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Extra police presence doesn’t ease Crane students’ fears

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VOLUME LXVII NUMBER 48—SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 2008

By La Risa Lynch

Half of Crane High School’s student body returned to the near west side school the first day of class following spring break.

Even with the large contingent of police encircling the school, lingering fears of gang retaliation for the shooting death of a fellow classmate kept students home.

Ruben Ivy, 18, was shot to death March 7 outside the school by another Crane student, Devonte Smith. The murder was allegedly as a result of a long running dispute between the two. Smith, 15, has been charged as an adult with first degree murder.

The beefed up police presence was part of a campaign to escort students from the ABLA housing development, 1254 South Loomis, to the school safely. In Operation Safe Passage, community leaders, residents, Crane’s principal Richard Smith, along with Ald. Bob Fioretti (2) walked ABLA students to a bus stop where they then boarded CTA buses. The buses, escorted by police, then took the students to school.

The effort was to thwart rumors of retaliation against an ABLA resident. Devonte Smith apparently lived in that housing development, while Ivy had ties to another housing project.

For 16-year-old freshman, Jenise Grandberry, the extra police had little effect. The police, Grandberry said, were at the school when Ivy was shot, and it still happened.

The patrols, she added, only cover travel to and from school, not the entire neighbor-

hood.

“They’re securing Crane, but what about the rest of the blocks?” she lamented. “People can walk down the streets and get it crackin’. It really don’t mean nothing.”

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nior, has similar fears. While she has been to school since the shooting, several of her friends have not.

“Students who had nothing to do with it are afraid to come to school because they don’t know what’s going to happen,” she

said “They thought Ruben’s friends might want to retaliate.”

Unlike others, senior Marcus Williams, 17, says he feels safe at the school.

“Crane is not really a bad school as peo(Continued on page 2)

POLICE PATROLS LINED up out side of Crane High School on the first day of class after Spring break.

DURING CONGRESSMAN DANNY DAVIS’ (D-7) monthly meeting of his substance abuse and ex-offender advisory task force George Williams of TASC (foreground) discussed the need to change community’s perceptions about recovery homes. He said community residents fight recovery homes from opening in their communities but do little to fight drug houses or open-a ir markets. Sitting next to William s is Henry McGhe e Jr., of Henry’s Sober Living H ouse, Joseph Wheeler of SEADAC and Kamil Bowie of Youth Connection Charter School who discussed drug treatment for youth.

I NSIDE THIS ISSUE Advocates work to provide drug treatment for youths (See story on page 2)

NEWS

Advocates work to provide drug treatment for youths Cong. Danny Davis’ Second Chance Act passes out of Congress, awaits president’s signature

By La Risa Lynch

30-year drug habit was taught at 11 years old to “main line” or shoot up heroine by an older uncle.

“Adolescent substance abuse is a byproduct of family dysfunction,” Wheeler explained, noting that treatment options should include one-on-one, group and family counseling.

Wheeler insist that early drug intervention should start in the

resources, then they develop the resiliency skills (to not) participate in anti-social behaviors.”

Kamil Bowie, education to careers director for Youth Connection Charter Schools, agreed.

Bowie noted that 32 percent of the alternative high school’s 3,000 students have drug related barriers that prevent them from succeeding in school. The charter school, which has 22 campuses

Nearly 1.1 million youth ages 12 to 17 are drug dependent with another 1 million treated for alcohol dependency, according to the National Youth Network’s website. Nationwide, one in every six high school seniors reported drug or alcohol use. But treatment option for this segment of the population is lacking.

Substance abuse treatment advocates hope new federal legislation passed recently by Congress would plug that gap by providing funding for more drug treatment services for youths.

The Senate, earlier this month, unanimously passed Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-7) Second Chance Act, which now awaits the president’s signature.

The House passed the measure late last year.

The measure’s unanimous passage indicates that government and society willingness to look beyond addiction as being about drug abuse, but as a major health issue, Davis explained. While the Congress has just begun its appropriation process, Davis hopes the measure will have an annual authorization of $165 million.

“There has been constant advocacy around trying to get people to understand that this is a public health issue, a public health problem,” he said. “But we still haven’t touched the surface in terms of need. We are getting these little things done that we couldn’t do

when Republicans controlled Congress.”

The measure’s intent is to provide services and resources to help returning ex-offenders successfully re-integrate back into society. It would fund programs that increase access to drug treatment, job training, reduce recidivism and create family-based treatment programs for incarcerated individuals with children.

But treatment advocates from both nonprofits and faith-based agencies gathered last week at Davis’ West Side district office to flesh out how these funds can assist a population that flies under the radar when it comes to drug treatment.

“As a director of an adolescent drug treatment program, I get high schools calling me all the time asking me to develop some type of program in their schools,” said

Joseph Wheeler, director of youth outpatient services for South East Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center (SEADAC). “However, I am funded for three people on the entire south side of Chicago.”

Wheeler contends that conventional drug prevention programs don’t necessarily work. Many inner city youths have already been exposed to the drug culture because of the environment they live in. Instead, programs should focus on early intervention to prevent passive drug use from escalating into hardcore drug use, Wheeler explained.

Youth are at risk for drug abuse if their parents abuse drugs or alcohol, or if teens live in neighborhoods where open-air drug markets go on unchallenged by community groups, the advocates noted. One advocate described a case where an addict battling a

high school, and focus on jobs, education and recreational resources to deter youth from standing on street corner “selling rocks and blows.” These types of “pro-social behavior” programs promote the importance of college, entrepreneurialship or developing a trade.

“They (youths) don’t see education as something that they can positively benefit them,” Wheeler said. “If they are provided with these positive attachments and

throughout the city, services students ages 16 to 21, many of them dropouts from the Chicago Public School system.

They need supportive services to address their addiction, especially when they age out of DCFS systems, Bowie said, noting that once that happens students have limited options.

“Part of the problem is stopping (drug use) at a young age to produce good communities and good adults,” he explained.

(Continued from page 1) ple make it seem. I never felt any harm. I always felt safe,” said Williams, who also went back to school after the shooting.

Of Crane’s 1,200 students only 52.8 percent came to school last week, according to a CPS

spokesperson. Crane’s average attendance rate is 73 percent.

Principal Smith would not comment on the extra security or students’ fears. But he said the school and its students are moving forward.

“We are focusing on academics,

not anything that has to do with the tragedy,” he said.

While many Crane staffers left the school with no comments, a few who wanted to remain anonymous said things are slowly returning to normal, but admit there is tension among the “three or four” gangs in the school.

A computer science teacher, who did not want to be identified, said 20 percent of his students haven’t returned while three out of his 120 transferred.

“We are making the best out of the situation. We are just doing our jobs. It’s unfortunate that a life was lost, but we are doing our jobs,” said another teacher who would not give her name.

Tensions at Crane are nothing new said Tio Hardiman, CeaseFire’s mediation service director.

Hardiman grew up near Crane and he said tensions between different gang fractions living in

ABLA, Henry Horner and the former Rockwell Gardens housing projects have festered for 20 years.

“There is not just a whole lot of mediation skills,” he explained.

“Most guys get into a conflict, and they feel the only way to get out of the conflict is to shoot somebody.

That’s what’s going on.”

Hardiman said CeaseFire plans to mediate between the different fractions to stop the violence.

“We know there is going to be retaliations,” said Renee Mandeldove, 56, whose foster daughter has not been back to Crane since the shooting. “We have been here a long time.”

Mandeldove, a West Haven resident since age 8, believes the police presence will delay the inevitable. But she hopes efforts to bring the gangs together will prove her wrong.

“It’s got to come from us,” she

said.

When asked how long the police will stay at Crane, Ald. Fioretti said that will be evaluated over time. However, Fioretti recognized students’ fears are genuine, but he noted Operation Safe Passage aims to reaffirm that Crane is “a place to come to focus on their education and not worry about their safety.”

Taiesha Stroud, 17, sees it differently. She said the extra police presence and the bus escort is a bandage. The senior said it will work for a while until it “ wears off.”

But Stroud believes Ivy’s death has sparked a movement at Crane to be more proactive in stopping gang activity, instead of letting it linger.

“I think this is the change that Crane needed, and it is bad that it took one of our own to die for them to realize they need to make a change,” she said.

Congressman Danny K. Davis

Extra police presence doesn’t ease Crane students’ fears

ALD. FIORETTI DISCUSSES Operation Safe Passage with media. The campaign will provide busses escorted by police to ABLA student residents who attend Crane Tech High School.

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Al Sharpton, M. L. King III to Host ‘Recommitment March’’ on 40th Anniversary of King Assassination

By Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief WASHINGTON (NNPA) – The Rev. Al Sharpton, preparing to lead a historic “recommitment march” on the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. next week, says Blacks are still in the wilderness.

“When you do a comparative analysis of the Children of Israel who had gotten out of bondage but had not gotten into the promised land, you will see that part of the problem was that they were not empowered in the land where they were, but they were also plagued by their own behavior,” Sharpton said in an interview this week.

“We have crossed the red sea of segregation, public accommoda-

tions and voting rights,” he continues. “But, we are still oppressed by a combination of what the Pharoahs have done and the fact that some of us have succumbed to false values and oppression…Compounding our struggle are Black on Black crime, the killing, drug use, the glorification of Gangsta Rap,” he says.

The answer is remembering – as the Children of Israel did – to become in sync with the “values of the God that brought us out,” he says. “Kaleb and Joshua, who made it in, never surrendered to the psychological oppression of Pharoah.”

According to a statement, a 1:00pm pre-march rally will be held at the Memphis City Hall with the Recommitment March to the Lorraine Motel beginning

He says the march will bring thousands from across to dedicate, and rededicate themselves to lead the fight for social justice for the next 40 years.

Referring to Dr. King as “our Moses” Sharpton says that he, King III, and many others “will commit ourselves to making a better life and community.’’

According to Sharpton’s National Action Network, The march will cap a string of events in Memphis as Sharpton hosts the 10th annual convention of NAN at the Peabody Memphis from April 2nd to April 5th.

States a release, “The historic gathering will be an impressive who’s who in civil rights, business, politics, labor, entertainment and the religious community.”

The line up includes a “State of the Economy” report by the AFL-CIO on Wednesday, April 2; also an HIV/AIDS national dialogue that day. Also, on April 2, a ticketed “Keepers of the Dream Awards Dinner, hosted by Mo’Nique, will honor Cicely Tyson, Academy-Award nominated Actress; Thomas DiNapoli, New York State Comptroller; Myrlie Evers Williams, Medgar Evers Institute; Earl Graves, Sr., Black Enterprise Magazine; William Lucy, Coalition of Black Trade Unionist; Wyatt Tee Walker, and Civil Rights Pioneer Ian M. Cooke, Colgate-Palmolive Company.

For more detailed information and complete agenda, visit www.nationalactionnetwork.net.

Dr. Martin Luther King at 3:30 p.m. A Memorial Program at the Lorraine Hotel/Civil Rights Museum will be held at 5 p.m., all on April 4.

The march will be led by Sharpton and Martin Luther King III, who will visit the Lorraine Motel has been readmitted because of for the first time. His father, the infection caused by the burns. A Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was Wentworth Area detective who assassinated there on April 4, spoke with the victim told the 1968. He was shot while standing Crusader she is in “bad shape.” on a balcony of the hotel a day afWashington’s relatives said ter speaking at Memphis’ Mason they’ve worried about her safety Temple Church of God in Christ. for years because of previous Sharpton said in a statement abuse she’s suffered at the hands that he is calling the event a of Traylor. An aunt, Olga Terry, “Recommitment March” because said family members have for it will “serve as an opportunity years been trying to tell her to get for people to recommit themout of a relationship with Traylor. selves to fighting for the ideals The two have dated for seven that Dr. King envisioned 40years, according to Washington’s years ago.’’ sister Alyce Moore. She said during that time her sister had been Senate bills target flavored cigarettes punched, kicked and bitten by Traylor. Moore couldn’t answer and “alcopop” energy drinks why Washington never went to the police to have Traylor arrested State Sens. Jacqueline Y. Collins Steans’ Senate Bill 2472 would when the abuse first started or (D - 16th District) and Heather similarly prohibit the marketing of why the two were involved when Steans (D - th District) are working “alcopop” energy drinks to kids, and Washington was a minor and to protect the health of Illinois require better labeling on bottles Traylor an adult. youth by sponsoring legislation this and cans to distinguish them from Those who work with victims year to keep flavored cigarettes and non-alcoholic beverages. of domestic violence say many alcoholic energy drinks out of the “As with any beer, wine or liquor, have known their tormentors for hands of kids. energy drinks that contain alcohol years, often meeting them when Collins’ Senate Bill 2825 would should not be marketed to minors,” they were adolescents. They also ban the sale of flavored cigarettes in Steans said. “These drinks are besay violent acts tend to escalate Illinois. Public health experts say mi- coming increasingly popular, and over time and advise victims to nors are particularly attracted to the we must do our part to protect the put an end to a relationship the cigarettes, which come in varieties health of our children. In addition, first time it turns physically abu- ranging from vanilla and chocolate these products must be identifiable. sive. Physical abuse often occurs to honey, fruits and mint.

With today’s packaging and labeling after some form of mental or ver“Flavored cigarettes are inherently standards, it is virtually impossible bal abuse, according to Mid-Val- appealing to kids,” Collins said. “By to tell an alcoholic energy drink ley Women’s Crisis Center. packaging them like desserts, and from a nonalcoholic one when you Other signs of potential abuse disguising their taste, the sale of fla- set them side by side.” are jealousy, isolation from one’s vored cigarettes has effectively creatBoth bills were passed this month friends and family, intimidation, ed a 109phole in current laws by the Executive Committee. The denial and blaming others for against advertising tobacco products measures now head to the full Sentheir actions. to minors.” ate for approval.

Family of man who lit girlfriend on fire says it was an accident

By J. Coyden Palmer The mother and brother of a South Side man who allegedly set his girlfriend on fire after an argument, say they don’t believe he did it intentionally. Cook County prosecutors and police disagree and arrested the man this week after speaking to the victim for the first time since the incident took place two months ago.

Damenique Traylor of the 800 block of West 71st St. is currently being held in Cook County Jail on a $3 million bond after turning himself into police on March 24th. Traylor, 21, allegedly lit his 18 year-old former girlfriend, Keaira Washington on fire Jan. 15 at Traylor’s home after the couple quarreled and she threatened to leave him, prosecutors said. Traylor has a history of domestic violence, having been arrested but not convicted. He has been charged with heinous battery and faces between six and 30 years in prison if convicted. The victim was left severely disfigured, suffering third degree burns on her stomach, neck and arms.

Traylor told emergency room staff at St. Bernard Hospital that his girlfriend was injured during an accident while the couple was barbequing. His family said after the girlfriend was on fire, Traylor brought her inside and extinguished the flames by dumping her in the tub and turning on the water. They also claim Traylor himself was burned in the inci-

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“I don’t think he meant to set her on fire,” said his brother, who said he saw the woman burning and admitted the couple was arguing. “He wouldn’t have gotten himself burned and risked injury by extinguishing the flames and taking her to the hospital if he meant to harm her.”

The suspect’s mother is also defending him. Rose Traylor said her son is a nice man who would never do anything like the crime he is accused of.

“He tried to help everybody that he could. He was real nice to people,” she said. “I feel sorry for what happened to her [Washington] and I feel sorry for what my son is going through now.”

His uncle also said his nephew is innocent. Joseph Gibson said what happened was merely a freak accident.

That reasoning isn’t sitting well with prosecutors, who described Washington’s injuries as “life threatening” and said the charges could be upgraded to murder if the woman dies. Washington came out of a coma last week and was able to tell police what happened. She said before dousing her with charcoal lighter fluid and chasing her around with a lighter before igniting her, Traylor told her he would “burn and kill her,” according to Cook County State’s Attorney’s office spokesman Andy Conklin.

The victim was released from Stroger Hospital last week but

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EDITORIAL

OPINION

KUJICHAGULIA REVISITED Kujichagulia, self-determination, is one of the Nguzo Saba (Seven Principles) that is usually highlighted during the Kwanzaa season. In actuality, however it, along with the other six principles, should be focused upon all year long. Unfortunately, many people in the African American community have given control of their community to “others” and Kujichagulia has gone by the proverbial wayside.

Who are these others? They are the individuals who are taking control of many communities and making them unsafe for everyone. They are the ones who are killing our children and seniors. They are the ones who are shooting some of our best and brightest teens. They are the ones who have made it “uncool” to excel academically. The lowest common denominator has gained ascendancy, and while they are at the helm, Kujichagulia will remain a remote dream.

It is no secret that capitalism influences almost everything in the United States. When it comes to corporate America, greed is god. Profits are what drive everything, and the corporate world, therefore, is not a “democracy.”

Because of this, some people have just about sold their souls for a mess of pottage, and this is what’s happening to many Black youth (and adults). Because values are placed on material acquisition and not on people, people have become devalued. This is one of the reasons why the Black community is turning into a citadel of death.

Once upon a time during the early days of slavery, the face of fear was the White slave master. Today, that face is more frequently of a darker hue. Black people are killing Black people at phenomenal rates. One of the latest cases is that of a 70-year-old woman in Chicago who was shot and killed in her home! When is the community going to become outraged? When is the Black community going to exercise Kujichagulia? How many more innocent women, men and children will have to lose their lives before the community takes matters in hand to seriously address this problem?

The truth of the matter is that nothing will change until Kujichagulia kicks in. Collective self-determination is the only thing that will begin to turn things around. In order for that to happen, there must be a concerted effort on the part of those in the community with the wherewithal to bring the issue to the forefront. It must receive the same type of attention that the Super Bowl or any other entertainment event does. It must be trumpeted in schools.

There should be zero tolerance regarding acceptance of atavistic, counterproductive behavior. We must refuse to look askance when our youth embrace negative icons like pimps, and liberally strew epithets like “niggas” and “hos.” We must frown on incredibly violent video games like Grand Theft Auto, which encourages murder and other anti-social behavior.

Kujichagulia means taking control of life and steering it in a desired direction. This will not happen in the African American community until the overwhelming negativity, which arguably has its origins in an oppressive, Whitedominated past, is effectively addressed. No one can save us but us! A luta continua.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Who is qualified to be “Commander In Chief ” Dear Editor: I asked my self this question. Is it possible that the Clinton campaign and her surrogates are sending racially tinged messages coded to similar demographics in Pennsylvania?

I ask this because of the recent rants and discussions Senator Clinton has had about who is qualified to be “Commander In Chief.”

Since this initial question of Obama’s “qualification” has come up, we have had the Ed Rendell’s comments, talk show host Bill Cunningham’s and Iowa Congressman Steve King’s “Hussein” comments, and now Geraldine Ferraro’s comments. Rendell and Ferraro are Democrats. But strangely, there has not been a repudiation of these statements of Rendell and Ferraro. Clinton never made the statements, but she seems to be very comfortable in letting these comments just stay there and marinate with her “base.”

Senator Clinton’s response to this? “It is regrettable that any of our supporters on both sides, because we’ve both had that experi-

ence, say things that kind of veer off into the personal,” she told the AP. “We ought to keep this on the issues. There are differences between us. There are differences between our approaches on health care, on energy, on our experience, on our results that we’ve produced for people. That’s what this campaign should be about.”

Wow....And Ferraro just keeps right on talking...

Says Ferraro,” Any time anybody does anything that in any way pulls this campaign (Obama’s) down and says let’s address reality and the problems we’re facing in this world, you’re accused of being racist, so you have to shut up,’ Ferraro said. ‘Racism works in two different directions.

I really think they’re attacking me because I’m white. How’s that?’...

And Obama had to repudiate this statement by Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan,”A Black man with a white mother became a savior to us,” Farrakhan said Sunday. “A black man with a white mother could turn out to be one who can lift America from her fall.” I wonder who sounds like a healer and who sounds racist? Just asking.....

Is this why the 3 AM ad was so effective? Just asking.

When Senator Clinton says at a press conference that she and McCain brings a “lifetime of foreign

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policy experience” and Senator Obama gave a speech in 2002, is sad but scary. It seems she pandering to white voter’s fears about voting for a black candidate who has the “window dressing’ of a President, but more likely as an Emperor who has no clothes.

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BEYOND THE RHETORIC

Obama answers the call with a speech supreme

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist Oh, they thought they, at long last, had him. “They” are the ultra conservatives who believe that they have a manifest destiny to control all things on earth and to

Harry C. Alford make people of color serve them and be obedient.

To their frustration has come this bright and refreshing political aspirant with the funny (and Muslim) name of Barack Oba-

ma. In their view he isn’t suppose to be in this election at all. But somehow he has slipped through and is gathering incredible “steam” much to the fear of Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and their ilk.

It is for this very reason that the great General Colin Powell decided not to get into a political race. They will go over your entire life from nursery school to the drink you had last week.

They will literally comb your very existence. To their dismay, Obama appears to be remarkably clean. That being the case they turned to his wife and I am sure they have done some checking on his two cute daughters. After that they looked at his friends and business associates. Bingo! He has a strong minister whose words are many and can be taken out of context. They pounced on the opportunity with full force. I have never seen, even in these days, the concentrated effort given at demonizing the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

It takes a lot of courage and commitment to enter into a national political race in this nation. Sen. Obama knew this and was indeed ready. His reverend was ready also and has taken the

heat with much grace. Reverend Wright is a strong speaker and most African-Americans prefer this style compared with the sedated bland oratory. This is my kind of preacher. He knows the gospel and calls out those who stray and appeals to the inner feeling of his audience. I can’t wait to sit in on one of his speeches now that he has retired and will be on the circuit.

They thought they had something that would stick on Obama and bring him down. They demanded that he rebuke his minister of 20 years and completely turn his back on him. They also wanted Obama to apologize to them and become contrite. There is something about a strong Black man that just scares the inner core of the average American conservative. However, that is not our problem and we cannot change something as deeply rooted as racial animus. This becomes a very tricky game.

I was taught during my tenure with Procter & Gamble that the best way to avoid a controversial conversation is to stay away from the subjects of Race, Politics and Religion. The trap that they put Obama into was a triple hitter. It was all three taboos laced into

one. The pressure was relentless.

Even the liberal stations and papers went on the offensive against the Senator.

His political rivals were all smiles as the news barrage built to a massive chant. The moment came when Sen. Obama had to make a move – a very big move. It would take a certain amount of courage and wisdom. It appears now that he, indeed, has that courage and wisdom. He answered on national television with a self written speech that caught the attention of every human being walking on American soil.

Sen. Obama’s 5,000 words, 27 minute speech was simply brilliant. He talked about his own journey in this multi-cultural world and how he sees we should address the issues at hand. No, he would not rebuke Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the man, but would take exception to some of his comments. He called out to America to look into its inner core and evaluate itself on where we should be heading. We can stay in this rut and continue to put race back into the closet or we can finally come to terms with it.

“This time” he would say, “Let’s do it differently.” As Governor

Bill Richardson would claim at his subsequent endorsement of Sen. Obama, “He showed us leadership and courage. He will be a great and historical President.” This coming from a lifelong friend of the Clintons clearly showed the success of Sen. Obama’s words.

Reverend Joseph Lowery, a confidant of Dr. Martin Luther King, said “It was the best speech I have heard since Dr. King’s Notes from the Birmingham Jail”. In my book, this was the highest compliment he could have paid Barack Obama. That puts him into the circle of greatness and it comes from a leader beyond reproach.

I don’t know how it is going to end up but I have learned something during the past week.

Barack Obama has courage, wisdom and strength. I must say to the Sen. Obama you have just delivered words that will be taught in classrooms for decades to come. You are, Sir, the “right stuff”.

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

Website: www.nationalbcc.org.

‘Mama, They Need to Know’

By Iris Venable NNPA Special Commentary I remember when I first learned about his HIV. It was a slow revelation. A little at a time, it became painfully clear. It started about six years ago near winter time. My son, Antonio Terry Jr., my “Sunshine” I called him as a boy. He’s in heaven now. But, he left a message here on earth.

My name is Iris Venable. Although God has given me peace since my son’s death just this year, I represent the face of the pain, the mothers and the loved ones left behind by the scourge of HIV/AIDS in our community.

It was six years ago when my son, Tony, then only about 24, lost his apartment. I went looking for him and I found him in a crack house.

At that time he seemed more concerned about his music albums than himself. He asked me to take them to safety. I took his albums, knowing how much they meant to him. But I also invited him to come to live with me. He came with a family - a girlfriend and two children who also needed a home.

But, he also brought with him a shroud of secrecy. His girlfriend was ill much of the time. She was back and forth in the hospital with

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Iris Venable with her son Antonio Terry Jr. ailments like pneumonia. Unable to turn away my grandchildren, I helped the family the best I could.

I asked him repeatedly, ‘Are you sure that girl is alright?’ He’d say yes. But then I’d see her with these big bottles of medicine. She said it was nothing and that she was just anemic.

Finally, over time, I kind of guessed it because I’d gotten a letter at my house saying my son needed to be checked for HIV. Medical personnel also constantly called, asking him to be checked.

So, I pled with him too. But, he just kept saying, “No, Mom I’m fine.” I would say, “You’re in de-

nial.”

It took him at least two years before he got checked and the doctors finally confirmed it. He confessed that he thought it would just go away if he ignored it. They got him started on his medications and for a while he was happy even relieved.

But, then the side affects of the medicines seemed to have a worse affect on him than the disease itself. The constant diarrhea and nausea were unbearable. The medicines also gave him mood-swings.

Then, he started having seizures.

I watched as my son slowly deteriorated, his legs weakening, some-

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times unable to walk.

As he neared the age of 30, I would often recall him in his prime. He had a gift. The gift was that people hung on to his every word. They didn’t have to know him and they still hung on to his every word. There were people on my front steps all the time. I would say, “Tony, why are those people on my front steps?” He would say, “I have no idea. I asked them to go home. But, they’re waiting for me to come back out.”

Even when he attended church, those who ministered to him the prayer of salvation now chuckle that he did more talking than they did.

The last seizure that he had was in August last year. That is when he also began to hallucinate from the medication. He never came back home from that one. The doctors diagnosed PML (progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy), which they described as a condition in which the HIV had attacked the brain, causing it to shrink. Ever since then, he lived between hospitals and nursing homes.

On Feb. 12, the Lord took Tony home. He would be turning 31 this year had he lived ‘til Mother’s Day.

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I would often talk heart to heart with Tony when the medications were not causing him to be delirious. I can hear now the essence of the message that he desired to bring to other young men and women. I hope they will hear it too: He’d say, “Mama, they need to know, if you have to have sex even safe sex - don’t just jump anything. Don’t take sex causally because you don’t want to be where I am. You don’t want to know when your last day is. You don’t want to take these medications for the rest of your life. You don’t want people looking at you funny. You can’t get a shot for this. You don’t want this.

You don’t want any parts of it.”

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COMMENTARY

Worrill’s World

Critical Commentary

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill

By Maurice A. Clayton

EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE

Pay Attention or Pay

(Dr. Co nrad Worrill is the National Chairman of the Nat i o n a l B l a c k U n i t e d F r o nt ( N B U F ) l o c a t e d a t 1 8 0 9 E a st 71st Str eet, Chicago, Illinois, 6 0 6 4 9 , 7 7 3 - 4 9 3 - 0 9 0 0 , Fa x # 773-493-9819, E-mail : nbufchic@sbcglo bal.net, Web site: nbufront.org) 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

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, clothing, 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

Dr. Conrad Worrill 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 he world, we find one glaring problem— 6

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 civil-rights 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 Corporation (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

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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.”

We the people have stared at both administrations of President George W. Bush and his attack upon the U.S. Constitution at every turn you can think of and referred to the U.S. Constitution in a derogatory way. If you all can remember that he and all of

Maurice A. Clayton our elected officials by relating to the American people that they would defend the constitution so help me God. It appears that God did not go along with either of the elections of George W. Bush. At the same time we find out that during the administration of William (Bill) Clinton (who was the one who violated the U.S. Constitution) your phones calls were being bugged by the F.B.I., etc., all in violation of the Constitution. The following administration—George W. Bush—enhanced upon the Clinton violation’s and caused the communications companies, especially AT&T (Atlantic Telephone & Telegraph Co.), who ever approached that company shook up the whole company because it became known that not only did that company comply because it became known that not only did that company comply with that company by turning over and above what was asked for. Both these presidents failed the American people by their actions. We can understand that there are times when actions that are necessary to defend we the people but not at the loss of any or all rights we have under the Constitution. All of this makes one wonder if they passed their Constitution test or even pass civics class. It would have been understood if they went ahead and asked the U.S. public, they more than likely would have gone along if they showed that it

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would make them more safe by their vigilance towards those whom they had cause to believe they were conspiring against our Commonwealth.

When we look at the overall picture of our politicians here in Chicago, you must remember that we have had more alderpersons that have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar and that was the least of their crimes when you consider the fact that rumors have persisted for years that local politicians have used gang members to coerce the public to vote in one direction or another. If you pay attention to the news just before a local election, you would note that the state’s attorney and or the U.S. attorney would announce that personnel from these law enforcement offices to insure that the election is fair. Any and all persons involved can be charged with a felony. It has been common that most Americans fail to safeguard their constitutional rights for themselves or family member.

For years, people who were persons of color were perceived to be “cry babies”with their complaining about the conduct of law enforcement until whites became victims of overbearing acts by police who have lost their way in their chosen profession. Then there was the beating of a female bartender who had recently gave birth sixteen months prior to a tremendous beating by a male officer who weighed 250# (pounds) and was shown all over the world.

I would venture to say that during that same year police officers beat an old Black woman who suffered with mental problems and had not been seen for a while and the police were notified to check on her and when they arrived she became fearful and combative out of fear of the strangers. Instead of calling for an ambulance or help the elderly sick Black woman. She was shocked with a Taser electroshock weapon and physically restrained, luckily she did not die.

At the same time you have to understand that police officers are trained to defend themselves and others but sometimes these officers bring to the table their personal biases and the crap hits the fan and you and I begin to (Continued on page 16) The Chicago Crusader

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By Ima Gontellit

D iscla imer: The fo llo wing co lumn is a gossip column. We ask t h a t i t e m s c o n ta i n e d h e r e i n b e judged by individuals that read it as such and not as documente d f a c t s g a t h e r e d b y th e n e w s gathering personnel of this publicatio n. All sourc es submitting i t e m s t o T H E C H A T T ER B O X are confidential.

ENOUGH ALREADY

Hillary Clinton has got to be absolutely retarded. How in the world did she ever expect to get away with telling a lie about dodging bullets and running for cover while travelling overseas as the First Lady. Thank god Sinbad was with her on the 1995 trip to Bosnia because he busted the lie all the way out. How many times Ima got to tell you that white folks lie—-but you can’t do it.

They been jumping up and down on Obama’s head so long they done forgot folks are looking.

The Clintons are notorious for the lies they tell—all the way from not knowing about real estate scandals to how some of their closet companions wind up dead all the time to what constitutes a sex act to how they participated in the civil rights movement. Ima don’t even believe they married.

If Obama doesn’t get the nomination, you might as well get used to saying President McCain— and then Ima will move back to Ottawa.

tion laws.

-Ima-

QUIET AS A CHURCH MOUSE If Trinity United church has more than 8,000 members how come ten of them aint got together and marched on Fox TV for dogging out their leader Jeremiah Wright? Those bougie Negroes must have thought their pedigrees would save them be treated like the rest of us. What’s even sadder is that white folk actually think Wright is some type of race leader. Ima don’t remember ever seeing him on the front lines of no pickets nor do we recall him standing up in the ‘hood. In fact all he does is run his mouth in his pulpit and run up under Mayor Daley. None the less, we got to defend the Negro otherwise they might go after the Blackest preacher in America—Father Michael Pfleger.

pay raise while he raises our taxes.

Did his ventriloquist Bill Beavers tell him to do this? Todd keep up this mess, Ima gone have to go downtown with a braided switch and tan his little hide. White folk already mad enough at us—-and he got to go an make ‘em even madder. It is funny to watch Tony Peracia turn 42 shades of pink though.

-ImaCHECK ON GODFREY

-ImaNO PAY DAY Apparently Carlos Estes who told a packed courtroom that he was scared to death of having sex with a woman at the state department of human services won’t be going to the Water Tower any time soon. A judge didn’t believe his story that Teyonda Wertz wanted to give him a human service during a trip to Springfield.

Now the high school drop out must future out a new way to get paid. Connie Howard you better be careful.

-ImaFAMILY MATTERS

Ima heard on the television that after doctors pronounced a man dead and got read to jug him with a knife to remove his juicy organs, the man popped back alive.

Ima is very concerned about this because she is certain that they buried Godfrey Cambridge alive in 1976. And James Brown aint dead either—otherwise why would his family keep him in the living room like that. Wouldn’t he get to smelling—least of course they filled his coffin with lots of dry ice. Godfrey I’m coming baby—-just keep taking short breaths until I can dig you up.

-ImaKWAME KILPATRICK

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Girl Scouts of the USA, community groups sought to provide federally resourced child-parent visitation program WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman Bobby L. Rush and the Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) have united to reduce the self-destructive childhood behavior associated with having an incarcerated parent.

On March 13, Rep. Rush urged Congress to support “H.R.5654: The Families Beyond Bars Act of 2008,” a bill that seeks to establish resources for youth-serving organizations, such as the GSUSA, which carry out childparent visitation programs for children with incarcerated parents.

About 1.5 million children in the U.S. have at least one incarcerated parent, and an estimated 10 million more have at least one parent who was incarcerated at some point during that child’s developmental years, according to the Bureau of Justice. Also, in 2006, an estimated 75% of incarcerated women were mothers of children under the age of 18.

“It is horrible to witness a new generation of children that are all too familiar with the criminal justice system,” said Rep. Rush.

“Congress and the community must come together to provide a comprehensive solution to this social ill that threatens to sentence too many of our children to a life of pain and suffering.”

The Families Beyond Bars Act found that “Children of incarcerated parents often battle attention deficit disorder resulting in poor school attendance and grades, depression, aggression, low self esteem, substance abuse, teen pregnancy and symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.”

Furthermore, “children with imprisoned parents may be nearly six times more likely than their

peers to be incarcerated.”

“Girl Scouts Beyond Bars helps strengthen the fragile parentdaughter bond by giving girls and moms a chance to connect with each other in powerful ways during a very difficult period,” said Kathy Cloninger, CEO, Girl Scouts of the USA. “The Beyond Bars experience gives girls a stable and shared peer experience, while also keeping them involved in their mother’s lives, which gives girls a much better chance to grow up with the security and confidence needed to succeed in the future. As the nation’s voice of girls, it is imperative for Girl Scouts to partner with government to help girls who are most at risk to develop the courage and confidence they will need to thrive.”

The Bill would authorize the U. S. Attorney General to award grants between $200,000 and $310,000 to qualified organizations to carry out structured child-parent visitation programs that foster and develop familial ties between eligible children and their incarcerated parents.

Among the duties to be performed by the groups would include counseling, transportation, security, enrichment activities, and obtaining program materials.

Original co-sponsors include U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson, Carolyn Kilpatrick (D-MI), GK Butterfield (D-NC), Keith Ellison (D-MN), Danny Davis (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Donald Payne (D-NJ), Sheila JacksonLee (D-TX), Donna Christiansen (D-VI), Steve Cohen (DTN), John Lewis (D-GA), Diane Watson (D-CA), Lois Capps (DCA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jane Harman (D-CA), Lacy Clay (D-MO), Yvette Clarke (D-NY), C.A. Ruppersberger (D-MD), John Larson (D-CT), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), and Alcee Hast(Continued on page16)

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This is the only name former New York Elliot “Super Freak” Spitzer can say—well at least I ain’t that bad. Does the Detroit bad boy know that his legal counsel actually lost his case with former Governor George Ryan?

Wonder if Michigan state prison got a 6X bright orange jump suit on inventory? Maybe his mother, Cong. Carolyn Kilpatrick will send him away to Klingon where Ima is told there are no extradic-

U.S. Rep. Rush introduces ‘Families Beyond Bars’ bill

See Todd Stroger really is Urkel.

Apparently he thins its really cool to give his cousin, the finance director for County Government a

ton campaign, he can’t even qualify to be Vice-President. It plays on the fears that some whites may have of about affirmative action and their perception that it has taken away their jobs or that African-Americans have only benefited because of it. Remember the Allan Bakke case was only a generation ago. Kitchen table politics has it way of filtering down from generation to generation.

To me there is this sense that since African-Americans are voting for Obama at a 85-90% plurality in caucuses and primaries,

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the Clinton campaign has given up on fighting for that vote and have concentrated on sending messages to whites who feel they have been disenfranchised by Blacks and Latinos.

This is the Willie Horton of this presidential campaign. They could not get away with calling Senator the “Black Candidate,” but they can get away with calling him unqualified prior to the Ohio and Pennsylvania primaries that pandor to a less educated, white, blue-collar electorate. just to remind you Pennsylvania is described as Pittsburgh on the west, Philadelphia on the east and Alabama in the middle.

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I wonder if Mrs. Clinton is willing to play games and be comfortable with the American psyche by taking a very dangerous tilt towards the dumbing down of its voters and constituents. If so, then I really hope that the change Senator Obama promises really prevails.

Does anyone really think America has really become race neutral in this campaign to elect an African-American for President?

It’s good question....Just asking....

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NORTH PARK VILLAGE N ATURE CENTER BREAKFAST WITH THE APES: Pass the Bananas! Breakfast with Lincoln Park Zoo’s Apes! Join Lincoln Park Zoo for an unforgettable breakfast with the apes! Sip a cup of joe with JoJo the gorilla and enjoy a delicious, exclusive breakfast at Regenstein Center for African Apes. Curator of Primates Sue Margulis, Ph.D. will be on hand to share fun, fascinating and wild stories about chimpanzees and gorillas. After breakfast, enjoy a private viewing of the apes as they explore their habitats – morning is the most active part of their day. Margulis will interpret their behavior and answer questions. The event will take place on Saturday, Ma rch 29, 9:30 am – 11 am at Lincoln Park Zoo, Cannon Drive at Fullerton Parkway in Chicago.

Admission is $75, adults ($65 for Lincoln Park Zoo members) and $50, children 8 to 12 years old.

Tickets can be purchased on the Lincoln Park Zoo web site: www.pzoo.org. For more information, please call 312-742-2000.

THE 27TH ANNUAL MAPLE SYRUP FESTIVAL: Discover how sap is tapped from maple trees at the 27th annual Maple Syrup Festival at North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N. Pulaski Road on Saturday, Ma rch 29 and Sunday, March 30 from 10 am to 3 pm. No registration is required and the event is free for all ages. During the two-day festival visitors can enjoy music and storytelling throughout the day, try tapping a tree, watch the sap boil and sample real maple syrup.

There will be guided nature walks to the “sugar bush” where visitors will learn more about the tapping process and enjoy maple tree tapping folklore. Pancakes with real maple syrup will be available for purchase along with hot beverages. Visitors may peruse the farmer’s market, where vendors will have hand-made soaps, salsas, wool sweaters, dried flower arrangements, jams & jellies, honey and more for sale. For more information, contact Zvezdana Kubat at 312-742-4791 or Jessica Maxey-Faulkner, 312742-4786.

A RT T HI N G A T HY D E PARK ART CENTER: On Tuesday, Monday, April 1, from 4 pm - 5 pm, the Hyde Park Art Center presents Art Thing, a great way to learn about contemporary art in a fun, relaxed setting. Enjoy wine, cheese, and good conversation, and hear from artist Howard Fonda, whose paintings are on view through May 4. The event is Free. The Hyde Park Art Center is located 8

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at 5020 S. Cornell Avenue in Chicago. For more information, call 773-324-5520 or visit http://hydeparkart.org.

JOAN CUSACK AT BARNES & NOB LE: Joan Cusack will participate in a special Autism Awareness Storytime Event at Barnes & Noble on Wednesday, April 2, 4 pm, as part of Barnes & Noble’s observance of World Autism Day. Designated WAAD by the United Nations, the event will raise awareness of autism and feature a reading of Since We’re Friends: An Autism Picture Book written by Celeste Shally and David Harrington. The event will take place at the Webster Place Barnes & Noble, 1441 West Webster Avenue in Chicago. To learn more about this event please visit: www.bn.com/autism.

THE CIVIL RIGHTS AND RELATED MOVEMENTS 1906 TO 1968: The last class in the course “Has Anything Changed: The Civil Rights and Related Movements 1906 to 1968,“ will be held on Thursday, April 3 from 7:30 pm to 9 pm. The subject is remembering the Black Action Committee and its response to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. The course, taught by Prof. Finley C. Campbell, former head of the AfroAmerican Studies Dept. at the University of Wisconsin, will be held at First Unitarian Church, 5650 S. Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, in the VOV Room. The class, which is free, is sponsored by the Racial Justice Task Force of First Unitarian Church. For further information you may leave a call back message for Dr. Campbell at 773-324-4100 Ext. 10.

N EW B ER RY R EC EN T A CQUISITIONS: The creation of a great research library, like the fabrication of a fine mosaic, is dependent upon the precious gems that go into it. Since 2003, numerous items have come to the Newberry Library’s collection, and several will be on public display during the exhibition. This is the first year that the Library has held a Recent Acquisitions exhibition since the 1990s and marks what will become an annual event. This exhibit is ongoing through Ma y, 2008. Every year the Newberry adds to its holdings, with the pieces on display during this exhibition spanning 800 years – the earliest items being from the thirteenth century, and most recent from the twentyfirst century. It includes precious materials such as medieval liturgical manuscripts, printed books of the Renaissance, colonial Americana, and contemporary calli-

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graphic pieces. The Newberry Library is located at 60 W. Walton Street in Chicago. For more information, contact Amy Jo Austin,Public Relations, at 312255-3729; 773-636-0827 (cell), or send email to prstaff@newberry.org. You can also visit www.-

newberry.org.

GRAPHI C THOUGHT FACILITY: Graphic Thought Facility (GTF) is an exhibition of work of the eponymous Londonbased graphic design studio that is ongoing through August,

2008, in Gallery 24 at the Art Institute of Chicago, 111 S. Michigan Avenue. Established in 1990, GTF is emerging as one of the most progressive and creative design firms working in both two and three dimensions. GTF is (Continued on page 16)

U R B A N P R E P C H A R T E R A c a d e m y fo r Y o u n g M e n a c c e p t e d a do n a t i on r e c e n t l y i n t h e amount of $10,500 from the Beta Boulé Chapter of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, the nation’s oldest African-American professional fraternal organization. Roland Burris, former Illinois Attorney General, CEO of Burris & Lebed Consulting, LLC, and Donald Stewart, former president and CEO of the Chicago Community Trust and professor at the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, both members of the Beta Boulé Chapter of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, presented the chapter’s donation during a check presentation at Urban Prep’s Englewood campus. The presentation was attended by Beta Boulé members as well as Urban Prep students, teachers and administrators.

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Springtime brings out children playing, many trying out their inline skates. Sad to state, the skates also bring out thousands of injuries, particular to children under age 15.

can skate safety.

*** Help protect your kids with the right skates and the right equipment. Tempting, as it may be to buy a larger-size skate that a child can “grow into,” they’re dangerous. They don’t offer the ankle support they should and are hard to direct and control.

Milton E. Moses

*** Your safety—and your children’s— is our concern. We’re the protection people at Community Insurance Center, 526 East 87th Street, and your insurance headquarters. We have been serving the community since 1962. For more information about the services we provide, call (773) 6516200. You can also reach us via email at: sales@communityinsurance.com or visit the website at www.communityins.com.

*** Protective gear is a must. Don’t leave the skate store without them, and insist that your child wear a helmet, wrist guards, and elbow and knee pads every time.

Make sure they fit properly.

Good protection gives a child confidence and eases fear of falling. *** It’s smart to invest in a few lessons to help a child learn the basics. Then be firm about safety rules: no skating in traffic, don’t skate at night, yield to pedestrians if skating on a sidewalk. Children need supervisions until they

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR The Washington Informer and The (Memphis) Tri-State Defender Take Top Honors in Entrepreneurial Award Program WASHINGTON (NNPA) — The Washington Informer and The (Memphis) Tri-State Defender have been named winners of the 2008 Chrysler Financial/NNPA Foundation Entrepreneurial Award-a unique award that recognizes the nation’s Black-owned newspapers for their entrepreneurial accomplishments and commitment to community service. The Entrepreneurial Award seeks to encourage members of the Black Press of America to look beyond traditional streams of revenue, such as advertising, and to develop creative ways to thrive in today’s competitive media industry.

“These two publications exemplify the spirit of the Entrepreneurial Award in their ability to implement innovative ways to grow their businesses while staying true to their mission to inform and serve their communities,’’ said William Jones, chief operating officer for Chrysler Financial.

The Washington Informer won grand prize for The Birney Informer, a supplement produced entirely by third - and fourth-grade students at Birney Elementary School in Southeast Washington, D.C. The Birney Informer is distributed as an insert in The Informer newspaper each month. An additional 1,000 copies are distributed to the school for students, teachers and parents, which increased the overall circulation of the newspaper. In addition, The Birney Informer is posted and archived on The Informer’s Web site.

“The Informer’s involvement with this project took it beyond a mere mentoring program,’’ said Jones. “This project not

only contributes to the positive self-esteem of the students, but The Informer is using it as an opportunity to promote literacy in the community as a whole, while continuing to expand the newspaper’s brand and increase its advertising and subscription base.

This is the second consecutive year The Washington Informer has won the Entrepreneurial Award. As grand prize winner, publisher Denise Rolark Barnes received a $10,000 cash award, as well as the use of a Chrysler, Jeep® or Dodge vehicle for one week. In addition, the publisher was presented with an original sculpture, designed especially for the Entrepreneurial Award

by Washington, D.C. artist Cheryl Foster.

The 2008 Entrepreneurial

WILLIAM JONES, CHIEF Operating Officer for Chrysler Financial (center) presents the 2008 Chrysler Financial/National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Foundation Entrepreneurial Award to Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of The Washington Informer newspaper and Dr. Karanja Ajanaku, executive editor of The (Memphis) Tri-State Defender newspaper. Created four years ago, the Entrepreneurial Award seeks to encourage members of the Black Press of America to look beyond traditional streams of revenue, such as advertising, and to develop creative ways to thrive in today’s competitive media industry. It carries a $10,000 stipend for the grand prize winner and $2,500 for the honorable mention winner. The Award was presented during the Black Press Week in Washington, D.C.

CHRYSLER FINANCIAL PRESENTED the Entrepreneurial Award during Black Press Week in Washington, D.C. Pictured (l-r) are Gail Perry-Mason, First Vice President of Investments for Oppenheimer & Co. and author of Girl, Make Your Money Grow: A Sister’s Guide to Protecting Your Future and Enriching Your Life (Random House, 2003), who served as a judge for the award; Entrepreneurial Award grand prize winner Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of The Washington Informer; William Jones, Chief Operating Officer for Chrysler Financial, who presented the award; Entrepreneurial Award honorable mention winner Dr. Karanja Ajanaku, executive editor of The (Memphis) Tri-State Defender; Award judge Karen Dinkins, reporter for WWJ-AM/CBS Radio (Detroit); and Ken Smikle, publisher Target Market News and an award judge.

WILLIAM JONES, CHIEF Operating Officer for Chrysler Financial (center) presents the 2008 Chrysler Financial/National Newspaper Publishers Association (NNPA) Foundation Entrepreneurial Award with symbolic checks to Denise Rolark Barnes, publisher of The Washington Informer newspaper and Dr. Karanja Ajanaku, executive editor of The (Memphis) Tri-State Defender newspaper.

The Award was presented during the Black Press Week in Washington, D.C.

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Award Honorable Mention prize went to executive editor Dr. Karanja A. Ajanaku and The (Memphis) Tri-State Defender for their campaign to educate the Memphis community about the importance of tipping - a very potent issue, since the restaurant industry is a major employer in the community.

The campaign not only helped to increase the newspaper’s bottom line, but affected an entire segment of the Memphis economy. For its efforts, the TriState Defender was awarded a $2,500 cash prize and a commemorative plaque.

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of seven criteria: originality of idea; creativity; innovative use of resources; entrepreneurial spirit, strategic planning; plan execution and community benefit. This year’s panel of independent judges included Gail Perry-Mason, First Vice President of Investments for Oppenheimer & Co. and author of Girl, Make Your Money Grow: A Sister’s Guide to Protecting Your Future and Enriching Your Life (Random House, 2003); Ken Smikle, publisher of Target Market News; entrepreneur Monte Long, owner of Vicksburg Chrysler/Jeep in Michigan and Karen Dinkins, reporter for WWJ-AM/CBS Radio in Detroit.

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Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter announces media after school program in schools Senator hosts kick-off rally and press conference to discuss media program Chicago, Illinois – Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter will kickoff a fully-funded after school program for 3 elementary schools and 2 community center/churches in the 3rd Legislative District. This after-school program called “A Taste of Chicago Media” will take students behind the scenes of the world of television, radio and print news media.

On Monday, March 10th at 1:00p.m. Senator Hunter will host a kick-off rally and press conference at Jesse Sherwood Elementary School (245 W. 57th Street-Chicago) to announce her new program along with the principals and students from the

different schools. The program is geared toward 6th & 7th graders.

“I am proud to bring this program to these schools in the area,” says Senator Hunter, “Our goal is to help propel these students into the accomplished arena of writing, organizing, photography and many other skills they will learn from this industry and providing better educational opportunities to students has been my priority for many years.”

Taste of Chicago Media will take a step-by-step look at every aspect of the process of television, print and radio programming. Students will get to hear from real live people who work for the top news media outlets in Chicago and students will also take trips to see a running newsroom, radio taping studio and newspaper newsroom.

I L L I N OI S S T A T E S E N A T O R M a t t i e H u n t e r ( c e n t e r ) w it h Valeria Olds, area instructional officer with CPS and Principal Charles McGehee from Jesse Sherwood School.

ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR Mattie Hunter and Principal Charles McGehee pose with students in the Media After School program.

Students will go through an intensive 2 month program taught by top experts in the field, who will be volunteering their time for this effort. After the program each school team will write, produce and tape a television program that will be judged by a committee of industry professionals. An awards ceremony will be held at a participating television station studio. Top honors will receive plaques and gift certificates from participating retail outlets.

The program is being funded by the Illinois State Board of Education and implemented by the MeBain Media Group. For more information contact Dionne Williams at (708) 389-0021 or visit www.atasteofchicagomedia.org.

Clark County School District Las Vegas, NV

The Clark County School District is seeking TEACHERS in ALL SUBJECT AREAS for the 2008 - 2009 school year.

Applicants must have completed an approved teacher education program with student teaching.

Chicago, IL March 29 and 30 2008

Glass Slipper Project celebrates 10th year Event Organizers Seek Prom Dresses, Accessories and Volunteers The tenth annual Glass Slipper Project will help thousands of inneed high school girls complete their prom look with free dresses and accessories again this spring.

The Glass Slipper Project, a Chicago non-profit, collects new and almost-new gowns, shoes, jewelry and handbags and gives them away, in three shopping Saturdays each spring, to Chicago-area high school students who are unable to buy their own attire.

“Prom is a special night for every Chicago-area teen, and the cost of a gown should not be a barrier to enjoying this memorable occasion,” said CPS Board President Rufus Williams. “The 10

Glass Slipper Project makes dreams come true, and we’re so grateful, on behalf of every teen who gets a free dress.”

The Glass Slipper Project boutique shopping days will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 12, April 26, and May 3. The “boutiques” will be created within the rooms of Farren Elementary School, 5055 S. State St., at the northeast corner of 51st and State streets.

Since the Glass Slipper Project started in 1999, the organization has helped more than 15,000 girls find the perfect prom dress.

A Chicago public school acts as boutique host, and CPS promotes the event.

Dorian Carter, co-founder of Glass Slipper Project, said, “When we started Glass Slipper 10 years ago, our goal was to help as many financially disad-

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vantaged young ladies attend their prom as we could. In the current economic climate, our goal is just a relevant, if not more so.”

Junior and senior girls from any high school—public or private, Chicago or suburban—can participate, if they present a valid high school identification card or a letter from their principal on school letterhead, at the boutiques. The Glass Slipper Project does not require proof of financial need.

Each student is paired with a personal shopper, and the student can select one dress, plus related accessories and makeup, if the extra items are available. Only the first 600 girls will be granted admission to the boutiques, each shopping day. Students must be (Continued on page 16)

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Award-Winning Author Nikki Grimes Tells Open Book Kids: “Be Stubborn About Your Dreams” Open Book Students Performed Skits Based on Grimes’ Bronx Masquerade during Open Book Author Event More than 200 African American inner city students, aged 9 14, got a chance to meet awardwinning children’s book author Nikki Grimes as part of Chicago’s unique Open Book Program Student/Author Event on Saturday, March 15, 2008 at Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church, 4100 S. King Dr., in Chicago.

The Open Book Participants performed excerpts and asked interview questions based on Grimes’ book, Bronx Masquerade. The young people also got a chance to

have their books signed by Woodson.

During the event, Nikki Grimes talked about the saying “Sticks and Stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.”

She pointed out that words can hurt—especially if they come from someone close to you. During her childhood, many tried to discourage Grimes from pursuing her dream to become a writer.

People in her New York City neighborhood said, “You’ll never get published.” Her mother said, “Writers are a dime a dozen.” But Grimes refused to give up her dream and is now a successful, award-winning author. “It pays to be stubborn about your

AN OPEN BOOK student from McCorkle Elementary holds a birthday cake prop as he prepares to join his school’s performa nce d uring a n Open Book/A ut hor Even t wi th Ni kk i Grimes. McCorkle is located at 4421 S. State St..

OPEN BOOK STUDENTS from Williams Multiplex perform d ur ing the Ope n Book /Author Eve nt wi th Ni kk i Gri mes at Metropol itan Apostolic Community Church. Williams is located at 2710 S. Dearborn.

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O p e n B o o k s t u d e n t s f r o m B e e t h o v e n a r e p i c t u r e d w i t h A w a r d - W i n n i n g C h i l d r e n ’ s Bo o k Author Ni kki Grime s pri or to ge tti ng their copies of Bronx Masquera de si gned . The y wer e among 200 Open Book participants who got a chance to meet Grimes during an Open Book Student/Author Event on Saturday , March 15, 2008 at Metropolitan Apostolic Community Church, 4100 S. King Dr., in Chicago. The Open Book Participants also performed excerpts f r o m t h e b o o k a n d a s k e d i n t e r v i e w q u e s t i o n s . O p e n Bo o k i s a p r o g r a m o f t h e I n s t i t u t e f o r Positive Living. Beethoven is located at 25 W. 47th St. dreams,” she told the crowd.

Open Book participants at the event were from Lawless Gardens and several elementary schools including Beethoven, Gregory, Henderson, Johns Academy, Mayo, McCorkle, Reedm White Career Academy, and Williams Multiplex.

Bronx Masquerade is the latest book experienced by students in the Institute for Positive Living’s Open Book Program, a youth development program that stimulates love of reading through an exciting exploration of literature.

During each 10-week afterschool program module, Open Book incorporates dramatic arts and media to spark imagination, build skills and broaden horizons.

Bronx Masquerade is a novel written in 18 voices. It follows a classroom of high school students

over the course of a year, exploring who they are behind the masks they wear, and using poetry to do it.

“Author interaction is a key ingredient in the success of the Open Book Program,” states (Continued on page 16)

AN OPEN BOOK student from Johns Elementary performs a p oe m i n sp i r e d b y A w a r d - w i n n i n g A u t h or N i k k i G r i m e s ’ book, Bronx Masquerade, Johns is located at 249 E. 37th St.

O P E N B O O K S T U D E N T S f r o m H e n d e r s o n E l e m e n t a r y p e r f o r m d u r i n g t h e O pe n Book/Author Event. Henderson is located at 5650 S. Wolcott.

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ENTERTAINMENT

By Raymond Ward Entertainment Editor

Israel and New Breed are off to ministry to the World!

The GRAMMY award winning Israel and New Breed, who are known for their multi-cultural approach to worship music, are diving deeper into international ministry this year with a globe-trotting tour schedule that includes stops in Japan, Indonesia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Israel, The Netherlands and Barbados.

Israel and New Breed started the year with a February trip to New Zealand before jetting over to Japan for eight performances in four days.

In addition, frontman Israel Houghton also made time to visit Japan’s Soul Bird Gospel Music School, which uses the group’s music as part of its curriculum. While there, Houghton served as a guest clinician for 400plus students at classes held at Billboard Live venues in Osaka and Tokyo.

Israel and New Breed This month, the group returned to South Africa, the site of their GoldCertified Alive In South Africa recording, which garnered GRAMMY, Dove and Stellar Awards. Israel and New Breed spent two weeks touring the country with stops in East London, Pretoria, Durban, Centurion, Johannesburg and Cape Town.

Through summer and the rest of ‘08, the group has planned tours for The Netherlands, Zimbabwe and Israel. While in the Holy Land in October, Israel Houghton will participate with leading worship artists Darlene Zschech, Don Moen and Messianic worship leader Paul Wilbur in a live Integrity Music recording slated to take place in Jerusalem.

“We’re humbled and honored that the doors for us to minister to the international community are open like never before,” says Houghton. “And, we’re excited to have the opportunity to represent the Body of Christ in ways that reach each of these respective cultures.”

When not touring abroad, Israel and New Breed continue to minister in the U.S. and Canada. They have also scheduled their annual “A Deeper Level” conference for May and will be participating in the Gospel Music Association’s “Music in the Rockies” conference in August. Updated tour and conference information is available at the group’s newly enhanced website, www.newbreedmusic.com.

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By Anne Blair

HERO WANTED CUBA GOODING, JR. has been away from the film community for quite some time. We learned that he has been filming in Bosnia. His latest film HERO WANTED stars GOODING, JR. as a young newly wed whose pregnant wife was killed in an auto accident. The horrific incident leaves the young husband behind fighting depression by drinking.

CUBA GOODING stars as LIAM CASE a garbage collector.

Sitting on the street having lunch with a friend as a car begins speeding down the street, the speeding car smashes into a parked car, rolls over, catches fire, while a young girl, trapped inside, awaiting rescue.

Liam crawls in the car and delivers the child to safety. Still finding a way to placate his pain.

In developing ways to protect himself from himself Liam finds himself in the middle of an armed robbery, which he created in order to gain the attendance of an attractive female bank teller. He tries to protect a beautiful bank clerk and rolls over to protect himself after being shot. This robbery was only to prove him to be a hero as a result of saving the young woman. However, he awakens to find himself in a hospital discerning how he will

HERO WANTED CENTERS on a garbage collector (CUBA GOODING, JR.) who stages a bank robbery so he can be the hero and stop it in order to impress a gi rl who works at the bank. When the plan goes awry, he seeks revenge against the double-crossers. Also starring RAY LIOTTA and NORMAN REEDUS. save his honor and payback the LIAM in high regard for his heroic thieves who double crossed him acts.

Relative newcomers GARY and then left him for dead. UnforGAIRNES II and SAMMI HANtunately, for him, Detective Teri RATTY play Gill and Marley reRAY LIOTTA) sees him Succott (R spectively.

BEN CROSS portrays as the prime suspect in the crime.

Cosmo Jackson, a battle scared In a twisted plot structured Liam Vietnam veteran and Liam’s own races against the clock to enact his father figure.

JEAN SMART takes form of private justice, battling here as the grief stricken mother of TOMMY domineering Derek (T a wounded bank teller who holds FLANNIGAN) and the Brothers KIM COATES and Liam in high regard for his couraMcGraw (K STEVE KOZLOWSKI). Now geous acts remember the bank teller still holds

Cece Winans releases new single on V-Cast LOS ANGELES, Ca. — In an exclusive premier, Verizon Wireless is introducing a single from Grammy Award winning gospel music artist CeCe Winans’ long awaited album, Thy Kingdom Come through its V Cast service. The single, “Forever” is available right now just ahead of the album, which is due April 1 on Winans’ own PureSprings Gospel label. Verizon customers can download the anticipated single, as a fulllength song, ring tone and ring back tone.

“Forever” is track #2 on the CD, and one of 8 of the 14 tracks that Winans wrote or co-wrote on the upcoming project. Verizon Wireless (Continued on page 13) 12

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Billy Ocean to perform at St. Kitts Music Festival Basseterre, St. Kitts – Grammy Award Winning artist Billy Ocean will be among the premier acts performing at the 12th Annual St. Kitts Music Festival, which will take place from June 26-28, 2008.

With a career spanning more than 25 years, Billy Ocean has sold in excess of 30 million singles and albums worldwide and earned a Grammy Award for Best Male R&B Vocal Performance for “Caribbean Queen (no more love on the run).” Some of his other hit songs include, “When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going,” “Suddenly,” “Lover Boy,” “There’ll Be Sad Songs (to make you cry),” “Get Out of My Dreams, Get Into My Car,” “Love Zone” and many more. After taking a 15-year hiatus from recording, Billy is releasing a brand new studio album, “Wilburforce,” and the album’s first single, “Chained,” in early April. Born Leslie Sebastian Charles in 1950 in Fyzabad, Trinidad, Billy immigrated to England at the age of eight and continues to live there today with his family.

“I am honored to be performing, and I truly look forward to the 12th Annual St. Kitts Music Festival,” said Billy Ocean.

“We are extremely pleased to welcome Billy Ocean to the St. Kitts Music Festival for the first time,” said Senator Ricky Skerritt, Minister of State in the Ministry of Tourism, Sports & Culture. “The St. Kitts Festival is a well established Caribbean and

International platform, and is perfect for Billy Ocean to continue his reemergence this year after such a long absence from the world stage. Our Festival is widely recognized for showcasing a mix of musical styles while reflecting a uniquely Caribbean flavor – an environment into which the golden voice and heart-warming songs of Billy Ocean will be an excellent fit.”

Minister Skerritt added that additional musical acts will be added and announced in the coming weeks. Now in its 12th year, the St Kitts festival attracts both locals and visitors alike. It features various musical styles on the popular market, including R&B, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Reggae, Soca, Calypso, Gospel and Contemporary music. Past artists have included such prominent acts as Michael Bolton, Wyclef Jean, Ne-Yo, Air Supply, Dionne Warwick, Kenny Rogers, Boyz II Men, Brian McKnight, Ashanti, Shaggy, Eve, Bobby Caldwell, DMX, Hugh Masekala, Xtatik, the Temptations, Chaka Khan, Maxi Priest, Ronald “Boo” Hinkson and Busta Rhymes.

New non-stop service to St. Kitts from JFK on American Airlines began November 18, 2007 and Delta Air Lines began nonstop Saturday flights to the island from Atlanta on February 16, 2008. These flights compliment existing non-stop service from Miami on American and from Charlotte on US Airways as well as connecting service via San Juan on American Eagle.

The NEW Four-One-One (Continued from page 12) customers with Get It Now-enabled phones can download Winans’ song as their ring tone. The mobile network is making all of CeCe’s new Ringtunes and Ringbacks available in an artist feature folder on Tuesday, April 1 featuring the hit radio track “Waging War,” among others. Customers can visit the Verizon Wireless VZW Tones Deluxe store via their cell phone handset and look under “Featured” to find CeCe’s smiling face with the nine other featured artists.

Winans’ eighth solo release is produced by award-winning hit-makers Tommy Sims, Luther “Mano” Hanes, Percy Bady, Cedric and Victor Caldwell (along with CeCe’s son Alvin Love III as co-producer) and new comers Christopher Capehart and co-producer Brannon Tunie. On the 14-track disc, gospel music enthusiasts will find the beloved gospel vocalist performing empowering, congregationally accessible songs of praise, intimate worship and inspiration.

Thy Kingdom Come is the follow-up to 2005’s chart-topping Purified, which showcased the extraordinary talent of one of the leading female vocalists in pop and Christian/gospel music. The album earned Winans her sixth and seventh GRAMMY® awards in the categories of Best Gospel Performance and Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album.

Winans will make two appearances on TBN next month in support of CD. On April 9 (Costa Mesa, CA) she will be the music guest for the evening, and on April 14 (Atlanta, GA) CeCe is set to host a special “praise and worship” service with Israel Houghton, frontman from Israel & New Breed, Sheryl Brady and Mary Alessi.

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Located in the northern Leeward Islands of the Caribbean, St. Kitts offers a diverse tourism product developed from the destination’s natural beauty, cultural heritage and rich history. The island’s stunning variety of tourism attractions include hiking through the tropical rainforest, riding the scenic railway that connects the island’s sugar plantations, touring Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, the only man-made UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Eastern Caribbean, and the more traditional vacation pastimes such as watersports, golf, shopping, tennis, gourmet dining, gaming at one of St. Kitts’ two casinos or simply relaxing on one of the island’s sandy beaches. Guests can select from accommodations ranging from intimate plantation inns to larger hotels or resorts.

For more information about St. Kitts, please contact the St. Kitts Tourism Authority toll free from the US at 1-800-582-6208 or from Canada 1-888-395-4887, e-mail info@stkittstourism.kn or visit the website at www.stkittstourism.kn.

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‘Everything Your Mother Should Have Told You about Your PocketBook…But Didn’t’ In a first-of-its-kind study, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) revealed that 1 in 4 teenage girls in the United States has at least one sexually-transmitted disease. The trend is even worse among African-American girls: Nearly half have one or more sexually-transmitted diseases.

Amid the CDC’s revelations, PocketBook Communications will be hosting a riveting performance of The PocketBook Monolgues on Monday, March 31st at Mercy Hospital Joyce Auditorium Theater, 2525 South Prairie from 6-8pm. The mission of The PocketBook Monologues is to provide a forum that ad-

dresses intimacy and responsibility with the purpose of reducing the number of HIV/AIDS cases for women of color.

Sharon McGhee, author of The PocketBook Monologues and director of the stage production, will perform excerpts featured in the book. Sharing the stage with McGhee to tell the stories of sexual abstinence, intimacy and responsibility will be a trio of ‘PocketBook Ladies in Training’ from ages 13-17, who are affectionately known as ‘the Coin Purses’: Ramsey Carey, Aubriel Fields and Jazel Nance.

“I know it is uncomfortable for parents to talk with their children about sexuality and responsibili-

ty, so we are stepping in to provide structure to ensure that girls and women understand the truth and consequences about being intimate in the 21st century,” expressed McGhee.

Everything Your Mother Should Have Told You about Your PocketBook…But Didn’t is sponsored by Illinois State Senator Mattie Hunter (D-3rd), Diversified Behavioral Comprehensive Care, Illinois Department of Public Health, the Chicago Department of Public Health and the National Sarcoidosis Society.

Admission is $10. For more information, contact PocketBook Communications, 773.960.6148.

MetroBoard of Chicago Urban League welcomes Chico DeBarge to celebration of Silver Anniversary Downtown Chicago will be transformed during the weekend of April 11-13 when the young professionals of the Chicago Urban League better known for the last 25 years as the MetroBoard of CUL, converge to celebrate the success of their endeavors.

The group will host events at the Victor Hotel, 311 North Sangamon.

The theme: A Quarter Century Strong: Impacting Generations through Leadership and Service

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says it all. Established as a grassroots auxilliary to the Chicago Urban League the group has grown into a sophisticated forum for young professionals to engage in community service, fund raising and personal and professional development.

The celebratory weekend kicks off with a take over of the Victor Hotel during the networking event Friday, April 11 from 6:00 P.M. until 10:00 P.M. Art “Chat Daddy” Sims will

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host “Silver Soul Session” on Saturday, April 12 where Chico DeBarg, Marsha Ambrosius (of Floetry) and Corey Wilkes & Black Slang. The VIP reception is scheduled for 7:00 P.M with the big concert beginning at 8:00 P.M. Bombay Sapphire will provide complimentary cocktails.

The Park West, 332 West Armitage, is where the benefit concert will take you back down memory and keep you in touch with today.

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WORLD OF MUSIC

By Dr. Barbara Wright-Pryor

Civic Orchestra plays free Symphony Center concert April 6 MusiCorps Chamber Concert scheduled for South Shore Cultural Center April 20 The Civic Orchestra of Chicago and Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot will present a free performance at Orchestra Hall on Sunday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. The program features Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 11 (“The Year 1905”), a work that commemorates the aborted Russian Revolution of 1905. This performance is free, but tickets are required.

The Civic Orchestra is the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s training orchestra for pre-professional musicians, featuring some of the most talented young players from across the country. Founded in 1919, the Civic Orchestra of Chicago is the only training orchestra affiliated with a major American orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The prin-

cipal goal of the Civic Orchestra program is to recruit a diverse group of gifted pre-professional musicians, train them at the highest level as orchestra players, and further develop skills of advocacy and mentoring which are essential to the role of orchestral musicians in communities, now and in the future.

In the past decade, Cliff Colnot has emerged as a distinguished conductor and a musician of uncommon range. One of few musicians studying orchestral repertory with former Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Daniel Barenboim, Colnot is assistant conductor for Barenboim’s West-Eastern Divan Workshops for young musicians from Israel, Egypt, Syria and other Middle Eastern countries. He has been principal conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s contemporary MusicNOW series since its inception, and he

was named principal conductor of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago in 2005, having served as its resident conductor since 1995.

The Symphony Center perfor-

mance is free but tickets are required. For more information or for tickets call CSO Ticketing at 312-294-3000 or 800-223-7114, or go to www.cso.org. Tickets are

CIVIC ORCHESTRA OF Chicago with Principal Conductor Cliff Colnot/Photo: Todd Rosenberg

also available at the Symphony Center Box Office at 220 South Michigan Avenue. ******** Civic Orchestra musicians will present a free MusiCorps Chamber Concert Sunday, April 20 at 3:00 p.m. in the Paul Robeson Theater at South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Drive.

This concert is sponsored by the Advisory Council of South Shore Cultural Center and supported by the Col. Stanley R. McNeil Foundation and an anonymous donor. No tickets are required for this concert and the public is invited to attend.

For further information, call South Shore Cultural Center at 773-256-0149 or the Advisory Council representative at 773721-3210.

U of Texas School of Music receives $55 million donation The Chicago Sinfonietta presents “LADIES’ CHOICE,” a Celebration of International Women’s Month Sunday, March 30 at 2:30 p.m. in Lund auditorium at Dominican University, 7900 W. Division St., River Forest, and Monday March 31 at 7:30 p.m. at Symphony Center, Chicago. Cuban conductor Tania León takes the podium as the Sinfonietta pays tribute to the contributions that women have made to classical music. Guest soloists are pianist Jade Simmons and trumpeter Alison Balsom. For ticket information, call the Sinfonietta Box Office at 312-236-3681, ext. 2. ******** The Hyde Park-Kenwood Chapter of Lyric Opera of Chicago will present 98.7WFMT Morning Program host Carl Grapentine in “A Funny thing Happened at the Opera,” Tuesday, April 8 at 6:30 pm in the University of Chicago’s Goodspeed Hall, Room 402, 1010 E. 59th St. Admission for Chapter members is $5; non-members, $8; students free. Refreshments will be served at 6:00 pm prior to the presentation by Mr. Grapentine.

For further information, call Claude Weil at 773-248-3954. ******** The Chicago Symphony Orchestra has issued its fifth CD release on its new CSO Resound label: Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 in A Minor under the direction of Principal Conductor Bernard Haitink, recorded live during concerts at Orchestra Hall in October 2007.

The new release will be available beginning Tuesday, April 8 with full album downloads available ex14

clusively at iTunes for 60 days. After June 10, the download will be available from additional digital music outlets, including eMusic, Rhapsody and Amazon, through a partnership with IODA (Independent Online Distribution Alliance).

One of today’s foremost Mahler interpreters, Bernard Haitink marks his third recording on CSO Resound with this release of Mahler’s Sixth Symphony. He previously recorded Mahler’s Third Symphony (April 2007) to launch the label, and he conducted the recording of Bruckner’s Symphony No. 7 (October 2007).

Maestro Haitink continues his exploration of the Mahler’s symphonies with the Orchestra in May

Bernard Haitink 2008, when he conducts the composer’s First Symphony; in November he will lead the Second Symphony (“Resurrection”) with the CSO and Chicago Symphony Chorus. In addition, he conducts Mahler’s Sixth Symphony again at the Ravinia Festival this summer and takes it to Amsterdam, London and Lucerne on his first tour with the Orchestra in September 2008.

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The University of Texas (Austin) School of Music has received a gift of $55 million from two Austin arts patrons in what is believed to be the largest single music school gift at a public university. The music school will be named for Dr. Ernest and Sarah Butler in honor of their donation. The couple has supported the school for more than 25 years.

UT-Austin president William Powers Jr. made the announcement March 19. The gift will be paid in installments over the couple’s lifetime, including a portion

as a bequest. The money is designated for student, faculty and program support, with more than half of it targeting students’ needs.

“We love music, and we have great appreciation for, and belief in, the educational value of the arts,” Ernest Butler said. The Butlers have created nine endowments in the music school since 1983. Ernest Butler is a retired physician. He and his wife have been active in supporting the arts in Austin and are members of the university’s Chancellor’s Council.

It is the second-largest gift to the

University of Texas at Austin, after the more than $245 million given from the estate of John A. and Katherine G. Jackson. The university’s Jackson School of Geosciences is named for the Jacksons.

The Butlers’ gift surpasses a $44 million donation made in December 2007 by the Lilly Endowment for a new building for the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

The University of Texas’ School of Music has more than 700 students and nearly 100 faculty members. AP

King’s College Choir, Cambridge, at 4th Presbyterian Church The Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, internationally recognized as the preeminent representative of the great British church music tradition, will perform a one-night-only concert on Wednesday, April 9, at 8 p.m. at Fourth Presbyterian Church (126 E. Chestnut St., Chicago) as part of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Symphony Center Presents Special Concert Series.

Under the direction of Stephen Cleobury, the mixed-voice, allmale ensemble of 30 singers will perform choral works by Weelkes, Tomkins, Gibbons, J. S. Bach, Poulenc, Vaughan Williams, Berkeley, Howells and Dean. Organ scholars Peter Stevens and Thomas Kimber will perform solo organ works to be announced.

The Choir enjoys a long and illustrious history. It was created by King Henry VI, who founded the College in 1441, to sing daily services in his magnificent chapel, a

tradition its members have proudly carried on to the present day and which continues to be the primary purpose of the ensemble, composed of 16 boy choristers, 14 choral scholars and two organ scholars who study at

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King’s College on major scholarships.

Tickets: $30-$50. Tickets can be purchased by calling CSO at 312-294-3000 or 800-223-7114 or by visiting the CSO’s Web site, www.cso.org

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Chicago Archdiocese celebrates Black marriage day Couple with Longest Black Catholic Marriage To be Honored The celebration of Black Marriage Day in the Archdiocese of Chicago will begin with a 4 p.m. Vesper Service, led by Most Rev. Joseph N. Perry, Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, on Sunday, March 30, at St. Clotilde Church, 8430 S. Calumet Ave., Chicago. Couples will renew their marriage vows during the service, and the Black Catholic couple with the longest marriage will be recognized during a banquet that fol-

lows in the church hall.

All couples married fifty years or more will be honored guests at this event that is sponsored by the Archdiocesan Family Ministries Office. Similar events will be held by churches and community organizations across the country on this day.

“Our goal is to recognize and awaken in others the importance and significance of marriage in the African American community,” said Andrew

Lyke, Marriage Ministry Coordinator in the Family Ministries Office. Lyke added that, while this event honors Black Catholic marriages, married couples from all racial, ethnic and age groups are invited to attend.

To register and for more information, couples can visit www.arusinetwork.org or call 708363-8610. There is a $20 per couple registration fee that will be waived for couples married 50 years or more.

BISHO P ART HU R M. BRA ZIER and hi s congre ga ti on ar e joined by Governor Rod R. Blagojevich for Easter services at the Apostolic Church of God, 6320 South Dorchester. The G o v e r n o r w a s a c c o m p a n i e d b y h i s w i f e , F i r s t La d y P a t t i Blagojevich and their children Amy and Annie.

GOVERNOR ROD R. BLAGOJEVICH addresses the congregation at the Apostolic Church of God in Chicago. On Easter Sunday, Governor Rod R. Bl agojevich joined by First Lady Patti B l a g oj e v i c h a n d t h e i r c h i l d r e n A m y a n d A n n i e a t t e n d e d c h u r c h s e r v i c e s a t t h e A p o st o l i c Church of God in Chicago.

THE SPIRITUAL LEADER of the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem marked the 40 anniversary of the group repatriation to its homeland of Israel. Ben Ammi Ben-Israel spoke to n e a r l y 3 5 0 o f h i s f ol l ow e r s a b ou t h i s so j o u r n t o I s r a e l l a s t S u n d a y a t R o om 4 3 i n t h e B r o n z e v il l e n e ig h b o r h o od . B e n I sr a e l f ou n d e d t h e H e b r e w I s r a e l i t e s a f t e r r e c e i v i n g a v i si on f r om t h e a n g e l G a b r ie l i n 1 9 6 6 u r g i n g h i m t o l e a d t h e “ C h il dr e n of I s r a e l w h o r e m a i n e d in A m e r ic a ” b a c k t o t h e Holy Land. A year later, his small following arrived in Liberia before finally resettling in Israel in 1969 where the community has grown upwards to 3,000 today. But during his talk, he also discussed the “perception of deception” and how it has misguided many from knowing real truth. He explained that the word resurrection is only used during Easter and seems to pertain to only one individual. But he questioned how people can profess to be reborn without being resurrected. “If you’ve been born again that means prior you had been dead. If y ou were dead and been born again then it’s required that you confess the lifestyle that killed you,” Ben Israel explained. “If you said you have been born again, and you are doing the same things then you are still dead. If you’ve been born again, you cannot be doing the same things you were doing when you were dead.

So there has to be an observable change.”

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CNN to Focus Mammoth Spotlight on Black Experience in America Soledad O’Brien Anchors Documentaries, Special Reports for Four Months Beginning on Anniversary of King’s Death Forty years after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., CNN will launch a sweeping on-air and digital initiative, CNN Presents: Black in America. Breaking new ground in revealing the current state of Black America, this landmark programming features six hours of documentaries, a weekly series of reports that will air on CNN/U.S. and CNN International and appear as part of a multimedia online effort. The programming, which airs over four months in 2008, focuses on fresh analysis from new voices about the real lives behind the stereotypes, statistics and identity politics that frequently frame the national dialogue about Black America.

Reported by anchor and special correspondent Soledad O’Brien, Black in America begins with the two-hour premiere of Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassina-

tion, a first-person account of what happened on April 4,1968.

Black in America: Eyewitness to Murder - The King Assassination, Thursday, April 3, 9 p.m. (two hours) In this first installment of CNN’s Black in America series, O’Brien investigates how James Earl Ray, an armed robber and escaped convict, had already spent an uncommon year on the run that included plastic surgery just a month before his path collided with that of the civil rights leader in Memphis, Tenn. Through interviews with witnesses and investigators, O’Brien retraces the steps of King, Ray, the FBI and Memphis police and explores alternative scenarios of who was ultimately responsible for the murder that, for some, represented the end of the American Civil Rights era.

Black in America continues in July with two additional twohour documentaries that will air on CNN/U.S. and CNN International: Black in America: The Black

Amstel Saxophone Quartet cancels Ravinia Rising Stars Concert The Amstel Saxophone Quartet has canceled its Rising Stars appearance at Ravinia Festival on Friday, April 11, due to injury.

Ticket-holders can contact the Ravinia box office at 847-2665100 for a full refund.

The annual Rising Stars series, which encourages audiences to experience and support new talent, presents musicians with the chance to perform before discerning audiences in an intimate setting. Remaining Rising Stars concerts include violist Jennifer

Stumm, described by the Deseret Morning News as “nothing short of stunning,” who performs on April 11; and first prize winner at the 2005 Concert Artist’s Guild International Competition violinist Jessica Lee, along with the Victor and Sono Elmaleh Prize and R.G. Niederhoffer Audience Prize, on April 25.

For more information or to purchase tickets for the Rising Stars series, call the box office at 847266-5100 or visit www.ravinia.org.

Man, Wednesday, July 23, 9 p.m. (two hours) Perhaps the most misreported group in America today, black men are often stereotypically depicted in the media as convicts, gang members and absentee fathers. Told through the personal stories of graduates of the 1968 class of Little Rock Central High School, their sons and grandsons,for The Black Man, O’Brien seeks to determine whether life is better for black men now than it was 40 years ago. She reports on the disparities between blacks and whites in educational, career and economic achievement and factors leading to the devastating rates of black male incarceration.

Contributing expert analysis are Harvard economist Dr. Roland Fryer, Princeton professor Dr. Devah Pager, journalist/social commentator Ellis Cose; and Georgetown University professor Dr. Michael Eric Dyson; and others. O’Brien reports on successes and dissects myths to explore the state of black men in America today. Black in America:

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Students are encouraged to bring along one relative or guardian, but other family members must wait for their student in the waiting area. Small children won’t be allowed to shop with the student, and these children must be accompanied by a guardian, as babysitting services will not be provided. Glass Slipper also encourages students to bring something to read, and something to eat and drink, while they wait.

The Glass Slipper Project needs donations of new or almost-new dresses, particularly plus-sized dresses, as well as formal shoes, purses and jewelry, and unopened cosmetics and hosiery.

Donations may be delivered to Farren School from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, until May 2. Donations by check may be made to The Glass Slipper Project and sent to The Glass Slipper Project, P.O. Box A3609, Chicago, IL, 60690.

The Glass Slipper Project also needs volunteers for a variety of

shifts and tasks. Volunteers must be age 18 and older and cannot currently be in high school, and volunteers must register at www.glassslipperproject.org. To make a financial donation, or for more information, visit the Glass Slipper Web site, e-mail gspchicago@yahoo.com, or call the Glass Slipper Project Hotline at 312.409.4139.

The Chicago Public Schools is the nation’s third-largest school system. It includes more than 600 schools and serves about 409,000 students.

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Conran; the Design Museum in London; and Frieze, London’s major annual contemporary art fair. Active also in book design, GTF designed monographs on the work of Tord Boonjte and

Disease Control and Prevention researcher Dr. Camara Jones and others.

As part of the Black in America series, weekly special reports will air between April and June that investigate topics including parenthood and marital rates among black adults, high rates of HIV/AIDS among African Americans, achievement gaps in education, careers, and even disparities in life expectancy rates between African Americans and the general population. These reports will debut after the world premiere of Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassination.

CNN.com’s interactive special section for Black in America, available at www.CNN.com/blackinamerica, will launch in late March and will feature excerpts from the series and exclusive interviews with eyewitnesses to history. The section also will include timelines, maps and multimedia stories that highlight the ripple effects the King

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well known in Britain for creating the brand identities of some of the bastions of British design, including Habitat, a furnishings and interior design retailer launched in 1964 by Terence

The Black Woman & Family, Thursday, July 24, 9 p.m. (two hours) In this installment of Black in America, O’Brien, examines the unique and varied experiences of black women and families in America. O’Brien looks at the reasons behind the disturbing statistics on single parenthood, disparities between black and white students in the classroom, and the devastating toll of HIV/AIDS on black women. The Black Woman & Family yields insights into black achievements and struggles and perspectives on King’s hopes for progress. The documentary is told through the experiences of the Houstonbased Rand family with expert commentary from economist and Bennett College president Julianne Malveaux, Essence magazine editor-in-chief Angela BurtMurray, Dallas-based preacher and life coach Bishop T.D. Jakes, TV/radio personality Michael Baisden, entrepreneur and activist Russell Simmons, actor Vanessa Williams, Centers for

Ron Arad as well as the exhibition catalogue for the 54th Annual Carnegie International in 2003, all of which are presented in the exhibition. And GTF’s projects for the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Science Museum—including exhibition and installation graphics—and products for the Tate Britain and Tate Modern retail stores now bring their practice from page to space and are evidence of the firm’s versatility. Graphic Thought Facility is the first solo show of the work of GTF and the first exhibition at the Art Institute to highlight the work of a single design firm. The installation itself was commissioned from GTF by the museum. For more information, contact Erin Hogan, 312-443-3664, ehogan@artic.edu or Chai Lee,312-443-3625,

Unique Open Book Program Stimulates the Love of Reading Through Author Contact, Literary Circles, Drama and the Internet founder Marrice Coverson, president of the Institute for Positive Living and executive director of Open Book. “The talk-show format gives students the opportunity to interact with one another and to experience the books through the dramatic productions that each school has prepared.”

The Open Book Program focuses on stimulating interest in reading quality, culturally relevant children’s literature through a variety of activities including literary circles, drama, and Internet experiences. During each program segment, participants do an

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in-depth study of one or two books. Authors and author/illustrators have included Sandra Belton, Ashley Bryan, Debbi Chocolate, Sharon Flake, Jan Spivey Gilchrist, Nikki Grimes, Harriette Gillem Robinet, Charles R. Smith, Jr., Glennette Tilley Turner, Darwin MacBeth Walton, Walter Dean Myers, Jacqueline Woodson, and Camille Yarbrough.

For information on the Student/Author event or the Open Book Program, contact Marrice Coverson at 773-924-9802 or 773-924-9803.

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Soledad O’Brien has reported on human events, politics, natural,disasters and war zones from across the nation and around the world.

O’Brien was part of the CNN teams that were recognized with a George Foster Peabody Award for

er” and both Essence and Black Enterprise magazines have named O’Brien to their “40 under 40” lists.

In April, O’Brien will be the first recipient of the Soledad O’Brien Freedom’s Voice Award, created in her honor to recognize outstanding catalysts for social change by Community Voices: Healthcare for the Underserved and More-

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Call 877-233-2835 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification as filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. File No. D08111648 on the March 17, 2008. Under the Assumed Name of Seniors’ Secretary with the business located at 11800 South Maplewood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60655. The true name(s) and residence address of the owner(s) is: Shari Lynne Horton, 11800 South Maplewood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60655.

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Soledad O’Brien the network’s Hurricane Katrina coverage and an Alfred I. DuPont Award for coverage of the Southeast Asian tsunami disaster.

She has been named one of the National Urban League’s “Women of Pow-

house School of Medicine.

The award will recognize her accomplishments, her commitment to cover stories that might otherwise go untold and her steadfast willingness to be a voice for the voiceless.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FREMONT INVESTMENT AND LOAN Plaintiff, vs.

WAYLON PERRY; ET AL., Defendants, 07 CH 19817

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on January 31, 2008 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, May 2, 2008 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. 21-30-328-004.

Commonly known as 7819-23 South Kingston Avenue, 105, 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 Ms. Diane Thomas at Plaintiffʼs Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg & Rappe, LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(877) 729-6734.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I85991 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE10 Plaintiff, -v.EUGENE SADLER, III, et al Defendant 07 CH 18469

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NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 21, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on April 25, 2008, at the office of 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 7952 SOUTH CHAMPLAIN AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-34-204-031-0000 The real estate is improved with a brown brick 3 unit with no garage.

The judgment amount was $382,142.64.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale 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.

For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiffʼs Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 4765500. Please refer to file number PA0709892.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE I86727

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL HOPKINS, et al Defendant 07 CH 10939

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 18, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on May 2, 2008, at the office of 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 6626 S. MAY STREET, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-20-224-024 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $92,451.16.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgageeʼs attorney.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale 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.

For information, contact Plaintiffʼs attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-07-7329.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiffʼs attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I84796 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION AURORA LOAN SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

ROSE M. LEWIS; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR

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PROFESSIONAL MORTGAGE PARTNERS, INC.; LVNV FUNDING LLC, Defendants, 07 CH 25318

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on January 11, 2008 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-27-219-016.

Commonly known as 7353 South Rhodes Avenue, Chicago, IL 60619.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call William E. Dutton, Jr./Barbara J. Dutton at Plaintiffʼs Attorney, DUTTON & DUTTON, P.C., 10325 West Lincoln Highway, Frankfort, Illinois 60423. (815) 806-8200.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I84636 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CSMC MORTGAGE BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-3; Plaintiff, vs.

CLARA ESTRADA, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 07 CH 29185

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on January 24, 2008 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, April 25, 2008 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 6451 S. Evans Ave., Chicago, IL 60617.

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

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. David C. Kluever at Plaintiffʼs Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I84669 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR BS ALT A 2005-4; Plaintiff, vs.

LATEEF SOWEMIMO; ET. AL.; Defendants, 07 CH 25438

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on January 8, 2008 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, April 25, 2008 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 7446 S. Harvard Ave., Chicago, IL 60621.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. THE SALE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO GENERAL TAXES, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND TO A PRIOR RECORDED FIRST MORTGAGE. 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 Ms. Diane Thomas at Plaintiffʼs Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg & Rappe, LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(877) 729-6734. W0709017 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I84663

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONAL CITY BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA Plaintiff, -v.ROOSEVELT VANCE, et al Defendant 06 CH 11510 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 28, 2006, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on April 17, 2008, at the office of 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 1333 EAST 72ND PLACE, Chicago, IL 60619 Property Index No. 20-26-213-011-0000 The real estate is improved with a brown brick, w/no garage.

The judgment amount was $203,720.38.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale 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.

For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiffʼs Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 4765500. Please refer to file number PA0605303.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE I84744 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS, INC.; Plaintiff, vs.

CHECOBIA CRAWFORD; 449 WEST ENGLEWOOD CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CHECOBIA CRAWFORD, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 06 CH 22383

NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 3/15/2007, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, April 24, 2008, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-16-326-028-1002.

Commonly known as 449 W. Englewood Ave., Unit #2, Chicago, IL 60621.

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

For information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only. Pierce & Associates, Plaintiffʼs Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0612375.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 1, 2005 FOR HOME EQUITY MORTGAGE ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-EMX3; Plaintiff, vs.

ALONZO HAMER; ET. AL.; Defendants, 07 CH 25793

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on January 7, 2008 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 6929 S. Green St., Chicago, IL 60621.

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

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Ms. Diane Thomas at Plaintiffʼs Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg & Rappe, LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(877) 729-6734.

W0708126 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I84610 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC ASSIGNEE OF HOMEVESTORS INVESTMENT INC.; Plaintiff, vs.

ZENO PROPERTIES INC.; NONREOCRD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN TENANTS AND UNKNOWN OWNERS; Defendants, 07 CH 15725

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on October 24, 2007 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-27-415-012.

Commonly known as 7637 S. Evans Ave., Chicago, IL 60619.

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

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Sales Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I84596

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION SEATTLE MORTGAGE COMPANY/SEATTLE SAVINGS BANK; Plaintiff, vs.

CARY R. ROSENTHAL, INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ELLA MAE LIGON, IF ANY; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 07 CH 24949

NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 1/7/2008, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-23-221-007.

Commonly known as 1537 East 65th

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Place, Chicago, IL 60637.

The improvement on the property consists of a brick building with no garage.

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, Plaintiffʼs Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0700216.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I84573 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF ARGENT MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC. ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-W4 UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATES AS OF APRIL 1, 2006 Plaintiff, -v.-KATIE CLAY, et al Defendant 07 CH 25593

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 10, 2008, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on April 14, 2008, at the office of 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 5811 S. PRINCETON AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-217-005 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $188,817.56.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgageeʼs attorney.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale 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.

For information, contact Plaintiffʼs attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-07-H967.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiffʼs attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I82339 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS AS TRUSTEE Plaintiff, vs.

SHIRLEY OWENS; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR HOMECOMINGS FINANCIAL, LLC; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SHIRLEY OWENS, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 07 CH 23942 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 12/20/2007, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, April 22,

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2008, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 20-26-323-022.

Commonly known as 7729 South Greenwood Avenue, Chicago, IL 60619.

The improvement on the property consists of a 2 story, single family residence with no garage. 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, Plaintiffʼs Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number PA0713371.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I84571 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR BS ALT A 2006-1; Plaintiff, vs.

RENEE WHITE; ET AL; Defendants, 07 CH 32351

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on February 20, 2008 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, April 21, 2008 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 6014 South Morgan Street, Chicago, IL 60621.

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

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Ms. Diane Thomas at Plaintiffʼs Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg & Rappe, LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(877) 729-6734. W0710088 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I84553

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION, III; Plaintiff, vs.

MICHELLE SILAS; ET. AL.; Defendants, 06 CH 9519

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on August 9, 2006 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, April 21, 2008 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 20-22-303-002.

Commonly known as 205-207 E. Marquette Rd., Chicago, IL 60637.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a residencial property.

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 Ms. Diane Thomas at Plaintiffʼs Attorney, Freedman Anselmo Lindberg & Rappe, LLC, 1807 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890.

(877) 729-6734 X0605021.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I84519 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NOVASTAR MORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.HOWARD VAUGHN, et al Defendant 07 CH 9598

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 3, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at

10:30 AM on April 14, 2008, at the office of 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 58 WEST 72ND STREET, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-28-206-023-0000 The real estate is improved with a brick multi unit house with no garage.

The judgment amount was $251,487.43.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale 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.

For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiffʼs Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 4765500. Please refer to file number PA0704845.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE I84043 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION MIDFIRST BANK, Plaintiff V. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF REGINALD TUCKER, DECEASED; LISA OBRIEN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF CLARICE OBRIEN, DECEASED; HOUSEHOLD FINANCE CORPORATION, III; STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CLARICE OBRIEN, DECEASED; RACHEL TUCKER; RACHEL TUCKER, AS INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF REGINALD TUCKER, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants 06 CH 15564

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 06-7552D (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 January 30, 2008, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on May 1, 2008, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: C/K/A 7112 SOUTH RHODES AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60619. TAX ID# 20-27202-020 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $59,207.43.

Sale terms: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by noon the next business day, both by cashierʼs 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, 4201 Lake Cook Rd., 1st floor, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, (847) 4989990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only.

I78497 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE REGISTERED HOLDERS OF SOUNDVIEW HOME LOAN TRUST 2006-EQ2 ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-EQ2, Plaintiff V. MARIE NDALYE; MORTGAGE ELEC-

TRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR EQUIFIRST CORPORATION; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR AMERIHOME MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants 07 CH 25530

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 07-5752D (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 January 24, 2008, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on April 29, 2008, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: C/K/A 6915-6917 SOUTH KIMBARK AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637. TAX ID# 20-23-411-008-0000 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $286,133.07.

Sale terms: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by noon the next business day, both by cashierʼs 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, 4201 Lake Cook Rd., 1st floor, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, (847) 4989990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST 2005-HE3 Plaintiff, -v.LETICIA ZARAGOZA A/K/A LETICIA F. ZARAGOZA, et al Defendant 07 CH 7477 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 9, 2008, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on April 11, 2008, at the office of 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 6938 S. KIMBARK AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-23-410-034 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $430,154.30.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgageeʼs attorney.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale 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.

For information, contact Plaintiffʼs attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department. Please refer to file number 14-07-945.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised

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that Plaintiffʼs attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I82588 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LASALLE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MLMI TRUST SERIES 2007HE1 Plaintiff, -v.KEISHA ANDERSON, et al Defendant 07 CH 20613

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 15, 2008, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on April 17, 2008, at the office of 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 325 WEST 59TH PLACE, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-402-010 The real estate is improved with a grey vinyl frame 2 unit with no garage.

The judgment amount was $200,818.49.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale 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.

For information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiffʼs Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 4765500. Please refer to file number PA0711437.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE I82561 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS CWABS, INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-BC4, Plaintiff V. ALFREDO GASPAR, Defendant 07 CH 24598

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 07-5857D (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 December 18, 2007, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on April 14, 2008, at 205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real property: C/K/A 5925 SOUTH MORGAN STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621. TAX ID# 20-17404-013 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $111,862.98.

Sale terms: 10% of successful bid immediately at conclusion of auction, balance by noon the next business day, both by cashierʼs 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, 4201 Lake Cook Rd., 1st floor, Northbrook, Illinois 60062, (847) 4989990, between 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. weekdays only.

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Advocates celebrate World Kidney Day; Raise awareness about kidney disease The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois (NKFI) and the American Kidney Fund have worked vigilantly this month to bring about awareness of ways to treat and prevent kidney disease.

On, March 13 The National Kidney Foundation celebrated World Kidney Day with a full day of FREE early detection screenings and interactive festivities that were designed to help raise awareness of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), high blood pressure and diabetes.

World Kidney Day activities take place at the University of Illinois at Chicago’s Physical Education Building, 901 W. Roosevelt Rd., Chicago. The nation’s first and only KidneyMobile® was on hand for tours. The day included a lively afternoon of salsa dancing demonstrations and hula hoping.

Several Chicago dignitaries, such as Secretary of State Jesse White were in attendance helping to get the message of hope to the general community. Delicious gourmet food was prepared by Carnivale Chef Mark Mendez.

“Diabetes and high blood pressure can destroy the kidneys, which is especially devastating because kidney disease can be prevented through early detection, treatment and lifestyle change. The screenings and treatment counseling that we are providing for free at our World Kidney Day event can help encourage people to take control of their health to avoid kidney failure” said Willa Lang, CEO, National Kidney Foundation of Illinois.

“Chronic kidney disease is an especially grave concern for our African American and Latino communities, (which) are affected by kidney disease more than any other ethnic groups. The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois strives to provide easy ac-

cess to kidney-related health screenings throughout the state of Illinois. Our event on World Kidney Day is one of many days when the world shares in a united message of disease prevention, and seeks to highlight the urgent need for all people to have the tools to live healthy and active lifestyles.”

The World Kidney Day event began with legislators and community leaders visiting with screening participants and touring the KidneyMobile®. Every attendee had the opportunity to participate in the free health screenings, and received counseling on strategies for a healthier diet, plus life-saving next steps in the case that abnormal screening results were discovered. In fact, more than 68 percent of those

NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION of Illinois volunteers measure Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White’s waist circumference on World Kidney Day, March 13.

LA T I N R H Y T H M S D A N C E S t u d i o i n s t r u c t or s e n c o u r a g e healthy active lifestyles by leading participants in a salsa dancing demonstration at NKFI’s World Kidney Day event. who participated in the NKFI’s paign on Saturday, March 29 screening program found that they from 8:00 A.M. until noon at the had at least one abnormal result, South Park Baptist Church, 3722 which required either an immediate South Martin Luther King, Drive. The organization will provide referral and/or medication.

The American Kidney Fund participants with $200 worth of will continue the awareness cam- medical tests to check kidney function, cholesterol levels, blood sugar, and other important health measures free of charge at this event.

Testing is open to anyone 18 years old and older. Registration is requested. In order to insure accurate results participants are asked to refrain from eating for eight hours prior to testing. Additional information is available by calling Courtney Nicholas by calling 312/ 224-8172.

More than 26 million Americans suffer from kidney disease, many unknowingly. An estimated 960,000 people in Illinois currently have Chronic Kidney Disease, usually as a result of untreated or undiagnosed high blood pressure or diabetes.

HOOLA HOOP ANYONE? Participants at the NKFI World African Americans and Latinos (a Kidney Day event learn yoga hula hooping, a hot new fitness collective group that represents more than 60% of Chicago’s trend that encourages healthy and active lifestyles.

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overall population) are at a disproportionately high risk for kidney disease. The good news is that kidney disease can often be prevented.

According to the Startling statistics show that one out of every three people with kidney failure is African-American and that Chicago has some of the highest number at-risk patients in the country, along with DC, Atlanta and NYC. And the average cost of treating kidney failure per patient per year is $57,000.

NKFI’s KidneyMobile® is the nation’s first and only mobile classroom and screening program dedicated to the prevention of kidney disease. Each year the KidneyMobile® visits 100 urban and rural communities throughout Illinois, offering free kidney disease screenings to more than 4,500 individuals.

Added NKFI’s Lang, “Too many individuals in the United States, particularly those in the Latino and African American communities, are not properly screened for kidney disease.

“As a consequence, many patients are diagnosed at a point at

which dialysis is their only treatment option. The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois is proud to help lead the nation’s prevention efforts with the KidneyMobile® – bringing free, fast screenings and follow-up education into neighborhoods where the need is most acute.”

Since 2005, the KidneyMobile® has travelled the state, targeting high-risk African American and Latino communities.

Before NKFI’s prevention campaign, many high-risk individuals were diagnosed in the state’s emergency rooms. At that late point in the progression of the disease, they learned that dialysis was the only option for treatment that results from undiagnosed and/or unmanaged diabetes and hypertension.

More activities have been planned for upcoming months by these organizations. The National Kidney Foundation of Illinois can be contacted by calling 312.321.1500 or e-mail kidney@nkfi.org. The American Kidney Fund is available at www.kidneyfund.org or call toll free 800.638.8299.

P A R T I C I P A N T S R E C E I V E F R E E d ia b e t e s t e s t s a t W o r l d K i dn e y D a y e v e n t s p on s o r e d b y t h e N a t io n a l K id n e y Foundation of Illinois.

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