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2,700 teachers at mercy of CPS boss

By J. Coyden Palmer After an emergency meeting of the Chicago Board of Education on Tuesday (June15), board members voted to give school’s CEO Ron Huberman the authority to layoff 2,700 teachers and increase class sizes to 35 students. The board and Huberman contend the measures will be necessary for next school year to balance the budget. They say the actions can be

“I think what happened today is shameful and it will hurt CPS students in the long-run,” said CTU President-elect Karen Lewis. “People losing their jobs and those fortunate to keep them will have to deal with increased class sizes are not the

way our profession should be going.”

Sharing in Lewis’ sentiments was the woman she defeated in an election just days before, current CTU President Marilyn Stewart. She is fighting against the move by filing a lawsuit, claiming that an

increase in class size would be illegal because it would violate the law as it relates to the amount of square footage in a classroom per pupil. So disappointed in the board’s decision Stewart called it “educa(Continued on page 2)

Ron Huberman prevented if the State of Illinois pays CPS what it is owed: some $400 million. The Chicago Teachers Union protested before, during and after the meeting and vowed they will fight the measures to the end.

ALDERMAN CARRIE AUSTIN, center, poses with The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center Singing Corp at the Marshfield Plaza Grand Opening and Peace Rally on June 5.

Grants available for student-led school dropout prevention programs

By La Risa Lynch The deadline is fast approaching for Chicago area high school students to receive between $500 and $1,500 in grants on how they would prevent students from dropping out of high school.

The United Way of Metropolitan Chicago has partnered with AT&T and America’s Promise Alliance to provide the grants. The My Idea Grant program empowers young people to examine Chicago’s high school drop-out crisis and devise action plans to keep their peers in school and on track to graduate. The United Way received a $25,000 grant to implement the program.

Students must work in conjunction

with a community group or a school to implement their ideas. Students’ ideas must be submitted by June 23. Applications can be found at .

According to a 2008 study by America’s Promise Alliance only about half of all students nationwide graduate. Chicago has a 51.5 percent graduation rate with Black males making up a disproportionate number of high school dropout rates.

The program’s goal is to get youths’ ideas on how they would reduce the dropout rate, United Way’s Lorrie Lynn said. Adults, Lynn added, usually are the ones with all the statistics, research and indicators identifying dropout crisis, but “it is important to see life from the perspective of the kids.”

While Lynn noted efforts to address the dropout crisis have been adult-lead, placing that task in youths hands may result in some out of the box solutions and programs that may actually work.

“These could be promising practices

that nobody has ever thought of because we are seeing it from the perspective of an outsider (looking) in. Whereas when you are a kid in school, it’s a perspective from the inside out,” she said, adding that (Continued on page 3)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE The Salvation Army Marshfield Plaza Shopping Center Peace Rally (See story on page 11)

NEWS

Burge trial continues as prosecutors rest case

By J. Coyden Palmer In the minds of many African Americans, the trial of a former Chicago Police officer accused of torturing suspects and lying about it, has finally begun. Jon Burge, a retired police commander, allegedly tortured suspects into giving false confessions and then lied about it to investigators. Federal prosecutors believe Burge tortured dozens of people but can’t charge him because of the statue of limitations.

On the last day of presenting their case, prosecutors called to the stand Shadeed Mu’min. He testified that Burge tortured him during an investigation into an armed robbery. Mu’min said Burge first threatened him by pulling the trigger on a revolver three times. The game of Russian roulette scared Mu’min but he wouldn’t confess to the crime, he said. When that didn’t work, Burge got a plastic bag from a typewriter and suffocated him until he fell unconscious. After that Mu’min said he confessed. The incident happened in 1985 Mu’min said, who is now 66 and has a lengthy criminal record.

Mu’min was subjected to a tough cross-examination by Burge attorney Rick Beuke, who dwelt on the senior citi-

zen’s criminal record. He also hammered Mu’min on the fact that he’d lied when he previously denied committing the crime he confessed to at Area 2. He also questioned why he didn’t tell attorneys representing him at the time that he’d been abused.

Mu’min demonstrated to the court how Burge placed the plastic over his face constricting his airway. He also said other officer’s, including African American detectives witnessed what was taking place.

“I became afraid that I was going to die,” Mu’min told the court. “I told him, ‘Just don’t do it anymore,’ that I’d tell him what he wanted to know.”

Five victims testifed they were tortured by Burge. In addition to suffocation, they testified they were burned by a hot radiator and some were shocked with some sort of homemade electrical shock device.

Cook County Commissioner Larry Sufferdin testified earlier in the trial that when he was working as a public defender, one of his clients told him a hood was placed over his head and he was eltrocuted until he signed a murder confession.

His client, Anthony Holmes, said he was beat up and the Illinois Appelate Court thew out his conviction. But the state Supreme Court reinstated it,

and Mr. Holmes went to prison where he served 10 years of a 20-to 75-year sentence.

Gregory Banks, another person who said he was coerced into siging a confession, testified that he was struck several times with a flashlight by detectives under Burge’s command. He said they also kicked him repeatedly and put a gun in his mouth. Banks’ confession was thrown out by the Illinois Appelate Court.

Burge’s defense has called several former detectives and prosectors who claim at no time where there any visible signs that suspects were being tortured. They say claims of suspects that they were screaming in pain are unfounded.

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Senator Roland Burris Announces Department of Labor Funding for Training and Career Opportunities for Women United States Senator Roland W. Burris today announced that $300,000 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Labor will be directed to Chicago Women in Trades (CWIT) to support training and career opportunities for women in nontraditional fields such as construction and manufacturing.

Through partnerships with nine Registered Apprenticeship programs for carpentry, laborers, iron workers, bricklayers, electri-

cians, pipefitters, plumbers, sheet metal workers, painters and drywall finishers, CWIT will use this funding to advance outreach, training, placement and retention of women in construction apprenticeship programs and other non-traditional occupations. The partnerships are built around CWIT’s Technical Opportunities Program (TOP), an established 185 hour pre-apprenticeship program.

Additionally, the project will ex-

pand upon CWIT’s partnership with the Pipe Fitters’ Local #597, which prepares women to meet the Local’s projected shortage of welders.

CWIT estimates that approximately 1,500 women will participate in career education activities.

Approximately 120 participants will enter CWIT’s “TOP” program, 100 participants will be placed into registered apprenticeships or other nontraditional occupations.

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tional malpractice.” Her remarks were met with applause and she was given a hug by Lewis.

“It seems to me that a board of

President-elect Karen Lewis education should have the courage and conviction to stand up to the mayor and say, ‘No, Mr. Mayor. We can’t stuff 35 children in a classroom,’” Stewart said.

Board members did say they expect to honor a four percent 2

pay raise for teachers next year.

That issue was part of a deal signed off on five years ago.

Board member Norm Bobins said it is only right to honor the pay increase, but he hopes teachers will agree to some concessions on the issue by realizing what would be at stake if the board must do a salary increase. Board president Mary RichardsonLowry says the looming budget deficit requires tough decision making.

“My mother was a teacher,” she said. “There are a lot of good teachers out there. That’s not what this is about today. We have a financial crisis.”

Huberman said just because the Board has given him the authority to raise class sizes and layoff employees does not mean he is going to do it. The Board also agreed to grant Huberman the authority to take out an $800 million line of credit to help plug a deficit of some $430 million.

Huberman said the measures will be in place in case he needs to reSaturday, June 19, 2010

CTU President Marilyn Stewart spond. But he and Mayor Daley are hopeful that lawmakers and Governor Quinn in Springfield can come up with a solution to educational funding in the state.

“I want people to understand that this wasn’t our first and only plan to deal with this problem,” said Huberman, speaking of the layoffs and class size increases.

“We have gone over everything and this is the only thing we see left. If the union wants to make

some concessions it would be helpful but they aren’t required to do so.”

Lewis did not believe Huberman. She said there are several other areas where cuts could be made. She said expensive, unproven curriculum, outside vendors and consultants along with expensive testing procedures are all areas that should have been on the chopping blocks before looking at the classroom.

Parents too are not happy with the increase in class size. They say students have a hard enough time focusing as it is and that adding more students to the mix will make it more challenging.

“We’re basically turning our classrooms into baby sitting factories,” said parent Denise Wilkins, whose daughter attends Scott Joplin on the South Side.

“I feel for these teachers. They have to deal with many kids who don’t come from the best of homes and have little discipline.

I wonder how effective they can be at teaching with that many

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students.”

Wilkins said she fears that her daughter’s grades will be affected.

She said more students mean less individual attention per student and that many children need the extra help. Not able to afford a private school, Wilkins said parents will have to assist schools more.

“I know a lot of parents are unemployed and this would be a good time to do volunteer work,” Wilkins said. “Parents will have to be more involved in their kid’s education and we must support the teachers however we can.”

During an interview with the Crusader last week, CTU president-elect Lewis said building a partnership with parents will be essential in education. Because there are so many challenges being faced by school districts across the state, Lewis said teachers must see parents as an ally. She advised parents that going over daily’s lessons with their children at home will increase their learning ability and the parents will see where the student needs extra help.

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NEWS Cook County Offers Low Cost Rabies Vaccines Beginning in the summer of 2006, the Cook County Department of Animal and Rabies Control has conducted summer clinics that provide low-cost rabies vaccines and microchips.

This summer is no different.

Cook County Animal and Rabies Control began their 2010 Summer Clinics on June 1st and are now in full swing. These clinics allow affordable rabies vaccinations to bring all citizens into compliance with the law while providing an essential public health protection against a deadly disease that has caused public health concerns in four states over the past two years.

Dr. Donna M. Alexander, the Administrator for Cook County

Animal and Rabies Control states, “Rabies is a disease that has not been eradicated. The numbers of bats that test positive for rabies are rising and a major concern for our department. Often we find cats bringing killed bats to their owners only to have the bat test positive for rabies.

We talk to the cat owner and find out that their cat is not current for rabies vaccinations because they are under the misconception that indoor cats don’t require rabies vaccines. Let me assure you that it is the law; all dogs, cats and ferrets must be vaccinated for rabies and must be current at all times. This is a law to not only protect the health of the general public but also to protect you and your family’s health.”

Most dog owners are aware that rabies vaccines are required but some pet owners are going through some troubling financial times. Cook County’s Low Cost Rabies and Microchip Clinics not only make the vaccines affordable but also accessible. The clinics will be held in 34 different locations throughout the County from June through September. The dates and locations can be found at the Animal and Rabies Control website at www.cookcountygov.com

Grants available for. . .

(Continued from page 1) rarely do adults ask youth what they need.

ject, that is pretty impressive over a few months,” she said.

“This would be a great opportunity for them to tell us what can be done,” Lynn added.

Another goal of the program, Lynn noted, is to get youth more engaged in the dropout crisis and increase their understanding of the importance of school and graduation.

Youth must work with a sponsoring organization, like a nonprofit, or a school to implement their grant idea. The funds will be allocated to the sponsoring organization. Students cannot directly receive the funding.

The grant application is open to high school students and students transitioning from grammar school to high school. Projects must be implemented from September to December for the 2010-2011school year.

However, Lynn noted that implementing the projects falls in students’ hands.

She added the skills students learn from this project will be invaluable. She said the students would learn how to create a program, apply for a grant, manage a budget and see their idea into fruition.

and at most Jewel-Osco stores.

Rabies vaccines will cost $7 for a one year and $21 for a three year. Ferrets may only be vaccinated for one year and the cost of the vaccine is $9. Pet owners can have their pets microchipped for $10; however, this does not include the national registration.

President Stroger urged residents to take advantage of the County’s clinic services, “The microchip option facilitates the reunion of lost pets with their owners, and it shows that we’re giving people affordable access to cutting edge technology.

USDA’s Farm Service Agency County Committee nominations now open WASHINGTON — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack recently announced that farmer and rancher candidate nominations has begun for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) county committees.

The nomination period continues through Monday, Aug. 2, 2010, with the election taking place between Friday, Nov. 5, and the close of business on Monday, Dec. 6.

“I encourage all producers to participate in the nomination of county committee candidates by the August 2 deadline,” said Vilsack. “We would like as much participation as possible since county committees provide a vital link and a voice for landowners, farmers and ranchers to have opinions and ideas heard at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. With better participation in recent years, we also have seen a trend of increased nominations of minority and women producers that we hope will continue.”

To be eligible to serve on a Farm Service Agency county committee a person must participate or coop-

“If they are able to come up with an idea and launch a pro-

“Those are all really important skills that (are) transferable to the real world,” Lynn said.

United Way is also looking for panelists to help review the students’ proposals. Those interested in volunteering should call Lorrie Lynn at (312) 906-2490 or email at lorrie.lynn@uwmc.org.

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Tom Vilsack erate in a program administered

by FSA, be eligible to vote in a county committee election and reside in the local administrative area in which the person is a candidate.

Producers may nominate themselves or others and organizations representing minorities and women also may nominate candidates. To become a candidate, an eligible individual must sign the Saturday, June 19, 2010

nomination form FSA-669A. The form and other valuable information about FSA county committee elections are available online at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/elections.

Nomination forms for the 2010 election must be postmarked or received in the local USDA Service Center by close of business on August 2.

FSA county committee members make decisions on disaster and conservation programs, emergency programs, commodity price support loan programs and other important agricultural issues.

Members serve three-year terms.

Nationwide, there are about 7,800 farmers and ranchers serving on FSA county committees. Committees consist of three to 11 members who are elected by eligible producers.

FSA will mail ballots to eligible voters beginning November 5.

The ballots are due back to the local county office either by mail or in person by December 6. Newly elected committee members and alternates take office January 1, 2011.

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OPINION

EDITORIAL Defending Congresswoman Maxine Waters’ bill to include minorities and women in banking reform - Guest Editorial NNPA Chairman responds to Wall Street Journal Editorial

By Danny J. Bakewell, Sr. Let’s start at the beginning: the Federal Reserve system was started in secrecy by the most powerful and influential financiers in America almost a century ago, allegedly in response to a growing need for an organized central banking system. The Federal Reserve Bank was created by the 1913 Federal Reserve Act. This, in essence, put the nation’s monetary supply in the hands of an exclusive, private, secretive organization of rich, White men that has operated independently of the American government since that time.

There are 12 regional banks in the Federal Reserve System, and these banks have been able to operate outside of government control for the past 97 years. This can be a good or a bad thing, depending upon your viewpoint or your ethnic origin. The Wall Street Journal, in a recent op-ed piece entitled “Politicizing the Fed,” Representative Maxine Waters (Dem-CA) and her democratic cohorts are criticized and accused of seeking “...the political allocation of credit” because of a proposal to place more accountability on the Feds. The issue that is drawing the most steam is connected with Subtitle I, Section 1801 of the House financial reform bill titled “Inclusion of Minorities and Women; Diversity in Agency Workforce.” In essence, according to the article, this would call for “each federal financial agency, the Fed Board of Governors and the 12 regional Fed banks to establish an Office of Minority and Women Inclusion.” In other words, Maxine Waters is calling for inclusion. What a crazy idea!

The op-ed opines that the Feds already dictate racial and gender hiring through the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other assorted federal laws, which makes the Waters provision “redundant.” Redundant? If we didn’t need these provisions, where are all of the minorities and women with the Feds now?

One needs but a cursory view of American history to know that inclusion has not been one of America’s strongest points when it comes to money and power. If that were not the case, Affirmative Action, seen by proponents as a step to ensure inclusion of minorities and women, would not have been fought tooth and nail at every turn. The fact of the matter is that America does not have a level playing field which would allow those who are not White and male an equal opportunity to participate on a meaningful level in the halls of financial power. And even though we have elected a Black president, it didn’t level the playing field.

It is interesting to note that those who hold the opinion that the bill will unnecessarily place too much power in the hands of the Congress and White House did not complain when the American banking system was placed lock, stock and barrel in the hands of several very powerful white financiers 97 years ago. This is the very opposite of diversity, and the situation remains the same today. The Feds have not only operated independently of the government, they have been out of control and reckless, harming a lot of people in the process, which is the very reason that Congress has proposed legislation to bring it under control.

The most disturbing aspect of the Wall Street Journal’s stance, however, is the notion that mandating the inclusion of minorities and women is tantamount to automatically dumbing down the system. This can be inferred by the statement “Congress will now order regulators to allocate credit by race and gender. Isn’t the point of this financial reform supposed to be to make regulators better judges of systemic risks, which means focusing on financial safety and soundness?” One would be led to believe by this these words that “inclusion” and “quality” are mutually exclusive. They aren’t. It is for this reason, among others, that somebody needs to keep an eye on the old boys club that has had a monopoly on financial policy for almost a century. The Fed’s 100th birthday is right around the corner, and this is a fitting time to re-think the Federal Reserve system. Maxine Water’s proposal is a good place to start, and NNPA’s 200 plus Black publishers applaud and support her and her colleagues for this effort!

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Saturday, June 19, 2010

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR New World Order Tulips Dear Editor: Tiny Tim Geithner tip-toeing through the New World Order tulips!

Tiny Tim started his worldwide blitz through the G-20 New World Order tulips! Tiny Tim went to China not to ask how much a dozen eggs cost in China? But, planting the New World Order tulips in China to get ready for the G-20 meeting in Toronto, Canada in June, 2010!

The June bugs won’t be flying on the New World Order tulips in Toronto, but the G-20 will go pronto! But where is Toronto?

Then Tiny Tim went to London, U.K. to try to keep the London Bridge from falling down! The U.K. pound, the brother of the U.S. dollar is heavy, but its brother will go over the bridge of troubled waters with it!

Then Tiny Tim went to France to talk with the big tulip New World Order guru of the European Union! God save King Euro, the new idol of the new resurrected Roman Empire!

Finally Tiny Tim went to

Berlin to talk to the head tulip New World Order global goblin not to scare the global markets about naked short sellings!

For the global birthday party is over!

Tiny Tim tip-toeing through the New World Order tulips for you, is going to be the global banks tax that will rip-off you and make you poor! Tiny Tim please don’t sing tip-toeing through the New World Order tulips for you, for it isn’t music to our ears!

don’t realize they are transmitting HIV to others. As more people start talking about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including HIV, and getting tested for them, our community will be safer and healthier.

To encourage testing, Planned Parenthood of Illinois will be providing free HIV testing between June 19 – 27 at the Englewood Planned Parenthood health

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George Culley Pinkneyville, Illinois

Free Testing Could Save Your Life Dear Editor: Next time you’re out in public take a look around and consider this: one in five people who is living with HIV doesn’t even know it.

In Chicago, nearly 20,000 people are living with HIV/AIDS. Illinois ranks 7th highest among the 50 states in cumulative AIDS cases. Unfortunately, those who don’t know they are infected cannot take advantage of the medical treatments that can keep them alive for many years. And those who don’t know they are infected

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BEYOND THE RHETORIC

Let’s Fix Haiti Once and for All

By Harry Alford NNPA Columnist In the beginning of this nation, Haiti was certainly a good neighbor.

It was Haitian troops that came to the Carolinas and whipped British troops during the American Revolution under the guidance of our French ally. This experience gave Haitian slaves the advantage of fight-

Harry C. Alford ing in traditional military fashion against French colonialists and won their freedom. They whipped the Napoleon Army so bad that France was on the verge of bankruptcy and total annihilation by their British en-

emy. To save themselves France sold us a majority portion of the now United States for pennies on the dollar (Louisiana Purchase).

Yes, we owe Haiti. Unfortunately, we have shown little appreciation.

My generation has witnessed Haiti in a multi-decades long downward spiral. There have been the dirty Papa Doc regime; the dirty Baby Doc regime; the dirty Aristide regime and dirty everyone else who supposedly had the trust of the people. The United States has sent troops there on various occasions but it was not to strengthened or liberate the people. It has been to support the “dictator” of the moment and to promote the further exploitation of the people of Haiti and to allow the excessive flow of corruption to drain the economy.

Haiti is an economic basket case and the United States should feel obligated to help our neighbor and get the nation on its feet for the first time ever. The devastating earthquake this year has afforded us an opportunity to restart the nation and put it on a path of commerce, liberty and quality of life.

First of all, let’s end slavery on this island nation. How ironic that the

nation that was formed through a rebellion against slavery maintains a practice of child slavery. The Restavek system of allowing parents to sell their children to strangers for about a week’s worth of groceries is a vile, insidious tradition that can no longer be allowed. It causes immense poverty, exploitation and hopelessness. Children should be nurtured and loved and considered a national resource, not property. This child slavery system must be outlawed replete with stiff penalties for any violations.

Now, we can take these children and educate them in a free, public education system. Make them literate and trained in skills for the future.

This will give them a chance to survive and, in fact, thrive under a democratic, free enterprise system.

The nation can soon have a workforce that can supply human capital for business development. A viable working class can replace the massive poverty that currently exists.

Stop the massive tax evasion that the Bourgeoisie class has become used to. Instead of supplying the national treasury with its due income tax, they simply send it to France for hiding. The result is that the govern-

ment is in a perpetual state of bankruptcy. Hold the middle and upper class accountable to the national treasury and let the government become economically stable.

Corruption is a crime. Those who practice it should be prosecuted severely. For those of us who could become potential investors for the rebuilding of the nation please hold firm to our principles. As one African Prime Minister once told me about the subject of corruption, “Don’t pay a bribe and there will be no bribery”. As we help in the rebuilding do not participate in corruption and press on in spite of it.

Report it as it appears before you but don’t let it change your mind about participating in the future of our neighbor Haiti.

Don’t assume that the U.N., the U.S. State Department and former President Bill Clinton are going to do the right thing and allow people of the Black Diaspora to participate in the rebuilding of Haiti. We must become vigilant as history tells us we will get snookered if we trust without verifying. This is a fine opportunity for people of Haitian descent who have become entrepreneurs elsewhere to return home and apply

their skills to this important task that lies ahead. The rebuilding of Haiti

by Haitians should be paramount.

Those of Haitian descent living in Miami, D.C., New York, Boston and other enclaves should prepare to get involved. You should have priority to the contracts that will apply to the rebuilding.

Furthermore, Haiti should use the Bahamas Model. Preference should be given to Haitian owned businesses in this rebuilding. Partnerships with Haitian and African Americans should be allowed. The money generated from these contracts should stay in Haiti and be taxed by the Haitian government. All, I mean ALL jobs, should be offered first to Haitians with the first right of refusal. It is noble for the world to come to the aid of Haiti but there must be a strategy that will empower the people of Haiti during and afterwards. For the first time in history, we have a chance to make Haiti independent, self sustaining and free.

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

Website: www.nationalbcc.org.

Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.

Bring the Power Back to the People

By Danny Bakewell, Sr. NNPA Chairman Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle have sent a clear message to the five Commissioners of the Federal Communications Commission regarding new internet regulations: bring the power back to the people.

Recently Congressmen Gene Green and 73 House Democratic colleagues, including a number of members of the Congressional Black Caucus, sent a letter to FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski advocating for congressional input as the Commission considers the Chairman’s “third way” proposal on broadband regulation. The letter encouraged Chairman Genachowski not to take untoward actions that discourage further investment, restrict network management, slow the deployment of broadband, and jeopardize the jobs associated with broadband expansion.

Furthermore, the announcement that Senators Jay Rockefeller and John Kerry, as well as Representatives Henry Waxman and Rick Boucher plan to pursue an inclusive process to revise the 1996 Telecommunications Act is also encouraging. Members of Congress should create a new path forward that clarifies The Chicago Crusader

the FCC’s authority over broadband services while prioritizing the National Broadband Plan’s objective of universal broadband access.

Back to the point of this piece: Bringing the power back to the people. What matters as we move forward on broadband are three critical issues. First, we must settle on implementing a broadband rulemaking process that serves to bridge the digital divide that still exists in many parts of this country. Recent statistics out of the FCC indicate that broadband adoption among African Americans still trails behind the national average. As broadband offers important opportunities for affordable health care, civic participation, online education and economic empowerment, it is unacceptable that members of our community do not have access to these benefits.

Members of Congress should stand up for their underserved constituents and help forge a compromise that will encourage affordable access to broadband.

Second, legislation would better account for the need for substantial private sector investment in broadband. It is hard to deny the power of private investment, especially when the broadband industry has pumped between $50 and $60 billion annually for the

ing process Congress will recognize what we have known all along, that broadband internet is a job creator. Not only does broadband build-out directly create jobs, but it also has spillover benefits, allowing displaced workers to retrain and seek out new job opportunities.

Job creation is no small matter given our current economic climate, as it leads to greater wealth creation, community building, and overall prosperity for all Americans.

Chairman Genachowski must heed the calls of the bipartisan group of legislators who have implored him not to regulate broadband internet services. Instead this matter should be resolved by members of Congress.

Congressional intervention will provide an effective avenue for minorities and underserved communities to express our concerns, while narrowing the digital divide, promoting continued investment, and creating jobs.

Danny Bakewell, Sr. last several years to bring broadband into our neighborhoods, schools and community centers.

As staff from the FCC has estimated that it could take up to $350 billion to deploy broadband nationally, current levels of

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investment must be maintained to ensure that broadband and its benefits are able to reach all Americans.

Finally, and most importantly, through its more rigorous and diverse fact-finding and rulemakSaturday, June 19, 2010

Congressional action on broadband is the only true way to bring the power back to the people. We thank the members of the Congressional Black Caucus and other key elected officials for pressing this important matter before the Federal Communications Commission.

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COMMENTARY

Worrill’s World

Critical Commentary

By Maurice A. Clayton

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill

31st ANNUAL NATIONAL NBUF CONVENTION (Dr. Conrad Worrill, National Chairman Emeritus of the National Black United Front (NBUF) located at 1809 East 71st Street, Suite 211, Chicago, Illinois, 60649, 773-493-0900, Fax# 773-493-9819, E-mail: nbufchic@sbcglobal.net, Web site: nbufront.org))

The National Black United Front (NBUF) is preparing for the Thirty-first Annual National Convention to be held in Kansas City, Missouri from July 22-24, 2010 at the African Centered Education Collegium Campus, 6410 Swope Parkway.

Dr. Conrad Worrill The theme of this year’s convention is “Unity & Peace vs. Conflict & Violence.”

Dr. Lance Williams Khepra, Assistant Director and Professor of the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies of Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois will give the opening presentation on Thursday, July 22, 2010 at the National Town Hall Meeting. Dr. Williams Khepra is a nationally recognized expert on youth violence and its relationship to the Hip Hop Generation. Doors will open at 6:00 p.m. and the Town Hall Meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Under the dynamic leadership of the new NBUF Chairperson, Brother Kofi Taharka of Houston, Texas, the new Vice Chairperson of Organizing and Training, Brother Salim Adofo, with the assistance of NBUF National Secretary, Toriono Granger and 6

National Treasurer, Sandra Dean, NBUF continues to be a major participant in the Black Liberation Movement.

The National Black United Front, over a thirty-one year period, has related to, and organized around, numerous issues that have impacted on the African World Community. Whether it was combating the numerous cases of police brutality in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and other urban centers, NBUF was there. Whether it was fighting to save people from the death penalty in Texas and Chicago, NBUF was there.

NBUF has constantly challenged the racist and white supremacists public policy positions of the Criminal Justice System and to that end our Prison Correspondence Program keeps us in contact with our sisters and brothers behind the walls throughout America.

NBUF was at the forefront of the Free South Africa Movement and played a leading role in forcing economic sanctions against South Africa’s Apartheid regime.

Our picketing of entertainers who were on the South African Entertainers Hit List for performing in South Africa, against the will of the movement in South Africa, brought great public attention to the plight of our brothers and sisters in that region of the world.

Our work with the New Jewel Movement in Grenada was significant. Whether it was the Summer Work Study Project, working on the runway at the airport or volunteering in the schools, NBUF was there.

In our international work, the Commission on Women’s Issues of NBUF organized a delegation of NBUF sisters who attended the United Nations World Conference on Women, held in Nairobi, Kenya in July 10-19, 1985. The NBUF sisters made a significant contribution at this conference by networking with African women from all over the world and presenting a paper on “The Presence of African Women in America.”

NBUF was there for Jesse Jackson’s presidential runs in 1984 and 1988, and the successful mayoral bids of Africans in America in Chicago, New York, Saturday, June 19, 2010

St. Louis, Kansas City, and Houston in the 1980s.

NBUF participated in other electoral campaigns for seats in Congress and state offices in several districts around the country.

In fact, one of our own, Rev. Jew Don Boney won a council seat in Houston, Texas. NBUF member, Lee Barnes successfully won a school board seat on the same board in Kansas City, Missouri.

NBUF played a key role in the efforts to organize the African American Leadership Summit in 1994. NBUF members were key organizers in the historic Million Man March in October of 1995.

On the education front, over the past twenty years, NBUF has been, and continues to be, the key grassroots organizers in the African Centered Education Movement. Our World African Centered Education Plan is a model for addressing the various areas of education.

As a response to revelations that the CIA was involved in t he explosion of crack/cocaine in the African Communities in America in the summer of 1996, NBUF launched a historic Genocide Petition Campaign Against the United States Government. This Genocide Petition Campaign produced over 200,000 signatures and in May 1997, the NBUF led delegation traveled to the United Nations Human Rights Center in Geneva, Switzerland and presented these petitions and other evidence on behalf of African people in America.

Out of our successful Genocide Campaign, NBUF collaborated with the December 12th Movement that organized the Durban 400 to participate and helped successfully lobby the United Nations World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) to declare that the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery were Crimes Against Humanity in the summer of 2001.

As a follow-up to our successful participation in this conference, NBUF continued to collaborate with the December 12th Movement in organizing the Millions For Reparations Rally that was held August 17, 2002 in Washington, D.C. where over 50,000 African people attended from 38 states, 67 cities, and viewed by

Parental Responsibilities about Gangs Parents should be aware, parents should be aware that gangs and gang members are on the prowl.

Children should already be aware that they might be approached to be recruited by members of gangs.

That some of their friends will be approached by friends who might be class members who are known to be in one gang or another. Your children should be ready to let you know if they have been approached and also he/she should know how to respond in the event some one should approach him/her. Knowing where and who the recruiter is, if the recruiter is known to your child, is also important. Remind your child that he/she should notify his/her parent who should then notify police and/or teacher(s). Often times teachers are fearful of these males or females, who present themselves as members of these subcultures, in the school.

Those children who have notified their parents of an eminent danger regarding gang recruitment hopefully can rest assured that the proper authorities are alerted and the culprits are dealt with in an appropriate fashion. The parent and child should expect the police personnel to be trained to handle the situation that should help protect the child.

The family unit should be able to expect that plain clothes police officers who specialize in gang and tactical units are working with the citizens in a capacity that will make it easy to observe these gang members. Individuals who are into the millions on CSPAN. In the spring of 2003, NBUF National Chairman, Dr. Conrad W. Worrill, requested that Minister Louis Farrakhan convene a meeting of the key reparations organizers, activists, researchers, scholars, and spiritual workers.

This meeting occurred in July 2003 at the Salaam Restaurant in Chicago and out of that meeting the NDABA Movement unfolded.

On September 13, 2003, NBUF joined the Millions For Reparations Rally at the United Nations in New York and helped to link the Reparations Movement with the Pan African struggle worldwide. The NDABA Movement meetings were convened in October 2003 in Jackson, Mississippi and in March 2004 in Houston, Texas. This process greatly helped strengthened the unity in the Reparations Movement in America.

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Maurice Clayton narcotics trade, individuals who might be members of a gang who secure weapons and who have demonstrated that they do have weapons and will use them if told to do so. Being able to take back the innocence of the youth of this metropolis empowers the family to be a part of the American dream instead of the American terror.

One must understand that gang activity is anticipated to get even worse starting the first days of the end of the school year. Parents must begin to push law enforcement as well as our legislators. The powers that be must be reminded of the Juvenile Law Chapter 35 has been on the books for years. Lets get it working or remember we need our children; they need protecting. Lets get the job done. We might move into Springfield.

Follow up next week. ment process, NBUF Chairman Worrill proposed the establishment of a Reparations Petition Campaign that was adopted by the NDABA forces with the goal of securing one million signatures by the fall presidential election.

Since our inception, NBUF has consistently sponsored a variety of cultural programs throughout the United States, including our Frontlines Album Project, our sponsorship of annual Kwanzaa Programs, and African Liberation Day activities. This has been a major part of NBUF’s work.

Through our Frontline Newsletter, Front Page Newspaper, NBUF’s website, e-mail, letters, phone calls, and the traditional grapevine, NBUF communicates with the world.

Most importantly, in our organizing efforts, NBUF has maintained strict financial indepen-

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THE CHATTERBOX

By Ima Gontellit Disclaimer: The following column is a gossip column. We ask that items contained herein be judged by individuals that read it as such and not as documented facts gathered by the newsgathering personnel of this publication. All sources submitting items to THE CHATTERBOX are confidential.

TOLD YOU SO Didn’t we tell you as the trial of Rod Black-oh-whatever heats up, a certain somebody was gonna start doing some funny stuff to draw attention away from the fact that he blurted out that

through all that tithe money?

They say the fight done got so ugly that a great divide is occurring in that house of de Lawd and pitting new church members against the tried and true folk who been with the church since its founding pastor went to the Great Bye and Bye. All of this comes as the congregation struggles to pay for a new multimillion sanctuary that they don’t need, can’t afford and ain’t moved into as of yet. In fact, half of them say they don’t even know where its located. “De pastor won’t tell us where it be…” said one church member standing on a South Side corner. “Its suppose to be a surprise!.” Huh? Folk tithing all they quarters and nickels and child support for a brand new house of de Lawd and they can’t even get the address? Maybe that’s why there’s lawsuits flying all around the place. Somethin’ bout dem church folk!

MO FROM THE SCARLET LETTER

and I said “give me some heat; I’m not going to be cold.” (The boss) said, ‘you be looking cute when you got out in your outfits,’ and I said, “I’m warm but sitting in the lobby inside the building I’m cold.” I said (Your secretary) and me talked about getting that guy that did Black on Black love’s heat but I never got heat…” (The boss) kept saying its 50 degrees, its not cold and then she said “are you saying that this an environment that you can’t work in?’ I said, “I can’t work in the cold.”

(The boss) turned to look at (her secretary) and told her, ‘I want her gone, now!’ I left (the secretary’s) office, went downstairs to the lobby, packed up my things and left.

Soon after I was fired, I called 311 and asked them what date, by city law, the heat supposed to be turned on in all office buildings in Chicago. I was told by September 15th all office buildings suppose to have the heat on. …I worked in a building that, by city law, was not up to code. (The boss’ entire name and title) put the lives of myself, staff, clients, guests, friends and family…. In jeopardy.”

The plot thickens, but as of this rambling, ain’t no word on whether or not anyone took this woman’s letter seriously. That radio station still got them two Amos n Andy characters on in the morning and their signal, which they sharecropped from Clear Channel, seems to be getting stronger. Oh well.

Why is the prominent family of a Baptist church in the Kenwood community suing the pastor because he won’t let them run

In another episode of “Employee gets Fired and Writes a Nasty Letter about Her Old Job Soap Opera,” here is an excerpt from the Voice of the Negro Employee’s 10,000-word rant about why Black Chicago’s favorite radio station is kind of booty: “This day was cold and when I came into the building, the lobby where I sit was cold as well. I had on my hat and jacket that I did not remove. Every Tuesday the Sales Staff have [sic] a meeting, headed by (the boss), in the sale conference room which is located on the 1st floor of the administrative side of the building behind the lobby. There have been times when the sales conference have [sic] been so cold that the meetings had to be moved to the programming side of the building (because) the programming side of the building has had heat and air since fall 2006. … Sometime had pass [sic] and (the boss) was about to come down the stairs, when she saw that I still have on my hat and coat, space heater on still sitting in the lobby in the front of the building. I heard her yell (for her secretary) and then she turned around and closed the door. A few minutes later (the secretary) called me from her office on the phone and told me (the boss) wanted to see me in her office. …When I walked into the (office, the boss) told me ‘I had to take off my hat’ and I told her, ‘its cold.’ She said “its 50 degrees’ and I said “I’m cold.’

She asked me “how long have we’ve been in this building?” and I said “3 years and every year, I’ve wore my hat, coat and gym shoes or boots.’ (The boss) said, “it don’t look professional, you sitting in the front with your hat on”

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Rod Blagojevich he’s a government informant?

Have you read the paper lately where this somebdoy all of a sudden is attacking his best friend like a junk yard dog? The move is to distract people away from them tapes that claim he was so interested in a senate seat that he or somebody close to him might have been willing to pay for it. The evil politician should not worry because the Alaphabet Boys have never said he did nothing wrong—yet, and therefore there’s no reason for him to be hiding in his South Shore residences like a 2-dollar hoe hiding from Pretty Ricky cruising the strip in his purple cadillac. He did make an apperance at his daddy’s event where he ranted and raved and pretended to be knowleageable about spilled oil. Directly across from his was his rich brother whose lips look like they could suck a golf ball through a straw. Both boys looked nervous and happy at the same time. Strange sight to say the least. Not strange: The Cloudy Times reporting that Black-ohwhatever hates both father and son so much he’d be willing to let them both drown in the Red Sea if Pharaoh was chasin’ them on his golden chariot.

SPLIT DECISIONS

RUN FLOTUS RUN Them redbones living around Hyde Park are convinced that FLOTUS (first lady of the united states) is going to do a Hillary and run for public office soon after her husband leaves the White House six years from now. While they hoping they can wrestle a U.S. Senate position for her, some say maybe she wants to put Bobby “I Hate All White People” Rush to rest, given all that bad blood he gave her hubby in 2000 when Obammay thought he was black enough to represent Englewood and Robbins, Illinois. They say Michelle Obama’s approval ratings are higher than that man who be dodging cars near 95th and the Dan Ryan asking for

Michelle Obama

loose change and she ain’t forgot the ass whipping and only political lost her good looking husband ever had. With that said, they think FLOTUS will make an excellent politician and perhaps might herself run for the White House. However, we hear a certain bald, state senator is eyeballing the 1st District for himself and is hoping that Mr. Hush retires soon, given how bad he looks when he’s seen in public. He looks like a zombie with an afro.

What that particular state senator don’t realize, since he’s cut from a different kind of Negro cloth, these old politicians don’t retire— they die in office, never passing the torch to nobody but themselves (or maybe one son—but look at the County Board and you can see how that turned out).

There’s a small group in AuburnGresham who say they will convince another state senator to also “seek the seat” because she actually seems like she cares about people and won’t sell folk out—although her white pastor might tell her otherwise.

FEELIN ON HER BOOTY

Carol Mosely Braun out the lady’s hand because Negroes so disappointed with Roland they fit to be tied. He is the biggest black political letdown of all time. We put him in one of the strongest political positions in the world—and he ain’t do one thang for de peoples. All we seen him do was run from police, rhyme like doctor sues and hire a bunch of white people to be his employees. However, how about somebody scratchin’ his name off and putting Carol Mosely Braun’s back on there. She ought to be tired selling jelly jars. She’s still got credibility, she knows the law, and she could beat both the Greek and the (rhymes with play) white males who messin’ over enough money to stabilize Zimbabwe, when neither one of them gone do nothing for Colored folk.

They say there is no truth to the rumor that a popular preacher and sometime politician lately has been fond of rubbing on sisters who work on his church affairs hind parts. Therefore there is no way possible that 3-year-old child one of the ladies still trying to breast feed belong to that ugly, pot-bellied man. Well, this preacher does have a roaming eye—and got kicked out of one church in Englewood a long, long, long time ago because not only did he run it in the ground but he was said to have gotten two people pregnant at the same time—and neither women was his wife! They say anytime some woman even half-way look at her ugly husband who rides in luxury cars, wears tight suits and eats high on the piglet, the church’s first lady hikes up her already too short skirt to her Sunday suit just a little higher. These women keep it up and that lady gone be coming to communion in nothing but her drawers. Anything to keep a no good man!

about another man. Next time you see the former vice president just listen to how he pronounces certain words. Don’t it sound like he put a lot of Vaseline on his lips?

“How you durin!”

PLEASE STOP

OLDIE BUT GOODIE

Some old broad walk up to Ima and tell her to read some paper that calls for a write in campaign that will put Roland “Runnin’” Burris on the ballot in November.

This lady say the little U.S. Senator can go straight up the middle and knock out the Greek and the (rhymes with hay) white men who are in a heated and nasty battle for Barack Obama’s old chair. Unfortunately, just like Ima nobody would take the paper

“It was because of my father that from the ages of seven to fifteen, I thought that my name was Jesus Christ. He’d say, “Jesus Christ!”

And my brother Russell thought that his name was Dammit.

“Dammit, will you stop all that noise?! And Jesus Christ, sit down!” One day, I’m out playing in the rain, my father yelled, “Dammit will you get back in here!” I said, “Dad, I’m Jesus Christ!” – Bill Cosby

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BREAK UP TO MAKE UP Al and Tipper Gore are adamant that another woman did not break up their marriage of 40 years. But they didn’t say nothing

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR FREE AUTHOR EVENTS AT CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY: During the month of June, the Chicago Public Library will host a series of very special and free author events, including some from the Reading is ArtRageous: Summer Reads for Adults program. All of the programs will take place in the Cindy Pritzker Auditorium (Lower Level) at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street As part of the 2010, Reading is Art-Rageous: Summer Reads for Adults program, the Chicago Public Library welcomes artist and author Faith Ringgold, who is noted for her artwork, story quilts and children’s books, including the classic Tar Beach, on Tuesday, June 22, 6 pm. In this program, Ms. Ringgold will discuss the influences on her career, from its beginning in the early 1960s to present, including the civil rights movement and much more. On Thursday, June 24 at 6 pm, the Chicago Public Library welcomes Anthony Bourdain, host of the popular show No Reservations, who will discuss and sign Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook, the long awaited follow-up to his blockbuster, Kitchen Confidential. In the ten years since he first alerted us to the idiosyncrasies of eating out, much has changed for chefs, for the restaurant business—and for Anthony Bourdain. Medium Raw explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author's bad old days to the present. Tracking his own unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-traveling professional eater and drinker, Bourdain takes no prisoners as he dissects what he's seen, pausing along the way for a series of confessions, rants, investigations, and interrogations of some of the most well-known and controversial figures in food.

For more information, visit the Chicago Public Library’s web site at www.chicagopubliclibrary.org, or call 312-747-4050.

CAREER FAIR: State Representative LaShawn K. Ford and the Chicago Urban League's Workforce Development & Diversity Center in partnership with the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, are joining forces to host a Career Fair on Wednesday, June 23, 10 am - 3 pm. The event will be held at Malcolm X College (1st Floor Foyer), 1900 W. Van Buren, Chicago, IL 60612. for more information, please contact Tina J. Crawley at 773-602-3044 or State Representative LaShawn K. Ford's office at 773-378-5902.

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IN’ AT THE SHEDD: Starting Wednesday, June 23, Shedd Aquarium’s 16th annual summer concert series, Jazzin’ at the Shedd, fills Wednesday nights with the magical sounds of Chicago’s favorite musicians. Debuting on a new night, Jazzin’ at the Shedd coincides with Chicago’s regular fireworks display over Lake Michigan, transforming Shedd’s lakefront North Terrace into a front row seat for the show – both the fireworks and music.

On June 23, Petra Van Nuis will be the featured performer.

Petra has performed at such prominent venues as the Chicago Cultural Center, the Green Mill, Pops for Champagne, the Pump Room, Katerina’s and Andy’s Jazz Club. Inspired by such jazz vocal greats as Peggy Lee, Billie Holiday and Julie London, Petra opts for a straightforward swinging delivery with an emphasis on feeling. While enjoying the music and the view, guests at Jazzin’ at the Shedd visit Shedd’s original galleries, stop by the sharks in Wild Reef, explore the North and South Poles with the penguins in Polar Play Zone and get a glimpse of the five-month-old beluga whale calf in the Oceanarium. For more information about Jazzin’ at the Shedd, please call 312-692-3373 or visit www.sheddaquarium.org.

ness into an artistic statement.

This moving exhibit combines artistic merit with the emotional baggage that comes from a bedside perspective. The exhibit opens with Snow City’s Gallery Night preview Friday, June 25, 6 pm at the Floating World Gallery, 1925 N. Halsted Street, Chicago. The

installation is a collaboration of more than 300 area pediatric patients and 15 artists from the Snow City Arts Foundation. Featuring film, visual art, poetry and music, this exhibit explores the fantasies and realities of childhood illness with moments of humor, playful-

ness, profundity and pain. Tickets for Gallery Night may be purchased for $100 each via www.snowcityarts.com or by calling 312-942-6991. After Gallery Night, the installation will be available through July 11 at no charge.

HUMANA’S NEW HEALTHIER Choices mascot, Apple Man, visits with the Lagniappe Creole Cajun Joynt on Taste of Chicago preview day in Daley Plaza on June 9th. The Lagniappe Creole Cajun Joynt’s Crawfish Boil is one of the Humana Healthier Choice options at this year’s food festival. See them all at humana.com/tasteofchicago. The Taste of Chicago begins held June 25-July 3, 2010.

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GIVING CHICAGO HOMEOWNERS A BOOST: With the beginning of summer comes new opportunities for owners of Historic Chicago Bungalows and other Chicagoans interested in home improvement to learn about historic preservation and green renovation with the help of the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association’s newly announced slate of June events. The HCBA’s seminars for the month focus on the Dos and Don’ts of Bungalow Restoration. Ann Clark and Peter Nicholas from Chicago's Nicholas Clark Architects will cover common rehab and renovation questions, such as how to update a bungalow without sacrificing the qualities that make it historic, and whether renovating original windows is a more energy-efficient choice than replacing them.

Upcoming seminars are scheduled for Monday, June 21, 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm, at the Avalon Branch Library, 8148 S. Stony Island Avenue and Thursday, June 24, 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm at the West Belmont Branch Library, 3104 N. Narragansett Avenue.

When driving, it's smart to stow hard objects under the seat or in the glove compartment. If you need to brake suddenly, or are in a crash, those objects can turn into missiles. They're especially hazardous if they get in a way of an airbag as it is opening.

HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN CHANNEL THEIR ILLNESS INTO ART: Snow City Arts is helping Chicago’s hospitalized children find a bright spot during a dark time.“What Bright Thread,” is a multi-media gallery exhibit translating chronic childhood ill-

More than 10,000 people are killed in rollover accidents each year. That's why the Insurance Institute is testing vehicles for roof strength. The first ones to be tested were small sport utility vehicles, which account for 59 percent of the rollovers.

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Drivers over 75 have an increased risk of fatal crashes, more so over 80. But it's not because they get in more accidents; they're just more susceptible to injury and medical complications. ***

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Drive a safe car, drive safely, and carry good auto insurance. Talk to the insurance people at Community Insurance Center, 526 East 87th Street, your insurance headquarters. We have been serving the community since 1962.

For more information about the services we provide, call (773) 651-6200. You can also reach us via email at: sales@communityinsurance.com or visit the website at www.communityins.com.

*** How a pregnant woman wears her seatbelt may affect her health and that of her unborn child if she is in an accident. Best protection for both: wear the seatbelt snugly but comfortably under the abdomen and across the hips. Do wear the shoulder harness, too. ***

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How the Working Poor Became Big Business New novel, Broke, USA tells the story

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Financial Writer In the midst of long-term, double-digit unemployment and millions of foreclosures, many in America are struggling to financially hold on. But for others, the plight of the poor is prime time for making money – and a lot of it.

In Broke USA, author Gary Rivlin shares how payday lending has become a $33 billion a year ‘poverty industry’. With small dollar loans typically ranging from $300-$500, some in America are getting rich off of the multitudes who are just scrimping to piece together a modest living for themselves and their families.

In a recent National Public Radio Interview, Rivlin, a former reporter for The New York Times shared his reactions to his lengthy study of an industry that preys upon people with little money and few options for credit.

“To me, the real reason payday has grown like it has is more of an economic reason than a geographic reason,” observed Rivlin.

“There’s been stagnating wages among the lowest 40 percent [of wage earners] in this country, and so they’re not earning anymore real dollars.”

Continuing he added, “At the same time, rent is going up, health care is going up [and] other expenses are going up, and it just becomes harder and harder for these people who are making$20,000 [or] $30,000 a year to make ends meet.”

According to research by the Center for Responsible Lending (CRL), each year, $5 billion is taken from the pockets of working families to pay for interest on loans from one of 24,000 payday lenders now in operation – more than the number of McDonald’s or Burger King restaurants nationwide. The average payday borrower has nine repeat loans per year. A $300 loan typically costs $50 in interest by year’s end, and the customer actually owes more in interest than in principal.

Further, CRL found that nearly 59 million repeat payday loans actually account for 76 percent of the industry’s revenues. And among repeat borrowers, 87 percent occur within two weeks of a previous loan. Payday lending with 400 percent interest rates is not a bridge between families’ expenses and income shortfalls; it is a debt trap that is a fast track to deeper financial troubles. It is the The Chicago Crusader

triple digit interest rates that wind up forcing customers deeper in debt with every passing payday.

Worse yet, CRL research further verifies that this billion dollar growth industry preys most upon communities of color – black and brown.

In California, the nation’s most populous state, payday lenders are nearly eight times more concentrated in African-American and Latino neighborhoods as compared to white areas. In this one state, $247 million is drained from working families in fees alone. Even after accounting for variables such as income, poverty rates and education, payday lenders were twice as likely to operate in communities of color.

In Phoenix, Arizona’s largest city, the same preponderance of

Charlene Crowell payday stores in communities of color is repeated. South Phoenix, historically the only part of the city where community people of color were allowed to live, is also home to the majority of its 211

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payday stores. The same racial pattern also emerged in Tucson, the state’s second largest city.

On July 1, 2010, the State of Arizona will sunset payday lending. The successful pro-consumer campaign that won a voter mandate in 2008 and survived two legislative attempts in 2010 was recently but cautiously celebrated.

According to Bishop Henry L. Barnwell, pastor emeritus of First New Life Baptist Church in Phoenix, “It was a people’s victory, supported and fought on moral high ground. It was a victory supported by several members of the Valley’s clergy, who spoke to the immorality of 400 percent interest rates.” “The payday industry and its supporters”, concluded Rev. Barnwell, “are now demonstrating a disregard and

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disrespect for the will of the people.”

Bishop Barnwell is absolutely correct. There is something terribly wrong – and immoral – about an industry that celebrates financial success on the backs of cashstrapped black and brown people.

It is also an industry that smears the credibility of reputable businesses that practice a different kind of commerce. When fair prices match with clear transactions, both businesses and consumers benefit. Real economic development brings convenient and accessible services and products that together enhance a community’s quality of life.

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EDUCATION Museum Of Science And Industry Honors ChicagoArea Students, Teachers And Community Leaders The Museum of Science and Industry honored recent high school graduates, teachers and after-school science club providers from across the Chicago area for their passion for science.

They were recognized at an event celebrating the Museum’s Center for the Advancement of Science Education. The event, held June 9 at the Chase Bank auditorium in Chicago, featured remarks from Dr. Carla Pugh, director of the Center for Advanced Surgical Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.

“In today’s technology-driven world, our nation’s future depends on new generations of scientists who can continue our legacy of science leadership,” said David Mosena, Museum president and CEO. “We need more students who want to be engineers, explorers, doctors and inventors, and we need more educators who are confident in teaching science to nurture that interest. That’s why the Museum has placed educational programming at the heart of what we do.”

The 31 students who were recognized are part of the Museum’s Science Achievers youth development program, which provides teens from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to learn about science, develop public-speaking skills, prepare for college and learn about science careers. Science Achievers also participate in paid internships, mentor

younger students and engage Museum guests of all ages in fun, handson science activities on the Museum floor.

The Museum provided a surprise gift to the Science Achievers graduates who are going on to college in the fall — laptop computers, generously provided by CDW Corporation.

The event also honored Chicagoarea teachers who have completed the Museum’s yearlong professional development course. Many of these teachers have little experience teaching science and credit the Museum’s program for building their skills and passion for science. Courses can be taken as part of a new master of science education degree offered jointly by the Museum and Illinois Institute of Technology in a partnership that is the first of its kind in the nation.

Twenty-eight teachers were specially recognized for participating in the Museum’s courses for at least three years. They received a microscope that connects to a computer, allowing the class to watch live video of the microscope’s images. The Museum also recognized five schools for their commitment to science education by allowing their teachers to participate in Museum courses for four years. Those schools are: • Andersen Community Academy, Chicago • Dixon Elementary School, Chicago • Gallistel Language Academy,

Chicago • Heritage Middle School, Berwyn • Sawyer Elementary School, Chicago The event also recognized staff and leaders at 23 sites that are part of the Museum’s network of after-

school Science Minors Clubs. They were honored for participating in the program for at least three years, and staff members also received a microscope and software for connecting to a computer.

Programs offered through the Center for the Advancement of Sci-

ence Education are designed to realize the Museum’s vision: to inspire and motivate our children to achieve their full potential in the fields of science, technology, medicine and engineering. Each year, these programs reach about 1,000 teachers and 5,000 students.

THE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE and Industry recognized graduating seniors from its Science Achievers youth development program. Front row, from left: Dr. Carla Pugh, Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Danielle Lofton, Curie; Katrina Odrobina, Lane Tech; Jessica Williams, Evanston Township; Tamiyah Jackson, Hyde Park; Noemi Garcia, Lane Tech; Alexandra Monacelli, Loyola; Lindsey Smith, Bowen; David Mosena, MSI President and CEO. Middle row, from left: Leslie Omotosho, Jones College Prep; Antonia Gomez, Mother McAuley; Sandi Coffee, Hyde Park; Beth Pacewic, Hubbard; Christian McNamara, Rauner; Jelissa Bisbee, Bowen; Derrick Ayers, Eisenhower. Top row, from left: Robert Morrison, Chairman, MSI Board of Trustees; Brandon Gray, Urban Prep; Torree Harris, CICS – Ellison; Savion Willis, Kenwood; Treandes Hunter, Uplift; Ashley Kyles, Young Women’s Leadership; Benjamin Gamez, Rauner; Ruihui Liang, Curie; Byron Niles, De La Salle; Madeleine Senko, Jones College Prep.

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, to visit Chicago Academy for Advanced Technology On June10, 2010, the Chicago Academy for Advanced Technology (“Chi Tech”) welcomed a very important visitor: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Microsoft was one of Chi Tech’s founding sponsors when the high school opened in September 2009 as a joint effort of Mayor Daley’s Council of Technology

Advisors, the Illinois Technology Association, Chicago Public Schools, and the Center for Polytechnical Education.

“Microsoft is grateful for the opportunity to support the Chicago Academy for Advanced Technology, where innovative teaching strategies and access to technology are changing today’s

MICROSOFT STEVE BALLMER shares congratulatory words with students at Chi Tech, the Chicago Academy for Advanced Technology high school sponsored in part by the Microsoft Corporation.

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PREPARING TO BE America’s next leaders in technology are: Efram Williams (left to right), Christopher Hayes, Martha Zuniga, Savannagh Young, Nakeia Poe, and Tech instructor, Walid Johnson. approach to education,” said Mi- non-profit Center for Polytechni- force in our economy,” said Matt crosoft CEO Steve Ballmer. cal Education (CPE) under con- Hancock, executive director of “We anticipate Chi Tech stu- tract with Chicago Public CPE. “Chi Tech students learn to dents will be the Chicago area’s Schools. The curriculum focuses think critically and solve probfuture leaders. By supporting stu- on in-demand technology skills, lems with technology, which is the dents and programs like these, but also instills students with very essence of innovation.

Microsoft hopes to expand the timeless leadership qualities such “Microsoft is dedicated to bridgpipeline of future technology tal- as critical thinking, teamwork, ing Chicago’s digital divide,” said ent in the United States.” and an entrepreneurial spirit.

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COMMUNITY The Salvation Army Marshfield Plaza Shopping Center Peace Rally South Side community celebrates Chicago’s commitment to end violence The Salvation Army, Alderman Carrie Austin, Primestore and other South Side community organizations celebrated the grand opening of the Marshfield Plaza Shopping Center, located at 119th and Marshfield, on Saturday, June 5. The day-long event included a gospel concert, youth area, and a carnival. Mayor Daley

and other political figures and church leaders were on hand to show their support for peace on the South Side.

The Marshfield Plaza Shopping Center contains businesses such as Target, Jewel, Marshalls, Burlington Coat Factory, LA Fitness and Petco in an effort to revitalize the economy in Chicago’s South Side and provide residents with much needed services and employment opportunities. The Peace Rally was a celebration of the comple-

SALVATION ARMY PARTICIPANT Vinnesha Johnson, 10, and Mayor Richard M. Daley at the Marshfield Plaza Grand Opening and Peace Rally on June 5.

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THE SALVATION ARMY gave out more than 400 bags of Marshfield Plaza Grand Opening and Peace Rally on June 5. tion of this project and the com- Singing Company. For more than mitment of Chicago's citizens to three years, The Salvation Army encourage the elimination of vio- has collaborated with West Pullman community organizations lence in our neighborhoods.

The Salvation Army coordinated and families to develop positive the entertainment for the day, pro- programs for area youth, including viding a Gospel Stage that was host educational, arts and sports activito a variety of church choirs and lo- ties designed to enrich the mind, cal artists who sang, danced and body and spirit. The Army also performed, including Tony Tid- gave out more than 400 bags of well, Lemont Davis, Devine Reve- popcorn.

Preparation and environmental lation and The Salvation Army

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popcorn to attendees at the clean-up of the Kroc Center site is well underway in West Pullman, paving the way for construction of the Kroc Center to begin this summer. Led by the City of Chicago, construction crews are busy at work remediating and cleaning the soil of the abandoned industrial site. The Kroc Center project will transform this unsafe and unclean 32-acre vacant lot for reuse as a (Continued on page 16)

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ENTERTAINMENT

The NEW Four-One-One

By Raymond Ward FOXY LADY! Some may know her as hot, gutsy, gun-totin’ Foxy Brown, Friday Foster, Coffy and Jackie Brown. Others may know her from her role as Kit Porter on “The L Word.” But that only defines one part of the legend that is Pam Grier.

Now, film icon Pam Grier finally pulls back the curtain on her turbulent and fascinating life in “FOXY: My Life in Three Acts” (Hatchett/Springboard Books; $24.99 ).

“Foxy” is Pam’s testimony of her life, past and present. In it, she reveals her relationships with Richard Pryor, Kareem AbdulJabbar and Freddie Prinze Sr., among others, She unveils her experiences as a backup singer and a blaxploitation star.

In particularly candid and shocking chapters, she shares...for the first time...her view of those films and the persecution that Blacks, especially women, needed to endure to make a name for themselves...including how it felt to be labeled as one of the most beautiful women alive, yet not be permitted to try on clothes in a de-

Pam Grier partment store because of the color of her skin. And in words sure to inspire many, she tells the story of her ongoing battle with cancer.

Pam began her acting career when she starred in Coffy, Foxy Brown and other films. She subsequently worked alongside Paul Newman in Fort Apache: The Bronx, starred in Ray Bradbury’s Something Wicked This Way Comes, and earned an NAACP Image Award for “Best Actress” for her role in Sam Shepard’s play “Fool for Love.”

Pam has also earned Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, NAACP and Emmy nominations for her acting, and has taken on historically important roles on Miami Vice, Crime Story, Law & Order: SVU, James Patterson’s First To Die, Linc’s, The L Word, and, most recently Smallville.

Pam currently spends her time involved in philanthropic activities concerning women, children, and Vanessa Williams animal shelters.

From her disappointments to her triumphs, nothing is held back. With “Foxy,” Pam wishes to impart life lessons to her readers....and hopes to touch their hearts.

CLASSY LADY!: Now, that the ABC-TV sitcom Ugly Betty has been cancelled, Vanessa Williams is back on Broadway starring in the musical “Sondheim on Sondheim,” a tribute to the legendary Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim. Vanessa has also appeared in “Into The Woods” in 2002 and “Kiss Of The Spiderwoman” in 1995.

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ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ

Kings of the Evening “…..When a man can stand up to the mirror, he can stand up to life….”

Back for another run at ICE Theaters at 210 W. 87th St., in Chicago, after having good runs throughout the country and at local film festivals, is a brilliant movie, Kings of the Evening, set in the Great Depression era, which counts model/actor Tyson Beckford as its co-executive producer. The film stars Black movie legends Lynn Whitfield, Willard E. Pugh, Glynn Turman and Lou Meyers, among others. The movie will screen beginning Friday, June 18.

Kings of the Evening is a study in what ultimately makes a man feels as if he’s worth something. The expression “clothes make the man” holds much weight in Kings of the Evening.

Kings of the Evening is set in the Deep South, somewhere in Georgia it’s presumed, and the local entertainment, other than drinking at the neighborhood bar, is a weekly “swanking” contest, which involves poor men getting dressed in their Sunday best, whether they have to beg, borrow or steal it, in order to strut or “swank” around to the audience’s delight. In the end, the winner takes home a grand prize of $5. But the ultimate grand prize, for the man who wins, is to be King of the Evening; an honor that most times comes with female companionship and the envy of the other men. The event is based on a South African culture made famous by the Swenkas of the Zulu tribe.

Homer Hobbs, played by Beckford, has recently been released from jail and returns to where he once lived to find not only his mother has moved, but he’s low on just about everything else, money and friends included. He meets Benny, a hustler by trade, who longs to relocate to Florida where he says, “a man doesn’t have to work.” He at least helps Hobbs find a job at a cement factory and a cot to “flop” on at Ms. Gracie’s boarding house; for a small finder’s fee of 25 cents. Gracie is played by Whitfield, a woman who’s seen happier times and has all her hopes and treasures tied up in her home that’s been a refuge, as well, to many others in the past.

One of Gracie’s better lines in the movie, as she tries to make

Lynn Whitfield in a scene from the movie Kings of the Evening. sense of all the “strutting” is, “Now ain’t that just like a man, spending all his earnings on clothes, so he can be the best-

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dressed peacock in the soup line.”

Nobody really has any money; Lucy works as a seamstress who’s (Continued on page 13)

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THE KARATE KID A Review by Bonnie DeShong In 1984 we were introduced to a young kid from Jersey named Daniel LaRusso who moves to California, doesn’t fit in, bully’s beat him up and Mr. Miyagi teaches him the art of karate and he wins the day. I can still remember the theater going up in cheers when Ralph gets in the Crane position kicks the heck out of the bully and wins the tournament.

It is now 2010 and the Karate Kid is back! Well maybe it should be called the Kung Fu kid since that is the art that is being taught, but you know, it didn’t bother me because I can’t tell the difference anyway and neither could the 300 people that was in the ICE Theaters watching it with me.

12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) has to leave everyone behind in Detroit when his mother’s (Taraji P. Henson) job transfers her to China. Needless to say the only Black kid in the school is going to get bullied by a gang of vicious Kung Fu fighting Chinese boys. It doesn’t make matters any easier that Dre has a crush on a cute classmate named Mei Ying. On the way home from school the bullies corner Dre in a courtyard and begin to really beat him up. Just as they were getting ready to finish the job Dre is saved by the handy-

man, Mr. Hon (Jackie Chan).

Now during this fight scene you have six boys fighting Jackie Chan. I at first thought, why is this grown man fighting these 12 –16 year old boys. Then I realized that the skill of martial arts knows no age. Deep!

Long story short, Mr. Hon teaches Dre Kung Fu the good old fashion way. No there isn’t any “wax on, wax off ” but there is a lot of “take off your coat, hang up your coat, put on your coat, drop your coat, and pick up your coat.” Finally it is time for the tournament and I am sure you know the ending.

People have blasted this film but I liked it. As I said before, I saw it in my neighborhood theater and to hear the responses of the kids and their parents throughout the movie was worth the price of the movie ticket. Finally there was a film these kids could see, cheer for the underdog and truly enjoy and understand the meaning of the story. At the end there isn’t any crane move but there is a cobra type thing and again, the audience was on their feet at the end cheering Dre to victory.

Jackie Chan carries the film but Jaden brings his own to the character of Dre. He has the Kung Fu moves down and frankly, you like him. Will Jaden be better when it is time for Karate Kid 2, yes, he will be older and more stable in his craft. I did have a

hard time understanding Mei Ying’s lines but I don’t think I missed anything. There were a few dead spots throughout the film. Some pauses just a little too pregnant.

I say SPEND THE MONEY on this one and take the entire family.

JACKIE CHAN AS Mr. Han, right, and Jaden Smith are shown in 'The Karate Kid.'

Kings of the Evening (Continued from page 12) holding on to her job by a thread, government relief check. While because she has problems with Clarence’s back story isn’t evipunctuality. Gracie cooks and dent, one can assume it’s probacleans for the lot of them, while bly filled with early accomplishtrying to keep a house that’s not ments. But later in life as he has only physically clean but morally exhausted his fortunes, he feels as well, since she forbids drink- useless; not being able to secure a ing, having company of the op- job or a woman. But toward the end of Kings of the Evening, posite sex, gambling, etc.

The story, while set in the early Clarence is vindicated and finds 30’s, could just as well have been an unlikely match in Gracie.

Kings of the Evening has won set in contemporary times. Each of the cast members has pride, the Audience Award at the San and all the men work at their re- Francisco Black Film Festival spective hustles to make sure they and Best Film at the San Diego are self-reliant. And when they Black Film Festival. Based on a dress and compete in the “swank- true story, the movie takes the ing” contest, they could very well audience back to a simpler time, be regular brothers on an urban albeit a time of struggle for all street on any Saturday night. involved. It’s a story of a group They all possess what the young of strangers living in a home who manage to become family, brothers now call “swagger.”

Lucy, played by University of with all pulling together to make Chicago graduate Linara Wash- the best of the upcoming Christington, has a secret that catches mas season; where a big can of up to her and threatens to ruin peaches is a pretty big deal!

Kings of the Evening was dieverybody’s life. And then there’s Clarence—played by Turman— rected by Andrew P. Jones. For an old man, with low self-esteem, more information, call ICE Thewhose only reason for rising each aters or check out the web site day seems to be to wait on his www.kingsoftheevening.com.

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WORLD OF MUSIC

By Dr. Barbara Wright-Pryor

Joseph Conyers, bassist, wins position in The Philadelphia Orchestra Orchestra names Yannick Nézet-Séguin its eighth music director beginning 2012 Joseph Conyers has won an audition for the assistant principal double bass position in the Philadelphia Orchestra. The first African American member of the orchestra to be hired since 1974, Conyers, 29, graduated from the Curtis Institute in 2004 where he studied with Harold Robinson, principal bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and double bass soloist Edgar Meyer. Currently a member of the double bass section of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Conyers won the position after a three-and-a-half year tenure as principal bass of the Grand Rapids Symphony (MI) and four summers as a member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra (NM). He has played with the Boston and Detroit Symphonies, Minnesota Orchestra, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. When Conyers joins the Orchestra he will be the first African American to win a position in that august institution in 36 years.

Joseph Conyers Joseph Conyers has soloed with the Alabama Symphony, the Flagstaff Symphony, the Savannah Symphony and Civic Orchestras, and the Sphinx Symphony after having won second prize in the Senior Division of the 2004 Sphinx Competition.

Conyers has performed throughout the United States and Europe. He was principal (solo) bass of the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra with whom he traveled extensively and recorded on the Naxos label.

Conyers has performed in a

number of orchestras including the Boston and Detroit Symphonies, Minnesota Orchestra, and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra in a number of prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and the Musikverein in Vienna, Austria.

He is the recipient of numerous awards and honors including the Inaugural Sanford Allen Award presented to him by the Sphinx Competition in 2008.

At Chicago Crusader press time Monday, June 14 Allison Vulgamore, president of the Philadelphia Orchestra, issued a statement announcing the appointment of Canadian conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin, 35, to succeed Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit. Nezet-Seguin (pronounced NAH-zay SAYgahn), whose term as Music Director Designate begins immediately, will become the Orchestra’s eighth music director for a five year term in the 2012-2013 season. In addition to the position in Philadelphia, Mr. NézetSéguin will remain Music Director of the Rotterdam Philhar-

Ravinia’s Welz Kauffman heads Illinois leadership team for NEA

Yannick Nezet-Seguin monic Orchestra, Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the Orchestre (Montreal).

Métropolitain Charles Dutoit, chief conductor of the Orchestra since 2008, will continue in that role through the 2011-12 season after which he will become Conductor Laureate in 2012-13.

Founded in 1900, The Philadelphia Orchestra has distinguished itself as one of the top five orchestras of the world under the leader-

ship of only seven music directors in its 110 year history: Fritz Scheel (1900-1907); Carl Pohlig (1907-1912); Leopold Stokowski (1912-1941) and Eugene Ormandy (1938-1980) whose terms as music director overlapped; Riccardo Muti (1980-1992); Wolfgang Sawallissch (1992-2003); and Christoph Eschenbach (2003-2008).

The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, boasting two performance spaces: Verizon Hall with a seating capacity of 25,000 and the 650-seat Perelman Theater for chamber concerts, is the orchestra’s home for subscription concerts.. The Kimmel Center and the historic Academy of Music, the orchestra’s home for 101 seasons, are operated together as one cultural facility

Ravinia Festival cancels July 6 Cat Empire/Soulive/Raul Midon concert

Ravinia Festival President and CEO Welz Kauffman has been selected to lead a team of Illinois decision-makers—including leaders from the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE), The Polk Brothers Foundation and the University of Illinois—at a multi-state Education Leadership Institute convened by the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Illinois team joins four others—led by the Oregon Arts Commission; Washington States Arts Commission; New Hampshire State Council on the Arts; and the Ohio Arts Council—at the NEA Institute in Chicago on July 26-28. The goal is to create strategies to strengthen arts education. The Illinois team will explore the role of the arts in developing 21st-century skills.

Kauffman recently took a tour of schools and community centers throughout Illinois which have helped prepare him to lead the brainstorming sessions. Kauffman designed the Ravinia tour in celebration of the 2009 Abraham Lincoln bicentennial with the goal to share festival programming—classical music in particular—with other communities, specifically those downstate that had importance in Lincoln’s life. The tour featured performances of several pieces by the Lincoln Trio, including a Ravinia commission—a winning entry in Ravinia’s first competi-

Welz Kauffman tion for composers. Under the banner Mystic Chords of Memory (a phrase Lincoln penned in his first inaugural address), the Lincoln celebration allowed Ravinia to expand educational opportunities at all levels, from elementary school students to conservatory-level musicians in Ravinia’s Steans Institute for Young Artists “As the son of two teachers, I think of myself as a lifelong student—even when I’m in a teaching role, whether it’s running scales with a piano student or shaping the plans and policy for Ravinia’s REACH*TEACH*PLAY education programs, which are designed to bring music back to the kids in budget-strapped schools,” Kauffman said. “So I am eager for this once-in-a-lifetime learning experience in which the ex-

change of ideas between leaders from so many walks might integrate cultural awareness into a new curriculum to shape a next generation of leaders who won’t have to apologize for the arts but can embrace them—not only as part of the school day but as part of every day.”

According to the Arts Alliance Illinois, the arts are considered a core academic subject by the ISBE and the federal “No Child Left Behind” Act. When the AllCity Performing Groups of the Chicago Public Schools presented their end-of-the-year concert May 29 in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, the audience was repeatedly requested to contact their elected officials regarding the importance of arts education as a core academic subject.

A 2005 Harris Poll found that 93 percent of Americans agree that the arts are vital to a wellrounded education, however, many schools struggle with financial and time constraints in mainstreaming arts education and in times of “budget crunch” arts programs are the first to be placed on the proverbial chopping block, in total disregard of the ISBE mandate.

Launched in 2007, the NEA’s Education Leaders Institute brings together policymakers, educators, advocates, and artists to design arts education plans for their respective states.

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Ravinia Festival has announced that the July 6 concert by The Cat Empire, Soulive and Raul Midon has been canceled due to a scheduling conflict. There will be no concert at Ravinia on the evening of July 6. Ticket-holders to this concert should call the Ravinia Box Office at 847-2665100 for refund and exchange options.

Upcoming: Bobby McFerrin and the Chicago Children’s Choir in a 7:00 pm Pavilion concert June 27. Ravinia Festival offers 117 events between June 3 and September 7. For tickets or

Bobby McFerrin exact program information, call 847-266-5100 or visit Ravinia.org ********

Music of the Baroque announces new chorus director Music of the Baroque (MOB) recently named William Jon Gray as its new Chorus Director. Gray, who prepared the Music of the Baroque Chorus for the ensemble’s February 2010 performances of the Mozart “Requiem,” will also conduct Music of the Baroque’s upcoming 40th anniversary season Holiday Brass and Choral Concerts.

Currently the Director of Choral Activities at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music wherehe conducts the Pro Arte Singers and teaches choral conducting and choral literature, Gray brings more than 25 years

William Jon Gray experience as a singer, conductor, teacher, organist, and harpsichordist to the Music of the Baroque post.

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Dedication to the Mayor of Englewood The following is written as a “stroll down memory lane” and in a voice from someone living in the 60’s.

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen June 10, 2010 It’s 1965, and my father walks less than five blocks from our home to Crown Buick Co. at 63rd and Elizabeth streets and buys a fire-engine red Buick Riveria. He had previously marvelled at the car in the showroom.

As he negotiates a price, my sister and I take advantage of a warm October day to walk to Coney Island at 63rd and Ada streets, just a couple of blocks west of Crown.

Coney Island is the neighborhood fast food joint. Well, let me correct that: Coney Island is the place where the youngsters hang out. Nan’s on 63rd and Loomis and Red Apple on 63rd and Ashland cater to the mature crowd of this Englewood neighborhood.

My usual order is a burger and fries and, of course, a “suicide.”

A suicide is a soft drink made from most of the fountain flavors. My preference is more coke and orange flavors.

As my father proudly deposits $400 on a $3163 debt—leaving him with a 36-month, $77.60 note—-I reluctantly clunk down what seems to me a life savings of about 75 cents for my order. As he drives past the Del Farm grocery store, also at 63rd and Loomis Boulevard, reality hits him: He has to give my mother money for food. That’s all right.

We may have to eat beans and cornbread for a couple of days, but we are sure to look good in that red Riviera.

That intersection is busy at this time of day. The rush hour busses running up and down the two streets take passengers either south on Loomis or west on 63rd Street from the final stop on the Englewood-Howard El line.

63rd Street is the business dis-

trict of this neighborhood. Between Halsted to the east and Ashland to the west are a myriad of shops and restaurants that Blacks are welcome to patronize.

Thompson’s Barber Shop also serves as the local polling place at election time. A Mandl and Sons Cleaners advertises a plant on premises. One of their specialties is blocking hats, and my father uses this service. Sarah’s Beauty Salon is always filled with women vying to look beautiful, especially on the weekends—-and especially for church. There are even two banks on this short strip—Chicago City Bank and Trust Company and the Ashland and Sixty-Third State Bank. The neighborhood to the west of Ashland is entirely white and, even though our money is green, we are not welcome to shop there.

On our way back from Coney Island—catsup dripping everywhere—I spend the rest of my pennies on candy at Big Mama’s grocery store.

It takes us a while to arrive home, but it takes my father even longer. Although we live only a short distance from the car dealership, my father takes a leisurely drive home, beaming with pride every inch of the way. With a smile on his face, as bright as the grill on the car, he pulls into the driveway of our home, which stands on the corner.

The new red car figures nicely into the “American Dream.”

Ours is a blue house with white trim, a medium-size back yard filled with a blue and white gymnasium set and a tall evergreen, decorated at Christmas time with lights. Neatly manicured hedges surround the side lawn.

Of course, there is a blue and white, two-seat swing chair on the front porch, with a view of the same neatly manicured hedges and another evergreen.

The huge picture window on the front of the house is adorned with blue and white awning.

One dismal reminder that another family lived here before us is the brass plate on the front door

Music of the Baroque . . .

(Continued from page 14) Among his previous positions, Music of the Baroque Chorus in Gray was Associate Conductor of a wide range of repertoire includthe Carmel Bach Festival from ing “Dido and Aeneas” by Henry 2004 to 2006. He has also Purcell, Handel’s “Messiah” and served as Assistant Conductor of his setting of the psalm Dixit the Handel and Haydn Society Dominus, J. S. Bach’s complete (Boston), and Artistic Director “Christmas Oratorio” and the Viof the Masterworks Chorus and valdi “Gloria.”

Orchestra of Washington, DC For more information about and the Bach Chorale Singers of Gray and Music of the Baroque Lafayette, IN. and its upcoming 40th anniverIn the upcoming 2010–11 con- sary concert season, visit www.cert season, Gray will prepare the baroque.org.

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THE AUTHOR, Elaine Hegwood Bowen from left, poses with siblings, Audrey, Phyllis, and Randolph Hegwood Jr., in front of the family car, a couple of years before the purchase of the Buick Riviera. Another sibling, Baby Olivia, was off doing what babies do. (Photo courtesy of Hegwood family.) with the inscription “deliver all erected to the east of us, and who don’t have the luxury of just goods in rear.” neighbors now include second- packing up families and leaving a Now, this reference to Negro and third-generation homeown- place that’s been home for deliverymen is totally ignored by ers who will always call Engle- decades. the Black family in the “white wood home.

But on a nice, clear, sunny day, house” on the corner, which is A new police station has been one can still imagine Englewood what others sometimes call our erected not far from where that of long ago and just see the chilhome. (Now, there’s truly a Black Crown Buick dealership once dren playing on the sidewalks, family in the White House). stood. Neighbors should feel a without fear of gunshots.

Clutching fries and suicide for sense of safety, but youth who And these fond memories and dear life, I, along with my four didn’t grow up with my values more of the Englewood commusiblings, pose in front of the car don’t put much value on their nity will always remain in my with the wackiest expressions— lives and continue to gangbang heart, just as memories of my fawide grins, protruding tongues and shoot one another. ther and his new Buick always and fingers stuck in mouths. As Contrary to what outsiders be- bring a smile to my face. A smile my father operates the Polaroid, lieve, Englewood is still “com- as wide as the grill on that bright, my mother urges us to appear munity” for some old-timers red Buick. dignified. My only brother appears irritated as each girl poses with her hips and legs thrust out(Continued from page 10) ward.

Just imagine a Norman RockMicrosoft Central Region Com- crosoft has also contributed backwell portrait with Black folks. munity Outreach Director Shel- packs, software licenses, and Well, the years have gone by. ley Stern. “By focusing on digital $25,000.

My father died nearly 25 years literacy skills as an essential comago, but he outlived that car. ponent of the educational Hancock emphasized that Chi “The church was so crowded, I process, Chi Tech is helping to Tech’s curriculum is “much more just knew the mayor of Engleensure that their graduates will than core computing skills for wood had died,” my girlfriend be well-positioned to compete in working with software, hardware later told me. the 21st century workforce.” and networking.”

He also outlived the richness of Microsoft is also donating a our neighborhood. brand-new Surface unit to the “We challenge our students to All of the stores I mentioned school, and starting next year, dream big and think like entrepreare no longer there, but I hold some Microsoft employees will neurs,” Hancock said. out hope that greater things are work directly with students on on the horizon for Englewood. application development and As a CPE school, Chi Tech is part Beautiful homes have been other high-tech projects. Mi- of a community development strategy that prepares underserved youth for rewarding careers in high-tech industries that spur economic (Continued from page 9) growth and create high-paying jobs tion. Through its downward spi- painfully clear that payday lend- with many opportunities for adral of debt, customers have less ing detracts rather than con- vancement. disposable income and more tributes to our quality of life.

By linking education with industry cash flow problems as dollars needs, also CPE schools help to build Charlene Crowell is the Cenusually dedicated to daily living a sophisticated workforce that will are redirected to pay interest and ter for Responsible Lending’s keep the United States at the cutting Communications Manager for fees. edge of global innovation.

The workWhile communities of color State Policy and Outreach. She force-based approach is a win-win need and deserve sustainable can be reached at: Charlene. for businesses and students alike. economic development, it is crowell@responsiblelending.org

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The Kroc Center will create more than 300 construction-related jobs. Designed

by Chicago architects Antunovich and Associates, the construction of the Kroc Center will be overseen by general contractors International Facilities Group and W.E. O’Neil.

Construction Precise Group will coordinate training and construction job opportunities for local community residents.

CITY OF CHICAGO Planning and Development Commissioner Christina Raguso, Kroc Center Administrator, Major David Harvey and Police Super Weis.

Worrill’s World (Con’t. from page 6) dence, and has recently become a certified organization with the National Black Federation of Charities, an arm of the National Black United Fund, Inc.

We are now able to receive donations through payroll deduction from people in the federal workplace throughout the world.

We encourage everyone to attend this year’s historic

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No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Kara Findlay at Plaintiff's Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg & Rappe, LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(866) 402-8661. For Bidding instructions call (630) 453-6713 24 hours prior to sale.

W 0 7 0 8 0 8 0 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I278177

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

BETTY J. GARRISON; CITY OF CHICAGO; WACHOVIA DEALER SERVICES, INC. F/K/A WFS F I N A N C I A L , INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BETTY J. GARRISON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JEROME C. GARRISON, DECEASED, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 34485 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on April 27, 2010 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: 20-22-416-014-0000, P.I.N. 20-22-416- 0 1 5 - 0 0 0 0 .

Commonly known as 6960 South Anthony Chicago, IL 60637.

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

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

No refunds. The property will NOT be for inspection open For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W09-2474.

JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I278155

HOUSES FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY DIVISION CHANCERY THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON THE BANK OF FKA NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWABS, INC., A S S E T - B A C K E D CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-4; P l a i n t i f f , s . v CLEMENTHA A. INGRAM; ANTHONY GOODEN; CITY OF CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF WATER M A N A G E M E N T ; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEE OF CLEMENTHA A. INGRAM, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATES OF ANTHONY GOODEN, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 39734 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on April 27, 2010 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-26-401-034-0000.

Commonly known as 7500 South Kenwood, Unit E, Chicago, IL 60619.

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

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

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W09-2594.

JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I278161

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC, P l a i n t i f f , v s .

JOHN BLACK; STATE OF ILLINOIS, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; HARVEST CREDIT MGT, VII; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA) N.A. FKA CAPITAL ONE BANK;; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 45945 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on March 29, 2010 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-27-413-014.

Commonly known as 7637 South Champlain Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 6 0 6 1 9 .

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call William E. Dutton, Jr. (ARDC #6255876)/Barbara J. Dutton (ARDC #6188016) at Plaintiff's Attorney, DUTTON & DUTTON, P.C., 10325 West Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, Illinois 60423.

(815) 806-8200.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I276733

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES, INC., MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-AF1 MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

BETTY J. GARRISON; CITY OF CHICAGO; WACHOVIA DEALER SERVICES, INC. F/K/A WFS F I N A N C I A L , INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BETTY J. GARRISON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JEROME C. GARRISON, DECEASED, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , CH 34485 Blacks Must control their own coMMunity09 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on April 27, 2010 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-22-416-014-0000, 20-22-416- 0 1 5 - 0 0 0 0 .

Commonly known as 6960 South Anthony Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637.

The mortgaged real estate is improved

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE IN TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS FOR ARGENT SECURITIES TRUST 2006-M2, ASSET-BACKED P A S S - T H R O U G H CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-M2 P l a i n t i f f , v s .

FRANK DREW, DARLENE DREW, OWNERS, UNKNOWN GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD C L A I M A N T S .

D e f e n d a n t s , CH 47359 09 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on March 31, 2010 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, July 19, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-22-217-010-0000.

Commonly known as 6527 South Vernon Chicago, IL 60637.

Avenue, The mortgaged real estate is improved with a 2 story, single family residence.

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

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Illinois 60601.

(312) 236-0077.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I276681

CERTIFICATE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATE H O L D E R S ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-4 Plaintiff, v s .

BEATRICE M. SEAY; CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BEATRICE M. SEAY, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 08 CH 2529 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on October 14, 2009 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, July 19, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-16-315-022.

Commonly known as 659 West 61st Street, Chicago, Illinois 60621.

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

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

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W07-0462.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I276612

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REPERFORMING LOAN CWMBS Street - Suite 1105, CHICAGO, IL 60603, (312) 372-2020 . PleaseCERTIFICATES, refer to file TRUST REMIC number 08-2222-7774. THE JUDICIAL 2005-R2 SERIES SALES a i n t i One f f South , P l CORPORATION Wacker Drive, v 24th. Floor, -Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can PITTMAN, et also al MAURICE visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at D e f e n d a n t www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of 09 CH 030084 pending sales. HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD. 39 South LaSalle Street - Suite 1105 CHICAGO, IL 60603 (312) 372-2020 Attorney File No.: 08-2222-7774 Attorney Code. 4452 Case # 08 CH 32915 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, amount bid, the purchaser will receive a CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public Certificate of Sale that will entitle the auction to the highest bidder, as set forth purchaser to a deed to the real estate after below, the following described real confirmation of the sale The property will estate:Commonly known as 6219 S. NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff MORGAN STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621 makes no representation as to the Property Index No. 20-17-428-008 The real condition of the property. Prospective estate is improved with a residence. Sale bidders are admonished to check the court terms: 25% down of the highest bid by file to verify all information. If this property IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK certified funds at the close of the auction; is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS balance, in certified funds, is due within the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY (24) hours.

The subject twenty-four mortgagee shall pay the assessments and COUNTY DEPARTMENT D I V I S I O N is subject to general real estate property the legal fees required by The CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, taxes, special assessments, or special Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC; AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED taxes levied against said real estate and is 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE P l a i n t i f f , HOLDERS OF AEGIS ASSET BACKED offered for sale without any representation MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU v s .

SECURITIES TRUST MORTGAGE as to quality or quantity of title and without HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN EARNEST BROWN AKA ERNEST PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER BROWN; 6555 SOUTH SERIES 2005-4, condition. The sale is further subject to ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF SAINT LAWRENCE CONDOMINIUMS P l a i n t i f f IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK by the court.

If the sale is set confirmation POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND V .

COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE LEGATEES OF EARNEST BROWN, IF CAROL L. HARDY; MORTGAGE DEPARTMENT CHANCERY sale shall be entitled only to a return of the ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ANY; UNKNOWN ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's OWNERS AND NONRECORD SYSTEMS, INC., NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS further recourse against the Mortgagor, attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & CLAIMANTS; Defendants, D e f e n d a n t s TRUSTEE FOR IXIS 2006-HE2 the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH 07 CH 32747 09 CH 37580 P l a i n t i f f , attorney. If this property is a condominium FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE v . the purchaser of the unit at the unit, RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Fisher and Shapiro file # 07-7646D PAUL BLAKELY, UNKNOWN OWNERS sale, other than a mortgagee foreclosure the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for that pursuant to a Judgment of (It is advised that interested parties consult AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS shall pay the assessments and the legal the sales department.. Please refer to file Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above with their D e f e n d a n t fees required by The Condominium number 14-09-16925. THE JUDICIAL entitled cause on August 12, 2008 own attorneys before bidding at mortgage 09 CH 6877 Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and SALES CORPORATION One South Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will foreclosure sales.) (g)(4). Upon payment in full of the amount NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL on Thursday, July 15, 2010 at the hour of PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell entered on April 27, 2010, Kallen Realty to the real estate after confirmation of deed www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of in the above cause on April 2, 2010, an at public auction to the highest bidder for Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at sale Where a sale of real estate is the pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation cash, as set forth below, the following 12:30 p.m. on July 28, 2010, at 205 W. to satisfy a lien prior to that of the made P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE will at 10:30 AM on July 6, 2010, at the The described mortgaged real estate: Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, United States, the United States shall have ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL Judicial Sales Corporation, One South P.I.N. 20-22-220-018.

Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest one year from the date of sale within which 60527 (630) 794-9876 Attorney File No.: Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, Commonly known as 6555 S. Saint bidder for cash, as set forth below, the to redeem, except that with respect to a lien 14-09-16925 ARDC# 00468002 Attorney 60606, sell at public auction to the highest Lawrence Ave., #1D, Chicago, IL 60637. following described real property: arising under the internal revenue laws the Code. 21762 Case # 09 CH 028511 bidder, as set forth below, the following The mortgaged real estate is improved Commonly known as 7725 South Martin period shall be 120 days or the period NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt described real estate: Commonly known as with a condominium residence.

The Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60619 for redemption under State law, allowable Collection Practices Act, you are advised 8348 SOUTH MUSKEGON AVENUE, purchaser of the unit other than a Permanent Index No.: 20-27-416-009 is longer, and in any case in whichever that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a Chicago, IL 60617 Property Index No. mortgagee shall pay the assessments and The mortgaged real estate is improved which, under the provisions of section 505 debt collector attempting to collect a debt 21-31-400-032 The real estate is improved the legal fees required by subdivisions with a dwelling. The property will NOT be of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended and any information obtained will be used with a multi-family residence. The (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the open for inspection.

(12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of for that purpose. judgment amount was $208,943.86. Sale Condominium Property Act. The judgment amount was $177,326.79. section 3720 of title 38 of the United States I275998 terms: 25% down of the highest bid by Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, Sale terms: 10% of successful bid Code, the right to redeem does not arise, certified funds at the close of the auction;. balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. immediately at conclusion of auction, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK there shall be no right of redemption. The The balance, in certified funds, is due No refunds. The property will NOT be balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business ILLINOIS COUNTY COUNTY, will NOT be open for inspection property within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject open for inspection day, both by cashier's checks; and no CHANCERY DEPARTMENT plaintiff makes no representation as to and property is subject to general real estate For information call the Sales Clerk at refunds. The sale shall be subject to FLAGSTAR BANK, FSB DIVISION condition of the property.

Prospective the special assessments, or special taxes, Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law general real estate taxes, special taxes, P l a i n t i f f , bidders are admonished to check the court taxes levied against said real estate and Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, special assessments, special taxes levied, v . file to verify all information. IF YOU ARE SUBJECT TO A PRIOR RECORDED Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W07-0744. and superior liens, if any. The property is S. SPENCER A/K/A TATANSHA THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), 1st Mortgage and is offered for sale INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES offered "as is," with no express or implied SPENCER, et al TATANSHA YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN without any representation as to quality or C O R P O R A T I O N warranties and without any representation e f e n d a n t D POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER quantity of title and without recourse to Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I274286 as to the quality of title or recourse to CH 036120 09 OF AN ORDER OF ENTRY Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale Plaintiff.

Prospective bidders are OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE POSSESSION, is further subject to confirmation by the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK admonished to review the court file to verify HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE court. Upon payment in full of the amount COUNTY, ILLINOIS all information.

Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT - FIRST For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and in the above cause on March 24, 2010, an LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a D I S T R I C T Shapiro, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & deed to the real estate after confirmation of CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) will at 10:30 AM on June 28, 2010, at the ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH the sale The property will NOT be open for C O R P O R A T I O N , 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m.

The Judicial Sales Corporation, One FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR inspection and plaintiff makes no P l a i n t i f f , weekdays only.

South Wacker Drive 24th Floor RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between representation as to the condition of the v s .

I271824 CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for property. Prospective bidders are LAMONT WALLACE; UNKNOWN By: _____________________________________________ auction to the highest bidder, as set forth the sales department.. Please refer to file IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK admonished to check the court file to verify OWNERS AND NON RECORD (Publisher below, the following described real estate:Representative) number 14-09-25560. THE JUDICIAL COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY all information. If this property is a CLAIMANTS, Defendants, Commonly known as 7652 S. WABASH SALES CORPORATION One South DEPARTMENT CHANCERY condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit 04 M1 400618 AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC., at the foreclosure sale, other than a NOTICE OF SALE Index No. 20-27-306-020 The real estate is 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE CODILIS & P l a i n t i f f , mortgagee shall pay the assessments and PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that improved with a residence.

Sale terms: ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH v . pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure the legal fees required by The 25% down of the highest bid by certified FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR WILLIAM K. JACKSON, JR., et al entered in the above entitled cause on May Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS funds at the close of the auction;.

The RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-9876 Attorney D e f e n d a n t 11, 2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE balance, in certified funds, is due within File No.: 14-09-25560 ARDC# 00468002 08 CH 32915 Corporation will on Thursday, July 15, MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU twenty-four (24) hours. The subject Attorney Code. 21762 Case # 09 CH NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in its office at HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN property is subject to general real estate 030084 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER taxes, special assessments, or special Collection Practices Act, you are advised Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF taxes levied against said real estate and is that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a in the above cause on April 2, 2010, an for cash, the following described property: POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE offered for sale without any representation debt collector attempting to collect a debt agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation Commonly known as 7352 South Stewart WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE as to quality or quantity of title and without and any information obtained will be used will at 10:30 AM on July 6, 2010, at the The Avenue, Chicago, IL. ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE By: __________________________________________________ recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" for that purpose.

Judicial Sales Corporation, One South P.I.N. 20-28-117-015.

LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's condition.

The sale is further subject to I279915 (Publisher Representative) Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, The property consists of vacant land. attorney: Kara Findlay, FREEDMAN, confirmation by the court. If the sale is set 60606, sell at public auction to the highest Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, ANSELMO, LINDBERG & RAPPE, LLC , IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the bidder, as set forth below, the following balance within 24 hours, by certified funds.

1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333, COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY sale shall be entitled only to a return of the described real estate: Commonly known as No refunds.

NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (866) 402-8661 DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION By: __________________________________________________ deposit paid.

The Purchaser shall have no The judgment amount was $18,714.14.

5821 S. CARPENTER ST., Chicago, IL For bidding instructions, call BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP further recourse against the Mortgagor, (Publisher Representative) Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the 60621 Property Index No. 630-453-6713 24 hours prior to sale.

F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale 20-17-227-008-0000 AND Please refer to file number X09020042.

SERVICING LP attorney.

Upon payment in full of the which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed 20-17-227-009-0000 The real estate is THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION P l a i n t i f f , amount bid, the purchaser will receive a to the premises after confirmation of the improved with a multi-family residence.

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, v .

Certificate of Sale that will entitle the s a l e .

The judgment amount was $397,077.81.

Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE TANJA BOGUNOVIC, et al purchaser to a deed to the real estate after For information call Ms. Janice McBride Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by You can also visit The Judicial Sales D e f e n d a n t confirmation of the sale The property will Scott at City of Chicago, Department of certified funds at the close of the auction;.

Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day 09 CH 028511 NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff Law, 33 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, The balance, in certified funds, is due report of pending sales. status NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS makes no representation as to the Illinois 60602 (312) 742-0007. within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject FREEDMAN, ANSELMO, LINDBERG & HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a condition of the property.

Prospective INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES property is subject to general real estate RAPPE, LLC 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered bidders are admonished to check the court C O R P O R A T I O N taxes, special assessments, or special SUITE 333 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (866) in the above cause on March 26, 2010, an file to verify all information.

If this property Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 taxes levied against said real estate and is 402-8661 Attorney File No.: X09020042 agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the I274283 offered for sale without any representation ARDC# 6275591 Attorney Code. 26122 will at 10:30 AM on June 29, 2010, at the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a as to quality or quantity of title and without Case # 09 CH 6877 NOTE: Pursuant to The Judicial Sales Corporation, One mortgagee shall pay the assessments and recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor the legal fees required by The condition. The sale is further subject to ILLINOIS COUNTY, are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS confirmation by the court. Upon payment in MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT - FIRST deemed to be a debt collector attempting to auction to the highest bidder, as set forth 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

IF YOU ARE THE full of the amount bid, the purchaser will D I S T R I C T collect a debt and any information obtained below, the following described real estate: MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL will be used for that purpose.

Commonly known as 6215 S. VERNON HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN the purchaser to a deed to the real estate C O R P O R A T I O N , I277669 AVENUE UNIT #1, CHICAGO, IL 60637 POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER after confirmation of the sale The property P l a i n t i f f , Property Index No. 20-15-417-027-1010, ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS will NOT be open for inspection and s . v Property Index No. 20-15-417-025 POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a plaintiff makes no representation as to the OWENS; ET AL., LOIS (underlying), Property Index No. WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered condition of the property. Prospective D e f e n d a n t s , 20-15-417-026 (underlying) The real ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON in the above cause on April 13, 2010, an bidders are admonished to check the court 03 M1 404333 estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation file to verify all information. If this property NOTICE OF SALE Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & TRUSTEE FOR THE will at 10:30 AM on July 15, 2010, at the is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that certified funds at the close of the auction;.

ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWMBS, INC. The Judicial Sales Corporation, One unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure The balance, in certified funds, is due FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR CWMBS REPERFORMING LOAN South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, mortgagee shall pay the assessments and entered in the above entitled cause on May within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between REMIC TRUST CERTIFICATES, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public the legal fees required by The 11, 2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales property is subject to general real estate the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for SERIES 2005-R2 auction to the highest bidder, as set forth Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS Corporation will on Thursday, July 15, taxes, special assessments, or special the sales department..

Please refer to file P l a i n t i f f , below, the following described real 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in its office at taxes levied against said real estate and is number 14-09-23938.

THE JUDICIAL v . estate:Commonly known as 6219 S. MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, offered for sale without any representation SALES CORPORATION One South MAURICE PITTMAN, et al MORGAN STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621 HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder as to quality or quantity of title and without Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL D e f e n d a n t Property Index No. 20-17-428-008 The real POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER for cash, the following described property: recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also 09 CH 030084 estate is improved with a residence.

Sale ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF Commonly known as 425 West Tremont condition. The sale is further subject to visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at terms: 25% down of the highest bid by POSSESSION, IN COURT ACCORDANCE Avenue, Chicago, IL. IN THE CIRCUIT OF COOK NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS confirmation by the court. If the sale is set www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of certified funds at the close of the auction; WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE P.I.N. 20-16-109-012.

COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, the balance, in certified funds, is due within ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE The property consists of vacant land.

DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered sale shall be entitled only to a return of the P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE (24)The hours.

The shall subject LAW. information, Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, THEFor BANK OF NEWcontact YORK Plaintiff's MELLON in the above cause on April 13, 2010, an twenty-four deposit paid.

Purchaser have no ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL is subject to general real estate attorney: HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN balance within 24 hours, by certified funds.

FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK &AS agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation property further recourse against the Mortgagor, 60527 (630) 794-9876 Attorney File No.: assessments, special OLSWANG, South LaSalle No refunds.

TRUSTEE LTD. , 39 FOR THE will at 10:30 AM on July 15, 2010, at the taxes, thespecial Mortgagee or the or Mortgagee's 14-09-23938 ARDC# 00468002 Attorney levied against real estate andofis the Street - Suite 1105, CHICAGO, IL 60603, The judgment amount was $14,740.72.

CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWMBS, INC. The Judicial Sales Corporation, One taxesattorney.

Upon said payment in full Code. 21762 Case # 09 CH 036120 offered for sale without any representation (312) 372-2020 . Please refer to LOAN file Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the CWMBS REPERFORMING South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, amount bid, the purchaser will receive a NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt quality or quantity title and number THE JUDICIAL purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale REMIC08-2222-7774.

TRUST CERTIFICATES, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public as toCertificate of Sale ofthat will without entitle the Collection Practices Act, you are advised recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" SALES CORPORATION One South which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed SERIES 2005-R2 auction to the highest bidder, as set forth purchaser to a deed to the real estate after that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a condition.

The sale is further subject to Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL to the premises after confirmation of the P l a i n t i f f , below, the following described real confirmation of the sale The property will debt collector attempting to collect a debt the court.

If the saleand is set 60606-4650 s a l e . v (312) 236-SALE .

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I275487 deposit paid.are The Purchaser shall havethenocourt Representative) pending HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN & Law, 33 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, 09 CHsales.

030084 estate is improved with a(Publisher residence. Sale bidders admonished to check further recourse against the Mortgagor, OLSWANG, LTD. 39 South LaSalle Street Illinois 60602 (312) 742-0007. terms: 25% down of the highest bid by file to verify all information. If this property the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's - Suite 1105 CHICAGO, IL 60603 (312) INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK certified funds at the close of the auction; is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the attorney.

If this property is a condominium 372-2020 Attorney File No.: 08-2222-7774 C O R P O R A T I O N COUNTY, ILLINOIS the balance, in certified funds, is due within unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a unit, the purchaser of the unit at the Attorney Code. 4452 Case # 08 CH 32915 Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 COUNTY DEPARTMENT twenty-four (24) hours. The subject mortgagee shall pay the assessments and sale, other a mortgagee NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt I274282 CHANCERY DIVISION property is subject to general real estate foreclosure the legal fees than required

by The pay the assessments legalILCS Collection Practices Act, you are advised COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC; taxes, special assessments, or special shallCondominium Property and Act,the765 required and by (g)(4).

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Upon payment in full of the amount EARNEST BROWN AKA ERNEST and any information obtained will be used as to quality or quantity of title and without HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN purchaser will receive Certificate BROWN; 6555 SOUTH for that purpose. recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" bid, the POSSESSION FOR 30 aDAYS AFTER that will entitle SAINT LAWRENCE CONDOMINIUMS I277664 condition. The sale is further subject to of Sale ENTRY OF the AN purchaser ORDERto a OF deed to the real estate after confirmation of UNKNOWN HEIRS AND confirmation by the court. If the sale is set POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE sale Where a sale15-1701(C) of real estate LEGATEES OF EARNEST BROWN, IF aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the the WITH SECTION OF isTHE to satisfyMORTGAGE a lien prior to that of the ANY; UNKNOWN sale shall be entitled only to a return of the made ILLINOIS FORECLOSURE States, United States shall have OWNERS AND NONRECORD deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no United LAW. Forthe information, contact Plaintiff's year from the of sale withinCODILIS which & CLAIMANTS; Defendants, further recourse against the Mortgagor, one attorney: Thedate Sale Clerk, except that with,respect to aNORTH lien 07 CH 32747 the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's to redeem, ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 arising under the internal revenue laws the NOTICE OF SALE attorney. If this property is a condominium FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR period shall be 120 days or the period PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN unit, the purchaser of the unit at the RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between allowable for redemption under State law, that pursuant to a Judgment of foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for is department.. longer, and Please in any case Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above shall pay the assessments and the legal whichever the sales refer in to file under the provisions of THE sectionJUDICIAL 505 entitled cause on August 12, 2008 fees required by The Condominium which, number 14-09-16925.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY D I V I S I O N HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF FIRST NLC TRUST 2007-1 MORTGAGE-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1, P l a i n t i f f V .

DERICK GILMORE, D e f e n d a n t 08 CH 24112 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 08-007390 (It is advised that interested parties consult their with own attorneys before bidding at mortgage sales.) foreclosure PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on November 13, 2008, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on August 3, 2010, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: C/K/A 717 WEST 60TH STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621. TAX ID NO. 2 0 - 1 6 - 3 0 7 - 0 1 5 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be for inspection. open The judgment amount was $125,095.00.

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

For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays o n l y .

I278139 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

FINLEY SMILEY; CONDOS ON KING C O N D O M I N I U M ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF FINLEY SMILEY, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 08 CH 45913 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 10/26/2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, July 26, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-15-416-001-0000.

Commonly known as 409 EAST 62ND STREET UNIT 202, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

The improvement on the property consists of a condominium residence.

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

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

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I277853

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY D I V I S I O N U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF AEGIS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES TRUST MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-4, P l a i n t i f f V .

CAROL L. HARDY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., D e f e n d a n t s 09 CH 37580 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 07-7646D (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure sales.)

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on April 27, 2010, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at The Crusader 12:30Chicago p.m. on July 28, 2010, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 7725 South Martin Luther King Drive, Chicago, IL 60619 Permanent Index No.: 20-27-416-009 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $177,326.79.

Sale terms: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds. The sale shall be subject to

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I277853C

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC. P l a i n t i f f , v .

RONALD SAMPSON, et al D e f e n d a n t 07 CH 007955 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 1, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 6, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2317 E. 69TH STREET, UNIT #2B, CHICAGO, IL 60649 Property Index No. 20-24-419-019-1005 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. 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). 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 YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-07-4800. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-9876 Attorney File No.: 14-07-4800 ARDC# 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case # 07 CH 007955 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL 1 INC., TRUST 2007-NC1, MORTGAGE P A S S - T H R O U G H CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-NC1; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

LATONYA BROWN; MORTGAGE E L E C T R O N I C REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.,; C I T I B A N K 18 (SOUTH DAKOTA) N.A.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LATONYA BROWN, IF ANY UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 09 CH 44263 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on April 13, 2010 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, ON BEHALF OF MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL 1 INC., TRUST 2007-NC1, MORTGAGE P A S S - T H R O U G H CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-NC1; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

LATONYA BROWN; MORTGAGE E L E C T R O N I C REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.,; C I T I B A N K (SOUTH DAKOTA) N.A.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LATONYA BROWN, IF ANY UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 09 CH 44263 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on April 13, 2010 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 21-30-106-009-0000.

Commonly known as 2520 East 72nd Place, Chicago, IL 60649.

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

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

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W09-2669.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I274214 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION AMTRUST BANK P l a i n t i f f , v s .

TANJA BOGUNOVIC; 6211 SOUTH V E R N O N CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF TANJA BOGANOVIC, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 09 CH 20537 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 3/9/2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, June 11, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-15-417-027-1015.

Commonly known as 6217 SOUTH VERNON AVENUE UNIT 2, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

The improvement on the property consists of a condominium residence.

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

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

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I265463 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION GREEN TREE SERVICING, LLC P l a i n t i f f , v s .

SOUTHFIELD CONDOMINIUM, DBA ILLINOIS BRI; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOHN Y HERMEZ, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; JOHN Y. HERMEZ; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 43526 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 3/8/2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 10, 2010, 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, Saturday, the following described property: 2010 June 19, P.I.N. 20-22-404-026-0000.

Commonly known as 6734 SOUTH LANGLEY AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

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

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn

D e f e n d a n t s , CH 43526 09 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE UNDER LAW FORECLOSURE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 3/8/2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 10, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: 20-22-404-026-0000.

P.I.N. Commonly known as 6734 SOUTH LANGLEY AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE UNDER POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 1, 2004 ASSET BACKED P A S S - T H R O U G H CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-WHQ2, ASSIGNEE OF ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, L.L.C., Plaintiff, v s .

DAVID H. COHEN, PARADISE C O N D O M I N I U M ASSOCIATION, Defendants, 09 CH 11827 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on March 5, 2010 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-16-313-039-1007.

Commonly known as 505 West 60th Place, #1, Chicago, IL 60621.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence.

The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 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 Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

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INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I265241 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION EASTERN SAVINGS BANK, FSB; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

JERRY BROWN, AN INDIVIDUAL; JUNE BROWN, AN INDIVIDUAL; CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OWNERS NON RECORD CLAIMANTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 30513 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on March 4, 2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, June 7, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 847-853 East 64th Street, Chicago, IL 60637.

P.I.N. 20-23-103-009.

The improvement on the property consists of a multi-family residence.

The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession..

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Stephen G. Daday at Stitt, Klein, Daday, Aretos & Giampietro, LLC, 2550 West Golf Road, Rolling Meadows, Illinois 60008. (847) 590-8700.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I265196

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK FKA WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK F.A. P l a i n t i f f , v .

ERIC TCHAPTCHET AKA ERIC K. TCHAPTCHET, CITY OF CHICAGO-DEPARTMENT OF WATER M A N A G E M E N T D e f e n d a n t CH 9177 08 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 8, 2008, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 13, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6601 S. RHODES AVE., Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-227-001-0000 The real estate is improved with a multi unit building containing two to six apartments. The judgment amount was $356,497.34. Sale terms: The bid amount shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC , 111 East Main Street, Suite 200, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 . THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street, Suite 200 DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case # 08 CH 9177 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: 20-26-310-011-0000.

P.I.N. Commonly known as 7643 South Drexel Chicago, IL 60619.

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

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

No refunds. The property will NOT be for inspection open For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W09-3454.

JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I274213 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST 2007-1, MORTGAGE - B A C K E D NOTES AND GRANTOR TRUST CERTIFICATES, SERIES P l a i n t i f f , v s .

BRIAN JOHNSON; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BRIAN JOHNSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 39740 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 4/9/2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-22-326-013-0000.

Commonly known as 7040 SOUTH KING DRIVE, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

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

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

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I274059

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF CBA COMMERCIAL ASSETS, SMALL BALANCE COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-1 Plaintiff, v s .

SHIRLEY DOBBINS A/K/A SHIRLEY D. D O B B I N S ; CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SHIRLEY DOBBINS, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 29805 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 4/9/2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-23-423-017-0000.

Commonly known as 7053 SOUTH DANTE AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

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

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 9 2 4 3 8 6 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I274042

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CITIGROUP MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, INC., ASSET-BACKED P A S S - T H R O U G H CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-AMC1; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

DEENA HENDERSON; KENYATTA HENDERSON; LAW TITLE INSURANCE AGENCY, INC., - N A P E R V I L L E ; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF D E E N A HENDERSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 44152 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on April 13, 2010 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 at the hour of 11 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison COUNTY, ILLINOIS Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell COUNTY DEPARTMENT at public auction to the highest bidder for CHANCERY DIVISION cash, as set forth below, the following AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC; described mortgaged real estate: P l a i n t i f f , P.I.N. 20-26-310-011-0000. v s .

Commonly known as 7643 South Drexel BRADY SPANGLER; MORTGAGE Avenue, Chicago, IL 60619.

E L E C T R O N I C The mortgaged real estate is improved REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS with a single family residence.

N O M I N E E ; Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF balance, byt certified within hours. c24oMMunity own heirfunds, Blacks Must control BRADY SPANGLER, No refunds. The property will NOT be IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND open for inspection NON RECORD For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law CLAIMANTS; Defendants, Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, 09 CH 13754 Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W09-3454.

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure C O R P O R A T I O N entered in the above entitled cause on Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I274213 11/13/2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, July 12, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-21-125-041-0000.

Commonly known as 652 WEST MARQUETTE ROAD, CHICAGO, IL

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

BRADY SPANGLER; MORTGAGE E L E C T R O N I C REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS N O M I N E E ; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BRADY SPANGLER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD Defendants, CLAIMANTS; 09 CH 13754 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 11/13/2009, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, July 12, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-21-125-041-0000.

Commonly known as 652 WEST MARQUETTE ROAD, CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 2 1 .

The improvement on the property consists of a multi-family residence.

The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession.. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the s a l e .

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 8 2 8 9 4 5 .

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

PHILLIP SMITH, et al D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 34952 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 6, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on July 8, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 8551 SOUTH LOWE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60620 Property Index No. 20-33-312-009-0000 The real estate is improved with a tan vinyl siding two story with no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject By: ____________________ to general real estate taxes, special (Publisher Representati assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA0928185. 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.: PA0928185 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 09 CH 34952 I268932

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HEALTH A Day for the Men at Advocate Trinity Hospital hosted by Men’s Health Expo Over 150 people received free screenings, health information and met former NFL players On Saturday, June 12, Advocate Trinity Hospital hosted a Men’s Health Expo at Jesse Owens Park’s new field house located at 8800 S. Clyde Ave in Chicago. The event helped raise awareness about issues that affect men’s health including kidney disease and prostate cancer. Other screenings included cholesterol, diabetes, HIV and cardiac/stroke risk. Educational lectures were also presented on topics ranging from cardiovascular disease to cancer. After the presentations, Trinity physicians took questions from the audience and distributed educational materials.

Bruce Herron, a former Chicago Bears football player who helped organize the event, spoke about

venient way for me to still get the tests I need.” Although many seniors participated, men of all ages took advantage of the free screenings. Ola Craig, a 32-year-old local resident, said, “I wanted to get myself tested to see what’s going on with my body. I feel better knowing that everything turned out okay.”

Chicago radio station WVONAM broadcasted live from the event. Matt McGill, from the Matt and Perry Show, interviewed former NFL player Reggie Smith about the importance of getting annual check-ups. “My health was not always a top priority,” said Smith, “but as I got older, I realized that I was not going to live forever and needed to start taking better care of myself. As a man, I want to ensure that I will be around to take care of my family for a long, long time. That is why I

BRUCE HERRON, A former Chicago Bears football player, posed with Trinity hospital president Jon Bruss and representatives from Senator Donne E. Trotter’s office.

Southeast Side of Chicago for over 110 years, Advocate Trinity Hospital is a 250-bed not-for-profit health care facility. Part of Advocate Health Care, Trinity offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient services as well as a variety of community outreach programs.

Trinity Hospital’s commitment to clinical excellence is evident by its place in the top of the nation’s hospitals for patient mortality as well as its emerging advances in advanced heart attack and stroke care, which will help fulfill a compelling community need in the area which it serves. For more information on Trinity, please visit www.advocatehealth.com/trin.

HERBERT USER, M.D. gave a lecture about prostate health while participants enjoyed a complimentary lunch.

MATT, FROM MATT and Perry Show on WVON-AM, interviews former NFL player Reggie Smith. the importance of taking charge of one’s health. “We need to keep our men around longer,” he said.

“Trinity Hospital is doing so much to ensure that these types of health resources are available to the community. I want to encourage everyone to take advantage of the screenings that are being offered.”

The event’s organizers were extremely pleased with the turnout, which included over 150 attendees. John Jones, a 77-year-old participant, said, “I think this health fair is great. I usually go to the Veterans Association to get my check-ups, but they are closed on the weekend. This was a really con-

believe seeing your doctor on a regular basis is one of the most masculine things you can do.”

Other former NFL players that attended included Gloster Richardson from the Dallas Cowboys and Ike Hill from the Chicago Bears.

Jackie Rouse, Trinity’s manager of community health, was glad the hospital was pleased with the turnout of men. She said, “I hope everyone that attended found the information and screenings valuable. Whether you are a man or woman, your health should be a top priority.”

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MEN OF ALL ages took advantage of the free screenings offered at the health fair.

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