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS certified funds at the close of the auction; MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. the balance, in certified funds, is due within For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: twenty-four (24) hours. The subject The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & property is subject to general real estate ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH taxes, special assessments, or special FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR taxes levied against said real estate and is RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between offered for sale without any representation the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for as to quality or quantity of title and without

against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

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 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-08-24714.

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.

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.

I184903 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR RAMP 2005RZ2 P l a i n t i f f , v .

GEORGE H. STANTON JR., et al D e f e n d a n t 08 CH 36304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 30, 2009, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 2, 2009, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7535 S. DREXEL AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-26-302-016 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $235,258.00.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any 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.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

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 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. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-08-25937.

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.

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.

I184872

The Chicago Crusader

SPORTS Little Leaguers from South Side go to suburbs in friendly matchup

By J. Coyden Palmer Little league within the African American community is growing again with the help of committed adults throughout the area. A longtime staple for boys and girls within the Black community, Little League has seen a drop-off in recent years, but is now coming back in many Chicago communities.

One organization that has always been a presence in the city is the Jackie Robinson West League. Director Bill Haley has kept the league thriving during a time when many African American youth wanted to shun baseball for basketball in Chicago. But in recent years, JRW and other organizations are seeing their numbers rise again.

Last weekend JRW traveled to far suburban Richton Park for a three game series. This is the second year the two organizations have gotten together for their version of the cross-town classic. And while the youth from Richton Park won two of the three games, more important and valuable lessons are learned by the competitors.

“This experience is good because we get to play other neighbor-

cant history with African Americans. When Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1945, he opened the gates for Blacks to participate in the most lucrative and prestigious sport in the country.

Today professional baseball players still have the highest salaries, longest careers, strongest union and best long-term health prognosis after they retire than any other major sport. It’s a fact Norman and others try to get across to Black athletes, who too often give up on baseball due to the difficulty.

“There are two things seldom seen today on Little League and other youth baseball diamonds in the Midwest; one is African-American children, the other is spontaneous play,” said Marcus Chapman, president of the Youth Baseball Association of Richton Park. “What you find, typically, is highly organized play supervised by adults and undertaken by Caucasian boys. Despite data showing the importance of sports to African-American youth and parents, our youth get little exposure to baseball, either formally or informally. Such trends are antithetical to Collegiate Baseball and Ma-

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coaching because it gives him the chance to teach life lessons. He said baseball also teaches kids discipline and how to be a part of a team. Simental said often kids believe youth from other communities are different than them and don’t realize they have more in common than they think.

“We get to know the fact that the

same things going on in our community is going on in other communities that we are teaching here,” Simental said. “We facilitate life through the game of baseball and it’s good to know that there are other people out here doing the same thing. I enjoy most seeing the kid’s growth in the life skills department as well as baseball.”

Pitcher for Richton Park team

JRW coach talking with players hoods and regions we wouldn’t normally play against,” said JRW Coach Jaryl Norman, who played baseball as a youth and is now giving back to the community. “There are some good ballplayers out here and the kids from both teams behaved themselves like they are taught and we expect. We have more Black youth playing baseball now than we did a few years ago thanks to the efforts of many people who see the importance of the sport.”

That’s something that hasn’t been lost by many adults who love baseball. Dozens of Black men throughout the region are committed to keeping baseball alive in the community. Baseball more so than any other sport has a signifi-

Jackie Robinson West team tend to want to quit. We also have to take our kids out more when they are on spring break from school; it’s a good time to take them to a Major League spring training camp so they can see what it is like.”

Exposure to the sport is a key, said Steve Simental, a coach in Richton Park. He said he enjoys

jor League Baseball’s goals of making the game a primary interest among all adolescents and teenagers.”

Norman believes the key to keeping Black youth involved in the sport is not to lose them after Little League. He said as the hitting becomes harder as kids get older and the ball has more movement on it when it is pitched, many kids get frustrated and quit. Norman said that’s where good coaches and support from parents comes into play.

“They have to understand that there is failure in baseball,” Norman said. “This game is not easy, so having a parent who encourages the kid by telling them to ‘stick with it’ is valuable to our youth.

Because when things get hard they

Richton Park team

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