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Congressmen want harbor renamed

By Wendell Hutson Two Black congressmen said they fully expect the Chicago Park District Board to vote next week in favor of renaming a popular, South Side harbor after a famous, Black woman.

“It’s not a question of if they will rename it, but a matter of how soon,” U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-1st District) told the Crusader at a Monday news conference. “The park district is set to meet on Aug. 8 and they must get it straight on August 8.”

Rush and fellow U.S. Rep. Danny K. Davis (D-7th District) are lobbying to have the 31st Street Harbor renamed after the late Margaret Burroughs, a prominent Black artist, writer and co-founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History on the South Side. The harbor is located at 31st Street and Lake Shore Drive, which is actually represented by Davis and not Rush. Alderman Will Burns represents the harbor at City Hall as part of his fourth ward.

“Margaret Burroughs was an ambassador for the state. She brought pride to the Black community and I cannot think of anyone more deserving of this honor,”

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THREE BIG REASONS why the Chicago Park District should rename the 31st Street Harbor after the late Margaret Burroughs is because the proposal to do so is supported by (from left) U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush and Danny K. Davis and Alderman Will Burns. Eric Toller (right rear), grandson of Dr. Margaret Burroughs, also attended the press conference.

Carl Bell waits for patients outside despite office closure

By Chinta Strausberg Armed with some files, his laptop and a prescription pad, internationally acclaimed Black psychiatrist Dr. Carl C. Bell Wednesday sat in a chair waiting for his scheduled patients to arrive, some of whom don’t know the State of Illinois has shut down the 37-year-old South Side Community Mental Health Council.

Squinting his eyes at the blazing sunlight, Bell sat in a chair and patiently waited for his patients to arrive. He had a tent inside of his car but wanted to be more accessible to his patients who had not heard the bad news.

“I am scared that these seven people will show up looking for their medicine,” said Bell. “A lot of these people don’t go out of the house. They don’t watch news. They are kind of shut in.” Bell was expecting 18

patients including 5 new patients who were transferred from one of his co-workers. He was able to call six of the 18 and said hopefully they won’t come, but they may need more medicine.

“People think I keep my word and keep my promises,” said Bell. “I will try it for a week or two. If people come, I will be here until the last person on September 17th is taken care of. I do not know how the state could do this. I don’t understand. I don’t know how the state can work with us for 37-years and we were extraordinarily good partners with them and then drop us like a bad habit. Maybe they have a different way of doing business, but you don’t do that to people.

“They kept telling us that they wanted us to stay open and that was as late as May,” said Bell.

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DESPITE OFFICE CLOSING, Dr. Carl Bell waits outside the Community Mental Health offices, which were recently closed by the state, for patients who may not have heard of the closing. Bell is seeking three months of state funding to close the clinic “respectably.”

NEWS

Danny Davis applauds President’s “Education Order” U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-IL) recently said he is proud to have worked with the White House on the Executive Order establishing the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans.

“I applaud President Obama for establishing a national initiative to produce a more effective continuum of education programs for African American students.

The President has made providing a complete and high-caliber education for all Americans a top priority, and the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans is a critical component to ensuring that all students have equal access to quality education.

“As the Chair of the Education and Labor Taskforce of the Congressional Black Caucus, I lead the Caucus’ work to promote equal opportunity in education, especially for students who have traditionally been underserved and undervalued. To this end, the Congressional Black Caucus requested that the President establish a White House initiative to understand and improve educational opportunities for African American students from cradle to career.

“I am proud to have actively worked with the White House to

convey the importance of such an initiative. By establishing an Executive Order, the president confers authority to the Initiative to work across agencies to understand and improve the educational opportunities for African Americans. An inter-agency approach affords the Initiative greater perspective on students’ needs and greater opportunity to identify and disseminate best practices.”

Congressman Davis continued, “I praise the president for his leadership in creating a national initiative to improve educational opportunities for African Americans. It is an unfortunate reality that African American students experience dramatic inequities in education.

“Too few African American students read or do math at proficient or advanced levels, too few graduate from high school, too few graduate from college, and too few enter college prepared for post secondary coursework. The educational crisis is even starker for African American men. We must do better. We have shown that we can improve education when we focus our efforts.

“The White House Initiative will help identify the best practices that eliminate these inequities and advocate for broader

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA signs the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans Executive Order in the Oval Office, July 26, 2012. Standing behind the President, from left, are: Patricia Coulter, CEO National Urban League of Philadelphia; Rep. Danny Davis, D-Ill.; Reverend Al Sharpton; Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, President of University of Maryland, Baltimore County; Secretary of Education Arne Duncan; Benjamin Jealous, President of the NAACP; Ingrid Saunders-Jones, Chair of the National Council of Negro Women; Rep. Chaka Fattah, D-Pa.; Kaya Henderson, Chancellor of DC Public Schools; and Michael Lomax, President of the United Negro College Fund. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) implementation of these best practices. I promise to work with the President, the White House Initiative on Educational Excel-

lence for African Americans, policymakers, parents, and education advocates to ensure that all African American students re-

ceive an education that fully prepares them for high school graduation, college completion, and productive careers.”

what was going on,” Black added.

In June, the 31st Street Harbor reopened after being closed for remodeling for two years.

The $103 million makeover created for the first time 1,000 floating slips (a slot along the dock attached to the shoreline); 679 parking spaces including an indoor parking garage (previously there were no configured

parking spaces and drivers would park at-will); green roof with landscaped park land for strolling; picnic areas shaded by three large sails, which offers beautiful views of the lake and skyline; a newly configured bike and walking path; an on-site, seasonal restaurant; a snack and boating supply shop; and a community room available for rental.

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Davis said. “I would hope the park district would do the right thing and that’s rename this harbor after Burroughs.”

At Crusader press time, Marita Juaniza, a spokeswoman for the Chicago Park District, acknowledged knowing about the push to rename the harbor, but could not confirm if the board would vote at its Aug. 8 board meeting on the issue.

Burroughs had seven grandchildren and her oldest, Eric Toller, 46, joined Rush and Davis at the news conference.

“My fondest memory of my grandmother is when she took all her grandchildren to Africa to show us our heritage,” recalled Toller. “This renaming would be so befitting for her and I am confident the park district will honor our request.”

Long before her grandchildren Burroughs had lived an interesting full life.

The late Burroughs was born in St. Rose, Louisiana, and by the time she was five years old the family had moved to Chicago. Once in Chicago she attended the former Englewood High School on the South Side, along with the late, Black poet Gwendolyn Brooks. As classmates, the two joined the National Associa-

HONORING MARGARET BURROUGHS at a Monday news conference were Carol Adams, president and chief executive officer for the DuSable Museum of African American History on the South Side, and U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-1st District). tion for the Advancement of Col- to divorce in 1947. In 1949 she ored People Youth Council. Bur- married Charles Gordon Burroughs roughs would go on to earn teacher and stayed married to him for 45 certificates from the former Chicago years, until his death in 1994.

Noted Chicago historian Timuel Teachers College (now Chicago State University) in 1936 and 1939. Black, who also attended the news And in 1948 she earned a master’s conference, said that Burroughs was degree in Fine Arts from the Art In- “one of the finest people I ever met.”

He added Chicago is a better place stitute of Chicago, after earning her bachelor’s degree in 1946 from because of Burroughs’effort to enhance arts in the Black community.

CSU. “She was a diamond in the rough, a As an arts lover Burroughs married the artist Bernard Goss in 1939, only gem that always shined no matter

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STATE SENATOR JACKIE Collins help ensure consumers have more protection from financial predators through her bill that restricts the kinds and amount of fees tax preparers and mortgage lenders can charge. Collins’ SB 1692 targets hidden fees and is expected to ease borrowing burdens on lowincome borrowers. Collins is chair of the Senate Financial Institutions Committee.

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NEWS

Black newspaper columnist looking beyond retirement

By Wendell Hutson One of Chicago’s most popular, Black newspaper columnists is looking forward to next week when she celebrates her birthday and retires from the Chicago Sun Times.

“August 6 can’t get here soon enough. It’s my birthday and the last day my column will run in the Chicago Sun Times,. Estella “Stella” Foster told the Crusader.

After taking a recent four-week vacation it was then that Foster realized it was time for her to move on to other things.

In this “no-holds barred” interview Foster explained why she decided to retire; what she plans to do next and the impact she has had on her readers since December 2003 when her column was born.

One thing Foster is strongly considering doing is resurrecting the “Oh Boy!” column she previously wrote for the nationally-distributed Sister2Sister magazine, founded and owned by her big sister Jamie Foster Brown.

But one thing she does not plan on doing is writing a book.

“As many books as I throw in the garbage I am not writing a book,” Foster said.

The often humorous and laid back Foster was dressed in her favorite color, Black, when the Crusader sat down Sunday with her for an up close and personal interview at her downtown office. And around her neck was a locket with a

photo of her deceased parents.

“I will miss this platform I had to write about issues of interest to the Black community,” confesses the alumnus of Calumet High School on the South Side. “Issues dear to my heart are the death penalty (which should not have been abolished); teenage pregnancy; domestic abuse; and pedophilia.”

With no formal journalism background or a college degree Foster, who grew up in the Englewood community on the South Side, surprisingly ended up at the Sun Times August 1969.

“I was at work (at a Chicago public relations firm) and my sister called me to tell me that (Chicago Sun Times columnist) Irv Kupci net was looking for an assistant,” Foster recalled. “At first I thought nothing of it because I figured he wouldn’t hire a Black woman anyway. But as luck would have it I applied for the position, interviewed with Kup and two days later he called to offer me the position.”

Other employers Foster worked for prior to joining the Sun Times included Beatrice Foods, Palmer House Hotel, the former LaSalle Bank and Illinois Bell.

At age 91 the legendary Kupcinet died November 2003. Foster had assumed much of the writing for his column once his health began to decline.

From everyday readers to elected officials, all said Foster would be missed tremendously.

Estella “Stella” Foster “For 43 years, Stella Foster has shined a light onto Chicago’s social and cultural scene and in the process, became one of our brightest lights,” said Mayor Rahm Emanuel. “The wit, wisdom and candid commentary of her column have earned her the fond affection of everyone who has come into contact with her.”

Illinois’ highest, elected Black official, Secretary of State Jesse White, concurred with Emanuel.

“Stella Foster has been an outstanding source of information and opinion and her column will be greatly missed,” he said.

And Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle described

Foster as a trailblazer.

“Stella demonstrated a strong commitment to the African American community, and helped pave the way for other Black journalists,” she said.

These days the Sun Times is operating under new ownership and Jim Kirk, the paper’s executive editor, said Foster is a hard act to follow.

“Unless we can clone Stella, I doubt seriously that we will replace her,” Kirk said. “Maybe on an interim basis we may have (Entertainment gossip columnist) Bill Zwecker take on some aspects of her column until we decide how best we can continue covering all the wonderful things people have got-

ten use to reading in her columns.”

And while Foster was not consulted when the paper redesigned its columns’ section, Kirk added, “neither was any other columnist.”

Foster said she would have welcomed involvement in the redesign of her column, which can now be found in the paper’s “Daily Splash” section along with Zwecker and other gossip columnists.

“I am not a gossip columnist so moving my column to this section did not make sense to me,” said the North Side resident. “Columnists should be independent of one another and not lumped together. Personally, I felt disrespected when the redesign happened without anyone asking me for input.”

Her column now runs five days a week from its previous two days a week cycle. And with no assistant Foster said the increased frequency also created more work for her.

Kirk said while (Chicago Sun Times columnist) Michael Sneed, who is white, does have an assistant, all other columnist works solo.

“Sneed has an assistant but that was through the paper’s previous ownership,” Kirk told the Crusader.

As a TV buff Foster, who has no children and never married (but was engaged twice), enjoys playing cards and going to stepper’s parties and added that newspapers will ultimately survive the threat of the Internet.

Carl Bell waits for patients outside despite office closure (Continued from page 1) Told that sources claim there is an outside audit that may show some fiscal mismanagement with patient funds, Bell, who has already confirmed that the state audit “came back clean,” said, “I obviously don’t know. For the last two years, they (the State of Illinois) have been paying us slowly.

We’ve been paying staff slowly so we’ve been losing staff slowly but surely and some of those people were fiscal people.

“I have no idea what’s going on.

I have no idea where the money is. I know we have some money in the bank but that’s on hold because we owe somebody and they put a stop to that. I know nobody is stealing any money. I know that. I know we spent every penny on patient care to keep the business going,” said Bell.

“I don’t know how there could have been an outside audit because we don’t have any numbers.

We don’t know. I got a Department of Labor claim from one of the employees. I don’t know how much money the council owes me. I do know it’s a lot of money,

but I don’t know how many paychecks they (the staff ) have been paid because nobody knows.”

While Senator Donne Trotter (D-17th) said Bell and his supporters should fight for the health center to be reopened, Bell said he needs a three-month bridge funding to close out the organization in a respectable way. This is a valuable piece of property. Somebody can use it.”

When asked if the property may be the issue because of its value, Bell said, “I have no idea what’s behind this. They (the state) said they were out of money. I get that; so I believe them. Why should they lie? I don’t think people wake up in the morning and say ‘I’m going to do somebody harm.’”

“I do know I have a responsibility to these patients and I am going to take care of that responsibility because it’s not fair and I went to Meharry,” he said referring to Meharry Medical College in Tennessee. “They taught me to practice medicine and to carry out my absolute responsibility to patients who were under my care and you did it with nothing.

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“The city of Nashville received a large chunk of money from the federal government to take care of indigent patients and the city of Nashville took every single penny of it for their Metro Hospital and did not give Meharry one red cent. Meharry took care of half of every poor person in the city of Nashville and never got paid.”

When asked when did he last receive a paycheck, Dr. Bell said it was back in March of this year and that they tried to pay the line staff (like the receptionist, case managers, support staff ) first.

“They got paid more checks than we did.”

Asked what is he going to do about the unemployment and Labor Department claims that have been filed against the Council, Bell said he didn’t know. “I know the state owes us money. I have no idea what’s going on, none. I don’t know if the state is holding onto that money…to cover the Department of Labor claims.”

“Everything dies, but this need not have died,” said Bell. “No-

body understands the not-forprofit business and how hard it is.

The State of Illinois does not give businesses like this any money for capital improvement or stuff that you need. They just give you money for services which is a good thing, but if you need 2012 software, they don’t give you money for that. Your board is suppose to raise money for that.”

Just then a patient walked up, looked at Bell sitting in his chair then read the closure notice taped to the door of the building. This writer left so as not to violate patient/doctor confidentiality.

When contacted, Gov. Pat Quinn issued the following statement.

“Over the past several years, the Department of Human Services (DHS) Division of Mental Health has advanced millions of dollars to Community Mental Health Council (CMHC) in an effort to ensure continuity of care for consumers and to give the company an opportunity to improve its fiscal situation.

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tional assistance regarding financial and program reporting requirements. To date, CMHC has made no effort to repay the state and has consistently shown an inability to meet its contractual obligations.

“CMHC continues to experience serious fiscal mismanagement and eventual insolvency they have not made payroll in many months, cancelled health insurance for employees and their families, and have been the subject of mounting complaints to the Illinois Department of Labor.

“Therefore, DMH was unable to renew CMHC’s contract for fiscal year 2013. We have a number of area providers already in place to support CMHC consumers with their mental health needs and are currently in discussions with others.”

However, Bell has repeatedly said the Council has not been paid by the state since March and that for the past two-years the state has been slow in paying causing him to lose valuable people including those in charge of the finances.

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OPINION

EDITORIAL THE WORLD WATCHES THE DESTRUCTION OF AFRICAN GREATNESS African Americans have long been proud of evidence of great academic and technical accomplishments citing the great pyramids and Sphinx on the Giza Plateau in Egypt and the scholarly feats of Timbuktu in Mali. Today, however, sacred manuscripts and monuments in Mali, incredibly, are being destroyed right before our eyes. The devastation is so great that it brings to mind the destruction of the Library of Alexandria. The world has yet to recover from that debacle.

People, especially Black people are watching in alarm, and are wondering what to do. Some are calling upon the United Nations, the United States, NATO or the European Union to stop this travesty. Afrocentricity International, however, believes that the responsibility lies in Africa...Africa must save itself! They believe that if Africa cannot save itself it cannot be saved!

Priceless historic treasures of the past have been smashed and destroyed all in the name of Allah, and the once proud evidence of civilization in Mali stands to disappear right in front of our very eyes. The perpetrators are Ag Ghaly, a Taureg nomad who converted to Pakistani style Islam, Ansar Dine, who is allied to MUJUAO of Algeria, and Boko Haram of Nigeria. Afrocentricity International, represented by Dr. Ama Mazama, Per-aat International, and Dr. Molefi Kete Asante, International Organizer, sees this attack as the latest attempt to wipe out evidence of African achievement, and they see the Islamic zealots as no more than criminals who are motivated by the quest for power. Regarding the desecration of graves, according to Afrocentricity International, “... in Mali we know that the ancient graves of the 333 saints include many African philosophers and thinkers who made the civilizations of Mali and Songhay the rivals to the world’s greatest cultures.”

The African continent has long been the victim of various and sundry assaults. From the plunder of precious minerals to the control of natural resources, foreign corporations have literally raped the continent. The African slave trade took away manpower and left the continent in shambles. The late Cecil Rhodes made a fortune from diamonds in South Africa. He came in and ruled the native population and did what he wanted to do, while the indigenous population was banished to limited areas in their own country under the banner of apartheid.

Now today, Africa, which is being exploited on almost every level, is witnessing its greatness being destroyed yet again. The African Union must do something, and members of the African Diaspora must rise up and demand that the African Union respond to this latest outrage.

Interestingly, there was a rumor, which has since proven to be false, that the pyramids were targeted to be destroyed next. Apparently, an Islamic zealot wrote to a newspaper with the suggestion to do this, but there has been no action in this regard. Yet. But just think, if they can destroy Malian sacred monuments, who says the pyramids won’t or can’t be next? It’s time that we wake up and save ourselves; both in the United States in beleaguered Black communities as well as abroad. We can’t sit idly by and watch others do their best to wipe out African accomplishments and hence, her people with it.

A final note: it is obvious that there are invisible hands behind the skirmishes taking place on the African continent, just as there are invisible hands at work here in America to keep Black communities in turmoil. At some point, we are going to have to admit this notion and act in our own self-interest. If we do not, the Black community just might disappear like those monuments. A luta continua.

State Representative Derrick Smith and his attorney seemed surprised when an Illinois House of Representative special committee recommended Smith be expelled.

Smith knows whether he accepted the $7,000 bribe. The FBI sure is making it seem like they know – know that he did. I don’t think we see a lot of people rallying to Smith’s defense because folk are just tired of the politicians’ foolishness. How many Chicago politicians are going before a judge every year because they have been busted for taking a bribe or flat out stealing?

Black folk particularly I am sure are tired of seeing people they elected decide to steal instead of get a part time job. That is what most people do, or live within their means.

We have second generation bribe takers in our community.

We have people in office barely long enough to find out where the bathroom is at the capital and they’re taking bribes. And too many are Black.

Maybe I am just stubborn and bullheaded but nobody can convince me that this tiny percentage of Black elected officials in Illinois and Chicago is out-stealing all of the white politicians we got.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR What did he expect??

Dear Editor:

But look at the news, you see us a lot more than them doing the “perp walk.”

If Smith didn’t do it, then he is dumb for putting himself in the position to let people think he did. And if he didn’t do it, his lawyer should have been making flat out refusals all along instead of dancing on technicalities.

And, if he did it, he is even dumber because nobody should jeopardize a $68,000 a year job for $7,000. How many people have you heard in your everyday life tell you that if they were going to steal, they would steal big?

That is what a lot of people are saying about Smith.

I guess we just need to do a better job of who we elect to office.

But how we do that is the real question.

I think we need to take a waitand-see attitude about. I don’t support the notion that it will create additional poverty because people will be gambling discretionary money and their bill money on video games. Nor do I believe the state is going to reap the projected profits they claim will come along with one more gambling avenue. The sites will be limited to restaurants, bars, truck stops and fraternal and vet(Continued on page 13)

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Video gaming is on the horizon Dear Editor: Not only does Labor Day signal the end of summer for most of us, this year it will mean the beginning of video gaming in Illinois. The support and opposition for more gambling in Illinois seem about equal, but the head of gaming in the state tells us the new gaming option will be up and running around the summer’s last holiday.

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Good Policy Leads to a Great Economy!

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnis We, as African Americans, must get more involved in making policy.

If you are not at the “table” you will probably end up on the menu. In other words, we too often are left out of the benefit side of a law, rule or regulation. The pain side of such matters is usually where you will find us. As one of my mentors taught me, “You can be one of two things: A political activist or a political victim.” Don’t assume that our needs will be taken care of. They haven’t yet and it is our fault. We must get into the “game” and ensure our needs will be met. The following is an overview of our current status.

Today, the US economy is teetering between progress and regression. As businesses work to overcome staggering odds, many of which are imposed by Washington, each step forward seems to be met by two in the opposite direction.

Few would argue that the anemic growth the country has experienced over the last four years is enough to rebound from the trough we find ourselves in, yet policymakers continue to revert to the same failed policies that have wielded little in the way of results.

Harry C. Alford In the wake of the economic downturn of 2008 the American public unwittingly surrendered innovation and individualism for the promise of federal rescue. Now, as the markets settle, the sober realization that further government intervention has failed is setting in. Recently, the rate of small business startups hit a record low, businesses revised down their hiring expectations, and government spending peaked – all at the expense of taxpayers.

Instead of empowering the private sector, the Obama Administration has targeted it. The President’s own comments earlier this month underscore how aloof he is from business owners. He said, “If you’ve got a small business – you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.” Before that he assessed that the private sector is “doing fine.” All came after an Environmental Protection Agency official’s comments became public where he explained the organization’s policy of “crucifying” businesses.

More than ever, business owners are struggling. Cleverly disguised, there are more than 4,000 federal regulations that won’t hit until after the November elections. These rules carry a price tag of over a halftrillion dollars. This tidal wave of regulation stands to hurt the economy and American public alike.

Small businesses are poised to take the biggest fall. Each year, small businesses create two-thirds of new jobs, and they produce half the US GDP. Unlike their larger competitors, these companies often can’t afford to hire specialists to navigate the burdens federal requirements put on them. It takes valuable time and resources keeping up with all that’s asked of them. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that small busi-

nesses recently downgraded their hiring expectations or that earlier this year nearly half of those surveyed said that government regulation was their biggest deterrent to creating new jobs.

But the impact of government overreach is much broader. In private markets, Washington is limiting competition.

Once proven safe chemicals have been targeted by regulators in favor of less-tested, possibly insufficient alternatives. The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) de facto regulatory program, Design for the Environment, needlessly promotes compounds that haven’t been sufficiently tested over those already approved. Such moves not only challenge small businesses, they put consumers at risk as well.

In the telecommunications world, a market where competition is driving technological innovation and cutting costs, lawmakers seem intent on slow-walking important development. Current regulations are still designed for mid-twentieth century technology, which makes no sense in today’s digital age. They should focus efforts on deregulating IP technology to provide greater access to information and services.

Developments in domestic energy resources, which have already cut

prices at the pump and lowered heating and utility costs for homeowners, continue to be stymied by strict federal and state regulation.

The Administration has cut offshore drilling permits by a third while upping the approval process has increased nearly three times. At the same time, federal and state agencies have acutely hamstrung developers through excessive regulation in spite of proven safety measures.

Instead of simply more, regulators should strive for more efficient. By partnering with businesses, particularly small businesses, policymakers can create rules that protect our communities, the environment, and the economy. In the last five years the country has edged towards greater government involvement as a cure for our economic woes, and collectively we’ve seen those efforts fall short. It’s time to repower private industry.

America is a country built on individualism, opportunity, and innovation. Now is not the time to abandon those values.

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

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Crucifying Chick-fil-A Owner for his Beliefs

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist In an attempt to drum up more business, Chick-fil-A has ads and billboards featuring black and white spotted cows – acting in what the company calls their “enlightened self-interest” – urging people to “Eat Mor Chikin.”

But that’s not what gay rights advocates want in the aftermath of the president of Chick-fil-A expressing his opposition to same-sex marriage. They don’t want the public to eat less chicken at Chick-fil-A – they don’t want consumers to eat any chicken served by the Atlantabased chain.

In a June 12 radio interview on “The Ken Coleman Show,” Chick-fil-A President and CEO Dan Cathy said: “As it relates to society in general, I think we are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fists at Him and say, ‘We know better than You as to what constitutes a marriage.’ I pray God’s mercy on our generation that has such prideful, arrogant attitude to think that we have the audacity to try to redefine what marriage is all about.”

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When asked about his support of traditional marriage by the Biblical Recorder, Cathy responded, “Well, guilty as charged.”

It is surprising that anyone would be surprised by the position taken by the Chick-fil-A officials.

Its restaurants are closed on Sunday. In fact, there is a sign in front of one of its Fayettville, Ga. restaurants proclaiming they’re open “24/6.” It’s no secret that on the seventh day, employees rest and/or go to church.

The company says on its Web site, “From the day Truett Cathy started the company, he began applying biblically-based principles to managing his business. For example, we believe that closing on Sundays, operating debt-free and devoting a percentage of our profits back to our communities are what make us a stronger company and Chick-fil-A family.”

Fifteen years ago, the company became the chief sponsor of the Peach Bowl and renamed it the Chick-fil-A Bowl.

“We are the only bowl that has an invocation,”’ Cathy said in the Biblical Recorder interview. “It is our agreement that if Chick-fil-A is associated in this, there’s going to be an invocation. Also, we don’t have our bowl on Sunday, either.”

George E. Curry Both Dan Cathy and his father are devout Christians. And given their religious beliefs and their attitude about working or playing football on Sunday, it should come as no surprise that they believe homosexuality is a sin. As U.S. citizens, they were exercising their First Amendment rights to free speech and religion.

And many people, including me, find that honorable.

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rights advocates is that they try to bully people into subscribing to their point of view. If you don’t believe in same-sex marriages or object to their trying to re-frame their position as an issue of “marriage equity,” they are quick to dismiss your genuinely-held opinion as homophobia. No, many opponents of gay marriages are not homophobic – they simply believe it is a sin. Most major religions – including Christianity, Catholicism, Islam, Mormonism and Orthodox Judaism – reject homosexuality. Of course, the problem with some opponents of same-sex marriage is they want to invoke the Bible selectively instead of following all its teachings.

In arguing that gay rights activists shouldn’t boycott Chick-filA, some liberals are also wrong.

Whether you agree with them or not, gay rights activists and their supporters have the right to spend their money with whom they please. And by urging a boycott of Chick-fil-A, which is a $4 billion a year business, activists are borrowing a page from what leaders of the civil rights movement did in the 1950s and 1960s to break down the walls of segregation.

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the controversy.

Former Arkansas governor and Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee picked Aug. 1 as the day for people to eat at Chick-fil-A to show their support for the company. The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLADD) is promoting a National Same-Sex Kiss Day to be held Aug. 3 at Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country.

The most disturbing part of this controversy is that elected officials are threatening to block Chick-fil-A from building restaurants in their communities.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino have said they might seek to block Chick-fil-A from expanding in their communities.

That would amount to government censorship; no one should be punished by elected officials for exercising their right to free speech.

As the Boston Herald observed, “Which part of the First Amendment does [Mayor] Menino not understand?” The editorial continued, “If the mayor of a conservative town tried to keep out gay-friendly Starbucks or (Continued on page 13) 5

COMMENTARY

Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill

HONORING THE LEGACY OF MARCUS MOSIAH GARVEY (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)

Dr. Conrad Worrill 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 indepen-

dence and liberation as a people.

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 bottom.

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 anti-Garvey, “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 followers, 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 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!

THE EQUIVALENCY OF HUMAN LIFE

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist The national support for the victims of last week’s Aurora shootings is great. However, if we believe in the equivalency of life, what about the lives of young men in Chicago, where there have been more deaths than in Afghanistan so far this year.

While the hospitals in Aurora say they will cover hospital bills for those without insurance (one in three in Colorado), who will cover bills for those who are hospitalized after a drive-by? We mourn some deaths and ignore others, which suggests that some life is valued and some life is cheap.

Does it have anything to do with media attention? In Tuscaloosa, Alabama, a crazed man walked into a bar looking for “a Black man.” He shot a man who did not know him, and with whom he had no beef. He also wounded 17 other people. Why has this story not made national news?

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any news, we have heard about Veronica Moser, the 6-year-old who was massacred in Aurora.

We’ve seen pictures of her smiling face and of her playing. Certainly we can all mourn the tragedy of her young life being snuffed out by a madman. Still, some young lives are valued, while others are not. One of the young deaths

but revealing blurbs about those who lost their lives. On one hand, the blurbs were humanizing. For me, though, they were a reminder of the equivalency of life and the lives we choose to ignore.

There were 12,000 gun-related deaths in the United States in 2008. Eighty percent of the gun deaths in the world’s 23 richest countries happened in the United States, as did 87 percent of the deaths of children. We have more than 270 million privately owned guns in this country; when we add the number of military (police, sheriffs) guns, there is at least one gun for every man, woman, and child in this country. Some hark their Second Amendment rights in their gun ownership, but the Second Amendment was passed before assault weapons and Glocks. If people have the right to bear arms, perhaps they have the right to have 6,000 rounds of ammunition, obtained on the Internet. If we can’t limit guns, can we at least regulate the distribution of ammunition?

In the same year that there were

that rocked my soul was the 2004 murder of Chelsea Cromartie, who sat in her grandmother’s

window playing with her dolls when she was killed by a stray bullet. She wrote, in a classroom exercise, that she was an “amazing girl.” We don’t have to go back to 2004 to find a child’s death. Just last week, Heaven Sutton, who had just had her hair styled for a trip to Disney World, was shot, again, by a stray bullet.

Details of the lives of those who are killed humanizes them and tugs at our heartstrings. In Aurora, we have learned about a man whose wife just gave birth, about another who died saving his girlfriend, of a young woman who missed a Toronto mass murder by a few seconds, aspired to be a sports journalist, and was killed in Aurora. Rarely do we hear about the lives of those who are killed in the inner city, about the lives of Chelsea Cromartie and Heaven Sutton.

The disproportionality of death commentary hits home when one remembers the stories in the New York Times after September 11, 2001. For months, postage stamp sized photos accompanied short

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12,000 gun deaths in the United States, there were a scant 11 gun related deaths in Japan. Indeed, while the United States has 90 privately held guns per 100 people, the next largest per capita rate of privately held guns is in Yemen. In contrast, China has 3 guns per 100 people.

The National Rifle Association loves to say, “guns don’t kill, people do.” As usual, they display limited thinking. People with guns are the ones who kill! Why won’t we address that by dealing with issues of gun and ammunition control?

The 12 people who lost their lives represent a fraction of one percent of those who die from gun violence annually. As we mourn these lives, let us mourn the lives of the thousands who were also killed because it is easier to buy a weapon than it is to buy marijuana in most parts of our nation.

Julianne Malveaux is a Washington, DC based economist and author.

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THE CHATTERBOX

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

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MAYO CLINIC AND DEPRESSION Every week after my column comes out a new revelation is made about Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr. All of the messages are short, but each one is different. The first message that was about three lines long said he was taking a leave for exhaustion.

The second message said his condition was more serious than they thought. None of these disclosed

where he was seeking treatment.

This time he is suffering from depression and complications having to do with his weight-loss surgery of a few years back and finally he is now at Mayo Clinic.

Ima thinks that by the time we get the full story it will be after the November election. Now the conversation is that we Black folks, especially the mens, don’t like to talk or disclose any mental issues dey have. Well, just come to Ima she knows all the symptoms. Black men are naturally messed up for a number of reasons, first of all dey lik dem other womens and that keeps de screwed up for life. Remember there’s one of dem womens involved in the Jesse Jr. case. What is special about this case, others have gone to hospitals, jails and the corner bar and never admitted that dey got a problem so at least in dis case we think among all the announcements, der is a bit of truth to the real story. Now Ima ain’t just trying to keep the Jr. case alive, cause I’s hoping the young man will be okay, but I’s just like all of the rest of you nosey behind folks . . . what is the full story? I guess I’ll be waiting just like you!!! But can dey make the announcement at least by Wednesday so Ima can report it almost first?

-Ima-

what would he buy with the money that he will get with a new war or keeping the war in Afghanistan going. Or maybe, a new war in Iran. You never know what this trickst has up his sleeve.

And dat is another reason Ima

Mitt Romney whole trip. Somebody must have tol’ him to try not to look like he got a board up his behind cause he bent a little when he shook hands with folks, but everythng else was a disaster. One thing is for sure what his campaign folks thought was going to make him look like he could be president convinced me that he needs to sit his behind down. He inspired Ima so much that she will be on the corner doing campaign work.

Now Ima has been known to be doing something else on the corner, but if ’n you see me ‘tween now and the November election I’se campaigning fo President Obammy. I hope like-minded people will join me in making sure Mutt is not elected. Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy. Like so many other folks are giving and raising money so President Obammy is not re-elected!

-Ima-

MUTT ROMNEY THE GAFFE KING!!

Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.

I don’t know who tol’ Mutt to go to London, Israel and Poland, but dey ought to be looking for a new job NOW!!! He has been busy trying to heal his throat all the way back to the states ‘cuse his foot has been in his mouth the

ALONG COMES CHENEY!!!

We were wondering when Ol Cheney, former vice president was going to show up. He earned enough money from the wars to buy a new heart I guess, I wonder

James Meeks PERM ANYONE???

Dick Cheney gonnna campaign for the President, dis buzzard is always around picking at the dead!!

Watch out he’s baaaaaaaaack!!

Ima tried to get airline reservations to get to London over the weekend, but dey was all sold out. Ima got a SOS to bring a big size tub of perm for our little darling gymnastics team member and Ima was on a mission to get it to her before the team had to

THE CELEBRATION IS ON!!

The folks at the Salem Baptist Church (the Mega Church on 119th Street) are going to have a big celebration this week when de’s pastor James Meeks makes his return. Dey made the announcement last week, but now it’s official cause it was on Facebook (the new Black Folks’ Bible). Well, Ima ain’t thrilled, but I betcha I’ll have plenty to write about now! He done got his back fixed or something, so we’ll see how he is walking. Rumors have it that the surgery was on the lower back, but I don’t really know I’m just saying . . .

-Ima-

Gabby Douglas compete again. Well, Ima failed, but our little darling didn’t fail us.

She is so sure of herself and she is a winner. So when she gets back stateside tell her Ima got some perm for her, ‘cause in Iowa it is probably hard to find. Needing a perm and all we’se mighty proud of Gabby Douglas our own little flying girl.

Women’s Business Development Center offers August programs

Thursday, August 2, 9 a.m. – noon.,“Pre-Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference Workshop “Teaming for Contracts” Description: The Women’s Business Development Center

invites you to one of four regional workshops leading up to the oldest conference and business opportunities fair for women, the Entrepreneurial Woman’s Conference. You will learn how to expand your capacity through partnerships, target key strategies to improve your chances of forming successful partnerships and more.

Workshop Presenter: Michelle Kantor, Member, McDonald Hopkins, LLC Chicago office.

Location: Microsoft, AON Center, 200 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL Cost: FREE Registration: http://www.wbdc.org/Calendar/EventDetails.aspx?eId=1652 Tuesday, August 7, 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., “Social Media Marketing Series: Building Your Brand through a Social Media Marketing Plan” Description: This Women’s

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The center provides a continuum of business development services to prospective and established women entrepreneurs including counseling, training, financial, certification and procurement assistance.

Among workshops/events offered in August by the Women’s Business Development Center (WBDC), a nationally and internationally recognized women’s business assistance center providing services and programs that support and accelerate women’s business ownership and strengthen the impact of women on the economy, are:

Business Development Center workshop teaches you how to tackle real problems like negative feedback, poor reviews and public competition. This workshop is perfect for business owners just starting out and already established. Knowing how to use social media can develop client/business relationships otherwise left unfound.

Location: Women’s Business Development Center, 8 S. Michigan Avenue, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 Cost: $30.00 in advance, $35.00 at the door Registration: http://www.wbdc.org/Calendar/EventDetails.aspx?eId=1636 Tuesday, August 14, 6 p.m.– 8 p.m., “Mentees: Mastering a Mentoring Relationship for Business Growth” Description: Want to ramp up your learning curve for your busi-

ness? Multiple studies show that entrepreneurs speed up their growth when they effectively work with a mentor. The Women’s Business Development Center can help prepare you to maximize a mentoring relationship and take advantage of the proliferation of opportunities to create mentoring relationships and utilize business incubators.

Location: Women’s Business Development Center, 8 S. Michigan Avenue, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603 Cost: $30.00 in advance, $35.00 at the door Registration: http://www.wbdc.org/Calendar/EventDetails.aspx?eId=1646 Wednesday, August 22, 2 p.m. – 3 p.m., “Online Group Business Counseling – Improve Your Contract Opportunity Searches on FBO.gov, City of Chicago and CMS Saturday, August 4, 2012

Description: This Women’s Business Development Center webinar will teach you strategies for contract opportunity searches on FBO.gov, City of Chicago and CMS from WBDC business counselors to increase your chances of winning contracts.

Location: Online Cost: Free Registration: Please send an email to glopez@wbdc.org with ONLINE GROUP BUSINESS COUNSELING WEBINAR in the subject line. You will receive an invitation email containing instructions on how to join the webinar.

For further information about these or other WBDC workshops, visit http://www.WBDC.org or call (312) 853-3477.

The WBDC is headquartered at 8 S. Michigan Avenue, 4th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

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BUSINESS New CFPB consumer poll: African-Americans, Latinos strongest supporters of financial reform

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist According to a new consumer poll released in time for the second anniversary of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), consumer support for the nation’s financial watchdog is strong across gender and political affiliations. Additionally, when pollsters analyzed results by race, the nation’s biggest support for financial reform came from African-Americans and Latinos. More than eight out of ten consumers of color polled favor a strong CFPB and also called for the Bureau to: • Require clearer explanations of lending rates, terms and fees; • Oversee non-bank lenders; • Write tough rules matched by Bureau enforcement; • Create a searchable database where consumers can report unfair practices and/or view complaints and • Protect military service members who have been deployed from mortgage and foreclosures.

When consumers polled were asked if Wall Street caused the fi-

nancial crisis, eight out of ten African-Americans agreed. By contrast, a single percentage point separated all respondents (64 percent) and Latinos (65 percent).

Considering that communities of color have lost the most financial ground during the greatest recession since that of the 1930s, racial differences in responding to the poll are easily understandable.

As a people, we are also the same consumers who heavily invested more in their homes than in stocks or bonds to chart a personal course to build family wealth. Unfortunately, many times our communities are also the unfortunate targets of predatory lenders offering a range of high-cost products that often leave consumers in worse financial shape than before.

For example, in a recent guest commentary in The Hill, a daily DC-insider publication, California Congresswoman Maxine Waters said, “Many of us on Capitol Hill who feel strongly about the need for reform have been struggling with the sometimes-subtle, sometimes-overt, but always tenacious, attempts to undermine fi-

Charlene Crowell nancial reform over the last two years. And because we’re sensitive to making sure that the law we passed works in practice, even some allies of financial reform are often too quick to believe the industry when they cry wolf about the unintended consequences of Dodd-Frank.”

Similarly, Jose A. Garcia, policy fellow, Wealth-Building Policy Project, National Council of La Raza, stated: “Latino voters, regardless of party affiliation, overwhelmingly support consumer protections as a means to ending decades of costly and deceptive credit that has disproportionally affected Latino families and the economic security of the Latino community.”

In the aftermath of devastating financial losses, followed by a string of lawsuit settlements against many of the nation’s largest banks to resolve charges of discriminatory lending practices and lack of maintenance of foreclosed homes, many people of color are not just hoping for – but expecting redress.

Commenting on the poll results, Mike Calhoun, CRL president said, “Everyday Americans know what’s good for their pocketbooks, their families, and our economy – that’s why a large, bipartisan majority is calling for financial reforms to take effect. Let’s hope policymakers hear them loud and clear.”

Speaking on behalf of AARP, Nancy LeaMond, its executive vice-president spoke to the specific concerns of older Americans.

“During the financial crisis, too many older Americans lost their savings due to the failure of an outdated and compromised financial regulatory system. That’s why most Americans say they want clear, accurate information so they can make the best financial decisions for their families, and a watchdog that will protect them from financial abuse.

The telephone poll, conducted

by Lake Research Partners, was jointly commissioned by the Center for Responsible Living (CRL), AARP, and Americans for Financial Reform (AFR) and the National Council of La Raza, was taken in July. Additional information on poll results is available at: http://rspnsb.li/P4tU0D. Charlene Crowell is a communications manager with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at: Charlene. crowell@responsiblelending.org.

Vive La Différence(s)!

By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist

tablet; 71 percent of tablet-owning moms let their children use it.

(Guess we’ve come a long way from crayons and coloring books.)

Income disparity in our country is a growing reality that is gaining more essential attention, which is why more than ever the Lower Income Consumer is so relevant.

This segment comprises 30 percent of the American population, defined as individuals making less than $30,000 per year. All ethnic groups are represented, though they are mostly white. These consumers are spread throughout the country, are largely comprised of the very young and the very old; and 60 percent are not in the work force. Not surprisingly, these consumers spend less overall than average, but they nonetheless represent an important chunk of the country’s total spend and are expected to grow in num-

I’ve always loved the French expression “Vive la différence,” which originally referred to the difference between the sexes, then evolved to celebrate the differences between any two or more groups of people.

Nielsen holds our annual Consumer 360 Conference each year, where we provide clients with more granular insights about today’s consumer. This year, one of our sessions, “Marketing that Matters,” focused on the differences in consumer behavior. Three major consumer groups were focused on: Baby Boomers, Media Moms, and Lower Income Consumers. I learned so much, I just had to share.

Baby Boomers (born between 1946 and 1964), have been a major influence in American culture for decades – music, family structure, dress, social mores – you name it.

This age group consists of almost 100 million consumers, including me. For years, boomers have been the darlings of the advertising and marketing world. But, even the youngest baby boomers are “aging out” of the system, so to speak. The 18-49 age demographic has long been the coveted “sweet spot” for marketers and media executives.

The youngest boomers, however, are now 48. Baby boomers are re-

sponsible for almost $230 billion in sales for consumer packaged goods (CPG). That’s more than 50 percent of all CPG sales. It is estimated that this group will dominate consumer spending even more in about five years, with control of a whopping 70 percent of all disposable income in the U.S. And, guess what?

Only about 5 percent of ad dollars are geared towards consumers age 35-64. Can you say, “Missed opportunity?”

Then, we have Media Moms.

This represents another very specific opportunity for marketers. You don’t need me or research to con-

firm what we moms already know – we are constantly running hither and yon, handling our business at home and out of the house – 24/7.

Because we are busy, moms tend to be early tech adopters (OK, so maybe it takes me a minute to catch on. But, I’m there now). Because, technology ultimately makes our lives a little more efficient. Some points of comparison: More than 50 percent of moms own a smartphone. Seems like we use them for everything: Shopping, price-checking, mobile banking and social networking, not to mention talking and keeping our girlfriends posted on everything we have to do.

Three years ago, moms were 30 percent more likely to text. As of the end of last year 83 percent of all moms text.

As of April of this year 1 in 3 bloggers were moms.

On average, moms watch less TV than the average viewer (uh, hello… you can’t be watching TV while you’re chauffeuring, cooking, out shopping, etc., or can you)?

Moms’ viewing skews toward programs with a strong female lead and moms spend more than average time watching TV that was previously recorded by DVR’s (known in the research industry as “time-shifted” TV viewing).

Ten percent of all moms own a

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bers. So there is an opportunity for companies to grow in market share with this growing population. On average, lower income consumers watch more TV and stream more online video than other consumers, and spend more time online, averaging approximately nine hours a month on Facebook, providing various points of opportunity to be reached with advertising messages.

What does all of this mean? It means regardless of our differences, be it age, income or parental status, when it comes to consumerism you matter. As always, use your power wisely.

Cheryl Pearson-McNeil is senior vice president of public affairs and government relations for Nielsen. For more information and studies go to www.nielsenwire.com.

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100 days left and Obama campaign pushes grassroots events More than 4,700 events ocurred recently across the country as a way of showing support for the re-election of President Barack Obama.

The July 28 events marked the fact the election was 100 days away.

Aside from the voter registrations,

volunteer recruitments, and garnering commitments from undecided voters, the grassroots initiative also built a web site to help supporters learn where nearby events were occurring. The site url was www.barackobama.com/day-of-action.

First Lady Michelle Obama also had a special initiative – “It Takes One” to augment the grassroots recruiting efforts. Her initiative asked “everyone to commit to taking at least one action to help re-elect President Obama – from registering

ACTRESS ALFRE WOODARD firing up supporters in Richmond, VA.

one more voter to recruiting one more volunteer, to bringing one friend to a campaign event or anything else that helps the larger effort to move America forward.”

During the first lady’s visit to Ohio this week, her first call netted

her an agreement from a new volunteer.

Volunteers who were slated to work that weekend came from 6,734 different zip codes, 3,518 different cities or towns and 952 different counties.

VIRGINIA VOLUNTEERS AT Weekend of Action Phone Bank.

ACTOR DON CHEADLE talks with Brian Brandon, manager of Platinum Cuts II barbershop, as part of the campaign's barbershop and beauty salon program in Durham, NC.

ACTRESS OCTAVIA SPENCER greets patrons at Heads Up Barbershop in Charlotte, NC.

ACTOR DON CHEADLE hosts canvass kickoff event as part of National Day of Action in NC.

ACTRESS NIA LONG VISITS Miss Tootsie’s restaurant to fire up supporters for National Day of Action in Philadelphia, PA.

ACTORS DONALD FAISON and Zach Braff as ready to register voters and fire up supporters in Las Vegas, NV.

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EDUCATION

Chicago Heights student receives $10,000 scholarship from AKA Sorority The Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation (EAF) contributed $10,000 toward the college education of a promising young man who risked his life to save his relatives in a tragic hit-andrun accident.

Matthew Brown, from Chicago Heights, who sustained massive injuries that resulted in his left leg being amputated, was officially presented the check by Alpha Kappa Alpha’s international president Carolyn House Stewart during EAF’s luncheon that was held during the Sorority’s biennial meeting in San Francisco. The check is a “President’s Scholarship” that Stewart presents to those whose heroism and achievements are extraordinarily remarkable.

The Scholarship is being set aside for his college education and will be used to pay Matthew’s college expenses at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, where he plans to attend and major in criminal justice.

In making the announcement, Stewart applauded Brown for his rare courage and will to continue to excel despite the massive injuries he sustained.

The tragedy that led to Brown’s hospitalization took place on March 17, 2012 when a driver came barreling down a Chicago street. Seeing that his relatives were in danger, Matthew pushed them out of harm’s way. In committing this act of bravery and love, he took the full force of the impact. In the aftermath of this tragedy, his right leg was amputated.

The tragedy was heightened because the driver never stopped and remains at large.

He underwent several operations and will continue to endure months of rehabilitation. However, in a

show of determination and indomitable courage, he worked, pushed and endured pain and grueling physical rehabilitation so he could achieve his ultimate goal: to attend his high school graduation from Bloom Township High School just eleven weeks after his accident.

As he mounted the stage in his wheelchair to receive his diploma, the audience erupted in applause.

When Alpha Kappa Alpha’s international president learned of the tragedy, she directed Barbara Sutton, EAF’s executive director, to explore ways the Sorority could help ease his hardships and help him realize his dreams.

After talking to Brown and his mother, the pair indicated that he wanted to realize his dream to attend Prairie State College to pursue an associate’s degree in criminal justice and to later earn a bachelor’s degree. His ultimate dream is to become a crime scene investigator.

When they learned of his wishes, Stewart and Sutton put plans in motion to grant the scholarship. As a show of love, they visited with Matthew at Hope Children’s Hospital in Chicago to announce the award and to wish him good cheer.

They were heartened that he was in good spirits and that he was grateful for the scholarship that will substantially help in underwriting his college expenses.

The formal announcement of the Scholarship was made at the luncheon that 1,000 members of the Sorority attended.

Because of his injuries, neither Brown nor family members attended the luncheon. However, they expressed their appreciation through a pre-recorded video.

“Matthew Brown is the very em-

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA’S international president Carolyn House Stewart (right) and EAF Executive Director Barbara Sutton (left) visit Matthew Brown where they announce he is receiving a President’s Scholarship from EAF. bodiment of the word ‘hero,’” declared Stewart. “His singular act of courage has earned the admiration of all who have heard his story. By establishing this Scholarship Fund, Alpha Kappa Alpha Educational Advancement Foundation, Inc. is helping to assure that he receives the assistance to attend college. Alpha Kappa Alpha will continue to follow his progress and will continue to be a source of uplift and support as he continues his journey to recovery.”

ABOUT EAF: Founded in 1980, by Alpha Kap-

pa Alpha Sorority, Inc., the Educational Advancement Foundation, Inc. (EAF) is a not-for-profit, taxexempt organization. It was created to fill a void in education funding and is the method by which Alpha Kappa Alpha ensures that there will always be support for education, its oldest program of service. EAF’s mission is to provide financial support to individuals and organizations engaged in lifelong learning.

As one of the few organizations administered by African American women, it has a unique approach to philanthropy that allows it to meet the diverse needs of a complex soci-

ety. EAF funds are leveraged in a manner that does the most good for the most people. It supports some 250 people and projects each year—ranging from the best and the brightest college students to those who have overcome great obstacles to achieve their goals. Its beneficiaries have included everything from mentoring programs that give at-risk teens survival skills to programs for gifted middle school students. Since its inception, EAF has awarded millions of dollars in scholarships to thousands. For more information log on to www.akaeaf.org.

Chicago Public School adds new administrator A Cincinnati former public schools psychologist who also was a special education administrator, and a Chicago business executive are the newest additions to the top tier of Chicago Public Schools executive team.

Dr. Markay L. Winston will move from Cincinnati to become CPS’s new Chief Officer of the Office of Special Education and Supports (OSES). In her new role, Winston will lead the District’s efforts to serve approximately 53,000 students with special needs. She will lead the department as it works with schools, students, parents and advocacy groups to ensure that all students with disabilities are successful and graduate prepared for college and careers. The OSES includes: support for low-incidence and high-incidence disabilities, support for specialized schools, clinical services and parent advocacy.

“Doctor. Winston has an expansive background in management

and administration, as well as the hands-on experience necessary to ensure that our special education students are receiving a world-class education,” said CPS CEO JeanClaude Brizard. “We welcome the expertise she will bring to Chicago Public Schools in serving our students and collaborating with special needs communities.”

Winston comes to CPS from the Cincinnati Public Schools where she has served as Director of Student Services since 2002. Prior to her role as Director, she was a school psychologist and a mental health consultant in Cincinnati.

“I am thrilled to be joining such a diverse and dynamic group of educators within the Chicago Public Schools, and am eager to make significant contributions grounded in the principles of collaboration and inclusive practices, that are directly in alignment with the vision that CEO Brizard has outlined for the

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District,” said Winston.

Winston’s responsibilities in her most recent role include fiscal and administrative oversight of special education and related service delivery to students with disabilities; serving as compliance officer for all matters related to special education and English Language Learners (ELL); administrative oversight of a district-wide crisis response team; and management of nursing services. She also brings deep knowledge and experience related to systemic intervention for struggling students and strategies that ensure access to standards-based curriculum for diverse learners.

Winston’s work in Cincinnati focused on changing the district’s culture to be more welcoming and inclusive of students with disabilities and ELL in the development, implementation, and monitoring of district-wide initiatives. Her efforts emphasized the use of effective in-

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structional strategies that supported a growing number of students receiving grade-level core instruction, regardless of their ability.

“I look forward to bringing energy, enthusiasm, excitement and a commitment to ensuring that the policies and practices we put in place are developed, from the very beginning, with the needs of each and every student in mind,” said Winston.

Winston earned her Ph.D in 1996 and her M.A. in Education in 1989 from the Department of School Psychology and Counseling at the University of Cincinnati, where she was a minority fellow and scholar. She earned her BA in 1987 from Central University of Iowa.

Winston has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Dayton, the University of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University.

She often serves as a presenter or speaker at professional workshops and conferences around the nation.

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Better Attendance.

Better Students.

Better Life.

Track E: August 13 ¦ Track R: September 4

Kids who start school on the First Day have a better chance at success in the classroom!

Is your child ready for their First Day? www.cps.edu/firstday ¦ 773.553.3277 ¦ #cpsb2s

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ENTERTAINMENT

The NEW Four-One-One

By Raymond Ward Entertainment Editor LITERARY GENIUS! I would like to share with all of you a new author I have just discovered (THANKS, Thaddeus!). His name is Daniel Omotosho Black. Black, is a native of Kansas City, Kansas yet spent the majority of his childhood years in Blackwell, Arkansas. He was granted a full scholarship to Clark College in Atlanta, Georgia, where he majored in English. He was awarded the Oxford Modern British Studies scholarship and studied abroad at Oxford University, in Oxford, England. Black graduated from Clark College in 1988 and received his Ph.D. in African American Studies from Temple University in 1993. Dr. Black then returned to Clark Atlanta University to establish the tradition of topnotch scholars who publish and remain at historically Black institutions where he is now a tenured associate professor.

Dr. Black has written four novels and each is greater than the previous one. As acclaimed author and poet Sonia Sanchez said, “...there is skill, grace, humor and joy.

In the writing. In the telling.” I suggest that you purchase a copy of at least one, today.

In, “They Tell Me Of A Home” (St. Martin’s Griffin Publishing; $14.99), 28-yearold Tommy Lee Tyson steps off the Greyhound bus in his hometown of Swamp Creek, Arkansas —a place he left when he was 18, vowing nevDaniel Omotosho Black er to return. Yet fate and a Ph.D. in Black Studies force him back to his rural origins as he seeks to understand himself and the community that made him.

But Tommy’s cold, nonchalant father and emotionally indifferent mother makes his return unbearable. And after he discovers his baby sister’s grave in the backyard, Tommy becomes consumed and longs to know the secret of her death.

Over the course of a one-week visit, riddled with tension, heartache, and revelation, Tommy discovers truths about his family, his community, and his undeniable connection to rural Southern Black folks and their ways.

In “The Sacred Place” (St. Martin’s Griffin Publishing; $15.99), it is the summer of 1955, and 14-year-old Clement enters a general store in Money, Mississippi, to purchase a soda. Unaware of the consequences of flouting the rules governing Black-white relations in the South, this Chicago native defies tradition by laying a nickel on the counter and turns to depart. Miss Cuthbert, the store attendant, demands that he place the money in her hand, but he refuses, declaring, “I ain’t no slave!” and exits with a sense of entitlement unknown to Black people at the time. His behavior results in his brutal murder.

This event sparks a war in Money, forcing the Black community to galvanize in pursuit of equality.

The third novel, “Twelve Gates To The City” (St. Martin’s Press; $25.99) is a novel of self-discovery, family bonds, and the healing of one small Southern town. Sister has a story to tell, and it’s one her brother Tommy Lee, or “T.L.” has never known. It’s about her life during his absence and the tribulations of the Tyson family. It’s a story that will change T.L. irrevocably, leading him to discover a destiny and purpose he could never have imagined.

T.L. has returned to his hometown of Swamp Creek, Arkansas—this time to stay. However, he’s still haunted by his sister’s death all those years ago and when he moves into his recently deceased mother’s house, he struggles to make it his home.

His decision to assume the position of schoolmaster at the local oneroom schoolhouse is the only thing he’s sure about, and his impact upon the students becomes palpable. Yet he still doesn’t know what hap(Continued on page 13) 12

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ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ

Yolanda Adams – a regal woman among Gospel royalty Co-hosting Verizon’s 2012 How Sweet the Sound™ Gospel Competition Many Gospel luminaries will be in town next month when Verizon’s 2012 How Sweet the Sound™ Gospel Competition and Tour lands in Chicago at the United Center for its fifth year of foot-stomping, hand-clapping, soul-stirring music competition between chorales and choirs in the Chicago area. This city’s winner will compete in a finale in New York for a chance to win up to $50,000 in cash and prizes and to be named Best Gospel Choir in America.

Co-host GRAMMY® awardwinning entertainer, producer, author and syndicated radio host Yolanda Adams spoke to the Chicago Crusader, giving her thoughts on the importance of the competition and the legacy of Gospel music.

The lovely Adams, who has been praising God and sharing the good news of Gospel music with fans for more than 30 years, will host the event, along with GRAMMY® award-winning song writer, producer, arranger and music director Donald Lawrence.

This is Adams’ first year hosting the event, but she has been involved in previous years, while also airing commercials about the event on her morning news show, The Yolanda Adams Morning Show, which is broadcast via Radio One. Adams, who has been called “the first lady of modern Gospel,” is glad that the competition reaches so many people. “I think this event is important because it takes choirs and chorale music to a different level—to the masses,” she said. “Most of the venues hold from 5,000 to 14,000 people, so to have that type of platform for Gospel music is wonderful.”

Adams says that whether a person enjoys contemporary or traditional Gospel, there is a message of salvation for all.

“It’s going to be the same thing, Kirk Franklin, Mary Mary, Tramaine and Walter Hawkins are early pioneers of contemporary Gospel who are still teaching us great lessons on how to stay effective in the industry,” she added.

“Whether it’s a quartet, a tradi-

Yolanda Adams tional choir or solo act, everyone wants to leave a legacy that they have helped the genre and not hurt it.”

But one can only leave a legacy, if one has a desire to share good God-ordered music with fans across the world. And Adams’ steps are so ordered. “Well, I never had the desire to sing any other type of music,” she said. Before you do anything, you have to have a desire, and the beauty of the Gospel music that I sing is I am able to mix other genres in with the Gospel message that I deliver.” She stressed that in the early stages of her singing career, there were other singers within the Soul, Jazz or R&B music community who were doing very well. “I thought Whitney [Houston] was the best at what she did, as well as Mariah Carey…. both are friends of mine. I always applauded them, as well as Nancy Wilson and Diana Ross, for what they did,” she added. Adams never saw herself singing anything but Gospel music, because she didn’t have a desire to cross over.

When asked whether young people might think that there is more financial gain outside of a Gospel music career, she cautioned. “When you are younger, you think you can make more

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money in other genres—but it’s all an illusion—as I am seeing the longevity of my career for more than 30 years, and it gets better for us. We make a nice living doing what we do, because we have a huge fan base that will follow us anywhere.”

Finally, Adams, a former school teacher, had a word for today’s youth. “You have to establish a self-identify, and you can’t be with the gangs or folks who are jealous of you,” she said. “God gives us too many talents and potential that is grown over time. You don’t just skyrocket to the top, there is always a process.” She admonished youth to always do the right thing and to not do anything that they know is wrong, because this takes away from one’s total purpose and buries potential. “I know the saying is ‘let your haters be your motivators,’” Adams said.

“But let God motivate you. He can motivate beyond anything that you can see, feel or hear.”

Chicago-area Gospel music fans can buy $10, $15 and $20 tickets now for 2012 Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound™ regional show, which will take place Monday, September 17, at the United Center starting at 7:30 p.m. For information, call (800) 745-3000 or visit http://www.ticketmaster .com/.

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The Doctor Is Indian - Three Public Staged Readings Silk Road Rising presents three staged readings of Shane Sakhrani’s new play The Doctor is Indian, directed by Anish Jethmalani, and featuring: Minita Ghandi, Puja Mohindra, Kelly O’Sullivan, Anita Chandwaney, Dipika Cherala, Behzad Dabu, Neal Dandade, Kamal Hans and Khurram Mozaffar.

ABOUT THE DOCTOR IS INDIAN If ever a family was on the verge of a nervous breakdown, it’s the Gupta family of Mumbai, India!

In Shane Sakhrani’s hilarious The Doctor is Indian, an unexpected takeover of the Gupta family business lands it in the hands of an American corporation. Marital woes abound as traditional male-female dynamics are challenged. The specter of interracial dating rears its unruly head.

And a poisonous legacy threatens the security of the family home.

Traditionally, an Indian family would have suffered said struggles with silent resentment. But in this age of globalization, intrusive modes of communication and Western style family therapy turn

tradition on its head. Globalization at its funniest!

Staged readings will be held Friday, August 3, at 8 pm; Saturday, August 4, at 8 pm and Sunday, August 5, at 2 pm. The location is: Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 W. Washington St, Chicago.

Tickets cost $5 each and can be purchased online or in person at the box office one hour before each reading.

RESERVATIONS: To assure you have seats, please purchase your tickets in advance at http://www.silkroadrising.org/ or call (312) 857.1234x201.

PLAYWRIGHT’S QUOTE: It’s an honor to be developing my comedy about globalization and culture clash with Silk Road Rising and to finally get a chance to work with Jamil and Malik. The Doctor Is Indian is my first-born play and therefore very close to my heart. Having lived between Asia and different Western cities throughout my life, my goal with this play was to try and reconcile these two worlds, at least in my own mind. It explores how tradi-

The NEW Four-One-One (Continued from page 12) pened to Sister. Not what really happened. As he searches for the ultimate truth, he discovers the beauty and secrets of Swamp Creek. Unlikely characters and events lead T.L. to uncover exactly what happened to Sister and help him, his family and even his community, finally, to heal.

“Twelve Gates To The City” is a novel about spiritual revelation, ushered in by one who comes to realize that his gifts were bestowed upon him not for his own glory, but for the transformation of his people.

The latest novel, “Perfect Peace” ( St. Martin’s Griffin Publishing: $15.99 ) left me breathless! It is the story of the Peace family...a story which will keep you awake, turning page after glorious page until you come to the end.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

MALIK GILLANI (left) and Jamil Khoury (right) are cofounders of Silk Road Rising. tional family structures in Asia might choose to cope with the changing world in a way that I hope is both lighthearted and touching. I originally wrote the play with an Asian audience in mind and after having had a successful run last year in Singapore, I feel truly blessed to have an opportunity to re-create this play once again, this time for an American audience. I am very excited to see how this play is going to grow over the course of the workshops and readings in Chicago.

EXCERPT FROM DOCTOR IS INDIAN:

ASHOK: These American methods don’t work here. We do things differently.

ANIL: You mean suppressing our real feelings until they burn inside of us and we all just spontaneously combust?

ASHOK: Yes, that’s right. It’s worked for many generations in this family.

ANIL: So did our business.

Look what happened to that.

ASHOK: There’s no need to be as melodramatic as your mother’s Saas-Bahu soap operas. You want to leave, then leave.

Shane Sakhrani was born in Hong Kong to Indian parents and has also lived in London, Toronto and Los Angeles. After many years of crippling cultural confusion, Shane is finally comfortable describing himself as a ‘Global Indian’. He holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from the University of Southern California. Shane was a finalist for the 2010-2011 Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Award from the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta for the The Doctor Is Indian. In 2011, Shane’s comedy A Widow of No Importance received its world premiere at East West Players in Los Angeles, and The Doctor is Indian was produced in Singapore. He is inspired to tell new stories about contemporary, urban, and globalized Asia. Shane also teaches playwriting and screenwriting at Hong Kong University. He divides his time between Hong Kong and Los Angeles.

ABOUT DIRECTOR ANISH JETHMALANI Anish Jethmalani recently di-

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The Illinois unemployment rate hovers around 10 percent – at least one percentage point more than the national average. That is a telltale sign that there are millions of Illinoisans who are in no position to partake in any kind of gambling, new or old.

It is unfortunate that the state is not exploring more ways to put money into residents’ pockets in-

stead of trying to finagle more from us. The push should be for jobs, even minimum wage jobs are better than no new ones.

Can video gaming spawn a new industry and create additional jobs in the state? I seriously doubt it, but state officials continue to take the easy way out and be unduly influenced by special interests.

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Apple, it would be an outrage.”

It’s outrageous that the president of Chick-fil-A, exercising his constitutional rights, is being persecuted for expressing support for the Bible. It’s outrageous to try to prevent gay and lesbian advocates from directing dollars away from a business that they deem unsupportive. And it’s outrageous for anyone on the left or right to think that they should dictate the personal views and opinions of others.

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

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rected 16th Street Theatre’s acclaimed revival of Rebecca Gilman’s The Crowd You’re in With. His directing credits include productions of Rebecca Gilman’s Spinning into Butter in 2006 and the Jeff Award winning production off Blue Surge in 2009 with Eclipse Theatre Company, where he is an ensemble member. Other directing credits include the Jeff Award winning production of The Masrayana in 2005 in a co-production with Rasaka Theatre and PropThtr, The Plebian Decimal as part of the David Mamet Festival at the Goodman Theatre in addition to staged readings of Durango and Celestial Motions for Silk Road Rising as well as The Opposition and Women of the Dust for Rasaka Theatre. He also directed Rebecca Gilman’s The American in Me at The DePaul Theatre School. As the former Artistic Director of Eclipse, Anish helped produce and oversee over 20 Eclipse productions, including the Jeff award winning productions of Pearl Cleage’s Blues for an Alabama Sky in 2007 and Lillian Hellman’s Another Part of the Forest in 2000. In helping to shape Eclipse seasons around the works of one playwright, Anish has worked and consulted extensively with world renowned writers such as the late Romulus Linney, John Guare, Keith Reddin, Lanford Wilson, Rebecca Gilman and Pearl Cleage. As an actor, he has appeared in productions at several Chicago Theatres including The Goodman, Steppenwolf, Court, Chicago Shakespeare, Lookingglass, Writers, Victory Gardens, Next, Apple Tree, First Folio, Silk Road Rising, Chicago Dramatists and many others. He has also worked at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

ABOUT SILK ROAD RISING Silk Road Rising creates live theatre and online videos that tell stories through primarily Asian American and Middle Eastern American lenses. In representing communities that intersect and overlap, we advance a polycultural worldview.

Silk Road Rising was founded by life partners Jamil Khoury and Malik Gillani in 2002 under the name Silk Road Theatre Project, as a direct response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the ensuing backlash against Middle Eastern Americans and Muslim Americans.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR JAZZ LIVES IN SOUTH SHORE . . . BECAUSE JAZZ UNITES! The annual South Shore Jazz Festival is going to happening on Saturday, August 4 and Sunday, August 5! Jazz Unites, the annual South Shore jazz festival, which had been canceled due to lack of sponsorship, will take place after all, according to a group of concerned Jazz lovers who stepped in to save the event. Led by convener, Dr. Carol Adams, the Jazz Community and a new set of sponsors have responded with great enthusiasm to rally behind this iconic festival that has occurred every summer for over 35 years on the lakefront in the South Shore community. An extraordinary line-up of stellar musicians will be taking the stage at South Shore Jazz Lives… because Jazz Unites. Headlining Saturday, August 4, will be the Jazz-funk great Norman Connors with trumpeter extraordinaire Tom Browne.The Drum Divas, Universal Alley Jazz, Dee Alexander, Renee Baker’s Chicago Modern Orchestra Project and Tammy McCann round out the rhythmic Saturday sets. On Sunday, August 5, Pharoah Sanders, the Grammy Award–winning American jazz saxophonist will close out the event. Ayodele, Angel d’Cuba, Charles Heath’s Chicago Jazz All Stars, Ernest Dawkins’ New Horizons Ensemble and Universal Alley Jazz are all on deck to dazzle your ears with melodic sounds throughout the day. The South Shore Cultural Center, the site of the two-day festival, welcomes back the neighborhood’s tradition of packing picnic baskets and coolers to enjoy a day at the park. Public transportation is the recommended route with the Metra’s South Shore and Bryn Mawr stops, CTA connecting bus routes 6, 26 and 71, festival-goers will be within eyesight or droppedoff right in-front of the venue. Admission is $10 and no parking on the site. Shuttle services and advanced ticket sales are in discussion, please check website for up-to-date information, www.southshorejazzlives.com.

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HYDE PARK ART CENTER EVENTS: On Saturday, August 4, from 3 pm to 5 pm, the Hyde Park Art Center hosts a reception celebrating the Center Program’s group exhibition entitled Front and Center. This exhibition unveils new works by artists who participated in the Art Center’s new professional pathways program. Front and Center will be on view from August 4 through August 11. On Sunday, August 5, from 3 pm to 4 pm, the Hyde Park Art Center invites you to join Melissa Oresky for an artist talk about her newest exhibition Trail. This collage production blurs the boundaries between natural and synthetic spaces while generating unexpected combinations of colors and textures.

Oresky will also discuss her first ever animated video work, also on view.

Questions and comments are welcome! The Hyde Park Art Center is located at 5020 S. Cornell in Chicago. For more information call 773324-5520 or visit www.hydeparkart.org.

CHICAGO FREE HEALTH SCREENING! ATTENTION CHICAGO! The American Kidney Fund is providing FREE health screenings in the Chicago area. Kidney disease is damaging the health of as many as 31 million Americans.

Diabetes and high blood pressure are the leading causes of kidney disease. Visit the Antioch Church Health Fair on Saturday, August 4th from 9 am– 2 pm to find out if you’re at risk. Screenings are open to anyone 18 and older. The Antioch Church Health Fair is located at 415 S. Englewood Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60621.Tests available are full blood draw w/blood pressure. For more information, contact Melody Feldman, 240-292-7055 or visit

WHAT’S SIZZLING AT THE SUMMER SOIRÉE? CDE’s (Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble) annual fundraiser will be held Thursday, August 9th, 7 pm -10 pm. For all you BBQ lovers, Brand BBQ is giving away FREE BBQ, but for those who are not into Pulled Pork Sandwiches, BBQ Brand will have their new “Brand on the Run” food truck at the event with food options like veggie and Chicken sandwiches, mac n’ cheese, cole slaw, and corn bread. A generous amount of the proceeds will be donated to Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble. Tickets are $35 in advance & $40 at the door and include: Latin inspired Tapas, nonalcoholic and alcoholic Summer Soirée inspired drinks, & mouth watering desserts. Buy your ticket today! Space is limited at Mastro & Skylar Architects and you don’t want to miss this fun party that supports Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble’s programming. In addition to the delicious food and entertainment at the Summer Soirée, their ever popular “POP a Balloon” surprise raffle has prize packages that include everything from theatre tickets, restaurant gift certificates, Pilates & Yoga classes, hair cuts and much more. When you buy a balloon and pop it, it’s a surprise what you’ll get. If you don’t like it, part of the fun is trading it with someone else! Here just a few of our surprises: Tickets to Goodman Theatre, Million Dollar Quartet, Eclipse Theatre Company, Court Theatre Production, Next Theatre Production, Remy Bumppo’s Seascape, Chicago Children’s Theatre, House Theatre Performance, The Second City Mainstage, Gift Certificate to Yoga Now, Wolf Bait-Made in Chicago,

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Prada Perfume, $35 Trader Joe’s Gift Basket, Flow Pilates, and Solo Salon. Mastro & Skylar Architects is located at 1615 W. North Avenue, Chicago, 60622. For more information, call 773-486-8261.

ADLER PLANETARIUM SPACE

SHOW: Undiscovered Worlds is CONTINUING through January 6, 2013 in the Adler Planetarium’s Definiti Space Theater. Through the discovery of exoplanets — the hundreds of planets that have been found orbiting stars beyond the Sun

— we have learned that our solar system is not alone in the universe, and we have had to redefine our understanding of planets and solar systems. With new achievements like the Kepler Telescope and rapidly (Continued on page 16)

JESSE WHITE ENCOURAGES KIDS AND FAMILIES TO FOLLOW THE BICYCLE RULES OF THE ROAD — Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White visited Adam’s Playlot, 1919 North Seminary Avenue, to encourage everyone to follow the Bicycle Rules of the Road in order to keep kids safe while traveling on bicycles. Secretary White spoke about the importance of using the Bicycle Rules of the Road, with the helpful tips from Safe Kids Illinois, Mayor’s Bicycle Ambassadors and Chicago Police Department. A helmet giveaway and bike rodeo followed the press conference. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), head injuries are the most serious type of injury and the most common cause of death for bicyclists. Bicycle helmets have been proven to reduce the risk of head and brain injury when a crash occurs by as much as 88 percent. Visit any of the Secretary of State’s facilities for a copy of the Bicycle Rules of the Road, or visit the website at www.cyberdriveillinois.com.

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Social Justice fighter Ora A. Higgins passes at 101 The founder of the Ora A. Higgins Youth Foundation, who also was the first Black personnel director for Spiegel Inc. – Ora Higgins died July 25 in Arizona. She was 101.

A great-great aunt of First Lady Michelle Obama, Mrs. Higgins also taught at Dunbar Evening Vocational School for 31 years.

Visitation is Saturday at 10 a.m. followed by the funeral at 11 a.m. at the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, 5850 S. Woodlawn Avenue. Mrs. Higgins celebrated her 101st birthday at the 35th anniversary of Ora Higgins Youth Scholarship Awards dinner October 8, 2011 at the Sabre Room in Hickory Hills.

The foundation has awarded more than $500,000 in scholarships to high school students since its inception. The foundation also presented “distinguished leadership” awards to several outstanding community leaders throughout Chicago.

She held an undergraduate and masters degree in personnel ad-

ministration in business law, from Northwestern University.

Mrs. Higgins, who was born September 24, 1910, was a member of numerous organizations including the national chairman of Women in Industry, a member of the Metropolitan YWCA’s executive board, a member of the National Conference of Christian and Jews’ Women’s Division, the Chicago Urban League and many other civil rights organizations.

She also served as secretary of the board for the Joint Negro Appeal Office, served on the Chicago Commission on Human Relations Employment Committee, Chicago Guidance and Personnel Association, board member of the Rehabilitation Workshop Association, secretary of the board of directors of the Joint Negro Appeal, and personnel chairman at the Metropolitan YWCA. Mrs. Higgins received numerous awards including one from the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry and the Distinguished Service Award from

Tuskegee Institute.

In 1945, Mrs. Higgins was asked to develop the plan for the integration of Spiegel Inc.’s workforce. She became the first African American woman to achieve this task that included giving educational programs to executives and their supervisors.

She taught them the value of diversity in the workforce and successfully broke down racial myths and barriers for people of color and insisted on equal pay and equal opportunities. In 1950, Mrs. Higgins’ talent was soon recognized by downtown department stores where she developed a similar program.

Education and employment were of primary concern to Mrs. Higgins, as well as the conditions of poor people and the status of peace. She made a speech before the U.S. Department of Labor on race, poverty, and a call for peace when Lyndon B. Johnson was president.

Mrs. Higgins is survived by two

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grandchildren, 26 great-grandchildren and three great great grandchildren.

Longtime activist Phillip V. Smith dies in Georgia Phillip V. Smith, a man who is credited with positively impacting labor issues and being instrumental in the election of Black mayors, died recently in a Tucker, GA hospice.

His memorial service is August 4 from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at the Center for Inner City Studies, 700 E. Oakwood Blvd.

A Korean War veteran, Mr. Smith became an integral part of the Black Independent Political Movement and the Civil Rights Movement starting in the mid1950s.

In 1967, Mr. Smith was an early supporter of Richard Hatcher,

Gary’s first Black mayor. He also played a key role in Hatcher’s successful re-election campaign. He replicated his political success six years later in 1973 when he helped guide Coleman Alexander Young’s bid to become Detroit’s first Black mayor.

Mr. Smith’s affinity for politics led him to write columns for the Chicago Citizen and Chicago Metro News newspapers, as well as writing for key member of the Challenge delegation, an organization that worked to unseat the Mayor Richard M. Daley delegation at the National Black Convention in Gary in 1972.

Mr. Smith’s personal political career was marked with an unusual election in 1971 when he successfully ran for alderman of the old 21st Ward, but two days after his victory the results were reversed. The Black Trade Unionists supported Mr. Smith in his bid to have a recount. His challenge ended when the United States Supreme Court refused to hear his case.

Mr. Smith also worked as the City of Danville’s human relations director. Danville was home to the largest Ku Klux Klavern in Illinois. Mr. Smith wrote an affirmative action plan for the city’s

police and five departments. The mayor, who disagreed with the idea of the commission, had it and Mr. Smith’s job abolished.

He ramped up his political activity again as he served as a member of the Democratic Central Committee in Michigan. In the midst of being involved with several issues in Michigan, Mayor Young dispatched him to Chicago in 1983 to assist in the campaign of Illinois State Sen. Harold Washington who would go on to become Chicago’s first Black mayor. Mr. Smith also worked for U.S. Rep. John Conyers in his bid for mayor of Detroit

in the late 1980s.

Mr. Smith shifted from politics to education and devoted much of the latter part of his life to teaching, and taught political science, Black sociology, African American history, and other courses at Wayne County Community College in Detroit.

Even though his health took a turn for the worse, Mr. Smith continued to write and provide counsel to several individuals.

His wife of five decades Elaine Kehrer Smith, and his son Kelyn survive him. His body was cremated.

Verna Bowen leaves entrepreneurial legacy in her passing Verna Bowen spent more than half of her life married to her high school sweetheart Charles and built a life with him as an entrepreneurial team, owning and operating the first minorityowned Hertz Rental Car franchise in the city of Chicago, along with a Sinclair Gas Station, “Forward” Display company and eventually, Bowen and Associates, a consulting firm.

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ical and community service initiatives. She loved gardening, cooking and entertaining, but her first love was her family.

A graduate of the former Chicago Teachers College, Mrs. Bowen met her husband and soul mate, Charles R. Bowen, in high school. The couple married on October 18, 1952.

Mrs. Bowen is survived by her husband Charles Bowen Sr.; sons, Charles Jr. (Patrice), Darryl Sr. (Gale), Gene (Anita) and daughter, Victoria (Andre); godchildren, Cheryl (Thornton); Darrien, Parrish (Candace), Darryl Jr. (Kenya), Gianna, Christopher (Kari), Portia (Will), Veronica, Kyle, Chyna, and Nicholas; great grandchildren: Jaziya, Elyvone, Jessica, Gina, Kobey, Kayla, and Darryl III; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Two of her grandchildren, NaShawne and Gregory, preceded her in death.

Besides the family businesses, Mrs. Bowen worked for the Chicago Transit Authority, US Postal Service, Illinois Bell, American Airlines, and the Cook County Assessor’s Office.

The 76-year-old Mrs. Bowen died July 16. She was born on September 23, 1936, to the union of Vernon and Catherine Ellison, who preceded her in death.

She was the eldest of seven children. Joseph, Catherine, Sarah

and Alfreda all preceded her in death. Her siblings Ellen and Morris, along with a sister Juanita Hollis survived her.

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HEALTH

St. Bernard Hospital to provide free Mammograms St. Bernard Hospital has announced that it is donating 150 free mammograms for women who live in the Englewood and West Englewood neighborhoods.

As part of the ‘Screen to Live’ initiative sponsored by the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force, the screenings specifically target African American women in these communities who are not covered by health insurance and are over 40 years of age.

Through community breast cancer health forums, the Task Force hopes to engage and educate some 400 women. “We are seeking to educate women about breast cancer mortality disparity,” says Darlene Oliver, associate director of the Task Force. The forums are comprehensive in addressing the many aspects of care. During a recent Breast Cancer Forum the panel discussed pastoral and spiritual care, nutrition, lifestyle, mammography myths, and treatment options.

It is primarily through these forums that the Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force hopes to enroll 200 participants for mammogram screenings.

However, other women interested in the screenings can also contact the Task Force directly at (312) 9421899 for more information or referrals. Program enrollment is coordinated exclusively through the Breast Cancer Task Force, not the participating health centers.

Sister Elizabeth Van Straten, president and CEO of St. Bernard Hospital, has offered the free mammograms to serve a community where despite a rate of breast cancer on par with surrounding areas, women are far less likely to

survive the disease. Says Sister Elizabeth, “As a Catholic hospital, we serve the needs of the community as part of the healing mission of Jesus Christ. In keeping with that mission we strive to provide access to care and preventive medicine that can save lives.”

The Radiology Department at St. Bernard is equipped with new, stateof-the-art digital mammography machines that produce images 100% more accurate than the traditional mammography film. “Traditional mammograms don’t always give a clear picture of the breast,” said Lorie Chew, director of the Radiology Department. “The images on digital mammography can be magnified to get a closer look at any suspected problem areas,” she added.

In the St. Bernard Radiology Department, a mammogram takes only 20 minutes to complete and results are available to physicians within a day or two. The increased speed of the procedure decreases the amount of time women spend with their breast compressed, a common complaint about mammograms. With more than 50 years of combined experience in radiology, the St. Bernard team is skilled at providing caring and friendly service to women seeking mammograms.

The Task Force will work with St. Bernard Hospital and the Chicago Department of Public Health’s Englewood Clinic to schedule mammogram screenings. Mercy Hospital and Medical Center will provide any additional follow-up care and treatment, as needed, which will also be coordinated by The Task Force.

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Women who meet eligibility requirements under the Illinois Breast and Cervical Cancer Program and are diagnosed with cancer can also receive treatment benefits.

This initiative is focused on serving uninsured women only. Uninsured women face an especially difficult challenge in accessing health care and preventive medicine. According to a report published by the Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council in Illinois, “Approximately 650,000 adults have lost their private health insurance since 2005.” Unfortunately, a majority of the people who lost their coverage were women, leaving many without access to these lifesaving screenings.

About St. Bernard Hospital St. Bernard Hospital was ranked among the top 5% in the nation for emergency medicine, according to the 2011 HealthGrades® survey of U.S. hospitals. For 2012, St. Bernard achieved five-star

ST. BERNARD HOSPITAL is offering West Englewood and Englewood uninsured women free mammograms. Low income women often have to forego this potentially life-saving procedure due to a lack of insurance. quality ratings from HealthGrades for Heart Failure Treatment and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Founded in 1904 by the Religious Hospitallers of Saint Joseph, St. Bernard continues its mission to care for the sick and promote the health of the residents in the community while witnessing the Christian values of respect, dignity, caring and compassion for all persons.

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

CITIMORTGAGE, INC., HOME EQUITY OF AMERICA, INC., 2614 EAST 77TH, LLC, OLEG SHOKHOV, LUDMILLA SHUVALOVA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s 11 M 1 134950 (TRANSFERRED TO C H A N C E R Y ) 6610 S. MARQUETTE Chicago, IL 60649 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, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 12, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6610 S. 60649 MARQUETTE, Chicago, IL Property Index No. 20-22-225-022. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $19,096.25. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: BROWN, UDELL, POMERANTZ & DELRAHIM, LTD. , 1332 NORTH HALSTED STREET SUITE 100, Chicago, IL 60642, (312) 475-9900. 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.

BROWN, UDELL, POMERANTZ & DELRAHIM, LTD. 1332 NORTH HALSTED STREET - SUITE 100 Chicago, IL 60642 (312) 475-9900 Attorney Code. 34089 Case # 2011 M 1 134950 (TRANSFERRED TO CHANCERY) 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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The Harvey Fire Department will hold a written examination on September 8, 2012 for the position of firefighter. Eligible candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 21 years of age and not over 35 by test date.

An application fee of $40.00 is acceptable by cash or money order only made payable to the Harvey Fire Department.

Applications can be picked up and returned to Harvey Fire Department located at 15600 Center Ave., Harvey, Illinois 60426 Monday thru Friday 9 to 4. All applications and payments must be received by Friday, August 17, 2012.

The City of Harvey is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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HOUSES FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY DIVISION CHANCERY OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC P l a i n t i f f , s . v JANINA WILSON; THE KIMBARK S T A T E S E ASSOCIATION; CONDOMINIUM HEIRS AND UNKNOWN LEGATEES OF JANINA WILSON, IF UNKNOWN ANY; AND NON RECORD OWNERS Defendants, CLAIMANTS; CH 33161 10 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 30, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales will on Wednesday, Corporation September 5, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following property: described 20-23-200-053-1038, P.I.N. 20-23-200- 0 5 3 - 1 0 5 3 .

Commonly known as 6324 SOUTH KIMBARK UNIT 401 AND P-21, IL 60637.

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

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

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I451385 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NORU CAPITAL LLC, P l a i n t i f f , v .

CITIMORTGAGE, INC., HOME EQUITY OF AMERICA, INC., 2614 EAST 77TH, LLC, OLEG SHOKHOV, LUDMILLA SHUVALOVA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s 11 M 1 134950 (TRANSFERRED TO C H A N C E R Y ) 6610 S. MARQUETTE Chicago, IL 60649 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, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 12, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6610 S. MARQUETTE, Chicago, IL 60649 Property Index No. 20-22-225-022. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $19,096.25. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee,

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-1 Plaintiff, v .

BRYANT LUDLOW, PRISCILLA LUDLOW, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., as nominee for AMERICA'S WHOLESALE LENDER, a Corporation, UNKNOWN OWNERS,-TENANTS, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 10 CH 40466 1401 E. 68TH ST. Chicago, IL 60637 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 14, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 17, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1401 E. 68TH ST., Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-23-406-001-0000.

The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The judgment amount was $423,997.31. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: NOONAN & LIEBERMAN , 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1100, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 212-4028. Please refer to file number 09-0462. 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. NOONAN & LIEBERMAN 105 W. ADAMS ST., SUITE 1100 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 212-4028 Attorney File No.: 09-0462 Attorney Code.

38245 Case # 10 CH 40466 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.

I452460 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, v .

BEUMHYEUNG REE A/K/A BEUM HYEUNG RHEE, MYOUNGSOOK KWON A/K/A MYOUNG SOOK KWON, CITIBANK, N.A. AS MORTGAGEE UNDER DOCUMENT 0630349075, 1700 The Chicago Crusader EAST 56TH STREEET CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 36018 1700 E 56TH ST, UNIT 1008 Chicago, IL 6 0 6 3 7 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 30, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 4, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC., Plaintiff, v .

BEUMHYEUNG REE A/K/A BEUM HYEUNG RHEE, MYOUNGSOOK KWON A/K/A MYOUNG SOOK KWON, CITIBANK, N.A. AS MORTGAGEE UNDER DOCUMENT 0630349075, 1700 EAST 56TH STREEET CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 36018 1700 E 56TH ST, UNIT 1008 Chicago, IL 6 0 6 3 7 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 30, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 4, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1700 E 56TH ST, UNIT 1008, Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-13-102-029-1077. The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $196,056.54.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD. , 39 South LaSalle Street - Suite 1105, CHICAGO, IL 60603, (312) 372-2020. Please refer to file number 11-2222-18368. 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. HAUSELMAN, RAPPIN & OLSWANG, LTD. 39 South LaSalle Street - Suite 1105 CHICAGO, IL 60603 (312) 372-2020 Attorney File No.: 11-2222-18368 Attorney Code. 4452 Case # 11 CH 36018 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 BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , v .

JASON H. RICHARDSON, ANDREA R I C H A R D S O N D e f e n d a n t s 08 CH 040615 7334 S. RHODES AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 17, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 21, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7334 S. RHODES AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-218-042. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculatedBon residential real estate at the lacks Must control rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without

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 7334 S. RHODES AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-218-042. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-08-28608. 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.: 14-08-28608 ARDC# 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case # 08 CH 040615 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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Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described real estate: mortgaged Commonly known as 5658 South Peoria, IL 60621.

Chicago, 20-17-213-34.

P.I.N. The mortgaged real estate is a six unit apartment building. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession. The property may be made available for inspection by contacting Mr. Jeffrey at (847) 324-8922.

Cagan Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds.

For information call Mr. Jeffrey B. Dovitz at Crowley & Lamb, P.C., 221 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(312) 670-6900.

JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N Officer, (312) 444-1122 Selling I450759

HOUSES FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BANKFINANCIAL, F.S.B., AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO SUCCESS NATIONAL B A N K ; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TO FIFTH THIRD BANK, SUCCESSOR TO OLD KENT BANK, NOT PERSONALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 1, 2001 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 16927; GLENN STONER; CHERYL ANN STONER; UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 1, 2001 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 16927; CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 6777 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 15, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, August 30, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 5658 South Peoria, Chicago, IL 60621.

P.I.N. 20-17-213-34.

The mortgaged real estate is a six unit apartment building. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession. The property be made available for their ownmay coMMunity inspection by contacting Mr. Jeffrey Cagan at (847) 324-8922.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds.

For information call Mr. Jeffrey B. Dovitz at Crowley & Lamb, P.C., 221 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(312) 670-6900.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I450759

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION N D P l a i n t i f f , v .

ALBERTA SCARBOUGH, GIRLEE MCCASTLE, MORTGAGE ELECTONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST NLC FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 25411 7549 SOUTH EVANS AVENUE Chicago, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 31, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 6, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7549 SOUTH EVANS AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-407-015-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $141,589.26. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., LPA , 180 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2400, Chicago, IL 60601, (312) 782-9676 FAX 312-782-4201. Please refer to file number WWR: 10069591. 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. WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., LPA 180 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2400 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 782-9676 Attorney File No.: WWR: 10069591 Attorney Code. 31495 Case # 11 CH 25411 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.

I449621

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-5 Plaintiff, v .

PATRICK L. SPRAGGINS A/K/A PATRICK SPRAGGINS AND KATHERN SPRAGGINS A/K/A KATHERN V. SPRAGGINS , UNITED STATES RECEIVERS CARETAKERS ASSOCIATION AND US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN TENANTS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 11 CH 38415 6838 S MAY ST. Chicago, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 5, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 7, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6838 S MAY ST., Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-20-408-035. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $130,890.35. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC , 175 N. Franklin Street, Suite 201, CHICAGO, IL 60606, (312) 357-1125 Please refer calls to the sales department. 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. LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC 175 N. Franklin Street, Suite 201 CHICAGO, IL 60606 (312) 357-1125 Attorney Code. 18837 Case # 11 CH 38415 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.

I448482

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 .

GABRIEL BROWN; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF GABRIEL BROWN, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 50637 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 24, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-22-203-031-0000.

Commonly known as 6318 SOUTH ST LAWRENCE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 3 7 .

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property Saturday, August 4, 2012 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 5 1 6 7 .

120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: 20-22-203-031-0000.

P.I.N. Commonly known as 6318 SOUTH ST LAWRENCE AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 3 7 .

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession. 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 a l e . s For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1 6 7 .

0 9 3 5 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I450575 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 .

JAMES FARR AKA JAMES FARR JR.; TERRI FARR; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JAMES FARR, JR. IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 42535 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 23, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, August 29, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described p r o p e r t y : P.I.N. 20-17-206-020-0000.

Commonly known as 5532 SOUTH GREEN STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621.

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

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

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I450677 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

COREY LEE A/K/A COREY A. LEE; SOUTH SHORE PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; EDWIN TODD; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF COREY LEE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 11 CH 25215 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, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, August 27, 2012 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-26-205-032-1018.

Commonly known as 1305 East 71st Place, Unit 5, Chicago, IL 60619.

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 W11-1798.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I450550

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

7231-33 YATES CORPORATION, A D I S S O L V E D ILLINOIS CORPORATION; JACK STRICK; CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL A S S O C I A T I O N A/T/U/T/A/D MARCH 1, 2004 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 132473; CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OWNERS UNKNOWN SHAREHOLDERS OF 7231-33 YATES CORPORATION; UNKNOWN TENANTS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 2867 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on March 21, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 28, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 7231-33 South Yates, Chicago, IL 60649.

P.I.N. 21-30-104-005-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is 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. The property may be made available for inspection by contacting Mr. Eric Janssen at (773) 327-9300.

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

For information call Mr. Jeremy P. Kreger at Plaintiff's Attorney, Stahl Cowen Crowley Addis, LLC, 55 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

(312) 3 7 7 - 7 8 5 9 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I450624 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR HOME EQUITY ASSET TRUST 2003-4, HOME EQUITY PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-4 P l a i n t i f f , v .

ODAIRE L WEATHERS L. A/K/A O'DAIRE L. WEATHERS A/K/A O'DARIE L. WEATHERS A/K/A ODAIRE WEATHERS, ERICA L WEATHERS, INDEPENDENCE BANK, STATE OF I L L I N O I S D e f e n d a n t s 10 CH 24844 7231 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 6, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 24, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7231 SOUTH WABASH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-107-032-0000.

The real estate is improved with a two story single family home with no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the 18 condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU

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Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the required by The assessments Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER 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 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 PA1008387. 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.: PA1008387 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 24844 I450511 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 .

JOSE ESPINOZA D e f e n d a n t s 10 CH 38207 6631 SOUTH HARTWELL AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60637 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 23, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 27, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6631 SOUTH HARTWELL AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-107-052-0000. The real estate is improved with a brick house; no garage.

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

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1025005. 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

file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1025005. 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.: PA1025005 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 38207 I450394

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

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1 1 2 5 7 2 4 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I451488

HOUSES FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION 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 s .

KOLAWOLE MUSA; RAINATU I. MUSA; J P M O R G A N CHASE BANK NA SII TO WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , 10 CH 54749 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on May 31, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, September 5, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-27-310-020.

Commonly known as 7620 SOUTH CALUMET AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 6 0 6 1 9 .

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

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

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I451397

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, COUNTY DEPARTMENT DIVISION CHANCERY THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWABS, INC., A S S E T - B A C K E D CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-20; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

KAREN STEELE; KAREN A. STEELE; CITY OF CHICAGO, DEPARTMENT OF WATER M A N A G E M E N T ; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF KAREN A. STEELE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF KAREN STEELE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN AND NON OWNERS RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , CH 16437 11 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on June 6, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, September 7, 2012 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: mortgaged P.I.N. 20-15-107-044-0000.

Commonly known as 5644 South Wabash Chicago, IL 60637.

Avenue, The mortgaged real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession.

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

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

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INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N (312) 444-1122 Selling Officer, I451572

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, v .

ERIK NANCE AKA ERIK K. NANCE, QUIANA BRADLEY Defendants 10 CH 55324 7044 SOUTH WOODLAWN AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60637 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a COUNTY, ILLINOIS Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered COUNTY DEPARTMENT in the above cause on May 15, 2012, an CHANCERY DIVISION agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2012, at the P l a i n t i f f , The Judicial Sales Corporation, One v s .

South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor ERIKA STEVENS; SECRETARY OF CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public HOUSING AND URBAN auction to the highest bidder, as set forth DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES OF below, the following described real estate: A M E R I C A ; Commonly known as 7044 SOUTH UNIVERSITY FIELDS CONDOMINIUM WOODLAWN AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL A S S O C I A T I O N ; 6 0 6 3 7 UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON Property Index No. 20-23-409-039-0000.

RECORD CLAIMANTS; The real estate is improved with a brick D e f e n d a n t s , single family house with no garage. Sale 11 CH 40485 terms: 25% down of the highest bid by PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that certified funds at the close of the auction; pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure The balance, including the Judicial sale entered in the above entitled cause on May fee for Abandoned Residential Property 31, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Municipality Relief Fund, which is Corporation will on Thursday, September calculated on residential real estate at the 6, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or for cash, the following described property: wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) P.I.N. 20-14-311-042-1006. hours. No fee shall be paid by the Commonly known as 6102 SOUTH mortgagee acquiring the residential real UNIVERSITY AVENUE UNIT 1, estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale CHICAGO, IL 60637. or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or The mortgaged real estate is improved other lienor acquiring the residential real with a condominium residence. The estate whose rights in and to the purchaser of the unit other than a residential real estate arose prior to the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and sale. The subject property is subject to the legal fees required by subdivisions general real estate taxes, special (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the assessments, or special taxes levied Condominium Property Act Sale terms: against said real estate and is offered for 25% down by certified funds, balance sale without any representation as to within 24 hours, by certified funds. No quality or quantity of title and without refunds. The property will NOT be open recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" for inspection. Upon payment in full of the condition. The sale is further subject to amount bid, the purchaser will receive a confirmation by the court. Upon payment in Certificate of Sale which will entitle the full of the amount bid, the purchaser will purchaser to a Deed to the premises after receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate confirmation of the sale. after confirmation of the sale. The property For information: Visit our website at will NOT be open for inspection and http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 coMMunity wn their ontrol c ust M lacks B plaintiff makeso no representation as to the p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, condition of the property. Prospective Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn bidders are admonished to check the court Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. file to verify all information. If this property (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the 1 1 2 5 7 2 4 . unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and C O R P O R A T I O N the legal fees required by The Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS I451488 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU

sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1038938. 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.: PA1038938 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 55324 I449397 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY COUNTY, CHANCERY DEPARTMENT DIVISION JAMES B. NUTTER & C O M P A N Y P l a i n t i f f , v .

THELMA GAYLES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ERTHERLINE V. BUFORD AKA ERTHERLINE BUFORD IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, WILLIAM BUTCHER, SPECIAL R E P R E S E N T A T I V E D e f e n d a n t s 11 CH 30729 7311 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60619 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 4, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 20, 2012, at the The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7311 SOUTH MICHIGAN AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-27-114-002-0000. The real estate is improved with a brown brick two flat building; two car detached garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602.

Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1114062. 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.: PA1114062 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 30729

605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the required by The assessments Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER 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 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 PA1114062. 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.: PA1114062 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 30729 I449286

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO MORTGAGE FIRST NATIONWIDE C O R P O R A T I O N , P l a i n t i f f , v s .

TIFFANY N. SPICER, CITIMORTGAGE, AS INC., BY MERGER TO SUCCESSOR CITIFINANCIAL MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. AND UNITED OF AMERICA, STATES D e f e n d a n t s , 11 CH 19380 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on November 28, 2011 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-28-411-042.

Commonly known as 7638 South Perry Chicago, IL 60620.

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

No refunds. The property will NOT be for inspection. open For information call Sales Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 3 5 7 - 1 1 2 5 .

JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I448647 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION NORTHBROOK BANK & TRUST, AS SUCCESSOR TO THE AS RECEIVER FOR FDIC. BANK RAVENSWOOD P l a i n t i f f , v s .

GOTHAM CITY L.L.C., AN ILLINOIS L I M I T E D LIABILITY ENTITY: RONDALE DENISE K E A R N E Y ; HAROLYN KEARNEY; CITY OF CHICAGO; DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY; OWNERS UNKNOWN AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS. D e f e n d a n t s , 10 CH 47673 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on June 28, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 7200-02 South Stoney Island, Chicago, Il. P.I.N. 20-26-211-016-0000.

The mortgaged real estate is a 24-unit apartment building. The successful purchaser is entitled to possession of the property only. The purchaser may only obtain possession of units within the multi-unit property occupied by individuals named in the order of possession. The property may be made available for inspection by contacting Mr. Mark Weiss at (773) 871-1818 Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Robert L. Pattullo, Jr. at Plaintiff's Attorney, Law Offices of Robert L. Pattullo Jr, PC, 10 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

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INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I451360

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HEALTH

Alden Rehab Center selected to participate in study Just one rehab center on Chicago’s south side – Alden Princeton – has been selected by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) to participate in an innovative, multi-state study aimed at improving patient care. The study evaluates the effect of a standardized training program for newly licensed nurses on patient safety and quality outcomes.

“I am very proud that Alden Princeton was selected to participate in this national study,” says Laura Kelly, administrator. “The Council selected us based on our strong leadership skills and the fact that we hold ourselves accountable to the highest standards of nursing practice.”

Participants in the NCSBN study will implement a formal ‘Transition to Practice’ program of active learning, which will be compared with a ‘control group.’

“Our goal is to see if there is an

improvement in patient safety, quality outcomes and nursing retention by implementing the NCSBN’s model for transitioning new nurses into the workplace,” says Lauren Magnusson, RN, director of clinical studies.

In Phase I of the ‘Transition to Practice Study’ (TTPS), newly licensed registered nurses (RNs) are evaluated in hospital settings.

Phase II follows newly licensed RNs and licensed practical nurses (LPNs) who work in settings other than hospitals such as long-term care and rehabilitation facilities like Alden. Phase II evaluates whether participation in a standardized ‘Transition to Practice’ program improves patient safety, leads to higher quality outcomes and improves nurse retention in health care settings other than hospitals.

The second phase began in April and runs through Oct. 31.

The NCSBN study is unique in

that it examines actual patient outcomes. Previous studies of new nurse transition programs have focused on retention rates, new nurse satisfaction, preceptor satisfaction

and nurse perceptions of competence and confidence—but not actual patient outcomes.

Alden Princeton offers shortterm orthopedic recovery and

post-acute services. Alden Princeton is located at 255 W. 69th St. For more information, call 773224-5900 or visit www.AldenPrinceton.com.

ALDEN NURSING DIRECTORS chosen to participate in a national nursing study meet with Alden staffing Development Coordinators.

MAYOR EMANUEL RECEIVES Health Screening —Mayor Emanuel received his health screening and formally kicked off the city’s new wellness program, Chicago Lives Healthy, being offered to more than 47,000 city employees and eligible spouses. The Mayor was joined by Chicago Cubs legend Ernie Banks to kick off the wellness program. As part of his screening, Mayor Emanuel had his height, weight, blood pressure, and waist size measured. Additionally, he received a screening for cholesterol and a blood test. He was asked a series of questions about his health profile and outlook, which will become the basis for his personal wellness plan that will be developed as part of the program. Enrollment for Chicago Lives Healthy is now open, and will continue for city employees and eligible spouses through August 31. They can enroll at www.chicagoliveshealthy.org.

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