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City’s top principal resigns

By Patrice Nkrumah and Chinta Strausberg The leader of the city’s top-rated neighborhood elementary school abruptly resigned August 31 after deciding to not fight the charges that were levied against him by the Board of Education in an attempt to

This facility will be destroyed when the Obama Library is built, leaving Black Sports programs with nowhere to go

By J. Coyden Palmer The consequences of building the Obama Presidential Center in Jackson Park will mean the displacement of thousands of city youth who use the current athletic fields at the site for sports like baseball, track, football, soccer, rugby, lacrosse and softball, according to a member of the Jackson Park Advisory Council (JPAC).

When Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the University of Chicago announced the site for the presidential center last month, they made no mention of where the dozens of athletic teams who use the fields for games and practices would go. With August being the deadliest month in Chicago in the past 20 years, park advocates say reducing positive team activities for youth is not the way to go.

Kenneth Newman, a member of the JPAC and a soccer referee for over 30 years in Illinois and Florida, has traveled all over the world officiating matches and says sports, like soccer, give youth the opportunity to have an international experience.

Newman is one of many outspoken critics of the Obama Presidential Center because he

says it will do more harm to the community than good by displacing so many athletic programs. He also said the city of Chicago is in dire need of more stadiums for Chicago Public Schools and by building the library on the Jackson Park site, they are making the situation worse.

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“This track and accompanying field was built by the park district. It is not CPS property, but it is used by CPS schools, private schools and even colleges,” Newman told the Crusader earlier this week at the site. “If we are to believe what the city and Obama Library Foundation claim that the track will be relocated, wherever it is placed, it will be further away. There will be less parking and farther away from bus stops or for people riding bicycles or getting there in a wheelchair. Removing this track from this location does nothing to enhance the use of the track in another location. And, it will make it more difficult for local students and local residents to use it.”

The track and adjacent athletic fields at Jackson Park are used on a daily basis. Local residents often come in the morning and evening to walk around the track for exercise. Hyde Park Career Academy uses the facility for its football team along with the boys’ and girls’ track and field program. The baseball and softball fields are used by Mt. Carmel, Kenwood, University of Chicago Lab, and Hyde Park high schools during the season. There is also a girls’ rugby league made up of charter schools that play at the field. There are also between 50 and 75 youth football players that play in the Jackson Park program.

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Troy LaRaviere fire him. Troy LaRaviere has been an outspoken critic of Mayor Emanuel and CPS officials over the last few years. In a letter to the Mayor, LaRaviere continued his criticism and said he lived up to his contract obligations and promises to improve the school. When LaRaviere took over Blaine Elementary in 2011, they were ranked as the #16 elementary school in the city. Earlier this week they were ranked #3 overall and the #1 neighborhood school.

“In the process, working with motivated teachers and engaged parents, we increased the percentage of students meeting reading standards from an already high 79% to 89% in just our first two years. That kind of growth from an already high performing school–without the addition of a selective enrollment program–is unprecedented,” LaRaviere wrote in his resignation letter.

“Behind this significant accomplishment are a series of basic concepts based on empirical evidence regarding effective school practices and thoughtful consideration of how we might apply those practices at Blaine. One fundamental element of improving the school was ending selective access to advanced curriculum.”

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Rhymefest talks to the Crusader after ordeal Makes song about Chicago Police, robbery

By Chinta Strausberg His problems are over, but rapper El Che “Rhymefest” Smith is still shaken after he was given a hard time trying to file a police report after he was robbed at gunpoint last weekend in Bronzeville.

Since then he has written a song about frustrations. He’s also been interviewed by the Chicago Crusader about his ordeal.

On Monday, August 29, Smith said he was robbed twice—once by a ski mask-wearing man, the other by three cops who refused to let him make out a police report.

The robber got $3.00 and his wallet, which containing a debit card, which he canceled, but he was told that today he was going to die.

While sitting in his car in the Bronzeville community, 39-year-old Rhymefest said his nightmare began at around 7:30 a.m. Saturday morning at 43rd and Cottage Grove. “I woke up early that morning to go make some music. I am sitting in the front seat of my car listening to music. I had an idea for some words, and I pulled my car over to write the words down. When you put your car in park, many times the doors are locked.

“The doors are locked but mo-

ments later somebody jumped into the passenger seat of the car with a gun pointed at my head and told me, ‘You’re going to die today. Today is the day you die.’

“I said, look, what do you want from me,” and he said, ‘I want the money. I want all the money.’ I gave him my wallet and before he left he said to me, ‘You were this close to being shot’.” He said the robber wore black pants and a black shirt.

“That was also interesting because at 7 a.m. this young man was dressed for work. That’s his work. That’s his uniform. I help so many young people about that age. I thought to myself at the time, this is how it happens. The people who you love the most are the ones who kill you. “ I thought here I am in a community that everybody told me to leave, about to die from the hand of the people I love the most. That is what was going through my mind. It was surreal, a dream.”

Rhymefest, a father of three, said as he drove off, he did not want to report the crime because he “figured nobody is going to catch the guy, nobody cares.”

But, he thought about his volunteer work with young people and how as a mentor he often tells them “we need to be the example of a changing community and how we need to work with the police and the community.

“I decided to report it because what if this guy shot some elderly lady or did something else. They need a description of who is running around in the area.”

Rhymefest was shocked at the behavior of two Black and one white policemen at the police station located at 71st and Cottage Grove and doubly insulted when one of them asked him if he got robbed at 43rd and Cottage Grove why did he come this far from where the original crime took place to make out a report.

“That’s not a question you should ask someone who has been robbed who was reporting a crime. It doesn’t matter where they are. All that matters is that you make this report. We pay our dollars for them to serve and protect.”

Arriving at the police station, Rhymefest said he was surprised to see a (Black) female police officer eating and playing Candy Crunch. “I told her I wanted to make a report of a violent robbery and she said ‘OK’ and to “hold on” but she kept playing her Candy Crunch,” he recalled.

“I said, really? She kept playing her video game. I said really”?

At that point, Rhymefest said another Black female officer wanted to help and asked him to tell her what happened. “But, first she told me to put my hands on the desk so I can see them so she could feel secure.

“I put my hands on the table but

El Che “Rhymefest” Smith we all know that was bizarre. I’m telling her, but she said, ‘Well, he didn’t get your phone. He must not have been that great of a robber.”

Disgusted, Rhymefest said, “At that point, I said one officer is stuffing her face and playing Candy Crunch and you’re patronizing me.

Are you going to take my report?”

He was stunned when the officer told him, “Don’t ask about the other officer and you don’t ask any questions. We ask you all the questions.”

At that point, Rhymefest asked for her superior. “Low and behold the

(white) sergeant was standing in the corner behind her. He said to me, ‘If you’re going to mouth off to my officer, you’re not going to make a report today. I’m not taking no damn report. Get out of here. Leave. No report for you’.”

“At that point, I turned on my camera, but then they became more concerned about the camera than the crime. They said you can’t record in here. Turn that off. They are very camera conscious at this point but (Continued on page 3)

GAME OVER? Facility will be destroyed when the Obama Library is built, leaving Black Sports programs with nowhere to go (Continued from page 1) “All of these programs will be negatively impacted, and I don’t see any way of a positive result,” Newman said. “If the Obama Library goes from 63rd Street all the way north to the Midway Plaisance…there isn’t enough empty land to replace what they are taking.”

In recent years, the city tried to ad-

“You have 70-plus CPS high schools and only seven stadiums.

That is a 10-to-1 ratio of schools to stadiums. That is not going to do much to keep young people active in sports when they have to travel four to five miles just to get to the stadium,” Newman said.

He went on to say the AfricanAmerican community needs to really understand the gravity of the situation and should be enraged their tax dollars are not being spent in their own community to help the youth. He said the two sports that give the most college scholarships are cross-country and soccer.

“CPS is really missing the boat by not encouraging their students to play soccer at the elementary-school level, especially for female students,” Newman said. “There are 350 elementary schools. I would guess there are probably just over 100 that have soccer programs. For those communities that are not supporting or demanding there be soccer programs in their elementary schools, they’re only hurting their own kids from a fitness and world culture standpoint.”

KENNETH NEWMAN, A member of the Jackson Park Advisory Council, says the Obama Presidential Library will harm the community by displacing many athletic programs.

Last week, the Crusader learned that Simeon Career Academy will have a new athletic turf field built for their football team to practice on and for their baseball and softball teams to play on. Phillips High School practices and plays some of its football games at a newer turf field in the Bronzeville community.

Last season, Phillips became the first Public League school to ever win a state football championship, which Newman said is irrefutable proof that if the resources are provided to CPS athletes, they will find plenty of success.

Off the top of his head, Newman said he could name several other sites that would be great for building a stadium because they are not being used. He said the site of the old Michael Reese Hospital would be a good spot, along with the acres of vacant land near 43rd & Cicero where the old LeClaire Courts housing complex used to be. He said by not building stadiums or putting the proper resources and staff into the Chicago Park District facilities, city leaders are culpable in the increase in violent crime.

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dress some of the issues regarding facilities in Chicago. Lindblom Park opened a new outdoor track and field that has lights and is used by the Lindblom Math and Science Academy’s sports teams. There is also a plan to build a multi-milliondollar indoor track facility at both Lindblom and Gately Park in the Pullman community.

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The maintenance of the seven stadiums CPS currently has comes into question. Chicago Public League coaches have complained for years about the conditions of the turf field at Hanson Stadium and the lights that poorly illuminate the field during night games.

“The turf is downright dangerous because it is so worn out, and it should have been replaced 10 years ago, but they have ignored this issue,” Newman said. “There are ways of funding this. There is $400 million in TIF money in reserve that the mayor controls. If he were to just build one new stadium a year for the next 10 years, we would start cutting gang activity and the horrible violence that is currently going on would not be happening.

“This problem has been going on for decades because of the neglect of CPS regarding their need for athletic facilities since World War II. It has been a major mistake on the part of CPS, the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois—all of whom play a part in governing the city’s schools.

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Mayor to have too much power in new police plan Experts, aldermen say new agency will not have enough independence Chicago Crusader staff report Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan for police accountability gives him too much power for his police oversight plan to remain independent, according to some aldermen and a police misconduct expert, who spoke at City Hall on Wednesday, August 31.

The officials were referring to Emanuel’s new Civilian Office on Police Accountability (COPA), an agency that will replace the beleaguered Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA).

It’s a new name but some offi-

cials have old concerns that the police oversight agency will still be in the hands of City Hall, which has come under fire since the Laquan McDonald scandal broke last November after a video was released showing Officer Jason Van Dyke shooting the 17year-old 16 times in October 2014.

Officials are concerned that the new agency will not have a budget and must rely on the mayor, who can weaken COPA’s authority by slashing its financial resources. There is also concern that the agency cannot hire its own attorneys without the city’s law department.

The concerns came one day after Emanuel backed down on his

Facing political pressure, Rahm decided to give aldermen more time to review the proposed ordinance before they vote on it.

“If certain fundamental flaws aren’t addressed, it’s a recipe for failure, starting with independence,” said Craig Futterman, a University of Chicago Law School professor who has long studied police misconduct in the city. “For this new COPA agency to work, it has to be independent from the mayor and City Hall.”

Emanuel moved to replace IPRA after his own police accountability Mayor Rahm Emanuel task force recommended that the agency be abolished as a part of an plans to have the council vote on effort to rid Chicago’s police force new police oversight agency at a of its racist history.

September 14 council meeting. Under the proposal, the new in-

spector general in charge of public safety would be chosen by Inspector General Joe Ferguson as part of a nationwide search.

In addition to police shootings, COPA would also investigate cases where police use Tasers to subdue civilians. To serve on COPA, retired police officers and prosecutors would have to wait five years before applying as investigators with the agency. The police superintendent would have to wait 60 days to respond to the new agency’s recommendation to fire or suspend police officers accused of misconduct and other violations. The police superintendent could also exercise a 30-day suspension under the mayor’s plan.

City’s top principal resigns (Continued from page 1) LaRaviere is loved by parents and staff at the North Side school.

Many rallied to support him earlier this year when CPS charged him with insubordination and various other charges. His supporters say the charges were politically motivated and they believe came from Mayor Emanuel himself. LaRaviere has also contended that the thing holding back CPS students and administrators from achieving are politicians who have no clue what they are doing. He said improving achievement in schools is easy when a principal has parents who are involved and a dedicated staff.

“The difficult part was muster- TROY LARAVIERE SPEAKS ON WVON’s “Bob Shaw” show, ing the will and stamina to remain highlighting several succesful schools in the Black community. steadfast in our commitment to “One might think that after rection, your appointees are pushuse evidence-based practice in the face of tremendous pressure–from witnessing the unprecedented ing forward with efforts to termipoliticians like you–to adopt base- academic gains of Blaine stu- nate my employment. It is clear less “school reform” ideas like dents, you and your appointees that I am being punished for my “tracking” (school based selective might call on my school leader- advocacy, and that this retribution enrollment), “choice,” and the ship team to help you understand is more important to you than efover-evaluation of teachers; ideas how we improved at such an in- fective public education for that are grounded in ideology and credible rate. Instead, at your di- Chicago’s children.” politics as opposed to proven effective educational methods. In a word, the biggest obstacle to (Continued from page 2) lice station, Rhymefest said he was not Blaine becoming the #1 neighborhood school in Chicago was poli- they should be. At the end of the day, leaving until he made out that report, which he did with the help of another tics. And while many people con- the citizens have been driven to this.

“I was traumatized, robbed twice,” white male officer. tributed to this problem, nobody After he filed the report, Rhymefest in our great city is more responsi- Rhymefest said, “and that is problemtold one of the Black female officers, ble for that political obstruction atic.”

The police finally apologized after “You know sister,” but she said, ‘I’m than you,” wrote LaRaviere in his he went on Twitter and after they not none {sic} of your sister.’ I said yes scathing remarks.

He went on to accuse the May- found out who he was, but you are whether you want to be or not or’s hand-picked school board as Rhymefest said, “I am not interested you are. I said, you know what sister? being another obstacle. He said in an apology. I am interested in mak- All I wanted to do was to be treated the Mayor’s advisors on education ing sure that the next person who with professionalism and respect.

“She told me ‘You have to underare wrong. He believes people doesn’t have a Grammy is treated rewith a political agenda and no spectfully. I am interested in making stand we’re desensitized.’ “She was clue how to improve schools are sure that the community is whole and saying they are desensitized to the feeling of their people. That was the last ignoring his record of success to strong.”

Despite being told to leave the po- slap in the face,” said Rhymefest. the detriment of all of Chicago.

A spokesperson for the Chicago Public Schools referred the Crusader to the Mayor’s office for comment. The Mayor’s office had no comment on the resignation letter.

LaRaviere on Sunday accused the Chicago Public School (CPS) of allegedly subsidizing segregated schools when there is proof that integration improves academics.

Appearing on WVON’s “Bob Shaw” show, LaRaviere referred to an article in the Chicago Magazine that listed the top 15 CPS’s.

He highlighted the Arthur Dixon Elementary School located in Chatham which ranked fourth.

“If their students go in with these African American students somehow the school would be less vibrant or less academically sound, but 5 out of the top 10 schools have majority Black populations and the number one school on this list has the biggest ethnic group in it, and it is Black.

LaRaviere was referring to the Chicago Magazine’s list of top public schools.

LaRaviere said this listing is proof that “CPS has a narrative it can push now to stop wasting money on school construction or unnecessary school construction” to resolve overcrowdedness.”

He wants CPS to “push the narrative that integration improves the (academic) performance. We have examples where we have integration across the city where school performance has been elevated, not depressed, but it won’t push that narrative because banks make a lot of money. They get to double their profit when they do these unnecessary school constructions” including charter schools.

“In order to subsidize the desire of some parents to have their kids in a segregated school, in order to enrich banks and charter operators, CPS continues to overspend on construction when they could push a real narrative that integration would actually uplift the performance so we don’t have to spend all of this money,” he said.

As an example, LaRaviere re(Continued on page 7)

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THE VIDEO RHYMEFEST took with his cell phone shows two Chicago officers who gave the rapper a hard time when he tried to file a police report after he was robbed on Saturday, August 27.

The next day, Rhymefest wrote a posted on Twitter on his Sound song called “Cops and Robbers.” He Cloud.

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A GREAT JOURNALISTIC PEN HAS BEEN SILENCED George Curry has unexpectedly left the journalistic building, and the African American community has lost a great warrior. Curry, who was a former Editor-In-Chief of the NNPA News Wire, passed away from a reported heart attack on Saturday, August 20, 2016. He was 69 years old. Curry had also formerly served as Publisher/Editor-In-Chief of ‘Emerge,’ a news magazine that targeted issues important to the Black community. Moreover, Curry had a syndicated column that regularly appeared in the Crusader.

George Curry was a journalist who was on the frontlines of the Civil Rights movement, and he could be trusted to tell the truth that had to be told. He did not mince words. He thoroughly researched his content. He also had a history of mentoring young journalists.

According to Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, he co-founded the Greater St. Louis Association of Black Journalists (GSLABJ) and launched its journalism workshop for minority high school students interested in journalism careers. This organization is approaching its 40th year of service to young people and the journalism profession. Also, Curry was part of a Black media delegation that worked with the Black AIDS Institute to cover the 2016 International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa. These are just a few among many other accomplishments.

Dorothy Leavell, publisher of the Crusader Newspapers in Chicago, IL and Gary, IN, stated, in an article written by Stacy M. Brown (NNPA News Wire Contributor), “Curry was a consummate journalist with integrity as his mantra.” “We shall miss this voice of reason and thought-provoking columns full of researched facts. It was just the week of August 13th that George wrote a column titled, ‘Even Funerals Are Not Family Reunions Anymore.’

Leavell continued, “He used his family as an example of the loss of closeness that he had enjoyed during his childhood and early adult life and bemoaned the fact that at his cousin Charlene’s funeral the week before that closeness was no longer there.” Curry pledged to help get his family back together, and most likely would have succeeded had he lived.

Curry’s death reverberated far and wide, touching people in all walks of life, from the Black Congressional Caucus to presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton. Rev. Al Sharpton called him a trailblazer, and Rev. Benjamin Chavis said, “The legacy of freedomfighter journalists like George Curry will never pass away, but will always be kept dear and present in our continued struggles to liberate all from injustice.”

In 2003, Curry was named “Journalist of the Year” by the National Association of Black Journalists and he’s also on NABJ’s list of the Most Influential Black Journalists of the 20th Century. Ultimately, the accolades going forth for the life of this great journalist are far too numerous to list here, but we can rest assured that the world of journalism has been left with a gaping hole. The Black community, in particular, has lost a very loud and effective voice. Of course, there are others who will take up the mantle, but Curry undoubtedly helped point the way.

George Curry’s demise underscores the importance of the Black Press. Too often, Black people lament the dearth of Black businesses and Black institutions. The Black Press is alive and well, and Curry knew the power that it could have in helping to shape policies and communicate important information that would otherwise not be addressed in the mainstream media. In this regard, he served as a role model for others coming behind him. Hopefully, many of them will come to understand the power of the Black Press and to use their journalistic talents to help uplift the Black community as he did.

Without the Black Press, the community would really be in the dark. Pioneers like Curry help to shed light in very dark places.

George Curry will truly be missed; a great pen has been silenced, and the Crusader sends condolences to his family and friends. May he live forever in our hearts! A luta continua.

Even though it’s been decades since I was in the classroom, every day I still can remember I was a pretty good student. What I cannot recall from my education experience is when our elected officials pushed for entertainment over problem solving and community building. If I could remember that then, maybe it would be understandable why 24th Ward Alderman Michael Scott, Jr. is the producer of the West Side Music Festival. Friends told me that in his previous life working with the Chicago Park District, Scott also promoted a festival on the West Side. The West Side has 1,000 problems and music ain’t one of them.

Scott is playing in his comfort zone. The residents of the 24th Ward deserve much better. We deserve a representative in government who can battle for economic improvements. By the way, I didn’t see Scott’s fingerprints any place on the proposed development at Roosevelt and Kostner.

The Clarius Partners apparently put the proposed $43 million deal together with zero input from Scott. How can he claim to be representing us when the biggest

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I missed this in civics class Dear Editor:

proposed deal in K-Town since the first Mayor Daley comes along and he is a cricket on the project? This project is supposed to bring nearly 400 permanent jobs. Should we think his music festival will generate 50 full-time jobs?

While I have never produced a music festival, I know that the people who do get paid. Scott needs to immediately come clean with how much he and his coproducer, his wife, are making off of this festival. I understand Scott is in his first term, but surely he learned something about politics and government operations from his late father. If not, common sense should tell him to avoid even the appearance of impropriety. Even if we give Scott a huge benefit of the doubt, he is not making any money in the producer role, who won’t bring up the possibility there are kickbacks from the performers? For many people perception is reality. That is exactly why Scott should have been smarter and stuck to the traditional role of alderman. This festival of his has no lasting favorable impact on our community. It leaves out grade school age residents, as well as senior citizens.

Aren’t they part of the ward too?

He has been on the job two years and I am hard-pressed to pinpoint anything Scott has done to have a major favorable impact on our ward. He campaigned on being a lifelong resident and un-

derstanding the community’s needs. I am much, much older than Scott and lived here longer than he has and this is the first time I have heard one of our needs is more music.

LaMarr Bruce (Continued on page 14)

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Is the NAACP still relevant?

Beyond the Rhetoric

By Harry C. Alford When was the last time someone asked you to take out a membership into the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People? Did you say “I am not colored”? Yes, the name is outdated and should be addressed by its membership. My father was proud to be a lifetime member. I took out a membership once in 1988 and have not been asked since. There is something missing here. Usually single memberships represent the decision making of an organization like this. The federation or chapters were once the backbone of such a “national” association. But in America chapters or Black chapters cannot be depended on for funding and strong leadership. The largest NAACP chapter is the city of Detroit. Considering the economic state of Detroit paints a dismal picture of this once proud and strong association.

During the Civil Rights Era the NAACP swelled in chapters and individual memberships. We won a lot during the famed Era but the fervor sort of lost its need after obtaining the goal and implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The next time you have a civil rights complaint call your

Harry C. Alford local chapter of the NAACP and see what happens – usually NOTHING! What drives the NAACP today are major corporations and Hollywood. Within this structure are major trade unions who have no commitment to diversity. The big bucks they give annually are a method of buying peace and public relations. Construction unions are some of the

most racist organizations in this nation. But you can’t tell that to the leadership of the NAACP. “Construction unions have been our friends. I don’t know why any Black group would criticize them,” Ben Jealous, former NAACP President.

Of late, a few chapters of the association are starting to see the picture and raise protests about the trades. New York City is a fine example of that (http://nydn.us/2bw78RC). If the national leadership continues down that path the NAACP is destined to fail.

Right now the association membership levels are below 1% of the Black population of our nation.

What initially caused the existence of the NAACP (1909)? It was a northern white liberal group known as the Niagara Movement.

This group came together and placed W.E.B. DuBois as their spokesperson and “Leader.” His immediate role was to discredit and oppose Booker T. Washington, Founder of the National Negro Business League (1900). Mr. Washington’s work and mission (economic empowerment of the American Negro) was indeed a powerful message. He built 39 chapters in cities throughout the South. One of his most popular one was Greenwood, outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma. It became famous (known

as Black Wall St.) and was burned to the grown by racist elements - Not long after the mysterious death of Mr. Washington.

There would be other examples of destruction of Black business districts emulating the teachings of Mr. Washington.

If ever you visit Tuskegee University, a fine institution that Mr. Washington built and developed with the support of Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie, President Theodore Roosevelt and other national leaders, please stop to hear the actual Atlanta Debates. This is a recording of the debates between Mr. DuBois and Booker T. Washington. In my opinion, Mr. Washington won.

Today, many of the local chapters of the NAACP are tribal. For instance, when I lived in Indianapolis the local president would not accept nor sell any new memberships. Why? He had enough votes to win any upcoming elections and he would not dilute that advantage through growth of his chapter. Many people in Indianapolis would complain to the National Office but that didn’t seem to do any good.

The NAACP must break away from the “grasp” that unions have on the chapters and their Board of Directors. Remember that stupid practice of “School Busing”? Our

children would get up at very early hours to be bused across town and then return home in the late afternoon. Offended whites would leave that school and put their children into private schools. This went on to the detriment of Black students and families alike. It was like we were forcing our children onto people who weren’t going to treat them on an equitable basis.

All this harm as a result of lobbying from school bus drivers’ unions and bus manufacturers.

Now, there is a new wave of attack on our young students. The NAACP has just taken a position against Charter Schools. It is very clear that Charter Schools are producing fine Black students who otherwise would be under performing. Have they lost their minds? No, they are just following that path to inefficiency that was created by the Niagara Movement.

Charter Schools are an escape from a losing environment and a door opener for success. They want to keep our children from this opportunity.

Go figure.

Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce.

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By Bill Fletcher, Jr. (NNPA Newswire Columnist) There is something that I have found particularly odd in this election season and there have been many things that have been odd. There have been consistent media reports of interviews with supporters of Republican nominee Donald Trump that indicate that many of them do not take seriously his various pronouncements. Trump supporters have been reported making comments—after being confronted with Trump’s declarations, such as his call to build a wall on the border with Mexico and his suggestion to block Muslims from entering the USA — that they do not believe that Trump really means this, nevertheless, they will vote for him.

What does one make of people discounting the assertions of a candidate, particularly provocative assertions I might add, and yet supporting him? Do these supporters think that this is a large-scale reality show?

Here is my theory. Trump sup-

BILL FLETCHER SAYS that all of Donald Trump’s arguments flow from his basic notion that White America is allegedly suffering at the hands of minorities, liberals and the rest of the world. porters are divided into two over- White—groups. There are the lapping—and overwhelmingly right-wing irrationalists who are

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ideologically committed to backing virtually each and every word of their candidate. They see Trump as the champion of their revengeseeking politics, hoping to “Make America White Again.” The second group is made up of people who are scared to death and want to shake things up, yet shake things up in a particular way. They don’t want a woman to be elected President and they don’t want what they perceive to be ‘more of the same.’ They are scared of the changing demographics of the United States; they’re scared about their economic precariousness; they’re scared about a world that they cannot understand, let alone control. Trump represents the equivalent of rolling the dice and hoping that they don’t come up “snake eyes.”

This second group is living in a world of self-deception. There is no reason for anyone to disbelieve Trump. At a minimum his rhetoric is inflammatory and erratic. If these supporters do not believe that Trump will actually do what he suggests that he will do, what do they think that he will do? It

appears that they do not care, as long as it is different from what these supporters are currently experiencing.

Actually, I do not believe that this supposed lack of concern with what Trump will do (if elected) is innocent and frivolous. Trump is asserting a nightmare. There is nothing hopeful, inclusive, democratic or just in what he is arguing.

Nothing that he is arguing is neutral, bi-partisan or post-partisan.

His arguments all flow from his basic notion that White America is allegedly suffering at the hands of minorities, liberals, the rest of the world, etc.

To put it another way, these supporters don’t just want to shake things up. They want to shake things up in a manner that they believe gives them a leg up on the rest of the world.

It is not just the candidate who is dangerous; the movement backing him is even more frightening.

Bill Fletcher, Jr. is a talk show host, writer and activist. Follow him on Twitter @BillFletcherJr, Facebook and at www.billfletcherjr.com.

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Dr. Conrad Worrill, Director/Professor, Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies (CCICS), located at 700 East Oakwood Blvd, Chicago, Illinois, 60653, 773268-7500, Fax: 773-268-3835.

E-mail: c-worrill@neiu.edu, Website: www.neiu.edu/ccics, Twitter: @CCICS_Chicago.

Dr. Conrad Worrill Throughout most of our lives, African people in America have been told if you get a good education you can get a good job. African people in Africa were told something similar. If you get a good education your con-

EDUCATION FOR WHAT? dition in life will improve.

In the early part of the twentiethcentury until the late 1960s and early 1970s, the thrust was to encourage African people in America to at least get a high school diploma so that they could be eligible for a job in a significant segment of the work force.

The explosion of the 1960s Civil Rights and Black Power Movements forced colleges and universities to admit Africans in America to their predominately white colleges and universities in large numbers.

Today, African people in America are encouraged to get a college education so they can get a good job. The education market has been saturated to the extent that a high school diploma of the 1930s, 40s, 50s, and 60s, in most instances, has the same meaning as a college degree today.

That meaning is one of a college degree, qualifying people for entry-level jobs in the U. S. labor market, except for those instances where people have been trained in specialized fields at the undergraduate level.

What we hear repeatedly today is that we must concentrate on African people in America reading, writing, and math skills at the elementary and secondary levels so they can compete for the jobs that will be available in U.S. multinational corporations in the twenty-first-century, driven by the world of technology and computers.

Many of our ancestors in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and early twenti-

eth-centuries, who were concerned with the issue of education, asked the question— education for what? It is quite clear that the major direction of U. S. educational policy has been to train and educate African people to work for white people. That is, to teach them to read, write, and compute, so they will be prepared to work for us.

In a paper written by our great ancestor Dr. Jacob Carruthers several years ago, entitled, “Black Intellectuals and The Crisis In Black Education,” he observed, “When the chattel slave system was destroyed by the Civil War, one of the first acts of the victors was to provide for Black schooling on a wide scale. The northern industrialists through their philanthropic alter egos began finding and establishing Black colleges.

These colleges were intended to sit atop a Negro education system.”

Further Dr. Carruthers wrote, “By the turn of the century, even southern whites were making use of this Negro education system to facilitate the transition from the old chattel to a new, but equally effective, system of Black exploitation.”

Carruthers explains, “The new system depended upon the cultivation of a Black elite to serve as examples for the masses of Blacks and to demonstrate the rewards of obedience.”

The educated Black elite, Carruthers points out, “demonstrated

time and time again their ability to do what they had been trained to do.

Eventually, a few of them were invited to manage the segregated colleges that were established to train Black teachers. In this manner, a small, educated Negro elite became overseers of the educational affairs of millions of Black people.”

This model of education, that continues today, was established by socalled leading white educators in this country who met at Lake Mohonk, New York (a resort area) on June 4-6, 1890, and June 3-5, 1891 to read and discuss papers on what they officially called the “Negro Question.”

Again, Dr. Carruthers writes that at the end of the second conference “they had decided that the primary things that Blacks had to be taught were morality and the dignity of labor (i.e., working for white folks).”

African people in the United States have a rich tradition of leaders who have taken issue with the white conceptualization of the mission of education of African people in America.

David Walker, Henry Highland Garnet, Henry McNeal Turner, Martin R. Delany, and Edward Wilmot Blyden were nineteenthcentury advocates that the education of African people should be designed to assist us in doing for ourselves.

In the twentieth-century, leaders such as Marcus Garvey, Carter G. Woodson, Elijah Muhammad, and Malcolm X, all spoke and wrote con-

sistently about the need for African people to develop an education program aimed at developing African people “to do for self.”

In other words, we are still challenged today to create an education climate that inspires African youth in America to understand that the purpose of education is to develop the skills and historical understanding of the past as it relates to the present and future in preparation for working for self and the liberation of African people. This is the challenge of the twenty-first-century— to defeat the one hundred year tradition established by white educational leaders who created curricula for Africans in America designed to prepare them to work for white folks.

Our esteemed ancestor, Dr. John Henrik Clarke reminded us repeatedly, that, “history is the clock that people use to tell their political and cultural time of day. It is also a clock that they use to find themselves on the map of human geography. The role of history in the final analysis is to tell a people where they have been and what they have been, where they are and what they are. Most importantly, the role of history is to tell a people where they still must go and what they still must be. To me the relationship of a people to their history is the same as the relationship of a child to its mother.” The purpose of education must always be “for us to do for ourselves!”

DOES ENTREPRENEURSHIP MATTER?

By Julianne Malveaux The most recent data on minority-owned firms in the United States was collected in 2012 (and released at the end of 2015). It showed that the number of minority-owned firms rose from 5.8 million in 2007 to 8 million in 2012. Hispanic-owned firms grew the most rapidly – by 46 percent to 3.3 million. African Americanowned firms grew by 34.5 percent to 2.6 million. Asian owned firms grew by 23.8 percent to 1.9 million. Women-owned firms grew by 26.8 percent compared to firms owned by men growing by just 6.8 percent. Since the total number of firms grew by just 2 percent, to 27.6 million, the growth in minority and womenowned firms could define the way that business is being done in our country.

It is possible that the growth in minority- and women-owned firms could provide opportunities for women and people of color outside the traditional labor mar6

ket, outside traditional corporate work. Maybe. But the ugly underside of the growth data is the fact that only 11 percent of minorityowned firms have employees. In other words, most of these firms are one-person businesses, providing consulting and other services from just one individual. Only 4 percent of African American owned firms – just 109,137 of the total 2.6 million businesses – have employees. The growth in new businesses, then, may be the result of people forming businesses when they lost or left jobs, as opposed to people entering business with an entrepreneurial vision that includes hiring and expansion.

Why aren’t more Black entrepreneurs trying to do more? It isn’t for lack of ideas. Not a day goes by when I don’t run into someone with a great, new, business idea. Sure, some of them are whacky, and some are far-fetched, but many are solid ideas that can’t get off the ground because people need capital to start a business. The biggest challenge that Black entrepreneurs face is ac-

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Dr. Julianne Malveaux cess to capital, or the difficulties experienced in attempting to get a bank loan. Some of the reasons have to do with lack of collateral, or with the fact that African Americans experience a wealth gap so large that few can jump through the fiscal hoops that many banks require. Some estimates say that whites have between 13 and 18 times more wealth than African Americans. They have an advantage when going to lenders. African

American entrepreneurs, good ideas notwithstanding, won’t get a loan unless they have assets or collateral to back the loan up.

Yet it is in the national interest to promote minority entrepreneurship and particularly Black entrepreneurship. Even Republican President Richard Nixon “got it” when he authorized the establishment of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and used the term “economic justice” to talk about the barriers to entrepreneurship that African Americans had experienced. Though the agency, established in 1968, has been in existence for nearly 50 years, many African Americans find entry barriers as daunting as they were when the agency was established. Why? Many, thinking that we live in a “post-racial” era have reverted to old patterns of giving opportunities and contracts to their friends, instead of tapping a diverse pool of businesses that can deliver. Others say they can’t deal with those tiny companies that have no employees and just one principal scrambling

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to do all the work. Small minority businesses do themselves no favors when they can’t manage the scope and scale of work that some larger employers require.

For all the barriers and challenges of scale, minority businesses are important because they are more likely to hire minority workers, those affected by the persistent unemployment rate gap. Too, minority businesses, when they have employees, are more likely to hire and advance women in executive positions. Entrepreneurship matters because it expands the realm of possibility for people of color, allows people to participate fully in the economic realm, and provides people with the opportunity to earn profits and to share those profits with family and community.

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ing “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best.

They’re not sending you… They’re sending people that have lots of problems, and they’re bringing those problems with us. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime.

They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” He also said they are killers. THINK AGAIN!! Not only did he not apologize, but he

made like he and the Mexican president did not discuss who would pay for the wall he intends to build between the United States and Mexico if he is elected President of the Unit-

ed States, during his visit. The Mexican president said he told Trump he wasn’t going to pay for the wall. I believe the Mexican and because Trump has lied about so much more he should get a crown for lying. And in the same day he didn’t change his tune about immigration either. He’s

like a Chameleon he changes colors so many times. And Ima is scared of anyone who supports him. Let the record show that Ima says Trump is crazy and anyone who votes for him is crazy too!!!

I’ll have more next week but for this week THAT’S ALL FOLKS!!!

WHO IS THE LIAR???

Donald Trump has continuously called Hillary Clinton a liar. He has named her “Lying Hillary Clinton” … but after he pulled the stunt by making a “popcorn” call on Mexico and its president Wednesday he showed who the real liar was. If American Mexicans thought he was going to Mexico to apologize for say-

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City’s top principal resigns (Continued from page 3) ferred to Ogden International to Ogden or maybe build a differSchool on the Gold Coast, a ma- ent school and spend money on jority white school where students that because some of the parents at are from wealthy families. “They Ogden don’t want their kids inteare overcrowded, but they can grated with that Black school. In merge with Jenner Elementary deciding to spend that money to School, which is majority Black keep those kids segregated, CPS and poor, and have some of their has been subsidizing segregated students go to Jenner, some of the schools,” charged LaRaviere.

Odgen students go to Jenner.

He said the Local School Council “The way Jenner was going to at Ogden approved the plan but do it, some of the Jenner kinder- explained “the principal at Oggarteners and maybe first graders den, a white male, helped to were going to go to Ogden and a spearhead the effort“ to transfer lot of Ogden 7th and 8th graders some white student to Jenner were going to come over to Jenner. “but it was a small number of parThat would have relieved the over- ents vocal at Ogden who led with crowding at Ogden. That was a officials from CPS that squashed perfect plan, right? that plan.”

“What CPS did was to say no.

CPS officials had not responded They wanted to build an addition by Chicago Crusader deadline.

DOES ENTREPRENEURSHIP MATTER? (Continued from page 6) that there is full minority participa- business will not pay a living wage tion in the contracts they award. with reasonable benefits.

Those who work with minority Minority entrepreneurship matfirms must provide incentives for ters. It matters most when it is both firms to do joint venture activities or profitable and community transto merge so that they can deal with forming. During this presidential issues of scale. Further, while many election year, candidates need to be minority businesses crave indepen- challenged to talk about minority dence, the acceptance of outside in- business participation. Do they subvestors to facilitate growth. Finally, scribe, as Richard Nixon did, to the banks must “do the right thing” by principle of “economic justice.”? minority businesses, providing more How does that manifest in their capital than they currently do. campaign spending?

But minority businesses must also understand that economic developJulianne Malveaux is an author ment can happen with economic and economist. Her latest book, “Are justice. Minority businesses must We Better Off? Race, Obama and provide jobs that pay living wages to Public Policy” is available via Amathe workers that they hire. It makes zon.com for booking and wholesale no sense for the Black community to requests visit www.juliannemaladvocate for Black business if Black veaux.com. www.chicagocrusader.coM

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Support the Freedom-Fighting Legacy of George E. Curry

By Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. The freedom struggle and Civil Rights Movement of Black people in America and throughout the world has lost another courageous iconic, freedom fighter journalist, leader: George Edward Curry. The National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) salutes, respects, and supports the freedomfighting legacy of George Curry.

NNPA publishers, editors, journalists, and photographers from across the nation attended the “Celebration of Life” home-going service for George Curry in Tuscaloosa, Alabama at Weeping Mary Baptist Church on Saturday, August 27, 2016. George at the age of 69 died from heart failure on August 20, 2016 in Takoma Park, Maryland.

George Curry was our beloved Editor-In-Chief of the NNPA News Wire Service and after decades of outstanding contributions and service to the Black Press in America, George evolved to be admired by fellow journalists as the “Dean of Black Press Columnists.”

As a foot soldier in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s, I person-

CHICAGO JAZZ FESTIVAL LABOR DAY WEEKEND: A favorite Labor Day Weekend tradition, the Chicago Jazz Festival, takes place Thursday through Sunday, September 1 - September 4, and showcases free live performances by Chicago’s vast jazz talent alongside national and international jazz legends and artists. It is held in Millennium Park, 201 E. Randolph Street, Chicago, IL 60601, and the Chicago Cultural Center. This year marks the Centennial of the Great Migration, the mass movement of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Midwest, Northeast and West beginning in 1916. Chicago was a key destination for that transformative relocation, with a momentous impact on the development of jazz as a vernacular music from New Orleans into an industry in Chicago. That history will be marked in several ways throughout this year’s festival.

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ally have been blessed to have known and worked with George Curry as a fearlessly effective freedom fighter.

If I could find one word in the English language to describe the professional and brotherly tenacity of George Curry, it would the word “courageous.” He used his pen and his wit to openly challenge injustice in the face and presence of oppression. George had the courage to both write and speak truth to power without compromise of principle or ethics.

The Reverend Jesse Jackson and The Reverend Al Sharpton both travelled to Tuscaloosa to pay tribute and to eulogize the memory and legacy of George Curry. Rev. Jackson affirmed, “George was a freedom fighter.” Dr. Charles Steele Jr., President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), also a native of Tuscaloosa and lifelong friend of George paid tribute to Curry’s leadership and activism as a “freedom movement” journalist.

In the eulogy rendered last Saturday, Rev. Sharpton emphasized, “”George never knew he was much more of a minister to me than I

over Labor Day weekend, Friday, September 2 through Monday, September 5. Dee Alexander will curate the show on Sunday, September 4, on the Dee Parmer Woodtor Main Stage in Washington Park, Chicago, at 6 p.m. The Festival is a family reunion of visual, performing and cultural artists that marvel at the brilliance, genius, creativity and beauty that exudes from us as we support one another in our respective genres! Yes, it marks the end of summer in Chicago and the festival has managed to prosper through rain, mud, heat, mosquitoes and cool days! On Sunday night, curated by Dee Alexander, it will be all about the dance. The three groups performing are Chicago based. The evening will start with Chicago’s Occidental Brothers Dance Band Int’l with classic Central and West African dance music-specializing in Soukous, Highlife, Rumba, Dry Guitar, and other delights from the great continent. Dee Alexander’s Evolution Ensemble will perform Funkin’ with Acoustic Soul - The Music of Jimi Hendrix/James Brown so you can get up “offa that thang” and dance to make you feel better because you gotta relieve that pressure. You will be delighted by special guest bassist Silvia Bolognesi and dance artists Asiel

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Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. ever was to him… George Curry not only helped to mentor and bring along students and the next generation, but he also did it to many of us that you see out there on the front line.” Sharpton concluded that Curry was “part of a long tradition, but he was one of a kind.”

Roland Martin, accomplished

news anchor for TV One and former editor of the Chicago Defender, as well as a lifelong colleague of George Curry, passionately stated, “There was no newspaper, no magazine George Curry could not have worked for, but he chose to work in Black media… He chose to do that because he said there has to be an independent voice that is unapologetic, that thinks about Black people from the moment they wake up to the moment they go to sleep.”

The passing of George Curry now raises the question of “Who will take his pen?” Who will step forward to keep the freedom-fighting legacy of George Curry alive today and into the future? Before George died, he had established www.EmergeNewsOnline.com.

The NNPA supports George’s legacy and we encourage all to support the efforts to ensure that what George envisioned and worked hard to establish will continue to grow and expand with success in the marketplace.

In my remarks on behalf of the NNPA at the Celebration of Life of George Curry, I shared that, “I have been in the presence of Mal-

colm X. I have been in the presence of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. I have been in the presence of the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan. I’ve been in the presence of some of our giants, male and female, but I want to say on this public record, in my life, I’ve never met a brother that’s had more courage than George Curry.”

As we face the immediate future, let us all first be thankful that we had the opportunity and blessing to work with George Curry. But we must show our gratitude by making sure that his courageous example of journalism continues.

There is an African proverb that says, “Freedom fighters do not in spirit pass away, their spirit lives to inspire the next generation of freedom fighters.”

We all know that George Curry supported mentoring and guiding the development of young journalists who are committed to the Black Press. Such is the case that the NNPA is now working with our Discover the Unexpected (DTU) NNPA Journalism Fellows. May these young journalist and others be guided by the great example set by George E. Curry.

Hardison, Imania Detry and Naomi Kinslow to get you and your body to move and groove! Topping the evening off with Angel d’Cuba! Angel d’Cuba, former lead singer with Cuban super-group Mezcla, now resides in Chicago and leads his own group spanning multiple genres from Salsa, Timba, Calypso and Cumbia to Samba, Soul, Jazz and more!

UPCOMING BACP WORKSHOPS: The City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection (BACP) offers FREE business workshops every Wednesday and Friday at City Hall, 8th Floor. To register for a workshop call 312-744-2086. You also can register by emailing BACPoutreach@cityofchicago.org. Upcoming workshops are: City Inspections - Ask Questions, Get Answers. It will take place on Wednesday, September 7, from 3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. It will be presented by the City of Chicago. To operate a successful business in Chicago you need to know what it takes to maintain compliance. Officials from several City departments will provide insight to operate safely, stay compliant, help prepare for inspections and highlight the do’s and don’ts of operating a business. On Friday,

ARTHUR RELIFORD RECEIVED the Richard Smith Alumni Award at this summer’s LINK Unlimited Scholars 47th Annual End of Year Scholar Celebration. The Richard Smith Alumni Award is named after LINK Unlimited Scholars’ very first scholar.

Reliford teaches Honors Chemistry and Chemistry at De La Salle Institute and is an adjunct professor at Malcolm X College.

September 9, 9:30 a.m. – 11 a.m., the hensive business plan. It’s easier workshop topic will be How to Write than you think when you undera Business Plan - What you Need to stand all the components that get Know! It will be presented by Donna included. You’ll receive a complete R. Rockin, Executive Director, Jules F. list of what to include to demystiKnapp Entrepreneurship Center at fy the process. Writing a solid IIT. Learn how to create a compre(Continued on page 14)

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THE JOURNEY BEGINS

Hundreds applied, now meet the 8 Howard University students who were selected to DISCOVER THE UNEXPECTED—a first-ever fellowship program by Chevrolet Malibu in partnership with the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Teams will share good news stories from Detroit, Washington D.C., Chicago and Atlanta. Plus, they’ll get to navigate their city in an all-new 2016 Malibu. Join them on this exciting journey that is sure to inspire us all.

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Teen driving safety tops parents’ list of concerns 10 Chevys now offer technology to help parents with biggest worry In the month of August this year more than 360,000 teens will become eligible for a restricted driver’s license in most states – and with that, a lot of parents will experience new levels of stress.

According to a Harris Poll survey commissioned by Chevrolet, more parents with teens worry about their child driving (55 percent) more than any other area of parental stress, including drugs and alcohol (52 percent), sexual activity (49 percent) and academic performance (53 percent).

Chevrolet recognizes this top concern for parents and, as a result, in addition to its suite of available active and passive safety features, offers Teen Driver Technology on 10 of its 2017 cars, trucks and SUVs. Chevrolet’s Teen Driver includes an industry-first in-vehicle report card that shows how the teen drove and provides a way for parents to discuss best practices.

“I, like many of our employees, am a parent of teenagers, so we personally understand the anxiety of

having a teen driver in the house,” said Steve Majoros, director of marketing, Chevrolet Cars and Crossovers. “And while we can’t control a teen’s behavior when they are in a car without a parent, Chevrolet’s Teen Driver Technology can remind them to buckle up and avoid speeding, while our other available active safety features can help to alert them in certain situations when they’re making less-than-perfect driving decisions.”

Teen Driver supports certain safe driving practices by muting the radio or the audio of any paired device when front seat occupants aren’t wearing their safety belts. It also gives audible and visual warnings when the vehicle is traveling faster than preset speeds, and allows parents to limit the maximum volume of the radio.

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Additionally, available active safety features are automatically enabled and incapable of being manually disabled when Teen Driver is in use. These features may include: • Lane Departure Warning • Lane Keep Assist • Front and Rear Park Assist • Side Blind Zone Alert • Rear Cross Traffic Alert • Forward Collision Alert • Forward Automatic Braking • Rear Automatic Braking • Front Pedestrian Braking • Stability Control • Traction Control • Daytime Running Lamps/ Automatic Light Control “As a mother of two, it’s extremely important to find solutions that can help young drivers on the road,” said MaryAnn Beebe, Chevrolet safety engineer. “Chevrolet developed this system as a tool that can give teens some additional coaching 638 PARENTS/LEGAL guardians of a 13-17 year old teen indicated teen driving is their chief as they’re gaining experience. Dri- concern. This was the result of an online survey conducted by Harris Poll during June 16-23 of ving on your own is a big milestone for teens, and Teen Driver helps to this year.

The Centers for Disease Control not based on a probability sample remind them to practice safe dri- on the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV, and Prevention confirmed that Au- and therefore no estimate of theoretCamaro, Colorado, Cruze, Malibu, gust was the most popular birth ical sampling error can be calculatSilverado, Silverado HD, Suburmonth in the U.S. in the year 2000, ed. For complete survey methodoloban, Tahoe and Volt. To use the with 360,080 births. Knowing there gy, including weighting variables, safety technology, a parent must could be a record number of 16- please contact Darri’n Hardy at darregister their teen’s key fob in the veyear-olds hitting the road in August rin.hardy@chevrolet.com. hicle’s system settings.

2016, Chevrolet commissioned a New for most 2017 models with survey of parents with teenagers Teen Driver: About Chevrolet from ages 13 to 17 years to find out • Maximum speed limiter how seriously parents take the issue • Configurable audio volume Founded in 1911 in Detroit, of their teens driving. To learn more, Chevrolet is now one of the world's limit visit http://- www.cdc.gov/nchs/da- largest car brands, doing business in • Additional report card ta/statab-/t001x16.pdf. information: more than 115 countries and selling • Traction control activations around 4.0 million cars and trucks a • Wide-open throttle events Survey Methodology year. Chevrolet provides customers • Tailgating alerts, if equipped with fuel-efficient vehicles that feaEach of the 10 vehicles also feaThis survey was conducted online ture engaging performance, design tures available Apple CarPlay or within the U.S. by Harris Poll on that makes the heart beat, passive Android Auto compatibility, to behalf of Chevrolet from June 16- and active safety features and easy-tohelp encourage teens to refrain 23, 2016 among 638 parents/legal use technology, all at a value. More infrom using their handheld phones guardians of a child between 13 to formation on Chevrolet models can 17 years old. This online survey is be found at www.chevrolet.com. ving. And for parents, it’s easier to while driving. give guidance to your teen when you have some information on what they’re doing behind the wheel.”

The Teen Driver in-vehicle report card may keep track of the following, depending on the vehicle: • Distance driven • Maximum speed reached • Overspeed warnings issued I ITHINK THINKTEACHING TEACHINGMY MYTEEN TEENTO TODRIVE DRIVESAFELY SAFELY • Stability control events ISISMY MYOBLIGATION OBLIGATIONAS ASAAPARENT. PARENT. 95% • Antilock braking events • Traction control activations KNEWMY MYTEEN TEENWAS WASDRIVING DRIVINGDANGEROUSLY, DANGEROUSLY, • Wide-open throttle events IFIFI IKNEW • Forward Collision Alerts, if WOULDTAKE TAKEAWAY AWAYTHEIR THEIRCAR CAR/ /ACCESS ACCESSTO TOAACAR. CAR. 92% I IWOULD equipped • Forward Collision Braking I WOULD BE LESS ANXIOUS WHEN MY TEEN IS DRIVING events, if equipped IIF WOULD BEMONITOR LESS ANXIOUS MYHABITS. TEEN IS DRIVING 79% I COULD THEIR WHEN DRIVING • Tailgating Alerts, if equipped IF I COULD MONITOR THEIR DRIVING HABITS. Teen Driver is a non-subscriptionbased service that remains with the vehicle permanently and is available

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Public Broadcast Service airs ‘All the Difference’ college documentary September 12

By Raymond Ward READ A BOOK!: The Chicago Public Library Foundation and Chicago Public Library will present the annual Carl Sandburg Literary Awards to best-selling authors Erik Larson (Devil in the White City) for non-fiction and Scott Turow (Presumed Innocent) for fiction on Wednesday, October 26 at The Forum on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. The 21st Century Award, which is presented to a Chicago-based emerging author, will be presented to short story writer Amina Gautier (At Risk, Now We Will Be Happy). Bill Kurtis and Scott Simon will return as emcee and moderator, respectively.

One of the highlights of the annual benefit is that each guest has the opportunity to engage in dinner table conversation with an esteemed author with ties to Chicago. This year, guests will be seated with one of more than 70 notable authors including: former Chicago Bear and leadership expert Desmond Clark; acclaimed

Desmond Clark kitchen designer Mick DeGiulio; WBEZ correspondent Natalie Moore, author of a new book about Chicago’s south side; Grammy Award-winning poet, spoken word artist, recording artist and author J. Ivy; Marc and Maureen Schulman of Eli’s Cheesecake; fitness consultant to Michael Jordan, Tim Grover; and barbeque chef Meathead Goldwyn, just to name a few.

“At no other event do guests have the opportunity to have intimate discussions with such a diverse and impressive group of authors,” said Foundation President & CEO Rhona Frazin. “Year after year, I hear from so many of our attendees that they met an author at their table that they may not previously have been familiar with but who is now one of their favorites.”

The Carl Sandburg Literary Awards Dinner is a fundraising event for the Chicago Public Library Foundation and Chicago Public Library and celebrates a writer’s collective body of work.

Many of the world’s most important authors have been recognized with the prize, which is regarded as one of the nation’s most prestigious literary prizes. The annual celebration is one of the highlights of Chicago’s social calendar, hailed as “the smartest event in Chicago” by Crain’s Chicago Business and attracts nearly 800 members of Chicago’s civic and cultural communities.

Past winners of the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards include: Mavis Staples, Isabel Allende, Alice Walker, Tom Wolfe, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Nikki Giovanni, Stephen Sondheim, Roger Ebert, David Mamet, and Toni Morrison, to name a few. The event raises funds to support the learning initiatives of Chicago Public Library including Rahm’s Readers Summer Learning Challenge, One Book, One Chicago, YOUmedia, Teacher in the Library and CyberNavigators. The Chicago Public Library Board is chaired

by Linda Johnson Rice and Chicago’s 80-branch system is led by Commissioner Brian Bannon.

For information or to purchase tickets, visit cplfoundation.org or Ashlee Estabrook at the Chicago Public Library Foundation at 312-201-9830 ext. 25 or via email aestabrook@cplfoundation.org.

Reservations are strictly limited.

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POV’s “All the Difference” chronicles odds-defying success of collegebound African-American males.

Filmed over five years, this documentary follows Robert and Krishaun from Chicago’s South Side as they pursue dreams of higher education, middle-class careers. This is a co-production of American Documentary|POV; Part of American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen.

“I have to be the one to make it through college.”— Krishaun Branch “It isn’t how you start, it’s how you finish.” — Robert Henderson The largely invisible and often

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, M.S.J. police radio. Young men are cut down in the prime of their lives. Patricia Hurel, Krishaun’s former elementary school teacher, has heard kids in Englewood say, “If I make it until 18, I’m going to have myself a party.” But reaching 18 is only the beginning for Robert and Krishaun; they have plans to graduate from high school and go on to college.

They would be the first in their

Lending, whose earlier work includes the Academy Award®-nominated Legacy and the POV films “Omar & Pete” and “The Principal Story,” documents five years of hard work, sacrifice, setbacks and uncertainty in pursuit of a future many Americans consider a birthright. “All the Difference” is a coproduction of American Documentary | POV and is part of American Graduate: Let’s Make It Happen, a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to help local communities keep more students on the path to graduation, college and careers.

As “All the Difference” shows, both Robert and Krishaun faced huge obstacles growing up. Robert was just 17 months old when his mother was killed by his father. He and his six siblings were taken in and raised by their grandmother.

Krishaun, like many of his family members, joined a gang. But both also had a key asset: the Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men, where mentors and teachers encouraged them not only to get through high school but to go beyond. And while family stability has not been constant, what remains plays a crucial role, especially for Robert. Grandmother Ona, who started life as a Mississippi sharecropper and never got past the fifth grade, offers calm but powerful guidance. She is assisted by their church; another bulwark against neighborhood violence.

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KRISHAUN BRANCH MENTORS a student. Krishaun suffered a devastating loss when his 17-year-old brother, Devonte, was killed in a drive-by shooting. He blamed his own absence, in part, for the tragedy. “While I was here, I was protecting him. I came back to a little brother that was in the streets. I feel like I let him down when I left because I was all he knew.” (Photos: Tod Lending). crushing struggles of young families to graduate from college.

African-American men come vivid- And though the odds are against ly—and heroically—to life in “All them—the average high school the Difference,” which traces the graduation rate for Black males in paths of two teens from the South Chicago is 41%—their motivaSide of Chicago who dared to tions are quintessential expressions dream a seemingly impossible of the American dream. “I just dream: to graduate from college. As want to make a positive contributhis intimate film shows, Robert tion to the society I live in,” says Henderson’s and Krishaun Branch’s Robert, while Krishaun hopes to determination started them on the become a U.S. Marshal and have “a road to success, but it was the sup- gorgeous wife” and children. port from people in their lives— parents, grandparents, teachers and mentors— that brought them to their destination.

Emmy®-winning producer/director Tod Lending’s film, inspired

by Wes Moore’s bestselling autobiographical book, The Other Wes Moore, will have its national broadcast premiere on the POV (Point of View) documentary series on PBS on Monday, Sept. 12, 2016, at 10 p.m. (check local listings). Now in its 29th season, POV is American television’s longest-running independent documentary series and ROBERT HENDERSON IN classes at Lake Forest College. the recipient of a 2013 MacArthur Robert’s family stability has not been constant, but his Foundation Award for Creative and Grandmother Ona, who started life as a Mississippi sharecropper Effective Institutions.

The story opens on a street corner and never got past the fifth grade, offers calm but powerful guidin Chicago’s Englewood neighbor- ance. She is assisted by their church, another bulwark against neighhood. “We’ve got shots fired over borhood violence, in helping Robert stay on track to leading a prohere,” a first responder says over the ductive live.

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THE BOOKWORM SEZ “Writings on the Wall: Searching for a New Equality Beyond Black and White”

by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld c.2016, Liberty Street Books $27.95 / $33.95 Canada 256 pages The fix won’t be quick.

It never is. There’s no magic wand to change the things that’ve been on your mind lately: social issues, inequality, poverty, politics, apathy, violence. Those ills didn’t arrive quick and they won’t leave quick, but says Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, they can be repaired.

In his new book “Writings on the Wall” (with Raymond Obstfeld), he explains…

When people ask Abdul-Jabbar what he might’ve become, had he not played NBA basketball, his answer often surprises them: he would’ve been a history teacher.

History fascinates him – especial-

ly in the way it reflects racism, religious intolerance, and gender issues. In history, as in current events, the truth is sometimes bent.

Take, for instance, politics, which is on everyone’s mind. We rail and complain about issues and promises broken and we like to think it’s all out of our hands.

The truth is that we are the problem: we grow complacent about things we don’t want, acting “like children when it comes to politics” and hoping the government will “take care of us,” rather than taking steps to fix the system ourselves.

White people may deny that racism exists, says Abdul-Jabbar, while Black people know that it does. Racism didn’t stop with the election of the nation’s first Black president. It doesn’t end with melting-pot cultural appropriation. It actually comes in two forms, he says, and education is the first step in dealing with it, not eliminating it, because racism is always going to be around.

On religion, we should never lose sight of the fact that this “country was founded by religious outcasts running for their lives from persecution for their beliefs.” When it comes to equality for women, we must embrace the true meaning of “feminist” and adhere to what we tell pollsters

when it comes to gender. We need to look at the media and how to maximize its potential, and we must take better care of our seniors.

“We cannot afford to just wring out hands and depend on the kindness of strangers,” AbdulJabbar says. “We have to bring about change on our own.”

Remember when your grade school teacher told you to put on your thinking cap? You’ll need it again as you’re reading “Writings on the Wall.”

Authors Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld don’t just examine issues that are on the minds of every American. They turn them over and blow them apart, looking for solutions that can be accomplished and chiding us gently for not already working. That makes for a thoughtdemanding, intellectually heavy book but it’s also a worthy call to action; you may also be delighted to see that Abdul-Jabbar doesn’t miss a chance to add a touch of the personal here, which includes quietly unexpected humor.

Readers with the right mindset will find this book to be informative and entertaining but be prepared to take your time to get the most from it. There aren’t a lot of pages inside “Writings on the Wall,” but what’s here is deep and wide and nowhere near quick.

SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU

By Bonnie DeShong The year is 1989. The place is the South Side of Chicago. A young law firm associate named Barack Obama (Parker Sawyers) asks his supervisor/mentor at the law office he is working at for the summer, attorney Michelle Robinson (Tika Sumpter) to attend a rally with him. What he fails to tell her is that he has planned a whole day and evening of events.

This film is based on the real first date of now President Obama and

first lady Michelle. We meet the professional Michelle who is working her way up in a law firm at a time when women, especially women of color, had to prove themselves to be as good if not better than the average man in the business world. We can tell she is attracted to this young law associate, but feels that it would be unprofessional to allow herself to act on this attraction. We also meet the smart but messy, cigarette smoking, community activist law associate Barack Obama, who is attracted to his mentor and

IN A SCENE from the film “Southside With You,” the Obamas take a stroll through the park. The Crusader movie critic, Bonnie DeShong, says, “Spend the Money” and see a “good, old fashioned love story—Southside With You.” www.chicagocrusader.com

strategically plans a way to take her on a date by stretching the truth.

I was smiling from the beginning of this film to the end. Tika Sumpter plays Michelle with many layers. We see the love she has for her parents, their work ethics, and family. She is proud of them and she has worked hard to live up to, not only their expectations, but also her own. Patrick Sawyers is amazing as Barack. The easy going good guy with a little bit of an edge, the guy who sees what he wants and goes after it, and the venerable guy who still has to forgive and accept before he can move on. Both Tika and Patrick play Michelle and Barack with ease. They don’t try to be Michelle and Barack…they are them. Playing the two most visible people in the world told can be rather overwhelming. Patrick and Tika didn’t over play it. I believed them because they were so natural in their portrayals.

We are taken on a full day with the couple. Michelle thinking she is being picked up to go to a rally when actually Barack is picking her up to go on a date. After a while I was caught up into the day. I felt the lightness and laughter of the situation of the date and had hoped that they will

THE RECENTLY RELEASED movie, “Southside With You” depicts the first real date between now President Barack Obama played by Parker Sawyer (left) and Michelle played by Tika Sumpter. get together although I already know they shared their first kiss and loved they did. I sat in awe as he spoke to the way they ended the evening. the crowd at the rally and when she Leaving the theater I realized that I smiled I knew Michelle had dropped saw a good, old fashioned love story. her guard. I was happy for them as A time when people went on dates, they watched the movie “Do the shared a first kiss and didn’t expect Right Thing” and laughed at her be- anything more than to plan for the ing flustered when running into her next time they could be together. I boss at the law firm. I was sad when loved this film. It is simple, a little bashe felt off center and pushed Barack sic, and very refreshing. away and almost shouted with joy SPEND THE MONEY and see when he knew just what to do. I SOUTHSIDE WITH YOU in the sighed like a love sick teenager when Theaters.

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(Continued from page 8) business plan is your roadmap to business success.

BROKEN JOURNEY-THE COLLISION BETWEEN SONGBIRDS AND MANKIND:To bring attention to the death and injuries sustained by more than 3,000 migratory birds who collide into Chicago buildings each year, The Chicago Academy of Sciences / Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum welcomes an ONGOING exhibit of songbird portraits, by local photographer Art Fox. A Broken Journey’s goal is to raise public awareness of the unintended death of songbirds that travel twice a year between Central or South America and Canada, along a

(Continued from page 12) struggles during their high school years, both graduate and set their sights on college diplomas. This puts them in an elite group. While the estimated national high school graduation rate for African-American men is 59%, only 16% graduate college with a bachelor’s degree or higher. Krishaun chooses historically Black Fisk University in Nashville, while Robert decides on predominantly white Lake Forest College, about 30 miles north of Chicago.

They soon encounter typical college challenges—developing stronger study habits, getting used to living away from family and friends and eventually adjusting their goals to fit more closely with their evolving academic strengths—and challenges amplified for young men of color: cultural adjustments and the fear of having to drop out if they can’t pay their student loans.

Robert, who sets aside his dream of

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becoming a doctor and switches to a history major, faces an additional obstacle—being one of the few Black students in his classes. His white classmates, he says, “look at me like, ‘Oh what the heck are you doing here?’” But his infectiously upbeat nature, along with encouragement from a college adviser and a girlfriend, help him move forward.

Fisk University, in contrast, is “like a family” for Krishaun. It also provides numerous social distractions that don’t help his studies. From playing basketball to feeling the sting of rejection from a fraternity he hoped to join, “anything can get me off track real quick,” he says.

Throughout their four-year college experiences, both face continuous pressure to maintain the necessary grade point average to qualify for financial aid. Finding summer jobs is an additional struggle: In Chicago, according to the film, 91% of Black teenage males are unemployed. Krishaun also suffers a devastating loss when his 17-year-old brother, De-

vonte, is killed in a drive-by shooting. Krishaun blames his own absence, in part, for the tragedy.

“While I was here, I was protecting him. I came back to a little brother that was in the streets. I feel like I let him down when I left because I was all he knew.”

Despite the hurdles, Krishaun and Robert succeed. Their emotional graduation ceremonies illuminate the significance of their achievements. They have not only beaten the odds, but have positioned themselves for entry into the middle class.

And both have made deliberate choices to take jobs that will allow them to give back to the community. “When I finally see my mother again, I will look at her and smile,” Robert says tearfully. “Look how far I’ve made it. I’ve made you proud.”

He departs to work at a Columbia, S.C. high school that is part of the national organization City Year, which enlists young adults in a year of service supporting at-risk students. Krishaun makes good on a

promise to work at Urban Prep, the school that helped him find a new life. “When I go back to Englewood, I feel like LeBron when he goes back to Cleveland!” he exclaims with pride. “I’m doing it for my community and my ’hood.”

While Robert and Krishaun are focused on the future, they have not forgotten where they came from. They offer advice to other young men who might dream of following in their footsteps. “If you believe in yourself, there’s no telling what you can do,” says Robert. Krishaun, whose new life includes fatherhood, says his newborn son “is starting many steps ahead of where I started. I feel that nothing is impossible now.”

“It only takes one generation to dramatically change the destiny of a family, and when families change, communities change,” said director Tod Lending. “Robert and Krishaun exemplify that change. It’s important to remember that they made it to college not because they

route called the Mississippi Flyway, but may not survive the passage through Chicago’s urban terrain. In addition to displaying strikingly detailed photographs of the birds, the exhibit also plays song recordings of each species, providing a fully encompassing, and eerily lifelike, portrayal of these beautiful, small and elusive creatures that the public may otherwise not have had a chance to observe. The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is located at 2430 North Cannon Drive, just off Lake Shore Drive at Fullerton in Lincoln Park.

For more information on Broken Journey visit naturemuseum.org or call 773-755-5100.

were academically exceptional.

They made it because their mentors, teachers, academic advisers, family members and pastors believed in them and taught them to believe in themselves.

“Robert and Krishaun had struggles and at times came close to dropping out,” Lending continues, “But the support they had made all the difference, and so they succeeded. If this type of very affordable support is made available to all young men growing up in the chaos and despair of poverty, we will see a whole new generation bring an end to that cycle of poverty. I think our country desperately needs to make this happen.”

Source for stats mentioned above: Black Lives Matter: The Schott 50 State Report on Public Education and Black Males, Schott Foundation for Public Education, February 2015.

Check your local listings; WTTW/PBS is Channel 11 for most Chicago area households.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Continued from page 4)

City is misdirecting dollars Dear Editor: The city of Chicago opens a new park here, gives a tax break to a business there, builds something only one alderman and the mayor want; but it can’t seem to find money for our most pressing problem - violence, namely shootings and killings.

Chicago needs to follow the state’s lead and fund CeaseFire. The state last month used more than $4 million from its “stopgap” budget to bolster CeaseFire’s work. It is the only organization that has shown repeatedly through scientific evalua14

tions that they prevent killings and shootings in the city. I don’t mean any disrespect to any others who are out here battling violence, but the reality is they don’t have the long history (more than a decade) that CeaseFire does, and the empirical data the organization does. Personally, too many of these groups that are now professing they are stopping or reducing violence are like the “pop up” retailers we have been seeing the last couple of years. One day they are here and the next day gone.

Make no mistake about it we need as many people and groups as we can get addressing the violence and shooting issue. However, there needs to be a lead organization and to me that should be CeaseFire. They already have men and women who

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can intervene in situations where someone is looking to shoot or kill another person. CeaseFire hired these people they call “credible messengers” and are paying them a living wage. That is a big deterrent to returning to their old lives of crime.

Given the reality that when CeaseFire is properly funded the level of killings and shootings drop in the areas they are working; it only makes sense to expand their funding so their credible messengers can work in more areas and prevent more killings. The CeaseFire model also is the only one that addresses violence as a health issue. The methodology they use is based on understanding the brain and tendency toward violence comes from more than socio/environmental surround-

ings.

The City of Chicago also spends tens of millions of dollars on police overtime. A huge portion of those dollars could be saved by underwriting some of CeaseFire efforts. It is a much more effective use of dollars to stop a shooting than to spend countless hours investigating it, paying for overtime and coming up emptyhanded. A recent story in one of the daily newspapers reported that Chicago not only has the lowest percentage of successful shooting investigations, the number of detectives is at least 1,000 lower than what is considered the optimal level.

For the last couple of years, CeaseFire has been underfunded. Now the new executive director, Mark Payne, is talking to every foundation and

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potential funding source to shore up the organization’s financial position.

In my opinion this makes no sense.

In New York City, which has far fewer shootings per year, the city council appropriated nearly $14 million for its CeaseFire-like program. There is a similar amount allocated for the program in Los Angeles What is the Chicago City Council and mayor waiting for? CeaseFire needs to be included in every city budget. Chicago is supposed to be broke, yet the administration keeps finding funds for pet projects. CeaseFire should be on that same list with at least $10 million in funding. The city needs to stop misdirecting dollars.

Riley Cross

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A Moment to Super Size Your Thinking

By Effie Rolfe Your reputation does not determine your destination.

Why, because you are the sum total of your experiences. There are few people who would not welcome the chance to take a chunk of their life and erase certain chapters into oblivion. The truth is you can never escape your past—it’s like your shadow because it’s always there and you can’t outrun it. Embrace it. What you are experiencing right now is a result of your past thoughts.

Your present situation is a result of your past thoughts—even if it was one second ago—it’s still your past. Perhaps what you consider a mistake is what

makes you unique. Actually, those mis-steps are minor in the grand scheme of things but major as they are marks of greatness for your life. Just for the record, God only uses people who make mistakes—who have an imperfect past. No one on this earth is perfect—no one is exempt! Everyone encounters dark chapters in their lives whether voluntarily through ignorance or as a victim of circumstance of bad choices.

We all are ex- something but if we allow God—He can take your misery and give you a mission. Test will become a testimony and grief can be replaced with grace. Isaiah 61:3 states, “…

He will give you a crown of

beauty for your ashes” and Psalm 30:11, “You have turned my mourning into dancing…” Plain and simple we have all been tore up from the floor up—straight up jacked up. But remember God specializes in things impossible—there is nothing too hard for God including forgiving your past. Let’s revisit some of the most noted bible characters that God used mightily. These men of God had messed up tainted lives. Paul was a serial killer, David was a murderer and adulterer, Moses was a fugitive and Peter lied and denied Jesus Christ. In other words—all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23). I believe God allows us to mess

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up so we don’t boast in our own abilities and works. Trials and challenges of life often makes us stronger, better, wiser, thankful and more compassionate people.

Your past should not be your autobiography, but rather a reference point.

Since, you can’t drive forward looking through the rearview mirror, resist allowing your past to rob you of your future. It is an active part of who you are—God wants to use All of you. He is looking for ordinary people available for service that will give Him glory. We should be willing vessels to allow His works to shine bright like a diamond in the sky. As we embrace the 4th quarter of 2016 in preparation of

2017, don’t look back— you’re not going that way.

Instead look forward to a better—bigger and brighter future that is more than you could ever imagine as you make your life print in this world.

What’s in your future…?

Effie Rolfe is an Author of “Supersize Your Thinking,” Media Personality and Motivational Speaker.

You can contact her effierolfe.com or on twitter.com/effiedrolfe Listen to her show daily on urbanpraiseradio.org (2015 Stellar Award Winner for Best Internet Radio Station)

The Crusader Gospel Corner The highly anticipated International Faith Conference (IFC), hosted by Bill Winston Ministries begins Sunday, September 11 through Friday, September 16 at Living Word Christian Center in Forest Park. Get ready for six nights of ministry leaders from the United States, Guatemala and Africa who will share how to thrive personally, spiritually and professionally when we are “Living The Life of Faith.”

“I invite everyone to come and experience a shift in your thinking,” says conference host Bill Winston, founder and senior pastor of Living Word Christian Center.

“You’ll see how faith in God affects every area of your life – from health, finances, family, relationships, business or career. No matter how small your faith may be right now, this conference will help you grow your faith and teach you how to apply it in every area of your life for success and victory.”

Conference speakers include Bishop Tudor Bismark, Kenneth Copeland, Dr. Jesse Duplantis, Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, Pastor Cash Luna, Pastor Sheryl Brady and conference hosts Drs. Bill and Veronica Winston. Simultaneous Spanish translation will also be available. The evening sessions will be held Sunday at 6 p.m. and Monday through Friday at 7 p.m. The special daytime sessions include the Women’s Luncheon, “Prayer, Praise and Pampering” (tick-

eted event) Monday, September 12 at 10:00 a.m. On Tuesday September 13, attendees can experience Dr. Kenneth Cope- land and Bishop Tudor Bismark beginning 10:00 a.m. This event is free along with Dr. Veronica Winston on Wednesday, September 14 at 10 a.m. Lastly, the Leadership Summit with Pastor Cash Luna is a free, bi-lingual session on Thursday, September 15 at 10:00 a.m. Additionally, all evening sessions are free and open to the public and will be live stream- ed on www.billwinston.org. Children’s Church, for ages 3-12 yrs., will be available on a firstcome first-serve basis. For more information visit ifc.billwinston.org. All attendees are asked to register at ifc.billwinston. org or call 1.866.816.4653. *** Bishop Paul J. Hall invites you to a pre-labor day ‘midnight musical’ on September 4th at Christ Universal Pentecostal Church of Holiness in Christ, 10140 S. Halsted Street. Musical guests will be Lady Mildred Will- iams, God’s Posse, Gregg & Friends, Pastor Bryant Jones & Chosen and Rev. Derail Smith & Cosmo- politan Church of Pray- er. Nathan D. Knox will be the master of ceremony. Doors will open at 10 p.m. The admission is free with plenty of party and free barbeque after the musical.

For more info call 773-2981209.

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*** Summer 2016 has been exciting and fruitful for Chicago Mass Choir! While coming off several tour dates across the country, Chicago Mass Choir began celebrating their project, We Give You Praise being nominated for two Dove Awards in the Traditional Gospel Album of the Year and Traditional Gospel Recorded Song of the Year

categories. Also, Chicago Mass Choir's current single, "I Give You Praise Lord" is a featured release in the Discover Worship Online Weekly Newsletter reaches 9,000 churches. Their new project, We Give You Praise also received a 4 1/2 star review in the "Music for Leading" section of Worship Leader Magazine. The Worship Leader Magazine review stated, "From well-defined solos to

large-scale instrumentation, the project is a clinic where mass choirs sit in the big picture of worship and gospel music. Chicago has long set the standard for choirs as a genre and We Give You Praise does not disappoint, even more, it raises the bar. Hallelujah!" Blessings and open doors continue to overtake Chicago Mass Choir as they boldly sing, "Thank You, Thank You Jesus." While on

tour in Detroit, Chicago Mass Choir was honored to worship and fellowship with Bishop J. Drew Sheard and Evangelist Karen Clark Sheard at Greater Emmanuel Institutional COGIC. We Give You Praise is available at Walmart, Family Christian, LifeWay Christian and other gospel retail outlets as well as iTunes, Amazon. For additional information: www.chicagomasschoir.com.

LEGAL NOTICES STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF LAKE

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IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP OF Dereon Pippins, b. 7/16/13, (Minor child) And Vincent Lamar Washington, and Jahmelia Pippins, (Parents)

IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR COURT JUVENILE DIVISON CROWN POINT, INDIANA ) CAUSE NO: 45D061601JT000037 ) ) ) SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY ) PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF ) TERMINATION OF PARENTAL ) RIGHTS HEARING )

TO: Jahmelia Pippins and Vincent Lamar Washington NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Jahmelia Pippins and Vincent Lamar Washington, whose whereabouts are unknown, and who are the parents of Dereon Pippins (b 7/16/13), that the Indiana Department of Child Services has filed a petition for Involuntary Termination of your Parental Rights a copy of which is on file with the above court.

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO APPEAR before the Judge of said Court at the Lake County Juvenile Justice Complex, 3000 W. 93rd Avenue, Crown Point, Indiana, on the 30th day of November, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. to attend a Termination of Parental Rights Hearing and to answer the Petition for Termination of your parental rights in said child.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if the allegations in said petition are true and/or if you fail to appear at the hearing, the Juvenile Court may terminate your parent-child relationship; and if the court terminates your parent-child relationship you will lose all parental rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations including any rights to custody, control, visitation, or support in said child; and if the court terminates your parent-child relationship, it will be permanently terminated, and thereafter you may not contest any adoption or other placement of said child.

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REPRESENTATION BY AN ATTORNEY, provided by the State if necessary, throughout this proceeding to terminate the parent-child relationship.

YOU MUST RESPOND by appearing in person, by written response or by an attorney within thirty (30) days after the last publication of this notice, and in the event you fail to do so, an adjudication on said petition and termination of your parental rights may be entered against you without further notice.

STATE OF INDIANA COUNTY OF LAKE

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IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR COURT JUVENILE DIVISON CROWN POINT, INDIANA

IN THE MATTER OF THE ) CAUSE NO: 45D06-1604-JT-00108 ) TERMINATION OF THE PARENT) CHILD RELATIONSHIP OF Elyjah Williams, b 7/29/14 ) SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY ) PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF (Minor child) And ) TERMINATION OF PARENTAL Taveres Williams, Alleged Father and ) RIGHTS HEARING ) Any Unknown Alleged Father And Robyn Thomas ) (Parents) TO: Taveres William and Any Unknown Alleged Fathers NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Taveres Williams, whose whereabouts are unknown, and who is alleged to be the parent of Elyjah Williams (b 7/29/14), as well as Any Unknown Alleged Father whose whereabouts are also unknown, that the Indiana Department of Child Services has filed a petition for Involuntary Termination of your Parental Rights a copy of which is on file with the above court.

YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO APPEAR before the Judge of said Court at the Lake County Juvenile Justice Complex, 3000 W. 93nt Avenue, Crown Point, Indiana, on the 4th day of October, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. to attend a Termination hearing and to answer the Petition for Termination of your parental rights in said child.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that if the allegations in said petition are true and/or if you fail to appear at the hearing, the Juvenile Court may terminate your parent-child relationship; and if the court terminates your parent-child relationship you will lose all parental rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations including any rights to custody, control, visitation, or support in said child; and if the court terminates your parent-child relationship, it will be permanently terminated, and thereafter you may not contest any adoption or other placement of said child.

YOU ARE ENTITLED TO REPRESENTATION BY AN ATTORNEY, provided by the s t a t e if necessary, throughout this proceeding to terminate the parent-child relationship.

YOU MUST RESPOND by appearing in person or by an attorney within thirty (30) days after the last publication of this notice, and in the event you fail to do so, an adjudication on said petition and termination of your parental rights may be entered against you without further notice..

THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES is Alejandro Rosillo, 661 Broadway, Gary, Indiana 46402, (219) 881-4660.

THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES is UZMA T. SATTI, 661Broadway, Gary, Indiana 46402, (219) 881-5877.

Dated: 8/11/2016

Dated: July 20, 2016

MICHAEL A. BROWN, CLERK BY _______________________ Deputy Clerk

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NICOLE KNIGHT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF NANCY R. JONES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CLEMMIE JONES, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR NANCY R. JONES (DECEASED) AND CLEMMIE JONES (DECEASED) D e f e n d a n t s 15 CH 006262 8742 S. DORCHESTER AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 14, 2016, an a

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an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 17, 2016, at 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 8742 S. DORCHESTER AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 25-02-204-032.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, j d t dit th lienor a

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prior to the sale. The subject sell at ) public IN THE LAKE SUPERIOR COURT p )SS JUVENILE DIVISION ) CROWN POINT, INDIANA S. A CHILD ALLEGED TO BE CHILD ) CAUSE NO: 45D06-1511-JC-001215 D A CHILD IN NEED OF SERVICES: ) 45D06-1511-JC-001214 Mi’Cha’el Kassim, 8/17/02 ) 45D06-1511-JC-001216 \"AS IS\" Cha’Anna Kassim, 1/1/05 ) 45D06-1511-JC-001213 c Sheree Kassim, 6/25/06 ) Shadriana Cole, 10/15/12 ) SUMMONS FOR SERVICE BY (Minor children) ) PUBLICATION & NOTICE OF and ) CHILD IN NEED OF SERVICES estate Chawanna Cole, Mother ) HEARING a saleAlleged fee for Abandoned Michael Kassim, Father and ) NOT be open for inspection and Any Unknown Alleged Father ) R p (Parents) property. Prospective TO: Michael Kassim and Any Unknown AllegedbFather property NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Michael Kassim, whose whereabouts are unknown, and who is i wire transfer, is (8/17/01), due within the parent of Mi'Cha'el Kassim Cha'Anna Kassim, ( 1 /1/05) and Sheree Kassim t shall beof Shadriana Cole (10/15/12), as well as Any and who is alleged to fee be the parent (6/25/06), p theare also unknown, that the Indiana Department of Father whoseacquiring whereabouts Unknown Allegedmortgagee required by in The r of Services, Child Services has filed its Verified Petition Alleging the Children to be in Need C accordance with Indiana Code 31-34-9-3, and that an adjudication hearing has been scheduled with the Court. lienor which is part of a a THE ADJUDICATION HEARING at which Michaelc Kassim and Any Unknown Alleged JUVENILEsale other Father must appear is scheduled for September 26, 2016 at 9:30 am, at the foreclosure to the sale. The subject 46307. Atshall said bearing, JUSTICE COMPLEX, 3000 W. 93rd Avenue, Crown t Point,aIndiana mortgagee pay the p court will consider the Petition and evidence thereon and will render its decision as to whether the a required by The assessments, or special the above named minor children are children in need of services and shall enter adjudication C t accordingly.

Your failure to appear after lawful notice will be deemed as your default and waiver ARE THE to be present at said hearing.

M REMAIN UPON ENTRY OF SAIDand ADJUDICATION, in \"AS IS\" A DISPOSITIONAL HEARING will be held inIN 30 DAYS AFTER which the Court will consider (1) Alternatives for the Pcare, treatment, orFOR rehabilitation for the c children; (2) The necessity, nature, and extentinof your participation in the program of care, E OF AN ORDER OF any services treatment, or rehabilitation for the children; and (3) Your P financial responsibility IN for ACCORDANCE f including child support. provided for the parent, guardian or custodian of the children W OF THE I YOU MUST RESPOND by appearing in person or by an attorney within thirty (30) days after the last publication of this notice, and in the event you fail to do so, an adjudication on said petition and a dispositional decree may be entered against you without further notice. etc.) in order to gain e DEPARTMENT OF CHILD THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE INDIANA property. Prospective SERVICES is Uzma T.Sarti, Attorney No. 29745-64, 661 Broadway, Gary, Indiana 46402, b (219) 881-5877. county v The Judicial Sales Dated this July 20, 2016 MICHAEL BROWN, CLERK C sales.

BY: ____________________ F court file or Deputy Clerk c The 8/20, 8/27, 9/3 fees required by 15W030 NORTH C Act, 765 ILCS F 6 Please STATE OF INDIANA unit which is part) of IN a THE MARION COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT r DIVISION THE ) SS: JUVENILE c J COUNTY OF MARION ) INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA CORPORATION One S Chicago, pay the I No.: 49D09-1605-JC-001837 can AaCHILD ALLEGED TO BE A CHILD The ) Cause a INCNEED OF SERVICES: Act, 765 ILCS ) STATE OF INDIANA a COUNTY OF LAKE

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Father must appear is scheduled for OCTOBER 5, 2016 at 9:00 AM in THE Court Juvenile Court,One 2451 N. Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46218. At said J #3 at the Marion County CORPORATION hearing, the court will consider the Petition and evidence thereon and will render its decision as to whether S above named minor child is a child in needYou of services can and shall enter adjudication accordingly. Your failure a to appear after lawful notice will be deemed as your default and waiver to be present at said hearing.

UPON ENTRY OF SAID ADJUDICATION, A DISPOSITIONAL HEARING will be held in which the Court will consider: (1) Alternatives for the care, treatment, or rehabilitation for the child; (2) The necessity, nature, and extent of your participation in the program of care, treatment, or rehabilitation for the child; and, (3) Your financial responsibility for any services provided for the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child, including child support.

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THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF CHILD SERVICES is CHELYNNE LILE, 4150 North Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN 46205; telephone (317) 968-4300.

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or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-05933. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-05933 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 006262 TJSC#: 36-9885 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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p , certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-12-31096. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-12-31096 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 044590 TJSC#: 36-9978 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 DITECH FINANCIAL LLC P l a i n t i f f , IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK v .

ILLINOIS COUNTY, JEFFREY GRAHAM, CITY OF DEPARTMENT COUNTY CHICAGO, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DIVISION CHANCERY LEGATEES OF ROBERT L. GRAHAM INC. CITIMORTGAGE, A/K/A ROBERT LEWIS GRAHAM P l a i n t i f f , A/K/A ROBERT GRAHAM, UNKNOWN . v OWNERS AND NONRECORD UNKNOWN SMITH, J. BRIANA C L A I M A N T S , S R E N W O WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS REPRESENTATIVE FOR ROBERT L. D e f e n d a n t s G R A H A M 035538 CH 11 (DECEASED), FRANK H. GRAHAM, 2512 E. 96TH STREET CHICAGO, IL MARIE GRAHAM A/K/A MARIE 7 1 6 0 6 DENHAM AMOS, NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS FRANK H. GRAHAM, AS to a pursuant that GIVEN HEREBY ADMINISTRATOR, TIFFANY GREER, Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered PIERRE GRAHAM, in the above cause on August 23, 2012, an UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, PAMELA GRAHAM will at 10:30 AM on September 20, 2016, at D e f e n d a n t s The Judicial Sales Corporation, One 12 CH 044590 South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, 621 W. 61ST STREET CHICAGO, IL CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public 6 0 6 2 1 auction to the highest bidder, as set forth NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS below, the following described real estate: HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Commonly known as 2512 E. 96TH Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60617 in the above cause on February 24, 2016, Property Index No. 26-07-114-055. an agent for The Judicial Sales The real estate is improved with a Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the September 20, 2016, at The Judicial Sales highest bid by certified funds at the close Corporation, One South Wacker Drive of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at Corporation. No third party checks will be public auction to the highest bidder, as set accepted. The balance, including the forth below, the following described real Judicial sale fee for Abandoned e s t a t e : Residential Property Municipality Relief Commonly known as 621 W. 61ST Fund, which is calculated on residential STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621 real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 Property Index No. 20-16-315-036. or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the The real estate is improved with a single purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of funds/or wire transfer, is due within the highest bid by certified funds at the twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be close of the sale payable to The Judicial paid by the mortgagee acquiring the Sales Corporation. No third party checks residential real estate pursuant to its credit will be accepted. The balance, including bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned judgment creditor, or other lienor Residential Property Municipality Relief acquiring the residential real estate whose Fund, which is calculated on residential rights in and to the residential real estate real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 arose prior to the sale. The subject or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the property is subject to general real estate purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified wire transfer, is due within Blacks Mustbecontrol their own coMMunity t p by the mortgagee acquiring the r at the sale or by any mortgagee, j or other lienor a the sale. The subject p special assessments, or special t a r c c

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certified wire transfer, is due within No fee shall be by the mortgagee acquiring the at the sale or by any mortgagee, creditor, or other lienor

prior to the sale. The subject p 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\" c o n d i t i o n .

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-11-33359. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-11-33359 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 11 CH 035538 TJSC#: 36-10015 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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INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I701349

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (''FANNIE MAE''), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA P l a i n t i f f , v .

CLOTEE GREENE, ASSOCIATES FINANCE, INC. D e f e n d a n t s 15 CH 11859 2252 E. 92ND PLACE Chicago, IL 60617 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 10, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 29, 2016, at 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 2252 E. 92ND PLACE, Chicago, IL 60617 Property Index No. 25-01-413-030-0000 Vol. 280. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $176,815.95. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 15-2208. 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. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonbl u m b e r g . c o m Attorney File No. 15-2208 Attorney Code.

40342 Case Number: 15 CH 11859 TJSC#: 36-9960 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 IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST; MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-FF1 P l a i n t i f f , v s .

JUNE F. FARRELL; DANIEL R. FARRELL; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO CAPITAL ONE BANK; JOHN DOE, CURRENT SPOUSE OR CIVIL UNION PARTNER IF ANY OF JUNE F. FARRELL; JANE DOE, CURRENT SPOUSE OR CIVIL UNION PARTNER IF ANY OF DANIEL R. FARRELL; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 14 CH 14954 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 20, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 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. 26-17-124-068-0000.

Commonly known as 10950 S. Avenue N., Chicago, IL 60617.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds. The property will NOT be o for inspection F information call Mr. www.chicagocrusader.com Frederic D & P L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, C JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N S Officer, (312) 444-1122 I

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PATRICIA SCOTT A/K/A A. PATRICIA SCOTT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 07 CH 020143 9441 S. INDIANA AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 1 9 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 12, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 22, 2016, at 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 9441 S. INDIANA AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 25-03-324-014; 25-03-324-015.

The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-07-D575. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-07-D575 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 07 CH 020143 TJSC#: 36-10142 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.

I702047 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 .

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W J. THOMAS D f e n d a n t s 15 CH 011987 7916 S. LOOMIS BLVD. CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 2 0 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 14, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 17, 2016, at 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 7916 S. LOOMIS BLVD., CHICAGO, IL 60620 Property Index No. 20-32-103-024-0000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-12761. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-12761 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 011987 TJSC#: 36-9146 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.

I701564 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC P l a i n t i f f , v .

HARRY V. SMITH AKA HARRY VENARD SMITH, EMMA L. SMITH AKA EMMA LEE SMITH AKA EMMA PEGUES, PALISADES COLLECTION LLC ASSIGNEE OF HSBC D e f e n d a n t s 14 CH 04193 9338 S. Lowe Ave Chicago, IL 60620 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 28, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 29, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor,

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Judicial Sales Corporation, One - 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 9338 S. Lowe Ave, Chicago, IL 60620 Property Index No. 25-04-318-079-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $205,378.46.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. 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. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 14 CH 04193 TJSC#: 36-8699 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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The real estate is improved with a residential. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-00079. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-00079 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 002100 TJSC#: 36-9179 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 REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, I N C .

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COUNTY, ILLINOIS ROBERT WINGARD, UNITED STATES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION OF HOUSING AND URBAN U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, D E V E L O P M E N T N .

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7625 S. Evans Avenue Chicago, IL 60619 U.S. BANK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS MICHIGAN AVENUE HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a BANK OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered UNDER TRUST in the above cause on July 5, 2016, an AGREEMENT DATED JANUARY 29, agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, 1982 AND KNOWN AS will at 10:30 AM on October 7, 2016, at TRUST NUMBER 4169; GLORIA The Judicial Sales Corporation, One BUTLER; HELEN South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, JOHNSON; MARTINEZ J. THOMPSON; CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public AND UNKNOWN auction to the highest bidder, as set forth OWNERS AND NON-RECORD below, the following described real estate: C L A I M A N T S Commonly known as 7625 S. Evans D e f e n d a n t s , Avenue, Chicago, IL 60619 10 CH 12572 Property Index No. 20-27-415-009-0000.

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U BANK, FORMERLY KNOWN AS M AVENUE B OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE U TRUST A 29, 1 AND KNOWN AS T NUMBER 4169; GLORIA B HELEN J UNKNOWN O AND NON-RECORD C L A I M A N T S D e f e n d a n t s , 1 CH 12572 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, September 19, 2016 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: Commonly known as 9622 S. Jeffrey Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60617.

P.I.N. 25-12-106-048-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

15-033434 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I701311 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2 0 0 3 3 ; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

CHRISTIAN G. AIREY AKA CHRISTIAN A I R E Y ; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N ; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NON RECORD C L A I M A N T S ; D e f e n d a n t s , 14 CH 17813 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 17, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 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. 25-05-102-006-0000.

Commonly known as 8717 S. Laflin Street.

Chicago, IL 60620.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Frederic Deraiche at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077.

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or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-00466. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-00466 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 002508 TJSC#: 36-8745 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.

I701102 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK N A T I O N A L ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-7XS; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

MARY TAYLOR; D e f e n d a n t s , 15 CH 14508 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, September 23, 2016 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: Commonly known as 8038 South Escanaba Avenue, Chicago, IL 60617.

P.I.N. 21-31-209-036-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

15-016244 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I701366

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION PROF-2013-S3 LEGAL TITLE TRUST, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE Plaintiff, v .

LARRY D. DAVIS, RUBY DAVIS, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. D e f e n d a n t s 16 CH 002508 9918 S. CLYDE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 1 7 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 6, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 11, 2016, at 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 9918 S. CLYDE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60617 Property Index No. 25-12-401-045-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified wire transfer, is due within SATURDAY, t No fee shall be SEPTEMBER p by the mortgagee acquiring the r at the sale or by any mortgagee, j creditor, or other lienor a

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Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D16147743 on August 10, 2016 Under the Assumed Business Name of FLIPPIN FLAVORS with the business located at 5326 S. CORNELL APT 314, CHICAGO, IL 60615. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: Owner/- Partner Full Name LINDA GEORGE Complete Address 5326 S. CORNELL APT 314 CHICAGO, IL 60615, USA. 8/20, 8/27, 9/3

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MARY L. JONES, UNITED STATES OF A M E R I C A D e f e n d a n t s 14 CH 19842 9006 SOUTH WALLACE STREET Chicago, IL 60620 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 12, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 13, 2016, at 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 9006 SOUTH WALLACE STREET, Chicago, IL 60620 Property Index No. 25-04-126-021-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

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I700653 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, P l a i n t i f f , v .

PHILLIP O WALKER A/K/A PHILLIP WALKER, ELISHEA WALKER, NORTHBROOK BANK & TRUST C O M P A N Y D e f e n d a n t s 14 CH 17528 7724 SOUTH CONSTANCE AVENUE Chicago, IL 60649 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 11, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 12, 2016, at 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 7724 SOUTH CONSTANCE AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60649 Property Index No. 20-25-320-027-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

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EMILY RANDALL, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s 16 CH 002074 9216 S. KINGSTON AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60617 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 8, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 13, 2016, at 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 9216 S. KINGSTON AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60617 Property Index No. 26-06-309-048-0000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CHICAGO MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

JOYCE A. CHILDS, DECEASED; FREDERICA CHILDS; JESSICA BURKS; ENTERPRISE LEASING CO. OF CHICAGO, DBA ENTERPRISE RENT A CAR; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD C L A I M A N T S ; D e f e n d a n t s , 15 CH 6232 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, September 20, 2016, 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 e s t a t e : P.I.N. 25-05-122-018-0000.

Commonly known as 8918 South Elizabeth, Chicago, IL 60620.

The mortgaged real estate is a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 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 inspection.

For information call Mr. Kerry S. Trunkett at Plaintiff's Attorney, Trunkett & Trunkett, P.C., 20 North Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 324-3101. 53299 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I701345

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

PHYLLIS N. GRANT A/K/A PHYLLIS NNEKA GRANT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN D E V E L O P M E N T D e f e n d a n t s 16 CH 003294 7946 S. YALE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 2 0 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 1, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 11, 2016, at 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 7946 S. YALE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60620 Property Index No. 20-33-202-030-0000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle real estate You can alsoM visit The a Blacks ust control their own coMMunity Sales Corporation at

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bid, the purchaser will r the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-00996. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-00996 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 003294 TJSC#: 36-7352 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.

I700165

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NEIGHBORHOOD LENDING SERVICING, INC.; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

DESERIE JEFFERS; NEIGHBORHOOD L E N D I N G SERVICES, INC., A LICENSED MORTGAGE LENDER; HISTORIC CHICAGO BUNGALOW A S S O C I A T I O N ; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 16 CH 2545 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, September 30, 2016 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: Commonly known as 519 East 88th Place, Chicago, IL 60619.

P.I.N. 25-03-213-006-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

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

MARY E. NEAL A/K/A MARY E. NEAL-MCCOMB, ARLANDO MCCOMB, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, CITY OF CHICAGO, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. D e f e n d a n t s 16 CH 003280 5746 S. PEORIA STREET CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 2 1 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 15, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 12, 2016, at 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 5746 S. PEORIA STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-17-221-034-0000.

The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \"AS IS\" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-16-00972. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-16-00972 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 003280 TJSC#: 36-7941 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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Chicago Football Classic Week beefed up More events aimed to boost excitement, turnout at the big game Crusader staff report A pep rally at NBC. Several rounds of golf. Tailgate parties. A proclamation from the mayor’s office.

They are among a string of events that are beefing up the week of the Chicago Football Classic as part of an effort to generate excitement and boost turnout for the September 10 showdown between Clark Atlanta and Central State University at Soldier Field.

Event organizers on Tuesday, August 30, released a completed schedule of events that will be held throughout Chicago leading up to the 19th Annual Chicago Football Classic.

In addition to private events, a golf outing and coaches’ luncheon

will be held on Friday, September 9 at the Flossmoor Country Club, 1441 Western Avenue. Participation in the event costs at least $300.

That same day, a pep rally and preview of the HBCU Halftime Battle of Bands will be held at NBC Tower, 455 N. Cityfront Plaza (Columbus Dr. and Illinois Street). Spectators and alumni of Clark Atlanta and Central State are urged to wear their school colors at the event.

Organizers have also released information for spectators hosting tailgate parties. Tailgating will be allowed in the South Parking Lot, the Adler Planetarium parking lot and the Upper Waldron Deck.

Football fans will also shop during a vendor marketplace that will take place inside the stadium at

CHICAGO FOOTBALL CLASSIC EVENTS Friday, September 9

1:30 p.m., two hours before kickoff.

The highly anticipated High School Battle of the Bands will take place at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 10 on the Great Lawn located on the east side of Soldier Field. Organizers are still finalizing the list of high school bands participating in the event.

For the first time in the competition’s history, a high school band from Gary will participate in the battle of the bands.

The South Shore Drill Team will participate in this year’s Chicago Football Classic, but it’s still not clear when the group will perform.

On Thursday, August 18, Mayor Rahm Emanuel issued a proclamation, praising the Chicago Football Classic for raising over $2 million in scholarships in its 18-year history.

Each year, the Chicago Football Classic holds a HBCU College Fair & Empowerment Summit for college-bound high school seniors. Students peruse various booths seeking information on the college admission process, financial aid opportunities and scholarships.

golf outing and coaches luncheon, 9 am Flossmoor County Club 1441 S. Western Avenue Flossmoor, IL 60422 8 a.m. Registration Rally, Battle of Bands preview 12 noon NBC Tower, Columbus Dr. & Illinois Street

Saturday, September 10

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CFC/HBCU College Fair, 9 am to 12 PM Soldier Field - Midway Club High School Battle of the Bands 12 noon

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Solder Field – Great Lawn Vendor marketplace,1:30 pm TO 6:30 PM Soldier Field (Must have game ticket to enter)

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1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. Hegewisch Library 3048 E 130th St, Chicago, IL 60633 0633

Tuesday, September er 20 11:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Experience Corps Office 222 N LaSalle Chicago, IL 60601

Thursday, September 15

CHICAGO FOOTBALL CLASSIC GAME, 3:30 PM

CLARK ATLANTA VS. CENTRAL STATE Halftime show: HBCU Battle of the Bands And the South Shore Drill Team

Upcoming Sessions: Wednesday, y, September 7

1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M. Chicago Bee Library 3647 S State Street, Chicago, IL 60609

Sign up today: Call 877-926-8300 and reference “AARP Foundation Experience Corps” go or register online at aarpfoundation.org/eccchicago

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