Chicago Issue 2/9/2008 E-Edition

Blacks Must Control Their Own Community

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Frontrunner still unclear in Clinton/Obama race

By J. Coyden Palmer There is still too much controversy hovering about to determine just who leads in the race for the White House in the Democratic Party. Obama’s impressive showing on Feb. 5 sent a strong message to those who have doubted his candidacy; he’s in it to win it.

Obama’s attempt to become the country’s first African American President took a big step forward with big wins in Georgia and Illinois. Here in his home state, Obama beat Clinton by doubling the amount of votes of his competitor. The numbers were pretty much the same in Georgia, where a large African American voter turnout pushed him well past Clinton.

But even more importantly than the popular vote, Obama leads Clinton in the amount of delegates. At Crusader press time Obama had 838 to Clinton’s 834 delegates. In order to secure the party’s nomination, Obama will need to garner 2,025 delegates.

“By winning a majority of delegates and a majority of the states, Barrack Obama won an important Super Tuesday victory over Sen. Clinton in the closest thing we have to a national primary,” said Obama’s campaign manager David Plouffe.

“From Colorado and Utah in the West to Georgia and Alabama in the South to Sen. Clinton’s backyard in Connecticut, Obama showed that he can win the support of Americans of every race, gender and political party in every region of the country,” Plouffe said. “That’s why he’s on track to win the Democratic nomination, and that’s why he’s the best candidate to defeat John McCain in November.”

McCain has established himself as the frontrunner in the Republican Party as he now has well over 700 delegates. Other Republican candidates Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney aren’t doing well and Romney is considering leaving the race after meeting with staffers on Feb. 6.

In the meantime Obama told his supporters gathered downtown at the Hyatt Regency on Super Tuesday that the work that put them in this position must continue. His supporters say the fact he raised $34 million last month in contributions compared to $14 million for Clinton

shows he has a chance to wear down the former First Lady and win the nomination.

Meeting with members of the press the following day at a hotel near Midway Airport, Obama isn’t getting complacent with his success. Bad weather in the area forced (Continued on page 2)

MORE THAN 1200 people joined in the standing room only gathering to celebrate the success of the Obama campaign for Change in America. The crowd, which consisted mostly of Caucasian, Latino and other non-Blacks gathered together indicating that their support for the candidate was based upon the issues and policies he represents. It was also noted that the majority of the crowd were young people. One supporter stated, “our country is in its present state due the current administration’s policy makers. We would have to be very naïve to vote in another republican President. We’re choosing Change we can believe in!” (Photos by Curtis Morrow)

Brookins loses bid in State’s Attorney’s race

By J. Coyden Palmer In a hotly contested race, Ald. Howard Brookins (21st) finished third in his bid to become the Democratic nominee for Cook County State’s Attorney. Brookins, who was endorsed by the Crusader, finished

behind Ald. Tom Allen and Anita Alvarez, who won the nomination. She made history becoming the first woman and first Hispanic to win the Party’s nomination in a State’s Attorney’s race. She will face Tony Peraica in the general election. Peraica ran unopposed on the Republican ticket.

Alvarez’s closest challenger, Ald. Tom Allen (38th), came in second with 130,335 votes and Cook County Commissioner

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Howard Brookins

Larry Suffredin (13th) trailed Brookins with 109,637 votes, according to the official totals made available on the County’s Board of Elections website. First Assistant State’s Attorney Robert Milan, who was endorsed by the retiring Dick Devine and defense attorney Tommy Brewer, finished with 27,311 and 21,126 votes, respectively.

Brookins entered the race as the frontrunner because of the strong support in the African American community. But none of the major newspapers endorsed him and his challengers brought up the fact he once had to be brought into child support court because of a money dispute with the mother of a child he fathered. Al(Continued on page 3)

NEWS Dorothy Brown’s staff wears red to raise awareness about Heart Disease in Women

GAIL LUTZ (center), Chief of Staff and Executive Clerk of Public Policy and Human Resources for the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, is joined by Clerk’s Office staff who wore red to work on February 1, in honor of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) National Wear Red Day. Wear Red Day is a component of ‘Go Red for Women’, the AHA’s national campaign to raise awareness of heart disease in women and encourage women to control their heart health.

The Honorable Dorothy Brown, Clerk of the Circuit Court, and her staff joined companies across the nation in support of the American Heart Association’s (AHA) National Wear Red Day on Friday, February 1st,

to increase awareness of the number one killer of women: heart disease.

“Clerk’s Office employees and I are always eager to participate in the ‘Go Red for Women’ campaign to encourage women to

lead healthier lives and seek measures that prevent heart disease,” said Clerk Brown. “We are learning more and more about how women’s health needs change over time, and that is why it is important for women to start ear-

The complexities of our American society have created enormous strains on American citizens. Regardless of what the experts say, America is in need of a healing.

This cannot be a band-aid approach. In this young nation of ours, just over 200 year, the moral compass finds itself still pointing in the wrong direction. The remedy is moral penicillin that is sorely needed to be injected into the psyche of this nation. We have an opportunity as citizens to individually and collectively change the moral order of America in this upcoming fall presidential election.

Dr. Martin Luther King once wrote a sermon entitled, “A Knock at Midnight,” where he described that it was midnight in the moral, social, psychological, and spiritual psyche of his current generation. This generation has been given an opportunity to heal itself. I challenge us all to inject ourselves with the penicillin of a new hope, faith, and love, realizing that God is able to conquer the evil’s of history, and His control is never usurped.

It’s time to heal ourselves, our homes, and our communities. All of us must move beyond our own selfishness. The election of a Barack Obama for President gives us an opportunity for the voices of the masses to be heard regardless of race, color, or gender. If you’ve

ever been sick before, sick to the point that you were so weak you didn’t know whether you were going to live or die, and the doctor prescribed the proper medication and within a period of time you felt stronger and vibrant again, then the election of Barack Obama is the medication that this country has long needed. This does not mean that all of our problems will go away, but we as American citizens have an opportunity to be heard, and the remedies can be applied to the pressing issues that face us as a nation.

There are those in this nation who benefit from the sickness that goes on in our nation. When our institutions are not performing to the best of their abilities for the American people, there are those who govern this nation and say, “All that is needed is a band-aid approach.” That is malpractice to the highest degree. In closing, this message is written to encourage this generation to seek a higher ground of understanding. And for a season, let us put our differences aside and begin the process of healing ourselves and this nation. The poet James Russell Lowell was right when he wrote,

watch above His own.”

People are crying and want to emerge from the dark hours of life. People are in pain, and you and I have an opportunity to be that healing agent that is sorely needed in a sometimes-sick world.

The problems of America are overwhelming its people, and the words of Paul Lawrence Dunbar emerge,

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ly in identifying risk factors and heart-healthy goals.”

National Wear Red Day is part of “Go Red for Women,” the American Heart Association’s national campaign to raise aware-

Time to Heal a Nation

“Truth forever on the scaffold, wrong forever on the throne, yet that scaffold sways the future, and behind the dim unknown standeth God within the shadow, keeping

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“A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in, a minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A point of joy to a peck of trouble and never a laugh but the moans come double, and that’s life.”

The problems are weighty that we face today, but I just believe that there is a great power in this universe whose name is God, and

ness of heart disease in women.

The campaign provides information on exercise, healthy food consumption and risk reduction, including blood pressure control, blood cholesterol management and weight maintenance.

He is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into brighter tomorrows. Let the healing process begin in you and I today.

Rev. Anthony W. Williams, President of the National Clergy and Laity Network e-mail: revawms@comcast.net

Frontrunner still unclear in Clinton/Obama race him to stay in Chicago an extra day, but he didn’t seem to mind.

He was on his way back to D.C. for an important vote in the Senate and would also meet with voters in the District as he gets back to campaigning. Before leaving he urged his supporters to continue the fight.

“Not only did we play to a draw — we won more delegates, we won more states,” Obama said.

“We are in a fierce competition and we have many more rounds to fight.”

With at least another month and a half worth of primaries around the country, Obama said he hopes to have the nomination wrapped up by the time the Democratic Convention takes place.

The Clinton campaign said it

(Continued from page 1) was crunching its delegate numbers but was not sure it was correct that Obama had received more delegates than Clinton.

Their candidate believes in the end she will be the nominee.

While Obama won more states on Super Tuesday, it was Clinton who won large states like California and New York. Her supporters believe that will be the difference in the race, but acknowledged that at this point there is no telling who is going to win.

Obama recognizes that he is still the underdog in the race. He won’t deny that Clinton has more political experience than he does, but he doesn’t believe that should be the only factor in the race. He also said having former President Bill Clinton and older Black politicians supporting Clinton in

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the early on has made his road a bit tougher.

“Sen. Clinton remains the favorite because of the enormous familiarity people have with her and the institutional support and the political insiders who lined up early behind her candidacy before they had a sense of how strong I might be,” Obama said.

On the Republican side, John McCain declared himself the frontrunner after his impressive wins on Super Tuesday. The Senator from Arizona and former prisoner of war has had a surge in recent weeks after many left him for dead after the Iowa caucus.

McCain has twice as many delegates as Romney with Huckabee just behind him.

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NEWS

Black Consumer Report Boosts Power of the Black Press

By Hazel Trice Edney NNPA Editor-in-Chief LAS VEGAS (NNPA) – Black consumers, with an annual worth of nearly $750 billion in buying power, are disrespected on a daily basis by merchants across the nation.

Now, Black-owned newspapers - which regularly endure discrimination in ad sales and publish weekly news stories of racial profiling, false accusations and disparate arrests of customers in retail stores, shops and businesses have a new tool by which to empower those local and national reports of injustices by disclosing the worth of African-American consumers.

“Every time you do a story about a grocer who disrespected a customer and that customer calls and says, ‘They do this stuff all the time…And that customer calls and says, ‘I want you to write them up because I’m going to sue them,’ when you do the story, just put in, ‘According to Target Market News, Black Households in Philadelphia [for example] spent $25 million on tires, on gasoline, on groceries,” says Ken Smikle, president of Target Market News, which annually releases “The Buying Power of Black America.”

Smikle encouraged Black publishers convening in Las Vegas last week, “Put the number in there so that people will get a sense of their value and their power. Nobody else is going to do this. And if you do it, I guarantee you that you will have power unimagined.”

The meeting room at the glitzy Luxor Hotel, packed with member publishers of the National Newspaper Publishers Associa-

tion(NNPA), the Black Press of America, responded with excitement, some ordering two of the reports for sales and editorial departments. ''This data will help you to improve your bottom line,'' NNPA Chairman John B. Smith Sr., told the publishers. ''And for those of you who are already doing well, it will show us how to do even better collectively.''

Among the figures in the report – which lists incomes as well as expenditures: Total earned income among African-Americans has risen from $719 billion in 2005 to $744.1 billion in 2006, a 3.5 percent increase. It also shows a nearly 90 percent increase in earned income among AfricanAmericans over the past decade, from $392 billion in 1997.

It also reports that AfricanAmericans spend $3.5 billion on consumer electronics a year, among the highest level of expenditures. That includes $1 billion on TVS, VCRs and related equipment.

The figures also show Black women spending $143 million on shoes annually while men spend $139 million. They spend even more for their children, the report shows - $251 million for girls footwear and $269 million for boys.

Parents in the audience, including Washington Informer publisher Denise Rolark Barnes, who has two sons, concluded that the purchase of pricey athletic shoes might account for the higher dollar amount spent on boys footwear.

“Every shoe manufacturer in the world, from Nike to Florsheim, should be doing business with us,” Smikle says.

The report, available for order

at www.targetmarketnews.com, lists annual purchases of everything from wigs and hair care products to groceries and condiments.

A former editor with the New York Amsterdam News, Smikle drew chuckles from the audience when he said he considers himself to be “an honorary member” of the NNPA. He articulated the tribulations of the Black Press.

“Give yourself some power by giving your readers their power,” he says.

Smikle says the report, which gives both local and national configurations of Black buying power, is also a powerful tool for advertising sales for the Black Press, which is often a target of discrimination by local merchants and major corporations.

“It really would be nice if Black

newspaper sales folks were the ones to come in to say, ‘I’ve got something new for you that nobody else has,’” Smikle told the group.

Using the Barack Obama presidential campaign as an example of the energy that could come about with new information, he said, “It’s time for us to energize our base...We must engage this country in a conversation.”

Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley joins U.S. Department of Housing in Urban Development Secretary Alfonso Jackson, Ald. Walter Burnett (27th Ward), city officials and community leaders to announce a $49 million federal grant that will help the City move toward its goal of endi n g h om e l e s s n e s s . T h e a a n n o u n c e m e n t o f t h e g r a n t w a s m a de a t M a r g o a n d H a r ol d S c h i ff Residences. Mercy Housing Lakefront, which developed the Schiff residences, will receive $4.2 million for two years, all of which will be spent on programs to help the chronically homeless, including the development of a new SRO in the Englewood community. (Photo by Antonio Dickey, City of Chicago)

Brookins loses bid in State’s Attorney’s race though the situation was quickly resolved, Alvarez and others implied that Brookins would be soft on enforcing the state’s child support laws.

Brookins wasn’t moved by the negative campaigning and focused more on righting the wrongs of a State’s Attorney’s office that has allowed dozens of innocent African American men to be wrongly convicted for years.

“I want to thank each and every one of my supporters for backing me and being out there in the cold, rain and snow, on our continued quest for justice,” Brookins told his supporters at the Parkway Ballroom on 44th The Chicago Crusader

and King Drive Tuesday night.

“We put up a good fight and came up just short.”

Brookins said the negative campaigning along with limited resources had an effect on his campaign. He continues to stress the need for justice to be served equally and fairly throughout the county. He mentioned that one walk through the Cook County jail will show people who is mostly to be held in the facility. He said many of the county’s inmates are people who aren’t violent, but people who can’t post bond in some cases as little as a thousand dollars.

Alvarez, 48, said the win is over-

(Continued from page 1) whelming and she feels it’s a dream coming true. She still has to get past Peraica in the November general election, but she saidit is her passion for the job and this is not just being another political step is what she believes voters agree with most.

“This is a job that I love. This is a job I have a passion for,” she said. “And I also like the fact that this could be history in the making.”

In the end many political experts believe it was Alvarez’s 20 plus years in the office that put her over the top. She was one of the prosecutors on one of the most notorious crimes in Chicago, the raping of a young girl who was referred to as “Girl X.” The

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child was raped, choked and poisoned with roach spray.

Alvarez said she is committed to helping victims of crime get the justice they deserve no matter the race of the defendant. She said she also committed to prosecuting police officers, politicians and others in positions of power who may commit a crime. Her opponents attempted to categorize her as a status quo candidate with ties to much of what was wrong with the State’s Attorney’s office over the last 20 years.

In other races of interest, Eugene “Gene” Moore defended his position as Cook County Recorder of Deeds against the attempt of Ald. Ed Smith (D-24th ward) to unseat him; Bobby Rush

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(D-1st) defeated William Walls III in his congressional race. In the 26th State Representative District where there were five candidates vying for the right to represent the Democratic Party William D. “Will” Burns beat out Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s choice, Kenny Johnson by more than 5 percentage points. Incumbent Elga Jeffries lost to all candidates having received only 11.92% of 27,269 votes cast on Super Tuesday. Jeffries had stood in the face of adversity when she voted on behalf of her constituents against the ComEd rate hike in the Fall of 2007. Other winners included Jesse Jackson Jr., (D-2nd) and Danny Davis (8th) and U.S. Senator Dick Durbin.

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OPINION

EDITORIAL SUPER DUPER DREAM TEAM These are exciting times. That great sporting event Super Bowl Sunday 2008 just captured the imaginations of a lot of Americans. Following closely on the heels of that great sporting event is another one, only the stakes in this game are much higher. As Americans wield their voting power, the results will ultimately determine the quality of life for many people in this country for years to come. Just look at how things have changed during the past eight years – the poor have certainly gotten poorer and the wealthy fat cats are reaping bonanzas from tax breaks that are favoring them.

As we have pointed out in past editorials, this is an historic election. The buzzword is change, and with the Democratic candidates being Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, whoever gets the nomination will certainly be a first for America. The Democrats have an opportunity to nominate the first African American or the first woman.

Both candidates are smart, and they certainly couldn’t be less astute than the current head of state.

Upon closer examination, though both candidates would represent a change in direction for America, a Barack Obama nomination would represent even greater change. After all, if you think about it, the same two families have dominated politics in America for the last twenty years. First, we had George H.W. Bush, who served one term before losing to William Jefferson Clinton. After eight years of President Clinton, we ended up with George W. Bush, who is currently in his eighth year at the helm of the country. The Clinton and Bush families, therefore, have been the big names in American politics for a solid two decades. If we consider the fact that George H.W. Bush served as vice president under Ronald Reagan, the years stretch even further back. It is almost as though America has slipped into a quasi-monarchial state. So when Hillary Clinton talks about change, it would probably be more symbolic than substantive.

A Barack Obama candidacy, on the other hand, if successful, would represent a real departure from the status quo. A win on his part would represent a maturing of America, and would send a signal to the shadow monarchy that the American people want something different, something new. It would be a huge change.

Whatever the case, the American people stand to win or lose depending upon the outcome of the 2008 presidential election.

Ideally, if this were a perfect world, and if the candidates were really for the country and not for themselves, the Democratic candidates would unify in order to guarantee a win. We must remember that there is no guarantee that the Democrats will win, because America still has a very strong Republican constituency. The Dream Team, therefore, if egos could be pushed aside, would be an Obama/Clinton or a Clinton/Obama ticket, depending upon who wins the Democratic nomination for president. That would almost guarantee a Democratic victory and would be the harbinger of real change. Now think on that!

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Give a shoe box gift Dear Editor: Thanks to the generosity of our neighbors in Chicago, many children around the world have something to smile about. Operation Christmas Child, the world’s largest Christmas project, collected 18,884 gift-filled shoe boxes from local residents during last year’s collection season.

These gifts from right here in our community are now on their way to children who are hurting around the world.

With the donations of shoe box gifts from churches, individuals, businesses, and community groups, Operation Christmas Child will be able to hand-deliver over 7.6 million gifts to children in more than 100 countries.

Many of these distributions are taking place right now. On behalf of our community, I would like to thank all the local collection sites for providing locations for collecting the gifts and all the volunteers who served with this amazing project for children.

To everyone in the Chicago area who packed a shoe box gift, please be encouraged by the fact that these simple gifts will serve as powerful messages of joy and hope to needy children around

the world. Thank you for joining our community in this amazing outreach, and for giving to others at Christmas.

Though the Chicago drop-off locations are closed until November 2008, it is not too late to send gifts to children overseas. Gifts are received year-round at Samaritan’s Purse, 801 Bamboo Road, Boone, N.C., 28607. For information on packing a shoe box, go online to www.samaritanspurse.org or call 1-800-353-5949.

Thanks again to everyone who participated in the project. We look forward to seeing you next year!

ing raped more than others.

Blacks are homeless more than others. Blacks are in DCFS homes more than others. Blacks are losing their homes more than others. Black children are in jail for life more than others. Now you can see why we cannot wait.

We must change these conditions in 2008. Blacks are getting less justice in changing theses conditions write to the United (Continued on page 6)

Sincerely, Beth Armes Regional Director Operation Christmas Child

Conditions In 2008

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Dear Editor: This is why we cannot wait. We must get it straight. This is what is happening to Black in America in 2008. Blacks are sick with Aids, Cancer and other diseases more than others. Blacks are being killed more than others.

Blacks are unemployed more than others. Blacks are dying faster than others. Blacks are be-

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BEYOND THE RHETORIC

Katrina Judge to Victims: Get a Better President!

By Harry C. Alford NNPA Columnist It all seemed pretty simple. It was evident to all that the US Army Corps of Engineers had practiced malfeasance in the stewardship of levees in Mississippi and Louisiana.

Harry C. Alford They had done it since its beginning in 1928 and up to the roar of Katrina they had neglected their duties in establishing and updating a levy system that would withstand the harshest hurricanes and floods.

So there they were, this team of litigators representing over 489,000 Katrina victims in a class action lawsuit against the federal government and its Corps of Engineers division.

The judge was sympathetic.

Clearly, he stated, the federal government neglected its duty and was at fault. Millions of people suffered because of the malfeasance.

However, he went on, the law as it was written in 1928 exempts them (federal government, Corps of Engineers, etc.) from damages and the plaintiffs cannot be awarded a penny. That’s the way it goes. If you want to improve this condition you need to elect a President who will order his administration to conduct itself in a responsible manner and adequately protect its citizens.

This doesn’t shock me. It is the same legal reasoning when it comes to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It is the duty of the U.S. Attorney General to enforce this law. Any discrimination in the business practices of a federal agency or an entity receiving federal funding or benefiting from federal regulation must be dealt with by the US Attorney General’s office.

A citizen or a collective group cannot sue to enforce it. If you don’t like what the Attorney General is doing then you need to replace him. The logical way to do that is have our President fire him or we fire the President through the electoral process.

Thus, we have a harsh reality.

We must get totally involved in the political process if we are to hold the federal government accountable. The only big chance we get comes every four years and we need to prepare for it in a very open and complete way. As we elect a president and he assembles his administration we must be certain that we have very competent people working in that administration and the President himself must have the strength and commitment to enforce all civil rights laws and to ensure that the people are protected.

So far in this upcoming presidential election has anyone brought up the enforcement of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act or the mandate that the US Army Corps of Engineers must become accountable and ensure excellence in their duty? We overlook it and let them off the “hook”.

It reminds me of when the state of California was shutting down

their minority business programs during the 1990’s even those that were receiving federal money. We asked the Clinton Administration to step in and force them to reopen the diversity programs for highway construction. They sent their boy out there to face Caltrans and make them back down.

As a Los Angeles Times reporter informed me, it was very embarrassing to see a federal official get verbally whipped by a state official who conditionally receives federal money. In the end it was apparent. We did not have a President who had the resolve to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and Californians of color have been suffering ever since. I guess Clinton said to himself so what, they still love me. Yes, the poor coloreds do.

Until we and all Americans get the resolve to hold a President accountable to all the people, we will have more Katrina disasters.

There will be more wholesale and illegal discrimination by state and local governments.

Our population will not be proportional to our share of the economy. Mandated services afforded to the general public will continue to miss our neighborhoods. We won’t get healthcare

and decent educational opportunities for our children. Corrupt police and lazy stewards of our environment will be allowed to continue their existence.

If you have noticed, not one question has asked how any of the current candidates will prevent another Katrina disaster. They don’t have a clue and will never be able to prevent it until we demand that they start considering.

Why can’t we begin to demand resolutions and accountability during this election cycle? Let’s make a great president by writing the “script” right now. We should not stop until we find one who can do the job. Something tells me that we might just have such a person. But it won’t happen unless we create the job description up front.

“This is what must be done!!

Can you do it? How? We will be watching you every step of the way. If you fail, you must go on the next round. We won’t stop until we get the right one.” Until then, it’s business as usual.

H ar ry Alfor d is the co fo under, P resident/CEO o f the N a t i o n a l B l a ck C h a m b e r o f C o m m e r c e . W e b s i t e : www .n a tionalbcc.org.

‘It Really Hit Home...When I Began to Lose Some Close Friends’ very personal and we must all take responsibility. We do it in different ways at different times, but we must all do our parts.

Early on in my writing career, if a charity or AIDS service organization asked, I would appear, and not charge a fee or charge a reduced fee. I do that kind of thing less now, though, because I don’t want to appear as an expert or present myself as an expert.

I meet young guys who have been affected, but they don’t seem to realize the severity of being infected or living with the disease…or how easy it would have been to prevent it. Because treatment does make it more like other less serious chronic diseases, they think having AIDS is like having diabetes or something …and it’s not that way. I remem-

By E. Lynn Harris NNPA Special Commentary In the late 1980s, while I was living in New York, there were rumors about people being ill, people saying they were not ill, people dying suddenly. AIDS was considered the “gay disease.”

Then we heard other people had it, then we would hear the terrible stories about what [sicknesses] people got who had it.

It really hit home in the early 1990s when I began to lose some close friends. It spurred me to write, not knowing what else to do.

I admit I’m a very squeamish person, and I didn’t like being around illness. I didn’t feel like I could be around someone who was very sick. It scared me, and I didn’t know what to do. So, I would write letters to my friends who were ill. Still, I couldn’t let them pass away without them knowing how I felt about them.

So I wrote. That’s what I could do.

One of those friends told me I had a gift and made me look at what I could do with my writing.

I eventually went to see the friend and the whole experience made me grow up. I saw illness and dying—and actually life itThe Chicago Crusader

E. Lynn Harris self—wasn’t like I thought it was. something called AIDS. It soon Spending time with him—and became apparent that that wasn’t with other friends—took the fo- going to happen. In my novels, it is very important to carry the cus off me.

When I was writing my early message. I don’t want AIDS to novels, I hoped that I would live become something people are to write when there was no longer tired of talking about. It is very, BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN COMMUNITY

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ber how hard it hit me when I read in a national newspaper for the first time that one of the fastest growing groups of people with HIV are urban Black youth.

Somehow we’re not getting the message to young people.

I hope through my writing I can help make people more sympathetic, more aware. They can see examples—good and bad—that my characters set. I hope they can especially learn from the good examples of my characters, when they help each other. Maybe people will read about them and do some of those ‘giving things.’

E. Lynn Harris is a best selling author. His books include “I Say a Little Prayer”; “Abide With Me” and, ‘’Invisible Life.”

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COMMENTARY

Worrill’s World

Critical Commentary

DR. WOODSON AND AFRICAN CENTERED EDUCATION

Bible Info II

By Maurice A. Clayton

By Dr. Conrad W. Worrill

(Dr. Conrad Wo rrill is t he National Chairman of the Nat i o na l B l a c k U n i t e d F r o n t (NB UF) locate d at 1809 East 7 1 s t S t r e e t , C h i c a g o , I l l i no i s , 606 49, 7 73- 493 -0 900 , F a x # 773 -49 3- 981 9, E -ma i l : n b uf c h i c @ sb c g l o b a l . n e t , W e b s it e : nbufront.org) Part of our repair in the Reparations Movement is to correct blatant white supremacy distortions of history— Case in point: Egypt Belongs To Africa!

Dr. Conrad Worrill Up until recent years, there had been a scholarly debate among European intellectuals, joined by some Blacks, on what they referred to as the peopling of ancient Egypt.

What this question really posed was, “Who were the ancient Egyptians?” Were they Black, white, or mulatto, etc?

This issue has been at the core of European history or better yet European historiography (the science of how history is written) for more than two hundred years. This framework of European hegemony over the history of the world has had a devastating impact on African people and on the African mind.

It is in this context that we understand the intellectual devastation of the European conceptualization of the world order. We should understand this in relation to our movement for an African Centered Education and our Reparations Movement that are aimed at helping our people come out from beneath this European intellectual assault and educate and repair ourselves.

Let me use renowned African deep thinker and scholar, Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers, to help clarify this 6

subject by revisiting a paper he wrote entitled, “Race of Ancient Egyptians.” This paper gives us the insights we need to understand this dilemma.

Dr. Carruthers observed that, “The doctrine of white supremacy was launched by philosophers like David Hume who asserted in 1749, ‘I am apt to suspect the Negroes to be naturally inferior to the whites.’ This position was expressed in a different context by Montesquieu about the same time.”

We are guided by Dr. Carruthers when he explains, “In the Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu asserted, ‘it is impossible for us to suppose these creatures to be men, because allowing them to be men, a suspicion would follow that we ourselves are not Christians.’ Montesquieu was justifying the enslavement of Africans which was one of the major reasons for inventing the doctrine of white supremacy.”

Upon further examination, Dr. Carruthers reveals— “Obviously the emerging doctrine could not gain credibility among those who were familiar with the traditional wisdom among Europeans that the ancient Africans of Egypt had achieved a very high level of civilization and had transmitted to the ancient Greeks many of the major ideas considered a part of Greek civilization.”

Dr. Carruthers explains, “Several decades after the founding of the concept of white supremacy George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel supplied the solution of this latter difficulty when at the beginning of the 19th century, he asserted that Africa was ‘not a historical part of the world.’”

Finally, Dr. Carruthers quotes Hegel to demonstrate the ultimate in European intellectual arrogance— Hegel stated, “Historical movement in it— that is in its northern part— belongs to the Asiatic or European world… Egypt will be considered in reference to its western phase, but it does not belong to the African spirit.”

Through this conceptualization Dr. Carruthers reveals, “Thus, Hegel took Egypt out of Africa and Africans out of Egypt. He also removed Africans from history.”

As an outgrowth of this kind of thinking by European scholars, the field of Egyptology began to emerge. Egyptology as a field of study is the creation of the European mentality, which seeks to

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gather evidence (artifacts and antiquities) that supports the idea of the European origin of civilization.

Egyptologist have literally attempted to remove Egypt from the geographical confines of Africa and reposited it within the geographical domain of Asia, in an area that is even now referred to as the “Middle East.” The removal of Egypt from Africa serves a twofold purpose.

First, it leads to the obvious idea that Egypt is not a part of Africa therefore its population could not have been Black. Secondly, it serves the purpose of implying that civilization did not begin with the Black race.

Fortunately, we have always had Black scholars among us who did not get trapped in the European conception of the world. It started with men like Hosea Easton, Henry Highland Garnett, and Dr. Martin R. Delany who “took the biblical myth of Ham and used it to establish Blacks as the authors of the great Nile Valley civilizations.”

Also, “They… used ancient European works such as Herodotus, Diodorus, and whatever modem works they could find. This tradition has been an honorable endeavor and has taught us much.” The old scrappers, according to Dr. Carruthers, “are still among us slugging it our as per our beloved Professor John G. Jackson.” Through the works of Senegalese scholar, Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop, Dr. Théophile Obenga, Dr. Yosef ben Jochannan, Chancellor Williams, and others, the origin of the ancient Egyptians should never, ever be a question for African people. This question has been resolved. We should be clear that ancient Egypt or Kemet (as the people who lived in this area called it. Kemet means the city or community of the Blacks) and the ancient Egyptians, or more properly, the Kemetic people were BLACK. Diop points out that Herodotus “after relating his eyewitness account informing us that the Egyptians were Blacks, then demonstrated, with rare honesty (for a Greek), that Greece borrowed from Egypt all elements of her civilization even the cult of gods, and that Egypt was the cradle of civilization.”

Our scholars, deep thinkers, and researchers should never again raise the question of who were the ancient Egyptians. This question has been resolved. Clearly the people of ancient Egypt / Kemet, were Black people!

I’m quite sure that all or most of you have looked into the Bible about some of the things I have written. Again I’m going to give you a hint about the book that is

Maurice A. Clayton called HOLY. The first thing you must do is find out who and when the good book came into being. Though it is understood that it was inspired by GOD and the jest of it eventually directed towards man’s destiny. If you look closely, very closely you’ll see the horns of the devil in the beginning all the way to the revelations that tells us about the end times and even in the beginning you will read about the fallen angel called Lucifer . . . . Followed by those who gathered behind that Angel . . . who is an arc Angel who are a few. The direction of God’s love of his beings called

man thus causing the jealousy and the hatred and has been hell bent on destroying mankind.

Many a man has blamed the woes of man on that fallen angel who will never see the face of God again and it is man who should seek the face of God as their reward for directing his exisistance towards that goal of which the devil has lost.

I suggest that you seek out the origin of the Bible and how it was constituted and by who and when. The only clue I will give you is that it was in the year 312 AD and in the world where fragments scattered all over the Christian world and a single person though it would be meaningful that the writings of the Apostles acts and writing should be incorporated in that book along with the letters of the Apostles alone with other information that could be seen as meaningful. In the beginning of the birth of the bible there were only 50 copies initiated and put into the best text writing. All of the previous was done after the conference at Nicea where all of the members of the hierarchy agreed to the written word of the beginning of Christianity. There was no consistency about its beginnings, etc. etc. How go fourth and discover the truth about the Holy Book . . . all of the truth. A well quest for your vote. God will bless and guide at this cross roads in America. Vote.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR (Continued from page 4) American progress Association.

Sincerely, Dr. Webb Evans, President United American Progress Associatioin

Oh Hillary Dear Editor: Hillary Clinton has constructed this elaborate mask to cover up inappropriate conduct-her in the Travel Office debacle, for example, or the disappearance of her billing records from the Rose Law Firm (which will never be found).

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But often its primary purpose is to present an acceptable pretense for petty and spiteful conduct— or merely to make herself look more attractive and talented.

Many of her re-inventions are simply transparent attempts to make herself relevant, to evoke sympathy or admiration.

Whether hiding her misbehavior, or feeding her vanity, though, the ultimate function of the Hillary Brand, is twofold: to hide who is, and to project what she isn’t. (The above is from the book, “Rewriting History”), by Dick Morris. A two-decade adviser to both Clintons. Too bad they never had the brains to listen to the man.

Sincerely, Richard Witherspoon Rockport, AR. The Chicago Crusader

THE CHATTERBOX

By Ima Gontellit Dis claimer: Th e follow ing column i s a g o s si p c o l u m n . W e a sk t h a t items contained herein be judged by individuals that read it as s uch and not as documented facts gathered by the newsgathering personnel of this publication. All sources submitting i t e m s t o T H E C H A T T E R B O X ar e confidential.

To all Ima’s faithful readers who honestly believe that your elected officials make every decision with your best interest in mind, please skip this page and go read Maurice Clayton’s column on the other page. Ima’s looking out for your best interest and she don’t want to hurt no feelings. You’re still starryeyed and idealistic. You may not want to hear what Ima got to say about what happened this past Tuesday. So clip this page out and put it up under your mattress along with that secret insurance policy you took out on your husband ten years ago but he ain’t died yet. This is part one of stuff I just got to get off my chest. Here goes: ERECTION UPDATE

A whole slew of old, bloated politicians didn’t need no Viagara Tuesday night after watching the election returns come in. Ima was sure they were so happy they were up all night. Everybody from Jesse White to Emil Jones and Mike Madigan were skinning and grinning after having their candidates run and win various seats around the state. The biggest upset was the little midget, Will Burns, beating a bigger midget, Kenny Johnson, in a controversial race for the seat formerly held by the late, great Lou Jones. Congressman Junior backed his former staff member and party promoter, Johnson, while Jones backed Obama’s former staff member and vertically challenged Burns. More money was pumped in that district than either one of those guys would have ever stood to earn in ten years. The people’s candidate, Phil Jackson and long-time district workhorse Elga Jefferies were blown out of the race. Nobody thought Phil Chada had a chance, given it was rumored he was actually put in the race by Jones to be a stalking horse. All Ima wants to know is how Eddie Read plans to spend the half a million dollars he allegedly got from Jones and them to renege on helping Elga to help Burns? Another question, so now that Madigan is openly backing Black folk again—making him the ultimate King Maker over Jones,, it stands to wonder which one of them hogs got the biggest cahones? When Emil put a rival up against Monique, she ran to Marse Madigan and begged him to keep them yanks away from her The Chicago Crusader

district. This is so sad.

-ImaWHO IS SURPRISED?

Well, our dummy lost the State’s Attorney’s race. Ima is actually breathing a sigh of relief, given folks had been telling me all this time that Brookins’ entire campaign was a sham operation.

Some say the boy was put in the race by ole’ Marse Daley himself to siphon off the Black vote. Is this how a no-name Hispanic woman with a very unpleasant face emerged as the Democratic nominee for Cook County State’s Attorney? I mean she was Devine’s candidate. And given, that office has a responsibility to investigate the 5th floor and everybody else in the town, are you surprised that a deal could have been made to keep a Daleyite in that seat? You know Brookins’ campaign started in his daddy’s funeral home. Isn’t that the perfect setting for a dead campaign? My question is, again, what did Madigan have to do with it and why would he send his top aide to be Brookins’ campaign manager? You folk know this is still Illinois and in this state and in this town we got some strange politics. Why would an alderman who fought so hard to keep his seat just a year ago, turn around and run for a county-wide office knowing he didn’t have the money or infrastructure in the first place?

Why would an alderman who is working on all this economic development—to the point where his own wife (who aint that easy on the eyes either) has major real estate deals pending—-give that up to run a losing campaing?

Where did Brookins’ campaign?

Did you see any TV ads? Radio ads? Anything other than those goofy emails showing him standing on a CTA Train platform looking for loose change? It was a sham yah’ll—but Ima didn’t want to burst yah’ll’s bubble before election day. Now that it’s over, you think Brookins going to Hawaii or Miami with the money?

still cutting those deals today? He and he alone tells his chattle who can come and go on the plantation. That’s why you all should take off your wigs and loosen up your girdles and cheer out loud that Eugene Moore stayed true to his runaway slave heritage and kept that house Negro named Ed Smith away from the Recorder of Deeds office. Daley sicked Smith on Moore—but Moore had a secret weapon. If Ima told you what it was, it wouldn’t be no secret, now would it?

-ImaKISS & MAKE UP

I wonder if Ken Dunkin will stop harassing the Colossal Woman now that he lost the 3rd Ward committeeman’s race? That was one nasty fight, with folk talking all up under Pat Dowell’s dress. Dunkin should have known he wouldn’t win the minute he lined up with Dorothy Tillman.

Tillman, who supposedly ran around the ward endorsing Dunkin, is the new kiss of death on the Black political scene. It’s a shame too—because Tillman used to be the man, I mean woman, in terms of Black agitation politics in the town. Then she went up on that 5th floor and kissed that ring and that was the end of her. But back to Dunkin and Dowell, which sounds like a good name for a law firm: These two cozy politicos should kiss and make up

because it’s not going to be nice with them two undermining each other every chance they get. If it’s about money, Pat gone give Dunkin his portion so he can stop this mess. He’s so silly.

hairline.

URBAN JUDGE WINS

-Ima-

Big ups to my nizzle fo shizzle Judge Hyman. You be on it like Weezy be on Baby. Know what I mean? See what I’m saying? Gator interpret that for him, please.

ELFIN MAGIC WORKS

-Ima-

The American Elf, otherwise known as Sandi Jackson, beat William Beavers like he stole something in the 7th Ward committeeman’s race. While many people are laughing and jumping for joy that her husband’s kingmaking activities hit a speed bump with the defeat of two high-profile candidates he backed in this past election, a few folk are just glad to get rid of Beavers, Sr. Love him or hate him, he is the hog with the big dangly thangs. Since he’s lost that committeeman influence, now he can focus all his attention on keeping his hand rammed up Todd Stroger’s ut oh! ....

OBAMA

-ImaWEST SIDE MESS

Ricky Hendon found out he wasn’t going to be indicted and suddenly he decided to start speaking up again. He then ran a bunch of folk against some good folk on the West Side—and LOST. Ricky, stop it please—-and see what you can do with that

The skinny kid with the big ears won fourteen states and its Black History Month too! Now if he make Lou Gossett Jr. his running mate, I’ll be a happy woman. Ima voted in six of them. You should have seen them Negroes in the celebration party at the Hyatt—specially those preachers, who stood around all bug-eyed trying to get in pictures with somebody. Ima don’t think Obama even know half their names. Now, again, if you keep reading this far, close your eyes while I say this: Look, if Obama wins the White House, don’t commit suicide when no pot of gold suddenly winds up on your door step. There will be no miracle cure to Black problems in this country if this boy win. Won’t happen if either one of them wins—including Billary. You Black folk ain’t learned nothing in 200 years. You do not know how to leverage our political power.

You just give it up. You are an emotional people. You will get (Continued on page 16)

-ImaWAKE UP CALL

Take this paper and roll it up and knock your own self upside the head. Do you realize that Richard Daley still got a lot of juice on saying who does and does not get elected in this town or county? I mean you do know that right?

And you do know that the Negroes who cut back room deals with him in the past—including one U.S. representative whom Ima won’t name, but you can figure it out because he ain’t got a deep voice and he’s not short—are

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR BLACK HISTORY MONTH AT UIC: The University of Illinois at Chicago marks Black History Month with events and activities designed to commemorate the historical accomplishments and contributions of Africans and AfricanAmericans. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted; where needed, tickets are sold 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Monday - Friday at the first floor service center, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street, and the first floor information center, Student Center West, 828 S.Wolcott Ave. Cash, MasterCard and Visa are accepted. On Saturday, February 9, Divine Times: Step Show & Fashion Show, will be held from 7 pm - 9 pm in the Illinois Room, Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted St. For more information, call 312- 413-5070 or contact Brian Flood, 312- 996-7681, bflood@uic.edu.

ORLAND PARK LOCATION: Author Toby Barlow will be featured at Borders Book Store in Orland Park On Saturday, February 9, at 2 pm, 15260 S. LaGrange Rd., Orland Park, IL. There will be a discussion and signing of his sexy debut (graphic) novel, “Sharp Teeth” “A gut-wrenching, sexy debut.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review). “A sexy, dark and (well, yes) biting story told by a wizard of sleight of hand.” —Gregory Maguire, author of “Wicked.” An ancient race of lycanthropes has survived to the present day, and its numbers are growing as the initiated convince L.A.’s down and out to join their pack. Paying no heed to moons, full or otherwise, they change from human to canine at will—and they’re bent on domination at any cost. “Blending dark humor and epic themes with cardplaying dogs, crystal meth labs, surfing, and carne asada tacos, ‘Sharp Teeth’ captures the pace and feel of a graphic novel while remaining as ambitious as any literary novel, because underneath all that fur, it’s about identity, community, love, death, and all the things we want our books to be about”—Nick Hornby. For further information, please call 708460-7566.

“SUNDAY SALON SERIES” OF FREE MUSIC AND PERFORMANCE CONTINUES IN 2008 AT CHICAGO CULTURAL CENTER: The Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs continues its Sunday Salon Series of innovative music and performance programs in Spring 2008. The series is one of the most popular at the Chicago Cultural Center and regularly draws capacity crowds.

The weekly series, which began in 2000, showcases a wide variety of classical music by local, national 8

and internationally based classical artists. Most performances, unless otherwise noted, are held on Sundays at 3 pm in Preston Bradley Hall at the Chicago Cultural Center, 78 East Washington Street.

On Sunday, February 10, the Classical Symphony Orchestra and conductor Joseph Glymph perform an evocative program of luscious symphonic music featuring Brahms’ Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73, Britten’s Four Sea Interludes from the opera Peter Grimes, and Respighi’s Fountains of Rome. Admission is free. For more information about the Sunday Salon Series, please call the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs at 312-744-6630 or visit www.cityofchicago.org/CulturalAf fairs/.

LANGUAGE ARTS AT THE HYDE PARK ART CENTER: On Sunday, February 10, the Hyde Park Art Center presents a new exhibition: Language Arts.

The exhibition features new work made in collaboration among teaching artist Suzanne Sebold-Suso, preschool students, and their parents in the Art Center’s Discover Art class, focusing on the words “peace,” “love,” and “understanding.” Admission is free. For gallery hours or more information, call 773-324-5520 or visit hydeparkart.org. The Hyde Park Art Center is located at 5020 S. Cornell Avenue in Chicago.

HEART & SOUL: On Tuesday, February 12th, from 4 pm – 8 pm, join Northwest Community Hospital, Whole Foods Market, the Chicago, Botanic Garden and Second City for Heart & Soul.

This is a free community health fair designed to care for your heart and nourish your soul at Arlington Park Race Track. Stop by for free screenings by NCH clinicians to assess your heart health. Whole Foods Market will host cooking demonstrations, tastings and heart-healthy recipes. Enjoy a comedy workshop with Second City, explore flower therapy with the Chicago Botanic Garden and so much more for the entire family!

For complete details please check out www.nch.org/heartandsoul/index.shtml > Admission is Complimentary.

BLACK HISTORY MONTH YOUTH ESSAY WRITING CONTESTS: These youth essay writing contests are scheduled for Fridays, February 15 and 29, 4 pm, at Jackson Park, 6401 S. Stony Island. The contests are for ages 12 & under, and admission is free.

Jackson Park offers two contests: “President Lincoln Essay Contest” February 15 where children write about President Lincoln’s accomplishments and “Who Am I?” on

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February 29 that challenges children to research notable AfricanAmericans. When presenting their essays, each child will state facts and offer clues about who their subject is. For more information, call 773-256-0903.

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PORARY DESIGN AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO: Figuration in Contemporary Design is an exhibit that is ongoing in Gallery 227 in the Art Institute of Chicago, located at Michigan and Adams in downtown Chicago. From tattooed and perforated surfaces to milled forms,

the recent movement toward using figurative characteristics in the design arts is redefining the parameters of contemporary beauty in design. This innovative exhibition and the accompanied catalogue maps the evolution of this figuratively aesthetic modern movement (Continued on page16)

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EDUCATION

State Rep. Annazette Collins addresses academic success Volunteers, community leaders teach career skills during Exelon’s seven-month Stay in School Mentoring Workshops State Rep. Annazette Collins (10th - District) addressed students on Saturday, January 26, from Austin, Bronzeville and Humboldt Park at the sevenmonth Exelon Stay in School Mentoring Workshops. She stressed the importance of education and graduation in launching future career opportunities for the students.

“Each and every one of these students has to think of themselves as a future leader and understand that education is the foundation for any success. Today, they are benefiting from the investments of Exelon, their volunteers, and well-respected community agencies that are helping them understand valuable career skills. Now, it’s up to the students to translate their knowledge into academic achievement. And I know they can do it,” said Rep. Collins.

Fidel Marquez, vice president of external affairs for Exelon’s ComEd subsidiary, applauded Rep. Collins for her leadership in the community and for taking the time to speak with the students about her personal experiences and commitment to education.

“Community leaders and role models like Rep. Collins give these students first-hand exposure to leaders from their communities who succeeded because of an unequivocal commitment to education,” said Marquez.

Approximately 55 students, Exelon employees and community agency professionals participated in the third session of the Exelon

Stay in School Mentoring Workshops program, designed to build business basics in networking, presentation and interviewing skills for the participating students. The program reflects a partnership between Exelon, United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, and three United Way community partners: B.U.I.L.D., Inc., Centers for New Horizons and Youth Guidance. At the completion of the program, five students will be selected for paid summer internships at Exelon, United Way, and the three community partners The workshop featured teambuilding exercises to highlight the importance of diversity in the workplace. A drawing also was held for tickets to local sporting and cultural events. During the program, Exelon supplies professional portfolios with notebooks and project planners to students so they can keep track of their progress and assignments.

The students all are current participants in Exelon-sponsored “Stay in School” programs at Frederick Douglass Academy (Austin), Wendell Phillips Academy (Bronzeville), Ames Elementary (Humboldt Park), Burr Elementary (Humboldt Park), Chopin Elementary (Humboldt Park/Garfield Park), Clemente High School (Humboldt Park), Jose De Diego Community Academy (Humboldt Park), Kelvyn Park (Humboldt Park), North-Grand High School (Humboldt Park/Hermosa), Orr Campus (Humboldt Park/Garfield-

STATE REP. ANNAZETTE COLLINS (right) joined local students on Saturday, January 26, for Exelon’s Stay in School Mentoring Workshop. Rep. Collins worked with the students on communi cating their personal strengths. Exelon hosts these monthly workshop sessi ons d esigned to prepare Chicago students for the workplace. (Photo by Richard Kotula) Park) and Wells Community Academy (Humboldt Park/West Town).

Stay in School Mentoring Workshops are an Exelon employee volunteer program designed to support Exelon’s Stay in School Initiative. Students from

at-risk communities who are participating in the Stay in School Initiative are given life lessons on how to stay on a successful track at their schools through tutoring and mentoring activities provided in their communities. Both programs underscore a focus on innovation in education.

Exelon received the prestigious Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership for its Stay in School Initiative during a December 2007 ceremony at the White House. It is the only Presidential Award recognizing companies for outstanding achievement in employee and community relations.

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Adler, ComEd challenge students to Shoot for the Moon with essay contest

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Eighth-graders learn about careers in space exploration, enter for chance to win a trip to Space Camp and other prizes.

ComEd and the Adler Planetarium recently announced the second annual Shoot for the Moon essay contest to expose eighth-graders to space exploration careers. The winner will receive a week-long trip to Space Camp in Alabama.

ComEd sponsors the Adler’s permanent exhibition, Shoot for the Moon, which features the Gemini 12 spacecraft and tells the thrilling stories of American space exploration. As an extension of the sponsorship, ComEd is encouraging eighth grade students throughout its service territory to consider the variety of jobs it takes to complete a space mission, and draft a 200word essay about how their lessons in science classes and everyday life would help them with a career in space exploration. NBC 5 Chicago is the media sponsor for Shoot for the Moon.

“At ComEd, we are passionate about math and science education for young people, and our longtime partnership with the Adler Planetarium has helped us fulfill that concern,” said Frank M. Clark, ComEd chairman and CEO and chairman of the board of trustees for the Adler Planetarium.

“Space exploration is embedded in the fabric of American culture, and the Shoot for the Moon essay contest is a great way to promote young people’s interest in science.”

Participants in the essay contest can win: Grand Prize: A six-day trip to Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala. this summer, paid for by ComEd; First Runner Up: Attendance at the Adler’s summer camp; Second Runner Up: A VIP party at the Adler for ten people.

The grand-prize winner and the two runners-up will win family memberships to the Adler Planetarium. Students can sign up for the contest by visitingwww.ComEd.com/moon. Entries mailed through the U.S. Postal Service must be postmarked by March 15, 2008.

“The Shoot for the Moon exhibition inspires young people to dream big and imagine their own futures in space,” said Paul H. Knappenberger Jr., Ph.D, president of the Adler Planetarium.

“This contest will open kids’ minds to the numerous career opportunities associated with future space travel, and we’re grateful to ComEd for their commitment to our next generation of explorers.”

Legendary Captain James Lovell, one of two NASA astronauts featured in the Shoot for the Moon exhibit, will serve on the panel of judges, along with Clark, Knappenberger and: State Senator KimThe Chicago Crusader

berly A. Lightford, chairperson of the Illinois Senate Committee on Education; Lula Ford, commissioner of the Illinois Commerce Commission; Tamara L. O’Shaughnessy, editor of Chicago Parent magazine; LeAnn Trotter, reporter at NBC 5; Stella Foster, columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times; and Kayla Ladner, last year’s grand prize winner and freshman at St. Joseph High School in Westchester.

“I had a wonderful experience at space camp and got to meet lots of people of different ethnicities,” said Ladner. “I learned what it takes to be an astronaut and how to land a shuttle via computer. Other kids should enter the essay contest because it’s a good experience to learn about space, and it teaches you how to write better and speak in front of groups of people.”

FRANK M. CLARK, COMED chairman and CEO and chairman of the board of trustees for the Adler Planetarium (l-r), Kayla Ladner, winner of the fi rst annual Shoot for the Moon Essay Contest and Capt. James A. Lovell, Jr, former NASA astronaut, Adler trustee and Shoot for the Moon Essay contest judge relish the winning moment. (Photo Credit Adler Planetarium)

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ENTERTAINMENT

The NEW Four-One-One

By Raymond Ward Entertainment Editor

Aretha Franklin rides freeways to Los Angeles “The Queen of Soul” Journeys to West Coast to Receive 2008 MusiCares® Person of the Year Honor and NAACP Vanguard Award, a GRAMMY® Awards Performance and Concert Dates The month of February will be filled with a bounty of blessings and honors for music icon Aretha Franklin. The incomparable “Queen of Soul” will travel cross-country from her snow-blanketed hometown of Detroit to the warmer temperatures in the city of Los Angeles this month for a barrage of events.

Franklin will be honored as the 2008 MusiCares® Person of the Year at a special event celebrating her extraordinary musical achievements and her philanthropic commitments to children’s and healthcare organizations as well as various churches and food banks in the Detroit metropolitan area. MusiCares, one of the most prestigious and highly-anticipated events during GRAMMY® Week, is being held on Friday, February 8, 2008 - two days prior to the 50th Annual GRAMMY® Awards - and will include dinner, the award ceremony, a star-studded concert and a silent auction.

A host of celebrities, along with prominent music industry and entertainment executives are scheduled to attend or perform during the evening in honor of Ms. Franklin including Bill CosAretha Franklin by, Quincy Jones, Clive Davis, Berry Gordy, Andrea Bocelli, Dan Aykroyd and Jim Belushi (“The Blues Brothers”), Shirley Caesar, Patti Austin, Anthony Hamilton, Faith Hill, Corinne Bailey Rae, Fantasia, John Legend, Robin Thicke, Blair Underwood, Bebe & CeCe Winans, and MusiCares Foundation® President and President/CEO of The Recording Academy® Neil Portnow, among others.

Ms. Franklin will also give a special performance.

“To be a fish in the pond is fabulous, however to be one in a million is so much more stunning,” comments Franklin on being bestowed the MusiCares honor. “I salute MusiCares for all of its concerns and goodwill gestures and contributions to the music industry and the artists who have and have not been forgotten. I thank them for the very exclusive and esteemed honor of being ‘Person of the Year.’”

In addition to a dinner and concert, the Person of the Year benefit begins with a silent auction that will feature art works, music and sports memorabilia, travel, hotel and spa packages and VIP concert experience packages. Bidding will be open to event guests as well as online and telephone bidders from around the world. Legendary jeweler Tiffany will be donating an Elsa Peretti platinum pave diamond open heart pendant to MusiCares that will be presented to Ms. Franklin during an exclusive, private reception at Tiffany’s Beverly Hills flagship location to be worn by the music legend the night of her black-tie tribute and will be auctioned off live. Another highlighted item to be auctioned off includes a 2008 pink Cadillac CTS Sedan inspired by Aretha Franklin’s “Freeway of Love,”customized with a special pink hue, hand-signed by Franklin herself and coupled with an Aretha Franklin CD box set which can be loaded into the luxurious sports car’s 40 gigabyte hard drive.

Proceeds from this annual GRAMMY Week gala provide essential support for MusiCares®, which ensures that music people have a place to turn in times of financial, medical and personal need.

Following the MusiCares gala and culminating GRAMMY Week activities, Franklin will perform at the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards airing live on Sunday, February 10, 2008 from the STAPLES Center in Los Angeles on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. ET/PT. The MusiCares Person of the 12

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ENTERTAINMENT: CHICAGO STYLE

By Anne Blair

No Country for Old Men

The writers strike should end on a positive note very soon so that the 2008 ACADEMY AWARDS can proceed to choose the best in each film category. One of the best film nominations includes NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN a critically acclaimed, award winning 2007 film adaptation of the novel of the same name

by Cormac McCarthy.

Written and directed by JOEL and ETHAN COEN the film features TOMMY LEE JONES, JOSH BROLIN, and JAVIER BARDEN. Faithfully adapted from the well-received novel, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN draws heavily on McCarthy’s themes of chance and fate. It tells the story of a drug deal gone very wrong and the ensuing cat-and-mouse drama as three men crisscross each other’s paths in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas.

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LLEWELYN MOSS (JOSH BROLIN) in No Country for Old Men stumbles across a pickup truck surrounded by several corpses and filled with heroin and two million dollars in cash, which he promptly takes off with. However, attempting to retrieve the stolen booty are the proper owners of the drugs and money, who are none too pleased, including a psychotic killer (Javier Bardem) who judges people’s lives with the flip of a coin.

Year honoree will be featured in a special gospel segment. The seventeentime GRAMMY® Award winner (second highest of any woman in history), GRAMMY Living Legend and GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award honoree, may add yet another GRAMMY to her list of awards as she is nominated this year in the Best Gospel Performance category for the song, “Never Gonna Break My Faith,” a duet with Mary J. Blige (featuring The Harlem Boys Choir) from Bobby: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.

While in Los Angeles, Franklin will also receive the prestigious NAACP Vanguard Award during a special presentation taking place during the 39th NAACP Image Awards Ceremony in Los Angeles on February 14, 2008 broadcast live at 8:00 ET/PT on FOX. The NAACP Vanguard Award is presented to a person whose groundbreaking work increases our understanding and awareness of racial and social issues. To date, the award has been presented just three times before to Prince, Stanley Kramer and Steven Spielberg.

In addition to receiving the Vanguard Award, Franklin has received two Image Award nominations this year including Outstanding Female Artist and Outstanding Duo or Group for the duet, “Put You Up On Game” (featuring Fantasia), from her current CD, JEWELS IN THE CROWN: ALL STAR DUETS WITH THE QUEEN. As well, the UNCF television special “An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Aretha Franklin,” has been nominated for Outstanding Variety (Series or Special).

“I was so thrilled and surprised to find that I had three nominations from this legendary awards show,” Franklin proudly states. “I look back and remember and see just how far they have really come with one more special and major production annually, as I was there when they first began and had their first one or two shows living in Los Angeles. Of course, I will be with them on the evening of February 14 and I so look forward to being with the best. I salute the legendary ‘Dean of Civil Rights’ Mr. Julian Bond.”

Los Angeles audiences will have the opportunity to experience Franklin’s unparalled artistry live when she performs for two dates at the NOKIA Theatre L.A. Live on Thursday, February 14, 2008 and Friday, February 15, 2008, performance time 8:00 p.m.

With a musical legacy that spans more than four decades, the undisputed, reigning “Queen of Soul” has achieved global recognition on an unprecedented scale. The 2005 recipient of the Presidential Medal Of Freedom (America’s highest honor) and Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee’s distinctive vocal style has graced the music charts and touched the hearts of millions including the generations of singers she has influenced worldwide.

Since she began her musical journey as a gospel-singing child prodigy, her rich legacy of recordings that include a catalog of more than 40 albums, many of which have achieved gold and platinum status, are truly a testament to the power, majesty and genius of this one-of-a-kind artist.

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ceived eight Academy Award nominations and won Golden Globe Awards for Best Performance by actor JAVIER BARDEN as Anton Chigurh the most horrifying killer in film history in a supporting role and with the best screenplay. The extent of reviewing NO COUNTRY beginning in August, 2007 and almost every opening since then. Reviewing the film from the narration of TOMMY LEE JONES as the elder Sheriff who saw the change of Texas as the Mexicans brought in drugs. The sale across the border.

The determination of Anton to find the drug money and never allow anyone even the slightest possibility of compassion— even a view of death was the only way to appreciate NO COUNTRY. Every award turned toward The Coen brothers were toasted and feted from Australia around the world.

Audiences may have to consider what is being applauded.

The ability to enjoy and appreciate horror.

It’s apparent our society and our world is leanng towards touching evil as something special.

Evil is our goal—our happiness. We are aware of the need to embrace the negative to the extreme.

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CMA to present 10th Black Heritage Concert at SSCC

By Dr. Barbara Wright-Pryor

Concert presented annually in memory of Dr. Theodore Charles Stone

Chicago Music Association (CMA) Branch No. 1 of NANM (National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc.) will present its 10th annual Dr. Theodore Charles Stone Black Heritage Concert Sunday, February 17, 2008 at 4:00 pm in the Paul Robeson Theater of South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 South Shore Drive, Chicago.

The concert is presented in partnership with the Advisory Council of South Shore Cultural Center, Raymond N. Davis, President.

The annual concert was begun

by Dr. Stone during his 42-year tenure as president of CMA and, by tradition, features music by Black composers whose works are seldom heard in the classical music programming offered by major

cultural organizations of the city.

In addition, outstanding musicians are periodically honored at

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the concert for their outstanding contributions to the world of music. Past honorees include the late international baritone William Warfield; Etta Moten Barnett, mezzo-contralto; (the late) Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Howard Savage, and Dr. Lena McLin, composers; and Dr. Earl Calloway; tenor and music journalist.

Guest artists for the 2008 event are nine-year-old CMA Junior Branch member, vocalist Lila Grant; the FAQtet Ensemble, also known as Connoisseur Musica, members of the string section of the Chicago Sinfonietta Orchestra; CMA member George Cooper, concert pianist; and the Classic Act Choral Ensemble, Fabienne C. Christian, Founder/Director.

Chicago Music Association is the founding branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians which was established in Chicago in 1919 to provide performance venues for classically-trained Black musicians who were/are traditionally denied access to major concert stages and opera houses nationally.

Today is no exception, for we find that the situation yet exists in many of our major cultural institutions.

The current executive officers of Chicago Music Association are Dr.

Barbara Wright-Pryor, President; Dr. Maurice A. Collins, First Vice President; Dr. Edna Williams, Second Vice President; and Troas J. Alexander, CMA Advisory Council Co-Chair.

Admission is free. Suggested donation at the door is $5.00 per adult. For further information, call CMA at 773-721-3210 or the South Shore Cultural Center at 773-256-0149.

Chicago Sinfonietta to join Sphinx Commissioning Consortium The Chicago Sinfonietta, the nation’s most diverse orchestra, has committed to joining the newly formed Sphinx Commissioning Consortium (SCC), a new initiative, developed by the famed Sphinx Organization, aimed to bringing more music by AfricanAmerican and Latino composers to concert halls across America.

The Chicago Sinfonietta is pleased to be part of such a noble endeavor with such a talented group of organizations.

“As an orchestra that has devoted itself to promoting diversity and inclusiveness in the classical music field for over 21 years, the Chicago Sinfonietta is pleased to see other orchestras and organizations join us in our efforts to get this music heard,” notes Sinfonietta Executive Director Jim Hirsch.

“The work of the SCC is important and we are delighted to be a part of this nationwide effort to promote the works of composers

of color.”

The Sphinx Organization, the national non-profit organization dedicated to building diversity in classical music, has announced a new initiative aimed at bringing more music by Black and Latino composers to the concert hall.

Sphinx will administer the new initiative, which is called the Sphinx Commissioning Consortium (SCC), and will partner with fourteen prominent orchestras.

Currently, compositions by Black and Latino composers account for less than 1% of classical music performed each year. As a group, the SCC will commission a new orchestral work from a Black or Latino composer annually.

Each member orchestra will perform the commissioned piece during the concert season following its completion. Through their joint financial commitments, the SCC will have resources exceeding $70,000 each year to cover com-

missioning fees along with other costs associated with each new work.

Aaron Dworkin, founder and president of the Sphinx Organization, announced the new initiative at the Sphinx Competition Finals Concert in Detroit on Sunday evening. “Sphinx is proud to partner with these leading organizations, which represent a broad cross-section of our field,” said Dworkin. “This collaboration is a truly historic undertaking.”

In addition to Sphinx, the consortium includes fourteen orchestras from across the country. The founding members of the Consortium include the Alabama Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, our nation’s most diverse orchestra, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Grand Rapids Symphony, Nashville Symphony, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra,

Chicago Children’s Choir releases new recording of freedom songs Chicago Children’s Choir (CCC) released a new recording entitled Songs on the Road to Freedom during a private celebration at the McCormick Tribune Freedom Museum, 445 N. Michigan Ave. on Thursday, February 7, 2008.

The selections on the recording range from well-known songs used during the American civil rights movement, to recent works commissioned by Chicago Children’s Choir, to the anti-apartheid music of South Africa, where people similarly struggled for freedom and justice. The recording, featuring 72 singers ages 13 to 18 from the world-renowned Concert Choir, was to be made available for purchase to the general public beginning Friday, February 8 from Chicago Children’s Choir and oth14

er digital vendors.

“With these songs, we honor our roots in the civil rights movement as well as the people who faced the incomprehensible struggles firsthand,” says Josephine Lee, artistic

director of Chicago Children’s Choir. “Both reflective of our country’s past and hopeful for the future, Songs on the Road to Freedom helps us all to understand the historical struggle for civil rights in

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F A Q t e t E N S E M B L E M E M BE R S ( f r o m l . t o r . ) a r e P h y l l i s Sanders and Todd Matthews, violins; Renee Baker, viola; and William Porter, cello. INSET Robert Fisher, cello.

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Philadelphia Orchestra, Richmond Symphony, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Virginia Symphony Orchestra, and New World Symphony, America’s orchestral academy.

The Sphinx Organization was established in 1996 by Dworkin, a professional violinist, with a mission to increase Black and Latino participation in music schools, as

professional musicians, as classical music audiences, and to administer youth development initiatives in underserved communities through music education. In addition to the annual Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latino string players, the organization’s educational programs reach over 35,000 students across the country annually.

America, enabling us to find solutions for current social tensions and peacefully fight injustices for all people. This was a dream of Martin Luther King as well as that of the Choir’s founder, Christopher Moore.”

Among the song selections included on the recording are “The Battle of Jericho” (arr. Moses Hogan), “Birmingham Sunday” (Richard Farina, arr. Ted Hearne), “We Shall Overcome” (traditional), “MLK” (U2, arr. Bob Chilcott) and “Strange Fruit” (Lewis Allan, arr. Kristina Boerger) which was written as a reaction to Lawrence Beitler’s photograph of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in 1930. Also on the recording are “Nkosi Somandla”, “Iidonga zaJericho” and “Shos-

holoza” (South African folksongs), “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round” (arr. Mollie Stone), “Murder on the Road in Alabama” (Len H. Chandler Jr., arr. Ted Hearne), “Run Children Run” (arr. Stephen Hatfield), “Ballad of Harry T. Moore” (arr. Bernice Johnson Reagon), “A Prayin’ Spirit” (Twinkie Clark) and “Precious Lord” (Thomas A. Dorsey), known to be one of Martin Luther King’s favorite hymns.

Completing the recording are three works commissioned by Chicago Children’s Choir, including “When Love Wins the Day” (music by Roger Treece, lyrics by Don Rosler), commissioned in 2005, “Freedom Train” (Rollo Dilworth) and “We Need a Word” (Continued on page 15)

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SPIRITUALLY SPEAKING McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour travels to Chicago’s Southside making a stop at Christ Universal Temple Grammy award winner Smokie Norful and labelmates Myron Butler and Levi team up in celebration of Black History Month

They say “music is a reflection of the soul” and that saying certainly rings true as McDonald’s presents a night of music for the soul, with a national concert series that brings a powerful message of inspiration to Chicago on Saturday, February 9th.

The 2008 McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour features EMI Gospel artists Grammy Award-winner, Smokie Norful, and four-time Stellar Award winner, Myron Butler and Levi, for a night of music to celebrate African-American heritage as expressed through gospel music. The tour will visit eight U.S. cities and makes its way to Christ Universal Temple, 11900 South Ashland this Saturday. On most stops during this year’s tour, selected local gospel artists will have the opportunity to showcase their talents as well. The Chicago concert will feature the return of its very own seasoned gospel veteran, Kim Stratton whose latest single, “Happier Now than I’ve ever Been”, is touching the souls of many.

“I am so excited to be a part of the tour and oh my God, to share the stage with Smokie is awesome,” says Stratton. “He is such a blessing to the body of Christ and I am thankful to have this opportunity to open for him.”

The Reverend Smokie Norful headlines the Chicago tour this year. “I am humbled and inspired by my continued relationship with McDonald’s through their community outreach programs,” said Norful. “It’s important that we continue to give back, and that we realize giving back is the true way to keep ourselves and others feeling positive, uplifted, empowered, and encouraged.”

“McDonald’s is pleased to present this Inspiration Celebration

Gospel Tour, featuring music that will life spirits and inspire us all, said Carol Sagers, Director of U.S. Marketing, McDonald’s USA. “While this musical celebration occurs at mega churches during Black History Month,

Norful, along with fellow top gospel artists, Vanessa Bell Armstrong and Kierra “KiKi” Sheard.

“Gospel music is such a significant part of both African-American history and culture. Given its impact on a tradition and her-

Smokie Norful

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McDonald’s recognizes and celebrates African-American culture, heritage and achievements all year long—365Black!® McDonald’s is proud to be deeply rooted in the African American community.”

For the second year, McDonald’s has partnered with leading Gospel label, EMI Gospel and music marketing/concert producer, Revolver Marketing Group (RMG), along with Urban Ministries Inc. (UMI), the nation’s leading publisher and distributor of educational materials for African-American churches, to produce the concert series.

McDonald’s has a history of proudly supporting gospel music, including independent franchisees that have created gospelthemed restaurants in Merrillville, Ind., and Chicago.

McDonald’s and franchisees from New York to Seattle have also partnered with other organizations to bring gospel and other music festivals to their communities. Last year’s tour featured

itage, the Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour is a perfect way for us to reach out to our local community,” said Thomas Brown, the acting president of the Black McDonald’s Operators Associa-

(Friendship West Baptist) February 15 – Houston, TX (Windsor Village United Methodist) February 27 – Atlanta, GA (New Birth Church)

(Contnued from page 14) (W. Mitchell Owens III, Chicago word for whomever, or whatever, is Children’s Choir class of 2009), the guiding force in each of our both commissioned in 2007 to lives at this time.”

Production of Songs on the Road honor the choir’s 50th anniversary.

Owens, 17-years-old, was asked by to Freedom was made possible by a Lee to write a piece about his grant from the McCormick Trithoughts on the world today and bune Foundation. For further inhis experience as a singer in Chica- formation go to www.ccchoir.org or call the Chicago Children’s go Children’s Choir.

“The message of ‘We Need a Choir office at 312-849-8300 ext.

Word’ is a universal one of love 16. and understanding,” says Lee. “We Chicago Children’s Choir cannot ignore that we all need a

February 28 – Creedmoor, NC (Christian Faith Center) February 29 – Fort Washington, MD (Ebenezer AME) These concerts are free of charge and offer general admission. Tickets will be available about two weeks prior to the event. Tickets can be picked up at the host church, along with the local partner affiliated bookstores. VIP passes will also be available for choice seating. For tickets and tour information, go to www.smokienorful.com/mcdonaldsinspirationcelebration.

The Black McDonald’s Operators Association [BMOA] of Chicago is a membership organization comprised of 18 Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana-area McDonald’s restaurant owners. While contributing to the success of McDonald’s as the world’s leading food service retailer, BMOA of Chicago members are also committed to exhibiting leadership, supporting education and developing partnerships within the AfricanAmerican communities that they serve.

A Salute to the Founders “He (Hon. Elijah Muhammad) was the father of Black consciousness, during our colored and Negro days he was Black.”— Rev. Jesse Jackson February 26, 1975 Saviour Day Convention in Chicago In 1987, C.R.O.E. ( Coalition for the Remembrance of Elijah ) was in the beginning stages of its trek to enlighten some and remind others of the important contribution made by Nation of Islam leader the Hon. Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) within

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tion (BMOA) of Chicago.

The McDonald’s Inspiration Celebration Gospel Tour schedule is as follows: February 9 – Chicago, IL (Christ Universal Temple) February 14 – Dallas, TX

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the Black community. Founded

by Munir Muhammad (Business Manager), Halif Muhammad (Secretary), and Shahid Muslim (Director) C.R.O.E. is an archival institution that houses the most extensive collection photographs, audio/video taped lectures, radio broadcast, interviews and other memorabilia pertaining to the life of the Hon. Elijah Muhammad and the Nation of Islam. For over two decades the organization has been a valuable resource, providing clarity and insight into many of the misconceptions and stereotypes held by the masses for years.

From around the globe, researchers in the film industry, authors, historians and novices alike have found there way to the doorsteps of C.R.O.E. to take advantage of the wealth of information that dwell within it doors. In an effort to expand it mission, C.R.O.E. TV productions was launched in 1994. Producing six television shows and two weekly series The Munir Muhammad Show ch. 25 and Muhammad and Friends ch. 19.

Each week leading dignitaries in the civic, business, and political community appear on these broadcast to inform the community of the issues that confront us today and how they will affect us

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tomorrow. To provide programming on a more consistent basis the organization purchased a tavern converting it into a modern television studio and editing facility.

Today programming produced

by C.R.O.E. TV can be viewed throughout the south suburbs of Chicago, and other cities such as Gary Ind., Birmingham Ala., Atlanta, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and parts of New York.

On February 10th at 5:30pm join the Who’s Who in Chicago and the continued supporters of C.R.O.E. from around the country as they salute these three men affectionately known as The Founders.

If you become educated or enlightened by the efforts of C.R.O.E. and would like to help them continue on their journey maintaining the archives and producing quality television programs. Please show your support by attending the organization’s only fundraising event or by sending a donation that will allow them to continue their efforts.

For ticket information you can contact C.R.O.E. at 773-9251600 or by e-mail croe@croe.org.

Any donations can be mailed to C.R.O.E. @2435 W. 71st. St. Chicago, IL 60629.

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THE CHATTERBOX (Continued from page 8) nothing from an Obama White House that will be so special and so breathtaking that the world will say—wow, all them Negroes needed was a Black president. There is no AfricanAmerican agenda. But another down-trodden people, whose favorite colors are blue and white (and so is Obama’s)—-got their agenda agreed too. What agenda have any of the presidential candidates agreed to with you. The Democrats know you will vote for either Billary or Obama anyway. It don’t matter. It’s a win-win for them, and a win-lose for you. Malcolm X warned you—so did Marty King, Jr. Do not go for the Okie Doke. You people only lis-

ten to what the TV people and Clear Channel tell you and you do not think for yourselves. You like seeing yourselves in pictures. You are mesmerized by Oprah and Robert Dinero and other stars—who probably don’t even vote themselves.

You will feel good. Your children will feel good. You will see a Black president and some Black kids playing on the front lawn, but your sons and daughters will still be the target of police brutality; your homes will still be subject to mortgage scams; you ain’t got no national health care plan; no judicial reform; no death penalty reform; no urban Marshall plan; no education bail out plan; no nothing.

He won’t even agree to take Flavor of Love off TV. But you will have a Black president. Okay open your eyes.

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On Saturday, February 16th from 8:30 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. the Kemetic Institute will host its Third Annual Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers Conference at CCICS in the Kemetic Institute Suite. The theme for this year’s conference is “Intellectual Warfare: Building on the Tradition.” With presentations by such scholars as Dr. Anderson Thompson of CCICS, Dr. Mario Beatty of Chicago State University, Larry F. Crowe of the HistoryMakers, and others con-

LASTLY To Ima’s readers in prison.

Keep your head up and whatever you do—-DO NOT DROP THAT SOAP. HELP WANTED

DO THE HUSTLE

They all came out on this one—and the hustlers who couldn’t get their grubby hands on campaign money have been blowing up the telephone, radio talk shows and computer with rants about who didn’t get paid and who wasn’t put on a campaign. It is all about the money. If they were eating, you wouldn’t hear nothing from them because their mouths would be full.

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tinuing the work and ideas of Dr. Carruthers. Admission to both events is free and lunch will be available for purchase at the conference on Saturday.

The weekend of events culminates on Sunday, February 17, 2008 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. with a special annual gravesite ritual at Oak Woods Cemetery in remembrance and celebration of Dr. Jacob H. Carruthers, Jr.

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866-823-0288 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 was filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. File No. D08110548 on the January 28, 2008. Under the Assumed Name of Laten Technical Services with the business located at 6321 Dempster St. Ste 301, Morton Grove IL 60053.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR (Continued from page 8) tal subjectivity in design.

The curator also addresses the influence of Adolf Loos’s early 20th-century critique of ornamentation and the subsequent development of

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 4, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on March 6, 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 243 WEST 74TH STREET UNIT 1B, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-28-225-026-1002 The real estate is improved with a red brick 2 unit (bth floors occupied) with no garage.

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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.

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Worrill’s World (Cont’d from page 6) Note: In commemoration of the life and contributions of Dr. Jacob Carruthers, the Chicago Council on Black Studies will host its 4th annual lecture on his birthday, February 15th. The keynote speaker for this year’s event is Mrs. Ifé Carruthers with by Chicago’s own, Maggie Brown. This special event is Friday, February 15, 2008 in the Kemetic Institute Suite at the Jacob H. Carruthers Center for Inner City Studies, 700 East Oakwood Boulevard from 6:30 p.m.

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BY PUBLICATION

Notice is hereby given to Marques McGhee, the above-named child’s father, and Alleged Unknown Father, whose whereabouts are unknown, that the Allen County Office of the Department of Child Services has filed it’s Verified Petition Alleging Child to be in Need of Services, in accordance with Indiana Code 31-34-9-3, and that an adjudication hearing has been scheduled for May 15, 2008 at 8:30 a.m. with the Court. At said hearing the court will consider the Petition and evidence thereon and will render its decision as to whether the minor child, namely, Sapphire Grampton, is a child in need of services and shall enter adjudication accordingly.

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

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

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

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

Notice is further given that the attorney representing the Office of the Department of Child Services of Allen County, Indiana, is Sherry Hartzler, 201 E. Rudisill Blvd., Suite 100, Fort Wayne, Indiana 46806.

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

Date this 17th day of January, 2008.

By Clerk of Allen County, Therese Brown

Allen County Office Department of Child Services 201 E. Rudisill Blvd., Suite 100 Fort Wayne, Indiana 46806 260-458-6100 1/26, 2/2, 2/9

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GREENPOINT MORTGAGE FUNDING, INC. Plaintiff, -v.PHYLLIS COBB A/K/A PHYLLIS CHISM, et al Defendants 2007 CH 15830 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 6, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on March 10, 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 411 W. 61ST STREET, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-317-027 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $30,541.11.

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

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

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 Plaintiff’s attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-07-A941.

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

I76207 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DB STRUCTURED PRODUCTS, INC.; Plaintiff, vs.

DEVERRICK CRAWFORD; LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DEVERRICK CRAWFORD, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 07 CH 7212 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 6/5/2007, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, March 14, 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. 20-22-322-008.

Commonly known as 7039 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60637.

The improvement on the property consists of a 2 unit 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, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0704133.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I76802

The Chicago Crusader

HOUSES FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CHASE HOME FINANCE LLC Plaintiff, -v.LARRY D. JORDAN, et al Defendant 07 CH 22874 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 10, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on March 12, 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 6424 SOUTH NORMAL BOULEVARD, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-21-112-027-0000 The real estate is improved with a blue vinyl siding two story with no garge, has a fence, utilities are on, occupied.

The judgment amount was $218,553.56.

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 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, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 4765500. Please refer to file number PA0711193.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE I76962 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MAY1, 2006 GSAMP TRUST 2006-HE3 Plaintiff, -v.ESTHER JONES, et al Defendant 06 CH 19298 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 21, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on March 6, 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 7832 SOUTH LOWE AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60620 Property Index No. 20-28-323-024-0000 The real estate is improved with a stone 2 story house with no garage.

The judgment amount was $190,120.52.

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.

The Chicago Crusader

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, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 4765500. Please refer to file number PA0610084.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE I77108 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; Plaintiff, vs.

LIZZIE M. WARMLEY; ET AL; Defendants, 06 CH 24117 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on January 16, 2008, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, March 14, 2008, at the hour of 11 a.m. in its office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: .

Commonly known as 7121 South Winchester Ave., Chicago, IL. P.I.N. 20-30-201-013.

The property consists of vacant land.

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

The property will NOT be open for 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 call City of Chicago Corporation Counsel/Building and Land Use Litigation, 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 700, Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 744-8872.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I76798

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 2004-13 Plaintiff, -v.REGINA A. JOHNSON, et al Defendants 07 CH 7481 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 6, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on March 10, 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 6621 S. MORGAN STREET, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-20-228-008 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $126,029.01.

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

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

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 informa-

tion.

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-07-5126.

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

I76227 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR WFASC MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-2 Plaintiff, -v.JULIA JOHNSON, et al Defendants 07 CH 21013 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 15, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on March 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 7438 SOUTH GREEN STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-29-229-033 The real estate is improved with a white vinyl frame single family 2 story home with no garage.

The judgment amount was $304,182.60.

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, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 4765500. Please refer to file number PA0709986.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE I76220 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.WILLIAM W. BURRUSS, et al Defendants 07 CH 15139 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 6, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on March 10, 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 550 EAST 89TH PLACE, CHICAGO, IL 60619 Property Index No. 25-03-217-041-0000 The real estate is improved with a brown brick single family 1 1/2 story home with detached 1 1/2 car garage.

The judgment amount was $191,003.63.

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, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 4765500. Please refer to file number PA0707473.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE I76211 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 2007-AQ1 Plaintiff, -v.REGINALD WILLIAMSON, et al Defendants 07 CH 20054 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 14, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on March 10, 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 5917 SOUTH PRINCETON AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-16-401-006-0000 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $198,297.65.

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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: FREEDMAN, ANSELMO, LINDBERG & RAPPE, LLC , 1807 W. DIEHL ROAD, SUITE 333, NAPERVILLE, IL 60563, (630) 983-0770 . Please refer to file number X0707116.

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

I76109 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

SHAWNTE J. HUNTER A/K/A SHAWNTE HUNTER; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SHAWNTE J. HUNTER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS;

BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN COMMUNITY

Defendants, 07 CH 13999 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 12/4/2007, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 6, 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: Commonly known as 7430 South Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60621.

The improvement on the property consists of a brick, 2 unit 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, Plaintiffs Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number PA0707409.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I75544 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC Plaintiff, vs.

SHAWNTE J. HUNTER A/K/A SHAWNTE HUNTER; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR GMAC MORTGAGE CORPORATION; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF SHAWNTE J. HUNTER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 07 CH 13999 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 12/4/2007, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 6, 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: Commonly known as 7430 South Wentworth Avenue, Chicago, IL 60621.

The improvement on the property consists of a brick, 2 unit 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, Plaintiffs Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number PA0707409.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I75544 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LASALLE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MLMI TRUST SERIES 2006-HE6 Plaintiff, vs.

WILLIE GIDDENS; NORTHERN INTERNATIONAL; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF WILLIE GIDDENS, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 07 CH 17722 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 11/29/2007, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, March 4, 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: Commonly known as 5950 South May Street, Chicago, IL 60621.

The improvement on the property consists of a brick 2 unit building with no garage.

Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified

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funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

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

Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number PA0709651.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I75455 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 1, 2006, GSAMP TRUST 2006-HE8; Plaintiff, vs.

VERONICA SULLIVAN; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR SOUTHSTAR FUNDING, LLC OR ITS SUCCESSORS OR ASSIGNS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF VERONICA SULLIVAN, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 07 CH 8707 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 8/1/2007, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, March 5, 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: Commonly known as 5715 S. Green St., Chicago, IL 60621.

The improvement on the property consists of a multi unit 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, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602.

Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0704298.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I75493 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP, Plaintiff V. JERRY COLEMAN; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR DECISION ONE MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC, Defendants 07 CH 20028 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Fisher and Shapiro file # 07-5109D (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 November 14, 2007, Kallen Realty Services, Inc., as Selling Official will at 12:30 p.m. on March 11, 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 905 WEST 65TH STREET, CHICAGO, IL 60621. TAX ID# 20-20221-025 The mortgaged real estate is improved with a dwelling. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

The judgment amount was $318,558.14.

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

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

For information: Sale Clerk, Fisher and Shapiro, 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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HOUSES FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS F/K/A BANKER’S TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE AND CUSTODIAN BY: SAXON MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. F/K/A MERITECH MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. AS ITS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT Plaintiff, -v.VICTOR WATSON, et al Defendant 07 CH 22814 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 7, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on March 4, 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 6218 SOUTH VERNON AVENUE, CHICAGO, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-15-416-014 The real estate is improved with a brown brick single family 2 story home with detached 1 car garage.

The judgment amount was $277,205.33.

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, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 4765500. Please refer to file number PA0712719.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE I75024

-v.OWEN PAYNE A/K/A OWEN PAYNE, SR., et al Defendant 07 CH 8375 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 29, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on March 4, 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 6320 S. RHODES AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60637 Property Index No. 20-22-202-023 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $272,472.84.

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

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

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 Plaintiff’s attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department. Please refer to file number 14-07-5435.

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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA AS TRUSTEE ASSIGNEE OF ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

GLORIA JONES MERRITT; Defendants, 07 CH 21007 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 4, 2007 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, March 5, 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 7642 S. Eggleston Ave., Chicago, IL 60620.

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 I75528

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISIONARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, L.L.C., Plaintiff, vs.

DERRICK GILMORE, ET AL Defendants,07 CH 15548

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWABS, INC. ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-4 Plaintiff,

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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 entitled cause on September 24, 2007 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, February 26, 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. 20-21-125-007.

Commonly known as: 655 West 66th St., Chicago, IL 60621.The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. This information is considered reliable but is not warranted.Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours.

This sale is subject to unpaid real estate taxes, assessments, covenants, conditions, easements and restrictions of record. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.This pleading is a communication for the purpose of collecting the mortgage debt, under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. If you fail to dispute, in writing, the validity of this debt within thirty days, it will be assumed to be valid. Finally, any information you provide will be used for the purpose of collection.Upon payment, of each portion of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Receipt of Sale. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the mortgaged real estate after confirmation of the sale.The property will NOT be open for inspection, except by the arrangement and agreement of the current owner or occupant.For information:

Saturday, February 9, 2008

JAROS, TITTLE & O’TOOLE, LIMITED, Plaintiff’s Attorney, 20 North Clark Street, Suite 510, Chicago, Illinois 60602, (312) 750-1000. Phone calls will be taken only between the hours of 9:00 thru 11:00 A.M. When calling, please refer to file number 07-31635.INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATIONSelling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I73936 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISIONDEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF ARGENT MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-M1 UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF JUNE 1, 2006,WITHOUT RECOURSE, ASSIGNEE OF ARGENT MORTGAGECOMPANY, L.L.C., Plaintiff, vs.

ALBERT J. MOORE, Defendants,07 CH 15727 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on November 27, 2007 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 28, 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. 20-21-125055.Commonly known as 6625 South Union Avenue, 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 inspectionFor 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 I73993 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2006-HE3Plaintiff, -v.-WILLIE STALLWORTH, et alDefendant 07 CH 17791 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 20, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on February 26, 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 6727 S. GREEN STREET, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-20-407-009The real estate is improved with a single family residence.The judgment amount was $211,813.38.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 the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.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 saleThe 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 Plaintiff’s attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-07-C403. 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 Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I74288 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISIONFIRST NATIONAL BANK OF NEVADA, AS OWNER Plaintiff,-v.THOMAS LAPARNE, et alDefendant 07 CH 18620 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 19, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on February 26, 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 5935 S. ABERDEEN STREET, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-17-402019The real estate is improved with a single family residence.The judgment amount was $297,904.12.Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.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 saleThe 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 Plaintiff’s attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-07-C949. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALENOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I74321 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISIONHSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF ACE SECURITIES CORPORATION HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2007-WM1 ASSET BACKED PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff,-v.SONJA GRIFFIN, et al Defendant 07 CH 20298 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 21, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on February 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 6502 S. HARVARD AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-21-208-013The real estate is improved with a single family residence.The judgment amount was $377,947.13.Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the

Mortgagee’s attorney.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 saleThe 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 Plaintiff’s attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIP.C., 15W030 NORTH ATES, 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-E217. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALENOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I74421 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISIONU.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, POOL#40166 SERIES# 2005-EFC4 Plaintiff, -v.CURTIS L. FENTON A/K/A CURTIS FENTON, et alDefendant 07 CH 15737 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 20, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on February 22, 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 6152 S. ABERDEEN STREET, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-17-417037The real estate is improved with a single family residence.The judgment amount was $204,579.89.Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.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 saleThe 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 Plaintiff’s attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-07-A869. 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 Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR DEUTSCHE ALT-A SECURITIES MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST, SERIES 2006-AR6 Plaintiff, -v.DAVID CASTILLO, et al Defendant 07 CH 15533 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of

BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN COMMUNITY

Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 27, 2007, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation will at 10:30 AM on February 29, 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 6934 S. HARVARD AVENUE, Chicago, IL 60621 Property Index No. 20-21-411-028 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $235,793.67.

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

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

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 lefees required by The gal 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 Plaintiff’s attorney: The Sale Clerk, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. , 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 between the hours of 1 and 3 PM only and ask for the sales department.. Please refer to file number 14-07-A306.

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

I75099 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FREMONT INVESTMENT AND LOAN, ASSIGNEE OF MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC AS NOMINEE FOR FREMONT INVESTMENT AND LOAN; Plaintiff, vs.

JERRELL RHODES; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., UNDER MORTGAGE RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 0623541202; Defendants, 07 CH 20438 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on December 12, 2007 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, March 7, 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 7409 S. Eggleston 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 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 I75568

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Tiger Woods and professional golf SPORTS

By George M. Williams In the relatively benign world of professional golf there has been an interesting development. It began with a stupid remark by a female co-host on the golf channel. Kelly Tilghman made a statement, while trying to engage in

Tiger Woods some hyperbole, that the only way pro-golfers could beat Tiger Woods was to “lynch him in a back alley.” The firestorm over this comment provoked the publicity seeking Rev. Al Sharpton to demand that Tilghman be fired.

Woods and the PGA got Tilghman suspended for two weeks after she gave an extensive apology.

To compound the problem Golf Week magazine even went as far as to place a noose on its cover.

The editor who approved this dumb move was unceremoniously fired.

Some felt that Woods should have been more active in his reaction to Tilghman’s idiotic remark.

However this writer believes he handled it very well. He won the tour event (his first event after a long layoff ) at Torrey Pines in California decisively by eight shots. During an interview after the tournament Golf World magazine reported the following

comments. “I am socially active every day of my life,” Woods said, referring to his foundation and educational complex. “Did you see those kids here from our learning center? They were coming all week. Most of them have never been to a golf course. That means more to me than talking about that thing with Kelly, which got completely out of hand.”

Woods is not oblivious to racial slights. When he went to one new school as a child in elementary grades some of his childish classmates tied him to a tree.

That is something he will never forget. A number the PGA players thought he was arrogant when he first started on tour and some of the hostility of the crowds was palpable. “Can you feel it Dad? Can you feel it?” he said to his father at one event.

Things changed when people started coming in out big numbers to watch him. TV ratings went way up and the “Tiger effect” has made billions for the golf industry. The Tiger Woods era, fueled by lucrative TV contracts, particularly the one negotiated after Woods’ first Masters victory, saw the first place prize money increase 510 percent. The other players on the tour have made millions because of the increase in prize money that Tiger has caused. Some relatively unknown players live quite lavishly.

First time major championship winners can collect a bonus ranging from $100,000 to $1 million for their efforts.

Most importantly the PGA tour players have the best retirement plan in all sports. A 25 year old player receiving $200,000 in deferred income for 15 years would, at age 52 (the age at which PGA Tour players can access their deferred income by special congressional exemption) have $9.4 mil-

lion if it grew at a very conservative rate of 6 percent. At 12 percent the total available would be more than $29 million.

Gold World estimates Tiger’s total earnings at $769 million in his 12 years on the tour. In 2007 he received $23 million in prize

money. Recently Tiger reportedly received $3,000,000 in Dubai just to show up. The prize money was extra. He won the event in spectacular fashion making it a perfect record of 2 for 2 thus far in 2008. He has won the last four tournaments he entered and has

6 wins for the last 7 tournaments in which he played. Golf World estimates his total earnings at $769 million in his 12 years on the tour.

Thus far he is scandal free and is on his way to becoming the first billion dollar athlete. Go Tiger!

USA Wrestling and World Sport Chicago celebrate International Sportsmanship at Second Annual Chicago Cup Wrestling Competition Showcased U.S. Men’s and Women’s Wrestling Team, Bulgaria and Poland In the spirit of international competition, USA Wrestling and World Sport Chicago wrapped up a successful second staging of the Chicago Cup, a wrestling event featuring men’s and women’s athletes from Bulgaria, Poland and the United States.

The 2008 Chicago Cup featured the 2007 world champion U.S. Greco-Roman men’s team competing against a very strong team from Bulgaria. The U.S. women's national team also returned to face off against the Polish women's team in Olympic freestyle weights.

“It has been an honor for us to play host to some of the world’s top wrestlers,” said Bill Scherr, executive director of World Sport Chicago. “It was a very successful event, and we were thrilled to see many members of Chicago’s ethnic communities come out to cheer on their teams from Bulgaria and Poland.”

Before the competition Tuesday, members of the Bulgarian and Polish squads and Team USA, along with the general consulates of Bulgaria and Poland, met with Mayor Richard M. Daley at City Hall. Mayor Daley en-

thusiastically greeted his guests and welcomed them to Chicago.

“Chicago is a world-class city that embraces sport and we are proud to host our friends from Bulgaria and Poland, as well as our own U.S. world champions, as they participate in the Chicago Cup,” said Mayor Richard M. Daley. "We hope these talented athletes have a great competition and will get a chance to enjoy all the wonderful things Chicago has to offer."

Chicago Cup fans were treated to a number of activities at Northwestern University's Welsh-Ryan Arena prior to the competition. An autograph session included members of Team USA and past Olympic wrestlers.

Team USA coaches Steve Fraser and Terry Steiner also facilitated a youth clinic, in which members of the men’s and women’s teams demonstrated Greco-Roman and freestyle wrestling techniques.

“We were happy to have the opportunity to showcase our world championship squad to our Chicago fans,” said Steve Fraser, head coach of the U.S. men’s Greco-Roman team. “We’re also grateful for the opportunity to compete against this Bulgarian team, who proved to be formidable opponents.”

The competition began with a parade of athletes, who entered the arena holding flags from their countries as vocalists performed each country’s national anthem.

TWO MEMBERS OF the U.S. and Polish women's freestyle wrestling team face off at Welsh-Ryan Arena for the 2nd Annual Chicago Cup.

D e L a Sa ll e B ow lin g Tea m concludes successful Season De La Salle Institute proudly announces that its bowling team recently concluded its season with its fifth consecutive appearance in the Illinois High School Association’s state finals, held this year at St. Clair Bowl in O’Fallon, IL.

lanes this season were seniors Alexander Garcia (Bridgeport) and Richard Kaczynski (Garfield Ridge), Cortese (McKinley Park) and sophomores Richard Barnotes (Canaryville), Mike Ginger (Berwyn) and Gary Young (Bridgeport).

The Meteors, who were coached by Ray Garcia, finished 22nd as a team with a total pinfall of 5,742. Individually, junior Matt Cortese placed 65th, averaging 200.1 over 12 games.

An experience like no other, De La Salle offers a quality education in a co-institutional environment that transcends the classroom.

Diverse perspectives, Christian values and our tradition provide students an education that lasts a lifetime.

Representing De La Salle on the

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MAYOR RICHARD M. DALEY greets wrestlers from the United States, Poland and Bulgaria at City Hall on Tuesday, February 5 to wish them success before the Second Annual Chicago Cup, a tournament held at Northwestern University’s Welsh-Ryan Arena and hosted by World Sport Chicago in alliance with USA Wrestling. (Photo by Brooke Collins, City of Chicago)

BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN COMMUNITY

Saturday, February 9, 2008

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Saturday, February 9, 2008

BLACKS MUST CONTROL THEIR OWN COMMUNITY

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