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VOLUME LXX NUMBER 14—SATURDAY, JULY 31, 2010

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Council votes to bring third Wal-Mart store to Chicago

By J. Coyden Palmer This time there was less fanfare and no debate as the City Council approved by a vote of 41-4 to allow the construction of a new Wal-Mart store in the West Chatham community at 83rd and Stewart. That means the city will have three of the world’s largest retailer’s stores within the city limits. Last week Mayor Daley, along with Alderman Howard Brookins (21st) held a press conference at the proposed site saying it was needed for the residents of the community.

The Wal-Mart debate ended last month when the council approved a deal to build a store in neighboring Pullman. That store was approved after Wal-Mart agreed to pay higher wages to its employees. Brookins said he felt that was the turning point in getting a store built in his ward, something he has been trying to do for the past six years.

“I’m glad it’s over,” said an excited Brookins outside council chambers. “Every day, I woke up talking about Wal-Mart. Finally, we can start putting people to work in the 21st Ward.”

The four council members who voted against the plan were Ald. Toni Preckwinkle, Ald. Joe Moore, Ald. Ricardo Munoz and Ald. Gene Schulter. None of them explained their no votes or offered discussion

on the issue.

Brookins said there was no debate on the issue because the city has since changed its idea of Wal-Mart. He said six years ago the economy was different and people really had a problem with the way Wal-Mart did business. But with the company agreeing to pay workers $8.75 an hour, $.50 more than the state’s minimum wage, many people changed their tune. He added that with the people supporting the idea, his colleagues in the council who were afraid of the unions had something to fall back on.

“Clearly, the unions had a stranglehold on the Council. And there was a perception that the [Austin neighborhood around] store on the West Side was in much more desperate straits for economic development and job opportunities. But my community needs jobs, groceries, medicine and all of the other goods Wal-Mart offers. This is a good day for the 21st Ward.”

Although approved last, Brookins said the Wal-Mart store in his area will probably be up and running long before the one in Pullman. He said the site where the store will be built already has the infrastructure needed, seeing that it is on the site of the Chatham Market shopping mall. The market currently has only two stores; a Potbelly sandwich shop and a Lowe’s. The manager of the Potbelly’s told the Crusader he is excited about Wal-Mart

coming because it will generate more business for his store. He said his customers will probably come from Wal-Mart after

they shop, but many come by for lunch during their breaks from other businesses (Continued on page 2)

EXELON SENIOR VICE President Tom O’Neill, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, Chicago Department of Environment Commissioner Suzanne MalecMcKenna, Exelon CEO John Rowe and 34th Ward Alderman Carrie Austin (L-R) were on hand for the dedication of the Exelon City Solar power plant, Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood. The plant is the largest urban solar power plant in the nation.

Free Press targets poor Blacks and Women for Net Neutrality Campaign

By Dr. Yaounde Olu In a bid to ensure Net Neutrality, the Free Press has commissioned the Harmony Institute to develop a strategy that will target poor, rural African Americans in the South and women to increase support for a Net Neutrality (NN) strategy. Net Neutrality is basically the principle that all Internet traffic should be treated equally. In other words, everyone has access, and all platforms, content, and sites are treated equally. The opposite concept is a system wherein there would be limited or possibly “tiered” access. This could impact small businesses and other individuals without the economic wherewithal to access all sites.

According to the Free Press, the core sup-

porters of Net Neutrality are affluent whites, who, have easy access to broadband and understand the issues. Poor, rural African Americans and women, however, are the demographic that must be influenced in order to build a secure NN support base.

The Harmony Institute, a self-identified nonprofit organization committed to applying behavioral science to communications, in response to the Free Press’ commission, has produced a manual for the purpose of achieving these ends entitled Net Neutrality For the Win: How Entertainment and the Science of Influence Can Save Your Internet. This 40-page document identifies poor, rural African Americans and women as “persuadable” for Net Neutrality messaging, and lays out very specif-

ic strategies for accomplishing their end goal of manipulating this demographic.

The Free Press’ own National Poll on Internet Usage and Net Neutrality found that the general public gave generally favorable views regarding their service providers and the reliability and speed of their connection. Though this is the case, in order to move ahead with the strategy of

broadening the NN support base, they have offered a number of “what if” scenarios in order to shore up their position that the Internet needs “saving.” This is because support for NN depends upon the perception that there is a potential threat to a free Internet.

One of the strategies used in the manual (Continued on page 3)

INSIDE THIS ISSUE Let’s not rush to judgement on our friend and leader, Congressman Charlie Rangel (See story on page 2)

NEWS Mayor Daley and Exelon CEO dedicate nation’s largest Urban Solar Power Plant 34th Ward Alderman Carrie Austin, SunPower executives, government officials and community leaders on hand to announce the completion of the Exelon City Solar facility Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley joined Exelon Chairman and CEO John Rowe and other local dignitaries on Chicago’s South Side recently to dedicate Exelon City Solar, the nation’s largest urban solar power plant. Exelon transformed a 41-acre site in the West Pullman neighborhood from a former industrial brownfield property that had been vacant for more than 30 years into a source of clean, renewable energy – and pride for the community.

“I want to thank Exelon and SunPower for their vision and their commitment to Chicago. This project is a great example of the good things that happen when government and the private sector work together,” Daley said.

The $60 million project’s 32,292 solar photovoltaic panels convert the sun’s rays into more than 14,000 megawatt-hours of electricity per year – enough to meet the annual energy requirements of up to 1,500 average homes while generating zero carbon emissions.

Exelon Generation owns and operates the 10-megawatt plant and will market the electricity it generates.

“This state-of-the-art demonstra-

tion facility will give Exelon valuable insights into the solar market, deliver a real environmental benefit for Chicago by adding clean energy to the grid, and enhance the neighboring community by beautifying a brownfield and improving safety for local residents,” Rowe said.

Exelon City Solar supports Mayor Daley’s Chicago Climate Action Plan and efforts to create a lasting environmental legacy for the city’s residents. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s system for calculating emission savings, Exelon City Solar will displace approximately 31.2 million pounds of greenhouse gas emissions annually, equivalent to taking more than 2,500 cars off the road.

Exelon City Solar advances the company’s efforts to actively address climate change through Exelon 2020, an environmental and business strategy to reduce, offset or displace more than 15 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year by 2020. This is an amount greater than the company’s 2001 carbon footprint and equivalent to taking nearly 3 million cars off the road.

Construction on the site began in July 2009, with commercial operation commencing in December 2009 and final site work completed this month. SunPower Corp.

(Nasdaq: SPWRA, SPWRB), a manufacturer of high-efficiency solar cells, solar panels and solar systems, designed, manufactured

EXELON CEO JOHN ROWE addresses an audience of more than 100 at the dedication of the Exelon City Solar power plant, Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Chicago’s West Pullman neighborhood. Joining him were Exelon Power President Doyle Beneby, 34th Ward Alderman Carrie Austin and Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley (L-R). The plant is the largest urban solar power plant in the nation. and installed the system.

“SunPower solar plants are welcomed by our communities, including those on urban industrial sites like Exelon City Solar,” said SunPower Executive Vice President Julie Blunden. “With our high-efficiency, high-capacity factor solar technology, Exelon City Solar maximizes energy delivered to the grid throughout the day by using SunPower trackers. Today, SunPower’s solar photovoltaic technology can be implemented anywhere and at any scale – from rooftops to utility-

scale power plants.”

The project spurred local economic development as it created more than 200 construction jobs, with at least half of all work hours filled by Chicago residents. Additionally, approximately 44 percent of contractors working on the project were minority-owned businesses, and steel tubing and other construction materials were sourced from companies on Chicago’s South Side.

The speakers at the press conference were:

• Doyle Beneby, president, Exelon Power • Alderman Carrie Austin, 34th Ward, City of Chicago • Mayor Richard M. Daley, City of Chicago • John Rowe, chairman and CEO, Exelon Corporation • Julie Blunden, executive vice president for public policy and corporate communications, SunPower Corp.

• Larry Huggins, president and CEO, Riteway-Huggins Construction

Let’s not rush to judgement on our friend and leader Congressman Charlie Rangel

By Danny J. Bakewell, Sr.

million in lawyer fees and that these fees will continue as negotiations continue for a possible settlement or September trial.

We, of the NNPA, are willing to join others in establishing a fund for Mr. Rangel to do what he needs to do to reclaim his good name and reputation and continue his indispensible legislative leadership in the U.S. Congress.

His brilliance and effectiveness as a congressional legislator is known by our enemies and poses a serious threat to their strategies of obstruction and returning to

At the June National Newspaper Publishers Association’s (NNPA) convention in New York City, the Black Press of America was proud to present a special Eagle Award to New York Congressman Charles Rangel.

We presented the award to Mr. Rangel in recognition of his more than four decades of dedicated leadership and extraordinary public service to his country as a most effective and productive member of the U.S. Congress.

Mr. Rangel has been a political pioneer. He has been one of our heroes. A veteran of the Korean War, he was the first African American to serve on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee and made history by becoming the first of his race to serve as chairman of the committee.

As I was calling Washington on Thursday, July 22, to arrange a return call to Mr. Rangel, it was the exact moment of the House Ethics Committee announcing its report on pending charges

against the Harlem Congressman. This, indeed, was a touch of irony.

Of course, we know that one of the most important principles of America’s democracy is due process, that a person is innocent of any charges until all the facts are in and that person is either proven guilty or acquitted of the charges.

This due process must be respected in the ethics charges against Mr. Rangel. He has admitted some mistakes, but we

need not rush to judgment as was in the flagrant case involving Shirley Sherrod.

What should be clear to Black leadership and concerned and caring Black citizens, especially those who know and deeply appreciate the impeccable character and integrity of Charles Rangel, the man, the husband, and the public servant, is our need to respond in a supportive, substantive way.

We have read the media reports that he has spent more than $2

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Congressman Charles Rangel

what was the status quo.

We need his leadership now more than ever as fringe racial elements emerge and the Black middle class, along with its equity built up over the years, is being destroyed by a confluence of an economic recession, depression level unemployment, and the home foreclosure crisis. This is a survival fight that American Americans cannot afford to lose.

And we need the savvy leadership of Congressman Charlie Rangel in his congressional post fighting for our interests.

Council votes to . . .

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Residents also are happy about Wal-Mart coming. They say knowing they can walk to the new store will make things easier for them although there will be an increase in traffic.

“I think the store coming to our community will do more good than bad,” said Arielle Berkman,

who lives two blocks from Chatham Market. “I mean right now there really isn’t a lot of business going on over there. The two stores they have are doing great but that property can handle a lot more businesses. I think with Wal-Mart coming, all the other offices that they haven’t been able to lease for months will be filled up pretty quick.”

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NEWS Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich case in hands of jury

By J. Coyden Palmer After weeks of testimony, media statements, grandstanding attorneys and just plain strangeness, the jury has begun deliberating the plight of former Governor Rod Blagojevich and his brother Rob on corruption charges. Jurors were being instructed

by Federal Judge James Zagel at Crusader press time. Blagojevich and his brother are charged with among other things, trying to sell the U.S. Senate seat of President Barrack Obama.

The jury of 12 is divided equally among gender lines and there are three African Americans on the jury.

Blagojevich and his wife Patti showed up at the Dirksen Federal Building all smiles Wednesday morning. This time the eccentric couple did not bring along their two daughters, who had attended the previous two days. Many critics said

the Blagojeviches brought their children only to try to score points with the jury. Defense Attorney Sam Adam Jr. denied that claim. He told jurors his client should be freed because prosecutors never proved anything illegal took place. Adam called Blagojevich “silly” and an “ineffective chief executive” who could not plan the elaborate schemes the government is claiming.

“He’s got absolutely horrible judgment in people,” Adam Jr. said. “As much as I like him, and as much as he’s loved around the world, this is a man who considered appointing Oprah Winfrey [to the U.S. Senate].

No one’s going to say he’s the sharpest knife in the drawer.”

Blagojevich is being charged with 24 counts of misusing his powers as governor to extort campaign contributions from those seeking legislation, appointments or other favors.

He has denied every charge and said

he was unfairly impeached from office because he was only trying to work for the people of Illinois. But the undercover wiretaps from the FBI played by prosecutors during the trial paint a different Blagojevich, one who seemed to despise voters. “(I gave) your grandmother a free (expletive) ride on a bus. And what do I get for that? Only 13 percent of you all out there think I’m doing a good job,” said Blagojevich steaming mad about a poll that showed only 13 percent of voters approved of the job he was doing. “So (expletive) all of you!”

The tapes also allowed jurors to hear Blagojevich discussing how the appointment of a new senator could benefit his political career. Prosecutors alleged that Blagojevich was hoping to parlay the senate appointment into a job with the Obama administration as an ambassador.

Rod Blagojevich “I’ve got this thing and it’s golden.

And I, I’m just not giving it up for nothing. I can always use it and parachute me there. I talked to Fred about that. You know, there’s life after that if I do it.”

Blagojevich said he also considered appointing himself as senator, serving out the remainder of Obama’s

six-year term and then seeking reelection. Prosecutors said Blagojevich and his wife were facing serious money problems. Federal agents testified that Blagojevich and his wife Patti were at least $200,000 in consumer debt when he was arrested in December 2008.

“I’m stuck,” Blagojevich said, his voice rising. “The whole world is passing me by and I’m stuck in the job of governor. I’ve got to figure out a way to take some financial stress off my family. I can’t afford college for my daughter.”

Ever since his arrest Blagojevich claimed he was going to take the stand during his trial. But last week that changed as his defense attorneys said there was no need for their client to take the stand because prosecutors had not proved anything during their presentation. They felt their client taking the stand would only hurt his chances of acquittal.

Free Press targets poor Blacks and Women for Net Neutrality Campaign references, offers evaluation methods which include a series of questions for survey development, and concludes, “The key questions asked while assessing the impact of entertainment on audiences will help improve the methods entertainment creators and educators use to support social concerns like NN. Building upon previous work, these studies can contribute to a greater understanding of how people understand and why they take

to provoke a response among the target demographic is the use of inflammatory images. A cartoon that brings up painful memories of Jim Crow in the South is offered for this purpose. It depicts two water fountains representing the “fountain network”; one is big and elaborate with sparkly stars representing quality and is labelled “premium users,” while the other very small one, connected to it with leaky pipes encrusted with spider webs, is labelled “everyone else.”

The Free Press has concluded that the best method of persuasion is behavioral science models that rely on psychological techniques, entertainment, and fictionalized storytelling instead of hard data, information, or real education. The model embeds messages into popular culture.

They conclude that... “Understanding the audience helps communicators select the most appropriate behavioral science models to employ. It also helps determine the preferred media channels (mobile phone, Internet, television, film, print) for transmitting the message to a specific audience.” (Net Neutrality For the Win: How Entertainment and the Science of Influence Can Save Your Internet, p. 28). It continues...“The long term persuasive power of narrative resides in its ‘sleeper effect,’ i.e., the impact of an idea increases over time when the one discounting cue, that the source of information is a fictional account, is forgotten.”

(Net Neutrality For the Win: How Entertainment and the Science of Influence Can Save Your Internet, p.31).

Though a good deal of time and

attention has been devoted to manipulating would-be supporters in the document, nowhere are there plans for a campaign to ensure that the targeted population of poor, rural African Americans and women have equal access to Internet service.

Prominent members of the African American community have expressed serious concerns about the strategy laid out in the Free Press document. Shirley Franklin, a former mayor of Atlanta, offered the following observation, “It troubles me that an organization would target women, African Americans and other minorities on an issue of such importance as universal broadband services without basing their advocacy on access, affordability and relevance.” Julius Hollis, Chairman and founder of the Alliance for Digital Equality (www.alliancefordigitalequality.org), an organization whose mission is to ensure accessible and affordable broadband to the underserved and un-served, particularly to communities of color, also weighed in on the issue. He stated, “I am extremely disappointed in the Free Press, not only in its policies and tactics that they are attempting deploy in their strategy paper, but equally disturbing are its attempts to portray the African American and Latino consumers as expendable in their efforts to promote Net Neutrality. In my opinion, this is going back to the tactics that were used in the Jim Crow era by segregationists. It’s no better than what was used in the Willie Horton playbook by Lee Atwater who, upon his deathbed, asked for forgiveness for using such political behavior tactics.”

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action on an issue. Such insights have the capacity to transform the advocacy world as a whole.

(Net Neutrality For the Win: How Entertainment and the Science of Influence Can Save Your Internet, P. 35).

Danny J. Bakewell, Sr., Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA), is taking the lead on fighting the Free Press’s NN strategy. He stated, “... I am outraged. And you should be too. I urge you to get

out in your community and tell your friends, tell your neighbors, and tell those you meet at church and other groups about this appalling report. Most importantly, call and email Free Press and tell them you need a broadband connection to your house, not a subliminal message beamed into your subconscious.”

The full document is available to the public online at harmonyinstitute.org/ftw.

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EDITORIAL SHIRLEY SHERROD AND PANIC IN THE WHITE HOUSE The political climate in the United States for incumbents and wanna-be’s is precarious, or downright hazardous these days. The Obama administration is bearing a disproportionate brunt of all political maneuverings, seemingly resulting in a type of low-grade, ongoing panic. Because of this, President Obama and his political cohorts are always walking on eggshells, since whatever occurs during his tenure will be exaggerated and/or attacked. This tendency to be overly cautious and jumpy may be why two high profile, female, African American public servants have been kicked to the curb during the first 6 months of his administration.

The first casualty is related to the debacle wherein an uninvited couple showed up at a White House function. According to those in the know, the White House social secretary, Desiree Rogers, had invisible fingers of blame pointed at her. Though she was not fired because of this mishap, people speculate that this was the reason that she resigned.

The most recent incident involving Ms. Shirley Sherrod, the former Georgia state director for rural development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is more egregious. Ms. Sherrod, an accomplished and dedicated public servant, was made to resign in a knee-jerk reaction resulting from comments taken out of context from a speech that she made.

Ms. Sherrod, whose father was murdered by White racists, recounts the story of how she had to overcome her own racism because of this and arrive at a point of being concerned about all poor citizens. Right wing bigots, eager to jump onto anything that can be used against the current administration, disingenuously misrepresented Ms. Sherrod and took her statements out of context. She was subsequently accused of racism and without due process, was asked to pull over to the side of the road and tender her resignation. She was not allowed to give her side of the story. In one fell swoop, the reputation of someone with a long and untarnished career was smeared without cause. Later, with egg on their faces when the facts were uncovered, the U.S.D.A. offered her job back.

We understand the pressure that could have resulted in this overreaction by an administration under fire, but we also feel that cooler heads should prevail in situations such as this. Making decisions and acting under pressure come with the job, and the best effort should be made at all times to ensure fairness, especially since it is evident that unscrupulous enemies are itching for any opportunity that will help them achieve their end of toppling the current administration.

Those responsible for castigating Ms. Sherrod before all of the facts were known should be made to apologize publicly.

More importantly, the Obama folks should adopt a cooler stance while resisting an urge to rush to judgment, looking at every situation with a jaundiced eye until all of the facts are in.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Juvenile Justice Reform Dear Editor: The appointment last week of a new state juvenile justice chief – a veteran of the state’s child welfare system – signals a new era in juvenile justice reform. Arthur Bishop is on record favoring a different treatment model for troubled youth that emphasizes rehabilitation and second chances.

That is good news, not only for the youth and their families, but for all Illinois citizens.

As president of the Illinois State Bar Association, I will work closely with our members to concentrate on the very important issue of juvenile justice reform. For too long, we have largely employed a system that has failed our youth, spending a staggering $100 million annually to lock them up in state correctional facilities or in detention centers while they await trial. It’s not working – for them or for us.

Fortunately, we are beginning to see a reversal of this past trend. Research from the MacArthur Foundation, a partner in our effort, shows that half or more of our youth sent to prison for lesser crimes return to our

communities after discharge from prison without rehabilitation having occurred. The last thing we want to happen is increased exposure of our youth to hardened criminals as their role models.

We already know what works.

Leaders in Illinois communities of all sizes, including lawyers, prosecutors and judges, have implemented alternative treatment options that are producing results.

During my presidency, many of our lawyer and judge members of the bar will focus on and celebrate the good work already underway.

In the process, we hope to raise further awareness of this timely issue.

The next few years will be crucial ones for juvenile justice reform.

We must all work together to ensure that all of our youth can fulfill their dreams and become, instead of a liability, an asset to our community.

Sincerely, Mark D. Hassakis Mount Vernon President, Illinois State Bar Association

WHAT’S WRONG WITH STEVEN A. SMITH?

sportscaster, has proven that he is also sightless. One missing positive trait is bad enough, but to combine and compile negative traits is intolerable.

Where has Steven Smith been?

Has he been living underground for the past 19 months? Has he seen an ophthalmologist lately?

His conduct makes one wonder why he is sightless. Ever since January 21, 2009, racism, racist’s (Continued on page 6)

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When Will Hillary Make Her Move?

By Harry Alford NNPA Columnist Common logic is that Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State and former First Lady, will once again run for the presidency in 2016. After all, that would follow current President Barack Obama assuming he will win another term in 2012. In 2012 Secretary Clin-

Harry C. Alford ton will be 65-years-old. That is significantly younger than the 69 she will be in 2016. Furthermore if President Obama fails in his reelection she would be facing a tough incumbent in 2016 and the

chances of losing become far greater than succeeding someone of your own party.

Make no mistake Secretary Clinton is a terribly competitive politician with ambition that exceeds the skies. Once decided she will relentlessly pursue the Presidency and her ever politically astute husband, former President Bill Clinton, will be right at her side along with an army of veterans from his former administration. Many of these veterans now work for the Obama administration but I am sure that many are growing wary of the very negative and nonproductive atmosphere right now. Given the signal many will be more than happy to jump ship. In fact, some may be laying acts of sabotage to push along this possibility.

President Obama is losing his base. The very strong independent segment of support is evaporating with each gaffe. The economy is not improving and may even dip once again. This alone will lose much of the independent block he enjoyed in election 2008. Hispanic voters are now less than excited about this presidency as nothing constructive in terms of their direct issues is happening. This group has

always been bi-partisan and has no problem going to the right if it appears that it is in their best interests.

Then there is the Black segment of voters who still unwaveringly support President Obama solely based on the 50 percent of Black blood in his body.

Ninety-six percent of Black voters still support President Obama even though they are getting very little for that support. One percent of the Stimulus Bill; remaining high incarcerations of young Blacks versus other groups; Black farmers are once again bamboozled; largesse programs that will bust our debt and continue to increase the deficit to the detriment of lower income citizens and on and on. Times have not improved for Blacks and sooner or later that support bubble is going to burst and the President’s unwavering Black loyalty will start to wither away.

If independents, Hispanics and Blacks start to leave the Obama camp the Democratic Party will become toast. This fall the House and Senate are up for grabs and who would have thought it. You more than likely will see some new Black congressional members who will be Republicans and this will

send a strong message. At the last Republican National Convention there were about 32 Black delegates. This season there were 37 Black candidates running for Congress. RNC Chairman Michael Steele has made that significant turnaround and offers an alternative to frustrated Blacks, i.e. capitalism.

The Clinton Administration was strong on outreach to Black Americans. There were key people who were always engaged in our communities. The Obama Administration is anything but Black. Yes the first Black President is basically doing a white thing at the White House – so odd. Recently, the debacle on Civil Rights Activist Shirley Sherrod who was disgraced for no reason and pummeled by the Obama Administration with false charges was an indication of the naiveté this administration has when it comes to blackness. It was awful the way they bludgeoned this fine Black woman from Georgia based on the lies of a right wing zealot. Don’t they consider the source on these matters? The Obama Administration seems to run from race as opposed to taking a leadership role.

Bill and Hillary are certainly analyzing all of this. Their blind ambition sooner or later is going to kick in and they are going to seize the moment to the detriment of Obama’s tenure. There is no feud like a family feud and it is starting to form. Hillary was on her way in 2008 until this young cocky mulatto from Illinois upset the stage. She still burns from that setback and will be ever relentless the next time she jumps in and she is going to jump in.

When will that be? Here is my guess: Hillary will announce her resignation from Secretary of State in the spring of 2011. She will announce her candidacy by June 2011 and will begin assembling an awesome army of supporters and donors to the detriment of the Obama camp. She will attempt to hurt Obama’s chances and hurt them real bad. Then she will pick up the democratic pieces and charge on. An opportunist will certainly seize a great opportunity.

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

Website: www.nationalbcc.org.

Email: halford@nationalbcc.org.

The NAACP’s Appalling Attack – and Retraction – on Shirley Sherrod

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist After hearing Minister Louis Farrakhan roundly denounced

by Black and Jewish leaders in 1984, purportedly for describing Judaism as a “gutter religion,” I called Farrakhan before writing a story for the Chicago Tribune. Farrakhan denied he had ever described Judaism as a gutter religion and offered up his life to anyone who could prove he had made such a comment.

He provided me with an audio tape of the speech in question.

Listening very closely, I realized that the Nation of Islam leader had called Judaism a “dirty religion,” not a gutter religion as had been widely reported. Of course, that didn’t make Jews feel any better.

Still, if you’re going to attack someone, at least get the facts straight. And that’s exactly what NAACP President Benjamin Jealous failed to do before unfairly criticizing Shirley Sherrod, who was fired by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack on the basis of a doctored tape of one of her speeches. Jealous didn’t merely join the parade of misinformed critics, he volunteered to serve as drum major.

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remarks or contacting her to see if reports about her speech were accurate, Jealous issued a stronglyworded statement denouncing Sherrod, the wife of legendary SNCC organizer Charles Sherrod. The statement was initially posted on the NAACP’s website, but later removed. However, I have a copy of the original statement because it was e-mailed to me and other journalists.

In the statement, distributed to reporters shortly before midnight on July 19, Jealous said: “We concur with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Vilsack in accepting the resignation of Shirley Sherrod for her remarks at a local NAACP Freedom Fund banquet. Racism is about the abuse of power. Sherrod had it in her position at the USDA. According to her remarks, she mistreated a white farmer in need of assistance because of his race. We are appalled by her actions, just as we are with abuses of power against farmers of color and female farmers.”

Jealous’ appalling comments didn’t stop there.

“Her actions were shameful,” he continued. “While she went on to explain in the story that she ultimately realized her mistake, as well as the common predicament of working people of all races, she gave no indication she had attempted to right the wrong she

George E. Curry had done to this man.”

If Jealous had viewed the videotape of the speech before commenting, he wouldn’t have made such a fool of himself and the NAACP. When Jealous did get around to seeing the tape, he issued another statement on July 20 saying Sherrod had been “unfairly maligned.” He stated: “…We have come to the conclusion we were snookered by Fox News and Tea Party Activist Andrew Breitbart into believing she had harmed white farmers because of racial bias.”

The NAACP was duped by Fox News and the Tea Party. That’s a sad commentary on the NAACP and the state of Black leadership.

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How could the nation’s oldest civil rights organization allow itself to be “snookered” by its avowed enemies? And if the president of the NAACP is that gullible, what else has he been snookered on?

Although he didn’t acknowledge that he was snookered, Secretary Vilsack offered to re-hire Sherrod, who has yet to decide whether she wants to return.

In her speech to the Douglas, Ga. NAACP 24 years ago, long before she became head of the Department of Agriculture’s rural development office in Georgia, Sherrod recalled the death of her father.

“It was 45 years ago today that my father’s funeral was held,” she said. “I was a young girl at the age of 17 when my father was murdered by a White man in Baker County. In Baker County, the murder of Black people occurred periodically and in every case the White men who murdered them were never punished. It was no different in my father’s case.

There were three witnesses to his murder but the grand jury refused to indict the White man who murdered him.”

Working for a non-profit group that aided farmers, Sherrod stated, “You know, for the first time I was faced with having to help a White farmer save his farm. He Saturday, July 31, 2010

took a long time talking but he was trying to show me he was superior. I knew what he was doing but he had come to me for help. What he didn’t know, while he was taking all that time trying to show me he was superior to me, I was trying to decide just how much help I was going to give him.”

In interviews with reporters, Roger and Eloise Spooner, the White couple at the center of the controversy, said Sherrod gave them enough help in the mid-1980s to save their family farm.

The point of Sherrod’s story was that she – like Whites – needed to move beyond racial prejudice.

She said, “...Working with him made me see that it’s really about those who have versus those who don’t, you know, and they could be Black, they could be White, they could be Hispanic. And it made me realize then that I needed to work to help poor people, those who don’t have access the way others have.”

Ben Jealous says the next time he is presented with information from right-wingers, “We will consider the source and be more deliberate in responding.”

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Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill

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HONORING THE LEGACY OF MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY

remarks, and racist’s symbols have permeated the air waves.

I am 80 years old and suffering from macular degeneration, an eye disease that afflicts the elderly, but the overt signs of racism have been pervasive, perpetual, pestilent, purulent and powerful, and I, with my less than perfect eyesight, have seen them.

Even in the latest stages of the presidential campaign, candidates indirectly or their surrogates directly encouraged, invited and incited racism and racial violence.

You don’t have to have a high IQ to understand what tea party advocates mean when they talk about “We want our country back.” That is pure, unadultered, raw racism. The truth be told, this is not their country. This country rightfully belongs to the Native Americans who were robbed of their land, their heritage, their culture and their population. When the right-wing nuts talk about the birthplace of President Obama, they need to check their genealogy. If all the ethnic groups returned to their native lands or lands of origin, then this country would once again be ruled by a people who believed in cooperating with nature and conservation. This would be a more beautiful land because it would be restored to its original, natural beauty. It would be a land of clean, clear breathable air; it would be a land with its natural resources intact; it would be a land where people killed animals only for personal survival and not for lust and greed; and it would be a safer land because there

liberation as a people.

Since the Paris Peace Conference, the founding of the League of Nations and the United Nations, several historic and precedent setting appeals, petitions, and complaints have been submitted to the international community speaking for African people in the United States. On December 10, 1918, the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) convened a mass meeting of more than 7,000 people in the Place Casino in New York to discuss and ratify nine “peace aims to the Allied Democracies of Europe and America, and to the people of democratic tendencies of the world” assembled at the Paris Peace Conference. Garvey and representatives also attended the founding meeting of the League of Nations in 1920.

It was in that spirit of the pioneering international work of Marcus Garvey and the UNIA on behalf of African people that the Durban 400, a delegation led by the December 12th Movement International Secretariat and the National Black United Front

(NBUF) traveled to Durban, South Africa in August 2001 for the United Nations World Conference Against Racism. It was at this conference that the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery were declared “Crimes Against Humanity and that Reparations are owed to African people.” It is in this context that African people’s demand for reparations continues. This serves as a tribute to the legacy of Marcus Garvey.

Marcus Garvey was born August 17, 1887 in St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica to Marcus and Sarah Garvey. Marcus Sr., his father, was a descendent of the Maroons. The Maroons were Africans who managed to escape slavery when they reached western shores by jumping from slave ships, or by fleeing slave plantations and establishing well fortified communities deep in the Jamaican interior. Garvey’s mother, Sarah was said to be of extraordinary beauty and possessed a gentle personality. She was also said to have been a deeply religious person.

Garvey left school at the age of 14 and became an apprentice printer in Kingston. He worked for a private company and eventually became a foreman. At the age of 20, in 1907, although he was a member of management, Garvey led a newly formed printer’s union strike. The company promised Garvey big rewards and benefits if he would discontinue his union organizing. Garvey refused, was fired, and “blacklisted” by the private printing companies of Kingston. This experience intensified Garvey’s political curiosity concerning the condition of African people. It was at this point in 1909, that he formed the National Club and its publication Our Own. From this point forward, Garvey decided to devote his life to the uplifting of the African race. He published his first newspaper, The Watchman, which gave him an opportunity to express his emerging political views on the plight of African people.

While unable to gain support for his organization, Garvey began to travel. He spent time in Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Columbia, and Venezuela. These travels gave Garvey an opportunity to observe, that whenever African people and whites were in close proximity, African people were on the bot-

tom.

Garvey continued to travel and in 1911 he went to London. He was able to test out his public speaking ability on the condition of African people worldwide at the famous Hyde Park Speaker’s Corner. While in London, Garvey met the editor of the African Times and Orient Review, Duse Mohammed Ali. Ali, an Egyptian scholar, introduced Garvey to many ideas that played an important role in his future thinking.

This background gave Garvey the tools he needed to become one of our true twentieth century freedom fighters. Garvey arrived in Harlem, New York on March 16, 1916. By 1919, Garvey was established as the President General of the UNIA/ACL, which had a membership of over three million people with more than 300 branches throughout the African World Community.

Perhaps Garvey’s greatest contribution to the uplifting of our people was his ability to find a formula for organizing African people around the African principle: the greatest good for the greatest number. This was reflected in the First International Convention of Negro Peoples of the World in Madison Square Garden, in New York in 1920. Over twenty-five thousand African people from all over the world witnessed the selection of Red, Black and Green as the colors of the Provisional Government. In this context, Garvey and the UNIA/ACL had established an economic arm, the Negro Factories Corporation, with cooperative stores, restaurants, steam laundry shops, tailor shops, dressmaking shops, millinery stores, a doll factory to manufacture African dolls, and a publishing house.

Garvey also formed a Steamship Corporation. The goals and objectives of the UNIA had now become clear to the world. As Shawna Maglangbayan points out, “…the Garvey movement and UNIA had become a threat to the white world.”

With the cooperation of antiGarvey, “Negro leaders,” Garvey was eventually charged and convicted of mail fraud for selling stock in the African Star Lines.

On February 8, 1925, Marcus Garvey was arrested and convicted for mail fraud and imprisoned in Atlanta, Georgia. With a great movement of support by his fol-

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(Dr. Conrad Worrill, National Chairman Emeritus of the National Black United Front (NBUF) located at 1809 East 71st Street, Suite 211, Chicago, Illinois, 60649, 773-493-0900, Fax# 773-493-9819, E-mail: nbufchic@sbcglobal.net, Web site: nbufront.org)) Each August that we celebrate Marcus Garvey’s birthday, we should revisit his contributions and study the works of this great African hero. Marcus Garvey left a rich historical legacy for us to study and utilize in our continued quest for independence and

Dr. Conrad Worrill

lowers, Garvey was released from prison in 1927. Immediately following his release he was deported from the United States and was sent back to Jamaica to continue his work. He continued to travel and while in London, on June 10, 1940, Garvey lapsed into a coma and made his transition into eternity.

The Garvey Movement was one of the greatest mass movements of African people in the world.

Although the external and internal forces and enemies of Garvey caused his demise, the ideas of

would be no guns, just bows and arrows.

I am so sick and tired of all these ignorant haters who feel they are privileged; and, in their ignorance and bigotry, they do not have to respect anything or anybody.

A liar will steal and a thief will do anything. When one denies what one sees that is a lie!

Mr. Smith, I am going to have to call you out because as a fully grown adult with hopefully some degree of visual acuity, there is no way under the sun that you have not seen these racist posters, billboards, flyers and signs defiling the President of the United States of America, and people of color.

You are on the wrong side of the street and behind your back you are considered like everyone else of your skin color. You can pretend all you want to, but that only proves you to be hypocritical.

There’s a group suggesting that people purchase a tee shirt with a Biblical quote calling for the children of the President to become orphans. Only the blind have not seen it. If it is true that you have not seen it I will send it to you. If you have not seen the cartoons depicting both the President and the First Lady as baboons, I will send those to you. If you did not see racists name calling and spitting on legislators of African origin, I will see to it that you get the video.

Everyone has to pay the price for stupidity! Your payday will come!

Helen L. Burleson, Doctor of Public Administration Garvey and the UNIA/ACL are still alive. We need to revitalize and resurrect the spirit of Marcus Mosiah Garvey at every opportunity. One special way to honor the memory of Marcus Garvey is for you to proudly display your Red, Black and Green Flag on his birthday, August 17th in remembrance. The spirit of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey’s is needed now, more than ever before.

A Luta Continua / The Struggle Continues!

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THE CHATTERBOX

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

BLACK SHY Ima never thought she would see the day when a Black man in the White House would sound the alarm when a Black person is accused of discrimination. Barack needs to examine his guard ’cause those that are advising him is “Black shy,” yep that’s what Ima said “Black shy.” It’s the same kind of thing as “Gun shy.” You know once shot you are afraid perhaps forever of a gun. Now the last time Barack said something against a white man about a Black man it cost him some beer and a discussion about the Lord knows what. It was supposed to be a “teachable moment” but it is obvious the lesson learned here was don’t call no white folks stupid even if they is. If you ’member the

Shirley Sherrod President said the police in Boston acted stupidly in arresting Professsor “Skip” Gates when they suspected the cripple Black man was breaking into his own house. It seems as though Gates couldn’t find his keys and he was attempting to get in after a trip away. The press and all of the idiots on Fox and other talk radio and TV kicked the president’s butt about calling the stupid white police “stupid.” Who is more revered in the Black community than Skip Gates? Not many folks I’d say.

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Well, when a Black woman named Shirley Sherrod was reported to have discriminated against some white folks the “stupid” antennas of those folk the president has surrounded himself with just knew she had to be guilty. No need to even look at the video, they just knew she had done it. How many Blacks will it take for the president to realize that he has done some low down things to folks he called his friends, Black friends that is.

From Jeremiah Wright to Desiree Our future

Desiree Rogers Rogers and all the small nameless Black folks which we will probably never know have received worse treatment from this Black President than from the racist crackers that have occupied the White House before him. And then the half-breed president of the NAACP jumped on the bandwagon and agreed that she had discriminated against white folks. Ain’t seen much of him since he made a complete fool of himself, but at least his public relations folks tried to correct his mistake. And he’s ’sposed to have been a newspaper man.

Lawdy, lawdy, lawdy what is this “new society” coming to?

Whatsonever deliver me!!! And now take a look on the otherside of Black folks in my next item.

Are you out with your guy on a date? No. You half naked, boot leg hair and stank. Ready to curse out any other female because you know you bogus. Whatever happened to mamas? The streets is a circus. People my age stay in to keep from hurting you young folk.

We ain’t playing with you! Young men out here talking ’bout they pimping. WHAT! I didn’t know they still use that terminology. It’s sick. Is it that there is no place to go? I can see why there is trouble everyday everywhere. We don’t need the police. We need parents.

Mary Mitchell wrote an article about ghetto parents. People responded with their angry remarks about the word GHETTO. It fits.

You don’t have to like it, but it’s a fact. Keep sending your teenagers

out in the streets looking like hookers. I want them to be treated as such. Allow your sons to go out and penetrate these nasty stank females and produce ’lil boo. You mothers see this stuff every day.

You buy and allow your daughters to wear this mess. Is she on BET? HELL NO. We were taught that a man will still be called Mister the day after falling down drunk.

That’s still true today. But a hoe is a HOE. I’m sick of seeing you fat ass females with this tight crap on with a inner tube belly. Shaking like jelly. Drag queen lashes and enough weave to help BP. Find who the hell you are. Read a damn book if needed. You know nothing bout the sacrifices made for your worthless behind. You dumb.

Can’t cook. You think a meal is a number 4 at Popeye’s. Ain’t no future in your fronting. You passing diseases when you should be passing knowledge. You embarrass me.

Not that you care, hell you embarrass your mother and she don’t care. It takes all the control I have to keep from beating you hoes down. On the train, bus, street.

Many of you are a disgrace to the race. You know who you are. So does your trifling ass family. I’d vote for men beating you lost, ignorant females down if they was worth more than what the bird left on the limb. Generation X. I don’t love them hoes! How fitting.

- Ima DOG DAY Michael Vick, you need to put a lawyer on retainer and file a suit.

You lost millions of dollars because you were involved in dog fighting.

You were locked up for some years.

Well here in Chicago, four innocent dogs were sent to dog heaven by mistake. Then the director tried to cover the mistake up. Since Daley spoke up for the director, stating “geez, one mistake out of hundreds.” That same logic should have been applied to your case. I understand how most Black folks feel about dogs. Many of our ancestors were bitten by attack dogs for the police department. Thousands are spent on commercials promoting dog care. Planes accommodate dogs better than people. Let a weight challenged person enter a plane. To a large populace dogs are more appreciated than people. I can oftentimes see and understand that. Last winter was cold as hell. Some cats had kittens under my house. I spent two entire days calling every organization in the book and on the internet. No one came from the city or the state.

PAWS was the worst. Bottom line the kittens died. This society is so backwards. Michael Vick, get your money, lose those trick ass niccas you called friends and get a cat.

- Ima AND THEN DERE IS . . .

It’s Saturday, July 10, 2010. I was over some friends’ house trying to play cards. Got bored and left.

11:00 pm. What you see on the street will make you want to run home and lock the doors. It’s a jungle. I don’t know what has happened in the last ten years but these streets need cleaning. I was driving an old Caddy. Young women double parked looking at you like you better not hit my car. Black men just standing in the street like there are no cars. Get insurance people. I saw two small children, maybe 8 years old sitting on and playng with a parked motorcycle. I thought that I was one of few people that read the newspaper like a book. You need to be high just to digest some of this stuff. I see why lyrics are written describing females in a negative light. Some of them are. Why does a female need to hang with a group of men for?

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR CITIZENSHIP WORKSHOPS: The Instituto Del Progreso Latino will host Citizenship Workshops on Saturday, July 31, from 9 am to 12 pm at St. Gall Church, 4225 W. 25th Street, Chicago, IL 60629. Why should you become a citizen? It offers the right to vote, it protects you from being deported, you can travel outside the United States for as long as you want, you can petition for other members of your family to immigrate, and only citizens are eligible for more and better job opportunities. For more information, please contact the Citizenship Department, 4225 W. 25sth Street, Chicago, IL 60623; 773-521-0055.

ESCAPE FROM SUMMER SKIN THIS AUGUST WITH MITCHELL DENTAL SPA’S DESERT ROSE FACIAL: Is the heat of summer leaving your skin feeling in need of rescue? In celebration of summer, Mitchell Dental Spa, a luxury spa and dental facility in Water Tower Place, 9th Floor (922-E), Chicago, IL 60611, is offering 50% off the Desert Rose facial treatment with rosehips and Vitamin C August 1 - 31. Relax and rejuvenate with this fragrant facial that is sure to nurture all skin types, including the most sensitive skin. The Desert Rose facial will leave your skin feeling calm, hydrated, and beautiful—even in this summer heat! Included in the facial is Eminence Organic’s Rose Hip Masque, which was voted Best of the Best by Skin Inc. Mitchell Dental Spa always offers priceless treatments at affordable prices so you can look your best. For more information or to schedule an appointment, please call 312-642-1014.

cash and other prizes ranging in value from $50 to $150. Entries will be evaluated based on creativity/originality, writing quality and appropriateness in addressing the question, “What person or event had an impact on you?”

For more information and a form to enter, visit www.SeniorLifestylEexpo.org and click on the “Wisdom in Aging” contest link, call 800-528-2000 toll-free, 630293-5990, or email Kim Robey at KRobey@ageguide.org.

PETER SELLARS IN CONVERSATION WITH JAMES CUNO: On Wednesday, August 4 at 6 pm, at the Harold Washington Library Center, Cindy Pritzker Auditorium, 400 S. State Street, Peter Sellars, internationally known director of stage and opera, appears in conversation with James Cuno, president of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their conversation addresses the art of stage direction and the artists and artistic movements that have influenced Sellars’ career. In addition, they will discuss Sellars’ recent, current and future projects. For more information, please call 312-7474300.

THE NORTHEASTERN ILL I NO I S A REA A GENC Y SEEKS WRITERS, SINGERS, DANCERS, COMICS & OTHER PERFORMERS FOR 2010 SENIOR LIFESTYLE EXPO CONTESTS! The Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging announces two exciting contests for writers and amateur performers who are ages 60 and up on or before August 24, 2010.

Deadlines to enter are August 6 for the writing challenge, and August 23 or until all audition spots are full for the Senior Idol talent competition. Connect the Generations Writing Challenge, “Wisdom in Aging...Sharing The Journey.” Share your knowledge and insights with the next generation! Entries must be 300 words or less and can range from song lyrics and poems to essays and stories. Eight finalists will be invited to the Senior Lifestyle Expo on Wednesday, September 2, where three winners will collect

MORTON ARBORETUM PROGRAMS: Feel the warm summer breeze while learning about the history, trees, and fauna of the Arboretum on the Acorn Express. This open air tram takes visitors around to marvel at the summer show stunning gardens, woodlands, wetlands and a prairie on display.

There’s also an opportunity to see wildlife in native habitats. Halfhour and one-hour tours are available; prices range from $3$6, (discounts for Arboretum members). Call 630-968-0074 for times. These activities are ongoing through October (weather permitting). The Morton Arboretum is a world-renowned leader in tree science and education, working to save and plant trees. The 1,700-acre outdoor museum features magnificent collections of 4,117 kinds of trees, shrubs, and other plants from around the world. The Arboretum’s beautiful natural landscapes, gardens, research and education programs, and year-round family activities support its mission – the planting and conservation of trees and other plants for a greener, healthier, and more beautiful world. Conveniently located at I-88 and Rte. 53 in Lisle, Illinois, the Arboretum is open 7 days a week, 365 days a year, from 7 am Central Time until sunset. The Children’s Garden is open from 9:30 am to 5 pm, March through October, and 9:30 am to 4 pm, November through February. Visit Press

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READING IS ART-RAGEOUS: SUMMER READS FOR ADULTS is the fourth annual summer reading program designed especially for adult readers.

The program continues through August 31, and incorporates the “celebrating art and reading every day” theme, so all family members can develop a profound understanding of music and visual

arts by reading interesting books about art and artists. Adult readers are also encouraged to participate in a number of free, informative, thought–provoking and fun programs that will elevate their enjoyment of art. During the month of August, the Chicago Public Library invites the public to enhance their summer reading by participating in the following variety of author talks, discussions, workshops and performances that support the Reading is Art-RA-

GEOUS: Summer Reads for Adults program. The Harold Washington Library Center, Carter G. Woodson Regional Library and Conrad Sulzer Regional Library are open 7 days a week, the branch libraries are open 6 days a week and patrons can access all of the Library’s collections online 24 hours a day. For more information, please visit the website at chicagopubliclibrary.org or call the Chicago Public Library Press Office at 312747-4050.

COOK COUNTY TREASURER Maria Pappas presents an award of excellence to Johnnie Blair, executive director, Bronzeville Chamber of Commerce, in Pappas’ downtown Chicago office. Chambers of Commerce and business organizations representing many of Chicagoland’s ethnic communities were honored at the gathering. “These organizations help keep ethnic heritage alive by supporting companies owned by members of their communities and encouraging their people to do business with them. Strengthening individual ethnic groups makes for a stronger Chicagoland, which we recognize and honor,” Pappas said.

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BUSINESS Wall Street Reform: A Genuine People’s Victory

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Financial Writer Last week’s media hype on Ms. Shirley Sherrod and the Department of Agriculture obliterated what should have been a triumphant moment for the nation: the President’s signing of the historic Dodd-Frank bill and the creation of a new bureau dedicated to consumer protection. As with all major legislation, a signing ceremony still occurred; but its significance was

Speaking on behalf of the Center for Responsible Lending, President Mike Calhoun said, “The current economic meltdown has been a nightmare for American families and a recurrence would be a disaster for our nation. The recently passed financial reform legislation puts in place key reforms that help create a brighter future, one in which our financial system flourishes.

People will get loans they can afford to repay, and principles of fairness and value in financial products will trump easy money

and self-enrichment.”

A few examples of the news protections are: Landmark consumer protection – An independent agency will be authorized to prevent the tricks and traps related to mortgages, payday loans and checking accounts. Credit cards and mortgages will offer terms in language easily understood; predatory lending will be prohibited; and banks will not be able to charge businesses hefty fees for debit-card purchases, among other consumer protections we expect the agency to put

into place. Office of Minority and Women Inclusion – This new office will ensure equal employment opportunity and racial, ethnic and gender diversity. It will also work to increase the participation of minority-owned and women-owned businesses in the programs and contracts of each agency; and develop standards within each agency to assess diversity policies and practices in each federal financial agency, the 12 regional banks of the Federal Reserve, and the Fed Board of Governors.

Mortgage reforms – Kickbacks for steering consumers into high rate loans when they qualify for lower rates will be banned. The legislation explicitly prohibits abusive loan fees and penalties for prepaying your loan early. And for the first time for all loans, lenders will no longer make loans that borrowers cannot repay.

Preventing taxpayer bailouts – Your hard-earned money will not be used to rescue companies that engaged in risky practices. With this legislation, one regulator will (Continued on page 16)

Charlene Crowell dwarfed by the tabloid effects of the Sherrod incident.

It took more than a year of federal deliberations to develop a bill that both the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives could agree to support. From the outset, it seemed that the deep pockets of Wall Street bankers and their army of lobbyists would overwhelm a grassroots coalition of consumer groups, civil rights organizations, clergy, and unions in a modern day David and Goliath saga.

According to the Center for Responsive Politics, in 2009 alone, $465 million was spent by the financial industry on lobbying Washington. That expenditure translates into $1.4 million a day and includes 1,726 registered federal lobbyists paid to woo 100 U.S. Senators and 455 Members of Congress.

But in the end, little David’s people won – the everyday people who know what it means to be snookered financially – and gained a valuable governmental entity to fight predatory lending’s multiple forms.

Commenting on the new law, President Obama said, “The Wall Street reform bill represents the strongest consumer financial protections in history. You have a stake in it if you’ve ever been treated unfairly by a credit card company, misled by pages and pages of fine print or ended up paying fees and penalties you’ve never heard of before.”

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EDUCATION

Marquette Bank awards 54 scholarships to local graduates Local Bank continues 44-year Scholarship Tradition Orland Park, IL–Marquette Bank, a locally owned neighborhood bank, continued a 44-year tradition by awarding $3,500 scholarships to 54 graduating seniors from neighborhood high schools in Chicago and the southwest suburbs. A total of $189,000 was awarded to local students.

Funded by the Marquette Bank Education Foundation (MBEF), scholarships were awarded to students who were recommended by guidance counselors and principals and selected based on financial need, scholastic achievement, and a record of volunteer service in their respective communities.

“Marquette Bank is proud to offer these scholarships to these worthy students,” said George

tion Foundation Scholarship: Blue Island • Lisa M. Lockman of Blue Island, Dwight D. Eisenhower High School; Howard University Bolingbrook • Kara Murphy of Bolingbrook, Bolingbrook High School, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign Chicago • Demarius D. Edwards of Calumet City, Mount Carmel High School; Williams College • Che’ M. Miles of Chicago, Bogan College Prep High School; Kendall College • Quamal Burton of Chicago, Curie Metropolitan High School; University of Illinois at Chicago • Teyaira M. Green of Chicago, Harper High School; Knox College • Darius Wallace of Chicago,

FIFTY-FOUR CHICAGO area students received scholarship awards valued at $3,500 each from Marquette Bank to pay toward their college education. Marquette Bank Foundation (MBEF) continues a 44-year tradition of giving back to the communities the bank serves through this event.

River Forest • Kleo S. Barnes of Chicago, Trinity High School; Barry University The Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship Program is part of the Marquette Neighborhood Commitment, where

each quarter the Bank focuses on a different area of need: shelter, hunger, education and health/wellness.

Throughout 2010, Marquette Bank is celebrating 65 years of reliable neighborhood banking by challenging employees to complete “65 Acts of Kindness”

through performing service projects throughout the neighborhood in which Marquette Bank serves. For more information on the Marquette Bank Education Foundation Scholarship Program, visit www.emarquettebank.com/about_foundation.cf m or call 1-888-254-9500.

DARIUS WALLACE OF Chicago’s Kennedy High School was among the students sharing Marquette Bank’s $189,00 scholarship fund.

Moncada, President and CEO of Marquette Bank. “We have found that many students who receive these scholarships return to their neighborhoods after graduating from college and continue volunteering in their communities. We continue to be impressed with these scholarship recipients. Among our recipients this year are students who served as peer mentors, gave their time to local shelters and worked with the elderly,” said Moncada.

Since 1967, over $2.2 million has been awarded to 1,227 neighborhood high school students from Chicagoland neighborhoods. The scholarship is applicable for any educational program after high school including: fouryear colleges and universities, community colleges, vocational training and trade schools.

The following students received a 2010 Marquette Bank Educa-

Kennedy High School; Illinois State University • Eliza Bacani of Chicago, Maria High School; Trinity Christian College • Bryon McDowell of Chicago, New Luther High School; Purdue University, Calumet • Caprice A. Moore of Chicago, Paul Robeson High School; Benedict College • Jihan K. Lee of Chicago, Simeon Career Academy; Southern Illinois University • Travon George of Chicago, Southwest Youth Collaborative, Denison University • Darrin Carney of Chicago, Leo Catholic High School; Lewis University

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Businessmen purchase home in Auburn-Gresham community Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago assists with home purchase Auburn-Gresham, a community on Chicago’s South Side, touts itself as one of Chicago’s “best kept secrets.” The community boasts a strong housing stock of brick bungalows and two-flats, several new housing developments, active neighborhood organizations and block clubs, Auburn Lakes (three fishing lagoons), and a recent surge in new commercial development, including Walgreen’s, CVS, Home Depot, Lowe’s, Food 4 Less, BJ’s Market and Potbelly’s restaurants, Inner City Entertainment (a 14-screen movie theatre) and Bally’s Total Fitness.

Now, Auburn Gresham has something else about which to boast — new homeowners. In a housing market and community where the number of foreclosures continues to outpace the number of home purchases, businessmen Anthony McGuire and Gregory Burbage recently purchased the McGuire family’s two-flat on south May Street.

“I grew up in this community,

right on the first floor of this building,” say McGuire, whose mother still resides in that first floor unit of the two flat he and his partner Burbage recently purchased. “I graduated from Calumet High School and then left the city for a while.”

When McGuire returned, he and Burbage moved to Rogers Park. They made the decision to purchase Anthony’s childhood home when the building they were living in was put up for sale.

“We’re self employed and didn’t want to pay the high rents they were asking in Rogers Park,” says McGuire. “Also, my mother has Alzheimer’s and we wanted to keep her in her space.”

McGuire and Burbage, own a commercial cleaning service located in the Washington Park neighborhood. Burbage had been passing by Neighborhood Housing Services Auburn Gresham/Englewood office practically every day. “I wasn’t familiar with them, but after getting frustrated working with a couple of the major lenders, I decided to stop in and see what services they provided,” says Burbage. Almost simultaneously, McGuire, who has been active in the communi-

WELCOME HOME—Gregory McGuire and Anthony Burbage recently purchased their 1st home, the two-flat where McGuire grew up, in the Auburn Gresham community. McGuire and Burbage are owners of a commercial cleaning company. ty since returning home eight volved. From there, things just wouldn’t own this property toyears ago, heard of the Auburn started moving forward. We at- day.”

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ENTERTAINMENT The Black Women’s Expo offers new components at McCormick Place Saturday and Sunday, August 7-8, 2010 The Black Women’s Expo, the number one national destination event for the summer, returns to Chicago on Saturday and Sunday, August 78, 2010 at McCormick Place, North Building, Hall C1. Presented by State Farm, the two-day exposition features empowering seminars, insightful workshops, enlightening speakers, bestselling authors, a variety of sponsored exhibits and pavilions, as well as live entertainment that will engage, entertain, and inform all visitors.

“There is absolutely something for everyone at The Black Women’s Expo 2010,” said Merry Green, founder and executive producer of the popular event now celebrating its 17th consecutive year. With a primary emphasis on the concerns and aspirations of African American women, the Expo also includes events of interest for the entire family and this year is no exception.

“The Black Women’s Expo is the perfect marketplace for small to mid-sized businesses and major corporations to reach the all important African American female consumer. In today’s distressed economy, it’s almost an imperative for companies to reach out and touch their valued consumers at a grassroots level to expose them to their products

and services. The Expo continues to provide that opportunity in an attractive marketplace setting,” Green stated.

New pavilions this year include the following: Senior Lifestyle Pavilion Beauty Bar Pavilion Other popular activity centers slated to return include: Literary Café Kidz Korner Health and Wellness Pavilion To assist those attendees seeking full or part-time employment, the Expo is sponsoring a Job Fair that will present some of the city’s most respected employers in a variety of industries. In addition to providing preliminary interviews, employer sponsors will host seminars in the areas of image consulting, resume writing, and reinventing oneself in a changing job market. Attendees are encouraged to bring copies of their resumes for review.

Every year, the Expo presents a youth-oriented summit to stimulate dialogue and address issues of concern to youth. This year’s summit is titled Violence Prevention Summit for Girls.

Many local non-profit organizations as well as city, county, and state agencies will also participate in the Expo and present their services and products to consumers. Information will be available on a wide range of subjects to assist consumers in their daily lives.

Exploring the dynamics of male/female relationships has proven to be one of the most popular seminar series in the Expo’s history. This year will be no exception as Emilie McKendall, host of Emilie and Friends on WVON Radio, moderates part 2 of No More Drama: Real Talk From Real Men About Life and Love. Emilie McKendall presented part 1 of this seminar in May at a local venue with six prominent males on the panel. The female response was overwhelming. Part 2 promises to be more interactive, more dynamic, and more insightful.

Live entertainment will be presented on several stages throughout the Expo. Rapper MC Lyte will move from her broadcast booth to the performance stage and gospel powerhouse Kim Burrell who will host the Gospel Talent Search finals will also entertain the audience.

Popular businesswoman and radio/television personality Catherine (Cathy) L. Hughes – founder, chairman, and secretary of Radio One – will deliver the keynote address during The Phenomenal Woman Awards Gala. The awards program continues its legacy of honoring ten Chicago area women for contributions in their specific fields of endeavor and for their community involvement. The Phenomenal Woman Awards will be presented during the annual Gala on Friday, August 6, in the Hyatt Regency Hotel’s Crystal Ballroom beginning at 6:30 p.m.

For additional information on The Black Women’s Expo, including schedules for seminars and performances, visit www.theblackwomensexpo.com or call 312-243-3554.

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ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ

Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video The Gene Siskel Film Center will host the 16th Annual Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, beginning August 6 and running through September 2.

This film festival has proven time and time again as the main local showcase of films portraying the Black experience on film and video, with both independent and upcoming mainstream features.

Chicago’s own film star, multiGrammy-winning hip hop artist, author and motivational speaker, Common will receive this year’s Deloris Jordan Award for Excellence in Community Leadership This year’s festival will present 42 films, with nearly half of them having a Chicago connection, which is always good to be able to see on the big screen The films are screened at the Gene Siskel Film Center, which is a theater located right in the heart of the Loop at 164 N. State St., and dedicated to the memory of the late film critic Gene Siskel.

The theater features a small sitting area, where theater goers can enjoy a glass of wine or a light snack before movie time.

During this year’s Black Harvest International Festival of Film and Video, local features will include India of K-Town, which high-

JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT is the subject of a new documentary to be screened at Black Harvest. lights a West Side teen’s change of sion will be moderated by none her view of life, after she meets lo- other than festival consultant Sercal renowned fashion designer Bar- gio Mims. bara Bates. We follow the teen’s Sneak peaks of upcoming maintransformation from their first “de- stream releases include the Lottery sign” meeting to Prom night, when Ticket, starring Bow Wow and Ice India makes her ‘Cinderella’ ap- Cube, and Night Catches Us. pearance before family and friends The Black Harvest Film Festival The documentary Jean-Michel is supported by: the National EnBasquiat: The Radiant Child will dowment for the Arts; the Illinois also be screened, as well as some of- Arts Council, a state agency; ferings covering civil rights issues.

American Airlines; and the AlphaThe festival panel discussion wood Foundation, among others.

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ENTERTAINMENT Tickets Now on Sale for Bailiwick Chicago’s Production of AIDA Bailiwick Chicago’s Executive Director Kevin Mayes is reminding the Chicago public that tickets are now on sale for its production of Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA. Since the opening on Saturday, July 10, 2010, audiences are enjoying every minute of AIDA playing at American Theater Company’s space located at 1909 W. Byron near Lincoln Avenue.

“We are so excited to bring this amazing production to Chicago audiences. The cast, the music, the

Bob Pries as Zoser, Daisica L. Smith as Nehebka, Randolph Johnson as Amonasro, and Damien K. Crim as the Pharaoh. The ensemble includes Adriene Patrice Barber, William Barney, Pierre Clark, Desla Epison, Desmond Gray, Daryn Harrell, Varris Homes, Andriana Pachella, Chip Payos, Tommy Rivera, Karla Victum, and Kylah Williams.

The design team includes John Holt (scenic design), Jared B. Moore (lighting design), Ricky Aida Cast

Adrianna Parson and Aida cast Lurie (costume design), Lee Strausberg (prop design), Sarah N. Ramos (sound design), and Frank Mares (projection design). Lee Strausberg stage manages, Brian LaDuca production manages, Michael Dunbar is the technical director, and Iman Crutcher assistant directs.

Performances run on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sundays at 3:00 p.m. to Sunday, August 1, 2010.

There is an additional performance on Sunday, July 18th at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased online by going to the Bailiwick Chicago web site (www.bailiwickchicago.com) or by calling 866-811-4111. Ticket prices are $25-$35 a ticket, and vary based on the date and time of the show. For group sales tickets of six or more, there is a 10% discounted rate using the Promotion Code AIDAGROUP. Please ask for Group Sales when calling the box office.

Further details about the production, including photos and videos of the cast and design team, are available on the company’s website, www.bailiwickchicago.com.

design, the direction, and the choreography are blowing audiences away. The reviews for this show have been fabulous,” said Mayes.

AIDA tells the story of a highranking Egyptian soldier, engaged to the Pharaoh’s daughter and next in line for the throne, who falls in love with the Nubian slave Aida.

When he discovers that she is the daughter of the King of Nubia, each is forced to choose between love for country and love for each other.

With a driving pop-rock score by Elton John, the story challenges audiences to consider the question: “What would you sacrifice for eternal love?”

In its first Chicago production since the national tour, Bailiwick Chicago’s newly envisioned production features stunning choreography by the modern dance company Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (www.deeplyrootedproductions.or g), a six-piece band, and a cast of 20 talented actors, singers, and dancers.

AIDA is directed by Bailiwick Chicago Collective member Scott Ferguson, with co-musical direction by Jimmy Morehead and Collective member Robert Ollis. Original choreography was created by Kevin Iega Jeff (Artistic Director of the Chicago dance company, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater) and Gary Abbott (Associate Artistic Director, Deeply Rooted Dance Theater). Lili-Anne Brown served as casting director.

The incredibly talented and diverse cast stars Rashada Dawan as Aida, Brandon Chandler as Radames, Adrianna Parson as Amneris, Aaron Holland as Mereb,

Bailiwick Chicago was formed by a group of dedicated actors, directors, and production professionals when Bailiwick Repertory Theater closed its doors in September 2009.

This group, called the “Collective,” is responsible for developing, implementing, and upholding the artistic mission and vision of the company.

Bailiwick Chicago’s mission is to tell stories that stimulate our audience and celebrate our diverse community, enhancing our understanding of ourselves and others.

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MUSIC - MUSIC - MUSIC James Conlon leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and a cast of superstar vocalists in Mozart Operas Così Fan Tutte and The Marriage of Figaro Ravinia Festival favorites The Temptations and The Four Tops return to the pavilion stage Ravinia celebrates opera with Mozart’s Così fan tutte and The Marriage of Figaro featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led

by James Conlon and joined by allstar casts as well as members of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Both operas will be presented in the Martin Theatre and will receive two performances, Così on Aug. 5 and 7 and Figaro on Aug. 6 and 8.

Cosi fan tutte features “one of America’s finest artists and singers” (New York Times), mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade, portraying Despina; Grammy Award winning soprano Ana Maria Martinez, who last appeared at Ravinia with Plácido Domingo at the festival’s 2007 Gala, as Fiordiligi; Romanian mezzo-soprano Ruxandra Donose, who recently appeared as Veronica Quaife in The Fly at L.A. Opera, making her Ravinia debut as Dorabella; Russian baritone Rodion Pogosov, who made his Metropolitan Opera debut playing Papageno in the 2004 production of Die Zauberflöte, portraying Guglielmo in his festival debut; and Albanian tenor Saimir Pirgu, who made his US debut singing Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi at LA Opera, conducted by Conlon and directed by

Opera’s production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro and set to appear as Konstanze in The Abduction from the Seraglio at Tanglewood this summer, making her festival debut portraying Susanna; mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese, who recently appeared at Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, Italy, to reprise her role of La Ciesca from the critically acclaimed Woody Allen production of Gianni Schicchi, making her Ravinia debut

Festival Rising Stars performers, and pianist Orion Weiss commemorate the 200th birthday or Robert Schumann in an intimate Martin Theatre recital at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, August 3. Weiss is the winner of the Gilmore Young Artist Award and the Juilliard William Petschek Award and is recipient of the Gina Bachauer Scholarship at The Juilliard School. The program will include the Ravinia Festival premiere of Voices by

James Conlon Woody Allen, appearing as Ferrando in his festival debut.

The Marriage of Figaro features baritone Nathan Gunn, whose recent recording of Britten’s Billy Budd won a Grammy Award, as the Count; Italian bass Ildebrando D’Arcangelo, who won rave reviews in Ravinia’s 2008 concerts of Don Giovanni, portraying Figaro; Grammy Award winning soprano Rebecca Evans, who has performed with the Royal Opera at Covent Garden, Scottish Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Deutsche Staatsoper and more, as the Countess; soprano Lisette Oropesa, currently appearing in the Metropolitan

Pasadena Symphony schedules 2010-2011 season James DePreist engaged as artistic advisor Five guest conductors for the Pasadena (California) Symphony’s 2010-2011 season have been announced to replace long-time artistic director Jorge Mester whose contract was terminated in May after 25 years, reportedly when negotiations over a salary cut fell apart. Mester has not commented further on the reasons for his sudden departure from the financially strapped orchestra after announcing it at the season’s final concert.

Paul Jan Zdunek, chief executive officer of the Pasadena Symphony and POPS orchestras, said the symphony repertoire had already been set and will not be changed. “We’ve been working with (new artistic advisor) James DePreist for the last few weeks and came up with a list of conductors,” Zdunek said last Friday.

DePreist, a veteran conductor and director of conducting and orchestral studies at the Juilliard School (and nephew of the late internationally-celebrated con-

tralto, Marian Anderson), will conduct the symphony at its new Ambassador Auditorium venue on opening night October 23.

“The symphony will continue to use guest conductors at this time, Zdunek said, and they are already working with DePreist on the 2011-2012 lineup.” DePreist, who was hired as an independent contractor in early June, is scheduled to arrive in Pasadena in August to meet with the Orchestra and symphony constituents.

(Reprinted from The Pasadena Star-News)

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The Four Tops playing Cherubino; legendary tenor John Aler, who recently performed at the Cincinnati May Festival in Mozart’s Requiem and Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins, as Basilio; mezzo-soprano Jane Bunnell, who is currently appearing in the Lyric Opera of Chicago’s production of Berlioz’s The Damnation of Faust, in her Ravinia debut as Marcellina; and soprano Lei Xu, a Juilliard School attendee who appeared in a master class led by Renée Fleming, making her festival debut playing Barbarina. The August 5 and 6 performances will begin at 7 p.m., and those on August 7 and 8 will begin at 1 p.m., with a special ticket and brunch package available for the August 8 performance for $90. Grammy Award-winning male chorus Chanticleer performs in the Martin Theatre at 8 p.m. on Monday, August 2. The program features works by Bates, Calvisius and Ligeti.

Pacifica Quartet, former Ravinia

composer Jennifer Higdon, which was dedicated to the Pacifica Quartet.

After making her Ravinia debut last year in a tribute to Rodgers &

tin Theatre. She recently starred in the Tony Award-winning revival of South Pacific at Lincoln Center, enrapturing audiences and critics alike with her soulful and complex interpretation of Nellie Forbush and garnering a third Tony nomination in the process. James Conlon will conduct a vocal master class at 7 p.m. in Bennett • Gordon Hall which is free and open to the public.

The sounds of Motown fill Ravinia at 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 8 with vocal groups The Temptations and recent Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winners The Four Tops in a double bill.

The BoDeans return to Ravinia at 7 p.m. on Saturday, August 7.

The group burst onto the scene with a ranking on the Billboard Top 100, a touring slot with U2 and the title of “Best New Band” from Rolling Stone magazine.

Their hit song “Closer to Free” was used as the theme for the television show Party of Five and made the Billboard Top 10, winning them an ASCAP award for being one of the most played songs of the year.

Blues/pop band Big Head Todd & The Monsters, who released their ninth studio album Rocksteady on July 20, opens the show. Grammy

The Temptations Hammerstein, Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics award-nominated soprano Kelli O’Hara returns to perform in a one-woman show on August 4 at 8:30 p.m. in the Mar-

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Award-winning baritone Nathan Gunn, along with wife and pianist Julie Gunn, conduct a master class on 1:30 p.m. in Bennett • Gordon Hall which is free and open to the public.

Ravinia Festival is located at Lake Cook and Green Bay roads in Highland Park. For concert information or to purchase tickets, please visit Ravinia.org or contact the box office at (847) 266-5100.

All season long Ravinia will accept donations of non-perishable food and toiletry items for local food depositories that can be dropped off near the information booth at the main entrance of the park. Follow, connect and interact online at backstage.ravinia.org, Ravinia.org/- facebook and Ravinia.org/twitter.

Ravinia Festival is a not-for-profit organization.

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Chicago teens focus on the Arts to thwart violence Grammy Award winner Darius Brooks shares his gift of music with youth Despite the increase in violent crimes in Chicago’s streets, some teens are choosing the performing arts as a means of refuge. SDM Foundation for the Arts, the notfor-profit organization of Grammy,

Stellar, and Dove Award winner Darius Brooks, is holding its third annual teen arts and enrichment camp - Jam Session. The weeklong camp takes place August 9-13 at Grace Central in Bellwood, Illinois for teens 13 -18 years of age.

This year the program has expanded to include dance and spoken word. Students, from through-

out the Chicagoland area, will participate in a combination of dance, music, spoken word and personal skills building workshops, including vocal training, dance techniques, college resources, careers in music and dance, and master classes conducted by some of the best in their respective industries. The end of the camp session features a finale

DARIUS BROOKS AND SDM Jam Session’s 2009 talented youth ‘rock the house’ at Finale Concert at Rainbow Push. This year the camp will be held at Grace Central in Bellwood, where Minister Darius Brooks is the pastor. Visit the website www.sdminc.org for more info.

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home.

Last year Moore’s office helped 61 families in the Auburn-Gresham community avoid foreclosure with most receiving either a temporary or permanent loan modification.

Her office was also able to provide close to $2.2 million to homeowners through Neighborhood Housing Services lending arm, Neighborhood Lending Services (NLS), the only state licensed, non-profit mortgage lending corporation in the State of Illinois.

In addition to assisting with purchase and repair loans, Moore’s office also provides counseling and workshops for new homeowners and for homeowners facing or in danger of facing foreclosure.

“One of the most important things for homeowners experiencing difficulty paying their mortgage is to remember help is available,” states Moore. “Most homeowners don’t know the foreclosure process takes between 12-15 months from the time they miss their first payment. Therefore, they have time to find a solution to avoid foreclosure.”

Weekly Foreclosure Prevention Workshops are held at Moore’s office, located at 449 W. 79th Street, every Thursday at 6 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

concert for family and friends.

“Today, I still believe that music and the arts can hold the key to saving many of our young people by showing them a path to a better and brighter future. Growing up on the west side of Chicago with fourteen sisters and brothers, my anti-violence initiative was my love for music. I spent most of my time singing and playing the piano. My urgency to develop and continually expand this program was sparked by the growing number of young people killed by violent crimes in Chicago every year. Our youth need motivation, support, and an opportunity to believe in themselves,” says Brooks.

The five-day arts camp will be in session from 9:00 am - 4:45 pm, daily and include master sessions and lectures by noted industry professionals throughout the week.

The final day of camp (Friday, August 13) will culminate in an evening concert featuring Darius Brooks and SDM Jam Session’s talented youth. The concert will be preceded by a reception for parents, friends, sponsors and invited

guests.

This year, Brooks hopes to identify a minimum of 75 students and is targeting teens from some of Chicago’s most distressed neighborhoods. The Foundation’s goal is to also make available year-round monthly activities for those who begin this summer, providing the ongoing one-on-one support and mentoring that is so important as they move through school.

SDM is a not-for-profit foundation aimed at nurturing, mentoring, and training individuals who are interested in pursuing careers in the performing arts. SDM identifies and develops young talented artists (including, but not limited to dancers, vocalists and musicians) from the Chicago area. The foundation’s ultimate goal is to provide educational enhancement programs through annual scholarships, career fairs, college fairs, and informational support to all students interested in the performing arts.

To learn more about SDM’s Jam Session, please contact SDM, Inc. or visit the website www.sdminc.org

Sharpton salutes Sampson The Reverend Al Sharpton, host of radio show “Keeping it Real” took time out of his busy schedule to honor local civil rights activist Reverend Al Sampson, who is celebrating the 25th anniversary as pastor at Fernwood Church. Reverend Sharpton was the keynote speaker. The celebration and banquet was held at the Harambee House Banquet Hall at 119th and Loomis, located on the grounds of Christ Universal Complex, founded by Reverend Dr. Johnnie Coleman.

Auburn Gresham/Englewood office. “One of our core services is to provide assistance, including loans, to qualifying individuals desiring to purchase a home in the community. Particularly gratifying was the fact they were purchasing the home in which Mr. McGuire grew up.

“As businessmen, they certainly had options of where they could purchase,” continues Moore. “The fact they wanted to return to this community was inspiring and shows the work we are doing with our partners is helping to bring prominent residents back into the community. Our partnerships help to stabilize the community and crucial to community stabilization is occupied, well-maintained housing stock. My office assists homeowners and potential homeowners to ensure Auburn-Gresham remains a safe, viable community.”

Moore says her office also provides home repair loans to qualifying homeowners and, “unfortunately, over the last few years, has been providing more foreclosure prevention services than home purchase and/or repair loans,” due to the economy.

“I’d prefer to be able to focus on creating new homeowners like Mr. McGuire and Mr. Burbage or helping homeowners improve their property, rather than on the huge number of foreclosures in the community,” says Moore, adding that her office gets a great sense of fulfillment every time they are able to help a homeowner stay in their

For more information on services offered at the Auburn Gresham/Englewood office of Neighborhood Housing Services, contact 773-488-2004.

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The event was attended by many local and national civic leaders and politicians who have benefitted from endorsements by

the Soulslate. Reverend Al Sampson organized the soul slate as an alternative political voter’s guide for the African American community over 20 years ago. It has been very influential in the successful elections of many African American political candidates.

Some notables included Judge Pamela Hill Veal of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Alderwoman Carrie Austin, alderwoman and candidate for president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners Toni Preckwinkle and WVON radio executive Terry Bishop. Also in attendance former WBBM news anchorman John Davis and Attorney Marvin Gray, a recent can-

didate for judge.

A sumptuous soul food menu was served. The highlight of the evening was the keynote speech by the right Reverend Al Sharpton, who regaled the audience with stories of his days on tour with the Godfather of Soul James Brown. His decision to advocate on behalf of poor African Americans and to run for president of the United States brought rousing applause from the audience.

Reverend Sharpton’s latest project involves spurring the large corporate medium to spend more advertising dollars with African American print and radio mediums.

LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF INDIANA COURT COUNTY OF ALLEN

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IN THE ALLEN SUPERIOR

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FAMILY RELATIONS DIVISION FORT WAYNE, INDIANA

2. The necessity, nature, and extent of the participation by the parent, guardian, or custodian in the program of care, treatment, or rehabilitation for the children.

3.The financial responsibility of the parent, guardian, or custodian for any services provided for the parent, guardian, or custodian of the children.

CAUSE NO. 02D08-1003-JC-105 02D08-1003-JC-106 IN THE MATTER OF D’Carion Jefferson Demarion Byron Willis

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BY PUBLICATION

) CHILDREN IN NEED OF SERVICES )

Notice is hereby given to Byron K. Willis, the above-named children’s Alleged Father, whose whereabouts are unknown, that the Allen County Office of the Department of Child Services has filed it’s Predispositional Report and Verified Petition for Participation of Parent, Guardian, or Custodian, in accordance with Indiana Code 31-34-9-3, and that an adjudication hearing has been scheduled for September 02, 2010 @ 8:30 A.M. with the Court. At said hearing the court will consider the Petition and evidence thereon and will render its decision as to whether the minor children, namely, D’Carion Jefferson and Demarion Byron Willis are children in need of services and shall enter adjudication accordingly.

Upon entry of said adjudication, a dispositional hearing will be held which is a proceeding wherein the Court will consider: 1. Alternatives for the care, treatment, or rehabilitation for the children.

Notice is further given that the right of each person to whom this notice is given to be present at said hearing(s) concerning Byron K. Willis’s children is waived by that person’s failure to appear after lawful notice.

Notice is further given that the attorney representing the Office of the Department of Child Services of Allen County, Indiana, is Michael Speciale, 201 E. Rudisill Blvd., Suite 200, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46806.

Said person to whom this notice is directed must respond by appearing in person or by attorney within ten (10) days after the last publication of this notice, and in the event such person fails to do so, an adjudication on said petition and a dispositional decree may be entered against said person.

Dated: ___________________________________

By Clerk of Allen County, Therese Brown

Allen County Office Department of Child Services 201 E. Rudisill Blvd., Suite 100 Fort Wayne, Indiana 46806 260-458-6100

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Wall Street Reform . . .

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be in charge of watching for emerging threats to the nation’s entire financial system. It also gives government the authority to step in and safely shut down any failing financial firm.

Now would be an appropriate time to offer appreciation to all of the federal legislators who supported huge forward stride. If you need to know how your own legislators voted on this bill, the respective roll call votes are available on the Internet.

To review the House of Representatives June 30 vote, visit: http://clerk.house.gov/ evs/2010/roll412.xml The results of the July 15 Senate vote are available at: http://www.senate.gov/leg-

islative/LIS/roll_call_lists/r oll_call_vote_cfm.cfm congress=111&session=2&vot e=00206 Remember that it was a vigilant coalition of concern that refused to give up on reforming the myriad ills of abusive lending. In the months ahead, the focus will shift to implementation of the bill’s provisions. But for now, we have a great example of how ours really is a participatory democracy. This time, the people won!

Charlene Crowell is the Center for Responsible Lending’s communications manager for state policy and outreach. She can be reached at: Charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org

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George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote

speaker, moderator, and media coach. He can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry. com You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/ curry george.

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within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. 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 Copyright Notice: All rights reserved re common-law copyright of trade-name/trade-mark, JAI UCC and “(4),” as well as the filing of any Security Agreement, as described above in paragraph “(2),” in the and will NOT be open for inspection BEA™®©—as well as any and all derivatives and variations in the spelling of said trade-name/tradefiling office, as well as in any county recorder’s office; (6) consents and agrees that any and all such filings to as representation no makes plaintiff mark—Common Law Copyright © 1958 by Jai: Bea™®©. Said common-law trade-name/trade-mark, JAI described in paragraphs “(4)” and “(5)” above are not, and may not be considered, bogus, and that Userthe will Prospective property. of the BEA™®©, may neither be used, nor reproduced, neither in whole nor in part, nor in any manner whatsoevnot claim that any such filing is bogus; (7) waives allcondition defenses; and (8) appoints Secured Party as the court er, without the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgement of Jai: Bea™®© as signified by the default User’s contractual obligations in faAuthorized Representative for User, effective upon User’s to check arereadmonished bidders red-ink signature of Jai: Bea™®©, hereinafter “Secured Party.” With the intent of being contractually andall “Default Terms,” Ifgranting Secured vor of Secured Party as set forth below under “Payment this property information. to verify fileTerms” bound, any juristic person, as well as the agent of said juristic person, consents and agrees by this Party full authorization and power for engaging in any and actions on behalf of the Userpurchaser including, but not of the unit, is aallcondominium Copyright Notice that neither said juristic person, nor the agent of said juristic person, shall display, nor othlimited by, authentication of a record on behalf of User, as Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, the foreclosure sale, other than a unit atthat erwise use in any manner, the common-law trade-name/trade-mark JAI BEA™®©, nor the common-law deems appropriate, and User further consents and agrees this appointment of Secured Party as and assessments the coupled shall pay and copyright described herein, nor any derivative of, nor any variation in the spelling of, JAI BEA™®© without default, is irrevocable with a securiAuthorized Representative for User, effective upon User’smortgagee The by required legal fees the the prior, express, written consent and acknowledgement of Secured Party, as signified by Secured Party’s the following additional terms of Self-executty interest. User further consents and agrees with all of ing Contract/Security Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Use: Payment Terms: Act, In accordance with signature in red ink. Secured Party neither grants, nor implies, nor otherwise gives consent for any unau765 ILCS Property Condominium fees for unauthorized use of JAI BEA™®© as set forth above, User hereby and agrees thatTHE User thorized use of JAI BEA™®©, and all such unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Secured Party is not ARE YOU (g)(4). IF and consents 605/9(g)(1) shall pay Secured Party all unauthorized-use fees in full within ten (10) days of the date User is sent now, nor has Secured Party ever been, an accommodation party, nor a surety, for the purported debtor, i.e.

MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU Secured Party’s invoice, hereinafter “Invoice,” itemizing said fees. Default Terms: In event of non-payment “JAI BEA,” nor for any derivative of, nor for any variation in the spelling of, said name, nor for any other juIN REMAIN RIGHT THE days of date Invoice is sent, TO User shall be deemed in full of all unauthorized-use fees by User within ten (10) HAVE ristic person, and is so-indemnified and held harmless by Debtor, i.e. “JAI BEA,” in Hold-harmless and DAYS FOR POSSESSION in default and: (a) all of User’s property and property pledged as collateral by User,30 as set forth in AFTER above in Indemnity Agreement No. JB-011110-HHIA dated the eleventh day of January in the year of our Lord OF OF (b) AN of Secured Party; SecuredORDER Party is appointed paragraph “(2),” immediately becomes, i.e. is, property ENTRY two thousand ten, A.D. against any and all claims, legal actions, orders, warrants, judgments, demands, User’s Authorized Representative as set forth abovePOSSESSION, in paragraph “(8)”; and User consents and liabilities, losses, depositions, summonses, lawsuits, costs, fines, liens, levies, penalties, damages, interIN (c) ACCORDANCE well as SECTION otherwise dispose of in any manner that agrees that Secured Party may take possession of, as WITH ests, and expenses whatsoever, both absolute and contingent, as are due and as might become due, now 15-1701(C) OF THE appropriate, including, but FORECLOSURE not limited by, sale at Secured Party, in Secured Party’s sole discretion, deemsILLINOIS existing and as might hereafter arise, and as might be suffered by, imposed on, and incurred by Debtor for MORTGAGE auction, at any time following User’s default, and formerly pledged as collateral by User, now property of any and every reason, purpose, and cause whatsoever. Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement in Plaintiff's contact information, LAW. For Agreement in Event of Unauthorized Event of Unauthorized Use: By this Copyright Notice, both the juristic person and the agent of said juristic Secured Party, in respect of this “Self-executing Contract/Security , 105 & LIEBERMAN person, hereinafter jointly and severally “User,” consent and agree that any use of JAI BEA™®© other than Use,” that Secured Party, again in Secured Party’s sole attorney: discretion, NOONAN deems appropriate.

Terms for Curing Chicago, 1100, ST., SUITE ADAMS W.“Default Terms,” irrespective of any and allIL of Default: Upon event of default, as set forth above under authorized use as set forth above constitutes unauthorized use, counterfeiting, of Secured Party’s comabove in(312) paragraph “(2),” in. the possession of,file as User’s former property and interest in property, described60603, mon-law copyrighted property, contractually binds User, renders this Copyright Notice a Security refer to Please 212-4028 well as disposed of by, Secured Party, as authorized above under “Default Terms,” User may cure User’s Agreement wherein User is debtor and Jai: Bea™®© is Secured Party, and signifies that User: (1) number 1600-21. THE JUDICIAL SALES default only re the remainder of User’s said former property and interest property, formerly pledged as colgrants Secured Party a security interest in all of User’s assets, land, and personal property, and all of CORPORATION One South Wacker lateral that is neither in the possession of, nor otherwise disposed of by, Secured Party within twenty (20) User’s interest in assets, land, and personal property, in the sum certain amount of $500,000.00 per each 60606-4650 ILnon-payment Floor, Chicago, 24th Foreclosure: Drive, in User’s of Strict days of date of User’s default only by payment in full. Terms occurrence of use of the common-law-copyrighted trade-name/trade-mark JAI BEA™®©, as well as for The can You 236-SALE full of all unauthorized-use fees itemized in Invoice within(312) said twenty(20) day period for also curingvisit default as each and every occurrence of use of any and all derivatives of, and variations in the spelling of, JAI BEA set forth above under “Terms for Curing Default” authorizes Secured Party’s non-judicial strict ™®©, plus costs, plus triple damages; (2) authenticates this Security Agreement wherein User is debtor at Corporation Sales immediate Judicial foreclosure on any and all remaining former property andwww.tjsc.com interest in property, formerly collateral and Jai: Bea™®© is Secured Party, and wherein User pledges all of User’s assets, land, consumer of statusasreport 7 daypledged for a

by User, now property of Secured Party, which is not inpending the possession nor otherwise disposed of by, goods, farm products, inventory, equipment, money, investment property, commercial tort claims, letters of & LIEBERMAN sales.of,NOONAN Secured Party upon expiration of said twenty- (20) day default-curing period. Ownership subject to comcredit, letter-of-credit rights, chattel paper, instruments, deposit accounts, accounts, documents, and gen1100 SUITE ST., ADAMS 105 W. mon-law copyright and UCC Financing Statement and Security Agreement filed with the UCC filing office. eral intangibles, and all User’s interest in all such foregoing property, now owned and hereafter acquired, 212-4028 (312) use 60603 Chicago, Record Owner: Jai Bea™®©, Autograph Common Law CopyrightIL© 1958.

Unauthorized of “Jai now existing and hereafter arising, and wherever located, as collateral for securing User’s contractual obligCode.

1600-21 File Attorney Bea” incurs same unauthorized-use fees as those associated with JAINo.: BEA™®©, as Attorney set forth above in ation in favor of Secured Party for User’s unauthorized use of Secured Party’s common-law-copyrighted in Event# of08 Unauthorized Use.” NOTE: paragraph “(1)” under “Self-executing Contract/Security Agreement property; (3) consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of a UCC Financing Statement in the UCC filCH 18519 38245 Case ing office, as well as in any county recorder’s office, wherein User is debtor and Jai: Bea™®© is Secured Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Party; (4) consents and agrees that said UCC Financing Statement described above in paragraph “(3)” is a Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in Practices Act, you are advised that continuing financing statement, and further consents and agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any continurelation to the use of an Assumed Business Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt ation statement necessary for maintaining Secured Party’s perfected security interest in all of User’s propName in the conduct or transaction of Business collector attempting to collect a debt and erty and interest in property, pledged as collateral in this Security Agreement and described above in parathe State,” as amended, that a certification as in any information obtained will be used for graph “(2),” until User’s contractual obligation theretofore incurred has been fully satisfied; (5) consents and filed by the undersigned with the County agrees with Secured Party’s filing of any UCC Financing Statement, as described above in paragraphs “(3)” purpose. that Clerk of Cook County. File No. D10122700 I290763 19th of July, 2010.

Under the on the Public Notice IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK Assumed Name of Sol Designs, with the busithe twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, A.D. COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY ness located at 8114 S. Harvard, Chicago, IL DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION 60620. The true name(s) and residence address US BANK, NA of the owner(s) is: Cassiopeia Sledge, 8114 DECLARATION OF ASSIGNEES UPDATE OF PATENT NUMBER 29 KNOW ALL MEN P l a i n t i f f , Harvard, Chicago, IL 60620.

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THAT Jai: Bea®© DO SEVERALLY CERTIFY AND DECLARE THAT I BRING UP THIS 7/31, 8/7, 8/14 LAND PATENT IN MY NAME, A SOVEREIGN NEUTRAL FREEMAN ON THE LAND COREY JOHNSON A/K/A COREY R. Illinois the Republic JOHNSON, et al THE CHARACTER OF SAID PROPERTY SO SOUGHT TO BE PATENTED, AND LEGALD e f e n d a n t LY DESCRIBED AND REFERENCED UNDER PATENT NUMBER 29 LISTED CERTIFIIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK 09 CH 009769 CATE: COUNTY ILLINOIS COUNTY, NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS (LEGAL DESCRIPTION) CHANCERY DEPARTMENT HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a LOT TWENTY NINE (29) LOT THIRTY (30) IN BLOCK ELEVEN (11) OF TAYLOR’S DIVISION CAPITAL ONE BANK, N.A. AS SECOND ADDITION TO SOUTH CHICAGO, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTH Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered WEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER (¼) OF FRACTIONAL SECTION FIVE (5), SOUTH OF OF MERGER BY SUCCESSOR in the above cause on May 24, 2010, an THE INDIAN BOUNDRY LINE TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 15, EAST OF THE GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN. Plaintiff, INC. will at 10:30 AM on August 25, 2010, at the COMMON ADDRESS: 9645-47 S AVENUE M CHICAGO, ILLINOIS . v The Judicial Sales Corporation, One IF THIS LAND PATENT IS NOT CHALLENGED, WITHIN 60 DAYS IT BECOMES MY al et KRTINIC, RADOMIR South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor PRIVATE PROPERTY CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public D e f e n d a n t Public Notice auction to the highest bidder, as set forth 18519 CH 08 the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, A.D. below, the following described real estate: NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS Commonly known as 5940 S. KING DRIVE HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a UNIT #4W, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered DECLARATION OF ASSIGNEES UPDATE OF PATENT NUMBER 700 KNOW ALL MEN Index No. 20-15-305-035-1030 The real

BY THESE PRESENTS: in the above cause on March 31, 2009, an THAT Jai: Bea®© DO SEVERALLY CERTIFY AND DECLARE THAT I BRING UP THIS estate is improved with a residence. Sale agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation LAND PATENT IN MY NAME, A SOVEREIGN NEUTRAL FREEMAN ON THE LAND terms: 25% down of the highest bid by will at 10:30 AM on August 18, 2010, at the Illinois the Republic certified funds at the close of the auction;.

The Judicial Sales Corporation, One THE CHARACTER OF SAID PROPERTY SO SOUGHT TO BE PATENTED, AND LEGALThe balance, in certified funds, is due South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor LY DESCRIBED AND REFERENCED UNDER PATENT NUMBER 700 LISTED CERTIFIwithin twenty-four (24) hours. The subject CATE: CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public property is subject to general real estate (LEGAL DESCRIPTION) auction to the highest bidder, as set forth THE NORTH ½ OF LOT 16 CIRCUIT COURT PARTITION OF THE EAST ½ OF THE taxes, special assessments, or special below, the following described real estate: NORTHEAST ¼ OF THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, taxes levied against said real estate and is Commonly known as 6210 S. INGLESIDE, RANGE 14, EAST OF THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. offered for sale without any representation Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. COMMON ADDRESS: 4018 S MARTIN LUTHER KING DRIVE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS as to quality or quantity of title and without 20-14-314-009-0000 The real estate is IF THIS LAND PATENT IS NOT CHALLENGED, WITHIN 60 DAYS IT BECOMES MY recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" PRIVATE PROPERTY improved with a single family residence. condition. The sale is further subject to The judgment amount was $470,589.18.

Public Notice confirmation by the court. If the sale is set Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, A.D. aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the certified funds at the close of the auction;. sale shall be entitled only to a return of the The balance, in certified funds, is due deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no DECLARATION OF ASSIGNEES UPDATE OF PATENT NUMBER 2587 KNOW ALL within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject further recourse against the Mortgagor, MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: estate real general to subject is property THAT Jai: Bea®© DO SEVERALLY CERTIFY AND DECLARE THAT I BRING UP THIS the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's taxes, special assessments, or special LAND PATENT IN MY NAME, A SOVEREIGN NEUTRAL FREEMAN ON THE LAND attorney. Upon payment in full of the taxes levied against said real estate and is Illinois the Republic amount bid, the purchaser will receive a THE CHARACTER OF SAID PROPERTY SO SOUGHT TO BE PATENTED, AND LEGALoffered for sale without any representation Certificate of Sale that will entitle the LY DESCRIBED AND REFERENCED UNDER PATENT NUMBER 2587 LISTED CERTIFIas to quality or quantity of title and without purchaser to a deed to the real estate after CATE: recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" confirmation of the sale The property will (LEGAL DESCRIPTION) condition. The sale is further subject to THE SOUTH 30 FEET OF THAT PART WEST OF DREXEL BOULEVARD OF LOT 8 (EXNOT be open for inspection and plaintiff in payment Upon court. the by confirmation CEPT THE WEST 54.5 FEET THEREOF) IN BLOCK 16 IN WADSWORTH AND MOOD’S makes no representation as to the SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 15, AND 16 IN CLEAVERVILLE IN SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP full of the amount bid, the purchaser will condition of the property. Prospective 38 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle bidders are admonished to check the court COUNTY, ILLINOIS. the purchaser to a deed to the real estate file to verify all information. If this property COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 3978 S DREXEL BOULEVARD CHICAGO, ILLINOIS property The sale the of confirmation after is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the IF THIS LAND PATENT IS NOT CHALLENGED, WITHIN 60 DAYS IT BECOMES MY will NOT be open for inspection and PRIVATE PROPERTY unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a plaintiff makes no representation as to the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and Public Notice condition of the property. Prospective the legal fees required by The the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, A.D. bidders are admonished to check the court Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS file to verify all information. If this property 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU DECLARATION OF ASSIGNEES UPDATE OF PATENT NUMBER 96 KNOW ALL MEN unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN

BY THESE PRESENTS: POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER mortgagee shall pay the assessments and THAT Jai: Bea®© DO SEVERALLY CERTIFY AND DECLARE THAT I BRING UP THIS LAND PATENT IN MY NAME, A SOVEREIGN NEUTRAL FREEMAN ON THE LAND ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF the legal fees required by The Illinois the Republic POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS THE CHARACTER OF SAID PROPERTY SO SOUGHT TO BE PATENTED, AND LEGALWITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE LY DESCRIBED AND REFERENCED UNDER PATENT NUMBER 96 LISTED CERTIFIILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU CATE: LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN (LEGAL DESCRIPTION) attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER THE EAST 6 FEET OF LOT 70 AND ALL OF LOT 69 IN MARY ANN BAYLEY’S SUBDIVASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH OF ORDER AN OF ENTRY SION OF BLOCK 8 IN WRIGHT AND WEBSTER’S SUBDIVISION OF THE NORTHEAST FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR ACCORDANCE IN POSSESSION, ¼ OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 13 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIRIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between PAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2435 ERIE STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE IF THIS LAND PATENT IS NOT CHALLENGED, WITHIN 60 DAYS IT BECOMES MY the sales department.. Please refer to file LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's PRIVATE PROPERTY number 14-09-06930. THE JUDICIAL attorney: NOONAN & LIEBERMAN , 105 SALES CORPORATION One South W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1100, Chicago, IL Public Notice Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL the twentieth day of July in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, A.D. 60603, (312) 212-4028 . Please refer to file 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also number 1600-21. THE JUDICIAL SALES visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at CORPORATION One South Wacker DECLARATION OF ASSIGNEES UPDATE OF PATENT NUMBER 1398 KNOW ALL www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, THAT Jai: Bea®© DO SEVERALLY CERTIFY AND DECLARE THAT I BRING UP THIS (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE LAND PATENT IN MY NAME, A SOVEREIGN NEUTRAL FREEMAN ON THE LAND at Corporation Sales Judicial ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL Illinois the Republic www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of THE CHARACTER OF SAID PROPERTY SO SOUGHT TO BE PATENTED, AND LEGAL60527 (630) 794-9876 Attorney File No.: LIEBERMAN & NOONAN sales. pending LY DESCRIBED AND REFERENCED UNDER PATENT NUMBER 1398 LISTED CERTIFI14-09-06930 ARDC# 00468002 Attorney 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1100 CATE: Code. 21762 Case # 09 CH 009769 (LEGAL DESCRIPTION) Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 212-4028 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt LOT 2 IN BLOCK 12 IN JOHNSTON’S SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST ½ OF THE SOUTHAttorney File No.: 1600-21 Attorney Code.

Collection Practices Act, you are advised EAST ¼ OF SECTION SIX, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 14, EAST OF THE THIRD 38245 Case # 08 CH 18519 NOTE: that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection debt collector attempting to collect a debt COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1021 NORTH WOOD STREET, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Practices Act, you are advised that IF THIS LAND PATENT IS NOT CHALLENGED, WITHIN 60 DAYS IT BECOMES MY and any information obtained will be used Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt PRIVATE PROPERTY for that purpose. collector attempting to collect a debt and I289933 any information obtained will be used for purpose. that Blacks Must control their own coMMunity The Chicago Crusader I290763

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

CHARLES E. THOMAS, JR., et al D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 023772 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 16, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6350 S. RHODES AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-202-036 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER OF AN ORDER OF ENTRY IN ACCORDANCE POSSESSION, 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 14-09-15740. 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.: 14-09-15740 ARDC# 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case # 09 CH 023772 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.

I286473 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY 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 .

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES DORIAN CARTWRIGHT, IF ANY, et al D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 43420 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 25, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 27, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5913 SOUTH NORMAL AVENUE AKA 5913 SOUTH NORMAL BLVD, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-305-005-0000 The real estate is improved with a brick single family with no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject 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 Chicago the amount Crusader bid, the purchaser will The receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN

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UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES DORIAN CARTWRIGHT, IF ANY, et al D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 43420 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 25, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 27, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 5913 SOUTH NORMAL AVENUE AKA 5913 SOUTH NORMAL BLVD, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-305-005-0000 The real estate is improved with a brick single family with no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA0927942. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Sales Corporation at Judicial www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES pending One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No.: PA0927942 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 09 CH 43420 I288928

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: Kara Findlay, 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 C09090282. 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.: C09090282 ARDC# 6275591 Attorney Code. 26122 Case # 09 CH 43959 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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FINANCIAL BANK, N.A., SERVICER FOR MORTGAGE LOAN OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATES, PSSA SERIES 2006-5 P l a i n t i f f , v .

PHILLIP MARTIN, YOLANDRA MARTIN, A/K/A YOLANDA MARTIN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 09 CH 06158 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 3, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 9, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7955 S. BLACKSTONE AVE., Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-35-206-022 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $198,698.67. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: Kimberly A. Padjen, GOMBERG, SHARFMAN, GOLD & OSTLER, PC , 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1410, CHICAGO, IL 60604, (312) 332-6194 .

Please refer to file number 42170. 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.

GOMBERG, SHARFMAN, GOLD & OSTLER, PC 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1410 CHICAGO, IL 60604 (312) 332-6194 Attorney File No.: 42170 Attorney Code.

90334 Case # 09 CH 06158 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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in the above cause on May 24, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 26, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 5742 SOUTH PEORIA STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-17-221-033-0000 The real estate is improved with a two-story, brick apartment building; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject 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 are property. Prospective bidders admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA0930811. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Sales Corporation at Judicial 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.: PA0930811 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 09 CH 44702 I288535

HOUSES FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR LONG BEACH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-11 P l a i n t i f f , v .

ANTO GAVIC, 6620 SOUTH ST. LAWRENCE CONDOMINIUMS A S S O C I A T I O N D e f e n d a n t 07 CH 31030 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 20, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 23, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6620 S. ST. LAWRENCE AVENUE, UNIT 3, Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-227-048-1001 The real estate is improved with a residential condominium.

The judgment amount was $295,584.07.

Sale terms: The bid amount shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER OF AN ORDER OF ENTRY IN ACCORDANCE POSSESSION, WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC , 111 East Main Street, Suite 200, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 . THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street, Suite 200 DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case # 07 CH 31030 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC P l a i n t i f f , v .

RAWLIN BROWN, CITY OF CHICAGO D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 43959 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 21, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 23, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 5547 SOUTH SHIELDS AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-201-014-0000 The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The judgment amount was $276,275.79. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. 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 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK condition of the property. Prospective COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY bidders are admonished to check the court DEPARTMENT CHANCERY file to verify all information. If this property DIVISION GREEN TREE SERVICING is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the L L C . unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and P l a i n t i f f , the legal fees required by The v .

Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS DONNELL MACK JR, et al 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE D e f e n d a n t MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU 09 CH 44702 HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE in the above cause on May 24, 2010, an WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's will at 10:30 AM on August 26, 2010, at the attorney: Kara Findlay, FREEDMAN The Judicial Sales Corporation, One ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC , 1807 W. South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333, NAPERVILLE, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public IL 60563, (866) 402-8661 For bidding auction to the highest bidder, as set forth instructions, call 630-453-6713 24 hours below, the following described real prior to sale. Please refer to file number estate:Commonly known as 5742 SOUTH C09090282. THE JUDICIAL SALES PEORIA STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621 CORPORATION One South Wacker Property Index No. 20-17-221-033-0000 Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 The real estate is improved with a (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Blacks Sales Corporation at M ust control their brick own coMMunity two-story, apartment building; no www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the pending sales. FREEDMAN ANSELMO highest bid by certified funds at the close LINDBERG LLC 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, of the auction;. The balance, in certified SUITE 333 NAPERVILLE, IL 60563 (866) funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

402-8661 Attorney File No.: C09090282 The subject property is subject to general ARDC# 6275591 Attorney Code. 26122 real estate taxes, special assessments, or Case # 09 CH 43959 NOTE: Pursuant to special taxes levied against said real the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you estate and is offered for sale without any are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to representation as to quality or quantity of collect a debt and any information obtained title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in will be used for that purpose.

"AS IS" condition. The sale is further I288664 subject to confirmation by the court. Upon

payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY DIVISION CHANCERY BANK FSB ONEWEST P l a i n t i f f , s . v AARON MUHAMMAD A/K/A ARRON UNKNOWN MUHAMMAD; HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF AARON IF ANY; MUHAMMAD, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON CLAIMANTS; RECORD D e f e n d a n t s , CH 49008 09 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE UNDER LAW FORECLOSURE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 5/24/2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, August 26, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: Commonly known as 6243 SOUTH EVANS AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

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

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

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I287765

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

RAHMAL CONDA A/K/A RAHMAL H. CONDA; AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS, INC.; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF RAHMAL H. CONDA IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; GRACIE MARIA TYLER; D e f e n d a n t s , 10 CH 00844 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 5/14/2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 17, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-27-229-005-0000.

Commonly known as 7417 SOUTH CHAMPLAIN AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 1 9 .

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

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

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 9 3 8 5 7 4 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I285271

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NEIGHBORHOOD LENDING SERVICES, INC., ASSIGNEE OF MB FINANCIAL BANK, N.A., SERVICER FOR MORTGAGE LOAN OWNERSHIP CERTIFICATES, PSSA SERIES 2006-5 P l a i n t i f f , v .

PHILLIP MARTIN, YOLANDRA MARTIN, A/K/A YOLANDA MARTIN, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 09 CH 06158 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the aboveJuly Saturday, cause on May 3, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 9, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7955 S. BLACKSTONE AVE., Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-35-206-022 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $198,698.67. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

31, 2010

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY D I V I S I O N JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N , P l a i n t i f f V .

DEBRA A. RICE A/K/A DEBRA RICE A/K/A DEBRA DEBRA RICE; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ASSIGNEE OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS RECEIVER FOR WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK; CITY OF CHICAGO, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; PARKSIDE PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., D e f e n d a n t s 09 CH 48257 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE C O N D O M I N I U M Fisher and Shapiro file # 09-030695 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure sales.)

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on May 25, 2010, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on August 26, 2010, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 6852 South Dante Avenue, Unit 3E, Chicago, IL 60637 Permanent Index No.: 20-23-406-035-1010 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). The judgment amount was $116,443.66. Sale terms: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by 12:30 p.m. the next business day, both by cashier's checks; and no refunds. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "as is," with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information.

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

I281413 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY O N D I V I S I CITIZENS N.A., RBS f P l a i n t i f .

V VLADAN BOZOVIC A/K/A VLADAR BOZOVIC; 6211 SOUTH VERNON CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; 3211 S. VERNON, LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD C L A I M A N T S , D e f e n d a n t s 09 CH 41663 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE C O N D O M I N I U M Fisher and Shapiro file # 09-024943 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure sales.)

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on May 21, 2010, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on August 24, 2010, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 6215 South Vernon Avenue, Unit 3, Chicago, IL 60637 Permanent Index No.: 20-15-417-027-1012 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

The judgment amount was $213,096.93.

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

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

For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015, (847) 498-9990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only. I281379

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against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA0933782. 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.: PA0933782 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 09 CH 49859 I291808

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

BAKER, et al CHANTAY D e f e n d a n t CH 02153 10 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 2, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on September 7, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:Commonly known as 6836 SOUTH PRAIRIE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-309-034-0000 The real estate is improved with a two unit two story building with tan brick and no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA0937234. 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.: PA0937234 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 02153 I291416

HOUSES FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWABS 04-AB2 Plaintiff, v s .

SCOTT OLSON; THE 6610 SOUTH ST. L A W R E N C E CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SCOTT OLSON, IF ANY; U N K N O W N OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 09 CH 12913 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on May 24, 2010 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 6610 South Saint Lawrence Avenue, Unit #3, Chicago, IL 6 0 6 3 7 .

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 the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W09-0710.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I287710 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BAXTER CREDIT UNION P l a i n t i f f , v .

CITY OF CHICAGO, et al D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 50027 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 19, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 23, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 614 EAST 67TH STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-228-039 The real estate is improved with a brown brick one 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, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA0935919. 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.: PA0935919 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 09 CH 50027 I286955

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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 , v .

AUDREY BYRD, et al D e f e n d a n t 03 M 1 404277 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 13, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 24, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 520 WEST 57TH STREET, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-110-033 The real estate is improved with a vacant land. The judgment amount was $13,444.00. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: City of Chicago, Department of Law , 33 North LaSalle Street, 2nd Floor, CHICAGO, IL 60602, (312) 744-6967 Refer calls to Corp. Counsel/Bldg. & Housing. Div. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Sales Corporation at Judicial www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. City of Chicago, Department of Law 33 North LaSalle Street, 2nd Floor CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 744-6967 Attorney Code. Case # 03 M 1 404277 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.

I292970 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION AURORA LOAN SERVICES, L L C P l a i n t i f f , v .

MELINDA J. WALKER, et al D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 49859 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 7, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on September 9, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7010 SOUTH PRAIRIE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-323-027-0000 The real estate is improved with a brick single family; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject 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 Saturday, July 31, 2010 is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One

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

WILLIAM C HARLAN AKA WILLIAM et al HARLAN, D e f e n d a n t CH 48980 09 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 3, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on September 7, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7537 SOUTH INDIANA AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-303-011-0000 The real estate is improved with a two-story, brick house with two-car, detached garage in back of house. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;.

The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER OF AN ORDER OF ENTRY IN ACCORDANCE POSSESSION, WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA0931637. 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.: PA0931637 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 09 CH 48980 I291732

Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER OF AN ORDER OF ENTRY IN ACCORDANCE POSSESSION, WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA0937989. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Sales Corporation at Judicial 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.: PA0937989 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 02373 I290642

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA DBA AMERICAS SERVICING C O M P A N Y P l a i n t i f f , v .

WAYNE C. BISWURM, et al D e f e n d a n t 09 CH 007308 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 23, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 24, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6142 S. EVANS AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-15-414-030 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: 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 14-09-04119. 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.: 14-09-04119 ARDC# 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case # 09 CH 007308 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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

THE PARKSIDE ON KING DRIVE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, et al D e f e n d a n t 10 CH 02373 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 1, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on September 3, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 365 E 59TH ST UNIT 2, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-15-305-037-1016 The real estate is improved with a brick three story with no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject 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 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK representation as to the condition of the COUNTY, ILLINOIS property. Prospective bidders are COUNTY DEPARTMENT admonished to check the court file to verify CHANCERY DIVISION all information. If this property is a THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit FKA THE BANK OF at the foreclosure sale, other than a NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE mortgagee shall pay the assessments and CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWMBS, INC. the legal fees required by The C W M B S IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS REPERFORMING LOAN REMIC COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE TRUST CERTIFICATES, DEPARTMENT CHANCERY MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU SERIES 2005-R2 Plaintiff DIVISION PNC MORTGAGE, A HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN v s .

DIVISION OF PNC BANK, N.A. POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER GARY POLLARD A/K/A GARY J. P l a i n t i f f , ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POLLARD; NICOLE v .

POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE SHORTY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND CHANTAY BAKER, et al WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE LEGATEES OF GARY D e f e n d a n t ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE POLLARD, IF ANY; UNKNOWN 10 CH 02153 OWNERS AND NON LAW. For information: Visit our website at NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS RECORD CLAIMANTS; http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a D e f e n d a n t s , hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered 09 CH 38518 ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One in the above cause on June 2, 2010, an NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel cNo. (312) oMMunity own their Blacks Must control UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE will at 10:30 AM on September 7, 2010, at 476-5500. Please refer to file number FORECLOSURE LAW the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One PA0937989. THE JUDICIAL SALES PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CORPORATION One South Wacker pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 entered in the above entitled cause on auction to the highest bidder, as set forth (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The 5/21/2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales below, the following described real Judicial Sales Corporation at Corporation will on Tuesday, August 24, estate:Commonly known as 6836 SOUTH www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at PRAIRIE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Property Index No. 20-22-309-034-0000 One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder The real estate is improved with a two unit CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 for cash, the following described property: two story building with tan brick and no Attorney File No.: PA0937989 Attorney Commonly known as 6853 SOUTH garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 02373 WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637. highest bid by certified funds at the close I290642 The improvement on the property consists of the auction;. The balance, in certified of a single family residence. Sale terms: funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

25% down by certified funds, balance The subject property is subject to general within 24 hours, by certified funds. No real estate taxes, special assessments, or refunds. The property will NOT be open

REPERFORMING LOAN REMIC TRUST CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-R2 Plaintiff v s .

GARY POLLARD A/K/A GARY J. POLLARD; NICOLE SHORTY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF GARY POLLARD, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 38518 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 5/21/2010, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: Commonly known as 6853 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637.

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

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0 9 2 7 1 6 6 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I287653

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR RAMP 2006RS4 P l a i n t i f f , v .

SIDY NIAGADO, et al D e f e n d a n t 08 CH 046626 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 18, 2010, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on August 20, 2010, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1506 E. 73RD PLACE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-26-222-014 The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction;. The balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: 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 14-08-33417. 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.: 14-08-33417 ARDC# 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case # 08 CH 046626 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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Tigers bring home the trophy The West Englewood Tigers won the Great Lakes Youth Event age nine and under baseball championship June 26th in Lynwood, Illinois.

This was quite an accomplishment considering this has been their first year of involvement with the Northern Illinois Metro League.

The contenders in this year’s championship play were: Illinois Sparks, Northwest Indiana Shock-

ers, Merrionnette Park Express, All Area Giants, Bridgeport Bombers, Illinois Edge and Homewood Hawks.

The Tigers call Lindblom Park, 61st and Damen, home. Under the watchful eye of Coach Darold Butler the team continues to thrive. “The team will continue to improve,” states Coach Butler. The weekend tournument was held at the Ho Chunk Sports Center.

MLB, White Sox, and People Magazine announce 30 ‘All-Stars Among Us’ after 1.7 million votes cast Chicagoan, Kenny Fullman, honored at 2010 All-Star Game on FOX, and featured in special pre-game ceremony Major League Baseball, PEOPLE and White Sox recently announced Kenny Fullman as the White Sox “All-Star” of the “AllStars Among Us” campaign, which debuted in 2009 and recognizes individuals who are serving their communities in extraordinary ways. Out of the three “All-Star” finalists representing the White Sox, Fullman of Chicago was chosen by fans across the nation for his community service through the Amateur City Elite, an inner-city high school baseball program designed to mentor young people and help them prepare for college or professional baseball.

Fullman, plus the other 29 “AllStars Among Us,” one representing each MLB Club, attended and were honored during the pregame ceremony of the 81st Major League Baseball All-Star Game July 13th on Fox television. Fans across the nation cast 1.7 million votes – more than double the

PRESENTING THE WINNERS of the ”Great Lakes Youth Event - nine and under” Baseball Championship. The winners are (left to right) Darold Butler, Jr., Jalon Lemons, Damien Coleman, Coach Dennis Butler, Lafayette Johnson, Larenz Elion, Wendell Smith, coach Darold Butler, Sr., Dearion Ratcliff, Johnathon Diaz, Coach Emmanuel Tyler, Christian Carr and (kneeling) Devon Allen. Players Semaj Brown and Noah Smith are not pictured. The team which calls Lindblom Park it home field won the championship at the Ho Chunk Sports Expo in Lynwood, Illinois.

2010 Classic Bodies Bodybuilding and Figure Championship IV coming to SSC

Kenny Fullman amount of votes from the previous year – at PeopleAllStars.com to select the 30 “All-Stars Among Us” winners out of the pool of 90 finalists who are serving as leaders within their communities.

When Kenny Fullman was 12, his father was shot and killed while trying to break up a gang fight on Chicago’s South Side. Today, he is a full-time Chicago Police officer and head baseball coach at Harlan Academy, as well as the head coach of the Amateur City Elite.

Freshman Marcus Carter chosen De La Salle’s Meteor of the Month

The South Suburban College Overall Body Fitness Club is hosting the 2010 Classic Bodies Bodybuilding & Figure Championship IV on Saturday, August 14th in the Kindig Performing Arts Center. Participants and spectators are invited to join the fun at this special event.

The prejudging and night show begins at 6:00 p.m. and tickets are $20, or $15 for SSC students with I.D. (children under the age

of 10 are free). Tickets will be available at the door.

The competition is broken up by weight groups in the divisions of Women Open and Men Open, Women Masters and Men Masters, Women Figure, and Teens.

In addition, there will be entertainment, guest posers, refreshments and free giveaways The entry fee is $40 for all contestants, with a $20 charge for each additional category entered.

The student entry fee is $30 and each additional category $15.

Awards are given for 1st through 5th Place in each division and “Best Poser” of show.

For more information, please contact Joe Gillie, Fitness Center Coordinator, at 708-596-2000 ext. 2577, or email jgillie@ssc.edu. South Suburban College is located at 15800 South State Street, South Holland, IL.

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De La Salle Institute proudly announces that freshman Marcus Carter was chosen the Meteor of the Month for May at its Institute Campus for Young Men. In a joint initiative between the school’s Campus Ministry and its City of De La Salle student government, nominations are received from faculty and staff highlighting students who are motivated and enthusiastic about the school’s La Sallian mission inside and outside of the classroom.

Specifically, nominees are students who stand out among their peers by having demonstrated one or more of the La Sallian Principles of Faith, Community, Service, Social Justice and/or Association.

De La Salle congratulates Carter,

a resident of Chicago’s Wrightwood community, on his achievements and wishes him every future success.

The Chicago Crusader

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