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No psychiatrist at mental health centers By J. Coyden Palmer On Tuesday, outraged mental health advocates and patients said the public needs to demand action in what they call a medical emergency after they say four of the city’s mental health clinics do not have psychiatrists. During a hastily called press conference outside the Greater Grand Mental Health Clinic, 4314 S. Cottage Grove, where the last psychiatrist retired in June, reporters were told how hundreds of patients each day are not being treated because of the city’s inaction. “Commissioner Choucair’s failure to replace retiring psychiatrists seems to suggest a larger effort by Choucair to sabotage the remaining six mental health clinics,” says N’Dana Carter of the Mental Health Movement. Carter and others say the situation has become “dangerous,” and they are pleading with the public to put pressure on Mayor Rahm Emanuel to provide emergency resources to the city’s mental health care center. In 2012, Mayor Emanuel closed half of the city’s mental health centers, but promised citizens and City Council members that the quality of service would not be

hurt. Cristina Villarreal, spokesperson for the Chicago Department of Public Health, emailed the Crusader Tuesday afternoon in

regards to questions about this story. In its response, CDPH claims it is being hampered in filling positions due to a lack of interested candidates amongst other chal-

lenges. “The City of Chicago remains committed to providing residents with access to quality (Continued on page 13)

N’DANA CARTER of the Mental Health Movement tells reporters Tuesday morning the city is facing a mental health emergency. She said the lack of psychiatrists in city mental health centers means patients cannot get the treatment and medication they need, which could place the public at risk. (Photo by J. Coyden Palmer)

Community outraged over beauty supply business By Wendell Hutson

THE PHOENIX AWARDS dinner culminated the 44th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) Saturday, September 27. Honorees included Wade Henderson, Esq., president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civl and Human Rights,; Dr. Robert L. Wright, Chairman and CEO of FE Holdings; Susan L. Taylor, Founder and CEO of National CARES Mentoring Movement; Cathy Hughes, Founder and Chairperson of Radio One, Inc. and Muhammad Ali, boxer, philanthropist and social activist. The highlight of the evening was the appearance of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. In photo The Obamas pose with Congressman Chaka Fattah, Chairman of the CBCF. They exited the Washington Convention Center by shaking the hands of many of the attendees at the dinner. See more photos on page 11. (Photo by Urban Marketing)

A Korean-owned beauty supply store is set to open in a Black, middle-class community by year-end, and South Side residents said they are outraged. “The last thing Chatham needs is another beauty supply store,” said Roosevelt Vonil, president of the Greater Chatham Alliance. “We have enough beauty supply places in our community.” Sistar Beauty has signed a long-term lease to occupy the 41,268-square-foot former Best Buy store, 8900 S. Lafayette Ave., which has been vacant since 2012, according to Alderman Howard Brookins (21st), whose ward includes the site. “This deal took place without my input and without my support. It was a complete surprise to me when I found out,” Brookins said. “I am not opposed to beauty supply stores, but I think there are an abundance

of them already in that immediate area.” Ideally, Brookins said he would have preferred a sit-down restaurant at that location. “The land is already zoned for this type of business, so there’s nothing I can do to stop it,” added Brookins. “There are six beauty supply stores located within a mile from this new store.” Kevin Woo, manager of Sistar, said in addition to beauty supplies, clothes and other items would also be sold. “This will be our fifth store, and I realize there are a lot of beauty supply stores around here, but I think there’s always room for one more.” Woo added that most Sistar stores are large in size, including its 30,000 squarefoot store in south suburban Markham. (Continued on page 3)

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Fioretti speaks to Black community (See story on page 3)

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NEWS

Pregnant employees protest against Walmart citing unfair treatment By Wendell Hutson About 30 people mainly pregnant women recently protested outside a South Side Walmart store demanding that the Bentonville, Ark.-based retail giant upgrade its policy for dealing with pregnant employees. Benet Holmes, 25, works at the Chatham store, 8331 S. Stewart Ave., and said in February she suffered a miscarriage while at work. “The day before I miscarried I was at work lifting two big boxes of bleach. My back and stomach was hurting after that,” said Holmes. “The next day when I went to work my back and stomach was still hurting. Later on when I took a bathroom break that is when I had my miscarriage.” Holmes, who still works at Walmart, added that she was four months pregnant when she miscarried and it would have been her second child. “Walmart needs to do more to accommodate pregnant women, like give them more bath-

room breaks and time off to see their doctor,” said Holmes, who lives in south suburban Riverdale. But Walmart officials said its policies are conducive to pregnant employees, which allows for time off for doctor’s appointments, bathroom breaks and reassignment to “light duty” positions when requested. Thelma Moore, who was terminated in May from Walmart, disagreed. “Walmart needs to do a better job with how it treats pregnant employees because their treatment of them is not fair,” said the 23-yearold Chatham mother. “I am a living example of that.” On April 19, Moore said she was off work and was shopping at the Chatham store where she worked. While there she said a customer knocked over some TV boxes on her and she was injured and was taken away by ambulance to St. Bernard Hospital and Healthcare Center. As a result, Moore requested time off and said she provided a doctor’s

FORMER EMPLOYEE THELMA MOORE, who is seven months pregnant, said Walmart fired her in May after she did not return to work quickly enough following an accident at the store on her day off.

WALMART EMPLOYEES PROTESTED OUTSIDE a South Side store recently and claimed the retailer’s policies are unfair to pregnant women. statement. She was granted time off nated after multiple attempts were at a Walmart store in Carmel, Colo. work, but was fired shortly after that made to contact her. “She never pro- and treatment of pregnant employfor “no apparent reason,” she said. vided any additional information ees there is the same. “I have worked However, Kory Lundberg, a spokes- from her doctor and never returned at Walmart almost two years and man for Wal-mart Stores Inc., said to work,” Lundberg said. not much has changed,” said Dixon, Moore was fired because she never Now seven and a half months who is pregnant with her second returned to work and did not show pregnant with her second child child. “I came to Chicago to support up for a meeting with management. Moore said she filed a complaint my Walmart sisters who are fighting “Ms. Moore began working for Monday with the U.S. Equal Em- the same battle as me.” Walmart in April, about two weeks ployment Opportunity CommisIn the United States Walmart has later she was not working at the time sion to try to get her job back. more than 1.3 million employees when she was shopping in the store Lundberg said it had not received a “and about 760,000 are women,” and injured as the result of some- copy of Moore’s complaint and said Lundberg. thing another customer did with a could not comment until a copy is TV,” Lundberg said. “We accom- received. Alderman Howard Brookins (21st), modated her request for a week off But it wasn’t just Walmart employ- whose ward includes the Chatham following the incident, however at ees from Chicago protesting. There store, said he supports fair accommothe end of that week Ms. Moore did were also female employees from dations for pregnant women at all not return to work.” places of employment “and that inother states too. He added that Moore was termiJasmine Dixon, 21, said she works cludes Walmart,” he said.

Oberweis opens campaign office on South Side By J. Coyden Palmer In the 1998 movie “Bulworth,” a Republican political candidate, played by Warren Beatty, walks into a Black church and tells the congregants it is obvious the Democratic Party has taken the community for granted and until they change that they will continue to be disrespected by the political system. On Tuesday, U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis took a huge step in that direction when he opened a campaign office at 6607 S. King Drive, a block away from the Crusader offices in the heart of the Black community. The opening however, came with controversy as Black ministers who are supporting Oberweis were accused of taking money under the table as a condition for their support. Ministers Corey Brooks and Rev. Ira Acree vehemently opposed that notion and were angered by the question that has been brought up by many in the Black community. “We have not taken any money and we think it is disrespectful to accuse us of such. We have a strong voice 2

and some influence in the community but we have not sold anyone out,” said Acree. Oberweis said both parties have ignored the Black community; the Democrats via taking the vote for granted and Republicans by thinking they do not have a chance of getting the vote so they do not try. He believes that period is over and he vowed to fight for every available vote. He said Republicans have to listen to the problems of the community and offer their suggestions. He believes Black voters can make up their own minds about which candidate they want to vote for, based on the platforms presented to them after recently visiting East Chatham. “I’ve made an amazing discovery,” Oberweis began. “The people on the corner of 79th and Cottage Grove are friendlier than the people in the suburbs. People came up to me and said, ‘I’ve never seen a white Republican here before, but thank you for coming, I appreciate it and I’m going to vote for you.’” Oberweis believes we are on the cusp of seeing something historical

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REV. COREY BROOKS and Rev. Ira Acree stand next to U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis during a press conference at the opening of his new campaign office at 6607 S. King Drive Tuesday morning. (Photo by J. Coyden Palmer) take place in the upcoming elections not understand all issues specific to of-the-box thinking platforms could November 4. He predicts we will see the Black community, especially the lead to a dramatic reduction in illegal traditional voting patterns change one involving illegal guns on the gun crimes and he is willing to listen and the Black community start to streets that are used in committing to any and all ideas on the subject. Rev. Brooks admitted the new acts of crime. Oberweis said he does spread their vote around more. Oberweis office is owned by his not know what more can be done on “I think in a lot of places Republichurch and they have rented it to the federal level that has not already cans have been afraid of going into the Jones Consulting, owned by James been done from a legislative standcommunity if you can believe that,” Jones, a political consultant hired by point. He believes changing the illegal Oberweis added. the Oberweis campaign. gun culture and coming up with outOberweis acknowledged he does Blacks Must control their own coMMunity

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Fioretti speaks to Black community By J. Coyden Palmer Meeting in his law practice office just across from the federal court building in downtown Chicago last month, Ald. Bob Fioretti granted the Crusader an exclusive one-onone interview in which he discussed issues specifically related to the Black community. The 2nd Ward alderman is running against Mayor Emanuel in the upcoming elections and believes the Black community has not been treated fairly by Emanuel. Fioretti said if he is elected, he will return the city to the residents and bring the city back together as one. “I love this city and I believe we can no longer afford a leadership that divides us, ignores the needs and struggles of the majority of our citizens,” Fioretti said. “I hear it from Chicagoans every day…people want a mayor who represents us, a mayor who listens to us and fights for us. I’ve done that in the city council.” Fioretti said the controversial school closures the last few years were indica-

tive of Emanuel’s divisive policies. He said when that decision was made, Emanuel turned his back on most of the city’s communities that are African American and Latino. Fioretti said spouses, parents and children of school teachers were insulted by the Mayor’s action as were school children. “I fought for a number of schools in and around my wards and we had several of the hearing officers who agreed with us that they should not have been closed, but the mayor closed them anyway. I think that is a perfect example of how divisive the mayor has been towards voters,” Fioretti said. He added that while the city is facing a fiscal crisis, there is a way to still fund schools and provide quality education. He said it needs to start with an elected school board that represents the diverse interest of the city’s residents. Fioretti also said he would put a moratorium on charter schools until they get the fiscal end of the city and CPS budgets together. He is calling for audits and long-term financial

CHATHAM RESIDENT CONARE WINDFIELD is the manager of a beauty supply store and is now worried that nearby competition could force him to layoff employees.

Community outraged (Continued from page 1) The Chesterfield Community Council is also opposed to the store opening. “It will not enhance the community one bit. I don’t plan to support it,” said Eli Washington, chairman of the Council. “What we [Black folks] needed, instead, was a restaurant, pet store or meat house.” Since 2002, Beauty One has been located inside the Chatham Ridge Mall—the same mall where the former Best Buy store is located—and its manager and Chatham resident, Conare Windfield, is worried about his 12 employees. “Most of my employees are from www.chicagocrusader.com

this area. I have employees who live in Chatham, Roseland and Auburn Gresham, and they have families to feed,” he said. “My greatest fear is that this new beauty supply business will cut into our ‘bottom line,’ and if that happens, I will have to scale back, which could include cutting hours or layoffs.” The 8,000 square-foot Beauty One store is located about 50 feet from the new store. “This new store will suck up all the other [beauty supply] businesses in the area,” added Windfield. “Another big box retailer or a youth center would have been better for the community.”

MAYORAL CANDIDATE Bob Fioretti spoke one on one with the Crusader last week on how he would fix the city’s problems. (Photo by Torrick Hall) the adoptive parents had some drug plans. charges filed against them. Fioretti “We need to look at a five-year budsaid the experience was eye-opening get that can be tweaked, but we need for him on a personal and professionto go out into the communities and al level. talk to everyone about it first,” FioretFioretti said another serious probti said. “This mayor stopped his lislem the city is facing surrounds mentening tours. Mayor Daley did them. tal health. He said if elected he would We need to reinstate them and do a reopen the six clinics that were closed vigorous discussion year-round about by Emanuel in 2012. He said since the status of our schools and city budthe closing, the city has lost track of get. We need to stop making teachers hundreds of patients while hundreds the enemies and we need to be very more are being undertreated. He said proactive in making sure we have those with mental illnesses are findtrade and vocational programs in our ing their way into overtaxed emerschools.” Fioretti said the charter schools are gency rooms and the county jail. “I’m not saying mental health issues draining the resources from the are connected with crime, but they neighborhood schools that for are out there suffering and they need decades educated Chicagoans and assistance,” Fioretti stated. “It’s a very there is no evidence charters are any difficult road for them and when we better. Fioretti said he would base his closed those clinics, it was another ineducation decisions on what comdication that the mayor and the munity needs are. whole of the city council turned their Fioretti also discussed a topic many backs on this city. I’ve apologized for in the Black community are not that vote because we were told specifaware of; human trafficking. He said the Baby Tamia case in 2005, in ically we would not lose track of peowhich he successfully defended the ple. But they failed us.” Fioretti has also battled his own rights of a young, mentally ill mom, health crisis. He was diagnosed with a who was coerced into giving up her rare tonsil cancer. He said facing his daughter to a Utah adoption agency, own mortality has made him a better is an example of how Black and Latiperson and politician. nos are targeted in the illegal industry. “What I’ve learned overall is that “They placed an ad in a local paper, every day is precious and that I was promised cash, flew the mother out fortunate in that I had a very good there, then gave the child to people, health insurance policy,” Fioretti exwho I still do not know what their inplained. “I lost 40 pounds, had to tentions were, but I suspect they were have a feeding tube for seven months not good. They were not going to after the surgery, chemotherapy… grow up an African American baby and I think everyone should have the in a white Mormon family,” he said. same kind of healthcare I had. I had To this day he still wonders who the best doctors in the Midwest.” was behind that system. Eventually,

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He is currently counseling four people a week who are also battling cancer. He said doing so gives him personal fulfillment. But he also believes the city, especially the South Side, needs a Level One trauma center, an issue that many politicians have run away from. “Once you are getting hit with something, you don’t know what the outcome will be so you want the best chance possible to live,” he said. “In many cases that trauma center can mean the difference between life and death. We also have to see our doctor and not be afraid of them and attack medical problems in the Black community holistically.” Fioretti said the Black church still plays a vital role in politics in terms of outreach to members, but he also realizes the Black community is very diverse and many people do not follow the lead of the church. He said part of reaching out to the entire community is by being in the community. “Nobody has an answer to every problem. We need to listen to everyone in our community to fix the problems in the community, which are crime, jobs, healthcare and education,” he said. Fioretti concluded the interview by explaining his controversial plan to tax suburbanites that work in Chicago. He said he understands thousands of Black people live in Dolton, Maywood, Calumet City, Riverdale, Richton Park, Matteson, Oak Park and many other suburbs who commute to the city for work. He said the tax he is proposing would not be overbearing but would help offset the costs to provide services. “Over 600,000 people work in the city every day and go back out to their homes. They generate $30 billion in income and then go spend it in their communities. But when they come here they want safe streets, clean streets, fire protection, snow removal and other services the city provides. So because of those factors, we need a small increase in revenue to face the burden that we have here in providing those services,” Fioretti explained. “I would propose a commuter tax. It would be a one percent tax on income, but I do not want it to be a drag on the economy. Or people can avoid the tax and move into the city,” he said with a laugh. Fioretti said working with suburban mayors is also a key to success. He said a more regional approach is needed from the mayor’s office to deal with many of the issues that are interconnected. “The mayor of this city has to have a close working relationship with all of the other municipalities. We have to do things on a regional basis… from police and fire, 311 systems, and environmental concerns and so on. The city has to take the lead because we impact whatever happens in our region.”

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EDITORIAL

EDITORIAL THE ISM SCHISM The world is divided into little segments, each with its own values, goals, desires and outlooks. When a person identifies with one of these segments, the others seem to become unimportant. This division of people along ideological lines, or silos, can be called an “ism schism.” For example, Black people subject to seemingly ubiquitous white supremacy both here and abroad will call this subjugation “racism.” Women, on the other hand, who feel suppression from a male dominated society, will talk about “sexism.” There are a number of these isms, and the irony of this is that the “isms” which tend to call attention to the separation and consequent marginalization of the subjected groups ends up actually ensuring the existence of this marginalization. In other words, it becomes a vicious cycle. Black people are well known to blame racism for the conditions that beset the community. Very few sensible people will disagree with this notion. It is evident in the way that the Black/white relationship started, i.e., chattel slavery when Blacks were dragged from the shores of the African continent to be dispersed in a Diaspora that spans all of the world’s continents up to the present day. It has reared its ugly head in various and sundry forms, and has kept Blacks from meaningful participation in many fields, even though there are always those who have been able to break through whatever “ism” barrier that existed to forge success. The ism known as racism has had far-reaching ramifications and has skewed the minds of society to such an extent that whites often paint all evil in the world as black, and sadly a lot of Blacks paint the color of evil as Black also. Women, on the other hand, have been subjected to sexism, but unfortunately one ism is not usually inclusive enough to include other “isms.” When the notion of affirmative action is discussed, some Blacks will cry foul because women are included in the ranks of the disenfranchised, and consequently complain that women, especially white women, are the beneficiaries of the affirmative action largesse. It is often forgotten, or better yet, ignored, that Black women are also in this category, and they, too, start businesses, so there is no real need to feel that only one group has the right to be oppressed. To be sure, the monied oppressors of the world are equal opportunity oppressors; that is, they will oppress anyone if it ensures that they will turn a profit. Basically, what has happened is that the isms have been cleverly placed in opposition to each other so that those who consider themselves oppressed due to membership in an “ism” group are systematically pitted against one another. And very often, members of these groups would tend to benefit more from unity, from rejecting the “ism” stance than they would from the separation into groups that are left squabbling for crumbs at the bottom. There are enough resources in the world to go around without psychological rationing, which is what the ism schism encourages. Blacks are denied parity, but so are women and other minorities. Instead of recognizing this idea, however, infighting and name-calling results when other groups step up to the plate to claim their portion of the pie. An example of an ism that is particularly harmful in the Black community is “classism.” Just as some whites look at Blacks with disdain (racism), and some men look at women with disdain (sexism), some Blacks look at other Blacks, the so-called lower economic classes, with a similar disdain (classism). This situation is divisive, and because Black people are viewed as a group, the class divide can only serve to weaken the whole community. We must wake up to the fact that we are all responsible for each other, and if one segment suffers we all will ultimately suffer as a result of the “ism schism.” After all, it is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link! A luta continua. 4

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Fifty Years of the Federal War on Poverty Yield Successes and Failures Dear Editor: No one can argue that this nation is a better place today due to the federal War on Poverty. This month will mark the 50th anniversary of two major federal anti-poverty efforts that were targeted to eradicate poverty in our society. This anniversary of landmark public policy must be tempered with the harsh reality that poverty has spread. In the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Troy and Binghamton, over 50% of minorities live in poverty. Statewide, one in five children are destitute and suburban poverty is increasing and appearing where it did not exist. The major accomplishments of the Economic Opportunity Act are being dismantled today by a dangerous and growing trend of income and wage inequalities. The Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 created the Job Corps, Head Start, community health centers, the Youth Corps and the college loan program which allowed several generations of Americans to enter the middle class and improved the quality of life for millions of others. It was 50 years since the federal government created the Food Stamp Act on Aug. 31, now known as the

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which created the first permanent national food-assistance program. Today, the Food Stamp program is caught up in political chess, a game that leaves millions of American families to survive on less than $70 dollars per week. In a nation where food kitchens now abound, where food pantries run near empty and where millions of our children rely on school meals for their main source of nutrition, it is clear that this decades-old War on Poverty must be renewed with diligence and conviction. Recently the U.S. Conference of Mayors released a report on the nation wage and income inequalities that are dismantling the middle class, slowly deteriorating our egalitarian principles and putting our society in a precarious position. The Conference has warned that the wage and income inequalities have become systemic and persistent while leaving middle income families in a free fall as higher income households become wealthier each day. At a recent meeting of the International Monetary Fund, it was revealed that the richest 100 people on earth have as much wealth as 3.5 billion fellow human beings. The U.S. Federal Reserve has projected that over the next 50 years, the passing away of the wealthiest Americans will leave behind over $54 trillion dollars of accumulated wealth. The magnitude of these figures might seem abstract and harder to put into

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perspective; however, they symbolize a planet and societies where human suffering can be attributed to diabolical greed. Diabolical because it leads to misery, violence, premature death, war and famine and ultimately the undermining of efforts to expand what is left of our civil society. As an elected official and a faith leader in New York, it is my responsibility to build on antipoverty efforts and work in a bi(Continued on page 7)

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We must take Advantage of the new Energy Sector Growth Beyond the Rhetoric By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Congress recently returned to Washington from its month-long August recess with a short – but vital – to-do list for the two week work period prior to adjournment and full-time focus on the midterm elections. Passing a continuing resolution to keep the government funded beyond the election is a must, and the consideration of heady questions related to military intervention in the Middle East will keep lawmakers’ hands full as well. But beyond these immediate agenda items, Congress must also retain and intensify its focus on keeping our economic recovery on track. After a decade of sluggish growth, maintaining a positive trajectory for the American economy is a full time job – and among the most important priorities facing policymakers at all levels of government. To help examine the questions inherent to this challenge, I offered testimony last week in the House Energy and Commerce Committee in a hearing focused minority workforce development. As head of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, I have long sought to encour-

Harry C. Alford age policies that foster greater employment opportunities for minorities. Last week’s hearing offered an opportunity to do just that. Representative Bobby Rush, long a champion of minority workforce development, has offered a bill that would meaningfully increase the opportunities available to minorities nationwide. His legislation, the 21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 2014, takes meaningful steps in pursuit of good paying jobs with ample opportunity for advancement. In addition to pursuing legislative action that helps to generate more opportunities, we should also focus

intently on capitalizing on those opportunities that already exist, and ensuring that those opportunities are able to exist on a foundation of stable policy. Perhaps nowhere is this more important than within the energy sector – specifically oil and gas, where the natural gas boom is on track to create nearly unheard of opportunity for employment and advancement amongst African Americans and Hispanics. In a report released recently by worldwide economics firm IHS Global Insight, analysts noted the oil and gas industry’s rapidly expanding workforce, taking particular note of the expansion underway in minority communities. According to the report, high turnover in the next ten years and the expansion of shale and natural gas will provide 166,000 new jobs for minorities by 2020. By 2030, that number could reach 285,000 jobs. It is not only the sheer number of new jobs available to minorities in the sector that is impressive, but the quality of these jobs, as well. Over half of these jobs will be high-paying skilled and semiskilled opportunities – a fantastic chance for young minorities to become college-educated petroleum engineers. While jobs in other sectors flee oversees, the oil and gas industry will lead the economic charge for the foreseeable

future here in the United States. And the sector’s investment in the United States demonstrates clearly that this trend is set to continue. In its recent “Investment Heroes” report, the Progressive Policy Institute found that the energy industry invested more capital in the United States than nearly any other sector of our economy, alongside the telecommunications industry. And that investment is creating jobs around the nation. Take Baytown, Texas, where the $6 billion expansion of an ExxonMobil chemical plant is slated to create more than 10,000 high-paying jobs in the years to come. Countless other opportunities for growth exist along the Gulf coast and nationwide – a trend that can fuel our economy for years to come. This optimistic news provides an incredible opportunity for minority citizens—an opportunity that the American public should support. The job security and opportunities for advancement in the oil and gas industry are unmatched in today’s economy and will only increase in the next few decades. In order to fully realize the opportunities at hand, though, lawmakers must recognize the impact that their policy actions have on investment in this sector. In order to invest with confidence, energy companies need certainty, a stable tax and regulatory envi-

ronment, and a level playing field. Too often, amid the heated rhetoric of the campaign season, lawmakers with an axe to grind use politicallydriven talking points to push for higher taxes on the oil industry. Singling out these companies – which already pay more income taxes than any other sector in our economy – for punitive, selective tax increases is the very definition of counterproductive policy. Rather than using the tax code to punish a sector that stands to play such a vital role in our economic future, we should instead pursue reforms that help American businesses of all stripes to compete on a level playing field, creating jobs and generating revenue that will help keep our recovery on course. We are fortunate to have at our disposal the tools that will make ongoing growth in the minority work force a reality. I look forward to working with Rep. Rush and his colleagues to help create a policy landscape upon which we can capitalize on the opportunities at hand. Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO, of the National Black Chamber of Commerce ®. Website: www.nationalbcc.org Email: halford@nationalbcc.org

Eric Holder’s Legacy: No Coward on Race By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist After being confirmed as the nation’s first African American U.S. attorney general, Eric H. Holder, Jr. wasted little time putting everyone on notice that he would not tip-toe around the volatile subject of race. “Though this nation has proudly thought of itself as an ethnic melting pot, in things racial we have always been and continue to be, in too many ways, essentially a nation of cowards,” Holder declared in a speech at the Justice Department. There was the predictable uproar on the right and President Obama, while not repudiating his new appointee, told the New York Times, “I think it’s fair to say that if I had been advising my attorney general, we would have used different language.” And that’s precisely the point. Holder was courageous in directly taking on the issue of race while Obama, in the words of Georgetown University Professor Michael Eric Dyson, “runs from race like a Black man runs from a cop.” Holder’s deeds, not his words, are what made him such an exceptional attorney general. He fought for criminal-justice reform, saying the overrepresentation of Blacks in the criminal justice system “isn’t just unacceptable; it’s www.chicagocrusader.com

shameful.” He said, “Too many Americans go to too many prisons for far too long, and for no truly good law enforcement reason.” He favored a 2010 law that eliminated the sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine. And he led a successful effort to reduce prison sentences for low-level, non-violent drug offenders. Arguably his most lasting imprint was in the area of voting rights. When the Supreme Court struck down a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, Holder said the ruling could not be used for the wholesale disenfranchisement of people of color. He sued Texas over its voter ID law and challenged North Carolina in court over its law to restrict early voting and same-day registration. Holder further revitalized a sector of the Democratic Party by supporting same-sex marriage and his refusal to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, which holds that marriage is strictly between a woman and a man. There were some disappointments as well. He supported the FBI’s right to track U.S. citizens without obtaining a warrant. He also approved of the National Security Agency’s authority to collect millions of phone records of Americans not accused of any crime In his zeal to plug national security leaks, the Justice Department obtained the phone records of journal-

George E. Curry ists performing their jobs. Last year, Holder backtracked, promising that the Justice Department “will not prosecute any reporter doing his or her job.” Republicans highlighted the failure of Operation Fast and Furious, an Arizona-based Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) project to track weapons purchased by Mexican drug cartels. Not only did ATF fail to account for more than 1,000 firearms that had been purchased by straw buyers, two of the missing weapons were linked to the killing of Brian Terry, a U.S. Border Patrol agent. When Holder, citing executive privilege, refused to turn over certain

Fast and Furious records to Congress, the House held him in contempt, the first for a sitting cabinet member. Both conservatives and liberals criticized Holder for his failure to prosecute individuals connected to the Wall Street financial crisis in 2008. While some firms deemed “too big to fail” were subjected to record fines, no Wall Street executives were prosecuted. They were derisively labeled “too big to jail.” Most African Americans will remember the bold stances and actions Holder took following killing of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Florida and the Aug. 9 killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown, Jr. by Darren Wilson, a White police officer, in Ferguson, Mo. Brown was shot at least six times. Her criticized Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, telling NAACP delegates, “These laws try to fix something that was never broken.” Holder visited Ferguson, sharing his own personal experiences of being profiled by police. Following his visit to Ferguson, Holder ordered a federal civil rights investigation of the predominantly White police department. He said the investigation would determine whether Ferguson officers had “engaged in a pattern or practice of violations of the U.S. Constitution or federal law.” In a speech earlier this month at New York University, Holder said

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that as a former U.S. attorney and the brother of a longtime police officer, he has nothing but respect for police officers. But he said he is also an African American man “who has been stopped and searched by police in situations where such action was not warranted.” Consequently, he said, “I also carry with me the mistrust that some citizens harbor for those who wear the badge.” Under Holder, the Justice Department has initiated twice as many police reviews for possible constitutional violations than any other attorney general. At least 34 other departments are under federal investigation for possible civil rights violations. Conservatives have pilloried Holder for being so aggressive on civil rights. But he has not backed down for one simple reason – he is no coward. George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA.) He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.george curry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook.

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WE MUST STRIVE FOR SELF-DETERMINATION (Dr. Conrad Worrill, Chairman Emeritus of the National Black United Front (NBUF) located at 1809 East 71st Street, Suite 211, Chicago, Illinois, 60649, 773-4930900, Fax# 773-493-9819, E-mail: nbufchic@sbcglobal.net, Web site: nbufront.org)

Dr. Conrad Worrill In order for the African Community in America to continue our fight for self-determination and dignity, it is important that

we remind ourselves of the nature of the American dynamic. Essentially, and at the foundation of the American-European dynamic, is the fact that it is made up of many nations who migrated to this country and continued to fight for and develop their national interests, inside this country. At the same time they maintained their economic, political, cultural, linguistic, and social relationships with their country of origin. We can witness this phenomenon on a daily basis by just taking a quick glance at the national/ethnic group practices and beliefs of the Jews, Poles, Irish, Italians, Germans, Swedes, Greeks, French, Slovakians, Czechs, etc., and how they have consolidated their political and economic power in America. They have all done this through their nationalistic unity on the fundamental life giving and life sustaining issues that affect their interests. In other words, they have maintained a strong sense of where they came from, who they are, and where they are going. This formula has been at the heart of their historical efforts to acquire power in America. We can observe this same trend among the

Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Jordanians, and Palestinians who are the new national/ethnic groups of America. In fact, the Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and other Spanish-speaking national/ethnic groups are following this same pattern. They are fighting for nationalism in America, without calling it that. When African people in America talk about nationalism, we are often charged with being racists or anti-white. However, the historical record demonstrates clearly that nationalism has been the primary method by which every national/ethnic group has achieved and maintains power. Harold Cruse describes this dilemma of the African Community in America, in his most profound analysis of our movement, in his book The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual. Cruse framed the American dynamic in this manner when he said, “On the face of it, this dilemma rests on the fact that America, which idealizes the rights of the individual above everything else, in reality, a nation dominated by the social powers of groups, classes, ingroups and cliques both ethnic and religious.”

He goes further to explain, “The individual in America has few rights that are not backed up by the political, economic and social power of one group or another.” Therefore, Cruse states, “…the individual [Black person] has, proportionately, very few rights indeed because his ethnic group (whether or not he actually identifies with it) has very little political, economic or social power (beyond moral grounds) to wield.” In our efforts to acquire Black Power, we should remind ourselves that the Black Nationalist Tradition has always been opposed to integration, assimilation, and accommodation as a solution to the problems of people of African ancestry in America. In this regard, the Black Nationalist Tradition has rejected the strategies and tactics of appealing to the morality of white people and their white supremacy system. Black Nationalists have been historically clear that people in power do not teach powerless people how to get power. And they certainly do not give power away, even though, when challenged, they may make some concessions.

It is so clear that every national/ethnic group understands their political, economic, and cultural interest. It is so natural for them to function in a nationalistic manner in their struggle to acquire and maintain power. The African Community in America has not fully conceptualized and reached a consensus on our nationalistic agenda. Many of us function as if we are scared of really acting out what we really know, for fear of being called racist. We need to stop denying our own reality. Being called racist because we believe in, and will fight for, the interests of our race with undying loyalty should become the most honorable badge of courage in our community. We should get off of this defensive “trip” when we fight for the interests of our race and some other national/ethnic group calls us racist. We should know by now, this is a tactic to sway us away from the path of acquiring power. Let’s continue our movement “to assert our own identity, define our own purpose, to make and enforce decisions and to move into our own national interest.” It is called nationalism!

AFRICAN AMERICANS LESS READY TO RETIRE By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist When the Federal Reserve Board issued its Survey of Consumer Finance (SCF), its findings were not surprising. The report, which is issued every three years, reflected the improved economic conditions since 2010, when the Great Recession was at its peak. The unemployment rate, though unevenly distributed, has dropped, and income and wealth have increased for some groups, but dropped for those at the bottom. Median wealth of African Americans and Latinos (grouped together by SCF reporting) fell from $21,000 to $18,100 while white wealth grew from $139,900 to $142,000. Just under half of all African Americans own homes, compared to nearly 70 percent of whites, and housing value represents the largest portion of net worth for middle income families. When some of these SCF findings are combined with what we know about pensions and retirement preparedness, the unfortunate conclusion is that African Americans are less ready to retire than whites 6

(but better prepared than Latinos). Sixty-two percent of African American households and 69 percent of Latino households have not one penny saved for retirement, along 37 percent of whites. When there are savings, they have been paltry – the average household has just $12,000 saved. As a result, many predict a “retirement crisis” and increasing poverty among the elderly. Some say they will avoid poverty by continuing to work, perhaps for all of their lives. Given the incidence of illness and disability among the elderly, projections for lifetime work may be unrealistic. Some older people, but increasingly fewer, will receive pensions; with the most steady being employer-funded pensions. Other forms of retirement savings, including 401-4 or IRA savings are less reliable forms of retirement income. Because African Americans are more likely than others to work for governments, they will receive pensions that will have cost-of-living adjustments each year, but some states and some cities have put pensions on the chopping block when

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Dr. Julianne Malveaux they experience fiscal crises. When Detroit faced a manufactured economic crisis, for example, pension cuts were proposed as one of the ways to achieve economic balance. Tellingly, more that 60 percent of these pensioners were African American. Even more appallingly, financially troubled municipalities saw Detroit case as a forerunner of their own attempts to reduce their

pension obligations. In any case, 81 percent of all public employees have an employersponsored pension plan, compared to 52 percent of private employees. Overall, 62 percent of whites have pensions, compared to 54 percent of African Americans and 36 percent of Latinos. Those numbers will drop as fewer employers offer pensions, and as the number of self-employed and part-time workers increases. This means that African Americans and Latinos will find Social Security income an essential part of retirement income. According to Paul Van de Water of the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, Social Security represents 90 percent or more of income for 35 percent of whites, 42 percent of Asian Americans, 49 percent of Blacks and 55 percent of Hispanics. The retirement data is reflective of much of what we know about income, wealth, and economic progress. Some will suggest that this economist has, in the past year, written inconclusively about economic data. That’s because the data has been inconclusive overall, but almost entirely negative for

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African Americans, especially those on the bottom. Even the best-off African Americans, those with college degrees and six-figure incomes, experienced wealth disparities, and have lower savings than similarly situated whites. Unfortunately many at the bottom spend like middle-income people, with incomes so low that such spending contributes to debt. Meanwhile, Consumer Reports says that based on current economic conditions, consumers are ready to spend. Nearly one in eight has purchased a home, nearly half plan home improvements, and one in four say they are ready to make life changes by marrying or having children. More than half plan to purchase small electronics, and many are poised to purchase larger electronics. When these spenders are African American, the best way they can guarantee a financially stable retirement is to jog past the big box stores and head straight to the bank to set up, or add to, a retirement account. Julianne Malveaux is an author and economist based in Washington, DC www.chicagocrusader.com

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By Ima Gontellit EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is published as political satire, street gossip and humor, and therefore should not be considered as fact but rather as matter of opinion. None of the items therein are collected by the news gathering staff of the Crusader Newspaper Group. Items forwarded to The Chatterbox are kept confidential unless otherwise requested by the author in writing. For submissions please forward to: AChicagoCrusader@aol.com. Original photography and artwork are permitted. Thank you for reading!

gros and Mexicans with freebies like City College, getting out of red light tickets, no arrests for weed, and free chitlins at Christmas. - Ima CONG. CHRISTIAN MITCHELL? Now come word that that sniggling little state representative Muslim Christian Mitchell is being groomed to be de next Bobby Rush, as the people’s prepare to put an end

Yahll’s new mayor is showin’ she’s no Harold after she got into the dozens with the silly rooftop preacher. Karen Lewis found herself in a Twitter spat with Corey Brooks after he accused her of having a maid and she acknowledged he was one of dem sellout Negro preachers back-

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ing Bruce “I Will Blow Up Illinois” Rauner. After a couple of tweets between the twits people watching the exchange began to wonder if Lewis would be able to keep her cool while leading a City Council full of people like Brooks but only smarter. Now nobody was so confused by the back and forth more than Bob Fioretti who thought Twitter was a medical condition caused by too much caffeine. In de meantime the fan favorite still ain’t saying she actually gone run for mayor, so people is scratchin’ dey head while hopin’ all of dis is just a bad dream. - Ima EVERYDAY LAK CHRISMAS With De Tiny Emperor under fire and facing de end of his political career, it appears his new strategy is to not only give away all the goodies to his rich friends, but to also bribe Newww.chicagocrusader.com

A leader on de West Side best watch what he’s sayin in the employee lunchroom. One is wearing de wire; and the rest of them scared they gone get hauled in by the IRS. In both cases, the grand jury is still deliberating on whether or not one more powerful Black man gone get dat 5 a.m. wake up call with handcuffs and a WGN news truck camped outside. - Ima -

me banner” at a local fast food joint den, take it down cause the man is a friend of Howie’s? How do a lady that ran in 2011, got 12% of de vote and campaigned on loans she made from her to her come back to run again? In the meantime, Ima being told that people in the field getting signatures are being told the same thing, “he don’t live there anyway.” Some have mentioned Pill Hill or elsewhere on the east side. If he do live where he say he do, could Todd be looking to move into “Mr. Howie’s Neighborhood?”

to the Black Panther’s career. Why anyone would do this is beyond de old folks at the Good Bye and Goodbye Convalescent Home. We now hear he is been given a speech to make him sound blacker than Stokely Carmichael so dat when the people’s (we mean white folks and Toni Preckwinkle) put him in the 1st Congressional District the colored folk won’t be too mad. Unfortunaely, we understand this will be news to Rush, who is currently under investigation (again) for that disappearing $1 million AT&T money. - Ima QUIT PLAYIN’ The whitest Negro on planet earth was recently smeared in de Cloudy Times by some Negro operatives who were puttin’ the big con on Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his countrymen with $3.4 million to throw away. Roland “Running from the Capitol Poleece” Burris is now being tainted as having participated in some sort of shady dealings—although the Alphabet Boys ain’t sayin’ nothing of the sort. The sad part is we used to tell folk ‘bout eatin’ out that Soul Veg place—not cause we thought some wrongdoing was going on in between bites of tofu, but because them mice droppings ain’t look like no sesame seeds to us. - Ima -

column let it tell the truth. William “Dock” Walls, at 24 years old, was a confidential assistant to Mayor Harold Washington. He was at Harold’s side from 6 a.m. to the end of every working day; he is a person of the highest integrity and was trained by Harold to run Chicago government. If you have any negatives tell them; if not don’t make up lies. He is ready and eager to serve the people of Chicago. Why don’t you print the story and interview that Chinta Strausberg had with the Walls campaign?

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Well it seems like Brookins done changed his career. He using the 21st ward as a farm and done put a whole bunch of plants in the field. How do a ex-ward committeeman from the 6th ward get permission to run for alderman in the 21st and suppose to be the “real deal?” How do this same “real deal” buy up all of the web domains sites that the “Pot Hole” lady was going to use so if you put her name in, it goes to his website cause he is someone you can trust? How do you put up a “vote for

Chicago Crusader Chatterbox is make believe. You claim that William “Dock” WALLS was paid $100,000 by Rahm Emanuel to beat up on the “The Union Lady” and split the Black Vote. Where is your proof? If you have it print it. What is your source of information? If you have any print it. It is the Chicago Crusader that is dividing the Black community with lies and make believe. Please Stop. If you are going to have a gossip

Until reading this false information in your paper, we held Chicago Crusader in high regard. However, because of your tactics, our opinion has changed and we no longer consider your publication as a viable source of information. You have reduced this publication to that of the likes of the National Enquirer. Gossip might sell, but it doesn’t gain the respect of intelligent readers, and you have only hurt your own credibility—not that of William “Dock” Walls. Bruce Crosby

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partisan fashion to find solutions to our most challenging problems. Growing poverty and its tangible destructive forces can be reversed. Together with a growing list of nonprofit organizations and Republican and Democratic colleagues in the New York State Legislature, we have created a coalition that will begin work on this issue. Leaders Eradicating All Poverty (LEAP) is an effort to build on the successes of the past fifty years, examine what has failed and set forth new policies that will strengthen New York families. Included in our efforts will be a review of why New York State discourages access to education and training in favor of rapid placement into low wage jobs (“work first”), which is a leading contributor to poverty. I have no doubts that our work will yield benefits for our communities and our state. Assemblyman Karim Camara Chair, NYS Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus Chair, NYS Assembly Commission on Skills Development and Career Education

The Black preachers flipped the script Dear Editor: It is election season and we know that just as sure as there is cold in December we will have Black preachers blessing, praising and blubbering over political candidates. But something very, very different is happening this season. We have become accustomed to Democrats of every color showing up at the community events, prayer breakfasts and even services on Sunday. Well guess what? This season the Republicans seem to have replaced the Dems on the church circuit. Think about it for a minute. Don’t you agree that the last month or so James Meeks and Marshall Hatch have been getting more exposure and church time for Bruce Rauner than all of the other Black preachers combined for Pat Quinn. We know that Rauner has plenty of money to sprinkle around so I am surprised the line of preachers with their hands out isn’t longer. On the other end we have Pat Quinn the incumbent looking like somebody waiting for the el at 3 a.m. Nobody is around this man. Are you reading anything about him showing up at anybody’s church on the South Side or the West Side? Ru-

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mor is that the National Democrats haven’t sent the guv any money for his campaign. That is really bad when Black preachers and your own party won’t give you any help. Quinn should have learned from all this time in Springfield there aren’t a whole lot of Black preachers who can be trusted-especially if money is involved. Some people say that preachers’ pull is not as strong as it once was in terms of getting people to vote for a certain candidate. I think that theory is gonna get put to the test when Black folks vote Republican like they did when Richard Ogilvie was governor. Then we will know that that is just urban legend about Black preachers not being able to get their congregations to do what they tell them, especially how to vote. Quinn is probably gun-shy about passing out too much money because of the trouble he got in after the last election when he doled out big contracts to Black folks who did not come close to doing what the contracts called for. That means now nobody gets anything, even Black preachers. I don’t believe Quinn is already a lame duck governor, but he is about as close as he can get. It is not because Rauner is such a good candidate, but because the governor has proven to be such a bad one. Stephen Neely

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-To the Electors of the State of Illinois:

The purpose of a state constitution is to establish a structure for government and laws. There are three ways to initiate change to the Illinois Constitution: (1) a constitutional convention may propose changes to any part; (2) the General Assembly may propose changes to any part; or (3) a petition initiative may propose amendments limited to structural and procedural subjects contained in the Legislative Article. The people of Illinois must approve any changes to the Constitution before they become effective.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 8.1 OF ARTICLE I OF THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE I – BILL OF RIGHTS SECTION 8.1. CRIME VICTIMS’ VICTIM’S RIGHTS.

(a) Crime victims, as defined by law, shall have the following rights as provided by law: (1) The right to be treated with fairness and respect for their dignity and privacy and to be free from harassment, intimidation, and abuse throughout the criminal justice process. (2) The right to notice and to a hearing before a court ruling on a request for access to any of the victim’s records, information, or communications which are privileged or confidential by law. (3) (2) The right to timely notification of all court proceedings. (4) (3) The right to communicate with the prosecution. (5) (4) The right to be heard at any post-arraignment court proceeding in which a right of the victim is at issue and any court proceeding involving a post-arraignment release decision, plea, or sentencing. make a statement to the court at sentencing. (6) (5) The right to be notified of information about the conviction, the sentence, the imprisonment, and the release of the accused. (7) (6) The right to timely disposition of the case following the arrest of the accused. (8) (7) The right to be reasonably protected from the accused throughout the criminal justice process. (9) The right to have the safety of the victim and the victim’s family considered in denying or fixing the amount of bail, determining whether to release the defendant, and setting conditions of release after arrest and conviction. (10) (8) The right to be present at the trial and all other court proceedings on the same basis as the accused, unless the victim is to testify and the court determines that the victim’s testimony would be materially affected if the victim hears other testimony at the trial. (11) (9) The right to have present at all court proceedings, subject to the rules of evidence, an advocate and or other support person of the victim’s choice. (12) (10) The right to restitution. (b) The victim has standing to assert the rights enumerated in subsection (a) in any court exercising jurisdiction over the case. The court shall promptly rule on a victim’s request. The victim does not have party status. The accused does not have standing to assert the rights of a victim. The court shall not appoint an attorney for the victim under this Section. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to alter the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the prosecuting attorney The General Assembly may provide by law for the enforcement of this Section.

(d) Nothing in this Section or any law enacted under this Section creates a cause of action in equity or at law for compensation, attorney’s fees, or damages against the State, a political subdivision of the State, an officer, employee, or agent of the State or of any political subdivision of the State, or an officer or employee of the court. or in any law enacted under

(e) Nothing in this Section or any law enacted under this Section shall be construed as creating (1) a basis for vacating a conviction or (2) a ground for any relief requested by the defendant appellate relief in any criminal case.

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The Constitution sets forth substantial rights for crime victims. The proposed amendment expands certain current rights: 1) Victims are currently entitled to fairness and respect throughout the criminal justice process. The amendment would also provide that they shall be protected from harassment, intimidation and abuse. 2) Victims currently can make a statement to the court when a criminal defendant is sentenced to punishment. The amendment would allow a victim to be heard at any proceeding that involves the victim’s rights, and any proceeding involving a plea agreement, release of the defendant or convicted individual, or sentencing. 3) Victims may obtain information about conviction, sentencing, imprisonment or release. The amendment would require prosecutors and the court to notify victims of those events before they happen.

The amendment would also grant additional rights to crime victims: 1) A victim would have a right to formal notice and a hearing before the court rules on any request for access to the victim’s information which is privileged or confidential information. 2) A victim would have the right to have the judge consider the victim’s safety and the safety of his or her family before deciding whether to release a criminal defendant, setting the amount of bail to be paid before release, or setting conditions of release after arrest or conviction. 3) The victim would have the right to assert his or her rights in any court with jurisdiction over the criminal case, but would not have the same rights as the prosecutor or the criminal defendant and the court could not appoint an attorney for the victim at taxpayer expense.

The proposed amendment would not alter the powers, duties or responsibilities of the prosecutor. Further, a criminal defendant would not be able to challenge his or her conviction on the basis of a failure to follow these provisions.

FORM OF BALLOT Proposed Amendment to the 1970 Illinois Constitution

Explanation of Amendment

The proposed amendment makes changes to Section 8.1 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution, the Crime Victims’ Bill of Rights. The proposed amendment would expand certain rights already granted to crime victims in Illinois, and give crime victims the ability to enforce their rights in a court of law. You are asked to decide whether the proposed amendment should become part of the Illinois Constitution.

YES NO

For the proposed amendment of Section 8.1 of Article I of the Illinois Constitution

To the Electors of the State of Illinois:

The proposed amendment adds a new section to the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. The section would ensure no person could be denied the right to register to vote or cast a ballot based on his or her race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or income. At the general election to be held on November 4, 2014, you will be called upon to decide whether the proposed amendment should become part of the Illinois Constitution.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ADD SECTION 8 TO ARTICLE III OF THE ILLINOIS CONSTITUTION ARTICLE III – SUFFRAGE AND ELECTIONS SECTION 8. VOTER DISCRIMINATION

No person shall be denied the right to register to vote or to cast a ballot in an election based on race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or income.

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CFPB seeks $569M in student loan forgiveness from Corinthian Colleges income students who were often the first generation of their family to attend college. Exploiting their limited exposure to the world of higher education, ads promised job prospects and careers that never happened. Further, its tuition costs were so high that an associate degree came with a price tag ranging from $33,000 to $43,000. The costs for a bachelor’s degree ran higher from $60,000 to $75,000. To cover tuition and fees, students were financially forced into the college’s “Genesis loans,” created in concert with investment banks and financial institutions. These loans were much more expensive than federal loans. In July 2011, the Genesis loan interest rate was about 15 percent with an additional loan origination fee of 6 percent. At the same time, federal student interest rates ranged from 3-7 percent, depending upon the type of loan, and had either low or no charges for origination. Corinthian needed its loan program in order to comply with a federal law that required no more than 90 percent of an institution’s funding to come from federal sources. The lawsuit alleges that Corinthian knew that most students would default. Worst of all, loan repayment on most of the private-label loans began

By Charlene Crowell A college education is supposed to open the doors to life-long careers and entry into America’s middle class. Yet students that enrolled at one of the more than 100 Corinthian College campuses across the country had experiences characterized by predatory lending, illegal debt collections, and one-day “career” jobs. Corinthian Colleges operate schools under the names of Heald College, Everest and Wyotech. On September 16, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against the for-profit Corinthian Colleges, seeking $569 million in forgiveness of loans. An estimated 130,000 private loans students were entered into from July 21, 2011 to the present. March 2013 enrollments totaled about 74,000 students for all of its campuses. “We believe Corinthian lured in consumers with lies about their job prospects upon graduation, sold high-cost loans to pay for that false hope, and then harassed students for overdue debts while they were still in school,” said Richard Cordray, CFPB Director. CFPB alleges that Corinthian used bogus advertising targeted to low-

Charlene Crowell as soon as students started classes. CFPB found that more than 60 percent of Corinthian students defaulted on their loans within three years. By comparison, federal loan repayments typically begin six months after students either graduate or drop out of school. To encourage strong collection rates, CFPB alleges that Corinthian paid its staff bonuses on how well they got students to keep their loan payments current. Informing instructors about overdue debts, meetEXPLANATION

ings with the campus president and pulling students from class were only three of the tactics used to shame students. If students became late on loan payments, they were denied computer access, prevented from buying books, blocked from signing up for classes and even held diplomas until repayments became current. CFPB uncovered more abuses when it came to Corinthian students that managed to graduate. Although the schools directed students to its ‘career services office,’ only a job postings list was provided. In other instances, Corinthian paid legitimate employers to hire its graduates on a temporary basis, and then counted these jobs as part of the school’s “career” placement — even if the job only last a single day. The legal action taken by CFPB is not the only one Corinthian Colleges faces. This June the Department of Education increased its financial oversight after Corinthian failed to address concerns about its practices, including falsifying job placement data used in marketing claims to prospective students and allegations of altered grades and attendance. The Department also imposed a 21day waiting period before Corinthian could draw down federal student

aid revenues tied to enrollment. A few weeks later in July, the Department appointed a monitor empowered to have full and complete access to Corinthian personnel and budgets. Additionally, Corinthian is also being investigated by 20 state attorneys general and received a federal grand jury subpoena in Florida, and another from Georgia. The Peach State is examining the colleges’ job placement, attendance and graduation, while the Sunshine State wants to know more about employee misconduct and student aid funds. “This action by the CFPB should further encourage the Department of Education to take strong steps to hold for-profit college companies to meaningful accountability standards in the forthcoming ‘gainful employment’ rule,” said Maura Dundon, a senior policy analyst with the Center for Responsible Lending. “Students continue to be placed at risk by practices such as those documented in the Corinthian complaint. The time to act – on behalf of hopeful students across the country – is now.” A web-based resource from Student Loan Borrower Assistance is available for current or former Corinthian students to better understand refunds, discharge rights (Continued on page 13)

The proposed amendment would prohibit any law or procedure that intentionally discriminates or has an unequal effect upon the right of a person to register to vote or cast a ballot based on the voter’s race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or income.

The proposed amendment does not change the requirements for voting. A voter must still be a citizen of the United States, a permanent resident of Illinois for more than 30 days, and be 18 years of age.

FORM OF BALLOT Proposed Amendment to the 1970 Illinois Constitution

Explanation of Amendment

The proposed amendment adds a new section to the Suffrage and Elections Article of the Illinois Constitution. The proposed amendment would prohibit any law that disproportionately affects the rights of eligible Illinois citizens to register to vote or cast a ballot based on the voter’s race, color, ethnicity, status as a member of a language minority, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or income. You are asked to decide whether the proposed amendment should become part of the Illinois Constitution.

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For the proposed addition of Section 8 to Article III of the Illinois Constitution

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I, Jesse White, Secretary of the State of Illinois, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the Proposed Amendments, the Explanation of the Proposed Amendments, Arguments in Favor of the Amendments and Arguments Against the Amendments and a true copy of the Form of Ballot for this call as the regularly scheduled general election on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, as set forth in compliance with the Illinois Constitutional Amendment Act. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the Great Seal of the State of Illinois, Done in the City of Springfield, this 27th day of June, 2014. Jesse White Secretary of State These voter information materials are available in written format in English, Chinese, Polish, Hindi and Spanish, and Braille and in audio format in English. For more information visit www.cyberdriveillinois.com or write the Secretary of State’s office at 111 East Monroe Street, Springfield, IL 62756. www.chicagocrusader.com

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Second garden built for special needs elementary students By Wendell Hutson Jane Neil Elementary School, whose students are predominately Black, unveiled a new garden to parents last week less than two months after its first garden was completed. Principal Tawanna Knox said both gardens would serve as a servicelearning project for her students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These gardens will build up the school and the community and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wonderful,â&#x20AC;? Knox said. The South Side school, 8555 S. Michigan Ave., where nearly half of its 381 students have special needs, is now planning for a third garden for next year, according to science teacher Valerie Hardy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Lord has been good to us by blessing us with a second garden,â&#x20AC;? said Hardy, who in June began spearheading the garden project. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Now we are in line to get a third one.â&#x20AC;? Earlier this year Hardy said the school received a $3,800 Loweâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s

â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was the students who planted seeds and helped lay soil in the [garden] beds,â&#x20AC;? said Stephanie Kichler, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids are really excited to see what will become of the vegetables they planted.â&#x20AC;? Students should start to see results in about three weeks when stubs will begin to stick up from the soil, added Kichler. After attending an Open House, parents went outside to view the new garden. Wendy Porter, who has lived in the Chatham community for 25 years, had three children that attended Neil and currently has two grandchildren at the school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think this is a good idea for the kids and the community seeing that it is a community garden. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool for children to learn how to grow food,â&#x20AC;? Porter ERICA TAYLOR-POWELL, a Neil Elementary parent, inspects a student garden at a recent said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is something creative for parent-teacher conference. The Chicago School Board built the garden for the predominately them to do.â&#x20AC;? When Erica Taylor-Powell attend- handicap students at the South Side School thanks to sponsorship. ed Neil in 1998 it only went to the

Teens to learn how to prepare for college and careers, October 4 at Governors State University

The National Congress of Black Women Metro Chicago Chapter (NCBW-MCC), in partnership with the Village of Park Forest and Governors State University, present College for Youth, a college and career preparation program, on Saturday, October 4, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at Governors State University. The event features workshops, career panel discussions, interactions with experts from various professions, and a great opportunity for youth to discover or confirm their ideal career path. NEIL ELEMENTARY PARENT LaRue Murray inspects a student garden with his 14-year-old son. The Chicago School Board built the garden for the predominately handicap students at the South Side School thanks to sponsorship. Toolbox for Education grant.Hardy sixth grade. Now the 28-year-old said she got the idea to spearhead the mother has a pre-K and third grader garden project after students in at the school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s awesome wheelchairs told her they would like that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re bringing gardening back to have a garden. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This [garden] all into the community. I think it is a got started from the students. We nice asset to the school,â&#x20AC;? Taylorhave students in wheelchairs, blind, Powell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hopefully it will change their eating habits and they will want deaf, you name it,â&#x20AC;? Hardy said. The latest garden was made possi- to eat more healthy foods and not all ble with a grant to the school, Hardy that junk food they crave for.â&#x20AC;? LaRue Murray has a 14-year-old said, who added that the Chicago Board of Education sponsored the son at Neil and has lived in latest garden. The Kitchen Commu- Chatham for nine years. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I like this nity, a nonprofit, built the garden garden because it gives them [stuand students and volunteers will dents] something to do with their hands,â&#x20AC;? Murray said. help maintain it.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hope our youth will come away from the event with the information they need to take that next step, and meet some new mentors who will help them achieve their educational and career goals,â&#x20AC;? said Mamie Rodgers, one of the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s organizers. Light refreshments will be served, raffles will be held, and gifts given away. To register online, visit www.eventbrite.com/e/college-for-youthprogram-tickets-12661754649. Governors State University is lo-

cated at 1 University Parkway in University Park, IL. Additional sponsors for this event include Chatham Beauty VII Inc., the Chicago Bulls, the Chicago White Sox, ComEd, FMC Energy, Jewel-Osco, NBC 5 Chicago, Ultra Foods, and Walgreens. For more information, contact Mamie L. Rodgers, Founding Chair, NCBW-MCC, by calling 708-747-5757 or email chicagoncbw@yahoo.com, or visit http://nationalcongressbw.org/chicagometro-chapter.

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RECAPPING THE 44TH ANNUAL CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS Congressman Danny Davis and his wife Vera were hosts to many Chicago residents during the Congressional Black Caucus including: Mrs. Khadijah Farrakhan and her daughter, Maria; Chicagoan Terry Solomon; Chicago Crusader Publisher Dorothy R. Leavell and her assistant Doris House; as well as Rosie Hicks Pat-

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ton. Cong. Davis also hosted forums on issues such as Education, Black Men and Boys Caucus; Community Health Centers and a Reentry Issue Forum. Publisher Leavell hosted friends at the National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) annual reception, as well as participated in a panel discussion on the documen-

tary “Pardons of Innocence” (The Wilmington Ten) and discussed issues of today with Rev. Ben

Chavis, President of NNPA; Entrepreneur and Song writer Kenny Gamble; and Rahim Islam,

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By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ By Raymond Ward TONY-WINNING “FROZEN” STAR IDINA MENZEL ANNOUNCES TRACK-LISTING FOR CHRISTMAS ALBUM, “HOLIDAY WISHES,” DUE OCTOBER 14 ON WARNER BROS. RECORDS Tony Award-winning singer/actor Idina Menzel has announced the track-listing for her upcoming Christmas album, entitled “Holiday Wishes,” which will be released on October 14 by Warner Bros. Records. The album was produced by Grammy Award-winner Walter Afanasieff (Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey) and features such classic favorites as “All I Want For Christmas Is You” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” as well as Joni Mitchell’s Christmas-themed “River,” one of Menzel’s favorites. An exclusive Target edition of “Holiday Wishes” will feature two bonus tracks, including “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” Please see below for the full track-listing. Menzel’s career has traversed stage, film, television, and music. She was most recently heard as Elsa in Disney’s global box office smash “Frozen,” in which she sings the film’s Oscarwinning song “Let It Go.” After Menzel’s performance of the multi-platinum song at the 86th annual Academy Awards, she made history as the first person with both a Billboard Top 10 hit Idina Menzel and a Tony Award for acting. Menzel earned her first Tony nomination as Maureen in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent,” and won the award for her performance as Elphaba in “Wicked.” Other notable roles include Rachel Berry’s mother, Shelby Corcoran, on the hit television show “Glee” as well as starring opposite Susan Sarandon and Amy Adams in Disney’s “Enchanted.” Menzel starred in her own PBS special, “Barefoot at the Symphony,” with an accompanying live album of the same name, and her highly successful international concert tour recently included a sold-out performance at Radio City Music Hall. In addition to cast albums, Menzel’s prolific recording career includes the solo albums “I Stand, Here and Still I Can’t Be Still.” Menzel can currently be seen on Broadway as Elizabeth in the original production “If/Then,” for which she earned critical acclaim and her third Tony nomination. She performed “Always Starting Over” from the musical at this year’s Tony Awards. The track-listing for “Holiday Wishes” is as follows: “Do You Hear What I Hear?” “The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire)” “Baby It’s Cold Outside” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas” “All I Want For Christmas Is You” “What Are You Doing On New Year’s Eve?” “December Prayer” “When You Wish Upon A Star” “Silent Night” “River” “Holly Jolly Christmas” “White Christmas” TARGET exclusive tracks: “Mothers Spiritual” “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” 12

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‘David Bowie Is’ features eclectic range of musician’s private collection “David Bowie Is,” now showing at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, is the only U.S. showing of a collection of iconic musician David Bowie’s artwork, costumes and music. It is the first international exhibition of the extraordinary career of Bowie—one of the most pioneering and influential performers of our time. The exhibition focuses on his creative processes and collaborative work with artists and designers, and demonstrates how his work has both influenced and been influenced by wider movements in art, design, music and theater. The exhibition’s multimedia design introduces advanced sound technology by Sennheiser and video installations to create an immersive journey through Bowie’s artistic life. “David Bowie Is” was organized by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and is on view at the MCA until January 4, 2015. Bowie was born David Jones in 1947, and during a preview of the exhibit, Geoffrey Marsh, Director of the Department of Theatre and Performance at the Victoria and Albert Museum, offered some insight into Bowie and the exhibition, although he said that he had never met Bowie. Bowie came from an average background, and Marsh said that Bowie has admitted that he is surprised at how his life turned out. And while Bowie at times has been

shunned and even called a freak when he personified the character Ziggy Stardust, his message would be to be yourself. “I feel that is why he is still relevant,” Marsh said.

Pop, Bowie reveals that this particular photo helped him “overcome drug addition and find creative energy.” When Bowie traveled to West

DAVID BOWIE PHOTOGRAPHED in 1995 by Lord Snowden. “This exhibit was a natural fit for Berlin around 1978, he said, “It was the MCA, because of the museum’s the first time in years that I had felt a joy of life and a great feeling of reperformance art.” With Ziggy Stardust, Bowie lease and healing. It’s a city that is so blurred the lines between girl and easy to get lost in and to find oneself, boy and challenged the status quo. too.” The collection shows photos of The exhibition reveals that even some of Bowie’s shows, album cov- Little Richard and Eartha Kitt, ers and costumes have been cen- among other legends. Bowie’s 1999 album “Hours” contains a song sored in the past. In a photo of Bowie taken by Iggy called “Thursday’s Child,” named after Kitt’s 1956 autobiography. There are excerpts from films and live performances, including “The Man Who Fell to Earth” (1976) and “Saturday Night Live” (1979); music videos such as “Boys Keep Swinging” (1979) and “Let’s Dance” (1983). And for you diehard Bowie fans, “David Bowie Is” features “Space Oddity,” which was recorded in 1969 as a reference to the 1968 movie “2001 Space Odyssey,” and fictional character Major Tom. Bowie began as a member of the Kon-rads in 1963, with whom he performed for 18 months, before leaving to write his own songs. He was quoted as saying in 2002: “I was a kid that loved being in my room, reading books and entertaining ideas. I lived a lot in my imagination. It was a real effort to IMAN AND DAVID BOWIE have been married for more than become a social animal.” 20 years. (Continued on page 13) Blacks Must control their own coMMunity

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“Adapting Native Son: A Conversation” at Dusable Museum October 9 Nambi E. Kelley’s innovative adaptation of Richard Wright’s pathbreaking novel, Native Son, is the most recent effort to translate the power of Wright’s novel to another medium…the stage. The DuSable Museum of African American History is pleased to present “Adapting Native Son: A Conversation,” featuring world-renowned scholar and biographer, Arnold Rampersad, Melissa Barton, Curator of Prose and Drama at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and playwright Nambi E. Kelley. The “conversation”will be moderated by Kenneth W. Warren of

Richard Wright the University of Chicago. The event will take place on Thursday, October 9, 2014, from 6:30 PM until 8:30 PM at the museum which is located at 740 East 56th Place (57th Street and South Cottage Grove Avenue) in Chicago. Arnold Rampersad is Professor Emeritus at Stanford University. He

has also taught at Rutgers University, Columbia University, and Princeton University. He is the author of Ralph Ellison, a biography of the novelist. His other books include The Art and Imagination of W.E.B. DuBois (1976); The Life of Langston Hughes (2 volumes, 1986, 1988); Days of Grace: A Memoir (1993), which he co-authored with Arthur Ashe; and Jackie Robinson: A Biography (1997). His teaching covers such areas as nineteenth-and twentieth-century American literature; American autobiography; race and American literature; and African American literature. From 1991 to 1996, he held a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society. Rampersad is a 2010 recipient of the National Humanities Medal. Melissa Barton is Curator of Prose & Drama for the Yale Collection of American Literature at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Kenneth W. Warren is the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor, Department of English, University of Chicago. “Adapting Native Son: A Conversation” is FREE and open to the public. RSVP at: http://thedusablemuseum.eventbrite.com. The event is sponsored by: The DuSable Museum of African American History, The University of Chicago Office of the Provost, Karla Scherer Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture, The University of Chicago Depart-

ment of English, Franke Institute for the Humanities, The University of Chicago Office of Civic Engagement and Court Theatre: The Center for Classic Theatre at the University of Chicago. The DuSable Museum of African American History gratefully acknowledges the Chicago Park District’s generous support of the Museum. About The DuSable Museum of African American History The DuSable Museum of African American History is one of the oldest institutions of its kind in the country. Our mission is to collect, preserve and display artifacts and objects that promote understanding and inspire appreciation of the achievements, contributions and experiences of African Americans through exhibits, programs and activities that illustrate African and African American history, culture and art. For more information on the Museum and its programs, please call (773) 947-0600 or visit us at www.dusablemuseum.org

No psychiatrist at mental health centers (Continued from page 1) mental health services. The shortage of psychiatrists is not unique to Chicago. There is a national shortage of psychiatrists, which has presented challenges in filling these positions. CDPH has posted psychiatry positions repeatedly and

‘David Bowie Is’ features eclectic range (Continued from page 12) It is quite a collection of more than 60 visually breathtaking stage creations, handwritten set lists and lyrics, and musical scores, as well as music videos, interviews, and outlandish costumes, including Ziggy Stardust bodysuits, Kansai Yamamoto’s flamboyant attire for the “Aladdin Sane” tour in 1973, and the Union Jack coat designed by Bowie and Alexander McQueen for the Earthling album cover in 1997. Even with all this, Marsh submits that, “There is a lot more Bowie to come.” Just how the MCA managed to be the only stop in the United States is a story of early commitment and interest. “There was no competition, but Chicago was serious about it,” said Marsh. In conjunction with the exhibition, MCA is offering a mix of separate Bowie-related talks, events and performances, some of which are only $5 or free. Admission to the exhibition is $25 for adults and teens; $10 ages 7-12; free for children under 6, which includes Museum of Contemporary Art (220 E. Chicago Ave.) admission. For more information, call 312-3974068. www.chicagocrusader.com

done community outreach to help recruit, but professionals in this field are often lured by more competitive private and nonprofit sector positions, which can pay significantly more and do not have residency requirements. “As we continue to actively fill these positions, the City remains committed to provide our clients with the necessary psychiatry services. This includes maintaining psychiatric services presence at all six locations, securing a professional temp agency to provide psychiatric services and organizing additional weekend clinic hours to ensure we are meeting client needs.” Mayoral candidate and 2nd Ward Alderman Bob Fioretti, who originally voted in favor of closing the clinics, said he and other council members were “duped” when they voted in favor of the mayor’s proposal. Since that time, Fioretti has said it was a vote he wish he could take back, and vowed if he were mayor, he would reopen all of the closed clinics. “We were led to believe, at the

time, that this would not be a problem, and that people would be getting the assistance they needed,” Fioretti said. “We now know none of that was true. We must right this wrong and reopen all of the clinics that were closed as soon as possible, so the people in need of treatment can be treated.” Other advocates say the city’s attempt to pass patients off to private caregivers has been a disaster. Advocates say many patients will not be seen unless they have active insurance. “The one psychiatrist at the Greater Grand facility can only see 40 patients on the one day of the week he is there,” said Badonna Reingold, board member of the Community Mental Health Board of Chicago. “It leaves no coverage for anyone walking in the door or people being discharged from Madden Mental Health without insurance. Those people are going to end up back in the emergency rooms and jails. It’s a crisis in this city, and it is hard to believe the Commissioner and Mayor cannot staff these facilities properly.”

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STRIPED BODYSUIT WORN by Bowie for Alladin Sane tour and Elaine Hegwood Bowen, Chicago Crusader newspaper columnist.

(Continued from page 9) and more. what Director Cordray referred to as Even more student loan develop- “the ongoing nightmare of financial ments may be forthcoming this No- despair.” vember when the Department of Education is expected to announceCharlene Crowell is a communiment its rule on ‘gainful employ- cations manager with the Center ment’, affecting all for-profit career for Responsible Lending. She can schools. be reached at Charlene.crowell@Hopefully, the new rule will, end responsiblelending.org.

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Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ launches Lyric Opera of Chicago’s 60th anniversary season By Barbara Wright-Pryor Lyric Opera of Chicago’s longawaited and much heralded 60th anniversary season opening performance of Robert Falls’ production of Mozart’s “Don Giovanni” was “all that” and more. With Lorenzo da Ponte’s libretto cleverly enhanced by Lyric Opera’s Colin Ure projected English titles, the Don was off and running after new conquests and leaving in his wake thousands of broken hearts according to the written records of his cocaine-sniffing sidekick, Leporello. Robert Falls, longtime artistic director of the Goodman Theatre, successfully updated the action of Mozart’s chamber opera of lust, seduction and murder to pre-Civil War Spain in the 1920s yet before beginning of World War II when caste and class differences were yet strongly observed. Said Falls, “It was a time of relative peace and prosperity that allows for an aristocratic class and a middle class and a peasant class. I wanted it to have a 20th century sensibility and psychology.” Swordsmanship gave way to gunfire and knifings and sexual encounters were more graphically displayed in this updated version, drawing a mixture of responses, mostly positive, from members of an audience now

more accustomed to the “reality TV” shows of today. The choice of “Don Giovanni” for Lyric’s diamond jubilee opening was a most appropriate choice because it was the very first opera presented by the now prestigious opera house when it opened its doors February 5, 1954. With Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecie as the swaggering and voracious Don, what could go wrong, other than his ultimate consignment to hell in a most unique and theatrically-exciting way that is bound to leave audiences gasping and gaping. The perfectly constituted cast, the Leporello of American bass-baritone Kyle Ketelson; the virtuous Donna Anna of crystal-voiced Latvian soprano Marina Rebeka; the jilted, omnipresent and irrepressible Donna Elvira (Puerto-Rican soprano Ana María Martínez); the voice of reason and conscience of Don Ottavio (Italian tenor Antonio Poli); and the naïveté of the peasants Zerlina (Canadian soprano Adriana Chuchman) and her betrothed Masetto (American bass-baritone Michael Sumuel), singing actors all, propel Mozart’s drama-comedy to its horrific, albeit just, conclusion – the return of The Commendatore (Italian bass-baritone Andrea Silvestrelli) to exact justice from the

THE CAST AND PRODUCTION TEAM of Lyric Opera’s “Don Giovanni” take a bow after the September 27th diamond jubilee opening at The Civic Opera House, 20 N. Wacker Dr. Front row (from l. to r.) Costume Designer Ana Kuzmanic; Music Director Sir Andrew Davis; Stage Director Robert Falls; and baritone Mariusz Kwiecien (Don Giovanni). Don. evening of opera as evidenced by the nate with performances of Richard Walt Spangler’s creative set designs standing ovation and numerous cur- Strauss’ “Capriccio” starring sopraand Ana Kuzmanic’s colorful cos- tain calls demanded by the audi- no Renée Fleming. For information tumes bathed in Duane Schuler’s ence. or tickets, call 312-827-5600 or visit nonpareil lighting provided the visuDon Giovanni will be performed lyricopera.org. HIGHLY RECOMal excitement and the mighty Lyric through October 29 and will alter- MENDED. Opera Orchestra conducted by music director Sir Andrew Davis and Michael Black’s Orchestra Chorus rounded out a perfect summer’s

Mattieu Dufour resigns Child prodigy Sterling Elliott headlines as CSO principal flute Charleston’s ‘Colour of Music Festival’

The Second Annual Colour of Music Festival (COMF) October 22-26, 2014 showcases the breadth and influence of Blacks on the classical music world past and present, a phenomenon that the current music world does not reflect. The five-day festival features top Black musicians, vocalists, and orchestra leaders from across the globe performing piano, organ, voice recitals, and chamber works performed in historic venues across the City of Charleston, South Carolina. A major highlight the Festival is guest appearances by 15-year old cello prodigy and national competition award-winner Sterling Elliott, a member of the family known as the Elliott Quartet of Virginia. He will perform with his quartet, in association with the Color of Music Virtuosi pre-Festival event, and as part of the Festival’s Masterworks program as a soloist. Other appearances by Sterling Elliott on Colour of Music Festival performances include: Colour of Music Virtuosi Sunday October 19, 7:00 p.m. featuring 15 allBlack classical musicians to close out the “I’On Concert Serie” in Mount Pleasant SC; Elliott Quartet Friday, October 24 6:00 p.m. with Brendon Elliott, violin; Justine Elliott, violin; Dan14

p.m., Memminger Auditorium in downtown Charleston. The First Prize Winner of the 2014 National Sphinx Competition, fifteen-year old Sterling Elliott began his cello studies at the age of three. The youngest of three siblings, he did not originally want to play the cello; he wanted to play the violin like his older brother and sister. He was accepted into the Peninsula Youth Orchestra at the age of six and at age ten he became the Orchestra’s principal cellist. He also serves as principal cellist for the District Honors Orchestra.

Sterling Elliott nielle Weems-Elliott, viola; Sterling Elliott, cello; Brandee Younger, harp; featuring works by Black composers Le Chevalier de SaintGeorges and Dominique Legendre and French composers Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel; and Finally, Sterling Elliott will perform Victor Herbert’s Cello Concerto No. 2 in E Minor Op. 20 under the direction of COMF Music Director Marlon Daniel and the Colour of Music Festival Orchestra as part of “Charlestonia: A Folk Rhapsody” Masterworks Program Saturday, October 25 at 8:00

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Sterling is the Grand Prize winner of the First Presbyterian Young Artist Competition, winner of the 2013 York River Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and received a full scholarship to the Eastern Music Festival where he was a winner of their 2012 Concerto Competition. In August 2013, he appeared on NPR’s “From the Top” where he was announced as a recipient of the Jack Kent Cooke Award. Recently he has performed alongside pop superstar Jennifer Hudson. Sterling plays a Tupper cello generously loaned to him by Carlsen Cello Foundation. The full Colour of Music Festival schedule can be accessed from www.colourofmusic.org or by calling (866) 811-4111.

Mathieu Dufour, Principal Flute, the Erika and Dietrich M. Gross Chair, of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra has resigned his position with the CSO, effective November 4, 2014, in order to accept the position of Principal Flute at the Berlin Philharmonic. His tenure there begins in 2015. Dufour began his tenure with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as principal flute in 1999, appointed by then-music director Daniel Barenboim. Since then, Dufour has appeared numerous times as soloist, most recently in March 2014, giving the world premiere performances of Guillaume Connesson’s Flute Concerto, which was commissioned by the CSO. Vanessa Moss, Vice President for Orchestra and Building Operations of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association, said, “In the 15 years he has been with the CSO, Mathieu Dufour has made an extraordinary contribution to the artistry and musicianship of

Mathieu Dufour the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. We wish him a long and successful career with the Berlin.” Dufour auditioned for and accepted the principal flute position at the Los Angeles Philharmonic in May, 2009 but returned to the CSO in 2010 following a oneyear leave of absence.

CORRECTION The photo of former NASA astronaut Captain James Lovell and Adler Planetarium honoree Scott Swanson was published with the incorrect title on last week’s “Arts & Culture” page. Mr. Swanson was the honoree when the Women’s Board of the Adler Planetarium hosted its September 21, 2014 Celestial Ball that raised $1.4 million for the historic lakefront institution. The Chicago Crusader regrets the error and any inconvenience it may have caused. (Editor)

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A Moment to Super Size Your Thinking By Effie Rolfe “Bring back the days of yea and nay.” What a beautiful classic song by the famed Grammy Award Winners, The Winans. This song was definitely a “love at first sound” kind of melody that always resonated with me. After hearing this song a few days ago, it brought back so many memories of not only great music, but also, how life really used to be back in the day. I’m not talking about the ancient of days, but merely a decade or less. In this small amount of time, I’m sure we can attest to life’s rapid changes at the speed of lightening. The powerful lyrics are “I remember when life was so simple when you did or you didn’t—you would or you wouldn’t. But it ain’t like that anymore. I remember when boys grew into men and little

Effie Rolfe girls to women then—but it ain’t like that anymore. Bring back the

days of yea and nay when we could plainly see the way and it was up to us to choose—whether to win or lose. Bring back the times when we could see—what it was we were to be…now caught in the midst of perplexity—we searched for yea and nay.” As in the song—“oh bring back those days” my heart too yearns for those days when the grass was green, the sky was blue, when you knew your neighbors and life seemed less hectic. Perhaps those days seemed less hectic because I was younger without a jaundice view of the world. Immediately, I recall the days when you didn’t have to buy water—believe it or not at one time all water was totally free. I remember the party line telephone and telegrams way before the emails, text, tweets and smartphone. Even with the smartphone, we don’t have to carry a little black book with telephone

numbers anymore because the number can be automatically programmed in the android. Spelling is poor because the children are allowed to use text message abbreviations in some classrooms to do their assignments. Since they use computers, this has to effect their penmanship. We can only hope and pray that they will be able to write well enough to sign checks and important documents when the need arises. Bring back the days when a person’s word was their bond. Meaning when people said what they meant and their word was like money in the bank. You could count on it. “Bring back the days when parents were a light—we saw what was wrong and what was right—but it ain’t like that anymore.” It sure would be nice to see children raised in a two-parent home and not as latchkey kids.

Unfortunately, too many fathers are in jail or dead. Even now reports indicate that the female prison population continues to expand at an alarming rate. This has an even more direct correlation on families, children and the communities being torn apart. Unfortunately, I’m sorry to say perhaps, it is true that prisons are the new plantations. How I long for those days—we knew where we belonged whether we were right or we were wrong. Bring back those days… Those were the days—do you long for them...? Effie Rolfe is Author of “Supersize Your Thinking,” Media Personality and Motivational Speaker. You can contact her effierolfe.com or on twitter.com/effiedrolfe.

The Crusader Gospel Corner Pastor’s Profile Rev. Trunell Felder, Senior Pastor New Faith Baptist After New Faith Baptist Church International conducted a 2-year search, Rev. Trunell Felder stood in the pulpit as Senior Pastor of one of the most established ministries in Chicago’s south suburban, Matteson. The California

had told me I was going to be a minister, but I didn’t want to hear that because I wanted to be in business and a singer,” recalled Felder who was influenced by Lou Rawls, Larry Graham and Luther Vandross. “I attended Michigan State on a Music and Business Scholarship and began to appreciate more of the gospel music as I got older,” he said. Nowadays, the anointed minister reserves his

Rev. Trunell and Dr. Alexis Felder native described the ministry as “A large church with a hometown feel. New Faith is a vibrant worship center where people really seek to have an engagement and encounter with God. They have a love for the word and for putting the word in action.” Similar to many called to ministry, the spiritual father admitted his initial reluctance to answer. “I was called to ministry when I got saved at 18 years old and then ran for five to seven years,” shared Felder. Raised in Detroit’s Hitsville U.S.A., his passion for music and corporate America was inevitable, “Prophets www.chicagocrusader.com

voice for preaching multiple sermons on Saturday and twice Sunday. “I do sing on occasion at church leading in worship.” His flock and visitors enjoy the newly built and architectural award winning designed edifice— Chicago’s Crystal Cathedral. “It is a beautiful church and state of the art center that’s a tool for the harvesting of souls. It has 2,500 seats, yet very intimate in design because I wanted to see the facial expression of people even if they sat in the back row,” smiled Felder who said, “When people come to church, they say it has a Bapti-

costal flavor with social relevance.” The seasoned cleric walks boldly in his life’s purpose as a pastor, “I understand how gratifying it is because I ran from it— God can really do things if you are humbly available. It has taught me to appreciate everyone’s uniqueness and never to cluster people into groups—as you know people, you learn their story and why they are where they are,” he said. Married to the lovely Rev. Dr. Alexis Felder of 13 years, he exclaims that is, “the greatest decision I made next to receiving Jesus Christ.” She partners in ministry and they co-founded The Joseph Assignment Global Initiative—a global operation with the mission to provide a channel for people to be a blessing by giving to those less fortunate. Housed in New Faith, to date, the organization has served over 250,000 men, women and children in Africa, India, Latin and South America. “We want to move the resources and gifts God has given us into the community in order to empower people to fulfill their destiny. We really seek to share the love of Christ in tangible ways,” said the pastor. The coupled also adopted two children—Nora Nichelle and Andrew Kofi from Ghana. “We are of service and open to the community—the greatest of all is the servant of all,” said Felder. His message is “You are not an afterthought, God knows the plans according to Jeremiah 29:11. God has put everything that you need inside of you to bring you to your next level. ***

W. 120th Street in Chicago where District Elder George E. Shaw is Pastor. *** The Chicago Gospel music industry and beyond are saddened by the loss of musician, gospel historian and former radio personality, Nash Shaffer, Jr. After a

Pastor Denise Clark First Lady Mary R. Shaw invites you to the Lively Stone Apostolic Church of God’s Annual Women’s Weekend Services 2014 Saturday, Oct. 4 at 9 a.m. and Sunday, Oct. 5 at 4 p.m. The theme is “Hungering and Thirsting for the Overflow to Impact our Surrounding” (Matt 5:6; St. John 7:38). The program will begin on Saturday at 9 a.m. with registration and continental breakfast. The different breakout sessions begin around 10 a.m. with an Adult Roundtable Discussion and Young Adult seminar entitled “Beauty Inside and Out.” Lunch will be served at 11 a.m. On Sunday at noon, there will be a Preach-A-Rama with Evangelist Mary E. Mondaine, Sister Mary Brooks and Sister LeTesha Briggs. Pastor Denise Clark of House of Rhema Praise and Worship Center, Vice President of Churches United CDC (West Pullman) will be the guest speaker at 4 p.m. Lively Stone Apostolic Church is located 620

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Nash Shaffer, Jr. lengthy health challenge, Shaffer, known as the “Professor,” made his transition on Sept. 24. The arrangements for Professor Nash E. Shaffer Jr. will include a musical celebration on Friday, Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. The homegoing celebration is Saturday, Oct. 4. The wake is at 10 a.m. and the services will follow at 11 a.m. All services will be held at Christian Tabernacle Church Baptist, 4712 S. Prairie Ave. in Chicago where Maceo Woods is pastor. Our condolences are extended to Pastor Patrick Shaffer, Nash Shaffer, III and the entire family.

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THE RISE AND LOOMING ALL OF CHICAGO’S BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS: This series of lectures, discussions and calls for peace is moderated by Nathan Thompson, author of the landmark book “Kings: The True Story of Chicago’s Policy Kings and Numbers Racketeers.” The topics on Saturday, October 4, 2 p.m. 3:30 p.m. at the Coleman Branch of the Chicago Public Library, 63rd and Evans Avenue, include “Politricks: Real Talk About the Coming Elections;” “Voting and Voter Manipulation: Covering the Unexpected;” “The Electoral College: Facts V. Fiction;” and “Rules and Regs of the Delegates: Obligations versus What’s Expected.” The guest speakers are Nathan Thompson and Black Republican Chairman Percy Coleman. In addition, there will also be screenings of “Koch Brothers Exposed” and “American Blackout.” This series is presented by the African American Services Committee of the Chicago Public Library. CHRISTINE HOUSTON’S, “TWO TWENTY-SEVEN” OPENS ETA CREATIVE ARTS FOUNDATION’S 44TH SEASON: eta Creative Arts Foundation (eta) proudly opens its 44th season with Christine Houston’s critically acclaimed and award-winning play,” Two Twenty-Seven. “The play opens Saturday, October 4, and runs through Friday, October 24, 2014. This, the original stage play, is set at 227 E. 48th Street in Chicago’s historic Bronzeville neighborhood during the 1950s. “Two Twenty-Seven” recounts Houston’s memories of her sometimes humorous, but often painfully honest neighbors as they work to maintain family, friendships, and make ends meet while chasing their American dreams. Because eta’s facility is currently undergoing renovation, “Two Twenty-Seven” is being presented at the Kennedy-King College Theater, 740 W. 63rd Street, Fridays and Saturdays at 7 p.m. General admission is $35. Student, senior, and group discounts are available. For tickets, please call 708-9264641. STRANGE FRUIT: Join graphic novel author and illustrator Joel Gill on his fall tour in promotion of “Strange Fruit: Uncelebrated Narratives from Black History, Vol.1.” “Strange Fruit is Black history as you’ve never seen it before. Working with a striking palette of ruby reds, rich browns, bleached-out blues and deep piney greens, author/artist Joel Christian Gill conjures up forgotten firsts and impassioned everymen in a cartoon style that’s at 16

once cheeky and epic, naive and majestic.” — The Chicago Tribune. An upcoming appearance is scheduled for Saturday, October 4 and Sunday, October 5 in Cambridge, MA at the MICE, (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo), University Hall at Lesley University, 1815 Massachusetts Avenue (Porter Square). He will be exhibiting at Fulcrum’s booth and will be a participant on a panel discussion about “Teaching with Comics.” Digital review copies and hard copies are available upon request. Visit Joel Gill’s website: http://joelchristiangill.wordpress.com/ and/or Joel’s twitter: @jcg 007. MICHAEL CHABON FEATURED IN ONE BOOK, ONE CHICAGO AT CPL: In October, the Chicago Public Library presents several diverse author programs as part of its free monthly Authors @ the Library series, as well as several events spotlighting the 2014-2015 One Book, One Chicago selection. The current One Book, One Chicago choice is The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. Chabon will be featured in conversation with Angel Ysaguirre, Executive Director of the Illinois Humanities Council, on Thursday, October 9, at 6 p.m. in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium (Lower Level), at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street. The conversation about his novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, will highlight the captivating power of heroes. For more information, visit onebookonechicago.org. CHICAGO ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR 2014 PHOTO CONTEST: Grab your camera and head to Brookfield Zoo, where you just might capture a winning shot in the Chicago Zoological Society’s 2014 Photo Contest. The grand prize is a behind-the-scenes adventure with Brookfield Zoo’s giraffes. The unique experience will give the winner and up to five guests the opportunity to get to know the giraffe herd and even feed them some of their favorite food items. Photo submissions should be 8 x 10 inches and either color or black-and-white, and they must feature an animal, although they do not have to be taken at Brookfield Zoo. (Photos with people will not be accepted.) Please do not frame or mat your photo. To enter, fill out an entry form and tape it to the back of the photo (one entry per person). You can download forms and the official 2014 Photo Contest rules from the Chicago Zoological So-

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ILLINOIS GOVERNOR PAT QUINN announced funding support targeted at resolving issues related to overflows at the Melvina Ditch Reservoir in Burbank, IL and improvements at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago’s (MWRD’s) Stickney Water Reclamation Plant in Cicero, IL. Pres. Kathleen Meany, Vice President Barbara McGowan, Commissioner Patrick D. Thompson, MWRD Executive Director David St. Pierre, state senator Lisa Hernandez, Illinois EPA Director Lisa Bonnett, and Burbank Mayor Harry Klein joined the Governor at the Reservoir as he made the announcement recently. Pictured, left to right, MWRD Commissioner Patrick D. Thompson, Pres. Kathleen Meany, Governor Pat Quinn and Vice President Barbara McGowan. ciety’s website, www.CZS.org/PhotoContest. Forms are also available at the zoo’s north and south information kiosks; by calling 708- 688-8351; and at House of Color, which is located at 9912 West 55th Street in Countryside. Send entries to: Brookfield Zoo, 2014 Photo Contest, 3300 Golf Road, Brookfield, IL 60513. Photos may also be dropped off at the zoo’s South Gate reception. All entries must be received by Monday, October 20, 2014, 5

p.m. Entries will not be returned. Judges will select one grand-prize winner from all entries. In addition, a first, second, and thirdplace winner will be selected in two age categories: adult (12 and older) and child (11 and under). LOVE ME FOREVER! In Love Me Forever! Oh! Oh! Oh!, a selection from The Best American Comics 2013, cartoonist Jeremy Sorese, a gay man, explores the idea of getting married. Faced

with a decision he had not previously believed possible, Sorese uses his parents’ heterosexual marriage as a model to contemplate the benefits and downfalls of marriage. He concludes that marriage is much more complicated than walking down the aisle. This exhibit is ONGOING in the Congress Corridor, Ground Level of the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street, through March 8, 2015. For more information, visit chipublib.org.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE, LLC; P l a i n t i f f , v s . KENNETH KANE AKA KENNETH J. K A N E ; D e f e n d a n t s , 10 CH 43514 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, October 27, 2014 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-26-322-029-0000. Commonly known as 7824 SOUTH GREENWOOD AVE. CHICAGO IL 60619. 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 inspection for For information call William E. Dutton, Jr. at Plaintiff's Attorney, DUTTON & DUTTON, P.C., 10325 West Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, Illinois 60423. (815) 8 0 6 - 8 2 0 0 . JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N (312) 444-1122 Selling Officer, I627650

AND NONRECORD OWNERS WILLIAMS; CLAIMANTS; DESIREE WILLIAMS CHARLES CONNELL RANDOLPH WILLIAMS; DONNELL WILLIAMS; WILLIAMS; CHENEAL WILLIAMS; LEAH GRAHAM D. AKA LEAH D. COLEMAN; GLORIA WILLIAM COLEMAN; SPECIAL BUTCHER, TD AUTO REPRESENTATIVE; LLC FKA FINANCE FINANCE DAIMLERCHRYSLER DBA SERVICES AMERICAS LLC FINANCIAL; CHRYSLER D e f e n d a n t s , CH 04892 12 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE UNDER LAW FORECLOSURE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on July 28, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, October 31, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: 20-27-202-016-0000. P.I.N. Commonly known as 7153 South Eberhart Chicago, IL 60619. Avenue, 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: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 . INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I627705

iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON WeLLS FARGO bANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.ReNee FieLdS, City OF CHiCAGO defendants 13 CH 005814 6537 S. GReeN StReet CHiCAGO, iL 60621 NOtiCe OF SALe PubLiC NOtiCe iS HeReby GiVeN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 12, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 14, 2014, 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 6537 S. GReeN StReet, CHiCAGO, iL 60621 Property index No. 20-20-223-012. the real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY; P l a i n t i f f , v s . UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF GLORIA MARSALIS COLEMAN, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; DESIREE WILLIAMS; CHARLES WILLIAMS RANDOLPH WILLIAMS; CONNELL WILLIAMS; DONNELL WILLIAMS; CHENEAL WILLIAMS; LEAH D. GRAHAM AKA LEAH D. COLEMAN; GLORIA COLEMAN; WILLIAM BUTCHER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE; TD AUTO FINANCE LLC FKA DAIMLERCHRYSLER FINANCE SERVICES AMERICAS LLC DBA CHRYSLER FINANCIAL; D e f e n d a n t s , 12 CH 04892 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW INDIANA ) given that IN THE ST. JOSEpH pROBATE COURT OF PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby ) SS: pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure ST. JOSEpH COUNTy ) CAUSE NO: 71J01-1403-JT-000033 entered in the above entitled cause on July 28, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF Corporation will on RELATIONSHIp Friday, October OF 31, THE pARENT-CHILD 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Noah Hall Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder (CHILD) SUMMONS FOR SERVICE By for cash, the following described property: pUBLICATION & NOTICE OF P.I.N. 20-27-202-016-0000. TERMINATION OF pARENTAL AND RIgHTS HEARINg Commonly known as 7153 South Eberhart Avenue, Chicago, IL 60619. Todd Hallreal estate is improved The Anthony mortgaged (FATHER) with a single family residence. If the Alana Hall, mother Nikai subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall TO: todd Anthony Hall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms:Hall, the father of Noah Hall, (October 18, 2013), of todd Anthony the identity\whereabouts 25% down certified funds, balance diligent inquiry,by is unknown. within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be that open Hall is hereby notified the St. Joseph County department of Child Sertodd Anthony for inspection. full of Court the a Verified Petition for termination of the Parentvices has filed inUpon the St.payment Joseph in Probate Child Relationship. amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the todd Anthony is hereby advised that he must respond to such petition in person and/or purchaser to aHall Deed to the premises after byconfirmation counsel within thirty days after the last notice of this action is published. if he does not of (30)the sale. do so, information: said petition will be heard and acted at upon in his absence on the 1st day of december, For Visit our website 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in the St. Joseph Probate3Court, 1000 S. Michigan St., South bend, indiana, http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 46601. p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Said todd Anthony Hall is further advised that in the event the Court terminates the parentStreet, Chicago,allIllinois 60602. privileges, Tel.No. immunities, duties and obligations pertaining to child relationship, rights, powers, (312) 476-5500. Refer towillFile Number the parent-child relationship be permanently terminated, and his consent to the adoption of 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 . Noah Hall will not be required; that he has the right to assistance in fulfilling those obligations, INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES and a right to be represented by counsel, provided for him if necessary, throughout any proC O Rto terminate P O RtheAparent-child T I O relationship. N ceedings Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 the AttORNey RePReSeNtiNG tHe iNdiANA dePARtMeNt OF CHiLd SeRViCeS iS I627705 Sharon Albrecht, 300 N. Michigan, Suite 230, South bend, iN 46601; telephone ((574) 2323042.

HOUSES FOR SALE 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. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-13-04930. 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 sta-

tus report of pending sales. COdiLiS & ASSOCiAteS, P.C. 15W030 NORtH FRONtAGe ROAd, Suite 100 buRR RidGe, iL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-04930 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 005814 tJSC#: 34-14460 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. i627308 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON CMG MORtGAGe, iNC. Plaintiff, -v.JANette CHAVeZ, PeteR PAJACZeK, tRuStee uNdeR tHe PeteR PAJACZeK tRuSt dAted SePteMbeR 21, 1992, dOROtA PALeCZNy, CO-tRuStee uNdeR tHe dOROtA PALeCZNy tRuSt dAted SePteMbeR 21, 1992, uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NONReCORd CLAiMANtS defendants 14 CH 002916 6123 S. CARPeNteR StReet CHiCAGO, iL 60621 NOtiCe OF SALe PubLiC NOtiCe iS HeReby GiVeN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 4, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 6, 2014, 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 6123 S. CARPeNteR StReet, CHiCAGO, iL 60621 Property index No. 20-17-419-011. 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. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the

same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-13-31061. 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 Attorney File No. 14-13-31061 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 002916 tJSC#: 34-13921 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. i626846

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LEGAL NOTICES OF INDIANA ST. JOSEpH COUNTy

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IN THE ST. JOSEpH pROBATE COURT

StAte OF iNdiANA

CAUSE NO: 71J01-1403-JT-000033

COuNty OF WAyNe

IN THE MATTER OF THE TERMINATION OF THE pARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIp OF Noah Hall (CHILD)

SUMMONS FOR SERVICE By pUBLICATION & NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF pARENTAL RIgHTS HEARINg

AND

) ) SS: )

iN tHe SuPeRiOR COuRt NO. 3

iN tHe MAtteR OF tHe teRMiNAtiON OF ) tHe PAReNt-CHiLd ReLAtiONSHiP OF ) Cause No.: 89d03-1407-Jt-000006 ) JAXTON OAKES, child ) ) ) SuMMONS FOR SeRViCe by ANd ) PubLiCAtiON & NOtiCe OF JeSSiCA CRANe, Mother ) teRMiNAtiON OF PAReNtAL RiGHtS HeARiNG JAMeS OAKeS, Father

Nikai Alana Hall (MOTHER) todd Anthony Hall, father

AMENDED tO:

JAMES OAKES

NOTICE TO: Nikai Alana Hall

the identity\whereabouts of Nikai Alana Hall, the mother of Noah Hall (born October 18, 2013), is unknown. Nikai Alana Hall is hereby notified that the St. Joseph County department of Child Services has filed in the St. Joseph Probate Court a Verified Petition for termination of the Parent-Child Relationship. Nikai Alana Hall is hereby advised that she must respond to such petition in person and/or by counsel within thirty (30) days after the last notice of this action is published. if she does not do so, said petition will be heard and acted upon in her absence on the 1st day of december, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. in the St. Joseph Probate Court, 1000 S. Michigan St., South bend, indiana, 46601. Said Nikai Alana Hall is further advised that in the event the Court terminates the parent-child relationship, all rights, powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations pertaining to the parent-child relationship will be permanently terminated, and her consent to the adoption of Noah Hall will not be required; that she has the right to assistance in fulfilling those obligations, and a right to be represented by counsel, provided for her if necessary, throughout any proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship. the AttORNey RePReSeNtiNG tHe iNdiANA dePARtMeNt OF CHiLd SeRViCeS iS Sharon Albrecht, 300 N. Michigan, Suite 230, South bend, iN 46601; telephone ((574) 2323042.

NOTICE IS HEREBy gIVEN to James Oaks, father, whereabouts unknown of Jaxtin Oakes (born October 13, 2012), that a Petition for involuntary termination of your Parental Rights in the above named child, has been filed by the indiana department of Child Services, Wayne County Office, in the Wayne County Superior Court No. 3, and yOU ARE HEREBy COMMANDED TO AppEAR before the Judge of said Court at the Courthouse, in Richmond, indiana, on the 1st day of December, 2014, at 2:45 p.M., to attend an initial hearing/termination hearing and to answer the Petition for termination of your Parental Rights in said Child, and 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 an adoption or other placement of said child, and yOU ARE ENTITLED TO REpRESENTATION By AN ATTORNEy, provided by the State if necessary, throughout this proceedings to terminate the parent-child relationship. yOU MUST RESpOND by appearing in person or by 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 Sarah e. Welcome, 54 S. 2nd Street, Richmond, iN; telephone (765) 935-0078.

dated this 4th day of September 2014

terri J. Rethlake ______________________ ____ Clerk, St. Joseph Probate Court

dated this 4th day of September 2014

terri J. Rethlake ______________________ ____ Clerk, St. Joseph Probate Court date this 22nd day of September, 2014.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; P l a i n t i f f , v s . MICHAELLYN HARDWARE AKA MICHAEL LYNN HARDWARE UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 12 CH 5544 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, October 17, 2014 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-22-209-006-0000. Commonly known as 6427 South Vernon Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled at most only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's a t t o r n e y . 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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F 1 1 1 2 0 4 9 4 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I625831

HOUSES FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC P l a i n t i f f , v s . MARC SEABROOK A/K/A MARK SEABROOK A/K/A MARC W. SEABROOK; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 3700 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on July 22, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, October 31, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-27-310-036-0000. Commonly known as 7602 South Calumet Avenue, Chicago, Il 60619. 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: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1 4 0 1 4 4 7 . INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I627730 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON HSbC bANK uSA, NAtiONAL ASSOCiAtiON, AS tRuStee FOR MeRRiLL LyNCH MORtGAGe iNVeStORS, iNC., MORtGAGe LOAN ASSet-bACKed CeRtiFiCAteS, SeRieS 2002-He1 tRuSt Plaintiff, -v.MAuRiCe MCGARy, CHiteLe MCGARy, tHe City OF CHiCAGO, City OF CHiCAGO dePARtMeNt OF WAteR MANAGeMeNt, uNKNOWN OWNeRS, GeNeRALLy, ANd NONReCORd CLAiMANtS defendants 12 CH 043135 6430 S. MORGAN StReet CHiCAGO, iL 60621 NOtiCe OF SALe PubLiC NOtiCe iS HeReby GiVeN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 25, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 27, 2014, 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 6430 S. MORGAN StReet, CHiCAGO, iL 60621 Property index No. 20-20-211-034. the real estate is improved with a multi-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. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-13-27762. tHe JudiCiAL SALeS CORPORAtiON One South Wacker drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, iL 606064650 (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 Attorney File No. 14-13-27762 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 043135 tJSC#: 3415463 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. i626355 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON WeLLS FARGO bANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.SHiRLey A. CAtHey, ZeNitHA M. CAtHey A/K/A ZeNitA M. CAtHey, uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NONReCORd CLAiMANtS defendants 13 CH 022077 7435 S. Champlain 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 30, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 5, 2014, 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 7435 S. Champlain Avenue, Chicago, iL 60619 Property index No. 20-27-229-012. 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 twentyfour (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. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 14-13-22254. tHe JudiCiAL SALeS CORPORAtiON One South Wacker drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, iL 606064650 (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 Attorney File No. 14-13-22254 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 022077 tJSC#: 3414514 NOte: Pursuant to the Fair debt

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY DIVISION CHANCERY CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL C O R P O R A T I O N ; P l a i n t i f f , s . v CONSULTANT PREFERRED INC.; TIFFANY PARTNERS, D/B/A PREFERRED WEBB CONSULTANT PARTNERS, INC AND UNKNOWN SEAN JONES; OWNERS AND NON RECORD C L A I M A N T S ; D e f e n d a n t s , M1 450698 09 OF SALE NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on August 26, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, October 21, 2014, at the hour of 11 a.m. in its office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following property: described Commonly known as 6050 South Morgan Chicago, IL. Street, 20-17-411-042-0000. P.I.N. The property consists of vacant land. Sale terms: 10% of the purchase price will be required to bid at the sale. The balance of the purchase price required by 12:00 the following day. p.m. The property will NOT be open for i n s p e c t i o n . Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the a l e . s For information call City of Chicago Department of Law/COAL, City Hall 121 North LaSalle Street, Suite 400, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 742-0007. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I626880

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , v . EDWIN JONES AKA EDWIN L. JONES, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS COUNTY, ILLINOIS D e f e n d a n t s COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY 11 CH 13399 D I V I S I O N 6046 SOUTH RHODES AVENUE BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., CHICAGO, IL 60637 P l a i n t i f f NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS V . HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a ROY SKINNER, III A/K/A ROY E. Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered SKINNER, III A/K/A ROY SKINNER; in the above cause on July 18, 2014, an CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND will at 10:30 AM on October 21, 2014, at NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; The Judicial Sales Corporation, One UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS, South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, D e f e n d a n t s CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public 11 CH 40506 auction to the highest bidder, as set forth Property Address: 7048 SOUTH below, the following described real estate: WABASH AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60637 Commonly known as 6046 SOUTH NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE RHODES AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Shapiro Kreisman & Assoc. file # Property Index No. 20-15-403-031-0000. 1 0 - 0 3 4 5 3 8 The real estate is improved with a brick, 3 (It is advised that interested parties consult unit home; detached 1.5 car garage. Sale with their terms: 25% down of the highest bid by own attorneys before bidding at mortgage certified funds at the close of the sale foreclosure sales.) payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that No third party checks will be accepted. The pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on September 27, 2012, Kallen balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official Abandoned Residential Property will at 12:30 p.m. on October 24, 2014, at Municipality Relief Fund, which is 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, calculated on residential real estate at the Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction the highest bidder for cash, as set forth thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser below, the following described real not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or p r o p e r t y : wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) Commonly known as 7048 South Wabash hours. No fee shall be paid by the Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 mortgagee acquiring the residential real Permanent Index No.: 20-22-320-017-0000 estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale The mortgaged real estate is improved or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or with a dwelling. The property will NOT be other lienor acquiring the residential real open for inspection. estate whose rights in and to the The judgment amount was $ 447,776.23. residential real estate arose prior to the Sale terms for non-parties: 10% of sale. The subject property is subject to successful bid immediately at conclusion general real estate taxes, special of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next assessments, or special taxes levied business day, both by cashier's checks; against said real estate and is offered for and no refunds. The sale shall be subject sale without any representation as to to general real estate taxes, special taxes, quality or quantity of title and without special assessments, special taxes levied, recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" and superior liens, if any. The property is condition. The sale is further subject to offered "as is," with no express or implied confirmation by the court. Upon payment in warranties and without any representation full of the amount bid, the purchaser will as to the quality of title or recourse to receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle Plaintiff. Prospective bidders are the purchaser to a deed to the real estate admonished to review the court file to verify after confirmation of the sale. The property all information and to view auction rules at ww w . k a l l e n r s . c o m . will NOT be open for inspection and For information: Sale Clerk, Shapiro plaintiff makes no representation as to the Kreisman & Associates, LLC, Attorney # condition of the property. Prospective 42168, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, bidders are admonished to check the court Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) file to verify all information. If this property 291-1717, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the weekdays only. unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a I626146 mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS COUNTY, ILLINOIS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a COUNTY DEPARTMENT condominium unit which is part of a CHANCERY DIVISION common interest community, the purchaser BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC; of the unit at the foreclosure sale other P l a i n t i f f , than a mortgagee shall pay the v s . assessments required by The MICHAELLYN HARDWARE AKA Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS MICHAEL LYNN HARDWARE Blacks Must control their IF own coMMunity 605/18.5(g-1). YOU ARE THE UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU RECORD CLAIMANTS; HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN D e f e n d a n t s , POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER 12 CH 5544 ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF NOTICE OF SALE POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE that pursuant to a Judgment of ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above LAW. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, October 17, a photo identification issued by a 2014 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at government agency (driver's license, 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the foreclosure sale room in Cook County the highest bidder for cash, as set forth and the same identification for sales held below, the following described mortgaged at other county venues. For information: real estate: Visit our website at P.I.N. 20-22-209-006-0000. service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours Commonly known as 6427 South Vernon of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637. Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn The mortgaged real estate is improved Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

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. Effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1106845. 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. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1106845 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 11 CH 13399 TJSC#: 34-12442 I626169

iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt - CHANCeRy diViSiON eVeRbANK Plaintiff, -v.uNKNOWN HeiRS ANd deViSeeS OF MARGARet MCiNtyRe, deCeASed, uNKNOWN CLAiMANtS ANd LieNHOLdeRS AGAiNSt tHe eStAte OF MARGARet MCiNtyRe, deCeASed, uNKNOWN CLAiMANtS ANd LieNHOLdeRS AGAiNSt tHe uNKNOWN HeiRS ANd deViSeeS OF MARGARet MCiNtyRe, deCeASed, City OF CHiCAGO, dARReN MCiNtyRe, PAtRiCiA bOStON, WiLLiAM butCHeR, AS SPeCiAL RePReSeNtAtiVe OF MARGARet MCiNtyRe, deCeASed, ROSANNA MCiNtyRe defendants 11 CH 40094 357 W. 56th Place Chicago, iL 60621 NOtiCe OF SALe PubLiC NOtiCe iS HeReby GiVeN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 30, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 31, 2014, 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 357 W. 56th Place, Chicago, iL 60621 Property index No. 20-16-208019-0000. the real estate is improved with a single family residence. the judgment amount was $67,810.47. Sale terms: 100% of the bid amount, 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, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. the certified check must be made payable to the Judicial Sales Corporation. 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. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a

photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 11 CH 40094 tJSC#: 34-14115 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. i623327 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON deutSCHe bANK NAtiONAL tRuSt COMPANy, AS tRuStee FOR NOVAStAR MORtGAGe FuNdiNG tRuSt, SeRieS 2007-1 Plaintiff, -v.AudRA MOLyNeAuX, PARKSide ON KiNG dRiVe CONdOMiNiuM ASSOCiAtiON defendants 10 CH 046872 5902 S. KiNG dRiVe uNit # 3 CHiCAGO, iL 60637 NOtiCe OF SALe PubLiC NOtiCe iS HeReby GiVeN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 23, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 27, 2014, 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 5902 S. KiNG dRiVe uNit # 3, CHiCAGO, iL 60637 Property index No. 20-15-305-037-1006. the real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. 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. effective May 1st, 2014 you will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues. 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) 7949876 Please refer to file number 14-1327334. 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 Attorney File No. 14-13-27334 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 10 CH 046872 tJSC#: 34-13306 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. i624426

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Bulls season is right around the corner By J. Coyden Palmer With the Bulls first pre-season game less than a week away, excited fans say the success of this season will be determined by the health of Derrick Rose, how quickly new acquisitions Doug McDermott and Pau Gasol fit into the offense and coach Tom Thibodeau’s stubbornness. The Bulls will tip-off the regular season in New York on Oct. 29 before returning for their home opener on Halloween night against LeBron James and the Cleveland

Rose said. “This time I’m coming back and I will be more patient and let the game come to me. After that I will get into a rhythm.” Rose said he knows there is nothing he can say to fans that will give them confidence that he is ready to play. He said the best he can do is let his game do the talking. “They have every reason not to have confidence after what has happened the last two seasons,” Rose confessed. “I just have to go out there and perform.” Rose’s performance over the sum-

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Tom Thibodeau Cavaliers at the United Center. Media members had many of the same concerns as fans during Media Day this week at the Bulls new

mer with Team USA did not help to relieve fears among some fans that he will never be the same. Rose shot 1 of 19 from three-point

best move the Bulls made in the offseason was in letting go of Carlos Boozer, they did add two key players in McDermott, the firstround pick out of Creighton and veteran center Gasol, who they signed via free agency. McDermott was one of the most prolific scorers in the history of college basketball. He led the nation in scoring last year and finished his career fifth on the all-time list. A small forward who is also expected to play shooting guard, McDermott gives the Bulls what they have been missing for several seasons; a player who can create his

own shot and score consistently. “It’s a lot more mental than it is anything, because of all the new stuff being thrown at us,” McDermott said. “I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself. I want to earn my playing time. I’m just trying to learn the terminology and trying to get on the same page with the rest of these guys,” McDermott added. Gasol comes to the Bulls after signing as a free agent in the summer. A World Champion with the Lakers, Gasol said winning championships with Kobe Bryant taught him a lot and he believes

Rose can lead the Bulls to one too. “Having played against and now with Derrick I know how good he is,” Gasol said. “You can’t control injuries. They happen. He is still one of the elite players in the league and when I look at this roster, I think it is more talent-filled than it has ever been. I’m happy to be here and looking to do my part.” Gasol’s signing gives fans hope they will see consistent scoring on the inside that Boozer did not give them. Combined with All-Star Joakim Noah, the Bulls now have a formidable frontline. Perhaps the X factor in the entire season will be coaching. Although he has won Coach of the Year honors, fans have soured in many ways against Thibodeau. Many blame him for Rose’s injuries and how the players have been used during the regular season. Even when games seemed to be well in hand, Thibodeau would often keep his starters in. He responded to the criticism this week, saying he would coach the way he coaches and anyone thinking he is going to change is going to be disappointed. “I’m going to coach my way and whatever happens, happens,” the defiant leader said. “What gets lost sometimes is there are several ways you can pace your team,’’ Thibodeau explained. “People think it’s just minutes. No. How much contact do you have in practice? And then you have a lot of people trying to evaluate what you’re trying to do in practice, and they don’t even know what a warm-up drill is and what an actual contact drill is.”

Doug McDermott practice facility on the West Side. Rose’s health has been the franchise’s biggest problem the last two seasons. He has only played in 12 games since he originally injured his knee in a 2012 playoff game against Philadelphia. After taking all of the following season off to heal, a decision that has been criticized, he came back last year only to injure his other knee. But Rose told reporters he is not worried about all of the doubters. “With my first injury, I came back and I wanted it too bad. I was out there playing a little crazy,” www.chicagocrusader.com

range during the FIBA World Championships and several times scored under 10 points. He also missed several game practices, which has led many to speculate he will never return to his former NBA MVP status. “These last two years I’ve been out I think has helped me mentally in being able to prepare myself as a pro,” Rose said. “I really believe I’m a student of the game now instead of just going out there and playing based on my natural ability.” While many would argue the

CHICAGO BULLS HEAD coach Tom Thibodeau (left) and general manager Gar Forman (right) pose for a photo with newly signed center Pau Gasol during a press conference at the United Center July 18. (Photo credit David Banks-USA Today Sports).

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