Chicago Crusader E-Edition 7/21/2012

Blacks Must Control Their Own Community

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VOLUME LXXII NUMBER 13—SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2012

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Restaurant legend on her way to nursing home

By Wendell Hutson If finances do not improve in the next 30 days for Izola White, a legendary Black restaurant owner, may have to move to a nursing home and that scares her.

“I do not want to leave my home and go

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stay at a nursing home. I will kill myself before I go to a nursing home,” White, 89, told the Crusader in an exclusive interview. “I’d rather be dead than to live in a nursing home.”

And White’s live-in caregiver, Kelly Louden, fears the worse if White is forced to move to a nursing home by the county due to her finances.

“She will die instantly if she goes to a nursing home. The depression would kill her,” Louden said. “Do I think she is suicidal? No, but I also think she would not last in a nursing home.”

The restaurant, Izola’s at 422 E. 79th St., opened in 1940 and was the fourth Blackowned business to do so along 79th Street, according to White.

But White’s financial problems started building up last March, when the soulfood eatery, founded and owned by White, closed after she fell ill. And the management team she left in charge while she was

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THE FAMOUS IZOLA’s restaurant on the South Side was among the fourth Black-owned business to open on 79th Street more than 40 years ago, according to its founder Izola White.

Teachers and Board reject arbitrator’s plan

By Matthew Bruce Correspondent The Chicago Teachers Union set the stage for showdown with Chicago Public Schools, unanimously voting to reject an arbitrator’s fact-finding report on Wednesday just hours after CPS officials opted to do the same.

That opens the door for a possible CTU strike next month as educators and city officials in the nation’s third largest school district fight over a new collective bargaining agreement.

And during a press conference just after the vote, CTU President Karen Lewis had a message for the nearly 30,000 teachers and support personnel that the union represents: “Stay tuned,” and “Be prepared.”

“We want to get a new contract,” Lewis said. “Now how do you want that to happen? Do you want it the easy way, or do you want it the hard way?”

CPS voted to reject the fact-finding report earlier in the day. And at about 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the CTU’s house of delegates voted unanimously to follow suit. The vote essentially served as a 30-day notice authorizing the union to stage a walkout as soon as Aug. 19 if they choose to. That would be six days after a third of CPS students return to the classrooms, and a little over two weeks before the rest of the district resumes classes.

“I think it’s time for us to reset this relationship,” Lewis said. “I have a strong suspi-

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION President Karen GJ Lewis, flanked by members of her cabinet, tell members of the news media that the union has opted to reject a factfinder’s recommendation to significantly increase teachers’ pay. cion that the things that we’re interested in, they will be interested in as well.”

The report by independent arbitrator was leaked last weekend, and officially released Wednesday. The fact finder determined that the teacher’s union should be compensated with pay raises of more than 35 per cent over the next four years to work longer school hours and extra days under Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel’s plan for city schools. The report called for a nearly 15

percent pay raise to teachers the upcoming school year.

That would likely mean thousands of layoffs, and deep cuts in the classrooms as the school district faces a $665 million budget deficit this year, and $3 billion shortfall over the next three, according to CPS officials.

In an email response on Wednesday, CPS spokesperson Becky Carroll blasted the report, saying the arbitrator did not follow the correct criteria in scrutinizing the facts of

the negotiations between the two sides.

Emmanuel has offered a two percent pay increase for the teachers, but the union is demanding four percent in wage hikes.

Lewis said issues such as layoff recall, health care, and seniority establishments for experienced teachers will weigh heavily in the upcoming discussions as well.

“This is not about money,” she said. “It’s never been about money. It’s about looking at things proportionately.”

NEWS

The Gardner’s hailed as “national treasures” Spencer Leak, Sr. to resurrect “No Crime Day”

Hundreds attended a street naming ceremony hosted by Black on Black Love and the City of Chicago that honored and named a street after Ed and Bettiann Gardner. Under the theme “Celebrating the Gardner Legacy,” they are called a “national treasure” in America with Rev. Spencer Leak, Sr., vowing to resurrect “No Crime Day.” The powerhouse couple who began their hair care business in their basement later moving it into a sprawling building at 8830 S. Dobson which is now the home of WVON, were lifted up as an excellent role model for generations to come.

Included among the guests were Mistress of Ceremony, Merri Dee; Masters of Ceremony, Reginald Mitchell; Ald. Michelle Harris, 8th Ward; Senator Jacqueline Collins (D-16th); former Ald. Dorothy Tillman, 3rd Ward; WVON President/CEO Melody Spann-Cooper; Cook County Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans; Professor/author Timuel Black; Father Michael L. Pfleger; Rev. Spencer

Black Love (BOBL) campaign in January of 1983.

Looking at the Gardner’s whose hands were clasped tightly together, Pfleger said, “I come to honor and celebrate your success, your entrepreneurship. You’re a role model.

You are a national treasure in this country. You are an icon in this country. You are my hero and I thank you. I thank you that you used your success not as an escape like so many do, but you used your success as a platform to make transformative change in America.

“Whether it was the election of Harold Washington, whether it was the community restoration like the Regal Theater, but I especially want to thank you that before violence was a genocide that it is now, before violence was the national epidemic that it is now, before violence was the business that it is right now that if America and those in power had listened to the Gardner’s, we would not have had the murder on our streets we have right now had they listened to your voice,” Pfleger said.

“You not only told us not to hurt and harm each other but to love each other. You were doing what churches weren’t doing. You were doing what the mosque and the synagogue weren’t doing. You were trying to pastor us and nobody was ready to

Leak, Sr.; former U.S. Senator Roland W. Burris and his wife, Dr. Berlean Burris; Peggy Montes, founder of the Bronzeville Children’s Museum; Frances Wright and the Gardner children–Gary, Terri, Guy, Tracy, and seven grandchildren.

Hailed not only for their business prowess in raising the bar in the ethnic hair care industry, the Gardner’s were also praised for their community-mindedness and philanthropy including their huge financial support of then Congressman Harold Washington that led to the election of Chicago’s first Black mayor but also for launching the historic Black on

hear it,” he said.

“I thank you for your movement, and I pray that we’re still listening to you while you can see it. Thank you for staying in the community because you could have left at anytime….” Pfleger thanked the Gardner’s for making a difference in the community.

Quoting from the bible, Pfleger said, “We shall be known by our fruit. Thank you for all of us and so many across this country whose dining room tables are better because they’ve eaten the fruit of Bettiann and Ed Gardner. God bless you. I love you,” Pfleger told the couple.

Home, Leak said every week he alone sees two mothers who have lost their children to gun violence.

“Where is the outrage”? Leak said Mr. Gardner, who proudly wore two buttons, the blue and white 1983 Washington for mayor and the Black on Black Love button, was outraged over the crime committed against one of his employees.

Looking out over the audience, Leak credited Mr. Gardner for being pro-active and combating crime then issued a challenge “get out there on that road and be an Ed Gardner,” who launched the Black on Black Love campaign in January of 1983.

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SPENCER LEAK SR., a longtime friend and business colleague of the Gardners recalls the days of thriving Black-owned businesses in the city.

Also celebrating the life of the Frances Wright, president/CEO of “They told us how beautify they Gardner’s, was Rev. Leak, who is BOBL, who said the initiate, was are as they embraced Soft Sheen,” chairman of the board of Black On born after one of Soft Sheen’s em- said Evans. They told us how capable Black Love, who said he’s trying to ployee’s was shot. we are as they helped people like me walk in the footsteps of Mr. Gardner While the worker didn’t die, Gard- and Harold Washington…and they now the grandfather of seven chil- ner was furious and launched the told us if we were not careful we dren.

BOBL campaign to replace the would be killing each other….”

“I think Black on Black Love em- black on black crime he said was de- “Every time we look up at the street anated out of outrage,” bellowed stroying the community. Taking out named for you, we will remember Leak. “Where, Father Pfleger, is the full-page ads, Gardner made a per- the compassion you shared with us outrage in the city of Chicago”? Re- sonal appeal to the black community and some day even in this city we ferring to his role as president/CEO to end the “senseless” violence and will practice love for one another beof the Leak and Son’s Funeral learn to love one another. Wright be- cause of the Gardner’s. Thank you came the director of the BOBL cam- for all you’ve done for us,” said paign.

Evans.

When asked if it isn’t time to resurThanking the Gardner’s for their rect the Black on Black Love cam- leadership and entrepreneuralship, paign, Wright said Rev. Leak wants Ald. Harris thanked the couple for to do a “No Crime Day” because “it’s their leadership and for being great needed.” “The community needs to entrepreneurs and for spending their hear from a strong voice on stage that personal money and time to develop we can make a difference. If people the Regal Theater. “I say thank you don’t know that things can get better, to them for their great leadership and then they don’t work to make it bet- achievements and commitments to ter. No Crime Day will give us that our community,” said Harris. platform…,” said Wright.

Professor Black, who is 93, said the Judge Evans, who once worked at Gardner’s are “ordinary people doing the original Regal Theater on 47th extra-ordinary things.” Black said Street, said, “This is truly holy when the late activist Lou Palmer ground” and that the street naming said, ‘We shall see in 1983,’ “there of the Gardner’s “symbolizes the was almost nobody who believe that compassion that they stand for. They electing an African American mayor practice what they preach. They talk would be possible.” about the value of peace, integrity After Renault Robinson, who THE GARDNERS, BETTIANN and Ed, are surrounded by family after receiving the sign com- and fairness and love and they prac- chaired the African American Patrolmemorating the renaming of a portion of Dobson Street after the legendary business husband ticed it.

(Continued on page 3) and wife team.

STATE SENATOR JACKIE Collins (far left) looks on as Bettiann and Ed Gardner share their thoughts about their careers and the street re-naming at a ceremony last week on the city’s South Side.

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NEWS Air Conditioning theft leaves Robbins Library feeling the heat Donations coming in for south suburban village victimized by thieves

By J. Coyden Palmer Officials in south suburban Robbins are scrambling to raise nearly $9,000 to replace an air conditioning unit that was stolen from the village’s library last week. Robbins police believe copper thieves stole the unit from the library along with one at Horace Mann School in neighboring Blue Island last week.

The thieves got on the roof, cut wires, and made off with the condenser and cooling elements in the massive HVAC unit, which weighs over 1,000 pounds, according to police chief Johnny Holmes. The Robbins Library serves as a cooling center for residents and the library’s director says with temperatures

again in the 90’s this week, she is fearful for elderly residents in the village.

“Whoever did this is putting people’s lives at risk,” said Priscilla Coatney. “Not only do we have 30 to 35 children a day coming here during the summer to read, this building serves as a lifeline to some of our most at-risk residents. This was a commercial unit that could cool 5,000 square feet.”

Coatney said the thieves carefully disassembled the unit and made off with all the parts needed. She took Crusader on the roof of the building where you could see how many of the screws from the disbanded unit were left behind in a nice, neat pile.

Chief Holmes said investigators believe that shows that whoever did this knew what they were doing.

“They took their time and made sure they got all of the important parts that could bring them money,” Chief Holmes said. “But like any theft, they left some evidence

Michael Burkes worked for CPS for 31 years Services for Michael J. Burkes, former chief engineer with the Chicago Public Schools, will be Saturday, July 21 at St. Mark United Methodist Church. The church is at 8441 S. St. Lawrence Ave. Mr. Burkes, 59, had been retired for eight years. He passed away July 12 after a brief illness.

He is survived by his father, Albert Burkes III, his widow Carolyn; twins, Michael and Myeko.

He was preceded by his mother, Lether; brothers, Gregory E. Burkes and Albert R. Burkes IV. There will be a pre-past at 9:30 a.m. with the visitation following from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m., and the funeral begins at 11 a.m.

The Gardner’s . . .

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AIR CONDITIONING THIEVES left behind parts they apparently could not sell to scrap dealers. This is the scene from the William Leonard Public Library in Robbins after thieves struck. tween $60 and $75 on copper behind that we will process and ing,” she said.

On July 16, the library held a stolen from units at metal scrap when they are caught, they will be community fundraiser. Coatney yards, while the homeowner can be charged with felony theft.”

The Robbins Library bought the said many of the village’s 6,600 resi- out thousands of dollars replacing air conditioning unit four years ago dents are unemployed and unable the unit.

A salesperson for Four Seasons with grant money from Secretary of to pay property taxes, which is the State Jesse White’s office and state source for the library’s income. Last Heating & Air Conditioning said Rep. Robert Rita. While the unit is year, Miami Heat star and Robbins more people are purchasing security covered by insurance, Coatney said native, Dwayne Wade donated cages for air conditioning units in the deductible costs are too expen- $25,000 to keep the library open. homes and businesses due to the sive for the library to handle right Those who attended the fundraiser rash of thefts. Security cages and inon Monday say when they learned stallation costs for their products now.

But through the tragedy, con- about the theft, they knew they had cost between, $1,000 to $1,300 depending on the unit, according to cerned citizens and community- to do something.

“Back in the days of slavery, Black the salesperson. Four Seasons also based businesses are offering help. A group of local ministers is offering a people were not allowed to read,” offers a payment plan to defer the $1,000 reward for information said Kyle Rivers, who lives in a cost. Cheaper security cages can be leading to an arrest and several peo- neighboring village. “So to me the found from other companies, but ple have come into the library with library is a central part of our com- only Four Seasons offer cages where monetary donations on their own. munity that not only must be the security lock is inside of the unit Coatney said she has also heard saved, but we should utilize it and can only be accessed by a human hand. Other units Crusader more.” from air conditioning companies.

Last summer air conditioning researched have security locks on “I’ve had calls from big air conditioning companies who want to thefts spiked in the Chatham com- the outside, which can be comprohelp us so that we won’t have to use munity on the South Side. Police mised by a thief with bolt cutters or our insurance, which is a true bless- say thieves will typically make be- a sledgehammer.

man’s League, went to the Gardner’s and they donated a huge amount, Washington supporters put 263,000 new voters on the book but that wasn’t good enough for Mr. Gardner who reached out to his business friends and raised $1 million. Washington was elected Chicago’s first Black mayor on April 12, 1983. The Gardner’s, Black said, “are the kind of people that can make this a better world.”

Thanking the mayor of Chicago, who was not present, the volunteers, community leaders and his children, Mr. Gardner said, “When you talk about crime…, you really talk about yourself… That child is you; a reflection of you and all that God put you here to do to the continuation of you…

“Our purpose in life was to do all we possibly can…to make life better for all human beings,” he told a cheering crowd. He thanked the beauticians who helped him perfect his Soft Sheen Product that was named by his wife.

Gardner’s children, Gary and Terri, who said she’s being paying Social Security since she was 8-years-old. Guy and Tracy Gardner who spoke loving

about their father who thanked former Soft Sheen workers and beauticians that were in the audience. Terri Gardner said they all worked hard.

“This is the stuff we need to keep in mind. We have to hold that vision in our minds and hearts that we can make it better. We can’t give up…

Let there be love, she said.”

Following in his grandfather’s and his father’s footsteps is Kyle Gardner, 27, the youngest son of Gary Gardner who owns the Namaste Laboratories similar to the Soft Sheen Company. “I want to try opening my own business some day like my dad and my grandfather and then also to give back as much as I can. Let God guide me and whatever he has in store for me,” Kyle Gardner said.

While the Gardner’s children were pivotal in the success of the Soft Sheen business, not all of them will join their siblings in the beauty/hair care industry. Brandon Gardner, 28, the oldest son of Gary Gardner, is a third-year medical student at the University of Chicago. “I want to serve the community as a doctor just like my grandfather did but in a different capacity.” He wants to specialize as a pediatrician or a cardiologist.

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Restaurant legend on her way to nursing home (Continued from page 1) recuperating did not maintain the finances properly, said DeWayne Mason, White’s legal guardian.

“I am trying to see if I can organize another fundraiser for her in hopes of paying off some bills to minimize things,” explained Mason. “As it stands now, she has a monthly (social security) income of $1,100 but owes more than $4,000 in taxes and $5,000 in legal fees.”

Mason added that White still has to also pay other expenses, such as utilities, groceries and her 24-hour caregiver services, all on a fixed-income. If anyone is interested in making a donation, contact Mason at 773-936-1455 or friendsforizola@comcast.net.

Mason said he had anticipated much help from the Black community but so far that has not happened.

“It saddens me that not one Black,

elected official stepped up for her.

Many of them ate at her restaurant for free and now when she needs help the most they let her down,” he said angrily. “I am upset at how all this went down from the mismanagement of the restaurant while Izola was away sick to the lack of leadership by Black politicians.”

In September, $12,000 was raised at a fundraiser held at her South Side home but $35,000 was needed at the time to reopen the restaurant.

Since the closure of her restaurant, White said she lives her days at home doing nothing.

“All I do is watch TV and I am not used to sitting around doing nothing. I love to help people and cook.

That is my legacy and that is how I want to be remembered,” White added. “I pray to God that I am able to reopen (my restaurant). If not, I know I will sit here and die.”

A new retail tenant now occupies Saturday, July 21, 2012

the space Izola’s commanded for more than 40 years but has yet to remove the Izola’s sign, “I have a problem with that and have spoken to the owner about removing it but so far that has not happened,” Mason said. “It looks like I will have to go there and remove it myself because unless the new owner is going to pay her signage rights for using the sign, then he cannot use it.

The closure of Izola’s is not only a set back for her but for the Black community too, said Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County Dorothy Brown.

“She (Izola) has meant a lot to me personally and I wish there were more I could do to help her because what she started years ago has turned into a community mainstay,” said Brown, who also attended the fundraiser in September. “I love Izola and I will always be here for her.”

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OPINION

EDITORIAL CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE BLACK COMMUNITY It is a sad fact of life that the worldwide Black community is disproportionately impacted by a number of ills. You can almost name any physical and social malady and you will find a study that says that Black people are more affected than others.

Now comes global warming, or, more appropriately, climate change. As expected, pundits are saying that the Black community will be disproportionately impacted by this challenge as well.

One of the problems we face, however, is that the African American community, in particular, has so many other problems that scant attention is paid to climate change. One reason may be that the problem is so humongous that people feel helpless in the face of this threat. Moreover, for people who have to be coaxed to vote when it comes to politics because too many feel that their one little vote won’t count; the notion of individually having an effect on climate change is overwhelming.

Let’s back up a bit. Climate change, also known as global warming, is, according to many scientists, caused by human activities, though everyone is not in agreement with this assertion. Basically, burning fossil fuels releases gases into the atmosphere, the most known being carbon dioxide. These gases act as a shield preventing heat from leaving the atmosphere, and over time, the gases build up and so does the heat, causing a rise of temperature on the planet. The gases act like the glass in a greenhouse by letting the sun’s heat in but not letting it out, which is why the phenomena is called the “greenhouse effect.” The result is projected to be rising global temperatures, increasing storm activity, the melting of the glaciers and an attendant rise in sea levels, changes in ocean currents and increased droughts and floods.

A lot of pundits loudly decry the notion that climate change is a reality. This is perplexing in light of recent situations. One of the biggest demonstrations, according to some, was Hurricane Katrina, which had a devastating impact on the Black community in New Orleans and elsewhere in America as citizens were placed in a position of helping displaced refugees.

There were enormous mental, physical, psychological, emotional, and economic consequences of this storm.

If we are not convinced by Hurricane Katrina, we should at least pay attention to the current heat wave and drought that is devastating America. Heat waves can cause worsened air pollution. African Americans are disproportionately affected by pollution because of the fact that they are more at risk for asthma than other communities. And because African Americans are less likely to have health insurance, there can be a deleterious economic impact related to this facet of climate change.

The bottom line is that African Americans stand to lose when it comes to climate change, but the community would also benefit greatly if something can be done about it. This is another area where unified political, social and economic unity could have positive benefits on the condition of Blacks.

There is a complicating factor, however. It just may be that global warming may not be confined to human actions…there seems to be evidence that most of the planets in our solar system are experiencing a warming trend. Our sun is changing. If this is the case, we still have an opportunity to mitigate somewhat if we can develop strategies to combat climate change.

Once again, this would necessitate a unified approach. Whatever the case, it is clear that climate change is not a “White man’s problem,” it belongs to all of us. A luta continua.

There was really something unsettling about watching this year’s major league baseball All-Star Game. At first I was really happy that the two Chicago teams had a total of six representatives on the American and National League rosters.

But as the game went on that joy turned to melancholy. Of the six players the Cubs and White Sox sent, not one was African American. Of course, if you passed Starlin Castro of the Cubs on the street you would say he is Black, but he is a native of the Dominican Republic.

These six players represent what has happened to baseball in the Black community across the U.S. unless you are in your mid-50s or later; it is probably impossible for you to remember a time when Black ballplayers dominated baseball – including the all-star game. It seems a lot longer than 35 years or so ago when men like Al Oliver, Willie Stargell, Reggie Jackson, Billy Williams and others were factors in every all-star game they played. Black baseball fans regardless of what city they lived in were proud to see men who looked like them competing

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Times have truly changed Dear Editor:

in the game.

Part of the tragedy about no African American players in this year’s game is it was preventable.

Major League Baseball has incorporated a way for fans to vote players onto the roster. It doesn’t cost anything and can be done from one’s house, apartment, school or the public library. Another aspect is that for 70 or so years Black men have made incredible contributions to bring the game to the level it is today.

Even before Jackie Robinson, Larry Doby and Don Newcombe, Black men and women such as Mamie “Peanut” Johnson were showing folks how much fun the game could be and how it should be played. One of my proudest moments personally happened in the fall of 1971 when the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded the first all-Black lineup in the league’s history.

It probably isn’t a big deal that no African Americans from Chicago are starting, but it does seem like a slap in the face to Ernie Banks, Billy Williams, Ferguson Jenkins and others that we don’t care enough to vote for current Black players.

Hopefully this will work Dear Editor: I was thrilled to hear Minister Louis Farrakhan on WVON saying he will lead the men of the Nation of Islam onto the streets to help reduce some of this constant violence.

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BEYOND THE RHETORIC

Stop Acting so Ugly and Take Care of Business

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist

Agency (EPA) trying to find ways to slow down the process and, at times, to shut it down. We need more natural gas in a desperate way but he would rather play that “fiddle.”

Russia and China. If we want to go into space we have to buy a seat from them. Many thousands of engineers are still unemployed as a result of this capitulation.

Stop fiddling!

Our president is one of those environmental extremists. He wants to decrease oil quantities regardless of the negative affect it has on our economy (prices, jobs, business growth, etc.). Let us suffer; he has a “fiddle” to play.

Then there is our abundant quantity of coal. This is the cheapest form of energy and many of our utility companies rely on it. The harvesting of coal is a serious job creator in states like Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Illinois, etc.

Our president doesn’t want to slow this down; he wants to kill it!

His henchman, the EPA, has issued the Utility MACT Rule which requires new mercury air standards that most utility plants cannot possibly meet. The result will be about 32 utility facilities shutting down. That is a tremendous amount of jobs (in this recession) and utility prices will skyrocket as supplies dwindle.

Play that Fiddle!

“America, the strongest nation on earth” – that saying is becoming passé. Our president has the crazy idea of slashing our military all the way back to 1940 levels.

Hmmm, isn’t that the year Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan considered us punks and later attacked? It is quite clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin considers Barack Obama a punk.

He has a look of disgust when they are together. No one respects weakness especially when it comes with a fiddle.

The process of fracturing, A.K.A. fracking, has opened vast new reserves of natural gas for our nation. We now have more natural gas than any other nation on earth. That makes us happy but it depresses our president. He has his Environmental Protection

Remember when our beloved President John F. Kennedy said we will put a man on the moon and lead the world in space exploration? Well, the guy we have now just closed down NASA (JFK is rolling in his grave). Our nation is now #3 in space behind

The American Dream is starting to fade away and that is very scary. The saddest thing about this is the recent behavior or attitude of President Barack Obama.

He has abandoned leading us and has gone on full campaign mode with more than four months to go before the national election.

He seems to be delirious in his character attacks against candidate Mitt Romney. It is like Nero sitting down with his fiddle while Rome was burning away. Is Obama our Nero? Let’s take a look at some of the examples.

God has blessed our country with natural energy resources such as oil, natural gas and coal.

Maybe that’s why he is mad about it – God has blessed us. He is attacking the life blood of our energy needs. He wants us to stop using these products but has no clear solution or even a hint about how we can do without them. Our tariff free trading partner Canada has immense reserves of oil and would love to ship vast amounts via the Keystone Pipeline. Everyone but environmental extremists is cheering for this to happen. What’s the big problem?

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No family or business can run properly without a budget. Our president is trying to manage and lead a nation without a clear budget. That’s why in his short tenure he has increased our debt by over $4 trillion dollars (that’s a T). I can’t recall any other president in our history running our nation without a budget. It is lunacy or it’s like playing a fiddle while Rome burns. We are on the verge of financial ruin and there is no plan from the White House.

Former President Lyndon Baines Johnson vowed to make war on poverty. He started the food stamp program with a budget of $268 million in 1964. Our president doesn’t fight poverty; he promotes it. Last year we spent over $78 billion in food stamps.

We are becoming a nation of paupers and he is playing the fiddle.

Finally, there is the low regard for the Black Church. How do you jump into the moral discussion of same sex marriage? That debate belongs to our church not the White House. This is an affront to our beloved long standing institution – just for a few votes.

Mr. President, I am calling you out. Stop the ugliness and tend to the crisis at hand. Raising taxes in a recession and killing jobs via all of the above is a blue print for disaster. Your record with Black procurement is now at 1.1 percent (GAO). Nixon did better than you!

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

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Big Republican Lies about Small Businesses

By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist Two things always happen when there is a debate about whether Congress and the president should extend the George W. Bush tax cuts: 1) Republicans drag out the tired and misleading argument that any effort to return the tax rate to the pre-2001 levels amounts to “a job-killing tax hike” and 2) The corporate media fails to cite evidence that the popular GOP talking point is, in fact, a lie.

President Obama has reignited the debate by proposing yet again that we return to the pre-Bush tax rates. Individuals earning up to $200,000 and couples making $250,000 would be exempt from returning to the higher rate. If implemented, only the top 2 percent of taxpayers would see a tax increase.

But Republicans are opposing Obama’s proposal because they are doing what they always do best – protect the wealthy. But instead of acknowledging the truth, they prefer to use the disguise that they are acting on behalf of small business owners, although we know their main interest is proThe Chicago Crusader

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There’s a reason the GOP takes this approach. As the Los Angeles Times reported, “Polls also show that Republicans do better when they frame upper-income tax increases as a threat to small businesses, a group that voters tend to like.”

There is nothing wrong with reporters quoting Republican talking points. But there is something wrong with the corporate media, in an effort to appear fair and balanced, giving equal weight to dueling claims when one is demonstrably false.

Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting, the media watchdog group, stated: “The corporate media’s bias

toward giving credence to official claims from both political parties means you have to treat that question of facts as a matter of opinion – which, of course, is a problem, if you think that separating fact from misinformation is a key part of a journalist’s job.”

FAIR added, “And the failure to challenge Republican distortions gives them no reason to stop making them…This is especially true when media don’t tell the public that the claim is almost entirely bogus.”

Among the examples cited by FAIR: USA Today (7/10/12) – Headline: “Obama Seeks to Extend Tax Cuts to Middle Class; GOP Critics Say Plan Will Hurt Small Business.”

Washington Post (7/10/12) – Reported that Republicans “charged that the president’s plan would raise taxes on small-business owners.” It also said, “Obama said his plan would cover 98 percent of the working public and 97 percent of small-business owners.”

Los Angeles Times (7/11/12) – Said Obama’s plan “would extend George W. Bush-era tax cuts for those making up to $250,000 a year but not for upper-income

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Americans.” As FAIR noted, “That is incorrect; wealthy Americans will also receive a tax cut on income they earn up to the $250,000 level.”

As Media Matters, another media watchdog group, pointed out, Fox News makes a habit of letting hosts and guests impart inaccurate information about the plan to let the Bush tax cuts expire on the richest 2 percent of Americans.

For example, Alex Cortes of the Restore the Dream Foundation said on Fox and Friends when the issue was being debated in 2010 that returning to the pre-Bush levels “aren’t just tax cuts for the so-called wealthy. It’ll hit 50 percent of all small business income.”

According to the Congressional Budget Office, the two large tax cuts under George W. Bush resulted in a loss of $1.5 trillion in federal revenue. Obama agreed to a deal with Republicans to extend them until the end of this year, which will bring the total to $2.8 trillion. Now, he’s proposing another, more limited extension. If the Bush tax rates are allowed to expire, the top two income brackets will rise from the current levels of 33 percent and 35 percent to 36 and 39.6 percent.

The Tax Policy Center, a joint project between the Urban Institute Saturday, July 21, 2012

and the Brookings Institution, stated, “Most small businesses report their income on individual tax returns, either on Section C (for self-employment or sole proprietorships), Schedule E (for S corporations) or schedule F (for farms. We don’t know how many of these businesses are really small.”

Approximately 36 million taxpayers report business income on their 1040s, the Tax Policy Center found. And not all of them own small businesses – some receive income from side jobs or from rental property. “Only about 900,000, or 2.5 percent, would pay higher rates if the Bush tax cuts were allowed to expire for those in the top brackets,” the center found.

In addition to citing that study, Media Matters said, “And according to PolitiFact, the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) has projected that in 2011, ‘Only 3 percent of all taxpayers who reported having positive business income will see their taxes go up under the proposed Democratic initiative’ of letting the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy expire.”

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Worrill’s World

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill

THE GARVEY MOVEMENT AND ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE (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 In this present era of economic and educational onslaught against the African Community in America, it is important that we understand that the rise of the African Centered Education Movement should be linked to our quest for

economic independence.

We must free the “African mind” through African Centered Educational activities so that we might better understand the importance of economic self-reliance.

One model that we draw strength from in pursuing economic and educational liberation is the model established by the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) in the 1920s.

The more I read and study about Marcus Garvey, the more I am amazed at the great contributions he made to African people to become a self-reliant and self-sufficient people. At the core of Marcus Garvey’s program was his urging of African people to acquire education and economic power. As he always started, “A race without power is a race without respect.”

When we examine the economic condition of Africans in America, and throughout the world, we find one glaring problem — African people do not control our economic resources at the level we should. This is primarily due to our miseducation as a people. In a disproportionate manner, African people depend on the European and Asian world for food, cloth-

ing, and shelter. More often than not, the European and Asian worlds are the producers, processors, distributors, and wholesalers.

African people are the consumers.

This was one of the major problems that the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey addressed during his lifetime and that Minister Louis Farrakhan continues to address.

As Dr. Tony Martin writes in his book Race First, which is one of the best books written on the works of Marcus Garvey, “Marcus Garvey, unlike his major rivals in the United States, built a mass organization that went beyond civilrights agitation and protest and based itself upon a definite, well thought out program that he believed would lead to the total emancipation of the race from white dominion.”

To implement his program, Garvey set up the Negro Factories Corp oration (NFC). Its objective was to build and operate factories in the big industrial centers of the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and Africa. The NFC established a chain of cooperative grocery stores, a restaurant, a steam laundry, tailor and dressmaking shop, a millinery store, and a publishing house.

Mr. Garvey also established a steamship company, The Black Star Line. He envisioned a fleet of steamers carrying passengers and establishing trade among African people of the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and Africa.

In the summer of 1920, Garvey launched his full blown program at the First Annual Convention of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) of which he was the founder and first President General.

On August 2, 1920, after a massive parade of thousands of well drilled, uniformed ranks of the UNIA, 35,000 delegates from all over the United States and some twenty-five countries convened at Madison Square Garden, in New York City. It was, according to the New York Times, one of the largest gatherings in the history of the hall.

Dr. Martin explains that, “Central to the ideological basis underpinning Garvey’s program was the question of race. For Garvey, the Black man was universally oppressed on racial grounds, and no matter how much people try to shy away from this issue, the fact is, this is still true today.”

As Malcolm X used to say, it was

our Blackness “which caused so much hell not our identity as Elks, Masons, Baptists or Methodists.”

If we are ever to become a liberated people this idea must be deeply rooted in the day to day organizing and mobilizing of our people as we seek economic and educational liberation. Far too many Africans in America have abandoned this idea in their organizing projects.

Mr. Garvey understood that the foundation of our liberation was economic and educational independence based on racial solidarity. There are numerous lessons we can learn from the legacy of the Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey. Without economic independence tied to the acquisition of political power, African people in America and African people everywhere will continue to be the subjects of the whims of other people.

In this regard, Garvey said, “...you can be educated in soul, vision and feeling, as well as in mind. To see your enemy and know him is a part of the complete education of man... Develop yours and you become as great and full of knowledge as the other fellow without entering the classrooms.”

Out of the closet on mental health issues

By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist

ing self-awareness to seek help. He perhaps did not reveal more, and sooner, because he understood the public perceptions, and thus the negative consequences of being open about mental health.

Fast-forward forty years, to Congressman Jesse Jackson. Many would argue that we’ve come a long way on mental health awareness, but some would argue the point.

Many health plans do not even bother to cover mental health, and if they do, it is covered for a limited number of sessions. Having mental health problems is still enough of a stigma for some professionals to pay for mental health out of their pocket rather than have their mental health treatment be a matter of record. Comedians and others joke that when someone appears to behave erratically (or in some cases, extremely mindfully), they must be “off their meds.” The stigma remains, and it is stronger in the African American community than the majority community.

Tell an African American friend or colleague about feeling down for more than a week or so (two weeks

Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill) has been away from Congress on medical leave for so long that his colleagues have been clamoring to know what’s wrong, and NBC’s Andrea Mitchell reported that the Congressman was receiving treatment for addiction. The truth, according to Rep. Jackson’s staff, is that the Congressman is being treated in a residential facility for exhaustion and mood disorders.

Why not say that in the first place?

Because divulging one’s mental health status is often the kiss of death in politics and public life. It may be okay in Hollywood to speak exhaustion, mood swings, and other mental health issues. In that world, treatment is often followed by a late night talk show interview and a career revival. In contrast, any politician who has come out of the closet about his or her mental health gets anything but a hard time.

Senator Thomas Eagleton (D-MO), who had been elected to local, state,

tals three times for physical and nervous exhaustion, was known to have suffered from depression, and reportedly received electroconvul-

sive therapy twice. While his mental health history was not part of the public record, his hospitalizations led to speculation that he had a drinking problem. Still, he was so effective as a campaigner and politician that he unseated an incumbent Democrat in his race for the United States Senate.

When George McGovern learned that Eagleton had taken the antipsychotic drug Thorazine, and when his doctors spoke of his “manic depression,” he initially supported Eagleton. However, when McGovern learned that Eagleton’s depression could return, he asked Senator Eagleton to withdraw from the ticket and he complied. Even though 77 percent of the American people said Eagleton’s medical record would not affect their vote, Republican opposition was geared up to attack McGovern because of Eagleton’s mental health status, and the press showed their ignorance by rather cavalierly referring to Eagleton’s “shock therapy.” Since men are far less likely to seek treatment for mental health issues than women are, Senator Eagleton showed amaz-

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and national office since 1960, briefly joined the McGovern presidential ticket in 1972. When his medical records were leaked to McGovern, Eagleton was pushed from the Democratic ticket, because he had long-standing mental health problems. He checked into hospi-

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of down moods is one sign of depression), and he or she will tell you to pray on it. “God will help you through it,” they will say. But the Lord helps those who help themselves, and sometimes the help needed won’t be found on your knees. Or, the response to manic episodes is “Child, you so crazy” as if that is a badge of honor, not a sign that help is needed. Every indicator we have of mental health utilization suggests that African Americans are less likely to seek help than their white counterparts, and while some of it may have to do with cost, some of it has to do with stigma.

As widely as post-partum depression is known and discussed, African American women are only half as likely to seek help as white women. Study after study reports the underutilization of mental health services among African Americans.

Women are far more likely to be diagnosed with mood disorders than men are, which puts another burden on men. Indeed, African American men with mood disor(Continued on page 16) The Chicago Crusader

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Thank you for reading!

CONDI WHO???

Condoleeza Rice the truth be told they don’t want no Black Republican or Democrat. Dey keep saying dey are against her because she ain’t no conservative, but Ima knows that ain’t the real reason. Oh well, that brainstorm of someone who obviously has insomnia is probably now asleep!

gets cloudly as hell again. First they announce after about two weeks that Jesse Jr. is suffering from exhaustion and the desire to fix his marriage. Then dey say his condition is more serious than they thought. Then some mysterious doctor says he’s having mood swings (and who ain’t) and now folks are taking that to mean he done had a nervous breakdown. The speculation that he trying to be in a quiet place and not bring any attention to himself so the FBI will leave him alone is still swirling around also.

After all he done wore a wire, what else could they possibly want? Well, it brought out his mother Jackie Jackson who was at

While the Republicans are busy trying to find the magic combination to unseat President Barack Obama, some thought that the best way to whip the President was to put a Black in as Mutt Romney’s running mate. The name they came up with was Condoleeza Rice. She is Black, smart, a favorite of former President George W. Bush . . . ut oh the conservative Republicans said that they did not want a third term of George W. Bush they wanted a real conservative. But if

If it ain’t been confusing enough with the disappearance of Congressman Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., each time dey try to clear it up it

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the PUSH Convention (a rarity) and started quoting a well known song in the ‘hood: “If something is wrong with my baby, something is wrong with me!” My, my, my!!! Stay tuned, it’s bound to get better.

-ImaIMA’S MAILBAG: Hello, This is Fort Smith. I am a patron of Ramada at 4900 South Lake Shore Drive and I have been for over 20 years. We asked Ramada to be one of our sponsors for Fort Smith Fashion Explosion for August 5, 2012. They chose not to and that was ok but the language that they used left me speechless. I know that many of you are also supporters of Ramada. If the underlined statement makes you uncomfortable please email or call Mr. Akroesen at the address below. We often give heavy support to other businesses but those businesses fail to support our community efforts. Ramada has benefited from us for years. It just makes you go Hmmmmmmmmmmmm! I hope in your response that you will encourage Ramada to give support to us because we all support them

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heavily. This is greater than just Fort Smith. Please see blow.

—- On Thu, 6/28/12, eadams@hotelmanagersinc.com <eadams@hotelmanagersinc.com> wrote: From: eadams@hotelmanagersinc.com<eadams@hotelmanagers inc.com> Subject: Fort Smith Fashion Show To: tyrone.marshall@sbcglobal.net Cc: akroesen@hotelmanagersinc.com Date: Thursday, June 28, 2012, 1:26 PM Mr. Marshall, We have decided that this is an event that we cannot participate in. We thank you for the opportunity but these type of events have not produced any results in the past that are measurable to justify the cost nor is it something we had budgeted for. We also have established relationships with several local social organizations that we contribute to on an ongoing basis as our contribution to the community.

Thank you for the opportunity.

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Comcast Named a Top Company for Diversity Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), one of the world’s leading media, entertainment and communications companies, announced today that it has been named to Black Enterprise magazine’s annual list of the “40 Best Companies for Diversity.” The publication recognized Comcast and NBCUniversal’s diverse employee base, supplier diversity program and the diverse representation of the company’s board of directors as key strengths.

In selecting the top 40, “Black Enterprise” conducted a comprehensive outreach effort to the top-grossing 1,000 publicly-traded companies and 100 leading global companies with significant U.S. operations. The survey focused primarily on the participation of African American, Asian, Hispanic and other ethnic minority groups in four key areas: supplier diversity, senior management, board of directors and employees.

“Since Comcast’s founding nearly 50 years ago, we have been committed to creating a culture of fairness, respect and inclusion.

It is an honor to be recognized by “Black Enterprise” as one of the best companies for diversity as Comcast and NBCUniversal strive to become a model of diversity for the communications and entertainment industries,” said Maria G. Arias, executive director of diversity and inclusion, Comcast Corporation. “We are proud of the additional steps we have

taken, and will continue to build on our strong foundation to create an even more inclusive company.”

Comcast and NBCUniversal are focused on making sure that diversity is reflected in our leadership, workforce, purchasing decisions, programming and community investment. In 2011, the companies made significant progress in these areas, including adding two diverse board members, which increased the board’s diversity to 33 percent, forming internal and external diversity advisory councils, increasing diversity hires and promotions, expanding employee awareness and training on diversity, increasing supplier diversity spending, expanding diverse programming, and increasing contributions to diverse and minority-led and minority-serving non-profit organizations.

This is the third year that Comcast has been named to Black Enterprise’s “40 Best Companies for Diversity” list since 2007. Comcast and NBCUniversal’s Diversity Councils were also listed among the “2012 Top 25 Diversity Councils” by the Association of Diversity Councils. Additionally, Comcast was recently recognized as one of Diversity Inc’s “25 Noteworthy Companies,” named one of Asian Enterprise magazine’s “2011 Fortune 500’s Best Companies for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders,” listed as one of the “Top 50 Organi-

zations for Multicultural Business” by Diversity Business .com, and named one of the “10 Best U.S. Corporations for VeteranOwned Businesses” by the National Veteran-Owned Business Association. NBCUniversal has also received significant recognition and was recently ranked first among programmers in WICT PAR’s “2011 Best Companies for Women in Telecommunications Survey,” won the Disability Rights Legal Center’s “Corporate Diversity Award,” and was selected as one of Work Life Matters magazine’s “Top Companies for LGBT Equality.”

The complete special report on the best companies for diversity, including methodology and selection criteria, is available in the July 2012 issue of Black Enterprise.

About Comcast Corporation Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK) (www.comcast.com) is one of the world’s leading media, entertainment and communications companies.

Comcast is principally involved in the operation of cable systems through Comcast Cable and in the development, production and distribution of entertainment,

news, sports and other content for global audiences through NBCUniversal. Comcast Cable is one of the nation’s largest video, high-speed Internet and phone providers to residential and business customers. Comcast is the majority owner and manager of NBCUniversal, which owns and operates entertainment and news cable networks, the NBC and Telemundo broadcast networks, local television station groups, television production operations, a major motion picture company and theme parks.

ATLANTA’S RICH HISTORY of Black achievement in the business, educational and political arenas form the basis for a month-long series by the Huffington Post. The series captures highlights of the past and introduces us to contemporary notables such as (l-r) Marvin Arrington, Jr., son of former president of the Atlanta City Council, Marvin Arrington Sr.; Andrea Young, daughter of former Atlanta mayor and U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young; Brooke Jackson Edmonds, daughter of former Atlanta mayor Maynard Jackson; and Gil Robertson, producer of the Huffington Post series.

Marquette Bank encourages home building with Summer Home Buyer Incentive Program Marquette Bank, a locally owned neighborhood bank, has launched a new program for the summer home building season, offering $8.5 million in incentives to help buyers purchase existing homes, condos, lots, land or built-to-suit homes from the bank’s real estate developers and

builders with Marquette Bank financed properties. The $8.5 million is set aside in a special fund as part of the Summer Home Buyer Incentive Program to provide subsidized loans to home buyers.

“The number of people interested in building a new home has

increased significantly during the first part of the year,” said Lee Zagrakalis, executive vice president of commercial banking.

“Our goal is to provide affordable options for these people by offering financial incentives and below market rates while also helping our builder customers

CenterPoint offers July workshops on starting businesses

and stimulating the local real estate market.”

Marquette Bank has been offering various types of incentives for the past 2 years as a way to spark local real estate activity and help support its builders and developers. The bank has given away $11.5 million in special incentives since 2010 and loans made under the programs are held in Marquette Bank’s portfolio rather than being sold into the secondary market. This allows for the underwriting process to be much more flexible in terms of credit score, lower down payment and avoiding expensive private mortgage insurance. Buyers realize immediate savings on the cost of the loan.

Over 40 local builders and developers, who are customers of Marquette Bank, are participating in the program, representing hundreds of properties throughout Chicago and especially on the southside and southwest suburbs. Cherry Hill Subdivision, New Lenox – Single-family home sites in ranch and two-sto-

CenterPoint at Governors State University, Univerity Park, is sponsoring four Starting a Business in Illinois workshops in July for Chicago Southland residents.

The free workshops focus on personal, financial, and legal aspects of starting a business. Participants will learn what steps to take and what resources are available to assist new business owners succeed in today’s challenging economic climate.

Workshops will be presented: • On Monday, July 16, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at Old Plank Trail Bank, 20901 S. LaGrange Road, Frankfort. Judi Mack, Regional Representative for GSU CenterPoint, will present the pro-

gram, sponsored by Old Plank Trail Bank.

• On Wednesday, July 18, from 9 to 11 a.m., at Kallsen Center in Tinley Park Village Hall, 16250 S. Oak Park Avenue, Tinley Park.

Dan McAllister, Regional Representative for GSU CenterPoint, will present the program, sponsored by the Village of Tinley Park.

• On Tuesday, July 24, from 4 to 6 p.m., at Orland Township office center, 14807 S. Ravinia Avenue, Orland Park. Dan McAllister will present the program, sponsored by Orland Township.

• On Wednesday, July 25, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Richton Park Community Center, 4455 Sauk Trail, Richton Park. Elliott John-

son, Regional Representative for GSU CenterPoint, will present the program, sponsored by the Village of Richton Park.

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Interested individuals can contact CenterPoint at (708) 5344927 or www.centerpointgsu.com.

CenterPoint at Governors State University is an Illinois Small Business Development Center offering professional assistance, counseling, relevant training, and ongoing support services to entrepreneurs.

CenterPoint is a service of Governors State University with grant support from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the U.S. Small Business Administration.

ry designs (1,800 to 3,600 sq. ft.), including look-out and walk-out lots, in a natural setting close to Old Plank Trail bike path.

While the emphasis of this program is on new construction homes, this program is also available for qualified properties owned or financed by Marquette Bank, including sales of existing model homes, and also owneroccupied and investor condominiums, vacant land sales (both individual lots and bulk lot sales) and construction financing.

Some of the packages offer up to 90 percent financing on qualified condo units.

The subsidized funding is available until October 1, 2012 or until the $8.5 million dollars in the fund is used up. Loans must be funded no later than March 31, 2013 to qualify. For more information on Marquette Bank’s Summer Home Buyer Incentive Program or for a complete list of qualified properties, call 1-708364-9050.

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BUSINESS 45,630 consumers file complaints with CFPB Mortgages, credit cards, bank services among top issues

By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist This July 21 will mark the second anniversary since President Obama signed into law sweeping financial reforms more commonly referred to as Dodd-Frank. For the first time in the nation’s history, consumer lending concerns became the permanent priority of a single office: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Now and according to a new CFPB report, consumers that take the time to file complaints are reaping tangible rewards – like a $30,000 refund.

A 77-year old Army veteran and retired businessman living in Georgia was certain he had paid off his mortgage; but his mortgage servicer insisted he still owed money. To make matters even more complicated, the older gentleman was blind and had trouble finding paperwork that proved his home was free and clear. After CFPB got involved in late 2011, the bank agreed that the mortgage was fully repaid in 2007.

For his trouble and his time, the bank refunded the borrower with a check for $30,000.

In another settled complaint, CFPB helped a 31-year old waiter from Florida to reduce his monthly student loan repayments to an af-

fordable amount. A young man’s educational dream of becoming an artist led to enrollment at a for-profit college and then $110,000 of debt to graduate with an Associate’s Degree. Lacking a Bachelor’s Degree, he was unable to find work in his chosen field and began paying $700 a month to a private student loan lender. By the time his federal student loan payments were added, he could barely manage to make monthly ends meet after paying $1,100 in loan costs. When the private loan company refused to adjust payments, the young man contacted CFPB. CFPB determined that he was eligible for a reduced payment program that cut his monthly payment to only $407 for a year.

Further, he is still working out a plan to reduce federal loan payments.

The best news is that there are even more successful stories of how consumers working with the CFPB found other compensation, or new terms that enabled them to better manage financial debts. From July 21, 2011 through June 1, 2012, 45,630 consumers contacted the CFPB with a range of complaints.

Mortgage issues ranked highest (19,250 complaints), followed by credit cards (16,840), bank products and services (6,490) and pri-

Charlene Crowell vate student loans (1,270).

Of these complaints 81 percent have led to contacting identified companies for review and response.

Others were referred to other regulatory agencies, found to be incomplete, or are pending with CFPB. Companies contacted by CFPB are also responding – responses have been received on approximately 33,000 complaints.

To make filing complaints easier for consumers, CFPB accepts complaints via its website, by telephone,

mail, e-mail and fax. Consumers opting to phone speak with a tollfree, U.S.-based call center that offers assistance in 187 languages, and can accommodate the needs of both hearing and speech-impaired callers.

With information in hand, CFPB then determines if the complaint falls within the Bureau’s enforcement authority. Once that basic threshold is met, affected companies are contacted for review and reply. While the complaint is in progress, consumers can log onto a secure portal or call the toll-free number to receive status updates, provide additional information and review responses submitted by companies.

In addition to the consumer complaints received, CFPB has also gained further consumer insights through written comments on a range of topics that include but are not limited to: debt collection, equal credit, leasing, overdraft and payday lending.

For example, in response to a larger than expected attendance at a January 2012 payday lending public hearing in Birmingham, CFPB offered a comment period for persons and organizations either unable to attend or speak. By the time the comment period closed on

April 23, a total of 620 comments were filed. The majority of comments received spoke directly to consumer needs and concerns, some citing CRL research.

Speaking on behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Wade Henderson and Nancy Zirkin wrote in part, “Regardless of the precise source of payday loans, their effects are the same.

They come with triple digit interest rates. Communities and consumers are targeted, rather than served.

And according to the Center for Responsible Lending, each year more than $4.2 billion of otherwise valued and disposable income are lost to the accompanying predatory fees.”

If you or someone you know is interesting in offering comments or making an online complaint, visit the CFPB web at: http://www.consumerfinance.gov/ . Consumer calls are accepted from 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) Mondays through Fridays at (855) 411-2372.

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

We’re In Love

By Cheryl Pearson-McNeil NNPA Columnist We Americans love our internet. According to a new Nielsen study, “Top U.S. Web Brands and News Websites,” nearly 212 million of us were surfing the net in some shape, form or fashion in May this year – a little over 276 million of us are estimated to have internet access. Like Yolanda Adam’s lyrics: “I don’t care how you get here, just get here when you can,” – Americans take various avenues – mobile internet, computer or tablet — to visit the websites we love. We spend, on average, a whopping 29 hours online per person a month. For a 30-day month this works out to be a little under an hour a day.

And you know how quickly time flies when you’re “surfing” the web. (Wouldn’t it be great if the same could be said about working out and we committed ourselves to exercising that much each month?! I almost passed out this morning doing walking lunges and realized I had only been at it for 45 SECONDS)!

But, I digress.

We loved Google the most, as it remained the champion of web brands visited in the United

States, with 173 million unique visitors (“unique” is digital-speak, meaning the number of visitors counted once to a website). Facebook came in second with close to 152 million unique visitors.

Rounding out the top five brands were Yahoo! (almost 143 million), YouTube (127.5 million) and MSN/WindowsLive/Bing (almost 127 million).

Here’s a complete U.S. picture for May 2012: • The average person made 64 website visits/sessions.

• 97 domains were visited per person.

• There were 2,716 web page views per person.

• Each web page was viewed an average of 1 minute and 5 seconds.

• Online time per person was 29 hours, 7 minutes and 48 seconds for the month.

• 211,985,000 people went online.

• 276,550,209 people had internet access.

Now I don’t know about you, but I don’t intentionally set out to view 2,716 web pages. Does anyone? You just get caught up with it, right? You start out trying to find a recipe or news recap or gossip tidbit and the next thing you

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9. Today: Almost 16 million visitors, 8 minutes, 52 seconds.

know another item on that page catches your attention, so you click on it. Then another little sumthin’, sumthin’ on the new page grabs you, and off you go again. And so on and so on, until BAM, you’ve viewed 2,716 web pages in a month.

We love being in the know: 57 percent of online Americans visited current events and global news sites, averaging 18 visits and a total of 1 hour 22 minutes. Interestingly, the popularity ranking of a website does not always correspond with the amount of time spent there. Take a look: 1. More than 62 million unique U.S. visitors visited Yahoo! – ABC News. Average time spent per person was 17 minutes, 56 seconds.

2. CNN Digital Network followed with 39.6 million, but people spent on average more time here, about 35 minutes per person, and this site had the most page views (1.6 billion).

3. HPMG News (formerly AOL News brands), had more than 33 million visitors. Average visit: 16 minutes, 17 seconds.

10. USAToday.com. 15.1 million visitors. 8 minutes, 50 seconds.

Cheryl Pearson-McNeil 4. MSNBC Digital network: 30.1 million visitors, 15 minutes, 3 seconds.

5. NYTimes.com: 29.2 million visitors, 19 minutes, 16 seconds.

6. Huffingtonpost.com: 29 million visitors, 20 minutes, 46 seconds.

7. Tribune Newspapers: 22.5 million visitors, 7 minutes, 58 seconds.

8. Fox News Digital Network: 21.6 visitors, 34 minutes, 36 seconds.

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Page views are comparable to ratings for TV. The higher the number of views, the higher the site’s advertising rates. Higher rates mean more revenue. Get where you fit into this equation yet? Riiiight! Your consumer power is at work even as your nimble fingers surf the web, because our collective visits add up.

Where do you spend your time?

I hope you’re using your 29 hours, 7 minutes and 48 seconds wisely with sites and advertisers that are deserving of your precious (and limited) time. Otherwise, I’m going to invite you to take up doing those walking lunges with me, so you can fully appreciate the value of even a mere 45 seconds!

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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Eleven Youth-run programs receive grants CAP’s Youth As Resources Grants Funded by McCormick Tribune Foundation Eleven youth-run programs received grants ranging from $650 to $2,000 from the Chicago Area Project’s Youth As Resources Program during a gala ceremony on June 30, 2012 at the Chicago Area Project (CAP) office, 55 E. Jackson in Chicago. The grants are funded by the McCormick Tribune Foundation. The grant monies awarded are $17,000.

Youth As Resources (YAR) challenges youth to identify community needs and design projects that use their skills, creativity and energy to help others in the community.

YAR at the Chicago Area Project’s commitment to the importance of youth voices is reflected in the composition of the YAR

governing board, which is largely made of youth between the ages of 14-25. The YAR grant decisions were made by the governing board. Youth and adult board members work in partnership to make all funding decisions.

The grant program is designed to help fund groups or organizations working with youth as leaders and decision makers. The projects partner youth and adults working together to creatively solve a community issue or need.

The Youth As Resources were granted for projects in three categories: Health/Wellness, Violence Prevention and Artistic Expression.

The Grant Winners include:

CAMP BUTTERFLY’S MONARCH Butterfly Team’s Kwanzaa 365 program was one of 11 youth-run programs that received grants ranging from $650 to $2,000 from the Chicago Area Beethoven Elementary School/ The World Performance Team: Project’s Youth As Resources Program during a gala ceremony on June 30, 2012 at the Chicago The concept of this project is to Area Project (CAP) office, 55 E. Jackson in Chicago. The grants are funded by the McCormick provide positive alternatives to Tribune Foundation. Youth As Resources (YAR) challenges youth to identify community needs crime in the Woodlawn Commu- and design projects that use their skills, creativity and energy to help others in the community. nity. Through the project young to change the level of violence in people travel and showcase their the community by connecting hard work and talents across the youth and adults from different country. The performance team backgrounds through a youth viis made up of youth ages 7-14. olence prevention project called The group is a drill team which Youth CAPs. The Youth CAPs provides young people with a program creates safe, non-threatperforming arts curriculum, gang ening places for youth in the prevention programming, male Grand Boulevard Community. mentoring, community service The Chicago Police Department opportunities, discipline and works closely with the program charitable giving opportunities. to inspire positive relationships Camp Butterfly’s Monarch between the youth and the poButterfly Team/Kwanzaa 365: lice. The project creates positive The Monarch leaders will host alternatives to violence.

Faithful Few/Girls off the project activities to influence disconnect within their community Streets: This is project designed to run a basketball camp in the using the principles of Kwanzaa.

Imagine Englewood IF/Make A Woodlawn Community to keep Wish: The project idea is to cre- young girls safe and healthy. Athate an activity center to keep the letes recruit participants for the youth in a positive mindset. The camp. Violence, obesity, teen disELEVEN YOUTH-RUN programs from Chicago neighborhoods received $17,000 in grants funding category is: violence pre- cipline and leadership are topics also addressed. The project seeks ranging from $650 to $2,000 from the Chicago Area Project’s Youth As Resources Program vention.

Kenwood Oakland Commuto keep teen girls healthy and during a gala ceremony on June 30, 2012 at the Chicago Area Project (CAP) office. The various nity Organization/Connecting happy. program representatives with their awards are congratulated as a group.

Chicago’s Youth to Change ViThe Healing Experience, Inc./olence in Our City: One Neigh- Empowering a New Generation borhood at a Time: Project seeks (Continued on page 16)

IMAGINE ENGLEWOOD IF’S Make A Wish program received an $800 grant. They are being congratulated by members of the YAR Board.

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INSTITUTE FOR POSITIVE Living’s Health Awareness Carnival was one of 11 youth-run programs that received a grant.

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SECRET MILLIONAIRE ADDS TO GIFT Steve Kaplan, a suburban millionaire, who recently donated $225,000 to Kids Off the Block, after working for a week at the South Side nonprofit, increased the gift when he hosted a fund raiser for the organization at Moe’s Cantina in River North.

screening of the show, of which Kaplan was one of three millionaires featured. Individual and business donations since the showing have registered at roughly $40,000 and there is still more money pledged, according to a Kaplan employee.

Kaplan was part of the ABC Network show “Secret Millionaire.” Millionaires from around the country volunteer to work at an organization that has financial

Since the show’s taping last summer, Kaplan meets every week with the Kids Off the Block founder Diane Latiker for up-

STEVE KAPLAN AND CROWD watching ABC’s “Secret Millionaire.” concerns without the administrator’s knowledge. After the end of their tenure, the millionaire reveals who he or she really is and makes the cash donation.

Kaplan’s fundraiser at the Tapas restaurant attracted more than 400 people. They watched the

dates on the organization’s progress. He said he hopes to work for the organization for several years.

“I know the show is over, but I hope this is the start of the awareness and help for my friends at these charities. I am so fortunate

(L-R) BRUCE OTTO (H.O.M.E.), Diane Latiker (KOB), Steve Kaplan, Philister Sidigu (H.O.M.E.) and Judson Kinnucan (Bin Donated) at the screening of the Secret Millionaire featuring Kids Off the Block. to be a “Secret Millionaire” but even more so to have met and helped these amazing organiza-

tions,” Kaplan said.

Besides Kids Off the Block, he donated time to Bin Donated of

KAPLAN SPEAKING to viewing party crowd at Moe’s Cantina.

NEARLY 500 PEOPLE ATTENDED the viewing party at Moe’s Cantina.

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River North, Housing Opportunities and Maintenance for the Elderly (H.O.M.E.) of Rogers Park.

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The NEW Four-One-One

By Raymond Ward Entertainment Editor CONDOLENCES: Maria Cole, mother of Grammy Award-winner Natalie Cole died last week in Boca Raton, Florida. Mrs. Cole, a jazz singer who performed with Count Basie and Duke Ellington in the 1940's and who was married to Nat King Cole for 17 years until his death in 1965 was 89 years of age.

Mrs. Cole grew up in North Carolina, then left college in Boston to pursue a career as a jazz singer. She moved to New York and joined Benny Carter's band.

In addition, she performed with Count Basie and Fletcher Henderson before Ellington heard a recording of her in the mid-1940's and hired her as a vocalist for his band The Duke Ellington Orchestra. In 1946, she began appearing as a solo act at Club Zanzibar in Harlem, where she opened for The Mills Brothers.

One night, the Nat King Cole Trio was "filling-in" for The Mills Brothers. As Mr. Cole stood backstage and watched Maria perform he was smitten. He divorced his first wife, Nadine, and Maria Cole they were married in 1948

by Congressman Adam Clayton Powell at the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City's Harlem.

“Nat wanted to improve himself,” Mrs. Cole told The Boston Globe in 1989. “I wanted to help him improve. What he needed, I had. What I needed, he had. That's why our marriage worked.”

Maria Cole placed her career on hold to raise their five children (Natalie, Carol (Cookie), Nat (Kelly), and twins, Casey and Timolin) and travel with her husband as his career flourished. His string of hits included “Unforgettable,” “Candy” and “Mona Lisa,” and he became the first Black host of a national variety show on television, “The Nat King Cole Show,” which ran from 1956-1957. While on tour they risked and sometimes encountered racial violence in the “Jim Crow” South; and Mr. Cole was even attacked onstage in Alabama in 1956.

Before Nat King Cole died of lung cancer at age 45, Mrs. Cole had returned to singing and recording with her husband at Capitol Records. Her best known solo album was “Love Is A Special Feeling,” which was released in 1966.

Maria Frances Hawkins was born in Boston on August 1, 1922. Her father Mingo Hawkins, was a postal worker and her mother Caro Saunders Hawkins, died in childbirth when Maria was two years of age. Maria and her sister Charlotte were sent to North Carolina to live with their Aunt, Dr. Charlotte Hawkins Brown, who founded the Palmer Memorial Institute, a prestigious Black preparatory school near Greensboro. She graduated from the Institute in 1938.

Ms. Hawkins returned to Boston to attend a clerical college but began working with a jazz orchestra by night and soon dropped out to pursue her love of music in New York, much to the chagrin of her family, who thought jazz was an inappropriate vocation for a “proper” young lady.

In 1943, she married Spurgeon Ellington (no relation to Duke Ellington), a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, the all-Black unit of the Army Air Corps in World War II. He died during a training flight.

After Nat King Cole’s death, Mrs. Cole continued to record and perform, once on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” She also was the host of a talk show in Chicago and Los Angeles. A subsequent marriage ended in divorce.

In addition to her surviving children, Natalie, Casey and Timolin, Maria Cole is survived by her sister Charlotte and six grandchildren.

Private services will be held on Thursday, July 19, 2012, in Glendale, California.

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ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE

By Elaine Hegwood Bowen, MSJ

Raising Izzie - endearing family movie on GMC-TV reunites Soul Food couple GMC-TV, America’s favorite channel for uplifting music and family entertainment, presents Raising Izzie, based on David Martyn Conley’s award-winning screenplay and first-prize winner in the 2011 inaugural GMC Faith and Family Screenplay Competition, at the American Black Film Festival (ABFF). Raising Izzie brings Vanessa Williams and Rockmond Dunbar, both of Soul Food fame, back together and makes its world television premiere on Saturday, July 21, at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., with encore broadcasts Sunday, July 22, at 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Monday, July 23, at 8 :00 p.m. and Friday, July 27, at 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.

The story of two orphaned sisters and the caring teacher who changes their lives forever stars Daytime Emmy© nominee and NAACP Image Award© winner Vanessa Williams (“Lincoln Heights,” Soul Food), Rockmond Dunbar (The Family That Preys, “Sons of Anarchy,” Soul Food), Kyla Kenedy (Three Stooges, “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”), and Victoria Staley (“My Parents, My Sister and Me”, “Surface”). Producer and former Tyler Perry Studios executive Roger M. Bobb (For Colored Guys, “House of Payne”) produces and makes his directorial debut from David Martyn Conley’s prize-winning script. Brad Siegel serves as executive producer.

“This is a very heartwarming story about family and faith that shows that love transcends all,” says Bobb. “When I saw the table read at last year’s ABFF, I knew right away it was the perfect story for me to tell.”

When their mother passes away, sisters Izzie (Kyla Kenedy) and Gertie Nash (Victoria Staley) are forced to grow up fast. Afraid her daughters will be separated if placed in the foster care system, their mother makes arrangements for Gertie and Izzie to live on their own, with a bank account, apartment and small on-line business to support themselves.

Older sister Gertie takes care of Izzie, in addition to working and attending school. For a year, the girls are able to hide their predicament from their neighbors,

ROCKMOND DUNBAR AND Vanessa A. Williams from the acclaimed series Soul Food come together again in family movie Raising Izzie on GMC-TV. their landlord and even their teachers. But when Tonya Freeman (Vanessa Williams), Gertie’s new teacher, becomes suspicious, the girls have to come up with a new plan to protect their secret.

After Tonya confronts the girls and they confess to their situation, Tonya has to decide how to protect them and keep them together against the will of her husband Greg (Rockmond Dunbar).

“Raising Izzie is an inspiring story about the importance of family bonds and maintaining faith in challenging times and is a story that also reminds us of the greater reward in helping others,” says Brad Siegel, vice-chairman of GMC. “We never dreamed that the first place winner of our GMC Faith and Family Screenplay Competition would be premiering the following year as the

Festival’s Closing Night Film and have its World Premiere on GMC the same year.” Leslie Chesloff, GMC’s executive vice president of programming, adds, “Raising Izzie has all the right elements for a wonderful, uplifting story our viewers will assuredly love. We knew right away we wanted to bring this endearing story to the screen and we are very excited to share it with our GMC family.”

GMC Network presents a Bobbcat Films production Raising Izzie starring Vanessa Williams, Rockmond Dunbar, Kyla Kenedy, and Victoria Staley. Music by Karen Marie Mason. Casting by Alpha Tyler. Editor is Charles Lemons. Director of Photography is Mark Mervis. Executive Producer is Brad Siegel. Screen(Continued on page 16)

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ABC 7 Chicago presents a special edition of “Heart & Soul” ABC 7’s Charles Thomas and Evelyn Holmes will host the next installment of HEART & SOUL, a series of specials that tap into Chicago’s vibrant African American community; airing Saturday, July 21 at 6:00 pm. Leah Hope and Hosea Sanders also contribute reports to this week’s episode. An encore presentation will air Saturday, August 11 at 4:30 p.m. on ABC 7.

HEART & SOUL is the winner of the 2012 Illinois Broadcasters Association’s “Best Public Affairs Program” award.

HEART & SOUL spotlights writer and DePaul University Alum Paul Oakley Stovall. Stovall is currently working with renowned Actress Phylicia Rashad of ‘The Cosby Show’ in a new play titled “Immediate Family,” currently in production at the Goodman Theater. The play features Chicago native Cynda Williams, who throughout her career has worked with the likes of Spike

Lee and Denzel Washington.

Heart & Soul got the chance to sit down with Cynda to talk about the play and her latest project.

Next up, are the symphonic sounds of the Hyde Park Suzuki Institute, a music institute that trains a diverse group of students interested in classical music. Performing at various venues all across the city, these musically inclined students compete on a local and national level, and interact with professional musicians associated with the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

“This edition of Heart & Soul definitely has that wow factor,” says producer Rubye Wilson Lane. “Our viewers will be blown away by the talented kids from the Hyde Park Suzuki Institute who play the violin, viola and cello. These students sound like an orchestra well beyond their years even though they range in age

from 3-17 years old. Hearing them brings joy to my heart.”

Heart & Soul also features students from Christ the King Jesuit School who have distinguished themselves as being the first senior class to graduate, all college bound. The show profiles two students from the Austin neighborhood on Chicago’s West side.

For the past four years, they have been given the opportunity to work in a corporate setting, receiving valuable hands on experience.

Finally, the show looks at a high school in the Bronzeville community with an amazing accomplishment: the school recently graduated three Bill and Melinda Gates scholars. Their small senior class, with 120 students, was awarded more than $5 million in scholarship money.

HEART & SOUL is featured on-demand at abc7chicago.com.

HEART & SOUL is produced

by Rubye Wilson Lane.

HEART & SOUL SHOW features the positives of Chicago’s African American community and is hosted by some of the Black on-air talent at ABC Chicago. Subjects include Black Chicagoans of all ages.

Jazz Lives in South Shore! The Jazz Fest is on!

Once again this August, Jazz aficionados will flock to Chicago’s south lakefront to enjoy America’s greatest musical art form. “Jazz Lives in South Shore because Jazz Unites” continues the tradition which for over 35 years has brought amazing musical talents to perform for patrons on the grass at the South Shore Cultural Center. The two-day Jazz Fest takes place August 4th and August 5th from 1 p.m. until sun down.

This year’s Festival will honor Producer/Singer Geraldine deHaas and Jazz Unites, the organization she founded to champion and present the very best Jazz performers of the day to an aging but incredibly loyal inter-racial fan base.

When jazz lovers from South Shore and across Chicago, heard that this year the iconic festival might have to be cancelled because of sponsorship issues and the health challenges of its producers, they responded with a rousing - No Jazz? No Way!!

Community leaders started orga-

happen. Artists and suppliers are donating or greatly reducing their fees to assure that this tradition continues and that Ms DeHaas is honored appropriately. A fund-raiser will be held on Sunday, July 15 at Le Fleur de Lis in Bronzeville to announce the line up and so that volunteers and the community can make their contributions to ensure a successful and rewarding event for all that attend.

Called the “most idyllic summer festival in the Chicago area” by the Tribune’s Howard Reich, the South Shore Jazz Festival has hosted the jazz greats of our time; among them DiGeraldine deHaas nizing in much the same way they did in 1975, when the powers that be threatened to tear down the former South Shore Country Club, which is the site for the festival and one of the most coveted venues in the city. Fundraising efforts are well underway and the Jazz-loving community is pulling together to make it

ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE (Continued from page 12) play by David Martyn Conley.

Directed by Roger M. Bobb. Executive Producers are Bobb and Brad Siegel.

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GMC for being “an authentic family-friendly cable network.”

GMC is the only television network brand to be so honored.

GMC can be seen in more than 51 million homes on various cable systems around the country.

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anne Reeves, Sarah Vaughn, Dizzy Gillespie, Lou Donaldson, Dee Alexander, Ari Brown, Ahmad Jamal, and this year will be no exception!

The line-up taking shape will feature musicians that appeal to fans from Hip-Hop to B-Bop. And the site welcomes back the neighborhood’s tradition of packing picnic baskets and coolers to enjoy a day at the park. There will be entrance fee of $10 and no parking on the site.

Festival-goers will be encouraged to take public transportation (buses and trains stop right in front of the Cultural Center) or to use the park

and shuttle option Festival Planners hope will help to solve the usual traffic problems around the site.

The lineup includes: Saturday - August 4 Drum Divas Renee Baker Orchestra Dee Alexander Tammy McCann Norman Connors/Tom Brown Sunday - August 5 Ayodele Ernest Dawkins & New Horizon Ensemble Pharoah Sanders Hynoptic

Moo & Oink welcomes Chef Dwight Evans II Moo & Oink, LLC, the iconic Chicago BBQ brand, named Chicago resident Dwight Evans II as its Corporate Chef and Grill Master Extraordinaire. Chef Evans serves as Moo & Oink’s Celebrity Chef, available as the Moo & Oink spokesperson for events and as an enlightened and entertaining television personality.

In addition, he is charged with originating recipes for Moo & Oink products and making the classic products even better.

“Chef Evans is a great addition to the Moo & Oink team,” said Dave Van Kampen, Chief Herding Officer of Moo & Oink and President and COO of Best Chicago Meat. “He is a rising star in the culinary industry, and we are proud to welcome him.”

Chef Evans attended Ball State University, Muncie, Ind., before transferring to Johnson & Wales University, Charleston, S.C. In 2002, he graduated from École Supérieure de Cuisine Française in Paris. While there, he worked at Le Jules Verne, a Michelin

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Dwight Evans II two-star restaurant at the top of the Eiffel Tower. After that, he worked for Crystal Cruise Line.

In 2009, Ebony Magazine named Chef Evans one of America’s top African-American chefs. Currently, he is on the board of directors of the American Culinary Federation (ACF) Chicago Chefs of Cuisine, Inc., serving in 2012 as 1st vice president. He is in line to assume the presiSaturday, July 21, 2012

dency of this prestigious organization.

He is a member of the prestigious organizations Les Amis d’Escoffier Society (The Friends of Escoffier Society) and the World Association of Chefs Society (Wacs).

Chef Evans has ambition as well as a big heart. He has participated in No Kid Left Hungry and Junior Cuisine, and he has been a guest chef on PBS. He is currently completing the pilot for his cooking show, “Fine Dining with Chef Evans,” and he is writing a book titled, “From the Ghetto to Gourmet…I Refuse to Lose.”

Moo & Oink is known for its selection of meat and rap-based commercials in the ‘80s and ‘90s, and it was thought to be gone forever after last year’s bankruptcy of the Moo & Oink grocery stores. Best Chicago Meat Co., LLC, purchased the Moo & Oink brand in Dec. of 2011 and is bringing the most popular items to grocery stores across the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana area.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR FOSTER BEACH EVENTS: American Family Insurance has been at Foster Beach, 600 W. Foster Avenue in Chicago, for the past three weekends. The final event will be on Saturday, July 21, from 12 p.m.-4 p.m., and will feature product giveaways, such as free bottled water, lawn chairs, towels and beach bags.

Local radio stations will do live remotes.

COLD WAX MIXED MEDIA AND MORE AT MORTON ARBORETUM: Take natural objects and create art! “Cold Wax Mixed Media” helps you make your own texture art piece. Using a joint compound to embed natural objects, you will develop a surface that mirrors a plaster-like wall. Then add paint to give dimension and color. This activity is for Adults and will take place on Sunday, July 22, 11 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the Thornhill Education Center. The cost is $78 ($65 for Arboretum members). Register at mortonarb.org/education or call 630-719-2468.

And on Friday, July 27 through August 13, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., find great bargains at the “Semi-Annual Clearance Sale” featuring items on home decor, garden items, apparel, jewelry, books, and more in The Arboretum Store. Located 25 miles west of Chicago in Lisle, Illinois, the Arboretum is open daily 7 a.m. until sunset.

More information is available at www.mortonarb.org or 630-9680074.

CHILDSERV TO HOST FOSTER PARENTING INFO SESSIONS: ChildServ invites caring adults in Chicago and its suburbs to learn more about how they can change the lives of children through fostering. Please consider attending one of their orientation sessions or calling ChildServ at 773-867-7323 for more information about becoming a foster parent. The agency hosts Foster Parent Recruitment and Orientation Sessions on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in Chicago.

There are no fees or obligations to attend, and parents are particularly needed for Spanish-speaking children, teen moms and specialty foster care situations. The next session is Tuesday, July 24. The Cook County Location is at the Harold Washington Professional Building, 5401 S. Wentworth 2N, 5:30 p.m. -7:30 p.m. Call 773-867-7323 for more information or to RSVP. CELEBRATE CHI-COW-GO AT LINCOLN PARK ZOO: Join Lincoln Park Zoo in celebrating the 175th birthday of Chicago, with the unveiling of their freshly-rehabbed cow statue from the 1999 exhibit “Cows on Parade” on Tuesday, July 24. Be one of the first to see the new and improved bovine beauty complete with murals featuring Lincoln Park Zoo’s favorite critters. Stick around the farm to learn cow milking and pony-grooming techniques, 14

meet a chicken, and more! Later, observe animals around the zoo as they are presented with Chicago-themed piñatas to dig in to. The fun begins at 10 a.m. and goes all day. Farm-inthe-Zoo at Lincoln Park Zoo is located at Cannon Drive at Fullerton Parkway. The event is FREE. For more information, please call 312742-2000.

HEALTH MATTERS AT CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY: On Thursday, July 26 at 6:30 p.m., at the Sulzer Regional Library, James Mastrianni, M.D., Ph.D., will present a workshop titled Health Matters: Is Your Brain Trying to Tell You Something, In this workshop Dr. Mastrianni, associate professor of neurology and director of the University of Chicago Medicine’s Memory Center, leads a discussion on memory disorders. His discussion includes deciding when forgetfulness becomes a serious health problem, addressing memory loss symptoms immediately, seeking medical attention and ways to help keep memory sharp.

This program is presented as a You Are What You Read: Summer Reads for Adults event. For more information, call 312-744-7616.

COURT REPORTING OPEN HOUSE COMING TO OAK FOREST: South Suburban College will host an Open House for the Court Reporting/Verbatim Technology Program on Thursday, July 26 from 7 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. at the University & College Center in Oak Forest, Room 5250. The SSC Court Reporting/Verbatim Technology Program is fully accredited by the National Court Reporters Association.

It is a comprehensive career education program that can lead to an exciting, high paying career. Upon completion of all of the courses, students receive an Associate in Applied Science Degree and are well-prepared to take the Illinois Certified Shorthand Reporter Examination–the professional certifying exam for the State of Illinois. Reporters are in high demand and may work in areas such as judicial reporting, broadcast captioning, steno interpreting and web casting. In addition to the excellent earnings, court reporters have opportunities for travel, exposure to highprofile cases, and self-employment.

All of SSC’s Court Reporting classes are held at the University and College Center (UCC). The UCC is located at 16333 South Kilbourn Avenue, Oak Forest, Illinois. For more information, please contact LaTherese Cooke, Program Coordinator, at 708-596-2000, ext. 3217, or visit www.ssc.edu for a complete listing of upcoming open houses.

summer and escape the heat. Shedd Aquarium has partnered with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment to welcome Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - The 4-D Experience to the Midwest for the first time and is ONGOING. Costume characters from the popular movie, Sid and Scrat, will join in the fun opening week, meeting and greeting their fans at the aquarium. Featured in high-definition digital 3-D and brought to life with high-tech audio and special effects seats, the 14-minute feature captivates the entire family with bigscreen Ice Age action. All ages are invited to join the sub-zero heroes Manny, Ellie and Diego as they venture into a mysterious underground world after Sid the Sloth stumbles across three abandoned eggs and decides to raise them as his own. As the eggs hatch, the adventure begins in the lost world of the dinosaurs. Powered by ComEd, the feature will be shown in Shedd’s Phelps Auditorium, which houses the only 4-D experience in Chicago. During this unique sensory feature, guests will experience an exhilarating array of synchronized physical effects, such as snow, wind, scents and more – all from the comfort of the specially designed 4-D experience seat. The epic attraction’s arrival at Shedd Aquarium is part of a continued expansion of the experience, which was first un-

veiled this spring in the U.K. before making its U.S. debut at the San Diego Zoo last month. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – The 4-D Ex-

perience will be featured daily. Upgrades for the 4-D Theater experience are available for $6 with Shedd Pass ($3 for Shedd members).

JESSE WHITE, former Chicago Public Schools teacher and administrator and currently the Illinois Secretary of State, recently received the Fried of Education Award from the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents. White also is the founder of the 53-year-old Jesse White Tumbling Team, an initiative dedicated to helping at-risk youth and reducing juvenile delinquency.

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Should you lend your car to a friend? Maybe. Maybe not. You risk damage to your car—and your friendship. *** Your auto insurance may or may not cover drivers other than those “named insured.” You’d have to check your policy closely to make sure. Even if your friend is covered, any accident would count against your record, possibly raising your rates. *** If there is an accident, with bodily injury or serious damage to the other car, you run the risk of being sued by the owner and/or driver of the other car and any passengers.

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Be smart. Drive carefully, limit who drives your car, and protect yourself and your car at Community Insurance Center, Inc., 526 E. 87th Street, your insurance headquarters. We have been serving the community since 1962. For more information about the services we provide, call (773) 651-6200. You can also reach us via email at: sales@communityinsurance.com or visit the website at www.communityins. com.

*** Insurers are particularly concerned when teenage drivers in the family lend the car to one of their friends. Too often, the results are unfortunate.

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*** Sad to say, the losses sustained can be very high when these borrowed cars are involved in an accident. Shockingly, the drivers were likely to be driving while intoxicated.

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Liberty Baptist Choir will use gospel to fight crime The Liberty Baptist Church plans to use its choir to address a number of negatives in our community – faithlessness, economic and educational disparity, as well as crime. The first salvo will be the “All Faith No Fear” concert July 22 at the church, 4849 S. King Drive, which will feature contemporary and traditional gospel beginning at 3 p.m.

“This concert is an opportunity to allow our young people to praise the Lord in an exciting way, with other young people with the encouragement and support of the entire congregation” Jill Thompson, Liberty’s minister of music said.

According to the Rev. Darrell L. Jackson, Liberty’s pastor, “celebrating and supporting the youth

is one of the cornerstones of Liberty Baptist Church. Liberty Baptist Church was the only church in Chicago that welcomed a young preacher from the south during the Civil Rights Movement named Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It stands to reason that Liberty Baptist Church would be in the forefront of developing ministries for its youth membership.”

Charlie Wilson brings prostate cancer message to Trinity raise awareness about prostate cancer among African American men. The disease is most prevalent among African American men, who also die more frequently from the disease.

Grammy nominee Charlie Wilson, a prostate cancer survivor will share his story about beating the disease when he joins Andrea King Collier author of “The Black Woman’s Guide to Black Men’s Health” July 28 at Trinity United Church of Christ.

Those interested in attending can register at www.myprostatecancerroadmap.com or by calling toll-free 1-855-213-9634. There also will be cooking demonstrations and other informational resources.

Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. with the program running from 10 a.m. until noon.

The Trinity appearance is part of the program, Making Awareness A Priority (MAP) that is stopping in select U.S. cities to

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Trinity is at 400 W. 95th St., Chicago.

Christ Universal Temple presents Back to School Community Festival On July 28, 2012, Christ Universal Temple will host the 2nd annual Summer Abundance and Hope Back to School Community Festival, from Noon-8 p.m., at the Salvation Army’s Ray & Joan Kroc Community Center, located at 1250 W. 119th Street.

There will be a concert performance by Joshua’s Troop, the Temple Ensemble featuring Fred Nelson III, music by DJ Bool-

oumaster of 106.3 FM, as well as fun activities and food.

Children that attend the Back to School Festival will receive school supplies donated by members of Christ Universal Temple.

As a devoted minister Reverend Wells understands the importance of hosting and participating in events that bring families together. In the spirit of reaching out to the community, Wells and

Christ Universal Temple are proud to participate in the Back to School Rally and Gospel Concert at the Joan Kroc Community Center.

Christ Universal Temple, a New Thought Christian Church, was founded in 1956 by the Reverend Dr. Johnnie Colemon, Reverend Derrick B. Wells is Senior Minister.

Bethel AME’s 150th anniversary features historian Tim Black to Chicago in 1919. He and his siblings were raised in what then was referred to as the city’s Black Belt – a stretch on the South Side running from Cermak Road to 31st Street along State Street.

The DuSable High School graduate was classmates of Jazz legend Nat King Cole and Johnson Publishing Co. founder, John H. Johnson.

In addition to Black’s speech, the church will have some of the artifacts from its earliest years available for viewing. Bethel AME is located at 4444 South Michigan Avenue.

Bethel A.M.E. Church, once the second largest African American church in Chicago, will celebrate its 150th anniversary from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Sunday, July 22 with local orator, historian, political activist and educator Timuel Black.

The 93-year-old Black, noted for his involvement in the civil rights movement as well as an expert on the Black migration from the South to Chicago, has worked with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Paul Robeson; and W.E.B. DuBois. He also is a graduate of the University of Chicago.

The son of a sharecropper, Black’s parents moved the family

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Radio Soul 106.3 personality Randy Knight and Bessie “The Spiritual Songbird” Cooper will host the event. The concert also features Delwin Roland, on organ; Frank “The Gospel Soul Man” Harris, on lead guitar; Junnette Smith on keyboard, percussion virtuoso; Chris Singleton on drums and special guest artists Peter Ingram on bass all under the musical direction of Mildred “Peaches” Watson, assisted by Roderick Johnson.

Jackson has been Liberty’s pastor since 1994. He is the third generation of Jacksons to pastor at Liberty. He succeeded his late father Rev. A.P. Jackson. He was the pastor from 1951-94. Rev. D.Z. Jackson was pastor from 1925-50. Liberty is a 92-year-old icon in the Bronzeville community on the city’s South Side.

Verizon’s How Sweet The Sound™ returns to Chicago Community Celebration Features Donald Lawrence, Yolanda Adams, Erica Campbell of Mary Mary, Fred Hammond, Hezekiah Walker and CeCe Winans Chicago-area gospel music fans can now buy tickets to the 2012 Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound regional show. Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound is the country’s most prestigious gospel music celebration. The program gives local choirs a chance to showcase their love of gospel music and compete for a chance to represent Chicago at the grand finale in New York.

This year, GRAMMY® awardwinning, songwriter, producer, arranger and music director Donald Lawrence returns as host and is joined by GRAMMY® awardwinning entertainer, producer, author and syndicated radio host Yolanda Adams. In addition, Erica Campbell of Mary Mary, Fred Hammond, Hezekiah Walker and CeCe Winans will serve as resident judges for this year’s competition and perform on stage, alongside Lawrence and Adams.

The Chicago-area show will take place Monday, September 17, 2012, at the United Center starting at 7:30 PM. Tickets are $10, $15, and $20; and are currently on sale at the United Center box office, online at www.ticketmaster.com or via phone (800) 745-3000. Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound will also make stops in Dallas, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Newark, Detroit and Los Angeles.

Choirs will have the chance to rejoice in song and praise; sing in front of gospel greats and fans; and Saturday, July 21, 2012

Donald Lawrence compete for a chance to win up to $50,000 in cash and prizes. Choirs that advance to the regional competition will have the chance to compete for the title “Best Gospel Choir in America.”

Last year, Tarboro, N.C., based Salvation and Deliverance Church Choir won the grand prize and the title "Best Gospel Choir in America." The choir used their prize money to support "Weight On The Lord" – a program designed to help people in their community make healthier lifestyle choices.

They were also able to kick off their “How Sweet The Tidings” program just in time for the holidays.

Through the program they, adopted five families for the holidays, giving them food and gifts.

"Anyone would love to have the bragging rights of calling themselves "the best church choir" in the nation,” said Kristian Herring, director of Salvation and Deliverance Church Choir. “How Sweet the Sound truly helped change our lives."

For more information on Verizon’s How Sweet the Sound, visit www.howsweetthesound.com.

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Eleven Youth-run programs receive grants (Cont’d from page 10) Anti - Violence Forum: A youth led community forum focused on violence prevention project designed to motivate positive, community involvement. The project is addressing the lack of functional and structured anti-violence programs that provide mentorship for African American males ages 14-21.

Institute for Positive Living/Health Awareness Carnival: A youth driven carnival themed event promoting membership for the Institute for Positive Living computer lab, which serves the Bronzeville/Grand Boulevard Community. The youth will showcase a number of talent and learned skills from their time in the Institute for Positive

THE CHATTERBOX (Continued from page 7) Earl Adams Director of Sales & Marketing Ramada Chicago Hyde Park / www. ramadachicagohotel.co Ramada Ohare Elk Grove /www.ramadaohare.com Best Western Plus Chicago Hillside/www.chicagohilside hotel.com Best Western Midway/ www . bestwestern midway .com Days Inn Alsip / www. days innalsip.com -ImaDear Ima: The Raging Fire is about to set a blaze to the New York “hip-hop gang” and the Louisiana “voodoo woman,” who have brought absolute shame and total disgrace to Johnson Publishing Company. Who are firing folks left and right in order to load up the staff with their “New York gang.” And Linda Johnson Rice and the voodoo woman, Desiree Rogers, are

ruining the name, work and memory of John and Eunice Johnson, the founders of Ebony and Jet magazines.

The latter of which is now run by Mitzy Miller, a New York hip-hop type editor and Amy D. Barnett of New York, who is in charge of Ebony. With no one having any REAL POWER anymore that is the same gender as Mr. Johnson. Even the building that he had built has been sold, while $4 million that was to go to Howard University for a building to be named in his honor, was never received. And some of the stock has been sold to a white bank. So we will tell you all about, while also calling for a protest against these modern-day female Judases. And The Raging Fire will not cease until the winds of Chicago usher in changes that pleases the spirit of John H. Johnson.

A preacher from Tennessee

Living computer lab. Residents of the Lawless gardens apartments will have access to the lab and are encouraged to participate in workshops or sign up for privileges provided by the lab. Issues discussed during the carnival are AIDS/HIV awareness, teen/adult issues, diabetes, jobs and school scholarships.

Instituto Progreso Latino / Instituto Family Engagement Nights: In an effort to bring a disconnected community together this project is designed promotes intergenerational activities in the East Garfield Community (Pilsen).

OM Production International/Healthy Cooking in the Hood: The project features youth teaching community residents about health and good tasting food and how to cook it.

Westlawn Gospel Chapel / We Are One – The Fight Against Violence: The project is planned to be a two-day event. The discussion topics themes are how are gangs affecting the community. On the second day of the event

will be a peace rally and a community clean up.

Young Women’s Leadership Charter School/Latin Culture Club: The students will create an environment where they can express Latin culture through music, sports, cultural activities, group discussions, food and guest speakers. The students seek to combat bullying in the school. The project will run an entire school year. The funding category is violence prevention and artistic expression.

CHICAGO AREA PROJECT (CAP): The Chicago Area Project is a nonprofit organization committed to strengthening Chicago’s neighborhoods and to helping Chicago’s young people. The original mission of CAP has not changed since its inception, to work toward the prevention and eradication of juvenile delinquency through the development and support of affiliated local community self-help efforts in communities where the need is greatest.

Youth As Resources (YAR): Youth as Resources is

Big Republican Lies (Continued from page 5) ness smokescreen, FAIR News Service (NNPA) and summed it up correctly in editorial director of Heart its headline: “Small Busi- & Soul magazine. He is a ness Baloney.” keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. Curry George E. Curry, former can be reached through his editor-in-chief of Emerge Web site, www.george curmagazine, is editor-in-chief ry.com. You can also follow of the National Newspap- him at www.twitter.com/er Publishers Association currygeorge.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Some of us remember when several housing authorities around the country contracted with the Nation to provide security at public housing projects. The result was a significant drop in violence and crime. Obviously, the Minister believes he can get those same results here. I am pretty sure that regardless of religious affiliation men from across the city will join the Nation’s members. As the cliché goes there is comfort in numbers.

People living on the south side and the west side should take some comfort in this news. More so than any group of Black folk outside of the military, the Nation of Islam members, especially the Fruit of Islam, bring a disciplined presence. They are not a reactive group. They do not seek 16

(Continued from page 4) conflict. Their presence, in intendent are clueless when it they surely won’t be able to force, on our streets should go comes to reducing crime at make a difference. a long way toward stemming any level. It is sad but we will Thanks to Minister Farthe violence. need to rely on non-profesI have some reservations sionals to get the job done. I rakhan for leading the way toabout it but it was good too to don’t mean to imply the police ward change. read that 60 ministers, mainly can’t do the job, but if their top Black Baptists pastors met and supervisor holds them back Rudolph Brown agreed to take to the streets also. There were about 60 ministers, including pronent west (Continued from page 6) siders Ira Acree and Marshall Hatch who were joined by ders are more likely to rely on has been hospitalized for Michael Pfleger and others to informal support systems, or mood disorders as it would plot a plan to make the streets to forego treatment than they be if he were hospitalized for safer. It is great to see the peo- are to seek help. Thus, a another illness. The fact that ple who influence so many de- 2011 study from the School he has shared his mental cide they can do something of Social Work at Michigan health status may allow State University concludes Americans, regardless of race outside their buildings.

Hopefully, this effort by the that there is an unmet need or ethnicity, to come out of preachers will be void of egos, for mental health services the closet about mental and they will focus on the mis- among African American health. men.

Julianne Malveaux is a sion.

It is unfortunate that Con- Washington, DC based It is too clear that Mayor Emanuel and his police super- gressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. econ- omist and author.

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For information about how you can become involved in the Chicago Area Project/ Youth As Resources Youth program, contact Kathleen Mosley at 312-588-3816 or IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK at YAR@chicago areaproject.COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; P l ais hereby i n given, t i pursuant f f , to “An Notice to the. use of an Assumed vAct in relation s BusinessFARR NameAKA in the conduct or transJAMES JAMES FARR JR.; action of Business in the State,” TERRI FARR; as amended, that a certification as filed by UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF the undersigned FARR, with the CountyJR. Clerk JAMES D12131094 of ANY; Cook County.

File No. IF UNKNOWN OWNERS AND on the July 17, 2012. RECORD Under the NON Assumed Name of Airedale ConstrucCLAIMANTS; Defendants, tion with the business located at 8235 10 CH Chicago, IL 42535 S. Loomis Blvd., 60620.

PUBLIC hereby given that The trueNOTICE name(s)isand residence address pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure Gilmore, of the owner(s) is: Debra entered in the above entitled on May 8235 S. Loomis Blvd., cause Chicago, IL 23, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales 60620.

Corporation will on Wednesday, August 7/21, 7/28, 8/4 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

LEGAL NOTICE

HOUSES FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY, DEPARTMENT COUNTY CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. P l a i n t i f f , s . v GABRIEL BROWN; UNKNOWN HEIRS LEGATEES OF AND GABRIEL BROWN, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; D e f e n d a n t s , CH 50637 09 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: 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 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 .

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

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 (773) 327-9300. at 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 (312) Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

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JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N (312) 444-1122 Selling Officer, 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 plaintiffChicago makes no representation The Crusader 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

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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 Blacks Must control 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

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

below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 948 W. 61ST ST., Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-17-412-046-00003. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $82,512.35.

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 IN ACCORDANCE POSSESSION, 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 10-2222-14770. 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) Attorney File No.: 372-2020 10-2222-14770 Attorney Code. 4452 Case # 10 CH 40752 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.

I446524

HOUSES FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY D I V I S I O N HSBC BANK USA, N.A., AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF THE RENAISSANCE HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-1, P l a i n t i f f V .

SHIELA L. EASLEY A/K/A SHEILA L. EASLEY; CITY OF CHICAGO, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, D e f e n d a n t s 09 CH 24835 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 6714 SOUTH PRAIRIE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60637 P l a i n t i f f V .

D e f e n d a n t s NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 09-021919 (It is advised that interested parties consult with their own attorneys before bidding at mortgage foreclosure sales.)

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered on May 9, 2012, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on August 10, 2012, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: Commonly known as 6714 South Prairie Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 Permanent Index No.: 20-22-303-024 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $262,360.15.

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

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

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

I442112 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK ILLINOIS COUNTY COUNTY, DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC., P l a i n t i f f , v .

JOHN ELLUL, CITY OF CHICAGO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s 10 CH 40752 948 W. 61ST 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 May 9, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 13, 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 948 W. 61ST ST., Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-17-412-046-00003. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $82,512.35.

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 paid by the purchaser their own camount oMMunity 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

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 & P A N Y C O M 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 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK 60619 Property Index No. COUNTY, ILLINOIS 20-27-114-002-0000. The real estate is COUNTY DEPARTMENT improved with a brown brick two flat CHANCERY DIVISION building; two car detached garage. Sale WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, terms: 25% down of the highest bid by v . certified funds at the close of the auction; ERIK NANCE AKA ERIK K. NANCE, The balance, including the Judicial sale QUIANA BRADLEY Defendants fee for Abandoned Residential Property 10 CH 55324 Municipality Relief Fund, which is 7044 SOUTH WOODLAWN AVENUE calculated on residential real estate at the CHICAGO, IL 60637 rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) in the above cause on May 15, 2012, an hours. No fee shall be paid by the agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, mortgagee acquiring the residential real will at 10:30 AM on August 17, 2012, at the estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale The Judicial Sales Corporation, One or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or South Wacker Drive - 24th Floor other lienor acquiring the residential real CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public estate whose rights in and to the auction to the highest bidder, as set forth residential real estate arose prior to the below, the following described real estate: sale. The subject property is subject to Commonly known as 7044 SOUTH general real estate taxes, special WOODLAWN AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL assessments, or special taxes levied 6 0 6 3 7 against said real estate and is offered for Property Index No. 20-23-409-039-0000. sale without any representation as to The real estate is improved with a brick quality or quantity of title and without single family house with no garage. Sale recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" terms: 25% down of the highest bid by condition. The sale is further subject to certified funds at the close of the auction; confirmation by the court. Upon payment in The balance, including the Judicial sale full of the amount bid, the purchaser will fee for Abandoned Residential Property receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle Municipality Relief Fund, which is the purchaser to a deed to the real estate calculated on residential real estate at the after confirmation of the sale. The property rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction will NOT be open for inspection and thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser plaintiff makes no representation as to the not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or condition of the property. Prospective wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) bidders are admonished to check the court hours. No fee shall be paid by the file to verify all information. If this property mortgagee acquiring the residential real is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and other lienor acquiring the residential real the legal fees required by The estate whose rights in and to the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS residential real estate arose prior to the 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a sale. The subject property is subject to condominium unit which is part of a general real estate taxes, special common interest community, the purchaser assessments, or special taxes levied of the unit at the foreclosure sale other against said real estate and is offered for than a mortgagee shall pay the sale without any representation as to assessments required by The quality or quantity of title and without Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE condition. The sale is further subject to MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU confirmation by the court. Upon payment in HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN full of the amount bid, the purchaser will POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF the purchaser to a deed to the real estate POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE after confirmation of the sale. The property WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE will NOT be open for inspection and MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Saturday, 21, 2012 plaintiff makes no representation as to the JulyILLINOIS LAW. For information: Visit our website at condition of the property. Prospective service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours bidders are admonished to check the court of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, file to verify all information. If this property Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and file number PA1114062. THE JUDICIAL the legal fees required by The SALES CORPORATION One South Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also condominium unit which is part of a visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at common interest community, the purchaser www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of of the unit at the foreclosure sale other pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES than a mortgagee shall pay the One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 assessments required by The CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS Attorney File No.: PA1114062 Attorney 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE Code. 91220 Case # 11 CH 30729 MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU

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 COUNTY, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT COUNTY CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO FIRST NATIONWIDE MORTGAGE 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, INC., AS BY MERGER TO SUCCESSOR CITIFINANCIAL MORTGAGE COMPANY, INC. AND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, D e f e n d a n t s , CH 19380 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 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: 20-28-411-042.

P.I.N. Commonly known as 7638 South Perry Avenue, Chicago, IL 60620.

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

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 3 5 7 - 1 1 2 5 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N (312) 444-1122 Selling Officer, I448647

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT DIVISION CHANCERY WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS C E R T I F I C A T E TRUSTEE (NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL BUT CAPACITY SOLELY AS CERTIFICATE TRUSTEE) IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF VNT SERIES 2010-2 TRUST P l a i n t i f f , v s .

JIMMIE ANDERSON AND KAREN ANDERSON, KINZIE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL C O R P O R A T I O N , D e f e n d a n t s , 11 CH 16268 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 19, 2011 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, August 23, 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. 25-06-209-006.

Commonly known as 8813 South Honore Street, Chicago, IL 60620.

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

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 3 5 7 - 1 1 2 5 .

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I448687

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

BETTY DANIELS A/K/A BETTY J DANIELS, CITY OF CHICAGO, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, L.L.C., UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BETTY DANIELS, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 09 CH 13008 7031 SOUTH WENTWORTH AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60621 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 16, 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 7031 SOUTH WENTWORTH AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-21-423-005-0000. The real estate is improved with a frame tan 2 unit with a detached 1 car 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 PA0906135. 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 18 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No.: PA0906135 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 09 CH 13008 I448984

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 PA0906135. 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.: PA0906135 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 09 CH 13008 I448984

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

MARRY A. WARREN, BETTY J. EVANS-NUTE A/K/A BETTY J. EVANS NUTE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 11 CH 19285 505 E. 60TH STREET 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 505 E. 60TH STREET, Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-15-403-002-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $126,917.26. 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 ORDER OF ENTRY OF AN 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 11-2222-17372. 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.: 11-2222-17372 Attorney Code. 4452 Case # 11 CH 19285 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.

I448439 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION AURORA LOAN SERVICES L L C P l a i n t i f f , v .

EUGENE GRAY D e f e n d a n t s 10 CH 00663 6523 SOUTH DREXEL AVENUE 2012 Saturday,IL July 21,60637 CHICAGO, NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 14, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 16, 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 6523 SOUTH DREXEL AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-23-114-009. The real estate is improved with a brick 2 unit with a 1.5 car garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance,

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

EUGENE GRAY D e f e n d a n t s 10 CH 00663 6523 SOUTH DREXEL 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 14, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 16, 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 6523 SOUTH DREXEL AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-23-114-009. The real estate is improved with a brick 2 unit with a 1.5 car 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 Residential Property Abandoned Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 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 PA0930359. 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.: PA0930359 Attorney Code. 91220 Case # 10 CH 00663 I448157

Property Index No. 20-23-118-009. The real estate is improved with a two story multi family. The judgment amount was $125,139.95. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the required by The assessments Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ORDER OF ENTRY OF AN POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: Kimberly A. Padjen, GOMBERG, SHARFMAN, GOLD & OSTLER, PC , 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1410, CHICAGO, IL 60604, (312) 332-6194.

Please refer to file number 44681. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

GOMBERG, SHARFMAN, GOLD & OSTLER, PC 208 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1410 CHICAGO, IL 60604 (312) 332-6194 Attorney File No.: 44681 Attorney Code.

90334 Case # 11 CH 44069 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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HOUSES FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, 2006-NC1 P l a i n t i f f , v s .

REGINALD SCOTT A/K/A REGINALD D. S C O T T ; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; CITY OF CHICAGO; STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS D e f e n d a n t s , 09 CH 24651 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 18, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, August 17, 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. 20-20-414-031-0000.

Commonly known as 6834 South Green Street, Chicago, IL 60621.

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

W 0 9 0 7 0 0 8 5 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I447546

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

CEDERRAL PETTIES A/K/A CEDERRALL PETTIES, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 11 CH 44069 6533 S. UNIVERSITY AVE. 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 7, 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 6533 S. UNIVERSITY AVE., Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-23-118-009. The real estate is improved with a two story multi family. The judgment amount was $125,139.95. 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 feeMshall control ust be Blacks 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

their own coMMunity

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

A/K/A LOUIS ILIAS MARNERIS MARNERIS, FANE, INC., CITY OF CHICAGO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND CLAIMANTS NON-RECORD D e f e n d a n t s CH 06083 12 7320 S. KINGSTON 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 June 25, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 31, 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 7320 S. KINGSTON, Chicago, IL 60649 Property Index No. 21-30-110-057-0000. The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence. The judgment amount was $165,994.07. 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 IN ACCORDANCE POSSESSION, WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: MARTIN & KARCAZES, LTD. , 161 North Clark Street - Suite 550, CHICAGO, IL 60601, (312) 332-4550.

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. MARTIN & KARCAZES, LTD. 161 North Clark Street - Suite 550 CHICAGO, IL 60601 (312) 332-4550 Attorney Code. 80461 Case # 12 CH 06083 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.

I447744 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA; P l a i n t i f f , v s .

RAMESHCANDRA SHAH; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY; CITY OF CHICAGO; 7608-10 S. PHILLIPS C O N D O M I N I U M ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 34899 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 10, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 14, 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. 21-30-307-026-1005.

Commonly known as 7610 South Phillips Avenue, Unit 2 & P-5, Chicago, IL 60649.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g)(1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff's Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road,

CHICAGO; 7608-10 S. PHILLIPS C O N D O M I N I U M ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS NONRECORD AND CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 11 CH 34899 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 10, 2012 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 14, 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. 21-30-307-026-1005.

Commonly known as 7610 South Phillips Avenue, Unit 2 & P-5, Chicago, IL 60649.

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

F 1 1 0 9 0 3 9 3 JUDICIAL SALES INTERCOUNTY C O R P O R A T I O N Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I447422

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

DEMARCO ROBERTSON, KIMBERLY TAYLOR-ROBERTSON AKA KIMBERLY TAYLOR ROBERTSON Defendants 11 CH 42051 6420 S. EVANS AVE. Chicago, IL 60637 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 24, 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 6420 S. EVANS AVE., Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-214-028-0000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $322,644.33.

Sale terms: The bid amount, 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, shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. 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: HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC , 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Attorney Code. 40387 Case # 11 CH 42051 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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HEALTH

Program increases access to healthy foods Schools statewide receive a total of $4.9 million to increase fruit and vegetable offerings; more students have access to healthy eating choices

and vegetables. Some schools have initiated a “Vegetable of the Day” to entice students to try produce they might otherwise not have access to and increase nutrition education efforts.

More than 260 Illinois schools, including the Betty Shabazz International Charter School, and dozens of other Chicago schools are reaping

The USDA first piloted the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program in 2002 and it was expanded to include all states for the 2008-09 school year.

Elementary School; City of Chicago School District 299, Everett Elementary School; City of Chicago School District 299, Galapagos; City of Chicago School District 299, Mitchell Elementary School; Com-

munity Education Network Village Leadership Academy, Chicago; Holy Family Lutheran School, Chicago; Namaste Charter School, Chicago; Polaris Charter Academy, Chicago; UNO Charter School, Chicago.

The complete list of 267 schools in the Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Program as well as a map of the selected schools is online at : http : // www.isbe.- net/nutrition/htmls/ffv program awards 1213 . htm)

A PROGRAM THAT INCREASES availability to healthy foods means that students at dozens of Chicago public and parochial school will have regular access to fresh fruits and vegetables; something many are currently missing from their diets. the benefits of a nearly $5 million More than 400 schools statewide applied for the 2012-13 grant. Each grant to encourage healthy eating The Illinois State Board of Educa- school will be reimbursed on a tion (ISBE) announced recently that monthly basis for allowable expenses 267 schools in Illinois will participate up to the school’s total awarded in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Pro- amount. The fresh produce purchased gram (FFVP) during the 2012-13 under this program cannot be used to school year. The schools, both public replace fruits or vegetables already beand private that already participate in ing served to students at breakfast or the National School Lunch Program, lunch.

The Chicago participants include: will share equally in more than $4.9 Archdiocese of Chicago, Academy of million.

“This is a valuable federal program St. Benedict The African; Internationthat improves access to great fruits al Charter School-CS Prairie Campus and vegetables,” said Illinois State Chicago; Archdiocese of Chicago, CIBoard of Education Chairman Gery CS Irving Park Campus Chicago; J. Chico. “This program helps chil- Archdiocese of Chicago CICS- West dren from low-income families feed Belden Campus; Archdiocese of their minds and bodies with good Chicago, CICS Wrightwood; Archdiocese of Chicago CICS-Bucktown; nutrition The Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Pro- Archdiocese of Chicago CICS-Longgram requires participating schools to wood; Archdiocese of Chicago, Imallocate between $50 to $75 per en- maculate Conception School; Archrolled student, with the majority of diocese of Chicago, Learn Elementary those funds being spent on fresh pro- Charter School; Archdiocese of duce. Program funding runs through Chicago, Pope John Paul II; Archdiocese of Chicago, St. Agnes of BoJune 30, 2013.

FFVP provides all students in par- hemia; Archdiocese of Chicago, St. ticipating schools access to a variety of Ailbe School; Archdiocese of Chicago, free fresh fruits and vegetables at least St. Ann; Archdiocese of Chicago, St. twice a week. It allows schools to Elizabeth; Archdiocese of Chicago, St. make available the additional pro- Hyacinth; Archdiocese of Chicago, St. duce anytime during the regular John De La Salle School; Archdiocese school day, except during breakfast of Chicago, St. Michael School; Archdiocese of Chicago, St. Turibius and lunch.

The goal is to expose students to School; Betty Shabazz International lifelong healthy eating habits. For ex- Charter School, Chicago; Barbara A. ample, schools can incorporate nutri- Sizemore Academy of Shabazz, Chication education into numerous daily go; Chicago Jesuit Academy, Chicago; classroom activities such as math, City of Chicago School District 299, health, geography and science, by de- Bond Elementary School; City of veloping lesson plans involving fruits Chicago School District 299, Darwin The Chicago Crusader

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