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INSIDE THIS ISSUE Parents of Trayvon Martin speak in Chicago over deadly holiday weekend (See story on page 3)

Local School Council board member aims to improve education (See story on page 10)

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Liquor stores under attack

By Wendell Hutson The city has closed four liquor stores since April and is eyeing closing 30 more as it tries to get a handle on gang violence that claimed 10 lives Memorial Day weekend.

The four liquor stores closed were El Camino Club, 2256 S. Albany; One Galaria, 5130 N. Western Ave; Rendezvous, Kinetic Playground, 1113 W. Lawrence Ave; and Rendezvous, 3500 W. 47th St. There are 1,067 businesses that hold a package goods license, which essentially means the store sells alcohol to go, according to Jennifer Lipfold, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection. And not all businesses that sell package goods are traditional liquor stores. Some are Walgreens, CVS and 7-Eleven.

A Crusader review of city records showed that in 2010 there was 113 licenses issued to businesses that sold liquor and in (Continued on page 3)

LIQUOR STORES UNDER attack by the city heard from Mayor Rahm Emanuel (far left) and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy (center). Several city council members including Carrie Austin (34th Ward left), Willie Cochran (next to Austin), 4th Ward Alderman Will Burns (head bowed) and 3rd Ward Alderman Pat Dowell (behind McCarthy) offered support for increased enforcement.

Landfill expansion irks residents, environmentalists

By J. Coyden Palmer While protestors were demonstrating downtown at City Hall on Tuesday, in Springfield, the Illinois House Environmental Health Committee passed a bill that will allow for the expansion of a landfill on the city’s South Side. Chicago currently has a moratorium on landfills, but 9th Ward Ald. Anthony Beale has introduced an ordinance that would lift that moratorium, thus paving the way for the full operation of the Land and Lakes landfill at 138th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.

Located next to the Bishop Ford Expressway and less than a mile from the Altgeld Gardens housing complex, the landfill has for decades been the center of the pollution controversy in Chicago. Several stud-

THIS LANDFILL LOCATED along Interstate 94 in Chicago has been the source for a variety of health issues for Black residents in Chicago. Now the owners of the landfill want to expand it, which would require the lifting of a moratorium on landfills in Chicago that is not supposed to expire until the year 2025. (Photo by J. Coyden Palmer)

ies have shown toxins from the landfill and other surrounding environmental hazards have been the cause for birth defects, brain tumors, cancers, asthma and other medical issues for residents who live in the vicinity of the landfill.

Land of Lakes has already filed a lawsuit seeking to transfer jurisdiction of the landfill portion that is currently in Chicago to neighboring suburban Dolton in an attempt to get around the Chicago moratorium. At the present time the landfill is considered both in Dolton and Chicago. But a Land of Lakes spokesperson said the Dolton portion of the landfill is almost at capacity and by expanding into Chicago, it could give the landfill another 17 or 18 years.

Cheryl Johnson represents People for (Continued on page 2)

NEWS

South Side hospital served as NATO facility

By Wendell Hutson Had anyone been injured as a result of the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s summit a Chicago hospital located in a historical Black community was the designated place for medical treatment.

Provident Hospital of Cook County, which is located in the Bronzeville community, was the chosen facility by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) to treat NATO related injuries. The hospital, which was first founded as Provident Hospital in 1891 by Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, a Black surgeon, closed in 1987 but reopened in 1993 as part of the Cook County health system.

And despite Chicago police reporting some arrests during NATO, which was held in Chicago May 19 to 21, there were no injuries that required medical treatment, according to Deidre Clayton, a spokeswoman for Provident Hospital.

“It was an honor to have been selected as the only surge hospital and we are pleased to say that no one needed to come to Provident,” Clayton told the Crusader. “(Any) patients identified by DHHS with minor complications, such as tear gas, pepper

spray, dehydration, bruises, and more, were to be treated by a Disaster Medical Assistance Team based at Provident.”

A total of 50 beds were set aside for potential NATO patients. And an additional 2,000 beds would have been available at other medical facilities if necessary, she added. The difference though, is that Provident served as the main hospital while other medical facilities would have served as overflow sites.

Dr. Robert Dunne, chief medical officer for the federal Disaster Medical Assistance Team, said working out of Provident Hospital was a good experience for him and his staff considering where they have worked previously.

“We felt like we had luxury accommodations (considering) we are used to being stationed at warehouses and sleeping on cots,” Dunne said. “I want to take this opportunity to thank Provident employees for all of their efforts.

The hospital staff made us feel welcomed. The ultrasound equipment training was excellent and the food was great.”

And Provident Hospital’s chief operating officer concurred with Dunne.

“While we are grateful the need for additional patient care did not materialize. (But) I know Provi-

PROVIDENT HOSPITAL WAS designated the medical facility to treat any NATO-related injuries that could not be handled immediately by the on-site medical staff . The hospital staff was not tested by any emergencies during the weekend. dent was ready and able to meet this challenge if called upon,” Thomas Dohm told the Crusader. “I was truly proud of our Hospital and proud of our staff who prepared us for the NATO event.”

Meanwhile, residents living near Provident were unaware that their local hospital was at the forefront of emergency response treatment during the NATO summit.

“I did not know Provident was that involved in NATO. I would have thought that the University of Chicago Hospital or Northwestern Hospital would have been the lead hospital for something this important but I guess not,” said Sharon Graves, 49.

And longtime Provident patient Earnest Rogers, who at age 71, has been going to Provident for care

since 1975, said he too was unaware of Provident’s involvement but was not surprised.

“Provident is a good hospital. It is, in my opinion, one of the best hospitals we have in Chicago,” said Rogers. “All six of my children were born at Provident and I have always received excellent care there, so no I am not surprised the government involved them.”

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be in more danger.

“Our environmental department has a better means of controlling and regulating the landfill,” Beale said. “Had the lawsuit never been filed I would have not proposed the ordinance for a possible change.”

But Johnson and others do not believe Beale. They think his motives are money for the city. They believe the city’s financial problems have alderman and other city leaders trying to come up with ways to recoup losses in the city’s coffers.

Community Recovery [PCR], an organization that was once honored at the White House by President Clinton and whose mission is to enhance the quality of life for low-income residents living in communities affected by pollution. Johnson led the demonstration at City Hall Tuesday. She said expanding the landfill could have dire consequences for residents of Altgeld Gardens and surrounding communities.

“We have been fighting to clean up this community for over 30 years,” Johnson said. “Now they want to make our work even more difficult by expanding the landfill, which would bring on even more health concerns.”

Johnson is mystified by Beale’s efforts to lift the moratorium that is not set to expire until the year 2025. She said it is an example of a Chicago alderman again going back on their word about an issue that affects the community.

“Why do you want to put a landfill in my backyard again?”

Johnson is asking of Beale.

Johnson’s main ally on the issue in the council is 10th Ward Ald. John Pope. Two weeks ago Pope

THE ALTGELD GARDENS housing projects in Chicago was originally built for African American World War II veterans returning home. The area has always battled with environmental issues. (Photo by J. Coyden Palmer) held a ward meeting on the issue “We don’t want the image of beBeale said he proposed the ordiwith his constituents who loudly ing the dumping ground,” said nance not because he wants more oppose any expansion of the Pope, whose ward includes the garbage dumped in Chicago, but landfill. Like Johnson, Pope and Hegewisch community. “We rather as a pre-emptive move his constituents are concerned have a higher incidence of cancer based on the lawsuit filed by about health issues, especially wa- down here, of asthma ... and God Land of Lakes. Beale said he beter quality in the area with an ex- knows what the impact is on our lieves if control is given to pansion of the landfill. water supply.”

Dolton, Chicago residents could

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NEWS Trayvon’s parents want to make America less violent

By J. Coyden Palmer As Chicago dealt with yet another deadly weekend of violence where 10 people were killed and nearly three dozen injured, the parents of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin were in town to talk about the impact of gun violence on communities. Speaking at the national headquarters for the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton choked back tears as they told their story of being the parents of a murdered teen.

“As any of you know as parents, or family members of slain victims, to look at a crime scene photo, it’s very disturbing,” said Martin. “It was certainly very disturbing to see that picture of my son on the ground dead.

That will be ingrained in my memory for the rest of my life.”

Trayvon’s father said he is even more disappointed that unlike the situation with his son, most Black males being killed are the victims of other Black males.

Trayvon, 17, was shot by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in February. Zimmerman is of mixed heritage.

“While the race of the killer really does little to change anything when a person dies; because death is death, we should still be concerned when we look at the number of young Black men dying at the hands of

RAINBOW PUSH COALITION leader Rev. Jesse L. Jackson and Trayvon Martin’s parents, Sabrina Fulton and Tracy Martin held a news conference condemning violence Saturday.

Standing behind Jackson is the parent’s attorney Benjamin Crump. Martin’s parents, whose son was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Florida, were also in town to discuss a new foundation in their son’s honor – Justice For Trayvon Foundation - www.justicetm.org. Photo by Billy Montgomery their fellow brothers,” Martin said.

Fulton said every day is a struggle for her and Trayvon’s father and siblings. She said while the family has been in the public spotlight as a show of solidarity, in private they still are grieving Trayvon’s death like thousands of other families across the country who have lost loved ones. Fulton said she and Martin feel it is their duty as parents to keep Trayvon’s case in the public’s conscious to see that justice is done.

“We are the voice of Trayvon Martin...He’s not here to speak for him-

self so we as his parents have decided instead of sitting back and not doing anything, this is what we have decided to do, to help our community and to help other parents,” Fulton said.

She also added that all of America can play a role in reducing violence.

Fulton said since her son’s death, she has heard from people from all communities who are outraged, not just the African American community.

She said the outpouring of support has helped the family and she is trying to use that positive energy to

make big changes in society’s behavior.

“I think for too long some people have looked at the violence in America as mostly an African American and Latino issue,” Fulton said. “I believe more people are seeing that violence is everywhere and you have to care about violence in other communities not just what is happening in your own neighborhood.”

Trayvon’s parents, along with their attorney Benjamin Crump, participated in a forum about violence in the Black community. Crump said the solution to the problems facing the Black community will come from within and outside the community.

Nearly 30,000 people a year die as a result of gun violence in the United States, according to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. An additional 100,000 people a year are injured, requiring emergency medical treatment and hospitalization, which contributes to the strain being put on public health agencies around the country.

“If it can happen to my son, it can happen to your son,” Crump said.

“None of us are safe until all of us are safe.”

Fulton said she believes part of the problem of violence is racial profiling that takes place by police and by individuals like Zimmerman. She said she believes if her son was white,

he would have never been followed

by Zimmerman that night in Florida when Trayvon was killed. She said she believes Zimmerman followed Trayvon because of his race or what he was wearing, which led to the confrontation between the two that should have never ensued.

Due to worldwide scrutiny of how the initial investigation was handled and a special prosecutor being brought in, Zimmerman has since been charged with second degree murder in Florida. He is currently out on bail. Fulton said that day in February was the worst day of her life.

“I really didn’t believe it. That is the worst call a mother can get is to hear that your child is dead,” she said.

Tracy Martin grew up in public housing complexes in downstate East St. Louis. Before speaking in Chicago he and Ms. Fulton appeared at an anti-violence rally there.

Martin said the community has lost its spiritual compass and understanding of the value for education to getting a good job to raise a family on.

“We have to take the guns away, but we have to replace them with something. It starts with God and love. We have to get back to family love, family values. Then we need jobs. And we have to give them a book, an education. Without education, it’s a lost cause.”

Liquor stores under attack (Continued from page 1) 2011 it jumped to 183. “Liquor stores are a cancer to the community because they contribute to the gang problem in Chicago,” Mayor Rahm Emanuel said at a Tuesday news conference as he announced the city’s revised plan on dealing with violence. “Businesses (should) serve as anchors in their communities, but some serve as conduits for criminal activity, and those are the businesses that we are targeting.

Whether you are a problem business, a violent street corner, or a known drug market, we will go after you.”

While acknowledging that not all liquor stores wreak havoc on communities, Emanuel said liquor stores with late hours attract a lot of gang members. Those stores are generally located at busy intersections. According to the mayor, many liquor stores present themselves as convenience stores, because they sale food items, such as pop, bread, snacks, and lunch meat.

“I do not want our children going into liquor stores to buy food,” the mayor added.

Alderman Carrie Austin, whose predominately Black 34th ward includes portions of the Roseland community on the Far South Side, joined the mayor at the news con-

ference and suggested an age restriction be put in place to keep children out of liquor stores.

“If a business sells liquor then it should be an age requirement to enter just like other establishments like clubs. Or at the very least all liquor should be sold from behind the counter like tobacco products and not easily accessible in aisles,” Austin told the Crusader.

Not all liquor stores are bad for the community, said Juan Alvarez, manager of Happy Food & Liquors, 7901 S. Cottage Grove Ave. “Liquor stores are unfairly targeted and blamed for crime in the community,” he said. “What the city is doing to shut down liquor stores is go after them for building code violations, which many liquor stores have no control over if they are a tenant themselves.”

Happy Liquors was closed by the city last year from April to July for building code violations, Alvarez said. Now Happy Liquors no longer sells malt liquor beer or Swishers tobacco products and has an armed, security guard on-duty all day.

“It’s expensive and often hard for a store to get insurance when you have an armed guard on duty all day but we do it anyway,” Alvarez added.

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LIQUOR STORES UNDER attack by City Hall once included Happy’s at 79th and Cottage Grove. After being shuttered by the city, the owner re-opened the store with an armed security guard.

Community activists are happy to see the city taking a hard stance on shutting down ‘troubled’ liquor stores.

Last year in the Bronzeville community on the South Side, residents unsuccessfully tried to close a ‘troubled’ liquor store despite having the support, said Alderman Pat Dowell, whose third ward covers Bronzeville.

Mell Monroe, president of the Bronzeville Area Residents’ & Commerce Council, a non-profit organization that serves condominium owners, renters, homeowners and commercial enterprises,

spearheaded a petition drive against Calumet Food & Liquors, 315 E. 43rd St., but fell short of getting enough signatures for a ballot referendum.

Previously, if residents wanted to vote on closing a liquor store they initially had to get 25 percent of the registered voters living in the precinct where the liquor store is located to sign a petition before a referendum could be placed on a ballot during an election. The requirement no longer exists making it easier for residents to have a public hearing to discuss its concerns about a particular business, Saturday, June 2, 2012

such as a liquor store.

“We wanted to make the process easier for residents,” explained Lipfold in regards to no longer needing signatures for a petition. “A business should be a benefit to the community, not a nuisance.”

The city’s renewed focus on suspending or revoking licenses of liquor stores is part of a revised plan to reduce crime, said Chicago Police Supterintendent Garry McCarthy. From January 2012 to May 28 the city recorded 200 homicides, compared with 134 over the same period last year, which is an increase of almost 50 percent. And shootings are up 14 percent, according to Chicago police data.

CeaseFire Illinois, a Chicago, non-profit organization works with gangs and violent offenders to reduce shootings and violence. Many of CeaseFire employees and volunteers are former gang members.

McCarthy said CeaseFire would be working with the Chicago police as part of their new gangs plan.

“We are going to take CeaseFire to another level and tie it into our violence reduction strategy,” McCarthy added.

McCarthy said ‘gang audits’ of the city’s 23 police districts have identified 59 gangs and 625 gang factions.

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OPINION

EDITORIAL THE NEED FOR A PARADIGM SHIFT IN BLACK AMERICA The saying goes that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results. This notion probably applies to the plight of African Americans. All during the last century, African Americans tussled with Jim Crow and other impediments. Even before that, slavery and brutal treatment were the norm. Slavery theoretically ended in 1865, but is still with us in the form of the large numbers of Blacks who are incarcerated in American prisons and jails.

African American leaders have fought against this injustice on a consistent basis. Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Denmark Vesey, Ida B. Wells, Frederick Douglass, and more recently, Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Lena Horne, Paul Robeson, and a whole host of lesser and greater known individuals have struggled with opposing Black oppression. Yet, with martyrs staring out at us from every corner of history, Black people are spiraling into an abyss of despair and dysfunction. Why? It is because a paradigm shift is needed. In other words, our current standards of behavior and understanding will have to shift. If we have been castigating the white man for his brutal oppression and we have not sustained the kind of relief that is necessary to ascend, then new strategies must be identified.

This cannot happen, however, without viewing the world in a drastically new light. Thinking will have to change.

In the world of quantum physics, which is arguably ahead of most people, it is now known that our perception of reality IS REALITY. What we see is what we get. If we continue to operate from a deficit model, from a standpoint of lack and powerlessness, we will only get lack and powerlessness in return. The world on the outside is a reflection of what is inside of us. This is what we are learning from the new physics, whose ideas have been demonstrated and replicated.

Though oppression is real, the fact is that we often oppress ourselves more than anyone outside of our communities. We kill each other on an ongoing basis, we refuse to shop with each other on a significant level, which results in the almost 1 trillion dollars spent by the community going elsewhere. Imagine what could happen if all of that money circulated in the Black community several times before going elsewhere... things would definitely change and African Americans would be a serious economic force in the United States and elsewhere. And, as pointed out in previous editorials, the proof that we take ourselves wherever we go can be seen in the condition of Black people all over the world. Wherever there is a large concentration of Black people, there is, more often than not, a large concentration of poverty. This poverty is a demonstration of internal poverty of consciousness more than oppression by others.

Certainly, the foregoing concepts will raise the ire of very militant African Americans who would prefer to shift the focus from self to external oppressors. This is not how life works, however. It is extremely unwise to expect our oppressors to relinquish significant power voluntarily. It just doesn’t happen that way in real life.

What we need is a paradigm shift; we need to understand that our condition will not change until we change it ourselves, and this won’t happen as long as we distrust each other and refuse to cooperate. Umoja and Kujichagulia, i.e., Unity and Self-Determination are keys to the liberation of African American people.

A luta continua.

From all the news accounts, someone not familiar with Chicago would think Patrick Fitzgerald’s retirement announcement was the biggest news in the last decade.

According to how you look at the role of the U.S. Attorney General Fitzgerald was a hero over the last 11 years or a lawyer who overlooked all crime that didn’t involved an elected official.

I will give Fitzgerald his props for what he’s done, but I can’t lose sight that before he arrived in that office his predecessors distinguished themselves. He got two bites at the apple to put former Gov. Rod Blagojevich away for 11 years. Former Gov. George Ryan’s ways also ran counter to Fitzgerald.

While the speculation starts over who will replace him, Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who seems to believe he should have a voice in EVERYTHING, has chimed in about what the next U.S. Attorney General should do. Emanuel wants Fitzgerald’s successor to focus on gang activities in the city.

That would be a great strategy – if the next attorney general has the same priority. Like so many others, the mayor should offer his congratulations and let the U.S.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Fitzgerald’s gone, and Emanuel is wrong Dear Editor:

Senator, most likely Dick Durbin make the decision regarding who he wants. If Durbin wants Emanuel’s input he knows how to ask for it.

But the pressing question is if the new attorney general devotes resources to the gang activity, what will the Chicago Police Department officers do, besides issue tickets?? * Emanuel imported a police superintendent who has offered at least three different strategies for dealing with the gang issue – apparently none are working.

While the superintendent Garry McCarthy got high praise for how the CPD handled NATO protestors; the city needs the leadership on day-to-day crimenot only once in every decade or two major events such as NATO. If the mayor’s confidence to deal with the gang activity rests more with federal law enforcement than local, McCarthy is merely a well-paid caretaker. Chicago deserves better.

Illinois Chamber agrees that Medicaid needs vital reforms, we disagree that finding more money to feed a program that is bankrupting the state is the right approach.

Raising taxes is not real “reform” of the Medicaid program. The Illinois Chamber of Commerce is opposed to what appears to be a “tax first, ask questions later” policy approach when it comes to reforming the Medicaid program. The cigarette tax has been a declining revenue (Continued on page 16)

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Highway Robbery – State by State

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist There is much corruption when it comes to procurement. Probably the industry with the most corruption is construction. Keep in mind that corruption is the first cousin of discrimination which is why the establishment cringes at the thought of Black strangers coming into their territory. They want to keep the graft private.

I learned much about this corruption when I was in Indianapolis. One day one of my members invited me to attend “Bid Night.”

Bid Night would occur two to three times a year. It was sponsored by the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and held at a downtown hotel in Indianapolis. Every major highway contractor would attend. Basically, it was a party held on the eve of bid openings. My friend was a known contractor and always attended. I went undercover as I would have never been formally invited to this good ol’ boy event. He would introduce me as his new vice president.

After about two hours most of the contractors were starting to

DBE program at the expense of Black, Hispanic and real women owned firms.

Harry C. Alford get drunk. My member and I were two of the three Blacks in the whole place. It was very, very uncomfortable – red necks getting drunk. Some would be referred to as a “b_____.” It was explained to me that such a moniker described a front women owned business. Such white males actually owned fictitious women owned businesses in order to get in the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise program and would subcontract some of their work to themselves. This would give them credit towards the

I left the affair early. It went on until about 2:00 a.m. Starting at 8:00 a.m. the next morning the bids would be awarded. This was virtually a criminal activity. Each bid would have five or six companies “competing” for the lowest bid. There would be one logical bid and the others wouldn’t even be in the ball park. The bid room would fill with laughter as this went on for hours. It was obvious that these construction companies got together and decided who would win what. In the end, everyone had their share of contracts. It was bid rigging, pure and simple, and it was sanctioned by the state of Indiana. I was appalled. My member laughed at me and said “That’s how it’s done!”

A few days later, he invited me to come and see how “fronting” occurs. One form of fronting is to rent your company’s name to contracting activity. A white firm will actually do the work and get the money but the minority business report would falsely state that it was a Black firm. My

member had a trucking company.

The Indianapolis Airport Authority had his firm listed for dirt removal on a big project. He took me to the work site. There we saw three different White owned trucking companies doing the work. He informed me, “Harry, you are seeing a truck come out every 20 seconds. Each truck means a $3 fee for me. That’s $9 per minute; $540 per hour and $5,400 per day. Just for the use of my name! That’s why I front.”

Those three trucking companies simply padded their fee by $3 per haul to cover the fronting fee. That was taxpayer money!

My guy had no shame about this.

We were at a reception to honor the Mayor of Indianapolis. The mayor came up to my guy and asked him “What are you doing at the airport?” He retorted, “I am fronting.” The mayor didn’t understand the answer. I just shook my head.

Then there was the case of “Dead Man Contracting.” On a downtown project I noticed a particular firm listed as doing a sizeable contract. I knew the owner and he had died a year earlier – the business closed. I found a contact number and called it. It

was the widow’s home phone and I asked her if she had taken over the business. She explained to me, “No, I just fill out invoices per their instructions and they give me 2 percent of the invoice cost. I feel ashamed misrepresenting my husband’s memory but the money is easy and I can use it.” She promised to cease this illegal activity and I assured her that she wouldn’t be reported as long as she stopped immediately.

It got so bad that I soon started to periodically write “Fudge Reports.” I would call out a fronting activity – names of the fronts and the projects included. The reports would be widely distributed. In them, I explained how a real deal would have amounted in so many actual dollars being made. I would show how many jobs in the Black community would be created and how many families would have enjoyed the income.

The fronting began to slow down.

Mr. Alford is the co-founder, President/CEO of the National Black Chamber of Commerce®. Website: www.nationalbcc.org. Email:

Racist ‘Talk’ with White Children

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In the wake of the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., stories appeared in newspapers, on broadcast outlets and on the Internet about “the talk,” a candid conversation Black parents have at some point with their Black sons about surviving in a society that devalues them as humans.

In an April 5 article published in Taki magazine (takimag.com), National Review contributor John Derbyshire wrote, “Yes, talk about the talk is all over.”

Under the headline, “The Talk: NonBlack Version,” he said, “There is a talk that nonBlack Americans have with their kids, too. My own kids, now 19 and 16, have had it in bits and pieces as subtopics have arisen.

If I were to assemble it into a single talk, it would look something like the following.”

He then listed a series of clearly racist and undocumented comments. Among them: • The default principle in everyday personal encounters is, that as a fellow citizen, with the same rights and obligations as yourself, any individual Black is entitled to the same The Chicago Crusader

George E. Curry courtesies you would extend to a non-Black citizen. That is basic good manners and good citizenship. In some unusual circumstances, however—e.g., paragraph (10h) below—this default principle should be overridden by considerations of personal safety.

• In consideration of personal safety, Derbyshire advises: Avoid concentrations of Blacks not all known to you personally; Stay out of heavily Black neighborhoods; If planning a trip to a beach or amusement park at some date, find out whether it is likely to be swamped with Blacks on that date (neglect of that one got me the closest I have ever gotten to death by gunshot); Do not attend events likely to draw a lot of Blacks; If you are at some public event at which the number of

Blacks suddenly swells, leave as quickly as possible; Do not settle in a district or municipality run

by Black politicians; Before voting for a Black politician, scrutinize his/her character much more carefully than you would a white; Do not act the Good Samaritan to Blacks in apparent distress, e.g., on the highway and if accosted by a strange Black in the street, smile and say something polite but keep moving.

• As you go through life, however, you will experience an ever larger number of encounters with Black Americans. Assuming your encounters are random—for example, not restricted only to Black convicted murderers or to Black investment bankers—the Law of Large Numbers will inevitably kick in. You will observe that the means—the averages— of many traits are very different for Black and white Americans, as has been confirmed by methodical inquiries in the human sciences.

• Of most importance to your personal safety are the very different means for antisocial behavior, which you will see reflected in, for instance, school disciplinary measures, political corruption, and criminal convictions.

• These differences are magnified by the hostility many Blacks

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feel toward whites. Thus, while Black-on-Black behavior is more antisocial in the average than is white-on-white behavior, average Black-on-white behavior is a degree more antisocial yet.

• A small cohort of Blacks—in my experience, around five percent—is ferociously hostile to whites and will go to great lengths to inconvenience or harm us. A much larger cohort of Blacks—around half—will go along passively if the five percent take leadership in some event.

They will do this out of racial solidarity, the natural willingness of most human beings to be led, and a vague feeling that whites have it coming.

• The mean intelligence of Blacks is much lower than for whites. The least intelligent ten percent of whites have IQs below 81; forty percent of Blacks have IQs that low. Only one Black in six is more intelligent than the average white; five whites out of six are more intelligent than the average Black…“Life is an IQ test.”

• There is a magnifying effect here, too, caused by affirmative action. In a pure meritocracy there would be very low proportions of Blacks in cognitively demanding jobs. Because of affirmative action, the proportions are higher. In government work, Saturday, June 2, 2012

they are very high. Thus, in those encounters with strangers that involve cognitive engagement, ceteris paribus the Black stranger will be less intelligent than the white. In such encounters, therefore—for example, at a government office—you will, on average, be dealt with more competently by a white than by a Black.

Derbyshire ended his article by saying, “You don’t have to follow my version of the talk point for point; but if you are white or Asian and have kids, you owe it to them to give them some version of the talk. It will save them a lot of time and trouble spent figuring things out for themselves. It may save their lives.”

[Next week’s column: The National Review’s Long History of Racism] George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine, is editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service (NNPA) and editorial director of Heart & Soul magazine. He is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry. com. You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge.

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COMMENTARY

Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill

KWAMÉ TURÉ, A GREAT ANCESTOR (Dr. Worrill, National Chairman Emeritus of the National Black United Front/NBUF, located at 1809 East 71st Street, Suite 211, Chicago, Illinois, 60649, 1-773-493-0900, Fax# 773-493-9819, E-mail: nbufchic @sbcglobal.net, Web site: nbufront.org)

Dr. Conrad Worrill Kwamé Turé (a.k.a. Stokely Carmichael) was born on June 29, 1941 in Trinidad. He moved to New York with his parents at a young age. We must always remember Brother Kwamé’s contributions to the worldwide African Liberation Movement.

On the morning of November

15, 1998 it was learned that Kwamé Turé had made his transition into eternity in Conakry, Guinea.

Along with Henry English of the Black United Fund of Illinois (the administrator of the Kwamé Turé Medical Fund), Saraduzayi Sevanhu of the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party (AAPRP), we were fortunate and honored to attend the memorial tribute and burial of Brother Kwamé on November 22nd in Conakry, Guinea where Kwamé had lived, worked, studied, taught, and struggled the past thirty years.

In the late 1960s, Brother Kwamé Turé was one of the chief spokespersons and organizers for the All African Peoples Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), where he had lived in the Republic of Guinea in West Africa. While in Guinea, Brother Kwamé studied with, and worked under the guidance of the late President of Guinea, Ahmed Sekou Turé and the late President of Ghana, Osagyefo Kwamé Nkrumah.

Most people throughout the world began to hear of Kwamé (a.k.a. Stokely Carmichael) during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s where he participated

in the first Freedom Rides and many sit-ins and marches.

The origin of Kwamé’s participation in the Civil Rights Movement began during his high school years at Bronx High School of Science where he graduated in 1960. Kwamé always had a tendency to be active around the movement circles in New York while in high school and this continued when he enrolled at Howard University in 1960.

Primary source documents reveal that, “In the winter of 1960, Black college students in dozens of communities across this country conducted sit-ins to secure the desegregation of lunch counters in drug and variety stores.” These sources go on to explain that, “Arrest numbered in the thousands.

On every major college campus in this country, students organized groups such as NAG (The Non-Violent Action Group) at Howard University to continue the Sit-In Movement.” Kwamé was a founding member of NAG and was one of its early leaders.

Out of this student activism, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed at Shaw University in April 1960. SNCC and its stu-

dent base provided ground troops for almost every major Civil Rights Demonstrations and Campaign during the 1960s period of the Movement. Kwamé was one of the three hundred “Freedom Riders” that were arrested “in Mississippi and Alabama during the Spring and Summer of 1961.” From that point on, Kwamé participated in every major campaign that emerged.

Kwamé came to the public’s attention on November 16, 1965 when Look Magazine featured an article entitled, “Freedom Road,” that mentioned Kwamé’s role as an organizer and leader of SNCC. Several months later, in June of 1966, Ebony Magazine historian and writer, Lerone Bennett, Jr. wrote an article featuring Kwamé. Brother Bennett observed in this article that (a.k.a.

Carmichael) Kwamé, like “No other young man, with the exception of Martin Luther King, Jr. has risen so fast so quick. No other young man has sparked such an avalanche of hope, fear, anger, and public concern.” Bennett asked the question, “Who is this young man? What does he want?

What does he mean by Black Power?”

Again, primary source documents explain that, “In April, 1966, at the Kingston Spring SNCC staff meeting (a.k.a.

Stokely) was elected chairman, ushering in a new level and direction for both the organization and the larger movement of which it was an integral part.”

These same sources indicated that, “In June, after James Meredith was gunned down on a highway in Mississippi, (a.k.a.

Stokely) sounded the new Black mood.” This is what Kwamé said: “The only way we are gonna stop them white men from whippin’ us is to take over. We been saying freedom for six years and we ain’t got nothing. What we gonna start saying now is BLACK POWER!!”

Kwamé was one of the leading advocates of Pan-Africanism through his leadership in the AAPRP. Since the late 1960s, Kwamé has traveled throughout the world lecturing and organizing African people to understand the need to struggle around the idea of Pan-Africanism, “as the only solution to our problems.”

When people in our movement give unselfishly, and consistently, over the years, like Kwamé, we must never forget them!

Trips More Valuable than Disneyland are other historic sites and points of interest, including the King Center in Atlanta, where both Dr. King and Coretta Scott King are encrypted. Apart from the museums, all of these cities offer rich opportunities to explore African American history, and to provide children with both context and education.

I was motivated to write this column when a friend shared that she plans to take her two grandchildren to Disney World in Florida this summer. I have no inherent objection to Disney World, or at least none that I will go into in this space. However, young people are often exposed to amusement parks and far less frequently exposed to our history. And with the cultural wars raging, too few public schools (and even colleges) are offering adequate information about African American history, culture, and heritage. Thus, a young white boy felt okay about a tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King that included wearing blackface.

What was he thinking? What were his parents thinking? Their

When you leave the United States, you’ll often find “cultural tourism,” or the opportunity to enjoy a culture and also purchase trinkets or more substantial items in markets around the world. In Ghana, we look for kente cloth, statues, and masks. In other African countries, the offerings are often similar, but Zimbabwe is known for its marvelous and distinctive Shona sculpture.

South African offers Ndebele dolls, among other items. And so it goes.

During my recent trip to Peru, I had the opportunity to buy genuine baby alpaca scarves, shawls, and even a coat. We also had an example of cultural tourism, perhaps at its worst, when we went to a village off the Amazon River and were allowed to go into a family’s home to “see how they live.” Was their poverty exaggerated? It’s not clear that it was.

But behind one closed door was a television set that contrasted sharply with the simple life our

guards said people lived. Our visit to a classroom, too, was lovely and charming, except that the children had been clearly prepped for us. I suppose there is no harm in the show and tell, but in some ways it raised a myriad of questions, and offered few answers.

The cultural tourism in Peru got me to thinking about what we offer in the United States.

With the building of the King Monument in Washington, D.C., along with the city’s many other attractions, including the Frederick Douglass Museum, the

Museum of African Art, the Native American Museum, Howard University, the new Howard Theatre, and so much more, Washington ought to be a prime location for African American cultural tourism. Never mind that chocolate city has turned neopolitan, it’s not yet chocolate chip, and the presence of African American culture is strong.

There are African American heritage and history museums all around the country, museums that did not exist half a century ago. They all are important and stunning enough to visit, including the Birmingham Museum of Civil Rights, the International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro, N.C., the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, the California African American Museum in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco, the Underground Railroad Museum in Cincinnati, and the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis at the Lorraine Hotel, where Dr. King was shot. There

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By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist

Julianne Malveaux

actions were a result of cultural ignorance, and a lack of knowledge about history.

Similarly, young African Americans show a singular lack of knowledge when they bandy the “n“ word about. Sure, some say they do it to remove the historical stigma of a word that has been used to denigrate our people. However, from my perspective, it offers ignorant whites, who relish use of the racial slur anyway, to question why African American people can use the word while white people can’t.

Cultural tourism in the United States can’t erase all of the ignorance out there, but knowledge is power and our young people, if not all Americans, can certainly benefit from cultural sites in the United States. In any case, from my perspective, you’d learn a lot more than you would from a trip to Disneyland.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, D.C.-based economist and writer. She is President Emerita of Bennett College for Women in Greensboro, N.C. The Chicago Crusader

THE CHATTERBOX

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

Thank you for reading!

son thinks that they are immensely popular, when in reality, it is impossible to have any clue as to what their genuine personality/interests are. It is kind of like a mutliple personality syndrome...” Now if that is not enough to vote his behind out at the next opportunity, I don’t know what is. I’d rather have Blago any day. After all we can put up with someone who cusses like a sailor, schemes to get what he wants, punishes his enemies . . . sounds a lot better to me than taking the food off of our tables and at the same time taking our pensions.

-ImaSO LONG, GOODBYE . . .

GOOD RIDDANCE!!!

GOVERNOR CHAMELEON Governor Chameleon is the name most suited for our Governor, aka Pat Quinn. His website that wants US to join him states that he has “devoted his life to standing up for the working people of Illinois . . .” yet he has attacked everything dear to those who have worked all of their lives to have a “decent” pension, healthcare and Medicaid when they are in ill health and unable to afford healthcare, among other basic things like a place to stay, utilities, food . . . He has waffled and it wasn’t until I guess he thought it was safe to come out in favor of gay marriage, after President Obama said he was in favor of it, that he kinda, sorta endorsed it.

And then lest we forget he was a thorn in the side of Governors when he served as Lieutenant Governor on issues he now has attacked.

Remember Quinn, who was an advocate for fair and low utility rates.

Remember his association with CUB (Citizens Utility Board). Ima was curious what definition she would find that sounded like Quinn. Here’s what I found: “Chameleons (family Chamaeleonidae) are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of lizards. They are distinguished by their zygodactylous feet, their separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes, their very long, highly modified, and rapidly extrudable tongues, their swaying gait, the possession by many of a prehensile tail, crests or horns on their distinctively shaped heads, and the ability of some to change color.

Colors include pink, blue, red, orange, turquoise, yellow, and green.”

Wow that sure sounds like Quinn to me “stereoscopic eyes, rapidly extrudable tongues, colors of pink, blue, red, orange, etc.” Then if that isn’t enough try the Urban Dictionary. This is what they had to say: “An adjective, used to describe a person or persons who changes their personality to fit in with the group of people he/she is around.

As a result of this constant social adaptation, or selling out, the perThe Chicago Crusader

Last week there were a group of folks talking all good about Patrick Fitzgerald and how good a job he did as Federal Prosecutor. Now

Mayor Ballyleggs wants someone like him to take his place to tackle gangs. This suggestion has been met with some resistance and folks wondering what do they need a police force for, if a person like old Bulldog Fitzgerald will take on this task.

Have you taken a real good look at Fitzgerald he kinda looks like a Bulldog, don’t you think? And his specialty really was to put Governors in prison. Ain’t none left ‘cept his Republican buddies Thompson and Edgar and as I recall Thompson has had his share of persecutions himself and he sure as hell did not help poor Governor Ryan, whose biggest crime was trying to help some innocent Black men on death row. Back to Fitzgerald, Ima wishes him a unfond farewell and frankly good riddance to a pain in the rear, with his “holier-than-thou” personality.

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WHAT WILL THE GAY PREACHER DO NEXT? Folks are talking about that gay minister and wondering what he will do next. He has taken to waving his handkerchief like a sistah in the pulpit and making under the clothes remarks about his partner.

Members say he has been besides himself every since the Vice President and President came out for gay marriage. Stay tuned for more developments. It ain’t over until the fat lady or somebody sings!!!

-ImaHAPPY WALKING Well, Ima will be at the send off for Rev. Corey Brooks as he begins his walk to raise the millions he says he needs to build a community center. It will be built on the land he took from the sand man he scared

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to death and sent him back home. I hope that Brooks’ route will take him a few blocks to the east of his church and know that there is a community center available in the community called Parkway Community House, and after that stop he could go up South Chicago a few blocks and there sits the Comer Center that First Lady Michelle Obama visited a few weeks back that serves the community, but better still if he would come out of his church and head north a half block he could do a lot of good if he would try ministering to those perpetrators of most of the crime on King Drive in Parkway Gardens. Mama always told me (Ima) you need to start at home and then spread abroad (and I don’t mean a broad). A lot of good could be done to strengthen what is already available, but he takes the saying “God bless the child that has his own” to a whole new and different meaning.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR FREE MARQUETTE PARK EVENTS: Saturday, June 2, Marquette Bank, in cooperation with P.A.W.S. of Tinley Park, will host a Neighborhood Adopt-aPet Event at the Marquette Bank located at 17865 S. Wolf Road in Orland Park. Everyone is welcome to attend this free event which is from 12 pm to 2 pm.

For more information, call 1708-873-8170. On Saturday, June 2 & Saturday, June 9, Marquette Bank will host a twopart Free Homebuyer Education Class at the Marquette Bank located at 6316 S. Western Avenue in Chicago. These Homebuyer Education Classes will help you make informed decisions about how much you can afford, help you understand various financing options and what to expect when it’s time to close. By completing this two-part class, participants earn an eight-hour Homebuyer Education Certificate. Both classes will be held from 9 am to 1 pm. Seating is limited. To register, call 1-773918-4568.

On Sunday, June 3, Marquette Bank will be the presenting sponsor of 5th Annual Running for Hope 5k Run/Fun Walk in Oak Lawn. This event will take place at 8 am at Keeler Park, located at 93rd Street and Keeler Avenue in Oak Lawn. For more information or to register for the event, please visit www.runningforhope.- net.

On Thursday, June 7, Marquette Bank will host a Business Open House at the Marquette Bank located at 3521 S. Archer Avenue in Chicago. Enjoy an evening of refreshments, a prize drawing and excellent networking opportunities. All businesses are welcome to attend this free event, which is from 5:30 pm to 7 pm. To register, call 1-773-476-5100 ext.

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you to a free exhibition opening reception, celebrating the work of two women artists with solo shows at the Art Center. Ani Afshar will discuss the intricate, hand-woven wall hangings and new tulle veil constructions in her show, “Woven Gardens, Shredded Shadows,” on view until September 2. Melissa Oresky will talk about her new works on paper and video in her exhibition “Trail,” on view until August 19.

The Hyde Park Art Center is located at 5020 South Cornell in Chicago. For more information call 773-324-5520 or visit www.hydeparkart.org.

STARTING A SMALL BUSINESS: The Chicago Public Library and the Chicago Bar Association partner to present Law at the Library, a free monthly lecture series focusing on today’s hot and timely legal topics. Law at the Library invites participants to listen to an experienced legal professional, ask general questions, and check out materials on a variety of legal topics – at no charge!

In addition, all Chicago Public Library locations serve as community centers which provide access to books, databases and journals that can help Chicagoans learn more about legal issues.

Law at the Library programs are free and open to the public. Registration is not required. The topic of the June 2012 Law at the Library seminars is Starting a Small Business and the next one will take place on Tuesday, June 5, at 7 pm at the Sulzer Regional Library, 4455 N. Lincoln Avenue.

For more information, call 312744-7616

HYDE PARK ART CENTER EVENTS: On Saturday, June 2, from 10 am to 3 pm, the Hyde Park Art Center invites you to join the Big Dig Gig with residency project “General Economy, Exquisite Exchange.” This free artsy garden party will celebrate the first anniversary of the Art Center’s Abundance Garden by pruning last year's bounty of plants donated by individuals from the community, and planting new local surpluses. On Sunday, June 3, from 2 to 4 pm, the Hyde Park Art Center invites you to a free musical performance by members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Music (AACM). The unique concert will take place inside an art installation by Faheem Majeed called “Planting and Maintaining a Perennial Garden.” On Sunday, June 3, from 3 to 5 pm, the Hyde Park Art Center invites

SCREENING AT FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CENTER: The Family Development Center (FDC) at Governors State University is opening its doors for tours, information, and pre-enrollment screening for prekindergarteners. Parents and their three to five year-old children are invited to visit the FDC on June 6, 7, 12, and 13, from 9 am to 2 pm, to learn about the full and half day pre-kindergarten programs offered at the state-ofthe-art facility in University Park.

The prekindergarten program boasts of a low student to teacher ratio and classrooms led by highly qualified educators who follow an enriching curriculum. Before and after school childcare is available and reduced fees are available to eligible families. The Family Development Center is located on the campus of Governors State University, 1 University Parkway, University Park, Illinois. For more information or to make an appointment, call 708-2357300.

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SOUND OF LIFE I: On Friday, June 8th, Aarawak Production and University of Chicago present “Sound Life I” featuring Wadada Leo Smith, Trumpet, Mike Reed, Drums, and Douglas R. Ewart, Dulzaina, Didjeridu, Bass Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Electronics and Percussion. The concert will be held at the University of Chicago Music Department, Good Speed Hall, Fulton Hall, 4th Floor,1010 East 59th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. It starts at 8 pm, and admission is $15; students and seniors $10.

PLANET EXPLORERS EXHIBITION AT THE ADLER PLANETARIUM: 3-2-1…Blast off! Get ready for the ultimate planetary play date. The Adler's permanent exhibition Planet Explorers, ONGOING, allows families with young children to take the helm in this modern-day space adventure. Children will enter a world where they can play and learn what it takes to be part of a mission to outer space. They will become scientists, astronauts and space explorers. Imagine studying the Moon from your

own backyard with your very own telescope. Be a Mission Control Specialist guiding the next rocket flight into space or climb a gantry like a real astronaut. In the space station, learn how to operate the robotic arm to do important tasks and take a very special walk into space. Drive X MOVERS, crawl through and discover secret tunnels, and do cool experiments in the Planet X Research Station. Free with general admission. For more information, call 312-922-STAR.

CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER Rev. Al Sharpton, President of National Action Network, was honored on May 19 by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s alma mater, Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia. The College unveiled an oil portrait of Rev. Sharpton in the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel, the world's most prominent living religious memorial to Dr. King. The portrait unveiling followed a special Baccalaureate speech by Rev. Sharpton to the class of 2012. Morehouse College is a private, all male, Historically Black College and one of two Black colleges in the country to produce Rhodes Scholars. The college is the alma mater to many African-American leaders including Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Theologian Howard Thurman, filmmaker Spike Lee, actor Samuel L. Jackson, the first African-American Mayor of Atlanta, Maynard Jackson, Former Secretary of Health and Human Services Louis W. Sullivan and former United States Surgeon General David Satcher.

Extended Coverage Follow these lawnmower safety tips: • Never let a child under 16 run a riding lawn mover, and never carry a child of any age as a passenger. Don’t let a child under 12 operate any power lawnmower.

• Keep young children away from the area you are mowing, ideally indoors or in another yard, but at least 15 to 20 feet away.

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We’re your protection people at Community Insurance Center, Inc., 526 E. 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.

• Be sure to wear sturdy shoes, not sandals, while mowing. Wear ear and eye protection, too. Pick up toys, sticks and stones from the lawn before mowing; flying objects can cause injuries.

• Start and refuel mowers out of doors, not in a garage. Turn off the motor and let it cool before refueling. Don’t mow in reverse or pull a mower backward unless absolutely necessary.

• Don’t let children touch the mower blades or even the blade settings. Wait for blades to stop completely before removing the grass catcher or unclogging the discharge chute.

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BUSINESS

How to Spot Personal Debt Scammers

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist With so many Americans unemployed or under-employed, the social stigma of debt is not as harsh as it once was. Too many people who have played by the rules and worked all of their lives now find themselves deeply mired in debt.

Young consumers, armed with a degree in one hand and student loans in the other, wonder when they can live independent of their parents’ financial support. In this still-unfolding financial recovery, family standards of living are faltering, retirements are delayed and both generations worry.

For many consumers, the debt dilemma is akin to a seesaw. One side wonders whether available funds will stretch far enough to pay their bills. The other side worries whether remaining credit can see them through.

Unfortunately, there are busi-

nesses that prey upon consumer financial misfortunes, promising easy solutions to nagging and deep debt. On urban radio and late night television these companies advertise how debt can be settled for pennies on the dollar. Some will even identify the amount of debt consumers must owe before they can “help” them.

Consumers who believe this kind of advertising almost always get scammed. After paying thousands of dollars in fees, they discover that there was never a connection between the monies paid and real debt reduction services. Unfortunately, by the time this epiphany occurs, consumer finances are in worse shape than before. And the debt settlement firm moves on to its next victim.

Consumers using these services are also often told not to speak with their creditors or pay them directly any portion of the debt owed. If the consumer follows the

Charlene Crowell instructions of the debt settlement firm, penalty interest rates – as well as late fees and other charges begin to accrue on the amount originally owed. In the meantime, the creditor often escalates collection efforts as well, sometimes turning the debt over to a collection agency or

initiating lawsuits or wage garnishments.

If consumers stop paying their debts, their credit scores fall and make it more difficult to gain credit elsewhere.

These practices have been challenged in private litigation, by state attorney generals and Federal Trade Commission enforcement.

With the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, con- sumers have also gained a federal office dedicated to transparency and fairness in debt relief and debt collection.

The Federal Trade Commission advises consumers to guard against fraudulent debt relief firms by avoiding any company that: • Charges any fees before it settles your debts; • Guarantees it can make your unsecured debt go away and stop all debt collection calls or lawsuits; • Tells you to stop communicating with your creditors; • Guarantees that your unsecured

debts can be paid off for just pennies on the dollar; and • Refuses to send free information about the services until you provide personal financial information, such as credit card account numbers, and balances.

For most people, money has a way of leaving out faster than it comes in. When debt is involved, bills seem to reappear even faster.

The better way to resolve unmanageable debt is the simple one: speak directly with your creditors to set up a manageable payment plan. No one is better able to communicate your financial challenges than you. More importantly, no one will work harder to relieve your personal financial stress more than you.

Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at: Charlene.crowell@responsiblelend-

Washington Heights business owner cited as “Unsung Hero” Faye McCray, owner of Humboo’s Child Care Flower Patch, a family child care business in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Chicago, will receive the “2012 Unsung Hero Award” from the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC) at the organization’s 14th Annual Child Care Business Expo to be held on Saturday, June 2, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the UIC Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Rd., in Chicago. The Morning Session will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., and an Afternoon Session from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The “Unsung Hero Award” recognizes a child care entrepreneur who has been in business for more than five years and who keeps the needs of her clients at the forefront of that business; keeps up-to-date on the ever-changing child care industry policies; invests both time and resources into the mentoring, training and development of other child care professionals; and uses methods and business and teaching practices that are a model of inspiration to others.

McCray, who started her business 33 years ago, works tirelessly on behalf of other child care providers while maintaining her own successful business. She has served on the advisory boards of Center for New Horizons, YWCA, and Carole Robertson Center, Illinois Association for Childcare, 1st Class Family Childcare Association and the Midwest Family Childcare Alliance. She is a NAFCC Observer for Accreditation as well as a certified trainer for INCCRRA (Illinois Network of Child Care Resource and Referral

vides child care entrepreneurs access to creative solutions to today’s business issues and to a muchneeded network of resources and support.

Highlights include the awards breakfast, featuring a keynote presentation by nationally-renowned family child care expert Tom Copeland of the National Association for Family Child Care; Speed Business Coaching and Afternoon Boost Your Business Sessions focused on strengthening business skills in a variety of areas; and an Exhibit Hall with over 60 booths

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Agencies). McCray has a bachelor’s degree from Chicago State University.

Themed “Shining a Light on the Business Side of Child Care,” and presented in Spanish and English, the Child Care Business Expo pro-

featuring insurance vendors, bankers, child care associations, state regulatory agencies for the industry, and educational products and curriculum vendors. New to the Exhibit Hall this year are women’s health and wellness exhibitors as well as a Model Family Child Care Business Office and Power Corner booths featuring interactive sessions.

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon and Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle

will serve as Expo Honorary CoChairs and welcome attendees at the opening breakfast.

Deluxe Corporation Foundation, Dominick’s and Robert R. McCormick Foundation are Premiere Sponsors of the 14th Annual Child Care Business Expo. The Expo is also supported by Citi, Discover, Northstar Lottery Group, Southwest Airlines, The Turner Construction Company Foundation and Walgreens. Media sponsors include Hoy, Lawn-

dale News, LaRaza, and myhabanero.com, NBC5, Negocios Now, Radio Cosmos, Telemundo and WVON Radio.

The cost for the Morning Session of the Expo is $25 and includes breakfast; the cost for the Afternoon Session is $15 and includes a boxed lunch; cost for both sessions, including breakfast and lunch, is $40. For more information and to register online, please visit www.WBDC.org or call 312853-3477, ext. 290.

Aspirations So You’re an Entrepreneur…

By Michelle Thornhill Special to the NNPA

Faye McCray

Research suggests that African Americans are more likely than the general population to have small business aspirations. But I’m sure this is no surprise to you! Many of us grew up with dreams of “being our own boss” and becoming the next neighborhood success story.

Owning a successful business can be a realistic goal for many, but it requires dedication, preparation, discipline and knowledge. At several points during my career, I pursued entrepreneurial endeavors.

When I first graduated from college, the job market was challenging – similar to what we are experiencing today. I decided then that if I couldn’t find a job I would create one.

First, I took the time to consider the skills I acquired in college to determine how best to capitalize on them. Given my studies in fi-

nance, I decided that I would start a tax service business. I knew that the field was competitive, so I created a niche for my new business by offering pick-up and delivery services. I was very excited to become a small business owner, but not so eager that I didn’t take the time to deliberately plan and prepare for success. Before pursuing my first client, I made certain to develop a long-term business plan.

Having a solid plan allowed me to define my business, outline my products and services, create my marketing strategy (including target audience and geography) and develop a financial plan. It also helped me look serious to potential clients, investors and lenders. I learned that it is equally important to seek guidance from subject matter experts who specialize in small business. Most states have small business development centers or branches of the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) office Saturday, June 2, 2012

that offer free business counseling and services for both startups and established businesses.

Having a relationship with a banker is also essential. You’d be amazed at what your bank has to offer. Whether your business is large or small, a banker can help provide general consultation on ways to help grow your business.

While some new businesses don’t initially qualify for lending because of lack of collateral or poor credit history, most banks do offer other business products (like checking accounts), services (like overdraft protection) and tools (like online banking) to help new business owners better run their business.

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EDUCATION

Local School Council board member aims to improve education

By Wendell Hutson A recently elected Local School Council member said one goal she hopes to achieve within her two-year tenure is to improve education at Wendell Phillips Academy High School on the city’s South Side.

On April 19 Mundoaoni “Monda” Williams was elected to serve on the local school council (LSC) for Phillips High School, the city’s first all-Black public high school. Her term begins July 1 and ends June 30, 2013.

Phillips, located in the Bronzeville community, has many challenges Williams said, will not be easy to overcome but is determined to try.

According to Chicago Public Schools data, Phillips is currently on academic probation; its one-year dropout rate increased last school year to 32.2 percent from 9.5 percent; and only 32 percent of its freshmen were on track last school year to graduate opposed to 65 per-

cent in 2010.

“Yes, there are many challenges at Wendell Phillips but life is full of challenges too,” Williams told the Crusader. “As a career educator I am use to overcoming barriers and the problems plaguing Phillips is no different.”

The 40-something year-old educator, who taught English as a second language in Africa and abroad for nearly two decades, is also a former aviation engineer.

As a Bronzeville resident for the last four years and now a community representative for the LSC, Williams hopes to recruit other residents to get involved with their local public schools.

“I believe in empowering parents. I hope to inspire others to not only get involved but to also work with their LSCs to improve their schools,” she added. “If we fail as adults we are going to lose more youth to the criminal justice system.”

Even though Williams is not a

LOCAL SCHOOL COUNCIL member and longtime educator Munodaoni Williams was recently elected to the Local School Council for Wendell Phillips Academy High School on the South Side. As a community representative she hopes to help improve test scores, increase graduation rate and foster better relationships between parents and faculty at Phillips.

mother she admits to playing mom to youth for years.

“Teachers are mothers and fathers.

We are the ones students confide in with their problems and turn to for help,” she explained. “Teaching comes after that.”

Three immediate goals she has within her first year on the council is to create more partnerships between community residents and the LSC; improve trust between schools and CPS and enrich after school programs.

“These are things that need to be done if we are going to see an improvement not just at Phillips but at all public schools,” she stated. “I look forward to working with Mr. (Devon) Horton (Phillips principal) to get test scores up, improve customer service and improve communications between parents, faculty and staff.”

When the single educator is not working to help others, she enjoys traveling, reading novels, attending

theaters, and collecting African art.

The predominately Black student population at Phillips was not always the case. In 1904 it was founded as a predominately white high school.

Its alumni includes the late singers Nat King Cole and Dinah Washington and John H. Johnson, founder of Ebony and Jet magazines. Other alumni include legendary educator Neil F. Simeon, who was once the highest paid Black employee at the Chicago Board of Education, and former Democratic U.S. Representative Augustus “Gus” Savage, whose second congressional district is now represented by U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. The school, Wendell Phillips, was named after an abolitionist who was a leading figure in the American anti-slavery movement and who criticized President Abraham Lincoln for not moving fast enough in emancipating the slaves.

Two Chicago teachers surprised with tickets to Essence Music Festival in classroom Teachers presented with a trip for two to New Orleans by the BMOA along with WGCI radio personality Tony Sculfield Thursday, May 24, was a typical day for first grade teacher Tiffini Cooley and physical education teacher Randall Powell at Joseph Brennemann Elementary School on Chicago’s north side. Little did they know, that afternoon would bring forth a big surprise! Leading up to Teacher’s Appreciation Week earlier this month, the Black McDonald’s Operators Association of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana (BMOA) partnered with Chicago radio station WGCI-FM to pro-

Association of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana is a membership organization of 15 owner operators who are dedicated to empowering minds and building leaders in the communities they serve. This is achieved through signature educational and community outreach programs, employment and career

development programs and embodiment of the spirit of entrepreneurship. BMOA members are committed to assisting the next generation of McDonald’s owner operators, encouraging the importance of reading, writing and life skills, and giving back to the community.

From L to R: BMOA member Melvin Buckley; grand prize winner, first grade teacher Tiffini Cooley; BMOA member Lance Jones and WGCI-FM radio personality Tony Sculfield at Joseph Brennemann Elementary School.

WGCI radio personality Tony Sculfield takes a moment to read aloud to grand prize winner Tiffini Cooley’s first grade class at Joseph Brennemann Elementary School. mote a contest asking listeners to share, in 200 words or less, why their teacher deserved to win a free trip to New Orleans for the 2012

Essence Music Festival. Cooley and Powell were selected as the winners.

On Thursday, as the teachers conducted their regular afternoon class-

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es, WGCI radio personality Tony Sculfield, along with BMOA members Lance Jones and Melvin Buckley, school principal Sarah D. Abedelal and school administrator Jennifer Ellen interrupted the sessions bearing balloons and other gifts. As their students shrieked with excitement, the surprised teachers were each presented an oversized airline boarding pass highlighting a trip for two to New Orleans. Their prizes also include Essence Music Festival VIP access, hotel accommodations and spending money.

Drawing more than 350,000 attendees annually, the Essence Music Festival features some of the top names in R&B and Soul music.

This year’s line-up includes D’Angelo, Mary J. Blige, Estelle, Aretha Franklin and many more.

About the BMOA The Black McDonald’s Operators

From L to R: School administrator Jennifer Ellen; BMOA Member Lance Jones; grand prize winner, physical education teacher, Randall Powell; BMOA member Melvin Buckley; WGCI-FM radio personality Tony Sculfield, and school principal Sarah D. Abedelal at Joseph Brennemann Elementary School.

Students requesting to join grand prize winner Randall Powell on his trip to New Orleans for the Essence Music Festival.

(Photos by Flowers Communication Group)

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COMMUNITY Street to be named in honor of Soft Sheen's Ed and Betty Gardner Black on Black Love and City of Chicago collaborating to salute legendary couple Black on Black Love and the City of Chicago will salute Ed and Betty Gardner's long legacy of excellence by naming a street in their honor during a ceremony to be held on July 12 from 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. The street bearing their names will be at the intersection of 87th & Dobson St., near the site of where their business Soft Sheen Products was based and thrived. The theme of the tribute is “Celebrating the Gardner Legacy.” The celebration is expected to attract a wide spectrum of dignitaries from the city, the beauty industry, the business sector and from the political and grassroots communities, which have all been touched by the Gardners' generous and loving spirit. The public is invited to pay tribute to these icons by coming out to celebrate this couple, who will be joined by their family and friends. In making the announcement, Frances Wright, Black on Black Love's president and CEO, said the Gardners have touched the city through their business genius, which propelled Soft Sheen from a garage-based business to a global empire that provided superior health and beauty products to consumers worldwide. Wright said the Gardners' business savvy was matched only by their commitment to bet-

tering the community through their activism and compassion. It was Mr. and Mrs. Gardner who spearheaded the crusade to get Harold Washington elected Chicago's first Black mayor through an energetic and inspiring campaign titled, “Come Alive Oct. 5!” This campaign was a success and the Gardners were credited and hailed for the active role they played in this victory. She added that the couple founded the Black on Black Love organization nearly 30 years ago as a way of grappling with the senseless Black on Black crime and violence that continues to plague the inner city. Black on Black Love creates and implements programs designed to break the cycle of crime in our communities through alternatives that nurture self-love, selfrespect and self-discipline.

Among the programs under the Black on Black Love banner are: My Sister's Keeper's, one of the first complete aftercare programs in the state of Illinois to help women, who have been released from the correctional system, lead productive lives. The Godfather Male Mentoring Program, a program which is designed to further the mission of Black on Black Love by providing a positive male presence for elementary and high school boys,

Ed and Betty Gardner through voluntary participation of male role models focusing on education, leadership and responsibility. Ex-Offenders Ser-

vices, which provides a broad spectrum of services for male and female ex-offenders including recovery, counseling, literacy/ed-

ucation, life skills-community reintegration, anger management and job training/emloyment opportunities. The Cook County Jail Motivational program whose purpose is to expose detainees to the concept of BOBL and to encourage detainees to leave jail/prison feeling good about themselves and aspiring to a better way of life. Catapult is a program sponsored by an Illinois Violence Prevention Authority Grant and a Family-Based Mentoring Initiative whose purpose is to End Intergenerational Incarceration. The program offers 50 children, ages 9 to 18 and their mothers a comprehensive mentoring program. Black on Black Love also serves the needs of the community on an ongoing basis through its Annual Prayer Breakfast, Annual Thanksgiving Food Give-A-Way and Christmas Toy Drive. Declared Wright, “Inspired by the Gardners' example of passion and activism, the City and the world are better places.

On July 12th, we will pay homage to these treasures by dedicating a street in their honor. We invite the community to come out in full force to show their love to this dedicated couple.”

For more information, contact Black on Black Love at 773-9780868 or log on to www.bobl.org.

Chicago Youth Centers’ raises over $250,000 at annual dinner On Wednesday, May 23, 2012, Chicago Youth Centers, the largest independent, locally based, multi-site youth services organization in Chicago, celebrated its 56th year of investing in underserved youth at its annual “Believe in Kids Dinner” at the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago.

Over $250,000 was raised in support of CYC’s programs.

Joining CYC as co-chairs of this special event were Mark G. Sander, President and Chief Operating Officer of First Midwest Bank and esteemed member of CYC’s President’s Leadership Council and Dick DiStasio, Chairman and CEO of iGPS. Each year, CYC honors individuals who have shown outstanding commitment to helping low-income high-need youth of Chicago with its Spirit of Youth Awards, presented during the Believe in Kids Dinner. This year’s “Spirit of Youth Award” honored Gordon Lang, Jr., John A. Sivright, and Henry Wisniewski, as well as being presented posthumously to Jacob L. Fox, William O. Petersen and Lewis W. Reich, members of the CYC Board for more than 40 years and former

Chairmen of the Board, for their distinguished service and leadership and steadfast support and dedication to CYC’s mission.

The event also featured a live auction, Youth Awards, and performances by youth participants in CYC’s Mentoring and Advocacy Program.

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All proceeds from the event support CYC’s mission of investing in kids in underserved communities in Chicago to help them discover and realize their full potential. By providing at-risk children and teens a variety of innovative and effective programs— from early childhood education

to and through college—CYC is helping Chicago’s youth build the academic, social, and emotional skills needed to succeed.

For more information on the event or the organization, please contact Trish Gorecki at (312) 913-1700, extension 450 or visit theirwebsite at www.chicagoy-

YOUTH PARTICIPANTS PERFORMED during the program. Participants were: (back row) CYC Mentors Ken Orr, Lamon Caldwell, and Jonathan Perry; (front row) CYC Mentoring and Advocacy Program participants Cortez Malveaux, Donel Lewis, Raynard Mills, and Jaleel Pearson.

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outhcenters.org.

About Chicago Youth Centers Chicago Youth Centers is the largest independent, locally based, multi-site youth services organization in Chicago. Through our innovative and effective programs — from early childhood education to and through college — CYC invests in kids in underserved communities in Chicago to help them discover and realize their full potential. At CYC’s eight neighborhood-based centers and a residential camp, youth ages 3-18 receive one-on-one and small group guidance from welltrained, caring adults, helping them build the academic, social, and emotional skills necessary to succeed. Through programs such as Head Start, Early Childhood Education, Teen Leadership Development, College and Career Readiness, Mentoring, Crisis Intervention and Camp Rosenthal, participants follow a continuum of care from youth to young adult.

To learn more, visit www.chicagoyouthcenters.org.

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By Raymond Ward Entertainment Editor

Jay-Z, Kanye Prove That It Pays To Be A N*gga

By Dr. Boyce Watkins Guest Columnist Congratulations to Kanye West, who raked in a chunk of BET Award nominations with his homeboy Jay-Z. Among the nominations for Video of the Year is the ever-so-bumping track “N*ggas in Paris,” the song that reminds you that no Black man on earth had ever been to Paris before Jay-Z and Kanye. Why read a book when artists are willing to give us instant history lessons?

I have to confess, the Jay-Z/Kanye collab was simply off the hook; I

ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ

Vegas – Elton and Men of Soul While in Vegas about a week ago to see Elton John and his One Million Dollar Piano Tour—which was absolutely fabulous—I thought that the trip couldn’t get any better, but it did.

My entourage and I—yes when you travel to Vegas, your two sisters and your daughter are no longer family members, but your entourage—were fortunate enough

makers Gamble and Huff of Philadelphia International Records fame. The Men of Soul paid homage to and delivered just good old-fashioned grown folks’ music in their own special ways, without all the vulgarities that are on display today. And, they all looked fantastic!

Of course, Hewitt sang the heck out of Say Amen, which capped

Fire. Then it was Jeffrey Osborne’s turn. You could really tell that Osborne was glad to be performing in a way in which he seemed to have as much fun as the audience. He pulled material from years ago, bringing many of LTD’s songs back to life. Of particular mention were On the Wings of Love and One Night I Loved a Stranger.

And although this was Las Vegas,

Jay-Z and Kanye Weat was quite impressed.

In some ways, the music was a bit like a 30-ton piggy bank made out of solid steel, with absolutely nothing in the middle. Rarely do we get a chance to see such extraordinary talent utilized on such a shallow exercise of pointless and redundant materialism.

(Question: “You see my private jets flying over you?”Answer: “Yes, I saw the private jet in the last song, now please let me ride the bus in peace.”)

One of the odd revelations I had this morning while sitting on a train and reflecting on the awesome success of Jay-Z and Kanye was just how well it pays to be a n*gga. Being an honorable and intelligent Black man doesn’t pay the bills nearly as much as calling yourself a n*gga in front of thousands of adoring white people. But Jay and Kanye aren’t just regular n*ggaz; they’re international n*ggaz, which makes them better than the rest of us. Hence, these self-proclaimed n*ggaz dance and rap in front of millions of people and tell the rest of us to sit back and watch the throne in admiration.

What’s most interesting about the throne that Jay-Z and Kanye are asking us to watch is that this throne is built on a bed of dollar bills built by non-Black folks who pay these men to behave like coons.

Were it not for all the white folks willing to pay for such buffoonery, these men would have no throne for the rest of us to watch. So, as I mentioned earlier, it pays to be a n*gga, because thrones are most easily built through extreme n*gga-ocity and white psuedo-validation. You think they respect you, but their admiration is actually due to your willingness to help them experience a contrived Black ghetto fantasy of Negroes with big gold medallions, diamonds in their teeth, tattoos all over their bodies.

Yes, brother, you are a caricature.

Congratulations on your award, Kanye. Your mother, the college professor, would be proud. But then again, I don’t think she raised you to go in front of white people and call yourself a “n*gga.” Malcolm might say that you were born on a throne of education long before you put those chains around your neck. You were raised better than that, so it is my greatest prayer that the next album will be just a tad bit smarter.

Dr. Boyce Watkins is a professor at Syracuse University and author of the forthcoming book, “The RAPP Sheet: Rising Above Psychological Poison.”

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ELTON JOHN AND his $1 million piano. to have scoped out a concert that his set. Then Freddie Jackson— the good news is that Osborne will was at the Cannery in North Ve- who was one of my least fa- appear at the Country Club Hills gas—well in simpler terms about a vorites—couldn’t figure out if he Theatre in July. Check the theatre’s $35 cab ride from the strip. On the wanted to sing, do stand up, urge a website for more information and bill were The Men of Soul. Ac- female admirer to touch his private the Men of Soul website for more cording to press materials, babies parts or give praise to God and info on the group. were made to them, brides have Iron Mike Tyson, who was in the By the way, if you ever wondered walked down the aisles to them, audience, sang his hits, including what happened to “Sister Rose” of lovers have been brought together because of them and the Quiet Storm format on radio stations across the country would be nonexistent without them—the unforgettably timeless, chart-topping classic love songs of four of the greatest R&B crooners and soul singers of all time—Jeffrey Osborne, Peabo Bryson, Freddie Jackson and Howard Hewett.

Their love songs have helped mend many a relationship and have been at the center of making millions more memorable.

Through their lyrics, millions have JEFFREY OSBORNE, PEABO BRYSON, Freddie Jackson gained a better understanding of and Howard Hewitt during a Men of Soul concert. the meaning of true love and all Rock Me Tonight. Then he gra- Sly Stone fame, she and her daughthat it has to offer.

Sir Elton’s two-hour set in the ciously turned the stage over to ter Lisa are part of Sir Elton’s band.

And although Elton John has remagnificent Caesar’s Palace Colos- Peabo Bryson. cently taken ill, he is due back in Peabo was so humble, in my seum was exciting from beginning Las Vegas in October. The Million opinion, while sharing with the to end. Of course, he sang Bennie Dollar Piano Tour is well worth audience his gratitude for support and the Jets and The B*tch is Back. the trip, and you can discover just through all these years.

He finally He later paid homage to Donna why it’s worth $1 million. tore the house up with Feel the Summer as well as Philadelphia hit Blacks Must control their own coMMunity

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African-American actors star in the smash hit musical HAIRSPRAY at the Drury Lane Theatre HAIRSPRAY, the Tony Awardwinning musical The New Yorker called "Exhilaratingly funny!" will be presented at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane, in Oakbrook Terrace, now playing through June 17, 2012. HAIRSPRAY is Directed and Choreographed by Jeff Award winner Tammy Mader, who served as the Director and Choreographer for Drury Lane Theatre’s critically acclaimed Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story, and the Choreographer of Drury Lane Theatre’s Spamalot, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, and Gypsy. The all-star cast is led

by Lillian Castillo as “Tracy Turnblad;” Jeff Award winner Michael Lindner as “Edna Turnblad” (National Tour of Mamma Mia! and Drury Lane Theatre’s Ragtime); Felicia Fields as “Motormouth Maybelle” (Tony Award nominee

L TO R: LISA ESTRIDGE, Donica Lynn, and Alexis Rodgers star as the “Dynamites” in the Tony Award-winning musical, HAIRSPRAY. for Best Featured Actress in The mus as “Link Larkin” (The FantaColor Purple on Broadway); Tim sticks Off-Broadway); Holly Lyn Kazurinsky as “Wilbur Turnblad” Laurent as “Amber” (National (Saturday Night Live); Erik Alte- Tour of Rock of Ages) and Jon Michael Reese as “Seaweed J. Stubbs” (When Last We Flew at New York International Fringe Festival).

Based on the 1988 John Waters cult classic film, HAIRSPRAY ran for 2,500 performances on Broadway and won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical in 2003.

HAIRSRPAY also inspired the Golden Globe-nominated 2007 blockbuster film starring John TraLILLIAN CASTILLO STARS as “Tracy Turnblad” in the volta. The New York Times raved that “If life were everything it Tony Award-winning musical, HAIRSPRAY, now playing should be, it would be more like through June 17 at Drury Lane Theatre, 100 Drury Lane in HAIRSPRAY. It’s irresistible!” and Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. For reservations, call the Drury Lane the New York Post enthused “A Theatre box office at 630.530.0111, call TicketMaster at great big fat gorgeous hit!” The 800.745.3000, or visit www.drurylaneoakbrook.com. (Brett production features music by fivetime Oscar nominee Marc Beiner Photography)

Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman, and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan.

Set in 1960’s Baltimore, HAIRSPRAY is the exuberant story of big-hearted, pleasantly plump teen Tracy Turnblad, who does whatever it takes to fulfill her lifelong dream of appearing on the popular Corny Collins Show. Can this plus-size trendsetter vanquish the program's reigning princess, win the heart of handsome Link Larkin, and integrate a television show without denting her fabulous 'do?

HAIRSRAY also stars Joshlyn Lomax as “Little Inez;” Rebecca Pink as “Penny;” Holly Stauder as “Prudy Pingleton” (Gypsy at Drury Lane Theatre); Jeff Award winner Rod Thomas as “Corny Collins” (White Christmas at Marriott Theatre and Sugar at Drury Lane Theatre); Keely Vasquez as “Velma Von Tussle” (Barry Manilow’s Music and Passion in Las Vegas); and Jeff Award nominee George Andrew Wolff as “Harriman F. Spitzer” (Sweeney Todd and Ragtime at Drury Lane), The ensemble features Christopher Carter; Andrea Collier (Gypsy at Drury Lane Theatre and the 2010 National Tour of Hairspray); Jeff Award-nominee Dina DiCostanzo (Grand Hotel at Drury

Lane Theatre Water Tower Place); Jackson Evans (Spamalot at Drury Lane Theatre); Reneisha Jone’ne Jenkins (The Wiz at Theatre at the Center); Tiffany Johnson; Alex McCrary as “Brad;” Amy Orman (Music Theatre Company’s Merrily We Roll Along); Nelson Green as “Stooie;” Thomas Ortiz; Travis Porchia (Boho Theatre Company’s Pippin); Carly Robinson; Sawyer Smith; and Sean Walton (Hot Mikado at Drury Lane Theatre).

Alexis J. Rodgers, Lisa Estridge (2012 Kevin Kline Award nominee for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical for her performance in Beehive), and Donica Lynn (Aida at Drury Lane Theatre) star as the “Dynamites.”

The performance schedule is: Wednesdays 1:30 p.m. ($35), Thursdays 1:30 p.m. ($35) and 8 p.m. ($40), Fridays 8:30 p.m. ($45), Saturdays 5 p.m. ($45) and 8:30 p.m. ($46) and Sundays 2:00 p.m. ($45) and 6 p.m. ($40).

Lunch and dinner theater packages range from $49.75 to $68.

Student tickets start at $20 and Senior Citizen tickets start at $30 for matinees and $44.75 for a matinee luncheon package. For reservations, call the Drury Lane Theatre box office at 630-530-0111, call TicketMaster at 800-745-3000, or visit www.drurylaneoakbrook.com.

What to Expect When You Are Expecting A Review by Bonnie DeShong I didn’t know what to expect when I sat down in my theater seat with my buttered popcorn, hot peppers and medium drink to watch the movie, What to Expect When You Are Expecting, however, after the first 30 minutes or so I expected it to get more interesting or I was going to have to go for more popcorn.

The introduction of the five expecting couples was promising.

Wendy (Elizabeth Banks) dreams to be the “Leave it to Beaver” type mom. She’s written a book on breast feeding and owns a baby shop. Her husband Gary (Ben Falcone) loves her so much and wants a baby just as much as she does. The one thing he doesn’t want is to be is like his father, Ramsey (Dennis Quaid) who feels he has to compete with his son every chance he gets. Ram-

sey’s wife Skylar (Brooklyn Decker) is younger than Gary and she and Ramsey are expecting twins, again Gary is out done by his dad. Television fitness expert, Jules (Cameron Diaz) gets caught with her “unawares down” when she finds out she is pregnant by her dance partner Evan (Matthew Morrison). Are you still with me here? We only have a few more to go. Holly (Jennifer Lopez) and her husband Alex (Rodrigo Santoro) have been trying for a long time to have a baby. Young love is in the air when Rosie (Anna Kendrick) and Marco (Chace Crawford) hook up one night and yep you guessed it, she gets pregnant. All done! And I was almost at that point after going through all the introductions in the movie.

Oops, sorry, I forgot about the group of dads led by Chris Rock that meet once a week in the park with their kids and share past sto-

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ries when they were their own men. You can tell the dads love their kids but after a couple of rounds in the park you aren’t interested anymore. The funniest person in the film (and this is so sad to say) is Jordan, Chris Rocks little boy who is so clumsy he gets his foot stuck in the soccer net, falls constantly but has such a great attitude about it.

The film doesn’t get interesting until the ladies start giving birth and the various situations surrounding having children come into play. Only then did I put the popcorn down and pay real attention to the couples and how they relate to one another and the reality of bringing a life into this world. The laughs and tears came in to play then. Not enough to advise you to spend the money to see this at the theater.

WAIT FOR THE DVD to see, What to Expect When You Are Expecting!

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WORLD OF MUSIC Stanleigh Jones to play first dedicatory organ recital at The Apostolic Church of God

By Barbara Wright-Pryor

By BarbaraWright-Pryor Stanleigh Jones will perform the first organ recital in dedication of the recently installed Rodgers grand organ at the Apostolic Church of God (ACOG), 6320 South Dorchester Avenue Sunday, June 10 at 4:00 pm.

Dr. Jones will perform works by J. S. Bach, Rachmaninoff, John Cook, Utterbach, Roger-Ducasse, Larson, G. Martin and Sowerby.

Joining Dr. Jones in the dedicatory recital are soloist Austin A. Layne (St. Louis, MO), ACOG pianist Edith Gwinn-Smith, the ACOG Brass Ensemble and the Sanctuary Choir.

Stanleigh Jones began formal piano studies at the age of 10 with the late Cloris Browne, former member and pianist of the Apostolic Church of God. He continued his studies until his graduation from Chicago’s Lindblom Technical High School.

It was during this time that Stanleigh found himself drawn to the organ. (His father had purchased an organ for the home and young Stanleigh found himself practicing his piano music on the organ for countless hours during which, in his own words, “the seeds of organ playing were planted.” This experience led him to his first position as a church organist at the age of 14.

Stanleigh Jones enrolled at Andrews University, Berrien Springs, Michigan as a biology pre-med major (with a minor in auto mechanics) but after being further exposed to the broad field of music went on to major in keyboard education, studying organ with Dr. C. Warren Becker and William Ness, and harpsichord with Dr. Hans-Jorgan Holman. After submitting an audition tape, Stanleigh Jones was chosen as one of six finalists from around the country to compete in the First Presbyterian National Or-

Dr. Stanleigh Jones gan Competition held in Ottumwa, Iowa in 1981.

Further studies were completed with internationally recognized organist and recording artist Wolf-

Joffrey Ballet Dancer Jeraldine Mendoza receives $50k Grant

gang Rubsam at the Northwestern University School of Music (now the Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music at Northwestern University), receiving his Master of Music Degree in 1984. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music Degree from Faith-Grant College, Birmingham, Alabama in 1993.

Stanleigh Jones has taught in both the private and public school systems in Chicago and has been recognized for his contributions to the field of music education with various awards, including: Teacher of the Year—Hales Franciscan High School (1998); Who’s Who Among American Teachers (1994); Dictionary of International Biography (1994); Who’s Who in American Education (1992 and 1993 editions); and finalist for the D.R.I.V. E. award—Chicago Public Schools (2003).

Dr. Jones has served as organist or Minister of Music for various

The Joffrey Ballet is pleased to announce that dancer Jeraldine Mendoza has received an award of $50,000 from the prestigious national Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund in the Performing and Visual Arts.

This marks the first time that the Annenberg Fellowship grant has been given to a performing artist in Chicago since the grant’s inception in 2008.

The Annenberg Fellowship makes investments in a limited number of exceptionally talented young artists as they begin their professional lives and the grants may be used by the artists to meet their artistic needs as well as the practical needs of their professional and personal lives.

“The Joffrey is honored to have one of its dancers recognized as Chicago’s first performing artist to receive the prestigious Annenberg Fellowship,” said Joffrey Executive Director Christopher Clinton Conway. “This generous gift will allow our artists economic freedom as they hone and grow their craft. This is a gift not only to them and to our company, but also to our audiences as they watch our dancers blossom and prosper.”

“To have received such recognition in my first year at The Joffrey Ballet is a true honor,” said Mendoza. “There are many once-in-a-lifetime opportunities as a Joffrey dancer and this is certainly one of them.”

Jeraldine Mendoza, from San Francisco, California, trained at the City Ballet School of San Francisco since the age of five, mainly under the artistic direction of Galina Alexandrova.

She received full merit scholarship to the School of American Ballet’s Sum-

mer Session in 2009 at age 17, and was selected by Helgi Tomasson to become a trainee at San Francisco Ballet that year as well. She was the first American female invited to graduate in the Russian course at the prestigious Bolshoi Ballet Academy (now known as Moscow State Academy of Choreography) and graduated with honors.

Mendoza later won first place at the Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) San Francisco Regional Semi-Finals in 2011. Her lead roles include Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Odette in Swan Lake, The Dying Swan in Carnival of the Animals, Odalisque in Le Corsaire, and various principal roles in new ballets made by choreographer Yuri Zhukov. She joined The Joffrey Ballet in 2011.

Structured in three separate program funds – The Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund in the Performing and Visual Arts, the Leonore Annenberg College Scholarship Fund, and the Leonore Annenberg School Fund for Children – the grants are a project of

the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania. The grants are named in honor of the late Leonore Annenberg, Chief of Protocol in the administration of President Ronald Reagan and wife of the late Ambassador Walter H. Annenberg.

Mrs. Annenberg established the grants to support lifelong commitment to the arts, fostered by her desire to provide opportunities for artistic growth and her intention to strengthen American cultural life.

To be eligible for the grant, established artists and American arts institutions identify and recommend candidates to an Annenberg Fellowship Selection Council, which makes the final decisions. Up to ten Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellows are selected each year. Other recipients of this year’s Leonore Annenberg Fellowships in the Performing and Visual Arts, whose combined grants total nearly $1 million, include: Tenor Paul Appleby (Metropolitan Opera), actor Eric Berryman (Carnegie Mellon School of Drama), actor Austin Durant (Lincoln Center Theater), soprano Devon Guthrie (The Julliard School), pianist Sullivan Fortner, Jr. (Oberlin Conservatory of Music), Baritone Alex Lawrence (Glimmerglass Opera), actor Bryce Pinkham (Yale School of Drama), violinist Michelle Ross (The Perlman Music Program), and ballet dancer Eric Tamm (American Ballet Theatre).

For more information on the Leonore Annenberg Fellowship please visit www.annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org and for more information on The Joffrey Ballet visit joffrey.org.

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churches and denominations, including: St. Paul Episcopal (St. Joseph, MI), Three Oaks Methodist (Three Oaks, MI), Sharon Seventh-Day Adventist Church. (Milwaukee, WI), Tabor Lutheran, St. Mary’s A.M.E., St. Joachim Roman Catholic and Shiloh Seventh-Day Adventist in Chicago. Dr. Jones has written several works including Give Ear to My Prayer, which is being published by GIA Publications and Darkest Night.

Stanleigh Jones is principal organist at the Apostolic Church of God. H. Chip Johnson is Music Director, Mrs. E. Isabelle Brazier if Fine Arts Moderator, and Dr. Byron T. Brazier is Pastor. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.

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SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING Reverend Jenkins’ tour brings him to Chicago June 6-11 Rev. Charles Jenkins, who has won critical acclaim as a songwriter and recording artist, launched a promotional tour that takes him across the country over the next two months.

One of the highlights of the tour includes a CD release party at the House of Blues June 11.

The party features Karen Clark Sheard and Bishop Paul S. Morton – both appear on the CD. Jenkins is the senior pastor of Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church. The church released 25 albums during the tenure of Jenkins’ predecessor the Reverend

Reverend Charles Jenkins

Clay Evans.

Jenkins said he believes “that music can be the basis of an urban Christian movement that attracts people in ways that many traditional mediums cannot.

There are opportunities to create amazing music and to create a meaningful movement around that music. For us, this is not just a CD, it is a movement for God.” Jenkins’ praise and worship anthem “Awesome” is currently the No. 1 best selling Christian/Gospel song on Amazon and #10 on iTunes Top 200 Christian/Gospel chart. The single moves to

#8 on Billboard’s hot Gospel Songs chart. Jenkins’ “The Best of Both Worlds” will be in stores and online June 12.

He records under the Inspired People/EMI Gospel label. Inspired People recently signed an exclusive worldwide distribution agreement.

The tour, which runs through August 4, will make stops in Atlanta, Philadelphia, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Houston, and Baltimore.

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Gamut of topics covered in South Shore law summit The South Shore United Methodist Law ministry will host an important law summit from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. at the church, 7350 S. Jeffery Boulevard; the summit is Saturday, June 2.

Topics will include teen violence, family law, credit education, domestic violence, and sex trafficking. Masah S. SamForay, Esq., is Summit Chairperson.

Attorney SamForay received her Juris Doctorate from Indiana University School of Law at Bloomington and is a partner at

Masah S. SamForay, Esq.,

Lakeside Law Group, LLP, where she specializes in the domestic relations practice area and has won notable case victories.

Before forming the Lakeside partnership, she was an attorney at the Law Offices of Jeffery M. Leving, Ltd., prior to which she worked as an assistant state’s attorney in Will County, Illinois.

SamForay and Lisa I. McLeod of Lakeside Law Group, LLP, will present Family Law Overview and discuss issues including child support, custody, contributions

to college and other topics in family law. They will also conduct a session on domestic violence/abuse, including signs of abuse and remedies for victims/witnesses.

Attorney Neville Reid of Fox, Hefter, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP, will present Credit Educa-

tion - avoiding pitfalls of building bad credit.

Juvenile/Criminal Justice –Sex Trafficking will be addressed by guest speakers from the Chicago Police Department and Office of the Cook County State’s Attorney.

Banquet and speakers usher in Trinity All Nations Church’s golden anniversary The leadership, members and friends from across the state will take time out from Trinity All Nations Church’s usual community outreach to celebrate the Church’s 50th anniversary this weekend. Activities include a fashion show as well as participation by Greater Harvest Valley Church, Kingdom Ministries, and Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church.

Pastor Larry Roberts, Sr. said the weekend’s festivities begin with a banquet at the Upper Room, Friday at 1950 W. 13th St. He added that the church, founded by the late Dr. Evelyn Davis, has been rooted in community involvement since its founding in 1962. Trinity All Nations holds the record for the most weapons collected during the city’s gun turn-in program.

The church has a partnership with the Boys & Girls Club, Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Police Department.

“We adopted two schools – Wendell E. Green Elementary School and Percy L. Julian High School – in which we have provided an alternative out of school suspension program though our CAAD (Changing Attitudes, Agendas, Actions and Directions)

model “Making of a Champion.”

Roberts added the church also host an annual “stop the Violence Youth Jam.” In June 2000, former Mayor Richard M. Daley proclaimed Dr. Larry E. Roberts Day. Roberts noted the church will continue its commitment to greater outreach and continue to work to meet many of the unmet needs of community schools, families, businesses and neighborhood youth. Trinity All Nations is at 9600 South Vincennes in Chicago.

Roberts has served as pastor since November 2002. He had been the church’s minister of mu-

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Pastor Larry Roberts, Sr. sic. During his tenure in that role, he worked with several renowned Gospel artists including the Rev. James Cleveland; Albertina Walker; the Caravans; the O’Neal Twins; and the Rev. Milton Brunson among others.

His motto for the church “We have a new attitude, new direction and a new vision.”

Roberts is a graduate of the Trinity All Nations Church Bible School, and attended Moody Bible Institute. He is married to Evangelist Darlene Roberts. They will celebrate their 40th anniversary on June 10. The couple have two children – Larry, Jr. and daughter Tramaine.

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HEALTH

Homeopathic cure is safe for many injuries, all ages Athletes, such as basketball and soccer players, often hurt their knees, ankles and feet when playing ball. In most cases the injury is temporary but in other cases it could require surgery to correct.

But you do not have to be an athlete to suffer from pain and when this type of pain does occur, Dr. Galina Podolski, a podiatrist and owner of the European Foot and Ankle Clinic in Chicago, strongly recommends Traumeel.

Her recommendation comes in part because Traumeel is a homeopathic remedy from Europe and has been used exclusively by the European Foot and Ankle Clinic, a pioneer in the use of Traumeel, for the last 12 years. The medicine comes in pills, cream and injections. And unlike steroids Traumeel does not have side affects and can help with painful episodes of Gouty arthritis especially when gouty cristals deposit in the joint, which can feel like broken glass.

Only Traumeel can dissolve those cristals immediately and save a patient recovery time.

And the treatment is cost effective as well.

“First and foremost, this treatment is covered by most insurance companies and is highly effective in eliminating pain from an injury,” said Dr. Polodsky. “We offer Traumeel treatment at our clinics by injections, cream or pills.”

She added that Traumeel has been used to help people recover from sprained joints, strained or pulled muscles, bruises, nerve pain, swelling, post-surgical pain and to speed wound healing.

This amazing homeopathic product is made from all natural ingredients that quickly relieve pain and bruising and speeds up healing after an accident, injury or surgery. It also reduces inflammation and is safe to use on animals.

And it is very easy to use. Just rub a small amount of the product on

the affected area. Most people notice relief in five to 10 minutes.

Traumeel is safe to use and does not interact with other medications nor does it have side effects largely because it is made from natural ingredients.

The medication can be used on all age groups including babies with complete safety and confidence.

The European Foot and Ankle Clinic has 10 locations, including its newest location at 1471 E. 67th St. Other locations include those on Chicago’s south, west and north sides as well as an office in Oak Lawn, Schaumburg and downtown at 1440 S. Michigan Ave.

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To find the closest location to you or to make an appointment, please call 773-684-8000. You can also visit the clinic’s website at www.europeanfootandankle.com.

A HOMEOPATHIC CURE that treats a variety of lower extremity injuries is safe for all ages. Traumeel has been used in Europe for several years and is available locally at the European Foot and Ankle Clinic.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Continued from page 4) source ever since the tax rate was nearly doubled to 98 cents in 2002 and is a bad match to a program with escalating costs.

Furthermore, after raising the state’s personal income and corporate tax last year, legislators should focus on policies that help businesses be successful, especially small businesses. A cigarette tax hike of this magnitude would further harm business as Illinois retailers would simply lose sales to cheaper alternatives across state borders, to increasingly popular roll-your-own shops, or to the internet, all of which also cost the state revenue.

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce supports long-term solutions for the problems facing the state’s Medicaid program. To address the program’s escalating costs and yearover-year deficits, more savings could be found by focusing on coordination of care and program eligibility for example. These types of reforms have proven successful in other states and when enacted in Illinois will provide real long-term cost savings.

Now is not the time for more tax increases on Illinois businesses and families. Now is the time to enact real long-term reforms to our state’s Medicaid program before the problem gets worse.

Todd Maisch Vice President Government Affairs Illinois Chamber of Commerce 16

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So You’re an Entrepreneur…

(Cont. from page 9) business development. In fact, this led to a full-time employment opportunity with the NAACP Community Development Resource Center in Richmond, Va., where I was able to pursue my passion for helping individuals and families achieve financial success.

Some of the best advice I ever received was to make sure I never comingle my personal and business finances.

When you’re just getting started, it’s typical to use your personal accounts for business expenses. However, establishing accounts in the name of your business creates a clearer financial picture, allowing you to more easily track and manage business expenses. It also helps lenders and investors when making decisions regarding financing and investments.

Last but certainly not least, make it official. African Americans are infamous for “side hustles,” and finding ways to earn extra income beyond your regular nineto-five is generally encouraged. If you find yourself with a profitable business venture that is marketable and has the potential for long-term success, go ahead and file the appropriate paperwork to legally establish

your business. This could create opportunities to grow your business and increase revenue by providing access to bank and government financing options, as well as other resources.

Long story short, over several years my business grew to serve over 100 clients and I was able to sell it and move on to other career aspirations. I know that this success came from careful planning and management and a willingness to seek advice. I also gained quite a few gems of wisdom as a small business owner that continue to benefit me today: • Good service breaks down barriers.

• Follow through on what you promise.

• Deliver your best.

• Network and seek guidance – no matter how much you think you know, there is always something new to learn.

• Regardless of whether you work for a company or are self-employed, leverage the skills you have to capitalize on opportunities.

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This article has been prepared for informational purposes only. The accuracy and completeness of this information is not guaranteed and is subject to change.

Since each individual’s financial situation is unique, you need to review your financial objectives to determine which approaches might work best for you.

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

RICHARD L. DUFFIE, LILLIE R. DUFFIE D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 35416 7630 SOUTH HERMITAGE AVENUE Chicago, IL 60620 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 28, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 29, 2012, 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 7630 SOUTH HERMITAGE AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60620 Property Index No. 20-30-416-031-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $123,827.85.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, or a unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR Blacks Must control their own coMMunity (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: Anthony Porto, FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC , 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (866) 402-8661 For bidding instructions, call 630-453-6713 24 hours prior to sale.

Please refer to file number F11100027.

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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).

In accordance with 735 ILCS 5/15-1507(c)(1)(h-1) and (h-2), 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(5), and 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1), you are hereby notified that the purchaser of the property, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and legal fees required by subsections (g)(1) and (g)(4) of section 9 and the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of section 18.5 of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN OF POSSESSION, IN ORDER ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: Anthony Porto, FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC , 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (866) 402-8661 For bidding instructions, call 630-453-6713 24 hours prior to sale.

Please refer to file number F11100027.

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.

FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (866) 402-8661 Attorney File No.: F11100027 ARDC# 3126232 Attorney Code. 26122 Case # 11 CH 35416 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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POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF IN ACCORDANCE POSSESSION, WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1017842. 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.: PA1017842 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 28645 I437846

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

ADEEL SIDDIQUI D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 33588 5933 SOUTH NORMAL BOULEVARD CHICAGO, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 2, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 5, 2012, 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 5933 SOUTH NORMAL BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-305-013-0000. The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence with a detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the required by The assessments Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1119441. 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.: PA1119441 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 33588 I436582

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS LP SERVICING P l a i n t i f f , v .

HERIBERTO SANTOS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SANTOS, IF ANY, HERIBERTO OWNERS AND UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS NON-RECORD D e f e n d a n t s CH 28645 10 523 WEST ENGLEWOOD AVE Chicago, 60621 IL 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, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 10, 2012, 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 523 WEST ENGLEWOOD AVE, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-325-010-0000.

The real estate is improved with a brick 2 unit; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a COUNTY, ILLINOIS condominium unit which is part of a COUNTY DEPARTMENT common interest community, the purchaser CHANCERY DIVISION of the unit at the foreclosure sale other US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS than a mortgagee shall pay the TRUSTEE FOR assessments required by The THE HOLDERS OF MASTR ASSET Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS BACKED SECURITIES 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE TRUST 2005-WF1; Plaintiff, v s .

MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN ENOLA GREENE, POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER IF ANY UNKNOWN OWNERS AND ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF NONRECORD CLAIMANTS POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE D e f e n d a n t s , WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE 10 CH 45155 ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that LAW. For information: Visit our website at pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours entered in the above entitled cause on of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, March 27, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Corporation will on Friday, June 29, 2012, Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to West Madison Street, Suite 718A, file number PA1017842. THE JUDICIAL Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder SALES CORPORATION One South for cash, the following described property: Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL P.I.N. 20-22-411-014-0000.

60606-4650 (312) 236-SALESaturday, You can also JuneCommonly 2, 2012 known as 6833 SOUTH CHAMPLAIN AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at 6 0 6 3 7 . www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of The mortgaged real estate is improved pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES with a single family residence. If the One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 common interest community, the purchaser Attorney File No.: PA1017842 Attorney of the unit other than a mortgagee shall Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 28645 pay the assessments required by I437846 subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

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IF ANY UNKNOWN OWNERS AND CLAIMANTS NONRECORD D e f e n d a n t s , 10 CH 45155 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on March 27, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, June 29, 2012, 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. 20-22-411-014-0000.

Commonly known as 6833 SOUTH CHAMPLAIN AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 0 6 3 7 .

6 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after 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 9 4 9 .

1 0 2 6 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I436207

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

BRADY SPANGLER AKA BRADY S. SPANGLER, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s CH 19035 11 652 WEST MARQUETTE ROAD CHICAGO, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 29, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 3, 2012, 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 652 WEST MARQUETTE ROAD, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-21-125-041-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family frame home; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the fee for Abandoned Judicial sale Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1110621. 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.: PA1110621 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 19035 I435479

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION AURORA LOAN SERVICES, L L C .

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DESMOND SMITH, TERRI SMITH, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC., CITY OF C H I C A G O D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 12185 7051-53 SOUTH INDIANA AVENUE Chicago, IL 60637 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 28, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 2, 2012, 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 7051-53 SOUTH INDIANA AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-323-021-0000. The real estate is improved with a brick 4 or more unit; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1101043. 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.: PA1101043 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 12185 I435377

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

JEFFREY JOHNSON AKA JEFF JOHNSON; DREXEL COURT TOWNHOME ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JEFFREY JOHNSON, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 09 CH 29073 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 7, 2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 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 p r o p e r t y : P.I.N. 20-14-314-042-0000.

Commonly known as 907 EAST 62ND 18 STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at

OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 09 CH 29073 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on September 7, 2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 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 p r o p e r t y : P.I.N. 20-14-314-042-0000.

Commonly known as 907 EAST 62ND STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the condominium Property Act Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 9 1 4 7 9 3 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I434555 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION URBAN PARTNERSHIP BANK, AS ASSIGNEE OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE C O R P O R A T I O N RECEIVER FOR SHOREBANK; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED NOVEMBER 8, 2007 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 8002348660; LENNEL SIMMONS; EDWIN J. ERVIN; MOHAMMAD ABED DBA B & B GROCERY STORE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 11 CH 32392 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on April 24, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, June 18, 2012, 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 369-81 East 69th Street/6902 South King Drive, Chicago, IL 6 0 6 3 7 .

P.I.N. 20-22-319-025-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is a commercial building.

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

For information call Ms. Kara Allen at Plaintiff's Attorney, Chuhak & Tecson, P.C., 30 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

(312) 444-9300.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I434543

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL C O R P O R A T I O N ; P l a i n t i f f , s . v RUTH BYBEE AKA RUTH WEATHERSBY, DECEASED; UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW AND LEGATEES OF RUTH BYBEE AKA RUTH WEATHERSBY; NHS REDEVELOPMENT CORP. DOC. #1006434043; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 11 CH 43412 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 3, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, June 26, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in its office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: Commonly known as 5819 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL. P.I.N. 20-15-120-005-0000.

The property consists of vacant land.

Sale terms: 10% of the purchase price will be required to bid at the sale. The balance of the purchase price required by 12:00 p.m. the following day.

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

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the s a l e .

For information call City of Chicago Corporation Counsel/Collection and Ownership Litigation Division, 33 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 742-0007.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I436126

Saturday, June 2, 2012

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION 2010-3 SFR VENTURE, LLC P l a i n t i f f , v .

MICHAEL GRANICZNY A/K/A MICHAEL I. GRANICZNY D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 039008 6943 S. WABASH AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60637 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 13, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 15, 2012, 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 6943 S. WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-313-017. 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 14-11-35988. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-9876 Attorney File No.: 14-11-35988 ARDC# 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case # 11 CH 039008 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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HOUSES FOR SALE F 1 1 0 7 0 3 3 8 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 .

ONI MAPP; WASHINGTON PARK C O N D O M I N I U M ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD C L A I M A N T S D e f e n d a n t s , 11 CH 28893 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 15, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, June 18, 2012 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. 20-10-306-010-0000 (old); 20-10-306-013-0000 (old); 20-10-306-014-0000 (old); 20-10-306-015-0000 (old); 20-10-306-016-0000 (old); 20-10-306-069-1009 (new); 20-10-306-069-1021 (new).

Commonly known as 5140 South King Drive, Unit 1D, Chicago IL 60637.

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 Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff's Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 983-0770. For Bidding instructions call (630) 453-6713 24 hours prior to sale.

F 1 1 0 7 0 3 3 8 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I434533

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-FF5, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2 0 0 6 - F F 5 P l a i n t i f f , v s .

CAROLE D. JAKES; LASHAWN B. JAKES; BLACKSTONE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CAROLE D. JAKES, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF LASHAWN B. JAKES, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 11 CH 26146 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 19, 2011 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, June 18, 2012 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. 20-14-417-023-0000.

Commonly known as 1454 East 63rd Street, Chicago, IL 60637.

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

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W11-1295.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I434531

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY ILLINOIS COUNTY, CHANCERY DEPARTMENT DIVISION REVERSE MORTGAGE INC SOLUTIONS, P l a i n t i f f , . v LILLIAN SCRUGGS A/K/A LILLIAN MAE SCRUGGS, JOEL M. THOMAS A/K/A JOEL MAURICE THOMAS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOSEPH UNKNOWN ANY, IF THOMAS, NON-RECORD AND OWNERS BUTCHER, CLAIMANTS, WILLIAM SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, GRACE ELIZABETH WRIGHT, JOSEPHINE ERVIN WILLIAM HAMILTON, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK KENDRICKS, MARGARET PALMER, COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY ERWIN CLIFFORD, CLEVELAND DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILLIAMS, CLARETTA JONES, RITA 2010-3 SFR VENTURE, LLC P l a i n t i f f , JOSEPH CULBREATH, RONTA v .

THOMAS, JR. A/K/A JOE THOMAS, JR. MICHAEL GRANICZNY A/K/A MICHAEL D e f e n d a n t s I. GRANICZNY 19600 CH 11 D e f e n d a n t s 8115 SOUTH JUSTINE STREET 11 CH 039008 60620 IL CHICAGO, 6943 S. WABASHBAVENUE CHICAGO, coMMunity ownPUBLIC their ust control lacks M NOTICE IS OF SALE NOTICE IL 60637 HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a in the above cause on March 23, 2012, an Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, in the above cause on March 13, 2012, an will at 10:30 AM on June 26, 2012, at the agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, The Judicial Sales Corporation, One will at 10:30 AM on June 15, 2012, at the South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor The Judicial Sales Corporation, One CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor auction to the highest bidder, as set forth CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public below, the following described real estate: auction to the highest bidder, as set forth Commonly known as 8115 SOUTH below, the following described real estate: JUSTINE STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60620 Commonly known as 6943 S. WABASH Property Index No. 20-32-117-005-0000.

AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property The real estate is improved with a brown Index No. 20-22-313-017. The real estate brick bungalow 1 story single family home; is improved with a residence. Sale terms: no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the 25% down of the highest bid by certified highest bid by certified funds at the close funds at the close of the auction; The of the auction; The balance, including the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for

BUTCHER, CLAIMANTS, WILLIAM SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, GRACE ELIZABETH WRIGHT, JOSEPHINE ERVIN WILLIAM HAMILTON, KENDRICKS, MARGARET PALMER, ERWIN CLIFFORD, CLEVELAND WILLIAMS, CLARETTA JONES, RITA JOSEPH CULBREATH, RONTA THOMAS, JR. A/K/A JOE THOMAS, JR. D e f e n d a n t s 19600 CH 11 8115 SOUTH JUSTINE STREET 60620 IL CHICAGO, NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 23, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 26, 2012, 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 8115 SOUTH JUSTINE STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60620 Property Index No. 20-32-117-005-0000.

The real estate is improved with a brown brick bungalow 1 story single family home; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the The by required assessments Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER OF ORDER AN OF ENTRY ACCORDANCE IN POSSESSION, WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1029682. 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.: PA1029682 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 19600 I433439 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP P l a i n t i f f , v .

DALLAS BELSER A/K/A DALLAS ANTWAN BELSER, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC., COURTYARD ON THE PARK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DALLAS BELSER, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD C L A I M A N T S D e f e n d a n t s 10 CH 28783 5944 SOUTH KING DRIVE UNIT 2E CHICAGO, IL 60637 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 22, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 26, 2012, 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 5944 SOUTH KING DRIVE UNIT 2E, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-15-305-035-1016.

The real estate is improved with a brick condominium; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied

Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 22, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 26, 2012, 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 5944 SOUTH KING DRIVE UNIT 2E, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-15-305-035-1016.

The real estate is improved with a brick condominium; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1015068. 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.: PA1015068 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 28783 I432801 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY O N D I V I S I BANK USA, NATIONAL HSBC ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF NOMURA HOME EQUITY HOME LOAN, INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2, f P l a i n t i f .

V HADDEN, ROBERT D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 23876 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 6937 SOUTH CALUMET AVE. CHICAGO, IL 60637 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 09-020457 (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 March 22, 2012, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on June 25, 2012, 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 6937 South Calumet Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 Permanent Index No.: 20-22-319-016 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $ 353,912.16.

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

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

For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, Attorney # 42168, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only.

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Three Bulldogs sign letters of intent to play for NCAA programs Three student-athletes from the South Suburban College Bulldogs Men’s Basketball Program signed letters of intent to play for four-year NCAA basketball programs last week.

Sultan Muhammad, a 6’1” guard from Grand Rapids, MI, and a current SSC graduate, signed a scholarship to play at the University of Wisconsin–Green Bay of the NCAA Division I Horizon League. Muhammad was a Region IV-A Co-Player of the Year and a 3rd Team AllAmerican. He averaged 15 points and 7.5 rebounds for SSC this past season.

“I believe SSC’s tradition of success and Coach Pigatti really prepared us for the next level,” said Muhammad. “I am looking forward to going up to Green Bay and helping Phoenix take the next step.”

Marcus Lewis, a 6’4” wing from Streamwood, IL, will graduate from SSC this summer before heading to Eastern Kentucky University, a NCAA Division I school that participates in the Ohio Valley Conference. Marcus averaged 14.5 points per game and 5 rebounds for the Bulldogs

this past season. He also ranked third nationally in steals per game with 3.5.

“I am very happy to be heading to Eastern Kentucky,” said Harris. “Their last NCAA Tournament appearance was in 2007,

and they have put together a great team that I look forward to helping get back to the tournament.”

DeAndre McCamey, a 6’1” guard from Bellwood, IL, and current SSC graduate signed a scholarship to play at Southern

Indiana University, one of the nation’s top Division II schools and a team that has won several National Championships. They participate in the toughest NCAA Division II league in the country–the Great Lakes Valley Con-

PICTURED FROM LEFT to right: Bulldogs Basketball stars Sultan Muhammad, DeAndre McCamey and Marcus Lewis signed letters of intent to play for major college programs last week.

ference. DeAndre averaged 10.5 points per game and dished out 3 assists this past season for the Bulldogs.

“I am excited for the opportunity to compete in the top conference in the country and can’t wait to get started,” said McCamey.

The 2012 Bulldogs finished 334 and 3rd in the Nation after their return to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament, and Head Coach John Pigatti was named to his 4th Regional Coach of the Year Award.

Coach Pigatti added, “I am very happy for all three of these young men. They did a great job for our basketball program this season and are now reaping the rewards of their hard work in the classroom, as well as on the basketball court. All three are going to play at some of the best universities in the country. All three universities have great basketball tradition and I know Sultan, Marcus, and DeAndre will represent South Suburban College in a 1st class manner. I am extremely excited for the three young men and I look forward to following the rest of their careers.

Golf has enormous benefits Get Golf Ready (GGR), now in its fourth year, is designed to bring adults into the game in a fast, fun, affordable manner. It targets the millions of adults in the United States who have never played golf or who have minimal experience in the game. GGR offers five lessons that concentrate on basic skills, instruction and information on the Rules of golf, etiquette and values. Participants will learn techniques regarding chipping and putting, full swing and bunker play, as well as the fundamental guidelines of use and maintenance of golf equipment, keeping score and navigating the course. Most facilities offer the program for an affordable $99, although price varies by facility. Currently, more than 2,600 facilities are certified to host GGR, including more than 700 facilities which are hosting for the first time. Consumers can learn more about the program and find a local participating facility at GetGolfReady.com.

• In 2011, more than 32,000 people participated in Get Golf Ready programs, an average of 41 students per facility – up from 32 in 2010.

• 98 percent said that the program met or exceeded their expectations.

• 60 percent were female • 28 percent were minority • 83 percent were new or lapsed golfers More than 66,800 students have participated in Get Golf Ready pro-

GOLF HAS ENORMOUS health benefits and the people at Get Ready Golf noted that many of their participants are new golfers. grams during the past three years. tinue to play golf - and lots of it. Of Get Golf Ready participants consist all GGR program graduates, exactly primarily of 83 percent new or for- 78 percent continue to play and mer golfers. Once they go through practice in their first year after comthe program, studies show they con- pleting the program, and 77 percent

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continue to play following the second year.

Following the completion of the program, a smooth transition into GGR graduate outings, and other free and low-cost programs offered at local facilities, is available. GGR has national support and collaboration from the entire golf industry, including the World Golf Foundation, The PGA of America and other leading national and state golf associations, organizations, manufacturers, media and companies.

Playing golf provides more than just a fun way to spend an afternoon;

it is an enjoyable way to improve overall health. While being outside and enjoying the sunshine and serene landscape, a golfer will have a healthier state of well-being. Playing a round of golf also burns calories and rejuvenates the mind through one of the best forms of moderate aerobic activity - walking. Researchers have found that walking 18-holes can meet the daily recommendation of 10,000 steps (five miles) per day and burn approximately 2,000 calories when carrying clubs.

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