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Rauner Defeats Quinn By J. Coyden Palmer For the first time in 12 years, a Republican will be the governor of Illinois after businessman Bruce Rauner defeated Democratic incumbent Pat Quinn, with 99 percent of the vote counted at Crusader press time. Rauner was able to siphon off enough votes from the Black community in the city and surrounding suburbs—traditional Democratic strongholds—to lead him to victory. During the campaign, Rauner was endorsed by several African Americans during the campaign and made inroads in the community no other Republican had in recent history. Quinn was not seen the morning after the election, and his campaign spokesperson, Brooke Anderson, said he would not be conceding until all of the votes were counted. On Election Night, he addressed his supporters, thanking them for their votes and vowing to continue the fight to the end. “We believe that when you vote in an election, you make sure that every vote counts,” Quinn said. “There are a lot of votes still to be counted. I don’t believe in throwing in the towel. I think the prudent
GOV. PAT QUINN STANDING with Paul Vallas during the election night rally announces he wants all the votes counted after hearing the percentages in favor of Bruce Rauner. However, the next day Gov. Quinn does concede the race saying, “…it’s clear that we do no have enough votes to win the election.” (Photo by Robert Earl) thing to do…is to thank all of the people process.” afternoon. Speaking downtown at a press who voted today and exercised their fundaQuinn finally got the confirmation he conference, Quinn said he was certain the (Continued on page 2) mental right to participate in the electoral needed in order to concede the following
Teachers Union praises campaign effort towards increased minimum wage and school funding In the day after the 2014 Illinois General Election, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) remains strongly committed to its
vision for the city of Chicago and public education—fully funded and resourced neighborhood schools, the protection of
REV. DR. WEBB EVANS is celebrating his 101st birthday Nov. 20 at 10 a.m. at Dan’s Soul Food Restaurant, 2523 W. 79th Street. Members of the United American Progress Association (UAPA) and friends are invited to come and partake in a buffet breakfast and dialogue with Rev. Evans and Min. Rahim Aton, current president of UAPA, who will also be celebrating his birthday the same day. Buffet is $12 and seating is limited. RSVP as soon as possible by calling Pamela Dominguez at 872-236-8383.
affordable housing and public sector employment, retirement security and a livable wage. Despite low voter turnout throughout the state, CTU’s Get Out the Vote efforts in advance of Tuesday’s election led to 100,000 registered voters. CTU Political Action Committee-endorsed candidates all secured victories except for Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, contributing to a Democratic super-majority in both the Illinois Senate and Illinois House of Representatives. The Union congratulates labor advocate Rep. Mike Smiddy for his re-election in the 71st District, and representativeelect Carol Ammons in the 103rd District, who will be a great addition to the General Assembly. The advocacy of CTU members and our labor and community partners was vital in securing overwhelming Election Day support for two amendments to the Illinois Constitution and three statewide advisory referendums, including one which calls for an increase in the minimum wage to $10 per hour by January 1, 2015, and another requiring a 3 percent “millionaire tax” on
Illinois residents with income greater than $1 million to raise funds for our state’s schools. Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan sponsored the millionaire tax referendum, and has stated that the tax would (Continued on page 3)
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Rauner gets 21% of the Chicago vote Illinois Governor-elect Bruce Rauner received 20.81% of the vote in the City of Chicago, surpassing the 20% threshhold that Republicans have traditionally needed to win statewide office. The previous GOP nominee for Governor, State Senator Bill Brady, received 17.5% of the Chicago vote in 2010. The governor’s race was a test of the Chicago Republican party’s “Chicago Victory Project,” a candidate recruitment and campaign infrastructure program. The goal of the program was to recruit highquality first-time candidates for Illinois House and State Senate seats, provide them with campaign infrastructure, and drive the GOP vote in Chicago by 5%. Partnering closely with the Illinois GOP and the Rauner campaign ensured topto-bottom alignment. As a result of this initiative, the Chicago GOP recruited and ran nine candidates on the ballot in districts throughout Chicago. Each candidate was in a district which was extremely difficult for a Republican to win. Nevertheless, the candidates went door-to-door and spent many hours ringing
doorbells and making calls. The net effect was that Republicans who turned out to vote for the local Republican candidate also tended to vote for Bruce Rauner and the whole statewide ticket. The party raised approximately $250,000 for the program, shattering previous fundraising records. “This outcome was the result of two years of planning, fundraising and execution,” said Adam Robinson, Chairman of the Chicago GOP. “It’s no secret that Chicago is and forever will be critical to the success of our statewide candidates. This is a winning formula for future elections.” All but one of the candidates were running for office for the first time. Nevertheless, four of them won the endorsement of local media. “The impact of these campaigns was substantial,” said Chris Cleveland, Vice Chairman of the Chicago GOP. “The results of this election guarantee that we’ll have a larger field of candidates in the future. The Chicago GOP will expand this program substantially in preparation for 2016.” The candidates were Vince Kol-
ber, Stefanie Linares, Collin Johnson, Mark Calonder, Denis Detzel, Greg Bedell, Coby Hakalir, Mark
Ekhoff, and Victor Horne. “We’re deeply grateful for what
these Chicago candidates have done for the party,” said Cleveland.
ILLINOIS GOVERNOR-ELECT Bruce Rauner quickly declared his victory Election Night. Rauner got 20.8 percent in the city and 45.6 percent in the Cook County suburbs.
Rauner Defeats Governor Quinn (Continued from page 1) lead was too much for him to overcome with 99 percent of the votes counted. “We respect the result. We respect what the voters did yesterday. And I look forward to working with the new administration… in respect to the transition so that it moves smoothly for the people of Illinois,” Quinn said. Rauner wasted no time declaring victory on Election Night. Onstage with his wife, six children and supporters, he vowed that change was coming to Illinois. Sinking millions into his own campaign, Rauner received endorsements from Pastors Corey Brooks, James Meeks and Stephen Thurston, which angered some in the Black community. Stating that the election was about bringing back Illinois and a victory for taxpayers who need lower tax burdens, Rauner said Illinois workers deserve a booming economy and that by imposing term limits, he wants to root out corruption in Springfield by getting rid of career politicians. “This is a historic time in Illinois. The voters have asked for divided government. For the first time in many years, we will have a Republican governor and a Democratic legislature. They have chosen this not so we can fight, not so we can bicker, but to find bipartisan solutions to 2
solve the problems of Illinois,” Rauner said. “We will not accept the status quo. We are going in a new direction.” While speaking at the Quinn rally, State Senator Kwame Raoul expressed his unhappiness blaming what he perceived to be a loss by Quinn on the amount of money Rauner spent on the campaign, saying that was not good for government. “I think people need to ask the question if spending this amount of money for the highest office in the state is really worth it, and what are that person’s intentions,” Raoul asked. The Crusader spoke with voters on the prospects of Rauner as governor; many people voted against their traditional beliefs in this election. Vanessa Doby of Chicago said she usually votes Republican, but this time voted for Quinn. “I was backing Rauner until he said he wants to lower the minimum wage, and he does not have Blacks in his firm,” Doby said. “I questioned his efforts to give back to communities, prior to seeking office when I was questioning why I was going to vote. And, as a voter, I have the right to know who I am electing to lead…as a former accountant I know that everything that looks good ain’t good for us.” A lifelong Democrat, Alexander Anderson, said he voted for Rauner and echoed the sentiments of others
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SUPPORTERS OF GOV. PAT QUINN gather early on Election Night outside news outlets and the Election Night headquarters as they wait for the voting results. (Photo by Robert Earl) in the Black community that the Democrats have taken the community for granted and they needed to be put on notice. “I don’t believe Mr. Rauner is going to do anything, but I know Quinn did nothing. So, for me it was a matter of going with what I know, which was nothing, or going with something unknown, which is scary, but it was better than what I already knew,” he said. “I stepped out on pure faith that Rauner can’t be worse than Quinn. If there is no change, then I will vote against him in four years, too.”
Back in July, Quinn may have dug his own grave with Black voters when he was a no-show at a Black Economic forum at Chicago State University. Rauner attended, but Quinn sent a representative who was denied to participate by the event’s host, who saw it as a slap in the face. A few years ago, Quinn also insulted the Chicago State community when he took a long time to fill vacancies on the Trustee Board, but hurriedly filled the same spots at the University of Illinois. Rauner was aware of Quinn’s history with
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Chicago State and said so during his speech in July. “Right now, we’re not getting results. We’re getting a lot of talk. Talk’s cheap,” he said. Local radio talk show host Harold Davis said Quinn also angered several Black lawmakers when he refused to choose an African American as his running mate. Quinn chose Paul Vallas, who left a sour taste in the mouth of Black voters; many of whom still blame him for a lot of the problems within the Chicago Public Schools when he was CEO. www.chicagocrusader.com
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One Deputy Dead, another in custody, after they were arrested By J. Coyden Palmer Two Cook County Sheriff deputies were arrested by the FBI Nov. 3 after they were caught in a sting for allegedly robbing drug dealers. Just hours after being taken into custody, Deputy Stanley Kogut, 45, was found hanging in his cell early Tuesday morning at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC). His partner Robert Vaughn, 44, bonded out of the MCC Wednesday evening as the FBI looks into Kogut’s death. The arrest of the two deputies, who were assigned to a federal drug task force that includes officers from multiple jurisdictions, is a black-eye for Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart. A spokesperson for his office called the circumstances surrounding the arrests and subsequent suicide of Kogut, “a tragedy on multiple levels.” Kogut had been on the force for 17 years and his wife is a Chicago police officer. Kogut and Vaughn are alleged to have robbed a purported drug courier of 70 pounds of marijuana stuffed into two duffel bags, according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed
Tuesday. The sting took place in suburban Bedford Park. The two deputies are alleged to be two-thirds of a trio of rogue officers who participated in traffic stops, home invasions and robberies of suspected drug dealers dating back to 2011, according to the complaint. The group allegedly made about $130,000 each over a three-year period. The other officer is a former officer in west suburban Lyons. Details of their arrests were made public at Wednesday’s hearing. Vaughn and Kogut pulled over an undercover FBI agent in a marked Cook County Sheriff squad car in Bedford Park. They ordered the agent out of the vehicle and handcuffed him. They then retrieved the two duffel bags from the car and placed it in the squad car, thinking the bags contained marijuana. Shortly thereafter agents swooped in and turned the tables on the pair taking them into custody. Prosecutors could not say what the arrest of the two deputies would mean to dozens of other pending or former cases. A spokesperson for Dart said that would be a question for federal in-
vestigators. In previous instances, sometimes entire cases had to be thrown out and those convicted
released because of police misconduct. Because Kogut and Vaughn were part of a federal task force,
the Department of Justice will be taking the lead on the investigation, the Crusader has learned.
ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER visited the Civil Rights Division’s Voting Section on November 4. The Attorney General thanked the lawyers and staff for monitoring calls and fielding election-related complaints of potential violations of federal voting laws. The Attorney General told them their work is among the most critical responsibilities that the Department performs.
Howard D. Anderson, co-founder of Sickle Cell Disease Association dies Howard D. Anderson, one of the founders of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois and the Sickle
Howard D. Anderson Cell Disease Association of America, passed away on October 23, 2014. He was 78. At an early age, he developed a love of reading that would continue throughout his life. It wasn’t unusual to see Mr. Anderson surrounded by numerous and eclectic books, newspapers and magazines. He believed in knowledge and information, which was reflected in his grades at Hutto High School in Bainbridge, Georgia. His keen interest in politics, prompted him to major in powww.chicagocrusader.com
litical science as he earned a bachelor’s degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1968. He also attended the University of Iowa School of Law for a year. After graduation from Morehouse, Mr. Anderson was a reporter for the Atlanta Bureau of the Associated Press before becoming a sales representative for Merck, Sharpe & Dohme, where he managed a territory on the Southside of Chicago, Following a stint as a staff writer in the Office of Public Information at the University of Chicago, in 1971 he became one of the founders of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of Illinois, formerly the Midwest Association for Sickle Cell Anemia, and served as its first chairman. He was appointed president of the organization a year later. Always civic minded, Mr. Anderson was one of the founders of the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America, and served as the organizations second vice-chairman, third vice-chairman, treasurer and board secretary during a 12-year period. In addition, he was a founder and secretary of Community Health Charities of Illinois, formerly the Combined Health Appeal of Illinois, and was a founding member of the Community Health Charities of America. Mr. Anderson also was past chairman of the Illinois Committee for the Combined Federal Campaign for the National Health Agencies. He was a former member of the
Board of the Chicago Regional Blood Program and of the Advisory Councils of the University of Chicago Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center and the University of Illinois Comprehensive Sickle Cell Center. Mr. Anderson was the recipient of many awards, including those from the Chicago Urban League, Apostolic Church of God, Chicago Regional Blood Program, Fred Hampton Scholarship Fund, Black Woman’s Hall of Fame Foundation, Michael Reese hospital and the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America. Mr. Anderson was passionate about music. He loved all types of music but was especially fond of jazz. It has been said that had it not been for Mr. Anderson single handedly keeping Tower Records in business it would have closed much sooner. He was equally enthusiastic about baseball and adopted the New York Mets as his team. His support of the Mets began in 1962 when he lived in New York City at the time the Mets were founded to replace the departing New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers. After they retired, Howard and Susan enjoyed many days literally on the road following the New York Mets as they faced opponent after opponent. Mr. Anderson was a calm, eventempered man who enjoyed quiet pursuits at home – reading, listening to music and watching baseball. He had a very dry and wicked sense of
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humor, but you had to listen closely and carefully because that too was quiet. Mr. Anderson was born in Lumpkin, Georgia, to James Monroe Anderson and Lila Glenn Anderson on February 28, 1936. Mr. Anderson is survived by his wife of 39 years, Susan; his son
Howard Jr. from a previous marriage; his grandchildren Kira, Melody and Taylor Simpson; his stepchildren Deborah Humphrey and Robert Taylor; and a host of cousins – all of whom he deeply loved and who loved him. He was preceded in death by his beloved brother, James Roosevelt Anderson.
CTU Praises campaign (Continued from page 1) raise $1 billion annually. The CTU in March of this year supported Speaker Madigan’s original constitutional proposal for a surcharge on millionaires to fund education, viewing it as an important first step toward generating revenue necessary to support education beyond the significantly slashed, pro-rated state funding levels of the last several years. Tuesday’s ballot referendum victories follow legislation passed earlier this year to strengthen charter school regulation, make more students eligible for transportation reimbursement in safe passage zones and implore school districts to begin the necessary steps to better understand school discipline. “The overwhelming ‘yes’ vote on the 3 percent millionaire’s tax proves that there is strong public sentiment behind increased funds for our schools, which gives our students, their families and our
members hope for the future of education in this state,” said CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey. “It also proves that there is power in our unity, and that the intense efforts of the CTU—and more important, the teachers, families and people we support—are not in vain.” All efforts demonstrate a commitment to working families and the belief that education should be better funded in Illinois. The CTU legislative agenda will continue lead Union members and be an integral part of movements throughout the city and state to support issues and restore the joy to teaching and learning. Political leadership at every level must also be willing to address the frustration of working families, and it is imperative that governorelect Bruce Rauner respect the progressive agenda, support issues that impact the quality of life for all residents of Illinois and defend the interests of working families.
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EDITORIAL IS IT UNSAFE TO OFFER UPOPULAR OPINIONS IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY? During the past few years there has been a spate of high profile Black people who have offered unpopular opinions about the Black community which have incensed many Black people. Most of these opinions have, in one way or another, aired “dirty laundry.” Those vilified include Charles Barkley, Stacey Dash, Bill Cosby, and President Barack Obama, among others. Basically, the people in question have offered their opinions about what they see is wrong with the Black community. Recently, Charles Barkley offered an opinion about what he considers to be “unintelligent” Blacks. According to an online article in The Atlantic written by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Barkley said that “We as Black people are never going to be successful, not because of you white people, but because of other Black people. When you are Black, you have to deal with so much crap in your life from other Black people.” He further goes on to say “There are a lot of Black people who are unintelligent, who don’t have success. It’s best to knock a successful Black person down because they’re intelligent, they speak well, they do well in school, and they’re successful. It’s just typical BS that goes on when you’re Black, man.” Now, the question we may ask is this: is there any truth at all in what he said? Before we answer that question, however, we must realize that other Blacks have pointed out some of these same issues, and each person who has done so has been accused of being a self-hating Black person, or worse. Coates, the author of the Atlantic article, states, “It’s worth noting that there isn’t much difference between Barkley’s claim that “there are a lot Black people who are unintelligent” and the claims of a garden-variety racist.” Coates acknowledges that this type of criticism is not new, and goes on to say, “I’ve written on this several times and there’s really no need to do it again. I simply maintain, as I always have, that if aliens were to compare the socioeconomic realities of the Black community with the history of their treatment in this country, they would not be mystified. Respectability politics is, at its root, the inability to look into the cold dark void of history. For if Black people are—as I maintain—no part of the problem, if the problem truly is 100 percent explained by white supremacy, then we are presented with a set of unfortunate facts about our home.” All of this raises the question of whether or not Black people bear some of the brunt of their condition. The most popular opinion among Blacks is that Black problems in America are a direct consequence of white supremacy, and that the problems identified by Black critics can be attributed to only a handful of miscreants that have given the community a bad name. This can certainly be seen to be true, as is the claim that white supremacy has held Blacks back in America. But what about Haiti, Jamaica, the entire African continent, or wherever Blacks reside in considerable numbers? Is that all white supremacy as well? And if it is, what does that say about the innate power of whites vs. that of Black people if everywhere we coexist they dominate and oppress us? A better conclusion would be that yes, there IS something that we are not doing right. White people are not superior to Blacks; they have demonstrated a superior ability to use natural resources and to develop technology that gives them an edge, but they are not superior human beings. If that were the case, the world would not be in the sorry condition that it is! With that said, it is important that dirty laundry be aired in order to see what needs to be cleaned up, and we need to stop vilifying people who offer opinions that differ from our own, because when we do, we are no better than oppressors outside of the community and, more importantly, we will never solve our problems. A luta continua. 4
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Brooks a Plague to Black Community Dear Editor: I am reluctant to write this letter only because it will give more visibility to Corey Brooks, who is proving by the day that he is a plague on Chicago’s Black community. First this man who claims to be a preacher used ghetto extortion tactics to drive a business owner out his motel, just a couple of blocks from where your offices are located. Brooks then promised that he would raise the money to build a community center on that site. It has been three years and nothing is there but what amounts to a parking lot. He has never accounted for the money that poured in from Chicago and other parts of the country. I am wondering if Tyler Perry, who gave the man $100,000 to build the center knows if his money is no closer to a community center than it was when it was sitting in his bank in Atlanta. Brooks ticked off a lot of people when he decided he would openly support Bruce Rauner for governor. A lot of people agree that voters have the right to support or endorse whomever they want, but when a public figure such as this alleged preacher does so, and isn’t man enough to admit that he is
being paid for that endorsement that is a real problem. Not only did he endorse Rauner and stand by him like an obedient puppy sitting at attention, he convinced another Republican Jim Oberweis, who like Rauner is also a multi-millionaire, to open a campaign office on King Drive-directly across the street from Brooks’ church. At least this time he did have the balls to say he was being paid. If Brooks is so concerned about the community, why didn’t he have this multi-millionaire put some money toward something that would benefit the entire community? Renting that office only puts money in Brooks’ pocket-not the community’s. With all of the negative attention Brooks has received, one would think it would be enough for him to shut up and go sit down someplace. Nope, not him, he gets his minions to post to social media that he received death threats and had to move to a “safe house.” That is among the most ridiculous things I have EVER heard. Only law enforcement moves people to safe houses. More unbelievable than the safe house story was his claim that someone broke into his church and stole $8,000 he had sitting in a glass case. Be serious Brooks. Most people who know that neighborhood would not leave $8 sitting around unattended, but you leave $8,000 in a place that is not alarmed or has a security guard. I am surprised
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your mama hasn’t slapped you in public for telling that one. That is just beyond the realm of belief. I hope Brooks knows if he makes an insurance claim on the money and gets caught in that lie, he will be a jailhouse preacher. Andre Small (Continued on page 17)
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Government Sponsored Crack calls for Reparations Beyond the Rhetoric By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Last week I wrote about the shocking story of how our Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) willfully brought crack cocaine into the Black neighborhoods of our nation to make cash for financing a revolution in Nicaragua. This is going down as the vilest act perpetrated against a specific race of people. An agency of our nation performed and managed the dastardly act and must be held accountable. In other words, reparations are due. They are due but they will never come unless we start acting and demanding justice. There has been talk of reparations for the effects of slavery. That isn’t going to “fly” as too much time has gone by to calculate just how much damage was done and who deserves what. This atrocity here, the Crack Invasion of Black America, is very fresh and many of the ills are still taking place. Reparations must be placed on the “table.” As the CIA started spreading truckloads of crack into our neighborhoods via street gangs such as the Bloods and Crips they started forming all of the bad ingredients
Harry C. Alford for chaos and decay. As the crack hit the streets, weapons started to flow also. Weapons and drugs are the main ingredients for urban warfare. AK-47’s was the weapon of choice. Funny, you can’t buy an AK-47 in this nation (its Russian made) but thousands of them started appearing in gang fights, robberies, etc. It would take the sophistication and power like a CIA operation to pull this off. Local police departments would assign manpower to assist the agents in this onshore invasion.
The fast cash started flowing which made the gangs more aggressive. Some were downright vicious. An example is when a gang leader was murdered in St. Louis, it proved to not be enough vengeance for the perpetrators. After the funeral, the rivals went to the cemetery, dug up his coffin and took the body to the victim’s grandmother’s home and tossed it on her porch. That’s how vicious our youth were becoming. That’s how dangerous our beautiful neighborhoods were becoming. Hope started fading fast. Oh, about that revolution in Nicaragua. The Contras who were being supported by the CIA’s profits from the drug running were defeated. Today, Daniel Ortega is still President of the nation of Nicaragua. They wanted him out so bad even though his people have repeatedly reelected him to office. The United States now has a free trade agreement with the nation via the Central American Free Trade Agreement – CAFTA. Was it just a rouse? That failed but the drug smuggling continued. Maybe this was about applying harm to a particular segment of our population i.e. Blacks and especially Black males. Drug dealing was everywhere and
in plain sight. I remember (in 1990) driving down 79th street in south Chicago and observing a “bank” of about 20 pay phones. Each phone had a line of ten or more people waiting to place their drug order. I thought obviously the police would see this and condone it. My friend owned a Shell gas station in Indianapolis and he installed a pay phone to see if it would draw business. His sales skyrocketed as dealers and buyers would drive up to his station and communicate on that pay phone. He would make $500 - $700 dollars a day off the quarters dropping into that busy phone booth. At the same time, our federal government launched the “War on Drugs” which turned out to be a war on Blacks. Before the crack invasion there were 40,000 people incarcerated for drugs. 30 years later, there are more than 500,000. Sentencing guidelines became wicked and mandatory. Three strikes/you’re out started in California. Many states such as California began building more prisons than colleges. The “Prison Industrial Complex” was officially opened for business. As the property values of our neighborhoods started sinking and
the deaths/incarcerations started climbing, the idea of rehabilitation started fading away. Once a Black youth goes into the system he/she may never get out. A person lives in the “hood” and is drafted by drug gangs (he will be murdered for refusing) his life becomes miserable. After the first incarceration he finds the rules of parole or probation to be impossible to adhere to. No decent job is available to a felon. He cannot associate with other felons and that rule is impossible to follow. His family, neighbors, and everyone else in his environment is a felon. He is discriminated from equal housing opportunity and there is no other road to choose from other than the same one he came out of. Our poverty levels and quality of life are worse now than they were 40 years ago. This is mainly due to the above. It was government sponsored and the government should be held accountable. Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®. Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.
Watching the Elections from Abroad By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist JERUSALEM — On Election Night, I usually stay awake as long as my eyelids are willing to cooperate. But this year was different. Instead of alternating between watching CNN and tracking results on the Internet, I was in the Holy Land, nearly 6,000 miles from my office in Washington, D.C. With Daylight Savings Time going into effect last Sunday, I was in a time zone Tuesday seven hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time. That meant that instead of hearing the TV network projections trickle in as polls closed in different regions of the U.S., I had to go to bed not knowing if Democrats had lost control of the Senate, as predicted, and how well African Americans had turned out in the pivotal states of North Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana and Arkansas. I fell asleep in my hotel room confident of two things: First, no matter how strong Blacks went to the polls in this off-year election, when voting historically favors the party out of the White House, Democrats were unlikely to regain control of the House of Representatives. Second, if Republicans managed to wrestle control from Democrats in the Senate, Democrats would blame www.chicagocrusader.com
the low turnout among African Americans. Before departing Washington, I already saw this scenario unfolding. Both the New York Times and the Washington Post, the two most politically influential newspapers in the nation, had published stories about the importance of the Black vote in Tuesday’s midterm election and that without a heavy Black turnout, the prospect of Democrats retaining the upper chamber were doomed. Missing in the analysis was how Democrats had shot themselves in the foot. It is important to understand that most White voters don’t support Democrats. The last three Democrats elected president – Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama – won each time with a minority of the White vote. Considering there are more White voters in the U.S. than Blacks, perhaps a more appropriate question is: Why are White voters not turning out for Democrats? All that weight should not fall on the shoulders of Black voters. A second point to remember is that even with Black voters being key to Democratic success, Democratic strategists have not, as the old lady making church announcements puts it, governed themselves accordingly. Even in battleground states, they didn’t
George E. Curry purchase ads in most Black newspapers, if they bought any ads at all, until the waning days of the campaign. Last-minute White House efforts were largely directed at radio programs hosted by comedians and DJs, as if they could mobilize Black voters all by themselves with shallow drive-by interviews. Although I was on foreign soil on Election Night, I did my civic duty by voting before I left. That, too, was different. I usually enjoy
the energy of voting on Election Day, seeing who turns out and watching as children enter the voting booth with a parent. Voting early this year had its own satisfying sensation. There was the sheer joy of knowing I had made my voice heard, even though I wouldn’t be home on Tuesday. My attention for the past two weeks has been split between the midterm elections in the U.S. and growing tension between Israel and Palestine. Though I have been in the Middle East for that period, at times I had to doublecheck to make sure I wasn’t reliving my childhood in segregated Tuscaloosa, Ala. Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, reacting to pressure to settlers on land formerly occupied by Palestinians, has proposed barring Palestinians who live in the West Bank, but commute to work in Israel from riding the same buses as Jewish riders. The proposal to operate segregated buses like the ones I grew up with in Alabama is facing a strong pushback from other Israeli leaders and supporters of Israel in the U.S. Equally disturbing, a delegation of African Americans visiting the village of Bil’in Saturday afternoon was looking at the long, concrete wall encircling a large settlement on previously occupied Palestinian land in the West
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Bank when one of our hosts noticed a jeep inside the housing compound headed in our direction. No one worried because we were on the outside of the settlement, which is about seven miles west of the Ramallah, and we were not breaking any laws. Still, moments later, several canisters of tear gas were fired just yards from us, forcing us to flee. Most of us were coughing and feeling a burning sensation in our eyes as we quickly fled. It was but a small sample of what Palestinians experience in their everyday life. I will be returning home this weekend after a fascinating twoweek trip. I will write a series of stories based on visit upon my return. And like all trips abroad, I will be following news out of the Middle East more closely than before. That is always one of the lasting benefits of traveling to other parts of the world. George E. Curry, former editorin-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.georgecurry.com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge and George E. Curry Fan Page on Facebook.
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REMEMBERING KWAME TURE (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)
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Kwame Ture (a.k.a. Stokely Carmichael) was born on June 29, 1941 in Trinidad. He moved to New York with his parents at a young age. We must always remember Brother
Kwame’s contributions to the worldwide African Liberation Movement. On the morning of November 15, 1998, it was learned that Kwame Ture made his transition into eternity in Conakry, Guinea. Along with Henry English of the Black United Fund of Illinois (the administrator of the Kwame Ture Medical Fund), Saraduzayi Sevanhu of the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), we were fortunate and honored to attend the memorial tribute and burial of Brother Kwame on November 22nd in Conakry, Guinea where Kwame had lived, worked, studied, taught, and struggled the past thirty years. In the late 1960s, Brother Kwame Ture was one of the chief spokespersons and organizers for the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), where he had lived in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa. While in Guinea, Brother Kwame studied with, and worked under the guidance of the late President of Guinea, Ahmed Sekou Ture and the late President of Ghana, Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah. Most people throughout the world began to hear of Kwame (a.k.a. Stokely Carmichael) during the Civ-
il Rights Movement of the 1960s where he participated in the first Freedom Rides and many sit-ins and marches. The origin of Kwame’s participation in the Civil Rights Movement began during his high school years at Bronx High School of Science where he graduated in 1960. Kwame always had a tendency to be active around the movement circles in New York while in high school and this continued when he enrolled at Howard University in 1960. Primary source documents reveal that, “ In the Winter of 1960, Black college students in dozens of communities across this country conducted sit-ins to secure the desegregation of lunch counters in drug and variety stores.” These sources go on to explain that, “Arrest numbered in the thousands. On every major college campus in this country, students organized groups such as NAG (The Non Violent Action Group) at Howard University to continue the Sit-In Movement.” Kwame was a founding member of NAG and was one of its early leaders. Out of this student activism, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was form-
ed at Shaw University in April 1960. SNCC and its student base provided ground troops for almost every major Civil Rights Demonstrations and Campaign during the 1960s period of the Movement. Kwame was one of the three hundred “Freedom Riders”: that were arrested “in Mississippi and Alabama during the Spring and Summer of 1961.” From that point on, Kwame participated in every major campaign that emerged. Kwame came to the public’s attention on November 16, 1965 when Look Magazine featured an article entitled, “Freedom Road,” that mentioned Kwame’s role as an organizer and leader of SNCC. Several months later, in June of 1966, Ebony Magazine historian and writer, Lerone Bennett, Jr. wrote an article featuring Kwame. Brother Bennett observed in this article that (a.k.a. Carmichael) Kwame, like “No other young man, with the exception of Martin Luther King, Jr. has risen so fast so quick. No other young man has sparked such an avalanche of hope, fear, anger, and public concern.” Bennett asked the question, “Who is this young man? What does he want? What does he mean by Black
Power?” Again, primary source documents explain that, “In April, 1966, at the Kingston Spring SNCC staff meeting (a.k.a. Stokely) was elected chairman, ushering in a new level and direction for both the organization and the larger movement of which it was an integral part.” These same sources indicated that, “In June, after James Meredith was gunned down on a highway in Mississippi, (a.k.a. Stokely) sounded the new Black mood.” This is what Kwame said: “The only way we are gonna stop them white men from whippin’ us is to take over. We been saying freedom for six years and we ain’t got nothing. What we gonna start saying now is BLACK POWER!!” Kwame was one of the leading advocates of Pan-Africanism through his leadership in the A-APRP. Since the late 1960s, Kwame has traveled throughout the world lecturing and organizing African people to understand the need to struggle around the idea of Pan-Africanism, “as the only solution to our problems.” When people in our movement give unselfishly, and consistently, over the years, like Kwame, we must never forget them!
ALL COLLEGES ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The most common model of college attendance is that a young person graduates from high school and heads directly to college, perhaps taking a year off in between to work, take a “thirteenth year” or explore options. While many students start off right after high school, some of them have breaks in their higher education, dropping out to save money to continue, or to deal with family matters. The most common model is not the only model, however. Mature adults who did not attend or finish college through the most common model are referred to as “returning students” or “nontraditional students.” Some get their degrees through online programs. A few colleges (Bay Path College in Massachusetts, is one example) have developed Saturday programs where women can earn a four-year degree by attending college only on Saturdays. Concerned by high unemployment rates and eager to enhance their employability, many mature college students turn to for-profit colleges (sometimes called “career colleges”) for their education. Some 6
of these students, barraged by television ads, are convinced that forprofit colleges, where they can attend during the evening or online, allow them the flexibility they need to manage work, family and education. And since federal funds, such as Pell grants and subsidized loans, are available to take care of costs, some students who attend for-profit colleges are pressured to take out these loans. If they drop out, they are still required to repay their loans, just as they would have to in any other college. But all colleges are not created equal. About once a week, I get a call from a mature student whose time at a career college was unrewarding. One woman failed a math test but could not get feedback from her instructor on what she did wrong. Appeals to others in the chain of command went unanswered. In another case, a young woman desperately needed counseling. She ended up getting it from a community organization, not from her career college. To cite just a few cases to make a point is casual empiricism, but my direct knowledge of some students’ plight raises a few questions for me. Many students get training, but not jobs. Many are saddled with
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Dr. Julianne Malveaux loans they cannot ever afford to repay; and the costs of attending career colleges are high. The Department of Education estimates that it costs four times as much to attend a career college as to attend a community college. Why are costs so high when services are so limited? Partly because many career colleges are publicly
traded and the pressure is on for them to make a profit to provide dividends for their shareholders. Another reason is that salaries for leaders are extremely high. At ITT Technical Institute, CEO Kevin Monday earned $8.76 million in 2012. DeVry University President Daniel Hamburger earned $6.4 million in 2012. The Apollo Group, which includes the University of Phoenix, paid Gregory Cappelli $4.54 million in 2013, and the Chairman Emeritus received nearly $7 million each year in 2012 and 2013. In contrast only four presidents at public universities earned more than a million dollars. Harvard’s president earns about $900,000, but some of her benefits boost her salary to about 1.2 million. These so-called career colleges are actually profit centers. The disproportionate enrollment of Black and brown students means that folks who are already poor and underpaid are creating profits for these publicly traded companies and their overpaid leaders. At ITT Technical Institute, the overwhelming majority of students (92 percent) were self-identified members of a racial and ethnic group. Nearly four in five took out a Pell grant. At DeVry about 45 percent were minority
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students. Meanwhile, students who enroll in these colleges and do not graduate (the majority) have nothing to show for their education but more debt. That’s why the Department of Education is limiting the amount of federal loans that students can take out, pegging loan amounts to ability to pay, based on students’ current salaries and income. “Attendance at career colleges should be a gateway to the middle class,” said Education Secretary Arne Duncan. Too often mobility is downward, not upward, when large student loans go unpaid. The new regulations are imperfect, but a step in the right direction. They might be more efficient, but the for-profit colleges have lobbied hard, and gone to court, to prevent cautionary regulations. Students of color who consider these colleges need to make sure they know what they are getting. Otherwise, they are up for a big surprise when student loans bills come due. For-profit colleges are exactly that, for profit. Students are not necessarily being educated, instead being treated as a profit center. 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!
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Pat “Bald Eagle” Quinn lost his political career because he refused to put that gal named Stephanie Neely as his running mate. Instead he picked a Greek who once threatened to turn Republican and who is credited with sending Arne Duncan to the White House. Folks who keep up with these thangs also said Quinn “had help loosing” the governor’s race because “several key Democrats cut a deal with the GOP and did very little” to help the former Harold Washington appointee
The six Negro leaders who backed a billionaire white man who is against minimum wage, public schools and his own hairline were grinning Tuesday night as their massa strode to the podium to bask in his newfound political glory. The only problem with that was his colored children were so short that when he stood in
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Bruce Rauner front of them all, nobody could see them. After paying them all off with a hug and pat on the head, Bruce “I Am Your Leader” Rauner promptly ignored them for the rest of the night as he stood high on de hill with a dripping mouth as he dreamed of the day come January that he will get the keys to Illinois. Instead of brokering deals for little ole’ folk in Cook County, we hear the rooftop preacher, the lady with the Blue paper, and the Izod sweater wearing flip flopping politician/minister may be in line to benefit from Rauner’s benevolence. But at what cost? No one knows and will now ‘because they gone keep they mouths shut, said one angry Negro Democrat who stood with one balloon as the air fizzled out during the Bald Eagle’s pity party on election night. www.chicagocrusader.com
lose the race. Dey also saying that De Tiny Emperor is really behind the loss because ain’t no way he wasn’t gone help his best friend named Bruce, not live his dream of not only having all de money in the world, but all de power too. Even with Cook County coloreds mad at him for dissing Neely and looking over whitebred Kwame Raoul, they say Quinn could have at least trotted out his Black girlfriend for good measure—but he didn’t even do that. This could be the way 100,000 Negroes said, “F U” to voting and said they’ll take their chances with “Rauner who at least had common sense to give people some barbecue and chicken—and a million dollars” as he trolled for votes in the ‘hood. -ImaMAYORAL FIESTA Mouths were wagging and tongues were confused with Karen Lewis, the fallen teachers union leader, went on TV and said she was getting behind little known Mexican leader Jesus “Chuy” Garcia for mayor. Stricken with surprise brain cancer, or so de white folks is saying, the now skinny Lewis struggled to say how she wanted the Latino man
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to take on Rahm Emanuel now that she can’t physically run for office. What surprised a lot of folk in the ‘hood was they ain’t never heard of no Garcia and they thought the next in line was the 2nd Ward Alderman who took a city job from another Black woman back in 2007. The Italian named Fioretti been reportedly telling every one of his dark skinned friends that the Chicago Teachers Union sold him out and pulled a move on him big time when they surprised all 50,000 of their members by endorsing Garcia. We hear Fioretti was so embarrassed that he ran out of the meeting followed by six other aldermen and two alderwomen. Now people is circulating reports that Karen Lewis’ sneak move has caused the teachers union to split in half and everybody is angry and saying they gone turn in their red t-shirts because didn’t nobody tell them that the Mexican with a moustache like the cowboy Jesse James was endorsed by the teachers. In de meantime, the dramatics has all of Emanuel’s little devils giggling with glee at how they were able to “tear up the CTU while Karen is out of pocket,” said one lady with a Haitian accent. “By not backing Fioretti, they done sunk the ship and Garcia ain’t got enough time to convince Black people that he is not related to the same Hispanic that was involved in the Trayvon Martin incident. We don’t know him and ain’t never paid attention to that side of town. He was with Harold Washington 30 or 40 years ago— but so what? Where has he been all this time?”
We don’t know if ’n this is true, but his Chicago-based NAN group keep firing all of its leaders and the ones they don’t fire turn around and quit because “they don’t want no parts of what he’s really doing,” said one lady with a slight lisp and nice teeth. “Some mess is going on with Chicago NAN. Its all gonna come out soon.”
Will convicted radio host and mortgage attorney Warren Balletine come clean and tell de people who the Alphabet People were really targeting when he allegedly “refused to wear a wire,” which thereby caused him to be indicted himself for taking $360. Facing 30 years in prison for a crime he claims he accidentally and probably didn’t really commit, Balletine was positioning himself as a sort of radio version of Cornel West–until his hold card got pulled. With several witnesses claiming he was in on it, the notso-pudgy lawyer has been seen working out just in case he got to join Jesse JUNIOR in the federal
-ImaSEXUAL HEALING Fresh from trickin’ for politicians, this minister reportedly is able to maintain a significant erection, according to one of the “good time girls,” he fools with and who likes to tell his business while getting her hair done. He promised her a new transmission after Election Day and said that all his bad deeds of misleading his sheeple has made him extremely horny like a ram and “now he be messin’ up my hair all the time,” the woman said, while popping gum and saying all this in a cell phone. “You know them preachers freaky—and nasty. Girllll he asked if he could call me Mama Jezebel last time right before he (censored).”
-ImaIS IT TRUE That Reverend Al “I Snitched – But On My Own Terms” Sharpton has agreed to “campaign” for Mayor Emanuel come January 2015? That’s what one West Side leader claimed at the burger joint.
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Warren Balletine pen. Folks actually feel sorry for Balletine and say privately he “was nothing more than a patsy...” but folk won’t say for whom. We think if he opens his mouth and tells it...maybe community members can rally to his defense. If he keeps quiet, they is saying, “oh well.”
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DELTA AUTHORS ON TOUR: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. National Arts and Letters Commission proudly presents Delta Authors on Tour Saturday, November 8, 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at 4525 S. King Drive, Chicago, IL. (Host for the Midwest Region Chicago Alumnae Chapter, Deborah M. Douglas, President). There will be a panel discussion at 10 a.m. and a 12 Noon Literary Market Place. Join them as they feature the literary works and experiences of awesome Delta authors. Featured authors include: Rose Jackson Beavers; M. Lyn Walker; Carmen K. Glenn; Dr. Chandra Gill; Ruth P. Watson; Ann Clay; Anita Gibbs; Anitra Allen, and Patricia Haley Glass. For more information send email to arts.chideltas@gmail.com. WOMEN’S BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER PROGRAM: On Friday, November 14, from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., the Women’s Business Development Center hosts Women Vetrepreneurship Program: Back 2 Basics Reloaded.” This three-part modulated program is tailored to veterans interested in starting or growing their businesses. Each session focuses on a critical aspect of business development to strengthen your skills. During Module 1, which focuses on Foundation and Vision, you will learn to: write the first draft of your executive summary; determine market needs at the industry level; identify your target market; build a company overview; and pitch to your peers about your business. (Additional Module 1 workshops will take place November 21 and December 5 and 12). The cost is Free. The location is SCORE Chicago/SBA Office, 500 W. Madison Street, Suite 1150, Chicago, IL 60661. To register, visit http://goo.gl/qCmHFn. ARTINI CELEBRATES FIFTH ANNIVERSARY AT PARLIAMENT CHICAGO: On Friday, November 14, from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. Urban Gateways’ Auxiliary Board, the New Arts Forum, is excited to announce the group’s fifth annual Artini event. It will be held at Parliament Chicago, 324 W. Chicago Avenue. This year Artini is taking on a new look at a new venue, Parliament Chicago in River North. Featuring drinks, food, and performances by Piel Morena Contemporary Dance and magician Walter King Jr. (“The Spellbinder”), all proceeds from Artini support Urban Gateways arts education programs for Chicago students. New Arts Forum events provide an arts-infused night out, the chance to support a valuable cause, and networking for young professionals and those interested in the arts. Artini tickets are $40 in advance and $50 at the door. Urban Gateways delivers highquality, accessible arts experiences that advance students’ personal and acade8
mic growth. Professional artists engage Chicago’s youth in arts activities that build essential skills like creativity, collaboration and innovation, and improve their self-esteem and confidence necessary to succeed in life. For more information on Artini, the New Arts Forum, or Urban Gateways, please contact Brian Foster, Director of Marketing and Sales at Urban Gateways - 312-445-2749 or bfoster@urbangateways.org LOVE ME FOREVER! Oh! Oh! Oh! by Jeremy Sorese: 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 will be on display in the Congress Corridor, Ground Level, of he Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street ONOING through March 8, 2015. HEARTLAND BLOOD CENTERS OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY: High school and college students account for approximately 25 percent of Heartland’s volunteer blood donors. In appreciation of their young blood donors, Heartland Blood Centers is offering the opportunity for all eligible 17-21 year olds to earn one of (5) $1,000 scholarships with their Students Saving Lives Scholarship. To be eligible for the scholarship, a student must make a minimum of (1) successful blood donation at any Heartland mobile blood drive or center locations ONGOING through December 31st, 2014. In addition, family and friends can also donate on behalf of the student. To qualify, all blood donors must download an entry form at www.heartlandbc.org and submit a completed form at the time of their blood donation. Detailed contest information is on Heartland’s website. Blood donors receive free mini-medical exams on site including information about their temperature, pulse rate, blood pressure and hemoglobin level. To be a blood donor, individuals must be at least 17 years old, or 16 with written parental permission; weigh at least 110 pounds; be symptom free of cold, flu and allergies; and be in general good health. Donors who have traveled outside the United States within the past 12 months should contact Heartland at 1-800-7TO-GIVE to determine eligibility. JOIN IN A DIVINE SEASON AT THE GOODMAN THEATRE: As the Goodman kicks off its
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COOK COUNTY STATE’S Attorney Anita Alvarez (second from left) presented the following individuals with awards at a recent ceremony held in recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Margaret Jefferson (Courage Award), CPD Sgt. Brian Hawkins (Outstanding Law Enforcement Award) and Joyce Coffee of Family Rescue (Outstanding Advocate Award). 90th Anniversary Season, they are thrilled to offer you a 2014/2015 Divine subscription package that makes coming to the theater more convenient and affordable than ever before. To celebrate the Goodman’s 20-year relationship with the late playwright August Wilson, the series includes a revival of his masterpiece Two Trains Running, which Chuck Smith will be directing in the Albert Theatre. Set in Pittsburgh in 1969, the play explores a time of extraordinary change
as a local diner owner must decide if he should allow the government to take over his building or sell the property to a ruthless businessman. The series also includes the Goodman’s annual production of A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of hope and redemption, a holiday tradition that has delighted Chicago audiences for generations. And the series closes with stop. reset., a provocative new play about modern technol-
ogy’s impact on older generations, written and directed by Goodman Artistic Collective member Regina Taylor. You are invited to join the Goodman for a season of insightful stories by a diverse group of artists. As a Divine Subscriber, not only will you enjoy great theater, but you’ll save on the cost of single tickets and receive exclusive benefits. This offer is available by phone only. Call 312-4433800 to subscribe!
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Growing Push to Stop Payday Loan Debt Trap Civil rights leaders, clergy, labor and veterans join call to end predatory practices By Charlene Crowell In recent weeks a consistent drum beat against predatory lending’s small dollar loans has reached regulators and legislators alike. Broad consensus on the real-life harms caused by these lending products has united consumers in all 50 states and forged an unprecedented call of concern linking 467 organizations including civil rights leaders, clergy, labor, veterans, elder and consumer advocates. Pending legislation and an upcoming rule by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) together triggered a deluge of advocacy with a single purpose: stop the debt trap of triple-digit interest rates on a range of predatory products like payday, car title and high-cost installment loans. In September before the Senate Committee on Banking Housing and Urban Affairs, Hilary Shelton, Director of the NAACP Washington Bureau testified on
the specific harms inflicted on communities of color. “We need to rid our neighborhoods of predators and stop the proliferation of abusive predatory lending products that strips, rather than builds, financial health and wealth in our communities,” said Shelton. In October, the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE), representing more than 45,000 churches and 40 different denominations, sent a resolution to CFPB Director Richard Cordray, the nation’s top financial cop. In part it states, “We call on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to investigate predatory lending abuses and to establish just regulations that protect the poor in our communities.” “Christians and churches should also advocate for just and responsible practices among lenders and reasonable state and federal regulations that protect the poor in our communities,” added Galen Carey, NAE vice-president. On the heels of NAE’s resolution, 467 consumer advocates representing every state in the nation and more than a million con-
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Evening for Financial Empowerment The PrivateBank and the Chicago Urban League teamed up to present An Evening for Financial Empowerment recently at the Chicago Urban League offices, 4510 S Michigan Avenue. The event offered a chance for private financial coaching and featured a resource fair. There were approximately 40 attendees who learned about credit, steps to take to become a homeowner and even had an opportunity to meet with a financial coach. Children were
welcomed and they enjoyed learning about the value of money, how to save and each were given their own piggy bank to start saving. The attendees obtained valuable information during their visit to the event’s resource fair and had the opportunity to enter a raffle, which included prizes such as Bears tickets and an iPad “Financial empowerment is the backbone of strong communi-
sumers called for specific minimum standards in the small-dollar rulemaking. Coordinated by Americans for Financial Reform, the allies urged CFPB Director Richard Cordray to end payday, car-title and high-cost installment loans with 300 percent interest or higher interest rates. After citing well-documented research on predatory lending, the advocacy letter reminded the regulator of the serious harms caused to consumers. “All one needs to do is travel a street in a low-income community or community of color to wit-
ness the strikingly high concentration of payday and high-cost lenders. Additionally, these loans are particularly devastating to individuals with a fixed-income, such as seniors on retirement or Social Security income,” states the group letter. The consumer advocates also identified specific reforms to effectively end small-dollar predatory lending: 1. Require the lender to determine the borrower’s ability to repay the loan – including consideration of income and expenses; 2. Restrict lenders from requiring a post-dated check or electronic access to a borrower’s checking account as a condition of extending credit; 3. Establish a 90-day limit on the length of indebtedness in a 12-month period – the same limit first-identified in 2005 by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and 4. Ban repeat loans or any others that allow poorly underwritten loans to be made. Since 2005, no state has authorized loans that require full repayment within two weeks with an average interest rate of 400 percent. To date, the District of Columbia and 15 states have enacted double-digit rate caps on payday loans. In other states where legislatures have failed to enact meaningful reforms, cities have enacted munic-
ipal ordinances that curb these abusive loans. For example, a growing number of cities in Alabama, Iowa, New Mexico and Texas have enacted local protections. “It’s hard to argue that those at the bottom or on the margins need to pull themselves up by their bootstraps when those bootstraps are so expensive,” wrote Mayor Albert B. Kelly of Bridgeton, New Jersey. “One crisis leads to a loan with outrageous interest rates-the borrower has trouble paying — they rollover the debt with more interest and it keeps going.” “They get buried by the interest and they never get out of the cycle,” continued Mayor Kelly. “There’s a lot of money to be made off of those on the margins, but there’s a point where it’s just wrong and not in the country’s long-term interests.” The 467-allied organizations phrased their hopes for reform efforts this way, “The changes we are urging put predatory lenders on the same footing as other lenders, requiring them to play by the rules and make fair loans.” Here’s hoping that CFPB’s new rule will provide the full range of protections that are clearly needed. Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at Charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.
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PRESENTERS FROM The PrivateBank and the Chicago Urban League collaborated to provide financial information to attendees as a part of their commitment to increasing homeownership in the African American community. www.chicagocrusader.com
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MWRD McGowan unveils new Leland Elementary schoolyard After more than a year of community planning and several months of construction, Leland Elementary School’s brand new school yard was unveiled on October 25. Located at 512 S. Lavergne Ave., Chicago, the new grounds are part of a pilot initiative, Space to Grow: Greening
Chicago Schoolyards, co-managed by Healthy Schools Campaign and Openlands and funded by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD), Chicago Public Schools (CPS), and the Chicago Dept. of Water Management. MWRD Vice President Barbara
(L-R) MWRD Chairman of Finance Mariyana Spyropoulos, Exec. Director David St. Pierre and Vice Pres. Barbara McGowan at the Leland Elementary School.
MWRD Vice President Barbara McGowan gives the keynote address at the Leland Elementary School ribbon cutting ceremony on October 25. “This schoolyard will help stu- children to play,” said Vice PresiMcGowan, Chairman of Finance Mariyana Spyropoulos, and Exec- dents, teachers and area residents dent McGowan. “The green inutive Director David St. Pierre understand the importance of frastructure components at this participated in the ribbon cutting stormwater management while school are important educational making a wonderful place for the tools.” ceremony.
Restructuring plan to strengthen Catholic schools Plan Will Strengthen the Archdiocesan Mission to Provide Catholic Education in Chicago and Suburban Cook and Lake Counties Francis Cardinal George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago, has approved the restructuring plan recommended by the Archdiocesan School Board and the Archdiocesan Office of Catholic Schools. The reconfiguration, which will include school consolidations, re-purposing and closings, are Sr. Mary Paul McCaughey in the immediate term, we know taking these steps will increase access for families and students to excellent Catholic school education, now and in the future.” The following actions will take effect July 1, 2015: Reconfigured Schools
Francis Cardinal George, OMI part of the ongoing 2013-2016 Strategic Plan for Catholic Schools and will result in a strengthened mission of Catholic education in the Archdiocese. “This restructuring is the result of our ongoing efforts to strengthen and support sustainable Catholic schools over the long term,” said Thomas McGrath, Chief Operating Officer for Catholic Schools. “Although difficult 10
St. Dorothy School, at 7740 South Eberhart Avenue, and St. Columbanus School, at 7120 South Calumet Avenue, are partnering to form a new Catholic school on Chicago’s South Side to be named the Augustus Tolton Catholic Academy, 7120 South Calumet Avenue. In Lake County, Holy Cross School, at 720 Elder Lane in Deerfield, and St. James School, at 140 North Avenue in Highwood, are partnering to merge students and traditions from St. James to Holy Cross. In Des Plaines, Our Lady of Destiny School, 1880 Ash Street, is partnering with St. Zachary School, 567
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West Algonquin Road, to merge students and traditions from Our Lady of Destiny to St. Zachary. The Nativity Early Childhood Center, at 2740 West 68th Street in Chicago, will continue to serve the Marquette Park neighborhood, with the potential partnership of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Beginning in the fall of 2015, Saint Agatha Catholic Academy, at 3151 West Douglas Boulevard in Chicago, will become an Early Childhood Center with a potential partnership with Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Additional programs that may be provided to the children and community of North Lawndale will be released in the coming weeks. Families with primary and upper grade students at Saint Agatha will be actively welcomed at nearby Catholic schools that have the capacity to accept new students in the 2015-2016 school year. Closed facilities and transition of families to Welcoming Schools School facilities that will close at the end of June 2015 are: St. Peter, 8140 Niles Center Road, Skokie; St. Hyacinth, 3640 West Wolfram Street, Chicago; St. Ladislaus, 3330 North Lockwood Avenue, Chicago; St. Turibius, 4120 West 57th Street, Chicago; St. Rene Goupil, 6340 South New England Avenue; and St. Lawrence O’Toole, 4101 St. Lawrence Avenue, Matteson. Nearby schools with open seats have been carefully identified for all affected families. Transition plans
that create clear pathways for families to get to those Catholic schools are well underway. The impact of the reconfiguration affects approximately 1,280 elementary students and nine elementary sites that will be closed. The number of affected teaching staff includes 107 full-time and 17 part-time teachers, 47 full and part-time aides and substi-
tutes, as well as 58 full and part-time administrative and operations staff. “Throughout Lake and Cook Counties, families, parishes and neighborhoods are brought to life by the presence of Catholic schools,” said Sr. Mary Paul McCaughey, OP, Superintendent of Catholic Schools. “The rigorous assessment behind (Continued on page 13)
South Suburban College to host Family Reading Night The South Suburban College’s Adult Volunteer Literacy Program is hosting their fifth annual Family Reading Night event on Wednesday, November 19 from 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. The public is invited to join SSC to find out about community literacy while enjoying stories and presentations. There will also be free books for children, raffles and refreshments. This year’s event will feature three local authors, who will read excerpts from their books to the community. The first author, Sandra Dyson from Harvey, Illinois, will be reading an excerpt from her book “Sweet Water.” Next, Courtney Harris, Ph.D., will speak to the audience about the importance of family while referencing excerpts from his book titled “American Society: The Enemy of the Family Structure.” Lastly, Theo Chapman will discuss excerpts from his book
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“Why Do Teenagers Talk Like That”—written as a tool to help bridge the communication gap that is growing between adults and youth. All three authors will be available for questions, comments and book signings after they speak. This year at Family Reading Night, SSC will hand out free children’s books to all children attending, raffle Barnes and Nobles gift cards, and perform an Interactive Reading Activity called “Read that Word”—author Theo Chapman will have the audience journey through time, uncovering the present and past of youth vernacular. Time will also be set aside for the families to read with their children. Illiteracy is an issue that can be debilitating in so many ways for adults who never received the proper instruction. Adults who are unable to read have a much more difficult time with many (Continued on page 13) www.chicagocrusader.com
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Youth Guidance receives $1.5M grant to fund its Youth Empowerment Programs Youth Guidance has received a $1.5M grant commitment from the Reva and David Logan Foundation to support its Becoming a Man (B.A.M.) and Working on Womanhood (W.O.W.) programs over the next three years. Youth Guidance, a leading provider of school-based counseling, currently serves roughly 14,000 at-risk Chicago youth. The new grant will aid in bringing both programs to scale, helping the organization reach its goal of serving an additional 2,000 B.A.M. and 700 W.O.W. students in 2015. The grant will provide $500,000 each year for the next three years to be split equally between the two programs. “We are deeply grateful for this award,” said Michelle Adler Morrison, Chief Executive Officer of Youth Guidance. “This generous multi-year funding will help us achieve our mission of enabling youth to overcome obstacles, focus on their education and, ultimately, to succeed in school and in life.” The B.A.M. and W.O.W. programs provide counseling, mentoring, violence prevention, and educational enrichment for 7th -12th graders in many of Chicago’s most dangerous and economically disadvantaged south and West Side communities. Participants attend 30
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STUDENTS SHARE STORIES and hopes for the future in a B.A.M. counseling session. B.A.M. and W.O.W. are two programs developed by Youth Guidance that recently received a $1.5M grant from Reva and David Logan Foundation. Photo by Nathan Keay. one-hour weekly group sessions held during the school day throughout the academic year. Collectively, the programs operate in more than 75 schools across Chicago. “The Logan Foundation chose to underwrite these initiatives because we are convinced Youth Guidance has developed a program capable of steering at-risk youth onto a better
life course; their blend of therapy and curriculum coupled with real engagement and long-term support has real impact,” said Richard Logan, Trustee of the Logan Foundation. “I would encourage any individuals, foundations or corporations that wish to help stop the spiral of violence and wasted lives in our neglected city neighborhoods to join us in our sponsorship
of Youth Guidance - they’re onto something very special.” The B.A.M. program, developed by Youth Guidance staff responding to the needs of young men growing up in some of Chicago’s toughest neighborhoods, received national recognition after results from a 2012 University of Chicago Crime Lab study revealed a 44 percent reduction in violent crime
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among participants when compared to peers with comparable school-level risk factors. Results also reflected a 10-23 percent increase in high school graduation rates. The findings led to personal interest from both Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and President Obama, who participated in B.A.M. group sessions in 2013. Since that time, (Continued on page 17)
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ENTERTAINMENT
By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ By Raymond Ward
The triumphant all-American opera returns to Lyric The Gershwins’ ‘Porgy and Bess’ By George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin Opens Monday, November 17 at Lyric Opera 13 performances through December 20 Lyric Opera of Chicago presents the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess in a revival of the acclaimed production from renowned director Francesca Zambello, conducted by Ward Stare. It opens on Monday, November 17 with 13 performances through Saturday, December 20. Performance dates are Nov. 17, 19, Dec. 2, 5, 8, 13, 16, and 20 at 7:30 p.m.; and Nov. 23, 26, 28, Dec.11 and 18 at 2 p.m. Hailed by innumerable critics as the greatest American opera, George Gershwin’s masterpiece of 1935 has lyrics by Ira Gershwin (the composer’s brother) and Dorothy Heyward, and a libretto by Mrs. Heyward’s husband, DuBose Heyward. The opera is based on the 1927 Broadway play Porgy by Mr. and Mrs. Heyward and Mr. Heyward’s own novel of the same name,
Free screening of Spike Lee ExecutiveProduced ‘Evolution of a Criminal’ Community Cinema, presented by the Independent Television Service (ITVS) WTTW, is excited to offer an advance screening of “Evolution of a Criminal,” which poses the question, How does a 16-yearold evolve into a bank robber? Filmmaker Darius Clark Monroe searches for the answers — about himself.
roe’s vision of the world changed: “I went from being a carefree and joyous child to becoming acutely aware of the fact that the world was not as I saw it. And the burden that my parents had was slowly trickling down to me.” Placing his own culpability at the heart of the story, Monroe pulls no punches, using dramatized
DARIUS CLARK MONROE as a baby with his mother, Sigrid Tillman. Years after his release from prison, scenes of the bank robbery to capMonroe returns to his old neighbor- ture the tragically bad decisions he hood to speak with family and and his friends made, and to bring friends, along with classmates, home the terror of those they held at teachers, law enforcement officials, gunpoint. More than just a tale of a and the innocent victims in the good kid gone wrong, “Evolution of bank on the fateful day of the rob- a Criminal” is filled with compasbery. An honest journey of reflection sion for human frailty and the and a personal search for redemp- knowledge that a person is not fortion and forgiveness, “Evolution of a ever defined by their mistakes. There will be a free preview screenCriminal,” executive produced by IN A SCENE from the Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, which is being presented at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, bass-baritone Eric Owens sings in the role of the lame Porgy. written in 1924. Onstage in the opera Porgy and Bess, an entire community comes to life: the fictitious tenement called Catfish Row on the shore of Charleston, South Carolina. It is there that the lame Porgy (bass-baritone Eric Owens) meets and falls in love with the sultry Bess (soprano Adina Aaron, Lyric debut), girlfriend of the hulking Crown (baritone Eric Greene). Bess leaves Crown to live with Porgy but is susceptible to the drugs (“happy dust”) offered her by the devious Sportin’ Life (tenor Jermaine Smith). The cast also includes soprano Karen Slack (Lyric debut) as the devout Serena, soprano Hlengiwe Mhkwanazi (Lyric debut) as the endearing young mother Clara, contralto Gwendolyn Brown as the earthy Maria, and baritone Norman Garrett (Lyric debut) as Clara’s warmhearted husband Jake. Porgy and Bess will be conducted by Ward Stare and directed by Francesca Zambello. Peter J. Davison is set designer, Paul Tazewell is costume designer, Mark McCullough is lighting designer, Michael Black is chorus master, and Denni Sayers is choreographer and associate director. Says Anthony Freud, Lyric’s general director, “Lyric had such a great success with the company premiere of Porgy and Bess during the 2008-09 season that we decided to bring this magnificent work back for further performances in Francesca Zambello’s vibrant, revelatory production. Ward Stare conducts an almost totally new cast, including the incomparable Eric Owens in the title role.” For tickets and information call (312) 827-5600 or go to lyricopera.org/porgy. Watch video and read articles about this production at (Continued on page 13) 12
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tencing? What are the long-term effects on the family of the incarcerated and on society as a whole? Presenters include ITVS Community Cinema and WTTW in partnership with Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE), Chicago Media Project’s Justice Initiative, John Howard Association of Illinois and Safer Foundation. I saw this film as part of the recent 50th Chicago International Film Festival, and it baffles me— the entire story of how this teen went from honors classes in high school to spending time behind bars for an armed robbery that he orchestrated and carried out with the help of two buddies. This free screening is “icing on the cake,” because there will be a discussion concerning pertinent issues in the community. Panelists include John Maki, Executive Director, John Howard Association; Brian Hill, Co-Founder, Jail Education Solutions; Anthony Lowery, Dir. of Policy & Advocacy, the Safer Foundation; Chris Moore, Founder, Exodus Renewal Society; Moderator: Brandis Friedman, Chicago Tonight/ WTTW. The screening takes place on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at
SPIKE LEE AND Darius Clark Monroe at a discussion about the “Evolution of a Criminal.” Spike Lee, premieres on Indepen- ing of “Evolution of a Criminal,” 2:00 p.m., Chicago Cultural Cendent Lens on January 12, 2015, at followed by a community discussion ter, Cassidy Theatre, 78 E. Washing10/9c on PBS. about life after incarceration. When ton Street. A native of Houston, Texas, Mon- is a debt to society considered paid? Please RSVP to http://evolution-ofroe had a happy childhood with his How do you overcome the barriers a-criminal-chicago.eventbrite.com. mother, stepfather, and close-knit to obtaining a job once you have a extended family. However, as he record? Do young people have acFor more information, visit: http://grew older and saw his parents cess to skill-building and education www.pbs.org/independentlens/evostruggling to make ends meet, Mon- while serving time or awaiting sen- lution-of-a-criminal. Blacks Must control their own coMMunity
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THE BOOKWORM SEZ
“Cold Sweat: My Father James Brown and Me”
By Yamma Brown with Robin Gaby Fisher c.2014, Chicago Review Press $24.95 / $29.95 Canada 208 pages Throughout your life, your Dad taught you a lot. He was the one holding the back of your bike the first time without training wheels. He showed you how to change a tire. He taught you to make funny sounds, one specialty in the kitchen, and the checkbook balance. Without Dad’s influence, there’d be a lot of knowledge you’d be without – but in the new book “Cold Sweat,” you’ll see that there was one legacy Yamma Brown (with Robin Gaby Fisher) wishes her father had never left her. Yamma Brown still carries a lot of guilt. She says she only lived “a few miles” from the Augusta hospital where her father James Brown was taken on Christmas Eve 2006, but she still had baking and wrapping to do that night. She told him she’d see him in the morning –
Yamma Brown If you followed James Brown’s career during the last years of his life, what you’ll read here won’t be any surprise; as you’ll see, The Hardest Working Man in Show Business also had a hard-working ego that loved publicity. The surprise in “Cold Sweat” is that author Yamma Brown (with Robin Gaby Fisher) writes about his life (and hers) with such candor, beginning with his death, an odd posthumous visitor, and three funerals. Of course, though, this
South Suburban College but for The Godfather of Soul, there was no morning. “I had so many sweet memories of Dad,” she says. Brown and her sister were defi-
By Raymond Ward (Continued from page 12) lyricopera.org/InsidePorgy. The Nov. 17 opening night performance will be broadcast live on 98.7WFMT and streamed on wfmt.com starting at 7:15 p.m. For those listening to the broadcast, live mobile titles will be available at lyricoperalive.org. Generous sponsors of this Lyric Opera presentation are the Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust, The Elizabeth Morse Charitable Trust, Cherryl T. Thomas and Ardmore Associates, and Roberta L. and Robert J. Washlow, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts. The production is owned by Washington National Opera. Operagoers can also enjoy the exhibit DON GIOVANNI: Past to Present before curtain and during intermission of all Lyric performances. Located in the Opera Club Wine Cellar on the lower level of the Civic Opera House, this new exhibit showcases the 60-year history of Mozart’s Don Giovanni at Lyric and pays tribute to Lyric’s brand-new production. It is free to all ticket holders and will on display through December. www.chicagocrusader.com
book isn’t just a scandalous tell-all about Mr. Please Please Please (although there’s scandal aplenty): Brown’s tale also offers a dual look at fame and domestic abuse, and adds fuel to the question of why women endure the latter. I liked this generational memoir. It’s remarkably unprofane, quick to read, and it gives fans exactly what I think they want in a showbiz biography. And if that sounds good to you, then enjoying “Cold Sweat” is no sweat.
nitely Daddy’s Girls, pampered but not spoiled; given material things along with love and lessons of hard work. James Brown never forgot where he came from, and he made sure his children knew it, too. But she also learned that her father had a temper, and that her mother was often the victim of his rage. Brown remembers being five years old, and hiding to avoid the sound of her father “pummeling Mom…” She recalls attacking him once, jumping on his back when he chased her mother outside, trying to get him to stop. And she remembers that, when she was seven, Brown and her sister left their father’s house with their mother, and divorce papers were filed. And yet, Brown’s mother wasn’t the only spouse with which James Brown had a rocky relationship; there were other wives he abused, and some returned it. Perhaps because of that which she witnessed, Brown says she grew up with an internal belief that domestic abuse was normal and so, when the man she married after college began to beat her, Brown stayed with him, having “equated abuse with love…”
(Continued from page 10) For more information about daily activities that others may take for granted, along with a Family Reading Night or the clear disadvantage in today’s com- Adult Volunteer Literacy Propetitive job market. SSC’s Divi- gram, please contact Lakisha sion of Adult Education adminis- Hillard, coordinator, at (708) ters the Adult Volunteer Literacy 596-2000, ext. 2558, or email Tutoring Program in addition to lhillard@ssc.edu. South Suburban High School Equivalency (HSE/- College is located at 15800 S. GED), English as a Second Lan- State St., South Holland, Illinois. guage (ESL), and Adult Basic Ed- This event is sponsored in part by the SSC Foundation. ucation (ABE).
Restructuring Plan (Continued from page 10) these strategic decisions is a reflection of a shared commitment to the students and families of our schools and the desire to ensure that the school system as a whole continues to be spiritually anchored, academically excellent, financially sound and well managed.” The Archdiocese of Chicago Board of Catholic Schools created its 20132016 Strategic Plan for Catholic Schools to provide the best, most sustainable Catholic education to families in Chicago and the suburbs. Among other provisions, the plan specifies benchmark criteria to assess a school’s sustainability and potential for reconfiguration that include:
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total Archdiocesan aid of more than $300,000 annually; and/or total enrollment lower than 225 students; and/or total Archdiocesan aid per student greater than $1,000 annually. About the Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of Chicago The Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Schools currently serve more than 82,000 students in 240 schools across the City of Chicago, and in Cook and Lake Counties. It is the United States’ largest private school system and the recipient of the most U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Awards of any school system in the nation.
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CMA presents Chicago College of Performing Arts students in ‘A Harvest of Music’ By Barbara Wright-Pryor Chicago Music Association (CMA) will present a stellar array of performers in concert Sunday, November 16, 2014 at 3:00 p.m. in the Paul Robeson Theater at South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive, Chicago. Appearing on this year’s “Harvest of Music” concert are students from Roosevelt University’s Chicago College of Performing Arts (CCPA), one of the most prestigious institutions of its kind. “A Harvest of Music” is the first of four concerts in CMA’s 2014-2015 season and celebrates the beauty and abundance of the arts in the midst of the harvest season. CMA’s concerts present a range of talent that includes youth, emerging artists and established performers and a special invitation is extended to all students and their teachers, especially those from high schools focusing on the performing arts. CCPA includes two divisions: the Theatre Conservatory and the Music Conservatory, and provides professional conservatory training in theatre, music, music education, and performing arts administration. Its nearly 600 students come from the Chicago and suburbs and more than 40 states and 25 countries. Many of its alumni are performers in Chicago, on Broadway and concert and opera stages nationally and around the world. The CCPA faculty consists primarily of professional actors, directors and musicians, including nearly 30 members of the Chicago Symphony and Lyric Opera Orchestras (half of
whom are principals), and theatre performers with credits from Broadway to Chicago and the West Coast. Some of its faculty members are alumni of Chicago Musical College, the predecessor of CCPA. The Dean of CCPA is Henry Fogel, former President of The Chicago Symphony Orchestra Association (CSOA) and The League of American Orchestras. Chicago Musical College (CMC) was founded in 1867 by Florenz Ziegfeld, Sr. In 1954, CMC merged with Roosevelt College and in 1997, the theatre and music programs were joined. The name was subsequently changed to Chicago College of Performing Arts in 2000. Of the upcoming concert, CCPA Dean Henry Fogel said, “It gives me great pleasure for CCPA students to perform at South Shore Cultural Center. As we grow community engagement programs at the College, this is a particularly meaningful event for us. The South Shore Cultural Center is one of the architectural gems of Chicago, and is located in one of Chicago’s truly important communities.” He added, “My personal relationship with the Center goes back to the 1990s when it served as a launching point . . . for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s community engagements programs when I was President of the CSOA.” Chicago Music Association was established March 3, 1919, and is the founding branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians (NANM, Inc.) that was organized in Chicago in August, 1919 in order to provide performance venues for Black classically-
CHICAGO COLLEGE OF Performing Arts Music and Theatre Conservatory students (Photo credit/CCPA of Roosevelt University) trained musicians who, by tradition, were not allowed to perform in major concert halls and opera houses; to introduce to the world the long-neglected works by Black and minority composers; to discourage the desecration of Negro spirituals and to encourage their use as a basis for composition; and to establish a scholarship fund to encourage and assist in the cultivation of musical gifts of deserving youths. Many of Chicago Music Association’s members are alumni of either Roosevelt University, the Chicago Musical College or the Chicago College of Performing Arts. CMA’s current officers are Barbara Wright-Pryor (President); Virginia A. Prince and Dr. Mau-
rice A. Collins (Vice Presidents); Claudette M. Douglas (Executive Secretary); Joyce Bowles (Benevolence Secretary); Dorothy J. Canady (Treasurer); Barry K. Elmore (Jr. and Youth Director); and Charles Thomas Hayes (Music Director). Other concerts in CMA’s 2014-2015 season are: Tuesday, December 16, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. – The 2nd annual Do-itYourself Messiah. (Registration for singers begins at 6:00. Singers must bring their own scores.) Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 4:00
p.m. – The Theodore Charles Stone Annual Black Heritage Concert; and Sunday, April 12, 2015 – at 4:00 p.m.- The Chatham Choral Ensemble, Charles Thomas Hayes, Founder/Director. Admission to all concerts is FREE. All CMA concerts are presented in partnership with The Chicago Park District and the Advisory Council of South Shore Cultural Center. The concert is expected to last two-and-onehalf hours including intermission. South Shore Cultural Center is accessible to the disabled. Secure on-site parking is available in the Cultural Center parking lots for $1.25 per hour.
The Chicago Ensemble begins 38th season November 9 and 11 The Chicago Ensemble will begin its 38th season of chamber music concerts Sunday, November 9 at 3:00 p.m. at International House on the University of Chicago campus and Tuesday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Fourth Presbyterian Church, Michigan Avenue and Chestnut. A complimentary reception precedes the program. Performing the season-opening concerts are Stephen Boe, violin; Paul Vanderwerf; viola; Andrew Snow, cello; and Gerald Rizzer, piano. The Chicago Ensemble, which appears in different instrumental combinations for its series of five concerts, opens the season with the Mozart and Brahms piano quartets, both in G Minor, and “My Cagey Companions” by Wendy Wan-ki Lee, a winner in the Ensemble’s “Discover America” competition for new American chamber works. Mozart’s G Minor piano quartet begins with dramatic, intense music, as do two other masterworks by him in the same key: the Symphony No. 40 and the string quintet. After a beautiful, serene slow movement, the piece concludes with a delightful movement written in a major key, 14
in Binghamton. She has won numerous awards as a composer and has premiered works by living composers in her piano recitals.
The Chicago Ensemble unusual for Mozart and the Classical period, but more common in the Romantic period. Brahms also chose G Minor for his first piano quartet, which opens with a darkly dramatic movement built primarily around the opening measure. A lovely intermezzo and a richly varied slow movement follow. For the last movement, Brahms writes very exciting music in Gypsy
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style - a style Brahms knew well, having toured with a Gypsy violinist. The Chicago Ensemble has held a competition for new American chamber works since 1992, the 500th year after Columbus’ “discovery” of America, giving rise to the name “Discover America” for the competition. Wendy Wan-ki Lee’s “My Cagey Companions” is the first
to be performed of the pieces selected in the most recent round of the competition. Other winning works will be heard throughout this season and next. Ms. Lee currently teaches composition at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her Ph.D. is from the University of Michigan an she has held teaching positions at Oberlin College and at the State University of New York (SUNY)
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The 38th season will continue February 1 and 10 with music for oboe, string quartet and piano, by Telemann, Dutilleux, Gilad Cohen (“Discover America” winner) and Antonin Dvoøák; May 3 and 5 will feature music for soprano, mezzosoprano, tenor, violin and piano, by Monteverdi, Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Schumann, Shostakovich and Bloch; May 22 and 24 will present music for clarinet, violin, cello and piano by Hindemith, Marc Satterwhite (“Discover America” winner) and d’Indy. The season will conclude with music for soprano, flute, violin and piano, by Bach, Debussy, Poulenc, Ibert, Martinù, Mark Zuckerman (“Discover America” winner) and Villa-Lobos on June 2 and 7. Tickets are $25 single admission, $100 for a five-concert subscription. Contact The Chicago Ensemble at (773) 558-3448 or at thechicagoensemble.org. www.chicagocrusader.com
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A Moment to Super Size Your Thinking By Effie Rolfe “We are One” is the title to one of my favorite songs by Frankie Beverly and Maze, but that phrase is also the precise expression of mankind. Simply put, we are God’s children that consist of the world’s family of sisters and brothers. These become even more real when Rev. Willie Barrow—former chairperson of Rainbow Push Coalition would often quote, “We are more connected than we are disconnected.” To be honest, when I first heard this about 10 years ago, it didn’t make much sense. Unfortunately, it didn’t resonate until years later. Since then I have seen these words manifest time and time again, moreover after watching a favorite television show—the power of this truth made an indelible impression as never before.
Another time I saw the real meaning of this profound truth was when my co-worker, Jen, who specializes in research shared how humans are all one color. Melanin is what causes dark or light skins and differentiates various races. She concluded that because we are from one source, that we are technically all the same. Archaeologists have hundreds of reports that the oldest human remains can be traced to Africa. Not only are we from one source, but also from one country that many report as Ethiopia. Perhaps that is why in the end the scripture states that we All go back to the dust. “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return. (Genesis 3:19 NIV)” Another incident that helps support the truth that “we are all one”
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was when Iyanla Vanzant shared a quote about her Native American grandmother. During her show on OWN, the life coach stated that her grandmother often said— there is only one man—All Men— there is only one woman—All Women and there is only one child that is All Children. Whatever I do at any given time—will and should always have a direct effect on you or someone else. Why? Because we are all connected. It’s almost akin to Sir Isaac Newton’s theory that “for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” Regardless of whether you know it or not—our actions have an inevitable inextricable effect on our sisters and brothers of the world. So what we do whether among ourselves or to each other has an immediate intrinsic affect on others whether we know it or not. This is also applicable whether the
other party knows it or not. I believe it’s because we are spiritual beings emanating from one source, thus we are inevitably all connected. In conclusion, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stated, “We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. Since we are one people—from one God—on one earth, you would think it would not be so difficult. Please, let’s pray for harmony, blessing and God’s grace to live on earth as brothers and sisters spreading God’s love continuously—together!” Do you see the connection….? Effie Rolfe is an Author of “Supersize Your Thinking,” Media Personality and Motivational Speaker. You can contact her at effierolfe.com or on twitter.com/effiedrolfe.
The Crusader Gospel Corner It’s been said if you take a little bit of Kirk Franklin, Marvin Sapp, Donald Lawrence and Richard Smallwood—you got Anthony Brown & Group TherAPy. “I’m honored that people even say that…those are people that I’ve watched and they have been my inspiration for years. To even be named among them—I’m speechless.” Their hit song “Testimony” catapulted three Stellar Awards on the gospel map and is still heavy on the radio airwaves. While making a stop in Chicago, Brown reflected on how the song almost missed the album, “The interesting thing is that it wasn’t on the record. “Testimony” was not on the record. I was at home one day trying to figure out how to make this thing happen. I felt discouraged and got down and God then said ‘Do you know who I am and
have one more song—he said ‘No!’ That song was ‘Testimony.’ I’m glad God’s timing is perfect. You have to wait on Him,” he shared. The Morgan State University alum just ended a whirlwind of events including the McDonald’s 2014 Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour and performances on Sunday Best. Now the energetic singer and director is preparing to record his sophomore CD. “Watch out for the next record. I’m thinking Tye Tribbett, Donnie McClurkin—Tye is a good friend,” said Brown who also shared the genesis of the choir. “I was in the practice room one day and playing through music and I needed someone to sing. I started handpicking people out. God was showing me people one by one. I said, ‘could you come by and sing after class at 4 p.m. and that’s how
the piano. I started playing when I was three, I played the organ and the drums a little bit, but my passion is definitely the piano.” On a lighter note, Brown whose recent single, “Water” is slowly saturating the hearts of music lovers everywhere, explained how he stays grounded. “I am a family type of guy. I have a very big family. They keep me grounded. I like being with my family and we play
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Lastly, Pastor Craig Melvin Smith and the Freedom Baptist Church in Hillside celebrated 14 years in ministry this Sunday, Nov. 2 at the Hyatt in Lisle. Tina Watson Conley, Bryan “BLT” Turner and amazing saxophonist, Ernie Shelby aka Lady Sax. Yours truly was the mistress of ceremonies.
formed a real relationship and 10 years later we are still together.” The mega talented singer, direc-
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it went down.’ They are great people—they are like family to me. It’s not just about singing. We
tor and musician has gospel music in his DNA, yet he has an affinity for the keyboards, “My passion is
racquet-ball and spades. If I’m not at church – I do watch them Housewives of Atlanta. The drama on that show is so much—I don’t watch a lot of TV—but when I do… that’s what I watch.” Check out his CD wherever music is sold. Congratulations to Rev. Mitty Collier and More Like Christ Church for their 11th year church anniversary service… Also, Pastor Deandre Patterson for his first year anniversary of Miracle Revival Cathedral, 2010 St. Charles Road in Maywood.
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HEALTH
National Oatmeal Day celebrated in Chicago By J. Coyden Palmer The breakfast cereal your parents made you eat as a child still has the same nutritional value as an adult. That was the message being given out to Chicagoans on Oct. 29th on National Oatmeal Day. Street teams from Quaker Oats inundated the city passing out free on-the-go breakfast of Instant Quaker Oatmeal Cups and
ety of toppings. The new choices are being tried as a way to get more Americans to eat healthier, especially kids who too often are eating cereal loaded with sugar to start their day, according to nutritionists. “Jamba Juice is committed to supporting healthy living, and that includes providing our customers with a wholesome and delicious breakfast offering to help
TO REMIND PEOPLE about the health benefits of Oatmeal free samples were distributed on National Oatmeal Day – Oct. 29. Quaker Real Medley’s Oatmeal. kick-start their day with a product “National Oatmeal Day serves that can be personalized to satisfy as a reminder that oatmeal can be their individual tastes and nutrienjoyed in a variety of ways, and tional needs,” said Senior Vice provides the nutrition and energy President and Chief Innovation needed to start the day off right,” Officer Susan Shields. said Meghan Edwards, spokesperSome of the premium toppings son for Zeno Group. Jamba is offering with its steel-cut Jamba Juice Group also encour- Quaker Oats oatmeal are bananaged consumers to start their day as, honey, almonds, coconut, pinoff right with a bowl of oatmeal. eapple and blueberries. People the Customers at the company’s stor- Crusader spoke with on the cores nationwide are now able to cus- ner of Oak Street and Michigan tomize their oatmeal with a vari- Avenue said they like how oat-
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QUAKER OAT’S STREET teams hand out free oatmeal to Chicagoans for National Oatmeal Day on “Oat St.” Studies have shown that Oats intolerance related to cholesterol meal has changed over the years and are being reintroduced to a can lead to a lower cholesterol lev- lowering drugs.” Anderson said listening to our product they have ignored in the el. High cholesterol levels can lead to ailments like high blood pres- parent’s advice on eating is somepast. “With the economy the way it sure, diabetes, heart disease and thing many Americans need to go is, I have been giving my kids oat- strokes, all health issues in the back to. He said fruits, vegetables, grain breads and fiber are all esmeal at all different meal times Black community. “Whole-grain products like oat- sential to a healthy diet, which because it is not expensive and it is healthy,” said Shonique Evans meal are among some of the best will reduce trips to the doctor’s offrom the Near North community foods one can eat to improve cho- fice for diet related ailments. “Since the 80’s, oatmeal has as she enjoyed a free sample. lesterol levels, in addition to other “They like the taste and all of the lifestyle choices,” said Dr. James been scientifically recognized for different flavors appeals to them. I Anderson, who authored a study its heart health benefits, and the used to cook them regular oat- about the benefits of oatmeal in latest research shows this evidence meal the old fashioned way, but 2008. “Lifestyle choices, such as endures the test of time and they didn’t like it much. But with diet, should be the first line of should be embraced as a lifestyle the microwaveable flavors they therapy for most patients with option for the millions of American make on their own, they find moderate cholesterol risk given cans at-risk for heart disease” Anthe expense, safety concerns, and derson said. it more appealing.”
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NEWS
Evening for Financial Empowerment (Continued from page 9) ties,” said Brant Ahrens, President, Personal Client Services at The PrivateBank. “The PrivateBank is excited for the opportunity to help our neighbors strengthen our city through homeownership and financial growth. The Chicago Urban League has been a valuable partner in this effort and we are committed to continue our support of the communities they serve.” Margaret Wooten, Senior Director of Housing and Financial Empowerment for the Chicago Urban League, added, “We are grateful to The PrivateBank for its commitment to the community and this partnership to get more African Americans and other people of color financially fit and ready for homeownership. Purchasing a home is the foun-
FAMILIES ATTENDING THE event were able to schedule private financial coaching session during the resource fair. ness owners, executives, entreAbout Private dation of creating wealth and preneurs and families in all of Bancorp, Inc. strengthening a community the markets and communities and we are excited to open our we serve. As of March 31, 2014, doors to educate and help the PrivateBancorp, Inc., through the Company had 33 offices in people we serve establish a its subsidiaries, delivers cusstates and $14.3 billion in as10 legacy of financial empower- tomized business and personal sets. Our website is www.thepriment that will last for genera- financial services to middle-martions.” ket companies, as well as busi- vatebank.com.
Youth Guidance receives $1.5M Grant (Cont’d from page 11) B.A.M. students and counselors have been invited to the White House for various events, including the launch of the President’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative in February 2014. Like B.A.M., Youth Guidance’s W.O.W. program creates circles of support and works to address the unique needs of at-risk female youth. The powerful curriculum is also rooted in cognitive-behavioral theory to help young women address underlying traumas and life stressors. Core tenets of the program include self-awareness, emo-
tional intelligence, identifying and maintaining healthy relationships, and setting strategic goals for the future. Youth Guidance will apply the Logan Foundation grant towards organizational growth, program expansion and maintaining program quality. Plans include increasing the number of agency counselors and staff, and offering advanced training and technical assistance to counselors.
tion that makes strategic grants in the fields of social justice, academic scholarship, the arts, and investi- gative journalism. Guided by the principles established by its founders, for whom the foundation is named, “the Foundation primarily intends to be a catalyst for well-chosen projects that would not be successful without its creative or financial support.” (David Logan). For more information, visit http://www.loganfdn.org.
More about the Reva and David Logan Foundation: The Reva and David Logan Foundation is a Chicago-based, non-profit family founda-
More about Youth Guidance: Founded in 1924, Youth Guidance is a leader in outcomes-driven, school-based pro-
grams and capacity-building initiatives. The Chicago-based, nonprofit currently services 14,000 underserved youth in more than 75 public and charter schools in Chicago through a portfolio of comprehensive programs. The agency’s specific and strategically developed delivery areas are Community & After-School, Counseling & Prevention, and Youth Workforce Development. Ninety percent of students served are low income. More than 95% are African American and Hispanic/Latino. For more information or to donate, call 312-2534900 or visit http://www.youthguidance org.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Guess Who’s Running for Mayor? Dear Editor: Just like in 2011, we have a passel of folks looking to run for Mayor of Chicago.Unlike last time where there was no incumbent in this election cycle, the folks are going up against the most well-financed incumbent in Chicago mayoral history. Whether all those millions are enough to keep him in office is anybody’s guess right now. The incumbent ought to be worried that Jesus Garcia, aka Chuy has decided to get in the race. Right now Chuy is the only Hispanic candidate
(Continued from page 4) and has the name recognition fice, had vote totals that were to galvanize the Hispanic nearly too small to see. In one vote. In the last election the ward Walls votes didn’t hit Hispanic vote was split be- double digits. tween Gery Chico and This time around voters are Miguel del Valle—Chico ran burdened with an equally a distant second to Rahm unimpressive list of candidates Emanuel. As “the other” His- with Bob Shaw leading the panic del Valle also ran. The pack. While Shaw does have Black candidates didn’t fare some name recognition too well in that election. among the geriatric crowd, Dorothy Brown’s campaign young voters are clueless about was lackluster and the best of who he is. Those who do rethe Black office-seekers in- member him as a Chicago alcluding Patricia Watkins and derman initially said his candiWilliam Dock Walls. Watkins dacy this time was truly a joke, got what she really wanted, an or an attempt to be paid to not appointment to a state house continue his campaign. vacant seat. She has openly There also is Frederick Collsaid she was glad she didn’t ins. I know, who? Collins is a win the mayor’s race. Dock local school council official Walls who might be consid- and a former cop. I think he ered a Black Lars Daley, has run for office once before. someone who just couldn’t I have no idea what causes him get enough of running for of- to believe he is ready for the
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fifth floor of city hall. Amara Enyia probably ties Frederick Collins for lack of name recognition. The 30something community organizer claims to have worked for the former Mayor Daley, but apparently Daley has no memory of that as he has yet to say a word about her, much less endorse her candidacy. Amara Enyia also fits the Frederick Collins model as someone with no elected office experience believing they are ready for city hall. Unfortunately, unless Chuy Garcia comes out of the blocks like no candidate for mayor ever has before, the incumbent mayor has no real competition to speak of. Gloria Collins
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iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt - CHANCeRy diViSiON StAte FARM bANK, F.S.b. Plaintiff, -v.eVeLyN J. WRiGHt, MiNeRVA CONdOMiNiuM ASSOCiAtiON defendants 13 CH 07731 6518 S. Minerva Ave., unit 2S 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 September 17, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on december 18, 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 6518 S. Minerva Ave., unit 2S, Chicago, iL 60637 Property index No. 20-23-118-035-1005. the real estate is improved with a residential condominium. the judgment amount was $219,472.99. 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 Residential Property Abandoned 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, 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. 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. i630069 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON u.S. bANK, NAtiONAL ASSOCiAtiON Plaintiff, -v.eFFie e. yOuNG, uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NONReCORd CLAiMANtS defendants 12 CH 019859 7338 S. CALuMet 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 August 29, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on december 3, 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 7338 S. CALuMet AVeNue, CHiCAGO, iL
60619 Property index No. 20-27-116-028. 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 14-11-42214. 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. 14-11-42214 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 019859 tJSC#: 34-15804 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. i631752 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT A U T H O R I T Y ; P l a i n t i f f , v s . TAMARA KENNON; BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A., FKA HARRIS N.A.; D e f e n d a n t s , 14 CH 10214 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, December 4, 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: Commonly known as 7316 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60619. P.I.N. 20-26-122-029-0000. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 1 4 - 0 1 4 5 5 2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I632085
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iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON WiLMiNGtON SAViNGS FuNd SOCiety, FSb dbA CHRiStiANA tRuSt AS tRuStee FOR HLSS MORtGAGe MASteR tRuSt FOR tHe beNeFit OF tHe HOLdeRS OF tHe SeRieS 2014-1 CeRtiFiCAteS iSSued by HLSS MORtGAGe MASteR tRuSt Plaintiff, -v.uNKNOWN HeiRS ANd LeGAteeS OF LeWiS C. WHeeLeR, G.P. O’CONNOR AS tRuStee ANd/OR HiS OR HeR SuCCeSSORS, OAK FiNANCiAL ACCePtANCe iNC., PAtRiCiA WHeeLeR, uNKNOWN ANd NONReCORd OWNeRS CLAiMANtS, WiLLiAM P. butCHeR, AS SPeCiAL RePReSeNtAtiVe FOR LeWiS C. WHeeLeR (deCeASed) defendants 13 CH 023424 7525 S. LANGLey 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 August 28, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on december 3, 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 7525 S. LANGLey AVeNue, CHiCAGO, iL 60619 Property index No. 20-27-406-012. 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 14-09-23129. 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. 14-09-23129 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 023424 tJSC#: 34-15781 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. i631753
COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION SUPREME FINANCE CORPORATION; P l a i n t i f f , v s . RICKY HARRIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD C L A I M A N T S ; D e f e n d a n t s , 14 CH 4949 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, November 26, 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 mortgaged real e s t a t e : Commonly known as 6622 South Champlain, Chicago, IL 60637. P.I.N. 20-22-228-030-0000. The mortgaged real estate is a 6 units or less building. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession. Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Ms. Shannon C. McKinley at Plaintiff's Attorney, Crowley & Lamb, P.C., 221 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 670-6900. JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N (312) 444-1122 Selling Officer, I631164
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION RES-IL ONE, LLC; P l a i n t i f f , v s . PIERRE A. CHESTANG-GRIFFIN AKA PIERRE A. GRIFFIN; UNKNOWN OWNERS; NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; AND UNKNOWN TENANTS. OCCUPANTS AND LEASEHOLDS D e f e n d a n t s , 13 CH 25602 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, November 26, 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 mortgaged real s t a t e : e Commonly known as 6336 S. Morgan St., IL 60621. Chicago, 20-20-203-033-0000. P.I.N. The mortgaged real estate is a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Act. Property Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Ms. Jennifer J. Sackett-Pohlenz at Plaintiff's Attorney, Clark Hill, PLC, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 9 8 5 - 5 9 1 2 . JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I631146 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK County, Illinois, County Department, Chancery Division. Paper Street Group, LLC, as successor in interest to Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC, P l a i n t i f f , v s . Robertine A. Nyther a/k/a Robertine Nyther, an individual, and Elwood P. Nyther, an individual, Gradie Partlow, an individual, and Unknown Owners, Heirs, Legatees, and Non-Record Claimants, D e f e n d a n t s . 09 CH 6533; Sheriff's No. 140742-001F. Pursuant to a Judgment made and entered by said Court in the above entitled cause, Thomas J. Dart, Sheriff of Cook County, Illinois, will on December 3, 2014, at 1:00 P.M. in Room LL06 of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, Chicago, IL, sell at public auction the following described premises and real estate mentioned in said Judgment: PIN: 20-15-405-015-0000.Address: 6041-6043 S. St. Lawrence Ave., Chicago, IL 60637.Improvements: Residential property.Sale shall be under the following terms: Certified funds of not less than ten percent (10%) at the time of sale, and the balance to be paid within twenty-four (24) hours thereafter, plus interest at the statutory rate from the date of sale to the date of payment.Sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments, and any prior first mortgages. Premises will be OPEN for inspection. For information: Contact Scott A. Nehls, Fuchs & Roselli, Ltd., Plaintiff's Attorneys, 440 W. Randolph, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60606, Tel. No. (312) 651-2400.This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.I629704
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION SUPREME FINANCE CORPORATION; P l a i n t i f f , v s . RICKY HARRIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD C L A I M A N T S ; D e f e n d a n t s , 14 CH 4949 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at the 18 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real e s t a t e : Commonly known as 6622 South Champlain, Chicago, IL 60637. P.I.N. 20-22-228-030-0000. The mortgaged real estate is a 6 units or less building. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession. Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.
8, 2014
HOUSES FOR SALE iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON PeNNyMAC HOLdiNGS, LLC F/K/A PeNNyMAC MORtGAGe iNVeStMeNt tRuSt HOLdiNGS i, LLC Plaintiff, -v.WiLLie V. RiLiNGtON, JR., City OF CHiCAGO defendants 14 CH 009275 5635 S. PRiNCetON AVeNue 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 October 1, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 17, 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 5635 S. PRiNCetON AVeNue, CHiCAGO, iL 60621 Property index No. 20-16-202-032; 20-16-202-031. the real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to the Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. the subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS iS” condition. the sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. the property will NOt be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. if this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). if this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/18.5(g-1). iF yOu ARe tHe MORtGAGOR (HOMeOWNeR), yOu HAVe tHe RiGHt tO ReMAiN iN POSSeSSiON FOR 30 dAyS AFteR eNtRy OF AN ORdeR OF POSSeSSiON, iN ACCORdANCe WitH SeCtiON 15-1701(C) OF tHe iLLiNOiS MORtGAGe FOReCLOSuRe LAW. 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 14-13-34059. 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. 14-13-34059 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 009275 tJSC#: 34-17811 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. i630458 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON WeLLS FARGO bANK, N.A., SuCCeSSOR by MeRGeR tO WACHOViA MORtGAGe, FSb, SuCCeSSOR by MeRGeR tO WORLd SAViNGS bANK, FSb Plaintiff, -v.SHiRLey HuRLey, GeNeVA HuRLey AKA eVe HuRLey, uNKNOWN HeiRS ANd LeGAteeS OF CAtHeRiNe MCLeMORe AKA CAtHeRiNe MC LeMORe, iF ANy, uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NON-ReCORd CLAiMANtS defendants 14 CH 01721 6355 SOutH CHAMPLAiN AVeNue 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 August 21, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 24, 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 6355 SOutH CHAMPLAiN AVeNue, CHiCAGO, iL 60637 Property index No. 2022-205-021-0000. the real estate is improved with a two story single family home;
no garage. 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: 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 PA1318278. 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. PA1318278 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 14 CH 01721 tJSC#: 34-14658 i629745 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON FedeRAL NAtiONAL MORtGAGe ASSOCiAtiON, Plaintiff, -v.WiLLiAM b. MCCOy, WACHOViA SbA LeNdiNG, iNC., uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NON-ReCORd CLAiMANtS defendants 13 CH 18675 6358 S. RHOdeS AVe. 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 31, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 24, 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 6358 S. RHOdeS AVe., Chicago, iL 60637 Property index No. 20-22-202-039-0000 VOL. 258. the real estate is improved with a multi-unit. the judgment amount was $339,905.84. 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 com-
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mon 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: JOHNSON, bLuMbeRG & ASSOCiAteS, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, iL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 13-7989. tHe JudiCiAL SALeS CORPORAtiON One South Wacker drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, iL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALe you can also visit the Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. JOHNSON, bLuMbeRG & ASSOCiAteS, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, iL 60606 (312) 541-9710 Attorney File No. 137989 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 13 CH 18675 tJSC#: 34-13528 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. i628296 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON OCWeN LOAN SeRViCiNG, LLC Plaintiff, -v.FRANCiSCO eudAVe, RAFAeL ZuNiGA JR., City OF CHiCAGO, uNited StAteS OF AMeRiCA, uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NONReCORd CLAiMANtS defendants 14 CH 002903 6514 S. ebeRHARt AVeNue 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 August 20, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on November 26, 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 6514 S. ebeRHARt AVeNue, CHiCAGO, iL 60637 Property index No. 20-22-217-027. the real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to the Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. the subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS iS” condition. the sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the united States, the united States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 u.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the united States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. the property will NOt be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. if this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). if this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 iLCS 605/18.5(g-1). iF yOu ARe tHe MORtGAGOR (HOMeOWNeR), yOu HAVe tHe RiGHt tO ReMAiN iN POSSeSSiON FOR 30 dAyS AFteR eNtRy OF AN ORdeR OF POSSeSSiON, iN ACCORdANCe WitH SeCtiON 15-1701(C) OF tHe iLLiNOiS MORtGAGe FOReCLOSuRe LAW. 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 14-13-30630. 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. 14-13-30630 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 002903 tJSC#: 34-15123 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. i630840 iN tHe CiRCuit COuRt OF COOK COuNty, iLLiNOiS COuNty dePARtMeNt CHANCeRy diViSiON NeW PeNN FiNANCiAL, LLC d/b/A SHeLLPOiNt MORtGAGe SeRViCiNG AS SuCCeSSOR SeRViCeR tO ReSuRGeNt MORtGAGe SeRViCiNG, A diViSiON OF ReSuRGeNt CAPitAL SeRViCeS, LP Plaintiff, -v.CHARLeS L. GRAy, uNKNOWN HeiRS ANd LeGAteeS OF AuStRALiA GRAy A/K/A AuStRALiA GRAy ROGeRS, City OF CHiCAGO, StAte OF iLLiNOiS - dePARtMeNt OF HeALtH CARe ANd FAMiLy SeRViCeS, uNKNOWN OWNeRS ANd NONReCORd CLAiMANtS, WiLLiAM P. butCHeR, AS PeRSONAL RePReSeNtAtiVe defendants 10 CH 051519 7828 S. SAiNt LAWReNCe 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 August 20, 2014, an agent for the Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 2:00 PM on November 26, 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 7828 S. SAiNt LAWReNCe, CHiCAGO, iL 60619 Property index No. 20-27-427-034. 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 14-10-38098. 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. 14-10-38098 Attorney ARdC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 10 CH 051519 tJSC#: 34-15107 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. i630833
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Englewood wraps up Halloween weekend with first 5K Run By Elaine Hegwood Bowen With the Halloween weekend starting with chilly weather that kept many kids from going door to door, the Englewood community still had many options for both young and old as far as entertainment was concerned. To kick off the day, the principal of Lindblom High School, Alan Mather, greeted students dressed as a clown riding on a unicycle. Later, there were a number of parties hosted by different organizations throughout the neighborhood. The ARK of St. Sabina presented Hallelujah Night, with games, food, candy bags, prizes and more, for a safe night of fun. There was also a community Hallelujah party held at Greater Englewood Parish UMC at 64th and Sangamon. However, the crowning “feel good” event for the weekend was the first ever successful Ditch the Weight & Guns Englewood 5K Walk and Run 2014, which was held November 2. Organizers say that even with the
get to Sunday morning worship services. Participants ran for many reasons, whether to honor a friend or relative who may have lost their life, or as a jump-start on a physical fitness plan for themselves or others. Andrea NaTay, owner of Forever Fitness Chicago LLC, which spearheaded the event, says the Englewood 5K was organized to promote nutrition, fitness and nonviolence. A portion of the proceeds from participant fees are slated for Forever Moving Forward, an organization that helps girls ages 7-18, and Englewood’s Harper High School’s athletic department. The Residents Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.) was involved in many of the events over the weekend, and one of the co-founders and President of the organization, Asiaha Butler, agreed that the parties, as well as the 5K Run were good events that created an atmosphere of unity and celebration, “There were people from all
PHOTO OF MAYOR with runners. (Photo by Deborah Payne) have often envisioned a race com- on the ‘Good in Englewood’ news ing to Englewood, since I run that we [R.A.G.E.] are always talklonger races, and it was a no brain- ing about.” er for me to participate in a 5K that Organizer NaTay added, “Ditch was in my backyard,” Baldwin the Weight & Guns Englewood said. “This allowed residents to 5K Walk & Run 2014 was a huge create more outdoor fitness activi- success and with zero incidents. ties other than what we are familiar No shootings, no fights, and no with. This is just one of many sto- medical emergencies.” She continries that we need to continue to see ued: “One thousand plus people because it is helping to shed light from different backgrounds ran
the streets of Englewood, and I couldn’t have been prouder. We are hoping to make this an annual community event to highlight the good in Englewood.” To conclude Asiaha Butler said: “From start to finish there was a unified energy in the air that was rooted in health, fitness, pride and peace.”
RASHANAH BALDWIN proudly displays her number. chilly weather, hundreds of people gathered to either participate as runners or walkers, to cheer friends and relatives, or jam to the sounds of Antoine Butler aka DJ Dap, who set up his turntable and equipment in Ogden Park, located at 64th and Racine. The race took participants throughout an area on the South Side that is slowly rebuilding and restoring itself to its position as a good, healthy neighborhood. Police officers were visibly re-directing traffic as runners took off at 10 a.m. Many neighborhood residents noticed the reroute, as they were trying to leave their homes to www.chicagocrusader.com
ages, schools, running teams, residents, elected officials, including Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and the weather was perfect,” she said. “The energy was high and the atmosphere was peaceful on this brisk November morning.” She added that R.A.G.E. was proud to be a co-sponsor of the Englewood 5K, because these events are needed in the community. “The organizer worked around the clock to ensure the event was a success and I am sure it exceeded her expectations.” Another R.A.G.E. co-founder Rashanah Baldwin said that the race was a dream come true. “I
R.A.G.E. PRESIDENT ASIAHA BUTLER with Antoine Butler and Englewood artist Julio.
USA National Rugby Team visits (Continued from page 20) them to where they are today. “My Catholic education taught me how to reflect. When I’m on the train from Brooklyn to Manhattan for work, I use that time to think about and be thankful for how lucky I am,” Petri said in response to a question about how his Catholic upbringing influences his athletics. Petri went to Catholic schools from grade school through high school and currently
teaches at Xavier High School. “These men have tremendous experience and drive. They started playing rugby as high school freshmen like many of our rugby players. Now they are at the top of their game,” said Fr. Tony Mazurkiewicz, O. Carm. ’92, president of Mount Carmel. “Our young men can learn a lot from these men and Mount Carmel is proud to host such talent.” Mount Carmel High School is
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Chicago’s premier college preparatory school for young men. Located just south of the Museum of Science and Industry and the University of Chicago, Mount Carmel attracts students from all across the Chicagoland area. Over a century after Mount Carmel’s founding in 1900, under the leadership of the Carmelites, the school continues to fulfill its mission to live with zeal for God, for life, and for learning.
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Public League Football improving in State Playoffs By J. Coyden Palmer Several Public League schools won their first-round state playoff games and will advance to games to be played this weekend throughout the state. The big winners included Simeon (8A), Curie (8A), King (6A), Phillips (4A) and Harper (3A). With five teams advancing to the second round in four different classes, it shows an improvement in last year’s dismal numbers for the league. More impressive is that all of the teams advancing, with the exception of Curie, defeated a team that was not another Public League team in the first round. Simeon rolled over Downers Grove North 28-7 in one of the last games played in the first round. The Wolverines sprinted out to a 20-0
halftime lead and were never threatened. Led by senior quarterback Timon Watkins, who had a hand in every score (10-for-16, 183 yards, 2 TDs; 2 rushing TDs), Simeon will face Hinsdale Central in the second round. Simeon’s win was their eight in a row and their seventh consecutive blowout victory. Coach Dante Cullbreath believes his team is riding a high and has their sets sight on becoming the first Public League team to win a state title in football. “We have the talent and we have the school support as the tradition of Simeon sports gives us an advantage that many other Public League schools don’t,” he said. “Right now I’m just trying to tell our players to take it one game at a time and not look too far down the road even if that is our ultimate goal.”
DION EARLS JR. of Simeon runs for a first down in their win for the first round of State playoff against Downers Grove South, Saturday at Gately Stadium. (Photo by Robert Earl)
SIMEON’S TIMON WATKINS runs out of the backfield to look for an open man against there State playoff game against Downers Grove South, Saturday at Gately Stadium. (Photo by Robert Earl) Tradition is also something the advanced to the second round after a weather was treacherous, but I just King Jaguars have with their head 24-6 victory over Plano in horrible told my guys the other team is playcoach Lonnie Williams, the longest weather conditions on Halloween. ing in the same weather, so let’s just tenured coach in the history of the The Wildcats will now travel to handle business.” Public League. The Jaguars went on Johnsburg for a Friday night battle Harper will travel this Saturday to the road and pulled out a 24-17 vic- under the lights at 7 p.m. They over- Byron, Illinois after defeating North tory against Antioch. The upset vic- came three fumbles on their first Boone 28-10. The Cardinals have tory means King will take on three possessions, along with sleet moved down to class 3A due to a Nazareth Academy at 1 p.m. on Sat- and wind gusts of 60 m.p.h. in the sharp decline in enrollment in reurday at Gately Stadium. Lance win. The Wildcats started the scor- cent years, which could prove to Robinson ran for two touchdowns ing with a safety by defensive end their advantage. A 22-point second and Robert Tucker ran an intercep- Micah Watkins. On the ensuing quarter spurt put Harper up for tion back for a touchdown for King possession Phillips drove 76 yards good after trailing early 3-0. Devin to pace the victory. Antioch’s Griffin on seven plays for a touchdown. An Davis ran 19 yards for the first score. Hill had an eighty seven yard kickoff interception returned for a touch- Arjay Howard then returned a fumreturn, his third of the season. down later in the second quarter ble 18 yards for the next touchWilliams said he is still capable of staked them to a 16-0 halftime lead down. David Harvey threw a 45coaching even after 42 years on the and they never looked back again. yard TD to Demetrius Woolridge job. The win last Saturday against “The offense really struggled in with 27 seconds left in the first half Antioch was his 226th. His team the first half but the defense came to give Harper control. has qualified for the playoffs seven of ready to play,” said Phillips coach Curie defeated fellow Public the last eight years. Troy McAllister. “Once we got League opponent Taft 46-6. They An up and coming football pro- everybody on the same page we will take on New Trier Saturday at 1 gram is the Phillips Wildcats who took control of the game. The p.m. in Winnetka.
USA National Rugby team visits Mount Carmel Mike Petri, Tom Coolican, and Zach Test from the USA National Rugby team visited Mount Carmel recently to discuss strategy, training, and the opportunities Rugby has provided them. The
team was in Chicago for the USA Eagles vs. All Blacks match at Soldier Field on Saturday, November 1. “Mount Carmel was the first high school in Illinois to have a
rugby team and now the sport has grown to include more than 65 clubs,” said Mr. Mike Holland ‘98, director of development and planned giving, and head rugby coach. “We strive to give our stu-
dents unique opportunities such as meeting exceptional leaders like these athletes.” The team signed posters and memorabilia for the Caravan Rugby team before talking about the
rigorous training and travel schedule that professional rugby demands, working as business professionals in fields such as education and law, and what got (Continued on page 19)
THE USA NATIONAL RUGBY team members Mike Petri, Tom Coolican, and Zach Test visited Mount Carmel recently to discuss strategy, training, and the opportunities Rugby has provided them. Mount Carmel was the first high school to have a rugby team and now the sport has grown to include more than 65 clubs. (Photo by Michael Lee/KLC Fotos) 20
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