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Rockford, Illinois | April 27-May 3, 2016 | Vol. 23, No. 28

ARBOR DAY AT KLEHM Runners welcome for Friday’s Arbor Dash | Page 10 Special Arbor Day Foundation offer | Page 11

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In Brief RPD warns of phone scammers targeting elderly

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On the Cover: Area students take part in a past Arbor Day tree planting event and celebration at Klehm Arboretum, 2715 S. Main St. Klehm hosts its 3rd Annual Arbor Dash 5K this Friday and participants can still sign up the day of the race. See Page 10 for details and Page 11 for more information on how to get involved this Arbor Day. Photo provided

Inside this issue

The Rockford Police Department is warning residents regarding recent reports of IRS phone scammers.

Reports have indicated persistent and aggressive callers primarily targeting the elderly and demanding payment.

The IRS has information posted on its website, irs.gov, in part advising filers to “not be fooled by callers pretending to be from the IRS in an attempt to steal your money.” Citizens who owe or think they may owe taxes may contact the IRS at 800-829-1040 and an IRS workers will assist.

The IRS points out that their agency will never do the following: call to demand immediate payment, nor call about taxes owed without first having mailed a bill; demand that you pay taxes without giving the opportunity to question or appeal the amount they claim you owe; require to use a specific method to pay, such as a prepaid debit card; ask for credit or debit card numbers over the phone; or threaten to bring in local police or other law-enforcement groups to have you arrested for failure to pay.

Any citizens that receive phone calls from someone claiming to be from the IRS asking for money, that do not owe or have already paid outstanding taxes, may report suspicious behavior by calling the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at 800-366-4484 or visit their website IRS Impersonation Scam Reporting, treasury.gov/tigta/ contact_report_scam.shtml, or report it to the Federal Trade Commission using the FTC Complaint Assistant notating “IRS Telephone Scam” in the notes.

Kelly, Emanuel Episcopal host nonviolence program

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Kathy Kelly, director of Voices for Non-Violence, will be at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 412 North Church St. Thursday to speak of “The Tender Revolution”. There will be a reception at 6 p.m. with the program beginning at 7.

Kelly is the director and co-founder of Voices for Non-Violence, a Catholic Worker peace activist, and has a master’s degree in theology. During the program she will discuss her latest exploits including a recent trip to Afghanistan. Kelly has lived with people in war zones and prisons during her trips.

The title of Kelly’s talk is “A Revolution of Tenderness,” and she will be speaking about consequences of state violence and possibilities for change.

The title of the program comes from a theme emphasized by Pope Francis, where he called for tenderness toward all of being. Kelly will talk about people who cannot escape state violence, and the collective potential to make a difference.

This program is presented by Rockford Urban Ministries, and is free and open to the public. For more information visit emmanuelrockford.org

–Staff reports

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Defending Denny’s ‘honor’ “I know him as a man of faith, integrity and honesty.”

“Dennis Hastert was the best kind of public official. He cared about and listened to his constituents...he now “Words cannot adequately describe my utmost respect has lost a great deal, especially the one that matters for Mr. Hastert (as I have called him Denny) for his most to a man like him, his good name.”

–Former Illinois State Sen. Doris C. Karpiel, R-Roselle sincerity of caring for all people he had represented, the integrity which he showed and his devotion for duty “I know his heart and have seen it up close and personal.

We all have our flaws but Dennis Hastert has very few. in his actions.”

–Former Kendall County Sheriff Richard A. Randall He is a good man that loves the Lord. He gets his integrity “I always admired him for his down-to-earth manner and values from Him. He doesn’t deserve what he is and style of leadership. I always believed him to be a going through.”

–Former Majority Leader Tom Delay, R-TX man of high moral character and one in whom I had a “While in (a) motel room, defendant asked about high level of trust.”

–Former U.S. Congressman John T. Doolittle, R-CA Individual A’s (groin) injury and said he wanted to check “Denny and I have been married for almost 43 years. I on it. Defendant told Individual A to lie down on the have known him almost my entire adult like and I have bed and take off his underwear. Defendant then began massaging Individual A’s groin area. It became clear never known a more honorable and devoted man.”

–Jean Hastert to Individual A that defendant was not touching him “Perhaps, the Speakers [sic] greatest gift to the House in a therapeutic manner to address a wrestling injury was trust. My belief is that member found him very but was touching him in an inappropriate sexual way... approachable and took him at his word. I know many Individual A was confused and embarrassed about his viewed him as ‘Mr. Main Street, America’—a rock solid physical reaction to defendant’s contact with him, and he apologized to defendant.” guy with center of the country values.”

–Former U.S. Congressman Thomas W. Ewing, R-IL 15

–Former CIA Director Porter J. Goss

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SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner this week signed legislation to get $600 million to state universities and colleges to help them make it to the fall.

“This legislation doesn’t solve our budget crisis or help our economy grow, but it does represent a first step toward compromise between Democrats and Republicans,” the governor said about Senate Bill 2059.

“Now is the time to build on this bipartisan momentum and focus on enacting a truly balanced budget for fiscal years 2016-2017 alongside meaningful reforms that create jobs and free up resources for education, social services and infrastructure,” Rauner, R-Winnetka, said Monday.

Said state Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Rockford, “It is encouraging that after months of unproductive partisan rhetoric, the governor, legislative leaders and lawmakers were able to come together to find a solution to allow Rock Valley College to avoid further layoffs.”

“This proposal is far from perfect, but it is finally a good first step at providing much-needed stability for our state,” he said.

State Rep. Joe Sosnowski, R-Rockford, called the bill “a positive sign,” but added he thinks the state needs to do a better job of getting performance-based funding and cost controls into the higher education funding equation as it moves forward.

“Although this is only a temporary measure, it shows both parties can reach a compromise. I hope this is the beginning of bipartisan solutions and serious budget talks.”

In general, lawmakers from both parties said the package was not a complete fix for higher education for either fiscal year 2016, now nearly 10 months old, or fiscal year 2017, which begins July 1, but instead merely stopgap or emergency money.

Illinois has been without a budget since June 1 of last year, with higher education and many human services having gone unfunded during that period.

While the Republican governor argues Democrats – who control both houses of the General Assembly – are seeking to tax more and spend more, the Democrats argue Rauner is pursuing a pro-business, union-busting agenda under the guise of reform.

The bill easily passed in the House on a vote of 106-2 and in the Senate on a vote of 55-0.

It will provide about: •$350 million to state universities; •$170 million for the Monetary Award Program grants, which help lower-income students cover tuition payments.

•$74 million to the state’s community colleges.

•$6 million for operation of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.

At home, Rock Valley College is expected to recieve just shy of 20 percent of its expected

allocation from the state.

Funding won’t come from the state’s general funds, but from the State’s Education Assistance Fund, which lawmakers said should be able to cover the tab.

Comptroller Leslie Munger, R-Lincolnshire, said her office would immediately began making payments from the fund, which currently has about $354 million in it, and final payments would go out in July.

The bill was one of the few bipartisan funding measures to get support from both parties in the General Assembly and the governor in the past year.

Although several lawmakers and other state officials hailed it as a possible start to further cooperation, House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, sounded less enthusiastic.

“Time will tell if Gov. Rauner has further intentions of destroying our state institutions and human service providers, or if he will begin working with us to craft a full-year budget that is not contingent on passage of his demands that will destroy the middle class,” according to a statement from the speaker after the votes Friday.

The General Assembly returns to Springfield on May 3.

••• Mark Fitton is a Springfield-based journalist whose previous experience includes nearly 30 years with publications including The Southern Illinoisan, The Pantagraph , The Herald-News and The Peoria Journal-Star.

Guest Commentary | TRRT Exclusive

Time to bring the host fee in-line with budget

By John Guevara

Winnebago County Board, R-19

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ver the past five years, the host fee has been a hot topic for the County Board.

Not only have we debated the merit of individual projects, we have discussed how the funds should be directed, the resolution regarding how the host fee should be used, and the existence of a discretionary fund.

At the last county board meeting, the Operations and Administrative Committee, under Committee Chairman Gary Jury, introduced a resolution eliminating discretionary funds from this year’s host fee. This requires any additional host fee fund requests that are made during the rest of the fiscal year to be presented to the board and voted up or down and eliminates a “chairman’s discretionary fund” going forward.

This step was important and groundbreaking but it didn’t go far enough. I introduced an amendment to the resolution – one that would clarify the purpose of the host fee and make it more transparent. The current resolution

regarding the host fee directs that it be used for economic development, environmental education and job creation. The amendment tightened the purpose of the host fee to provide funds for economic development: it specified what economic development means and how the money should be spent.

The amendment would also require greater transparency by creating a separate budget code for each fund recipient and requiring budget amendments to manage it. Right now the host fee has one budget code. Each expenditure is included in the budget, but it’s difficult to track how much is spent and when. Separate budget code would make searching for the information on our website much easier.

The prevailing question is, why direct how to spend the host fee at all? Aren’t we facing budget deficits? Why don’t we avoid tax increases and use the host fee for emergency circumstances?

The answers are simple: the landfill won’t be around forever. At some point the money will go away. Using the host fee to plug a deficit is like putting your finger in a hole in a dam. At some

point, the whole thing will give.

The problems are two-fold: First, we have a budget deficit. It’s the county board’s job to address the reasons why. It’s county board’s job to make sure that every dollar the county spends is directed to the best purpose. This means cutting the waste first.

Second, the host fee isn’t guaranteed to be around forever. When the landfill is full, the money goes away. What then? It’s easy to use words like “only in an emergency,” or “we have to have a contingency plan.” I’m skeptical every time I hear them, because if we’ve learned anything from history, government rarely gives back what it’s taken for an emergency once it’s over.

The amendment was withdrawn and Chairman Christiansen referred it as a resolution to the Economic Development Committee. As yet, it is not on their agenda. Why? The host fee should be used for economic development because it’s a temporary fund. Using it for economic development gives us the chance to grow our own economy to the point that we don’t need the host fee anymore. That’s the goal.

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Energy & Environment

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By Drs. Robert & Sonia Vogl

President and Vice President, Illinois Renewable Energy Association

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s ComEd customers with solar panels, we received a letter informing us of their recent efforts to jump-start solar in Illinois. As part of a broader set of policies they are proposing a new solar rebate program to reduce the costs of installing solar energy systems. The program would provide a rebate to purchase a “smart invertor” to connect a solar system to the electric grid. A rebate of $1,000 per kW of installed solar capacity would be granted residential customers and $500 per kW for commercial and industrial customers.

With the growth in grid-tied solar systems, utilities desire better communication and coordination between the systems and the existing electric grid. The newly designed “invertors” would allow utilities to use solar power when they need it and shut it off to avoid damaging the grid or the solar system. They would mitigate voltage changes from fluctuating solar generation which could damage utility equipment or residential home appliances. The units would also allow the PV system to continue producing electricity for on-site consumption when grid

service goes down. If a system includes battery backup, the “invertor” is capable of charging the batteries from either the grid or PV. The letter also contained the commitment to ensure current net metering customers that they have a choice of accepting the new solar rebate or continuing with existing net-metering policies.

The proposed new solar rebate program comes at an interesting time. The National Renewable Energy Lab released a new analysis regarding an increased potential of rooftop solar energy providing the nation with almost 40 percent of the US electrical supply. For Illinois the new estimate for rooftop solar is 37 percent of the electrical supply.

The estimates do not consider the potential of installing systems on canopies over vacant spaces, parking lots or integrating them into buildings.

Such local installations reduce the need for grid upgrades and expansions as the power is used where it is produced.

We are seeing an increasing number of reports calling for meeting all of our energy needs with electricity – electrical, heating and cooling, transportation and industrial processes. They are driven by environmental concerns, including climate change. In their book, All-Electric America, Freeman and Parks call for replacing

coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear power with renewable energy and efficiency sources at a rate of 3 percent per year in order to avoid dramatic and long-lasting changes in our climate.

Karen Lynn Allen, an engineer, has pointed out the benefits of going all electric with renewable energy sources as they do not waste two-thirds of the generation energy as heat as existing coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear sources do. While not opposing nuclear power, she reminds us that as existing plants

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Local

Walk-ups still welcome for Klehm Arbor Dash 5K

Staff Report Pre-registration is closed but walk-ups are still welcome for Friday’s Arbor Dash 5K at Klehm Arboretum, 2715 S. Main St. The third annual Arbor Dash is a fun trail run through Klehm’s grounds via paved paths and dirt trails. Runners and their friends can enjoy the scenic landscape of one of the Midwest’s best arboretums. This race is open to runners and walkers of all ages and fitness levels.

Racers can still sign up Friday at the Klehm Visitor Center, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or at race check-in at 5 p.m. The race begins at 6:30 p.m.

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Arbor Day Foundation offers tree-care booklet for $3 donation VOICES OF THE

COMMUNITY The Arbor Day Foundation is offering a handy tree-care booklet designed to help people plant and care for trees.

Anyone can receive Conservation Trees, a user-friendly booklet featuring illustrations, colorful photos, and easily understood descriptions, by making a $3 donation to the Foundation this month.

“Conservation Trees is an ideal resource for tree planters,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Taking care of existing trees is just as critical as planting new ones, and proper care ensures communities are able to fully enjoy the diverse benefits of urban forestry.”

The booklet provides details about the right way to plant and prune

trees. It also includes tips on using shade trees and windbreaks to save on energy costs, attract songbirds, and create a living snow fence.

To receive the Conservation Trees booklet, send a $3 check along with your name and address to Conservation Trees, Arbor Day Foundation, 100 Arbor Ave., Nebraska City, NE 68410, or order online at arborday.org/conservationtrees.

–National Arbor Day Foundation

Jim Wolber and the Lariat Band at Franklin Grove’s Lincoln Building

For more than a decade, Franklin Grove’s historic H.I. Lincoln Building, 136 N. Elm St., has hosted some of the music world’s best artists as a part of their third Friday “Blues & Bluegrass” and special Fifth Friday shows. Among the “best of the best” in this stellar lineup has been Franklin Grove’s own Jim “Mr. Friday Night” Wolber, now featured with The Lariat Band.

The talented musicians of the Lariat Band, Roger Wolber (rhythm guitar & vocals), Aaron Wolber (bass), and Bill Richards (drums & vocals) are recognized by music fans from Nashville to Chicago. Jim Wolber and the Lariat Band’s Country meets Rock & Roll music style has an appeal that everyone can enjoy.

This is a chance for a great music experience in

an historic setting. Don’t miss the opportunity.

There will be two action packed shows at 7 and 9 p.m. Seating is limited so don’t delay. Tickets are available for a $10 donation by calling the H.I. Lincoln building at 815-456-3030 daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays, or stop by the H.I. Lincoln building during the same hours.

–Ron Colson

McDonald’s crew holds Earth Day Clean Up at Nature At The Confluence

To celebrate Earth Day a group of Stateline area McDonald’s employees and their family members pitched in to clean up an area along the Rock River and Turtle Creek at Nature At The Confluence, 306 Dickop Street, South Beloit, Illinois. The cleanup crew was coordinated by manager Dan Beyer and was comprised of crew members from several area McDonald’s restaurants owned by Guy Bucciferro.

The cleanup crew also distributed Milkweed seeds in the area to help with the Rock River Trail’s efforts to improve Monarch butterfly habitat along the Rock River corridor.

Nature at The Confluence is an initiative to transform the area of land where Turtle Creek meets the Rock River into a community space that celebrates the natural and historical significance of the land. The land was used as dumping ground for nearly 100 years, so the Confluence is an appropriate site to tell a very important story about urban ecology and restoration. During the next few years the land will be transformed into an outdoor recreation and education center that will provide nature-based programs for a local and regional audience.

The focal point of this project is the “Confluence Center” and construction will begin this Spring to transform this derelict property into a beautiful community asset. The public is invited to view the project’s progress and enjoy nature-based activities for all ages at “Meet Me At the Confluence 2016” held on Saturday, June 18, 10 a.m to 2 p.m.

Located halfway along the newly designated national Rock River Trail, this land has been used and explored by humans for more than 13,000 years.

In the late 1820s and early 1830s, the area was the site of one of the major villages of the Ho-Chunk.

An 1834 General Land Office sketch shows Turtle Village at the Confluence and it was reported that lodges there housed over 600 inhabitants.

It is hoped that the Nature at The Confluence project will be a catalyst in stimulating adjacent redevelopment. Partners in this private-public initiative include Beloit 2020, City of South Beloit, South Beloit Public Library, Be Active Outdoors, Rocktown Adventures, and other community groups and organizations Learn more about Nature At The Confluence at natureattheconfluence.com. Email info@ naturettheconfluence.com or call 815-200-6910.

–Nature at the Confluence

Montford Point Marines host 2nd Charter Banquet

The Montford Point Marine Association of Beloit/Rockford hosts its second annual Charter Banquet this Saturday, 5-10:30 p.m. at the Hoffman House Restaurant, 7550 E. State St. Keynote speakers include veterans’ advocate and Gerald C. Paulsen, U.S. Army; retired U.S. Air Force CMSgt. Alvin Blake; and Pastor Bob Theroux.

Cocktail hour starts at 5 p.m. Dinner is from 6-7 p.m. The speakers’ program runs from 7-8 p.m. and a DJ will play from 8:30-10 p.m.

Tickets are available for a $50 donation. In Wisconsin, call James Akbar at 608-346-2251 or Mo Ruffin at 608-312-3773. In Illinois, call George Blake at 815-218-5485 or Curly Thompson at 815-988-2735 at downtown’s The Symbols clothing store, 316 W. State St. –Staff report

History of brewing at Midway Village

The Midway Village Museum presents, “Tipsy History: Brewing from the 1800s to Today,” 6:308:30 p.m. May 11, 6799 Guilford Road.

The first part of the program is Sara Pfannkuche, a home-brewer and Midway Village historic interpreter, presenting on how and why women in the 19th century commonly brewed beer for the health of their family.

In order to stay healthy, most people believed that they could make the water safer by “brewing” it into beer or wine. Open fire brewing (or cooking on the stove) was a typical chore for women during this time. Sara will perform a live demonstration on how open fire brewing occurs, showcasing the ingredients used and the process by actually cooking up the first-stage of beer production which is called wort.

The second half of the program will be a presentation by Prairie Street Brewhouse.

Discover the beginnings of one of the first breweries in the nation, with Jonathan Peacock starting the Rockford Brewery in 1849, grinding malt in a hand-turned coffee mill, brewing mash in a bathtub, and delivering ale in his wheelbarrow. By 1857, he was successful enough to open the Brewhouse and Bottling Plant, which evenly grew to producing 75,000 barrels a year and competing with brewing capitols such as Milwaukee.

Tickets are $8 for general admission, $6 for members. Beer samples are included with ticket purchase. Must be 21-and-over to attend. Tickets must be bought by May 4.

For more information call 815-397-9112 or visit midwayvillage.com.

–Midway Village Museum Let us know what your organization is up to. Send your submission to contact@rockrivertimes.com.

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Goodnight, sweet Prince The elusive virtuoso who embraced ambiguity and female desire

thing that you’ll never understand” he refused binary categorisation. Prince opened himself up as an object of desire, identification, projection, and admiration for people across spectrums of gender and sexuality.

Prince’s queerness resisted and undermined norms,

By Rebecca Sheehan even as he became a pop idol.

The Conversation Prince’s desire to resist and evade, also manifest in the battle he began with his record label Warner Bros in 1993 acred. Profane. Lover. Slave. Coy. and his advocacy for artist’s rights in the face of corporate Explicit. Intimate. Epic. Human. ownership. Warner Bros wanted to control the speed of his output. He wanted ownership of his music and control over Messiah. Prince was a study in how he released it. Prince released 39 albums in total but is oppositions, ambiguity, and resistance. said to have left behind thousands more songs in a vault at Paisley Park.

He refused to be pinned down on his racial identity, It is interesting to consider whether his later conversion telling interviewers that he was mixed, quarter black and/ as a Jehovah’s Witness in some way reflected his desire to or half Italian (in fact both his parents were African Amerihave a direct relationship with his audience, unmediated can), and he played with a racially diverse band. He started by a corporation. (Jehovah’s Witnesses see themselves as out as a funk artist and over time fused funk with punk having a direct relationship with God.) ethics, gospel, R&B, new wave, rock, pop, and hip hop.

As part of his protest, Prince appeared in public with His fluidity with musical styles reflected his virtuosi“slave” written on his face. In a 1996 interview with Oprah ty. But his musical fusions were also driven by his desire Winfrey, in a typical move, he denied that he meant to to expand his fan base, to cross over from a primarily invoke or compare himself to slaves of black audience to a white one. He realized the past. that goal with his multi-award winning Yet, because of Prince’s perceived 1984 album Purple Rain.

‘And by performing so lustfully, he granted blackness, the connection could not The ghost of Jimi Hendrix was in the be explained away. His use of the word everyone permission for pleasure. In a decade title, and in this Prince established himself “slave” also drew attention to the ways in a lineage of rock royalty. (The Hendrix when the rise of AIDs fuelled a conservative that slavery endured after emancipation, connection was obvious, Prince would including in the popular music industry’s backlash against sexual liberation, Prince’s claim, instead citing Joni Mitchell as a more exploitation of black artists. significant musical influence.) overt sexuality was both protest and license.’

Prince’s brilliant legal tactic, often Tracks from the album, including the dismissed as eccentricity, was to adopt title song, also incorporated the African the moniker “Love Symbol”. Although American gospel tradition, in the content But as he played with racial identity, he also played with Warner Bros owned his birth name and any musical output and preacherly delivery of lyrics about grand themes, gendered and sexual categories. In his early years of perassociated with it, he argued, they had no right to anything and in the ecstatic joy of his performance in songs like forming, he would sometimes dress in women’s clothes. released under his new name.

Let’s Go Crazy. That song opens the album with a serHis adoption of purple, frills, cummerbunds, and heels, Prince’s desire to own and control his own creative mon: “Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get made him a visual dandy, and contrasted with the heteroproductions also manifest in his refusal to allow his through this thing called life.” sexuality of his lyrics. songs or videos to be made available free of charge The album, and particularly its title song, also echoed In these ways, he flipped the script of macho, hetero, online. Why and how should he — or any other artist rock anthems such as Bohemian Rhapsody and Stairway white cock rockers.

Was he bisexual?

Was he gay?

What — labour for nothing? to Heaven, beginning softly and building to a crescendo. was his relationship with bandmates Wendy and Lisa, who The question that Prince posed through his actions is In merging styles on this album, Prince desegregated the flanked him in press photographs, and when he accepted central to the future of a music industry already gutted by black funk/white rock divide that had emerged during the an Oscar for best motion picture song? internet-enabled free access to music. Prince’s stance and 1970s. He paid homage to the black roots of rock’n’roll, a The artist formerly known as Terence Trent D’Arby integrity on this is part of his legacy. musical form that by the 1980s had become known simply once argued that black male artists have had to emasculate But Prince’s position on this has also hurt his legacy. His as “rock” and was associated with white musicians. themselves in order to appeal to white audiences, saying, fight with Warner Bros cost him promotion opportunities The film that accompanied the album, was read as “Prince has had to play the bisexual image, cast aspersions and audiences. By being inaccessible to new generations semi-autobiographical. In it, Prince plays a musician raised as to his dominant heterosexuality.” raised online, and as his early audiences age, Prince all but by parents who abuse each other. His character is on track But as the scholar Marybeth Hamilton has argued disappears from popular memory. In the aftermath of his to repeat that history, but is transformed by love and music. in her work on Little Richard, this analysis ignores the death, when we go to the internet to find his music, we Purple Rain is the last song he performs in the film history of effeminate masculinity as an “indigenous only meet its absence. and the last song on the album. In light of what has come black tradition”.

Yet, in a typically paradoxical Prince move, this before, it becomes a song of redemption, of transcendence And, the analysis also elides Prince’s agency and confirms his genius as a master of elusion. Perhaps this and pain. Prince’s ability as a communicator is striking brilliance in creating himself as an elusive being. When is his enduring act of resistance: when we reach for him, here. We don’t need to ask what purple rain actually is: the he sang: “I’m not a woman/I’m not a man/I am somehe slips away. emotion he sings tells us that it is the rain that absolves,

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cleanses, makes everything alright.

The album also contains the song Darling Nikki, about a woman Prince describes as a “sex fiend” he met “in a hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine.” The lyrics inspired Tipper Gore to found the Parents Music Resource Center, the organisation that campaigned for parental advisory sticker warnings on CDs and albums.

Apart from triggering the formal censorship of popular music lyrics, the song is an example of Prince’s thematic engagement with unbridled and unapologetic female desire.

Prince’s relationships with women as performed in his songs and in the film Purple Rain were complex, vacillating between objectifying and worshipping.

Yet Prince always gave the sense that a woman’s sexual pleasure was his ultimate purpose and reward, and this was part of his allure. He offset his diminutive stature by intimating that he was a giant in bed.

And by performing so lustfully, he granted everyone permission for pleasure. In a decade when the rise of AIDs fuelled a conservative backlash against sexual liberation, Prince’s overt sexuality was both protest and license.

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An icon of a new form of classical music

By Richard Elliott The Conversation

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s I struggled to process this latest in a long line of musical deaths in 2016 my mind jumped to Bill Callahan’s weirdly brilliant homage, Prince Alone in the Studio (recorded under the Smog name in 1995). Callahan managed to nail what was so distinctive about Prince: his dedication and perfectionism.

Callahan imagined the artist working on his sound as the night drifted into the early hours of the morning, ignoring everyone and everything (including his need to eat) except for the guitar track he was trying to perfect. When he finally had it how he wanted he felt, in Callahan’s words: “like a hunter on the street”.

If Prince’s dedication to his art was legendary, so were his productivity and range of stylistic languages. Whether writing, performing, producing, acting, or lending his skills as a sideman to others projects, there were times when Prince seemed to be everywhere and everyone.

For me this multiplicity is bound up with three distinct but connected aspects of voice: the voice of the writer, that of the singer and that of the instrumentalist.

Layers of technique

As a writer he was legendary, composing songs in a bewildering range of styles and genres for himself and for countless other artists. As a singer, he was always distinctive, whether growling low, purring in his middle register or swooping up to exhilarating falsetto heights. As an instrumentalist he was too often overlooked, yet his guitar playing has spawned many a spirited (if ultimately pointless) online debate about his merits in relation to other virtuosos such as Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton.

A brilliant example of this interconnected voice can be found in a clip that was widely shared in the wake of the news of his death. It is a live performance of Purple Rain, the song which has been a mainstay of Prince’s concerts since its release as a single in 1984. The writing, as with the best of Prince’s work, has an elegant simplicity, alternating brief, evocative verses with the gospel-like refrain of the title and Prince’s distinctive electric guitar. The song is further simplified in this live version through the use of just one verse, followed by the chorus and an extended instrumental section.

Prince applies a range of vocal styles to this performance, often in quick succession. The first time he sings the chorus line, his voice drifts upwards, using melisma to break the word “rain” into fluttering fragments. On the repetition of the

line, the voice moves downward to a smoother, mellower register, while the third iteration sinks to a deep, Elvis-like shudder. For the pay-off line, Prince swoops back to falsetto for the word “see”, slightly elongating the word for effect and thus changing the rhythmic shape of the chorus’s resolution as originally sung.

Then there is the guitar, underlining and extending every emotional nuance of the song, leaping between the singer’s lines, tearing away but always returning, always simultaneously in and out of control. Prince starts to solo immediately after delivering the chorus, his guitar becoming the voice of the song and making any further verses unnecessary. As in much gospel music, this playing seems to signal transcendence of the word, as though the voice cannot complete its work alone and must be extended through other voices or, as here, the prosthetic extension of the guitar’s ecstatic screech.

But Prince is not done with singing just yet. As he reigns in the flash and danger of his guitar he returns to the microphone to deliver one of the song’s most catchy elements, the wordless vocal melody that, in other concerts, the artist would encourage his audience to sing instead of him. At this point, Prince is essentially yodelling, fixing on to that strange, affective vocal realm associated with Swiss mountaineers and American singing cowboys.

It’s another example of the inadequacy of the word, of how “voice” dispenses with verbal reason when it needs to signal emotion. It’s also music of the most sublime kind, drawing on sacred and secular registers in a seemingly epic but really alltoo-brief sample of what Prince was capable of.

New classic

This is only one of thousands of masterful performances that have already been shared amongst Prince’s fans and that will be returned to in the days and months to come, to offer solace, counter incredulity at this latest loss, and pay witness to a truly eclectic and classical artist.

For this is what Prince was: not in the narrow sense of his interest in Western classical music, but in a far more liberated and liberating understanding and extension of the varied streams of a black classical music tradition that incorporated gospel, jazz, R&B, rock and roll, soul, funk, hip hop and more.

Prince was a funky preacher in command of a sophisticated and party-ready congregation. In the wake of his passing, Minnesota radio station The Current dedicated itself to a programme of “wall-to-wall Prince”. Listening in there was a sense that the party would never end, that it could and would continue without its progenitor.

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Local musicians and music buffs on Prince Compiled by Todd Houston For The Rock River Times

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he first time I heard Prince I remember stopping what I was doing and I just stood there in awe of the music coming out of the speakers. Everyone around me kind of disappeared as I listened to this amazing thing. I mean the music, the musicianship and the production was all top notch, like nothing I have ever heard. To this day it still sounds so fresh. We have lost a great talent and he will be missed.”

–Trace Foster, former Rockford resident and guitar technician for AC/DC and Aerosmith

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hen I saw Prince perform in Rockford in March, 1982 during the Prince Controversy Tour, he was wearing heels, eyeliner, earrings, thongs and stockings. The shock and disapproval from most of the audience that night followed him on the tour. But persevere he did. Two-and-a-half years later in America he had the number one single, number one album and number one movie in Purple Rain. There are artists that explode onto the scene, shock and amaze, and are initially shunned as going too far.

In many cases, they ultimately become our legends. Long live the Purple Reign.”

–Mark Ricotta, Rockford Vinyl, Records, LPs and Album Art Administrator

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first heard of Prince from a female friend in 1981 who had already been a fan for a few years (his first album was released in 1978). She had seen him in St. Louis and was describing the sexy, fun show to me and I think maybe Rob Elvis who apparently had been hip to him early on as well. I remember that she said the audience was mostly women. So, not too long after that, maybe six months or a year, MTV came about and I started seeing early videos of this guy named Prince. He was already on his third or fourth album by then.

The first impression I got was that he was a combination of Hendrix, Little Richard and James Brown which pretty much nailed it throughout his career. You always knew you were going to get quality and a curve ball with Prince. He always delivered it all with old-school precision and a was few steps ahead of the modern world.”

- Brad Elvis, drummer for The Romantics and The Handcuffs

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remember in 1978, hearing I Wanna be your Lover, off the second self-titled album, and thinking, ‘What the hell is this?’ Never heard anything like it or since. Prince was a ‘musician’s’ musician in the highest form of the word. His singing and songwriting was so off the wall and original, I have yet to hear of anyone be compared. His guitar genius and style will never be matched. Eric Clapton was (supposedly) asked how it felt to be the greatest guitarist ever and he replied, ‘I don’t know, ask Prince.’”

–Ian Serrano, local musician

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t was during one of my on-air shifts in midyear 1982, I picked up the 1999 album (which there alone I found interesting as 1999 seemed so distant in the future) and decided to play the title cut. I’m a fan of the organ, so when I heard the keyboard organ sound in the song, needless to say that immediately caught my attention.

Then as all the instruments began to strategically get blended, I discovered his unique sound that had an upbeat party dance type feel to it yet with a ‘rock beat’. I then had to check out the other tracks on the album, playing one here and there bringing Prince to the forefront in my music genre.

“If I recall correctly, there wasn’t a Chicago radio station that played 1999 during that time. It was later that the song eventually took hold on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. What a great singer, songwriter, performer and an overall dedicated talent he truly was.”

–Kevin McCarthy, weekend on-air personality for Rockford’s Home for Classic Rock 96.7 The Eagle

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rince combined urban funk with electric guitar rock riffs and sensual lyrics. This combination gave him #1 hits. He was like James Brown and Eddie Van Halen rolled into one.”

–Chuck Doyle

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o matter who you where, what music you listened to, or what genre your band fell into, it was always acceptable to have Prince in your record collection, due to its versatility, and his extreme musical talent.”

–Kevin Hutchins, 11th Hour / War on the Saints

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Finale Readers’ Theater to feature Davis scene

By Anne E. O’Keefe Rockford Area Arts Council

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orothy Paige-Turner received grant funds from the Rockford Area Arts Council in 2014 that sparked the Readers’ Theater and since then, the partnership has grown to include Rockford Urban Ministries and Just Goods Fair Trade Store.

Performances are held at the Just Goods Listening Room, 201 7th St., second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. October-to-May. Freewill offerings go directly to the actors.

May 9 is the finale for this season and will feature a scene from a play by Nathan Davis. Davis is a Rockford native, and a Julliard Fellowship recipient, with an MFA from Indiana University and BFA from University of Illinois. Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea will be performed by his father, George Davis and local actor, David Causey.

It received the Lorraine Hansberry Award in 2014 and in 2015 the Rolling World Premiere and was awarded a Steinberg/ATCA New Play Citation. The main character, Dontrell, decides that it’s his duty Davis and destiny to venture into the Atlantic Ocean in search of an ancestor lost during the Middle Passage. It’s a present-day hero’s quest exploring the lengths and depths we must go through to redeem history’s wrongs.

Another work by Davis, The Wind and the Breeze, had a staged reading on April 10 at the Greenhouse Theater Center in Chicago. The Wind and the Breeze, which is set in Rockford,

was named winner of the 2016 Blue Ink Playwriting Award.

“Some of Rockford’s most talented actors perform scenes and monologues by African American playwrights and by those of other cultures as well. Each month, the Players showcase the works of at least ten playwrights who range from those well known to theatre audiences and some who are lesser known,” said Paige-Turner.

Jenniel Wright will perform Lightning, But No Rain, the story of Theresa Allison, founder of Mothers Reclaiming Our Children (Mothers ROC) who is also the mother of gang truce architect Dewayne Holmes. The piece is from Anna Deveare Smith’s Twilight, Los Angeles, a stunning work of documentary theater in which she uses the verbatim words of people and their experiences to expose and explore the devastat-

ing human impact of those events.

Other players include Rebecca James as Celie from Alice Walker’s The Color Purple, Climmie Durr from Winsome Pinnock’s A Rock in Water, LuGina Horton as an African Queen from Gold Through the Trees by Alice Childress and Elbert James who will showcase the work or Richard Wesley’s The Black Terror. Also to be presented are; The Gospel at Colonus by Lee Breuer, Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deveare Smith and The Hour Glass by Robert Alexander.

While Paige-Turner’s formal teaching career spanned 34 years as a music teacher for RPS, she continues to teach not only the youth of our community with programs like Council Choraleers, which she donates her time to direct, but equally important, she is bringing the voice of African American writers to our community.

Jungle Book visuals bring excitement to new adaptation

By Thomas Simpson Contributor

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alt Disney’s 1967 adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book is arguably the most famous interpretation of the author’s work. Inspired by his collection of stories, Disney took artistic license with the source material and put their own stamp on it, creating a legendary film in the process. Almost 50 years after its release, the legendary studio has produced a quasi live-action remake with a real life Mowgli (Neel Sethi) inhabiting a CGI world complete with photorealistic animals.

The animated setting looks huge, with the 3-D layering utilized to give prominent depth to the expansive jungle. Mowgli looks tiny in his surroundings, often dwarfed by his animal counterparts (with a little exaggeration given to their size). Although the man cub has been raised by wolves, other animals view his presence with suspicion, and none more than the fearsome tiger, Shere Khan (Idris Elba).

Bagheera (Ben Kingsley), a black panther who found Mowgli alone in the jungle as a child, offers to take him to the man village where he will be safer with his own kind. Not that Shere Khan is willing to compromise as long as Mowgli lives.

Elba is menacing as the Bengal tiger, his deep voice enhancing Khan’s fearsome appearance. Khan is frightening and calculatingly savage, traits that may prove upsetting for younger audiences. Director Jon Favreau has hardly crafted a gritty reboot yet there is an unmistakable gloom in Bill Pope’s cinematography. Christopher Walken’s King Louie (from an orangutan to a Gigantopithecus ) is

also an intimidating figure, portrayed here as a threatening gangster, complete with trademark Walken expressions. It contrasts greatly with his more humorous 1967 counterpart.

Not that The Jungle Book is devoid of humor. Bill Murray is delightful as the sloth bear Baloo delivering his lines with a wonderful lightness that will evoke nostalgic memories of the character and likely create new ones for those fresh to the story. Favreau decided not to

make the film a musical however he incorporates some of the legendary songs from the 1967 film into this one. The Bare Necessities is carefully woven into the plot and compliments the scenes in which it appears. I Wan’na Be Like You, on the other hand, doesn’t fit with Walken’s Louie; instead, it shifts the tone of the scene and feels out of place.

Favreau’s film lacks the magic of the 1967 animated feature but it does add a foreboding

sense of adventure and generates great drama.

There is a grandiose atmosphere that shrouds the film which heightens the dangers and allows us to invest in Mowgli’s journey. It won’t be remembered as the definitive interpretation of Kipling’s work, but The Jungle Book’s intense and impressive visuals bring excitement to this much-adapted story.

Thomas Simpson is a writer and filmmaker based in Glasgow, U.K. Find him on Twitter: @Simmy41.

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The untapped value of CliFi television Shakespeare, Passover, Supergirl and Game Of Thrones

By Joe Romm ThinkProgress.org

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umbers numb, stories sell. We don’t deal well with numbers — it tends to suspend our sense of emotion — but we respond very, very well to stories. Individual stories will almost always trump a litany of statistics.”

These words were spoken by climate communications expert Ed Maibach at a 2015 White House panel. And what greater reminders of the timeless power of storytelling are there than two big events of the weekend — Passover and the 400-year observance of Shakespeare’s death.

Shakespeare died 400 years ago Saturday. But he remains alive because he was arguably the most gifted English-language storyteller in history. Many of his characters — Hamlet, Cleopatra, Falstaff — are “alive” in our memory. As the

novelist Alexandre Dumas put it: “After God, Shakespeare has created most.”

Passover is the annual commemoration and ritualistic retelling of the story from the Book of Exodus of how the Jews were freed from slavery in Egypt by God acting through Moses. The participants in a seder use a Haggadah, a booklet with the details of the story and the related ritual. The word Haggadah means “tale” or “parable” or “story.” In Exodus, Moses tells the Jews to tell the story year after year after year: “You shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt’.”

If you want someone to remember someone or something, tell their story again and again.

Since storytelling has had such a powerful effect on humans since the dawn of history itself, it is no surprise that many look to storytellers today for more powerful means of communicating the danger of and solutions to climate change — what many are calling climate-fiction or CliFi. So far, at least as far as fictional TV and movies go, the results have been pretty bad.

We had the 2004 movie “The Day After Tomorrow,” in which burning fossil fuels leads to

a frozen planet. It was not only incredibly unscientific, it arguably set back the messaging effort by putting the absurd “global cooling” notion in people’s heads!

On the flip side, at the very start of the entertaining but nihilistic 2014 CliFi movie “Snowpiercer,” more than 99.9999 percent of the world’s population die (thankfully off camera).

The cause: A failed geoengineering experiment to stop global warming that turns the Earth into a frozen, dystopian wasteland. Things go downhill from there.

The popular “Hunger Games” movies seem to have excised what little was in the books about post-apocalyptic global warming — omitting the key sentence in the first book suggesting the suppressed revolution that led to the creation of the annual slaughter-fest known as “the hunger games” was preceded by a climate-driven apocalypse.

“Game of Thrones,” which premiered Sunday night, is seen by some as a climate parable for Earth. The imminent climate change faced by the continent of Westeros is a long period of very cold weather (and various scary things associated with it, like the White Walkers). “Winter is Coming,” as the family motto of the noble House Stark in the north puts it. The defenders against the scary things are “The Night’s Watch.” The various factions who represent different parts of the country are too busy fighting for power to pay any attention to warnings about climate change and its grim consequences.

Sound familiar?

But while Reuters posed the question last April, “Is ‘Game of Thrones’ aiding the global debate on climate change?” I think we can safely say the answer is “probably not.” The actual onset of winter is barely a focus of the story, which is overwhelmed by sex, violence, and the interplay of many well-acted and gripping storylines that have nothing to do with climate change.

Christopher Nolan’s 2014 saga, “Interstellar,” lacked a stellar take on climate change — and had a particularly defeatist theme, “We are not meant to save the world. We are meant to leave it.” On the bright side, it annoyed conservatives a great deal.

The 2014 spy spoof, “Kingsman: The Secret Service,” however, sets up the super villain as an ecoterrorist. At one point he explains his mass extermination plan this way: “Global warming is the fever, mankind is the virus. We’re making our planet sick. A cull is our only hope.” Seriously. Conservatives websites were delirious.

Sadly, that brings us the new TV series “Supergirl,” which decided to have the exact same theme! Krypton famously blew up before Superman (Kal-El aka Clark Kent) and his cousin Supergirl (Kara Zor-El aka Kara Danvers) were, separately, sent to Earth by their parents. But what you probably didn’t know was the reason

Krypton blew up. In a flashback scene on the doomed planet, Kara’s aunt (Astra) explains the update to the decades-old story.

Krypton is dying because of climate change — its core is unstable “because of how we’ve harnessed it for power.” The message: “We became greedy. And now the oceans have changed, and the weather. I’m trying to get people to stop and see what they’re doing, and in doing so, I’ve had to do some difficult things.”

On the one hand, this really annoyed conservatives at the time, as in the NewsBusters piece “Supergirl’s Not So Super Global Warming Propaganda.”

On the other hand, in her attempt to “save” Krypton, Astra becomes a murderous ecoterrorist, as we learned in another flashback, which includes Supergirl’s mother Alura.

In a bizarre twist, Supergirl’s mother is also implicated in Krypton’s self-destruction because she didn’t listen to her sister in time to save the planet but instead prosecuted her for murder.

And you thought your family had issues.

But the plot is based around the final line by Astra about Earth: “Much like Krypton, this planet is on the verge of ecological destruction.

I can stop it. But the humans won’t like my methods. That’s why I need you. They trust you.

Together we can save them.”

Silly humans! Who wouldn’t like the “methods” of murder, mayhem, and mind control?

By April, the same conservatives were delighting in the fact that the Supergirl story had morphed into their fantasy-nightmare vision of a world run by liberals, “‘Supergirl’ Shows Liberal Fantasy Where Mind Control Is the Answer to Global Warming.”

One character asks the bad guy Non (Astra’s husband) near the end of the season, “So, mind control is the answer to global warming?” He replies that yes, in a world that he would run with a mind-control machine, “there are no more racial divisions, no Republicans, no Democrats. Only one people, working with one purpose towards one goal. To save the world.” And like any good Hollywood ecoterrorist, when the mind control machine is destroyed, he decides to simply kill all humans.

Maybe we need a new genre name: Anti-CliFi. Memo to Hollywood: We sort of appreciate that you are injecting climate change into more stories, since climate change is the story of the century. And we know great stories have bad guys. But those who take the threat of catastrophic global warming seriously — which pretty much includes all the governments of the world, the overwhelming majority of climate scientists, every major scientific association, and frankly, most of the public — aren’t actually the villains. The real villains aren’t hard to find.

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ARTS & THEATER Ongoing Attractions The ARC - 1222 E. State St., Beadware Mondays 1-4 p.m.; Open Studio Wednesdays & Thursdays 1-4 p.m.

The Art Box – 308 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb.

Hours: Mon.-Sat., 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Info: 815-758-0313.

Artists’ Ensemble Theatre – Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. Info: 815394-5004.

ArtSpace West Gallery – 1426 N. Main St. Wed.-Sat., noon-6 p.m. Info: 815-9631894.

Beloit Fine Arts Incubator – 520 E. Grand Ave., Beloit, Wis. Gallery hours: Mon.,10 a.m.-2 p.m. ; Tues.-Fri., 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Sat.,10 a.m.-3 p.m. Info: 608-3224250. The Beloit Fine Arts Incubator is seeking entrants for its annual juried photography show. This year’s theme is “Every Picture Tells a Story”. The show will be held during March with an opening reception on March 4. Cash prizes will be awarded for the top three photographs. For further information please visit BeloitFineArtsIncubator. com or call the gallery at 608-313-9083.

Beloit College – Logan Museum of Anthropology, Shaw Gallery, 700 College St., Beloit, Wis. Tues.-Sun., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Info: 608-363-2828.

Belvidere Performing Arts Center – 1500 E. Ave., Belvidere. Tickets available at Tickets.thestudiorockford.com or 815332-2205.

Byron Civic Theatre – 850 N. Colfax, Byron.

Info: 815-312-3000 or bctmagic.com.

Cadillac Palace Theatre – 151 W. Randolph St., Chicago. BroadwayInChicago.com.

Coronado Performing Arts Center – 314 N. Main St. 815-968-5222 or coronadopac. org.

DeKalb Area Women’s Center Galleries 1021 State St., DeKalb. Fridays, 7-9 p.m.

Info: 815-758-1351.

Ingrid Dohm Studio Gallery – 839 N. Perryville Road. Appointments/Info: 815519-6492.

Freeport Art Museum – 121 N. Harlem Ave., Freeport. Info: 815-235-9755.

Gallery C – 900 Jackson St., Suite 113, Dubuque, Iowa.

The Gallery At JustGoods – 201 Seventh St. Info: 815-965-8903.

Grace Performing Arts Center - Festival 56 productions are performed at this location, 316 South Main Street, Princeton. 815-8795656, ext. 11, festival56.com Charlotte Hackin Art Studio & Gallery – 6278 Brynwood Drive, Rockford. Info: 815639-1318.

Janesville-UW Rock County Theatre – Kirk Denmark Theatre, University of Wisconsin-Rock County, 2909 Kellogg Ave., Janesville, Wis. . Info: 608-758-6565.

Kortman Gallery – 107 N. Main St. Mon.Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Info: 815-968-0123.

Kouture Canvas – 213 N. Third St., Rockford.

Owners provide materials for you to create your own guided painting or DIY type craft.

No two paintings alike. Also, free drinks, age-appropriate. Event dates and times on website at kouturecanvas.com under calendar tab.

Main Street Players of Boone County – Community Building Complex, 111 W. First St., Belvidere. mainstreetplayersofboonecounty.com.

Monroe Arts Center – 1315 11th St., Monroe, Wis. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Info: 608-325-5700.

NIU Art Museum – Northern Illinois University, Altgeld, 116, DeKalb.

David C. Olson Photography Studio – 7801 E. State St., inside Clock Tower Resort.

Wildlife and nature imagery. 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday. Free. Info: 815-873-1777.

Pec Playhouse Theatre – 314 Main St., Pecatonica fo: 815-239-1210 or pecplayhouse.org.

Rockford Art Museum - 711 N. Main St..

For more information visit rockfordartmuseum.org.

Rockford Dance Company – Riverfront Museum Park, 711 N. Main St. Info: 815815-963-3341 or 815-968-0595.

Rockford University Art Gallery – Clark Arts Center, 5050 E. State St. Info: 815226-4105.

Rockford University Performing Arts Department and Maddox & CheekTheatres - 5050 E. State St. For information call 815.226.4100 or visit rockford.edu/artslectures/performingartsseason.

Scheffler Art & Gallery – Rooney Building, 107 Elm St., Franklin Grove. Hours: Tues., Wed., Thurs., 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; Fri., 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sat., 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Info: 815-973-0942.

State of the Art – 218 E. State St. Open Tues.Sat., noon-6 p.m. and by appointment.

“First Friday” events until 8 p.m. Info: 815-979-1944.

317 Studio and Gallery- 317 Market St. Stop by for Open Studio Thursday and Friday nights from 5-8 p.m. and Saturday afternoon from 12-5 p.m. Or go to our calendar on our website to sign up for a variety of classes including Loaded Brush Night! Our gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday 12-2 p.m., also open during evening hours, check calendar for times or call. 317studiogallery.com or 815-315-7000 Timber Lake Playhouse – 8215 Black Oak Road, Mt. Carroll. Info: 815-244-2035. timberlakeplayhouse.org.

University of Wisconsin-Rock County – Theodore Robinson Gallery, Wells Cultural Center, 2909 Kellogg Ave., Janesville, Wis. Vino van Gogh - Paint drink & be merry at area restaurants. We’ll show you how to create a work of art in just a few hours - we make it easy and fun. New events published monthly and sign up for coupons at VinoGogh.com.

Without Shoes Modern Dance Company – Maddox Theatre, Rockford University, 5050 E. State St. Womanspace – 3333 Maria Linden Drive.

Info: 815-877-0118.

Woodstock Opera House – 121 E. Van Buren St., Woodstock. Info: 815-338-5300.

Woodstock Weavers Guild – Old Courthouse Arts Center, 101 N. Johnson, Woodstock.

Info: 815-399-1630.

Wright Museum of Art – Beloit College, 700 College St., Beloit, Wis. Free. Info: 608-363-2095.

Exit Laughing - The Beloit Civic Theatre is

performing the show Exit Laughing on April 28, 29, 30 and May 5, 6, 7,at 7:30 p.m. There will also 3 p.m. matinees on April 30, May 1 and May 7. Tickets are $10. Seniors and Students are $8. The Beloit Civic Theatre is located at 1225 Fourth St., Beloit, Wisconsin. You can also get information from their website at Beloitcivictheatre.org.

Friday, May 13 Rockford Operetta Party - Rockford Operetta Party presents Trial By Jury and highlights from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan.

7:30 p.m. at Mendelssohn PAC, 415 N. Church Street.For more information visit rockfordoperettaparty.synthasite.com/

MUSIC Wednesday, April 27 Open mic - Mandalay Lounge, 5 p.m.

Thursday, April 28 Amateur Night - Mandalay Lounge, 5 p.m.

Friday, April 29 Emily Hurd - Performing at Just Goods Listening Room, 201 7th Street, at 7 p.m.

Free admission.

Mike Williamson Trio - Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. 5:30-8 p.m. Free.

Saturday, April 30 Sons of the Never Wrong - Charlottes Web Concert Series at Emerson House, 420 N. Main St. Tickets are $15. For more information go to mendelssohnpac.org/events/ charlottes-web-sons-of-the-never-wrong/ Live Strolling Music - Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free.

Big Daddy Woo Woo - Logan’s Bar & Grill, 1805 S. West Ave., Freeport. 9 p.m.

Sunday, May 8 Dance - VFW, 2018 Windsor Road, Loves Park, across from Sunrise Restaurant. 7 p.m. Admission is $7.

Saturday, May 14 Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus concert - The Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus comes to Rockford to celebrate Chicago in their Spring Concert: My Kind of Town. This experience will whip you across musical genres spanning from Madrigal to Motown; with music from Bessie Smith, Goldrich and Heisler, Louis Armstrong and many more. Additionally, an art exhibit, The Art of Acceptance: Building the Bonds of Peace, will feature works by local artists and will be open for concert goers in the Emmanuel gallery. Performance takes place at 7 p.m. at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 920 3rd Avenue. Tickets are $20 for General Admission; $15 for Students and Seniors. Available for purchase at ArtsAndSpirituality.net or the church office at 815-963-4815.

The Jimmys - Performing as part of Hope & Anchor English Pub’s Second Saturday Blues series. 8 p.m.-12 a.m., $5 cover after 7 p.m. or free prior to that for dinner guests. 5040 N. 2nd Street, Loves Park.

Call 815-633-2552 for information.

Have your free listing in the Thursday preceding our Wednesday publication.

Listings can be e-mailed to contact@rockrivertimes.com or called in to 815-964-9767.

Sunday, May 22 Rockford ChristianFellowship Band 31st Anniversary Concert - First Covenant, 316 Wood Road. 4 p.m. Free admission, free will donations are accepted. For more information visit rcfband.org.

Dance - VFW, 2018 Windsor Road, Loves Park, across from Sunrise Restaurant. 7 p.m. Admission is $7.

Saturday, June 18 Desolation Row - Splitter’s Bar & Grill, 5318 N. 2nd St., Loves Park. 9 p.m.-1 a.m. No cover charge. Call 815-877-6051 for more information. Dynasty Dart Association Event.

Saturday, June 25 Desolation Row - Switchyard Bar & Grill, 200 N. Washington St., Rochelle. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Call 815-561-6275 for more information.

No cover charge.

COMMUNITY Alcoholics Anonymous – Call for locations/ times: 815-227-4633 or 815-968-0333.

All Species Fishing Club - Rock Valley Anglers. For upcoming events, visit rockvalleyanglers.com or email rockvalleyanglers@gmail.com.

Atwood Environmental Center – 2685 New Milford School Road, Rockford. Now open Saturdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. with feeding time for Birds of Prey at 1 p.m..

815-874-7576.

Burpee Museum of Natural History – 737 N. Main St. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Woodward Exhibit Hall, admission 42 members, $4 public plus general Museum admission.

Admission: $ 4-12, free for children younger than 4 and members; additional fee for traveling exhibits. 815-965-3433.

Camp Grant Museum - 1004 Samuelson Road.

Open Tues-Fri 7 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat 7 a.m.–1 p.m. Sun 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Closed Mondays.

Military Camp from 1918 to 1948 in Rockford.

Group Special hours available & tour with lecture. Restaurant on premises, make a day of it. Check out website & Facebook Camp Grant Museum. 815-395-0679 Cherry Valley Public Library District - 755 E. State St., Cherry Valley. Hours: Monday-Thursday 9 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday-Saturday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday 1-5 p.m. (Sept.May) 815-332-5161. Cherryvalleylib.org Discovery Center Museum – 711 N. Main St. Hours: Sun.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Cost: $8 public, free for members. Children 1 and under are also free. 815-963-6769.

Ethnic Heritage Museum – 1129 S. Main St. Sun., 2-4 p.m. Admission $5 adults, $3 student, $10 family. 815-962-7402.

Celebrating 100 Years of Booker Washington Community Center exhibit will be on display every Sunday from 2-4 p.m. until September. Bring your family to view this amazing exhibit and relive its unique history. This exhibit is perfect for students.

Healing Pathways Cancer Resource Center – 3921 East State St., Rockford.

Classes in yoga, strength training, Qigong, and support groups. 815977-4123 or healingpathwayscrc.org.

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Vibe Calendar Mandalay Lounge - 200 N. Church St. Open mic night Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. Amateur night on Thursdays Memorial Hall – 211 N. Main St. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Mon-Fri., or by appointment. 815969-1999.

Midway Village – 6799 Guilford Road. Open Tuesday-Friday (May-August) 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday 10:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Closed Monday. 815-397-9112.

NAR-ANON Family Group - For Family and Friends of addicts. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. at One Spirit Center, 1801 Charles St. For more information call 815-668-6983 or visit nar-anon.org.

Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens – 1354 N. Second St. Open Tues.-Sat. (closed Mon.): hours vary, check website or call. Admission: $6 resident, $8 non-resident, free for children 4 and younger. Water features, seating areas and sculptures, all in a tropical plant setting. Changing seasonal floral displays, special events, educational programs, workshops, lecture series.

Rentals of meeting/event room available.

Gift shop. Info: rockfordparkdistrict.org or 815-987-8800.

Open Doors – Court Street United Methodist Church Chapel, 215 N. Court St. 12:30-1 p.m. Every Wed. Enter north end. Info: 815-962-6061.

Pine Tree Pistol Club – 5454 11th St. Info about club & classes: 815-874-7399.

Rock Hollow Hunt Club - Bingo and pulltabs the last Tuesday of every month at Rock Hollow Hunt Club, 1931 IL Route 75 East in Freeport. Buy cards beginning at 6:30 p.m. games start at 7. Benefits the US Sportsmen’s Youth Foundation.

Rockford Park District – Various programs available throughout the year.

Program Guides now available at Customer Service locations. Info: 815987-8800 or rockfordparkdistrict.org.

Rockford Public Library Hours – Main Library, 215 N. Wyman St.: Sunday CLOSED, Mon.-Thurs. 12-8 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; East Branch, 6685 E. State St. (New Hours): Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri.Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday CLOSED; Montague Branch, 1238 S. Winnebago St.: Monday CLOSED, Tues.-Thurs. 12-8 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.‑Sun. CLOSED; Rock River Branch, 3128 11th St.: Monday CLOSED, Tues.-Thurs. 12-8 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.-Sun. CLOSED; Rockton Centre Branch, 3112 N. Rockton Ave. (New Hours): Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat.-Sun. CLOSED; Main Library Used Book Shop, 215 N. Wyman St.: Monday-Thursday 12–6 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Saturday-Sunday: CLOSED; East Branch Used Book Shop, 6685 E. State St.: Monday–Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m., Sunday CLOSED Spiritualist Chapel in the Woods - 8002 Service Rd., Cherry Valley, IL. Sunday Lyceum at 10:00 a.m., Service at 11:00 a.m.

Support Groups/Youth Drop-in Hours – Diversity of Rockford, 117 S. Third St. Free. Weekly. Call for specific meetings/dates/info: 815-964-2639.

Tinker Swiss Cottage – 411 Kent St. Tours 1 and 3 p.m., Tues.-Sun. 815-964-2424.

Womanspace – 3333 Maria Linden Drive.

Yoga every Thursday, 9:30-10:45 a.m. $40/four classes or $12/class. Basic

Hatha Yoga. Other activities throughout the year. Info: 815-877-0118.

Registration for Classes at The Arc – The Arc of Winnebago, Boone and Ogle Counties, 1222 E. State St. First Quarter 2015 Program Schedule is out. Info: 815-965-3455.

Rockford Area Coin Club - Meets on the third Thursday of each month at the North Suburban Women’s Club at 6 p.m. 6320 N. Second St. in Loves Park.

Ostende Dance Club looking for Couples who Love to Dance – Rockford’s oldest ballroom dance club invites couples to join the 2016-17 dance season. Ostende Dance Club hosts seven ballroom dances from Oct.-May. Yearly fee is $90 per couple.

Info: 815-519-3330.

Registration for “Putting Wellness to Work” – University of Illinois Extension, Boone County, 205 Cadillac Court, Unit 3, Belvidere. Date: Your choice. Lessons on practical skills to help workers live healthy lives. Call Judy Hodge, Program Coordinator, at 815-544-3710 or hodg@ illinois.edu to schedule lessons.

Salvage Too, Rockford’s ReUse Center Opening Thursdays and Fridays from11 a.m.-5 p.m. Complete sets of windows and many doors. Door and window prices begin at $10. Most casements are $30 & $35. Also, much reclaimed lumber and building materials from deconstruction projects. Info: 815-963-6236.

Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden – 2715 S. Main St. Tues.-Sat., 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Admission $6 adults, $3 seniors & students, children younger than 3 and Klehm members, free.

Donation Day is first Tuesday of each month.

Admission free, donations of any amount welcome. Call 815-965-8146 or visit klehm. org for more information.

Rock Valley College Pitching Instruction – Fusion Sports Complex, 7135 Clinton Road, Loves Park. By pitching coach Zac Wolf. Info: 815481-1757 or z.wolf@rockvalleycollege.edu.

Freeport Downtown Development Foundation - Looking for volunteers who are interested in leading a downtown event this year. Info: fdfoffice@yahoo.com or 815-232-9000.

Recycling - Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful Recycling Centers. 9 a.m.-noon every Saturday. 815-637-1343

Wednesday, April 27 Caritas’ 30th Anniversary Luncheon & Fashion Show - Caritas’ 30th Anniversary luncheon and fashion show will take place at Giovanni’s, 610 N. Bell School Rd. To celebrate this luncheon, the theme is Children...Precious As Pearls. There will be a social hour with beautiful silent auction with items to bid on beginning at 10:30 a.m. At 11:45 the preschool children from St. Elizabeth’s Center will sing a few songs. The luncheon begins at 12 p.m. with three options: Chicken Bosco, Lemon Herb Tilapia, or Ratatouille; all served with rolls, salad and Turtle Cheese Cake for dessert. The fashion show will begin at 12:30, put on by Chico’s, located at The District at CherryVale. Models will walk the runway to music provided by Carl and Dianna Cole. The tickets for the luncheon are $35. There will be raffle prizes consisting of $1,000 cash, iPad 2 Gold worth $730, a gold loop and pearl necklace worth $395, a pearl necklace worth $352,

and a multi-restaurant gift package. The raffle tickets are $5 a piece or 5 for $20. All proceeds will benefit the expansion of two library and resource rooms for pre-school and after-school students at St. Elizabeth Community Center, a Rockford Catholic Charities Youth Program for children from all faiths. For information or to purchase tickets, call Patti Weber 815-222-1661 or Marva Tarara at 815-988-1013.

I-Cash: Discover and Claim Your Unclaimed Property - 1-3 p.m. in the Connie Lane Room at the Montague Branch Library, 1238 S. Winnebago St. Ages 18 & over, no registration required. Drop in anytime. The I-Cash program connects IL residents with their unclaimed property, such as old checking & savings accounts, safe deposit boxes, uncashed checks and more. A representative from the Illinois State Treasurers Office will be there for this Money Smart Week event.

Transitioning to Retirement - One program from 3:30-4:30 p.m. and another from 6-7 p.m. in the Friends Community Meeting Room at the East Branch Library, 6685 E. State St. Ages 26 & over, no registration required. Important considerations as you transition to retirement will be discussed in this program for Money Smart Week, co-sponsored by Cornerstone Wealth Management Roscoe.

Thursday, April 28 Are You Prepared? Retirement Planning Seminar for Those 55 & Over - 6:30-7:30 p.m. in the Friends Community Meeting Room at the East Branch Library, 6685 E. State St. Ages 26-80, no registration required. Get answers to important questions surrounding your retirement!

This Money Smart Week event will cover retirement income, expenses, Social Security, taxes, and more! This program is co-sponsored by Stillman Bank, and those planning to attend are asked to RSVP by April 27 to Cassie Bull, 815-645-2034 or cassieb@stillmanbank.com.

Friday, April 29 Arbor Dash 5K at Klehm - Race starts at 6:30 p.m. The 3rd annual Arbor Dash is a fun trail run through Klehm’s grounds via paved paths and dirt trails. Enjoy the scenic landscape and invite your friends to join you. Put a team together and you will receive discounted rates. This race is open to runners and walkers of all ages and fitness levels. We will have your official finish time ready for you at the end of the race. So, start training! Every participant goes home with their own seedling to celebrate Arbor Day and keep the forest in the Forest City! Participants receive a commemorative Arbor Dash t-shirt (guaranteed for preregistered runners), entrance to the Klehm Arboretum grounds for the day, a tree seedling to plant, and more! Register before April 23 for $15 each for Klehm members & teams of 10 or more; and $20 each for Non-members. Register After April 23 for $25 for all. More info at klehm.org/ arbor5k. Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden, 2715 S. Main St. St. Paul Church Garage Sale - Plan to attend the 14th Annual St. Paul Church Garage Sale, located at 8800 E. Epleyanna Rd, in

Have your free listing in the Thursday preceding our Wednesday publication.

Listings can be e-mailed to contact@rockrivertimes.com or called in to 815-964-9767.

Davis. Sale will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and there will be a bake sale and lunch stand available. Sale offers a wide variety of items including: children through adult clothing, crafts, toys, household items, books, videos, furniture and much more!

The church is located just outside of Davis, on Church Road, off Route 75, between Rock City and Davis, IL. Be sure to watch for signs and for more information or directions, call the church at 815-865-5314 or email us at: office@stpaulchurch-davis.org Winnebago County CASA annual dinner, fundraiser - Winnebago County CASA’s annual dinner and fundraiser will be held from 6- 9 p.m. at Tebala Shrine Center, 7910 Newburg Rd. The event will feature a silent auction, live auction, 50/50 raffle, wine pull and Windy City Dueling Pianos.

Cost: $60 per person. RSVP by April 20 by calling 815-319-6880 or go to WinnebagoCountyCASA.org. Winnebago County CASA is a nonprofit, volunteer-based organization that advocates for abused and neglected children within the Juvenile Court system. Its trained volunteers are appointed by a judge to represent the best interests of children in the Abuse and Neglect Court. Its mission is to assist the Court in seeking the best interests of abused & neglected children through court-appointed volunteer advocacy. If you’re interested in becoming a CASA volunteer, please contact our office at 815-319-6880 or info@winnebagocountycasa.org. Training sessions are held throughout the year.

Tango Class - 7-8:30 p.m. at Emerson House, 420 N. Main Street. Cost is $15 for 1 class per person. Make a reservation by emailing info@mjtango.com or calling 815-721-0994.

Saturday, April 30 Montford Point Marine Association annual Charter Banquet - Event will feature keynote speaker Gerald Paulsen, U.S. Army, International Veteran Business, and Global Veteran Supporter. Also featured will be CMS gt. Alvin Blake, 30 year USAF (retired), and Pastor Bob Theroux. Tickets are available for a $50 donation and can be purchased from Symbols Clothing Store, 316 W. State St., online at tinyurl.com/ zqbbdyt or by calling one of the following in Illinois: George - 815-218-5485, Curly - 815-988-2735, Larry - 815-540-5313; or in Wisconsin: Mo - 608-312-3773, or James - 608-346-2251. Event will begin at 5 p.m. at Hoffman House Restaurant, 7550 E. State Street.

Paranormal Investigation of the Tinker Swiss Cottage - Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum and Gardens, 411 Kent Street. 7-11 p.m.

Haunted Rockford is excited to join renowned Paranormal Investigator, Dale Kaczmarek and his team the Ghost Research Society for a public investigation of this very active site.

Attendees will visit four of the most active locations of the property for an actual paranormal investigation with this experienced team. The price for this event will be $40.00 and must be paid in advance. To register for this event online, you must pay via PayPal at the time of registration at hauntedrockford. com. To make other arrangements to pay in advance, call Kathi Kresol: (815)871-4239.

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35TH ANNUAL ASK A LAWYER DAY ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION

Consult with a lawyer at no cost.

Get information regarding your legal questions about consumer problems, family law, estate planning, personal injury and other common legal issues.

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Your legal questions to askalawyerday@isba.org

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Responses will be provided on Saturday, April 30.

A public service of the Illinois State Bar Association

ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATION St. Paul Church Garage Sale - Plan to attend the 14th Annual St. Paul Church Garage Sale, located at 8800 E. Epleyanna Rd, in Davis. Sale will be open from 8 a.m. to noon and there will be a bake sale and lunch stand available. Sale offers a wide variety of items including: children through adult clothing, crafts, toys, household items, books, videos, furniture and much more! The church is located just outside of Davis, on Church Road, off Route 75, between Rock City and Davis, IL. Be sure to watch for signs and for more information or directions, call the church at 815-865-5314 or email us at: office@ stpaulchurch-davis.org

Sunday, May 1 Book signing - Come visit with the author and get your copy of The Wheel, Legacy of Excellence,

by American Figure Skating Legend Janet Lynn. Copies of the book are $20. 1-4 p.m. at the Rockton Township Historical Society Museum, 529 Green St., in Rockton.

Barbara Olson Center of Hope Spring Fundraiser - Barbara Olson Center of Hope’s Second Spring Tea fundraiser, “An Afternoon in Wonderland,” will be held from 1-3:30 p.m. at Forest Hills Country Club, 5135 Forest Hills Rd. The afternoon will feature a variety of teas for sampling, finger sandwiches, and an array of fine desserts. A style show, with Master of Ceremonies Whitney Martin, will feature interesting and unique up-do hairstyles from fine salons in the area that will surely make the Mad Hatter green with envy! A silent auction, and sale of items made by the Center’s participants, (individuals with developmental disabilities,) will round out the event. Cost: $30 per person; $10 for children under 12. $325 for Reserved tables of ten. Sponsorship and reservations: 815-964-9275, ext. 265, or reserve at b-olsoncenterofhope.org. Reservation

deadline is April 28.

CROP Hunger Walk Fundraiser - 11 a.m.-10 p.m. at Hope & Anchor Pub, 5040 N. 2nd St., Loves Park. Music from 12:30-7:30 p.m. The kitchen closes at 9 p.m. Admission is free, Hope & Anchor will donate 15% of event-related sales revenue to CROP Hunger Walk. ​The annual CROP Hunger Walk (Communities Responding to Overcome Poverty) raises money for local food pantries and worldwide hunger relief through Church World Service.

The music schedule is: 12:30-2:30 p.m.

Acoustic Juice; 3-5 p.m. McMillen & Co; 5:30-7:30 p.m. Trinadora Duo. Venue details are available at 815-877-5008 or hopeandanchorpub.com.

Wednesday, May 4 79th annual Spring Card Party - St. James Church, Rockford, Altar and Rosary Society is hosting the 79th annual Spring Card Party from 7-9:30 p.m. $8 per person. Desserts and drinks available. Tons of door prizes and raffles. Bring your own card or board games, everyone welcome! Enter at Beauvais Center at 428 N. 2nd St. Any questions, call Angie Cash (815)395-9738

Thursday, May 5 National Day of Prayer - The evening prayer gathering will be held at The House of Joy, 4241 Pepper Dr., from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Borders, Sashings and More - Sinnissippi Quilter’s trunk show with discussion on how to add interest to your blocks and by your choice of borders and sashings.

Come prepared to take home some ideas for your next quilt or bring finished blocks to discuss alternate sashing/border ideas.

Lectures at 1 & 7 p.m. at Bethesda Covenant Church, 201O E. State Street. Visitor fee is $10, free for members.

Shelter Care Ministries’ Annual Spring Luncheon - Prairie Street Brewhouse,

200 Prairie St.. from 11 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Tickets are $40 per person or tables of eight for $320.The featured speaker is Fr. James Cardone, founder of Shelter Care Ministries and past rector of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. As a result of his collaborative efforts with other social service agencies and his determination, Shelter Care Ministries and the Jubilee Center emerged and along with MAYA’S House flourish successfully today. In addition to a delicious lunch, the festivities will include a program to inspire and entertain and the ever popular Spring MarketPlace featuring hanging baskets, jams and relishes, gourmet granola, and spring décor just in time for your Mother’s Day gift giving. For more information about Shelter Care’s programs or to volunteer, contact Leigh Kuyper at 815-708-2650 or lkuyper@shelter-care.org.

Friday, May 6 Wine Tasting to benefit Rockford MELD - Being held at Artale Wine Company, 6876 Spring Creek Rd., from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Cost: $15 per person at the door, no reservations needed. Enjoy over 40 different select wines from Artale Wine Company. Proceeds from the Wine Tasting will benefit MELD programs and services for young moms, dads and their children in our community.

Autumn Paths - This Sinnissippi Quilter’s class teaches the following techniques: color theory, how to sew braids, partial seams, and flat fold piping. This project can be done in a wide variety of color schemes, so pick your favorite focus fabric and have fun. Full day workshop going from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in a conference room at Swedish American Heart Hospital (Charles Street entrance, follow the signs once you enter the building). Cost is $35 for members, $45 for non-members. Call 815-979-3374 for registration.

Saturday, May 7 Ladies Day Out - Ladies are you ready to have some fun? This is a day you will never forget. Ladies Day Out is fun, pampering, shopping therapy, relaxing event that features Shopping, Beauty Products, Door Prizes, and so much more. Ladies Day Out is at the downtown Lena, IL parking lots from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

If you’re looking for the perfect graduation, birthday or Mother’s Day gift, this is the place! Shop ‘til you drop from over 70 local vendors. We will be hosting a food drive, $100 grand prize raffle and more at Ladies Day Out. As always, admission is free and is open to the public! Now that is an amazing deal for some fun and new connections so stop by and support your local businesses. This event is for everyone, including the gentlemen and kids.

Proceeds from our annual raffle will benefit the Lena Area Church Cooperative.

Make sure you grab a ticket or three! The raffle is the perfect way to help the less fortune in our community, all the while giving yourself a chance to win some incredible prizes! There is something for everyone!

Downtown Dash 5K Run/Walk - Takes place in Beloit, Wisconsin. 10 a.m.-noon. Adults

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Listings can be e-mailed to contact@rockrivertimes.com or called in to 815-964-9767.

$20; children/students $10. Registration available at greaterbeloitchamber.org/ event/downtown-dash-5k-walkrun/.

Fractured Piecing - Sinnissippi Quilter’s workhop focusing on using freezer paper templates to sew straight seams that have very little matching. It can be done with either my “Fractured Leaves” pattern or “Double Trouble” pattern. Full day workshop going from 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. in a conference room at Swedish American Heart Hospital (Charles Street entrance, follow the signs once you enter the building). Cost is $35 for members, $45 for non-members. Call 815-979-3374 for registration.

Tuesday, May 10 Adoption Information Meetings - Children’s Home + Aid, 910 2nd Ave., from 3:30-5 p.m. This is an opportunity for anyone seeking to create or expand their family through Domestic Infant or International Adoption to get information on the adoption process.

The experienced staff at Children’s Home + Aid will explain the process and answer questions that attendees may have. Reservations can be made by calling 815-962-1043 ext. 2107 but walk-ins are also welcome. There is no cost for this event.

Tipsy History: Brewing from the 1800s to Today - Midway Village Museum, 6:30–8:30 p.m. The museum will present this program in two parts. Part I: The first part of the program is Sara Pfannkuche, a home-brewer and Midway Village historic interpreter, presenting on how and why women in the 19th century commonly brewed beer for the health of their family.

In order to stay healthy, most people believed that they could make the water safer by “brewing” it into beer or wine. Open fire brewing (or cooking on the stove) was a typical chore for women during this time.

Sara will perform a live demonstration on how open fire brewing occurs, showcasing the ingredients used and the process by actually cooking up the first-stage of beer production which is called wort. Part II: The second half of the program will be a presentation by Prairie Street Brewhouse.

Discover the beginnings of one of the first breweries in the nation, with Jonathan Peacock starting the Rockford Brewery in 1849, grinding malt in a hand-turned coffee mill, brewing mash in a bathtub, and delivering ale in his wheelbarrow. By 1857, he was successful enough to open the Brewhouse and Bottling Plant, which evenly grew to producing 75,000 barrels a year and completing with brewing capitols such as Milwaukee. Prairie Street Brewhouse will explore this history, show many brewing artifacts from the 1800s and 1900s, and at the conclusion, visitors will sample several of their unique brews.

Tickets are $8 for adult, $6 for Museum member. Beer samples are included free with your ticket price. Participants must be 21 years old and over. Tickets must be pre-purchased by Wednesday, May 4, and spaces will go quickly. To purchase your ticket, call 815-397-9112 or come to the Museum’s Gift Shop. No online tickets sales available for this event.

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Dairy Queen Cruise Night / Roscoe Community Blood Drive - Dairy Queen, 5482 Elevator Road, in Roscoe 3-7 p.m. For more information or to schedule an appointment to donate, call RRVBC toll-free at 1-877-RRVBC-99. Or visit rrvbc.org to self-schedule. You should be eligible to donate blood, if you are at least 17 years old (16 years old with parental consent), weigh at least 110 pounds and are in general good health.

Friday, May 13 Encounters with the Dead - Hope and Anchor 5040 N. 2nd Street, Loves Park.

6:30-8:30 p.m. Come celebrate Friday the 13th – Haunted Rockford Style! Historian and paranormal enthusiast, Kathi Kresol will share stories of local ghastly crimes she has researched and some ghostly encounters she has experienced firsthand. This will be located in the upstairs room of Hope and Anchor Tavern. Food and beverages will be available for an additional fee. Kathi will also be selling copies of her book, “Murder and Mayhem in Rockford, Illinois.” The price for this

Crafters, Venders, Antiques, Collectibles, and Artwork

event is $15.00 and does not include any food or beverages. Tickets at hauntedrockford.com.

Saturday, May 14 Harmony-Sveas Soner Mens’ Singing Society Fundraiser - Craft / Vendor / Bake Sale / Silent Auction. Open to Public. 9 a.m.–4 p.m. at 1104 15th Ave. Crafters and Vendors wanted, 10x10 space for $35. For information contact Sandy at 815-988-9435 or dust_off@comcast.net.

Rockford Evening Lions Club presents Doc’s Day Car Show - Event will feature music by Car Tunes, a 50/50 raffle, silent auction, participant voting and dash plaques to first 100 entries. Awards for Top 30, Center’s Choice, and Best of Classes. Proceeds to benefit Lions Club International Foundation programs and the Center for Sight & Hearing.

Will take place at the Center for Sight & Hearing, 8038 MacIntosh Ln., from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. rain or shine. Registration from 8 a.m.-noon. Salute to Flag at noon, ballots issued & voting from noon-1 p.m.

Pre-registration fee of $12 until May 9, $15 day of show. For more information contact Jack Cadwell at 815-494-0018.

Paranormal Tour of the Midway Village Museum - Midway Village Museum, 6799 Guilford Road. 7-9 p.m. Haunted Rockford is very excited to return to this amazing location! We will be led through the village by guides and Kathi Kresol will share the history of the buildings. Psychics Paul Smith and Sara Bowker will join us to give their impressions of the spirits that might linger. The cost of this program will be $20 per person in advance and $25 at the event. Tickets available at hauntedrockford.com.

Perennial Plant Sale - 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Bethesda Covenant Church Parking Lot, 2101 E. State St. Celebration of World Fair Trade Day - In Celebration of World Fair Trade Day, beginning at 1 p.m. in the JustGoods Fair Trade Store, 201 Seventh Street, a

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speaker from Sandpiper Imports, a fair trade company that brings in beautiful handcrafted jewelry from Bali, Indonesia, will make a presentation and display items made by fair trade artisans from Indonesia. Program is free and open to the public.

Sunday, May 15 Ethnic Heritage Museum celebrates 100 Years of Booker Washington Community Center - The African American Gallery of the Ethnic Heritage Museum, 1129 S. Main St., will host a special theatrical program at 3 p.m. to celebrate the accomplishments of Booker T. Washington Community Center. Admission to the Museum is $5 individual, $3 student or $10 for families, or free to members. Tours can be arranged by contacting the museum at 815/962-7402. For more information visit ethnicheritagemuseum.org or email ehm1129@comcast.net. The museum is handicap accessible.

Saturday, May 21 Paranormal Tour of the Victorian Garden Bed and Breakfast - Victorian Garden Bed and Breakfast, 1720 16th Street, Monroe, WI. 7-9 p.m. Join Kathi Kresol on the first ever event at this very active haunted location. Ghost Head Soup members, Dean Thompson and Laura Redmond will join the Haunted Rockford Crew for this very special event. Dean and Laura will share results from the investigation and owners Tia and Tony will tell of their ghostly experiences in this house built in the 1890s. Victorian Garden is a working Inn so you may book a room and spend the night after the tour - if you dare! (Please Note: the owners do own pets so there may be an allergy risk- the pets will not be present in the areas of the Inn that we will be touring.) The price for this event will be $20 and must be paid in advance. To register for this event online, you must pay via PayPal at the time of registration hauntedrockford.com. To make other arrangements to pay in advance, call Kathi Kresol: (815)871-4239. Room Reservations: 608-328-1720. Visit Victorian Garden Website: victoriangardenbedbreakfast.com/

Thursday, June 2 Sinnissippi Quilters’ Lecture Program Curators from the Wisconsin Museum of Quilts and Fiber Arts in Cedarburg, Wisconsin will show vintage quilts and coverlets and share their stories with us. Highlights from the Collection lectures will be held at 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. at Bethesda Covenant Church, 2010 E. State Street. Lecture is free for members, $10 for visitors.

Saturday, June 11 Special Event History and Mystery - Tour of two Beloit Locations. Lincoln Center, 845 Hackett Street, Beloit, WI. 7-10 p.m.

Two Brand New Locations! This exciting event is a collaboration between Haunted Rockford Paranormal Events, the

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Beloit Historical Society, and the Society for Anomalous Studies. We will begin this unique event at the Lincoln Center (845 Hackett Street Beloit, Wisconsin 53511). The team from the Society for Anomalous Studies will present the evidence they gathered from a Paranormal Investigation at the Hanchett-Bartlett Homestead. Afterwards, there will be time to explore the Lincoln Center before we head to the second location. The price for this event is $40 and must be paid in advance at hauntedrockford.com. To make other arrangements to pay in advance, call Kathi Kresol: (815)871-4239.

Tuesday, June 14 Adoption Information Meetings - Children’s Home + Aid, 910 2nd Ave., from 3:30-5 p.m. This is an opportunity for anyone seeking to create or expand their family through Domestic Infant or International Adoption to get information on the adoption process. The experienced staff at Children’s Home + Aid will explain the process and answer questions that attendees may have. Reservations can be made by calling 815-962-1043 ext. 2107 but walk-ins are also welcome. There is no cost for this event.

Thursday, June 16 Bad Pants 9 Hole Golf Scramble - RAMP’s 7th Annual Bad Pants 9 Hole Golf Scramble will be at Timber Pointe Golf Course, 5750 Woodstock Road, in Poplar Grove. Registration is at 2 p.m., shotgun start at 3 p.m. with dinner provided by Famous Dave’s. With contest holes, on-course drink tastings and a silent auction too, there is never a dull moment. Collared shirts are required and bad pants are recommended – there will be individual and team prizes awarded for the best bad pants. This will be a fun event with contest holes, drink and food tasting holes, chair massages at the clubhouse and much more. There are sponsorship levels available that include foursomes.

Print registration and sponsorship info available at rampcil.org/wp-content/ uploads/Bad-Pants-Brochure-2016. pdf. Call815-968-7467 to register your foursome today, cost is $240. Visit rampcil.org/badpantsgolf for more information.

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Commentary

It wasn’t easy, but look on the bright side

By Rich Miller Capitol Fax

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blog post appears to have helped at least temporarily break the long stalemate at the Illinois Statehouse.

Rep. Mike Fortner, R-West Chicago, wrote up a story and I posted it on my blog (CapitolFax.com) last Monday about a way to provide some funding for higher education. Universities and community colleges haven’t received a dollar from the state since June of last year because the government has no budget. Some are on the verge of actually going under.

Fortner’s idea wasn’t new. Some other folks, particularly at the endangered Eastern Illinois University, have been saying for a while now that money is just sitting in a state account and isn’t being used for its intended purpose. Budget negotiators have also been eyeing the fund.

But, for whatever reason, Fortner’s proposal took off like a rocket. It probably helped that the Republican legislator devised the plan with a Democrat from the Senate, Pat McGuire of Joliet.

The governor’s folks almost immediately embraced Fortner’s concept, which gives higher education hundreds of millions of dollars to tide the schools over until tuition money starts coming in. The money comes from the Education Assistance Fund, which receives dedicated tax revenues and is split between K-12 and higher education.

Rep. Fortner’s proposal also included giving universities “relief from some of the procurement code.” Gov. Bruce Rauner has said he wants to redo some of the reforms enacted after Rod Blagojevich’s impeachment, and has made it part of his otherwise controversial “Turnaround Agenda.”

But while those earlier procurement reforms have, indeed created problems at universities and in state government, House Speaker Michael Madigan has resisted changing them. Legitimate fears of history repeating itself after the Blagojevich scandals is cited as the main reason.

Rauner won’t negotiate a budget until he passes his Turnaround Agenda. So, good news came when Rauner decided not to tie his procurement reform demands to the passage of Fortner’s funding plan. And then more good news came when top Democrats started openly talking about “building a bridge” to next fiscal year, which

Rep. Mike Fortner, R-West Chicago, speaks on the Illinois House floor last week in support of SB 2059, the state’s stopgap funding bill for colleges and universities. MikeFortner.org

begins July 1. They can’t pay the state’s obligations without a lot more revenue, and they can’t raise taxes without an agreement on the Turnaround Agenda. So, they wanted to try and prevent a systemic meltdown in the meantime.

The imminent closure of Chicago State University at the end of April, the severe problems faced by several social service providers (including Catholic Charities), the possibility that the legislature might not fund K-12 schools this year, the state comptroller’s decision to delay issuing legislative paychecks for two months and the looming week-long legislative Passover break, all combined to create an extreme sense of urgency.

So, Fortner’s op-ed came just at the right time.

And things are starting to look up elsewhere, too.

Democratic state Rep. Jack Franks’ proposed constitutional amendment to reform the redistricting process sailed out of committee last week.

Franks pledged to include some changes suggested by (who else?) Rep. Fortner, and the Illinois Chamber supports it, which possibly indicates where the Rauner folks are.

Ending gerrymandering is part of the governor’s Turnaround Agenda. Speaker Madigan once called redistricting reform a “plot” by Republicans. Yet, he’s supporting Franks’ proposal.

Meanwhile, significant progress is being made in negotiations behind the scenes on workers’ compensation reform, one of Gov. Rauner’s top priorities. People close to Madigan admitted late last week that some reasonable procurement reforms could be achieved.

Last week, rank-and-file legislators in both parties became so disgusted with the impasse that they forced their warring leaders just far enough apart to get something done. Fortner helped that process along by shining a bright, focused light on a solution.

We’re not out of the woods yet. Finding a way to finally end this disgraceful impasse will be far more difficult than tapping an unused state fund.

And, heck, even that wasn’t easy. Negotiations were heated, attempts were made at the eleventh hour to pry even more spending out of Rauner, things broke down time and time again and Speaker Madigan ended the week with a nasty shot across Rauner’s bow.

“Time will tell,” Madigan said via press release, “if Governor Rauner has further intentions of destroying our state institutions and human service providers, or if he will begin working with us to craft a full-year budget that is not contingent on passage of his demands that will destroy the middle class.”

Rauner is almost always quick to respond in kind to these sorts of statements by Madigan. This time, though, he let it go.

Find Rich on Twitter: @capitolfax.

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Want equality? Own the business

By Nancy Churchill Contributor

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century ago servants quarters were built several steps below the family suites, to remind them daily of their lowly “place” in life.

Today workers are systematically kept “in their place” with low pay and lack of benefits, with little voice and no power to change anything without strikes and protests.

Our democracy supposedly insists that everyone is created equal, but low pay stifles economic growth and vastly increases inequality. It’s all about looking down on people, yanking the rug out from under them, then blaming them for their plight.

Facebook meme: “Why are you angry about fast food workers making two bucks more an hour when your CEO makes 400 TIMES what you do? It’s in the bosses’ interests to keep your anger directed downward, at the poor people who are just trying to get by, like you, rather than at themselves, sucking the wealth out of your pocket every way they can.”

From Josh Bivens, epi.org, September 10, 2015, we learn that “since 2000, the share of income generated by corporations going to workers’ wages declined by 6.8 percentage points, from 82.3 percent to 75.5 percent. Had the share remained the same over this time, la-

bor compensation today would be high enough to give each U.S. worker a $3,770 raise.” This decline “has become a significant contributor to the growing gap between economy-wide productivity and typical workers’ pay....”

So much for “trickle-down.” And communities wonder why they are struggling.

In Saving Capitalism, Robert Reich points out on page 197 that “CEOs do not create jobs.

Their customers create jobs by buying more of what their companies have to sell, giving the companies cause to expand and hire. So pushing companies to put less money into the hands of their CEOs and more into the hands of their

average employees creates more purchasing power among people who will buy, and therefore [creates] more jobs.”

As the real job creators, aren’t workers equally worthy of business ownership? Seriously, could anything be more democratic than all fast food workers owning shares in the companies they work for? As co-owners, they, like CEOs, would have a say in their own pay. They’d help determine their benefits, what the rules are for scheduling, and time off.

Workers would pay themselves higher wages, giving them more pride and responsibility in their jobs and more engagement in their communities. Attrition would decline, saving on re-hiring costs. And instead of being subsidized by the social safety net, as they are now, workers would pay more taxes, have more purchasing power that would help grow other worker-owned businesses in the area.

Because a better economy is not about simply creating more jobs, it’s about creating more jobs that pay livable wages.

What better way to do that than with worker-ownership. If workers owned their workplaces, that would strengthen Main Street, not some giant corporation scamming its workers and stashing its profits in Panama to avoid paying taxes.

Time for Illinois to end civil asset forfeiture

By Bryant Jackson Green Illinois Policy

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ebraska has just become the latest state to end civil asset forfeiture, the practice by which law enforcement can take private property from people suspected of wrongdoing – even if they haven’t been convicted of a crime. Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts signed a comprehensive reform bill, which had been approved by an overwhelming majority of Nebraska’s legislature April 19.

The new law requires that Nebraska law enforcement obtain a criminal conviction before seizing private assets. It also requires Nebraska’s auditor of public reports to issue an annual report detailing the seizure, including information on when and where the seizure took place, the type of property that was taken, the crime the owner was charged with and the value of the property.

Illinois would do well to follow Nebraska’s example – and that of other states, including Michigan, Minnesota and New Mexico – and

reform its asset forfeiture laws, too.

Right now, Illinois allows police to take and permanently keep private property they suspect was somehow related to criminal activity, but without having to prove the owner of that property used it in a crime, or even charging the property owner with any criminal offense. It then falls to the owner – if he or she has the financial resources – to challenge the seizure in court and prove the property wasn’t used in illegal activity.

The process for contesting these seizures provides very few protections for property owners.

The standard of proof in Illinois required to seize property by forfeiture is the relatively low “preponderance of the evidence” standard. Someone contesting a seizure in court (except for houses and land) must put down a bond of either $100 or 10 percent of the value of the property, whichever is greater.

If the person challenging the forfeiture loses, he or she must give up the entire bond and pay the full cost of the forfeiture proceeding;

but even if the person wins, he or she must relinquish the amount of the bond, meaning a completely innocent owner of property that was forfeited will never be made whole. Even worse, innocent owners bear the burden of proving they were not involved in the criminal activity associated with the property.

For these reasons, Illinois received a D- for the quality of its protections for property owners by the Institute for Justice.

Exactly how much money is Illinois taking in through civil asset forfeiture? The available data doesn’t distinguish between criminal and civil asset forfeiture, and Illinois does not maintain detailed, publicly available data on how much is seized and how the funds are spent. But information obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests reveals that between 2009 and 2013, Illinois law enforcement took in over $113 million worth of property.

Illinois seized over 45,000 pieces of personal property during this period.

But Illinois also collects even more forfeited funds through equitable sharing programs with the federal government, where local law enforcement collaborates with the federal government on a seizure and keeps part of the proceeds.

Illinois took in over $186 million from the Department of Justice’s equitable sharing program between 2000 and 2013, and another $36 million from the Treasury Department.

Illinois needs to rein in the abuses inherent in civil asset forfeiture. Mandating that law enforcement publicly report on how it acquires and uses forfeited funds would be a step forward, but it is not enough. Law enforcement should not be able to take any property without a conviction or admission of guilt – which means ending civil asset forfeiture altogether.

Property rights are too important to allow the government to routinely violate them with little oversight or accountability. Illinoisans should follow Nebraska’s lead, and demand the General Assembly put a stop to it.

‘Illinois needs to rein in the abuses inherent in civil asset forfeiture. Mandating that law enforcement publicly report on how it acquires and uses forfeited funds would be a step forward...’

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Obituary Notices Donald Bryant 84 Rockford 4/18/2016 Sheran Henderson 65 Rockford 4/18/2016 Helen Brekke 86 Rockford 4/18/2016 Lorraine Spadacini 97 Rockford 4/18/2016 Daniel Windsor 64 South Beloit 4/18/2016 Ted Lahn 88 Rockford 4/18/2016 Cheryl Gremman 69 Rockford 4/18/2016 Ida Noe 93 Loves Park 4/19/2016 Russell Cusick 84 Rockford 4/19/2016 Scott Ritter 58 Rockford 4/19/2016 Michelle Johnson 53 Rockford 4/19/2016 Ralf Jahn 73 Rockford 4/19/2016 John Cotton 81 Rockford 4/19/2016 Dale Fridly 77 Rockford 4/20/2016 Demise Dillard 49 Rockford 4/20/2016 Robert Richardson 89 Rockford 4/20/2016 Howard Zeitz 72 Rockford 4/20/2016 Daryl Brown 48 Rockford 4/20/2016 Bernadine Jaquet 89 Rockford 4/20/2016 Margaret Naffziger 64 Rockford 4/20/2016 Brian Lacher 38 Rockford 4/20/2016 Ruth Paul 98 Rockford 4/20/2016 Melvin Hill 84 Rockford 4/20/2016 Robert Brennan 75 Rockford 4/20/2016 Joyce Simon 83 Rockford 4/20/2016 Thomas Smith 60 Roscoe 4/21/2016 Rosa Kingsburg 65 Rockford 4/21/2016 Robert Haenker 75 Rockford 4/21/2016 James Marshall 92 Rockford 4/21/2016 Charles Gaddis 83 Rockford 4/21/2016 Dean Pollefsrub 92 Rockford 4/21/2016 Rose Mary Rausch 72 Rockford 4/21/2016 Brandon Mathenia 17 Rockford 4/21/2016 Virginia Labant 96 Rockford 4/22/2016 Marilyn Congleton 75 Rockford 4/22/2016 Phyllis Fuller 78 Rockford 4/22/2016 David Richardson 59 Rockford 4/22/2016 Lewis Benjamin 69 Rockford 4/22/2016 Caryl Pettey 86 Rockford 4/22/2016 Carl Stricker 54 Rockford 4/22/2016 Paul Green 77 Rockford 4/23/2016 Cheryl Wotten 69 Rockford 4/23/2016 Gladys Olszewski 94 Rockford 4/23/2016 Leona Hurst 89 Rockford 4/23/2016 Pierre Outzen 79 Rockford 4/23/2016 Macrina Arteaga 65 Rockford 4/23/2016 Violet Hale 87 Rockford 4/23/2016 Cynthia Milliron 62 Rockford 4/23/2016 Sandra Karson 72 Rockford 4/23/2016 Rod Gladselder 62 Rockford 4/24/2016 Kathleen McCue 82 Rockford 4/24/2016 Kathy McCammond 72 Rockford 4/24/2016 Rita Carter 60 Rockford 4/24/2016 Patti Cassioppi 59 Rockford 4/24/2016 Mary Meyers 60 Rockford 4/24/2016 Margaret Waninger 89 Rockford 4/24/2016 H. Kelly Douglas 83 Rockford 4/24/2016 Maxciene Gustafson 73 Rockford 4/24/2016 Matthew Fiedler 35 Rockford 4/24/2016 Lena Mantello 98 Rockford 4/24/2016 Charles Clark 77 Rockford 4/24/2016 Jamal Williams 32 Rockford 4/25/2016 Humberto Bernal 31 Rockford 4/25/2016

Your Horoscope

By Denise Guzzardo Week of April 27-May 3, 2016

This Week: Mercury retrograde arrives April 28 and remains in that status until May 22. You all know the drill by now.

Be cautious during travel, check and double check emails and voice messages, back up your computer and so on. This particular Mercury retrograde may also bring a love from your past to the forefront. Perhaps there is something that needs to be resolved after all. Stay safe and enjoy!

Aries (March 21 to April 19) — You may be a little bewildered with the past week’s events.

However, time will provide you with all of the information you need. You knocked it out of the park and you don’t even know it yet. It’s back to the grindstone with a very productive and financially lucrative week ahead of you. All eyes are on you so you want to be at the top of your game. You won’t regret it, Aries.

Taurus (April 20 to May 20)­— This is a great time to consider your long-term career path and possibly look for a different work environment. You are starting to make connections that will have lasting effects on your future. Put your best foot forward at this time and realize all eyes are on you. First impressions sink in deep, Taurus.

Gemini (May 21 to June 20) — When you consider your life, in the grand scheme of things, it’s pretty damn good. Now is the time to share your expressions of love no matter how you think they may be received. Midweek good news arrives with a career opportunity. Friends and loved ones offer their support. You can’t beat it with a stick, Gemini.

Cancer (June 21 to July 22) — Good news arrives regarding a legal matter that can be laid to rest once and for all. This doesn’t have to be that complicated, it could be as simple as a housing aspect, but in either case you’re on top of the world by week’s end. A four-legged angel may be pulling at your heart strings.

Allow this to come to fruition, Cancer.

Leo (July 23 to Aug. 22) — A love from your past will pop up this week creating some confusion for you. You may not know what to do with this aspect or exactly why this has a reoccurring theme now. When all is said and done you will have the knowledge you need to move forward into the present. You may need to clean your glasses a bit to see things clearly, Leo. Virgo (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) — A large group or organization will honor your efforts with a humanitarian cause. This will help you feel as though you are making a difference in the lives of others. With that said, you will explore other options to pay it forward in this so called life. This contagious feel-good element shifts the way you per-

ceive yourself. A moment of self-fulfillment does the heart a world of good, Virgo.

Libra (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) — Take this time frame to make a wrong a right with those that you love and care for. Make sure that you’re not being bamboozled by an overbearing individual that may have a personality disorder. You have enough on your plate without feeding into their sickness as well. By week’s end things appear to be much brighter, Libra.

Scorpio (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) — You may be very bewildered by a past love or friendship resurfacing at this time. Questioning the motives or the unexplained synchronicity will only drive you crazy in the long run. Take a step back and see what evolves from this aspect. At the end of the day, you will find that you have learned more about yourself than you expected to out of this. This shifts the way you perceive others permanently, Scorpio.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) — You’re taking a lighter approach to a deeper issue at this time and this is for the best. If you show some compassion towards the feelings of others you will learn a tremendous amount about yourself in the process. We have no control over the actions and behavior of others. If we can just live in the moment, we will have peace in our hearts, Sagittarius.

Capricorn (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) — An unexpected gift or honor will be bestowed upon you this week. You will be pleasantly surprised at the outcome of this endeavor. You have finally become confident enough to trust the universe’s bigger plan. In the grand scheme of things, everyone comes into our lives for a reason. This is a time to celebrate our own life as well as the lives of others, Capricorn.

Aquarius (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) — Once a warrior always a warrior. You’re on a mission to right all of the wrongs in this world. But please remember to choose your words carefully and make sure that this is really your battle to begin with. Sometimes stepping back is the best thing that you can do. Legal matters are in your favor, and finances are looking up at this time, Aquarius.

Pisces (Feb. 19 to March 20) — It was probably a good idea to take a break from your usual connections for a while. This allowed you the time and energy to work on yourself and your surroundings. Too much negativity has been trying to work its way into your inner circle.

This week you can look at your accomplishments with pride. New business connections are on the way. Your personal life kicks up a notch in your favor, Pisces.

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Government Notices n n n LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE TO BID CHERRY VALLEY TOWNSHIP HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT invites bids for furnishing and placing surface mix on various roads throughout the Township as they become ready for overlay in 2016.

The unit price will be per ton and is based on 8100 ton. The unit price is to include cleaning, patching, butt joints, and priming. The prime used is to be SS1H or approved equal. All bidders shall include in their bid proposals a copy of the Illinois Department of Transportation pre-qualification form. Bids not having this attached shall not be considered. This contract calls for the construction of a “public work,” within the meaning of the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/.01 et seq. (“the Act”).

The Act requires contractors and subcontractors to pay laborers, workers and mechanics performing services on public works projects no less than the “prevailing rate of wages” (hourly cash wages plus fringe benefits) in the county where the work is performed as approved by the Cherry Valley Township Board.

Send bids to: Cherry Valley Township, 4875 Blackhawk Rd., Rockford, IL 61109, on or before May 11, 2016, 6:30pm. The Highway Commissioner reserves the right to accept or reject any and all bids, to waive any technicalities or to accept any item or any proposal.

Dated this April 19, 2016.

Kenneth Mattson Highway Commissioner, Cherry Valley Township, Winnebago County 5725R TRRT 4/27 n n n INVITATION TO BID EQUIPMENT BUILDING ROOF REPLACEMENT BID NO.: 416-PW-048 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at the office of the Central Services Manager, City Hall Building, 425 East State Street, 4th floor, Rockford, Illinois 61104.

At that time and place all bids received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bids will be accepted until the specified opening time and date. Any bidder attempting to deliver after the opening time and date will be refused.

Mandatory Pre-Bid Meeting: There will be a mandatory pre-bid meeting held for the purpose of reviewing the job-site conditions, the specifications, and other pertinent information regarding the roof replacement project. The meeting will be held Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 10:00 AM at City Yards, Administration Building, 523 S. Central Ave., Rockford, IL 61102.

Bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, or at http://www.rockfordil.gov/ finance/central-services-division/ purchasing.aspx Bids must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the bid, and the bid number.

Each bidder shall submit with his bid the information specified in the bid documents for compliance with the laws of the State of Illinois on Fair Employment Practices

and with the City of Rockford’s Ordinance on Equal Employment and Business Opportunity. Any bid which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered. All Contracts for the Construction of Public Works are subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

The City of Rockford reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive technicalities.

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Public Notices n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Gavin L. Seese Minor’s Current Name Jennifer Brick Name of Parent/Guardian filing on behalf of the Minor Case No. 16MR306 NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE Notice is hereby given, that on May 26, 2016, at 10 A.M., in Room #412, I will present a Petition requesting that the Court change his/her present name of Gavin Leo Seese, a minor, to the name of Gavin Leo Brick. The hearing will take place at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State St. in Rockford, Illinois.

Gavin Seese, a minor, by, /s/ Jennifer Brick Date: 3/31/16 5689R TRRT 4/27 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF Erin Alexis Larson Minor’s Current Name Stephanie M. Johnston Name of Parent/Guardian filing on behalf of the Minor Case No. 16MR309 NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE Notice is hereby given, that on June 8, 2016, at 10 A.M., in Room #426, I will present a Petition requesting that the Court change his/her present name of Erin Alexis Larson, a minor, to the name of Erin Alexis Johnston. The hearing will take place at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State St. in Rockford, Illinois.

Erin Alexis Larson, a minor, by, /s/ Stephanie M. Johnston Date: April 12, 2016 5692R TRRT 4/27 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.GARRY P. CACCIAPAGLIA, et al Defendant 15 CH 00517 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 23, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 18, 2016,

at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT TWO HUNDRED TWENTY-TWO (222) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 7 OF PENFIELD CROSSING OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 2, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 44 OF PLATS ON PAGE 195A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4717 CABOT LANE, CHERRY VALLEY, IL 61016 Property Index No. 16-10456-008.

The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

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

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE

THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-08133.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@ il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-08133 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 00517 TJSC#: 36-4716 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. I691192 P5697R TRRT 5/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Janitorial, Property Preservation business in said County and State under the name of Can’t B Ditt at the following post office addresses: 531 W. 7th St., Pecatonica, IL 61063; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Robert Dittbenner SIGNED: Robert Dittbenner 4/25/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Idella Blakely, DEPUTY 5768R TRRT 5/11 n n n State of Illinois In the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit County of Winnebago Durand State Bank, an Illinois banking corporation, Plaintiff, –vs– Jeffrey C. Schreck; Shelly M. Schreck; C & W Investments, Inc, an Illinois corporation; Unknown owners and Non-Record claimants, Defendants.

Case No. 2009–CH–399 Notice of Sheriff’s Sale PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure entered by the court

n n n PUBLIC NOTICE The following list of vehicles abandoned and/or unclaimed in the County of Winnebago will be sold at public auction on 05/11/2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the Greater Rockford Auto Auction, 5937 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL. The owners can claim said vehicle at the Greater Rockford Auto Auction by paying the towing, impound and storage fees before 8:30 a.m. the day of the auction.

Only licensed re-builders, used parts dealers or scrap processors may purchase vehicles offered for sale at this auction. In addition, you must register with the Greater Rockford Auto Auction prior to the auction.

Purchasers will be issued a “Certificate of Purchase”. Payment is due at the conclusion of the auction. Only cash or check made payable to the “Greater Rockford Auto Auction” will be accepted.

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in the above entitled cause, the property hereinafter described, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Durand State Bank, Ms. Faith Ackerman, 1005 Cameron Dr., Durand, IL 61024; telephone number (815) 248-2101.

(B) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 10851 Cleveland Rd., Durand, IL 61024.

(C) The legal description of the real estate is: Beginning at a point on the West line of said Quarter Section, Nine chains and Fifty-Five links South of the Northwest Corner of said Quarter Section; thence due East and parallel with the North line of said Quarter Section, Four Hundred Thirty-Five feet; thence due South parallel with the West line of said Quarter Section, Two Hundred feet; thence due West parallel with the North line of said Quarter Section, Four Hundred Thirty-Five feet to a point in the West line of said Quarter Section; thence North along the West line of said Quarter Section, Two Hundred feet to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago, State of Illinois.

(D) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: 2-Story, 4 BR, 2 BA, LR, Kit., DR, Den, Patio, 4-Car Attached Garage, Partially Unfinished Basement.

(E) The real estate may be inspected prior to the sale at the following times: not available.

(F) The time and place of the sale are: Thursday, May 26, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., in the Main Lobby of the Justice Center, 650 W. State St., Rockford, Illinois.

(G) The terms of the sale are: open, verbal bidding to the highest and best bidder for cash, or cashier’s check. In the event the Plaintiff is the successful bidder at the sale, then the Sheriff will accept Plaintff’s receipt for its distributive share of the sale proceeds in lieu of cash. The sale is subject to court approval. The buyer may not be entitled to possession until 30 days after the court has confirmed the sale. THE PROPERTY IS SOLD “AS IS”WITH NO WARRANTIES. (H) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and a special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

Prepared by: Stephen M. Langley – ARDC # 6280430 Hampilos & Langley, Ltd. Attorneys for Durand State Bank 308 W. State St. – Suite 210 Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 962-0044 [phone] (815) 962-6250 [fax] steve@hampilos-langley.com 5715R TRRT 5/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Photography business in said County and State under the name of Just Jess Photography

By Jessie Sliteris at the following post office addresses: 2406 East Lane, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jessie Sliteris SIGNED: Jessie Sliteris 4/19/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 5724R TRRT 5/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Roofing business in said County and State under the name of Amigos Roofing #2 at the following post office addresses: 11038 Silver Creek Rd., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Juanita Eslora SIGNED: Juanita Eslora 4/13/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ava Turner, DEPUTY 5722R TRRT 5/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a daycare business in said County and State under the name of Little Stomper’s Village at the following post office addresses: 1122 S. Church St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kimberly L. Wimbush SIGNED: Kimberly L. Wimbush 4/15/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Idella Blakely, DEPUTY 5720R TRRT 5/4 n n n (Rev. 11/07/90) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff vs.

JOSE P. BELMONTES A/K/A JOSE PATROSINIO BELMONTES HERNANDEZ A/K/A JOSE BELMONTES; MARTHA LOURDES PADILLA; CITY OF ROCKFORD; PCS RECEIVABLES CORP. F/K/A PRIME ACCEPTANCE CORP.; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS. Defendants, 15 CH 907 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT FOUR (4) IN BLOCK THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF FOREST CITY VIEW, THOMAS’ SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 3 OF PLATS ON PAGE 44 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS EXCEPTING THE WESTERLY 12 FEET OF SAID LOT; THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID EXCEPTED

TRACT BEING PARALLEL WITH THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 4; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1531 1st Avenue, Rockford, IL 61104.

P.I.N. 11-25-127-006.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Mr. David T. Cohen at Plaintiff’s Attorney, David T. Cohen & Associates, LTD., 10729 West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois 60467-4531.

(708) 460-7711.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 S5684R TRRT 4/27 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS GERMAN-AMERICAN STATE BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

JERRY INGRAM, RYAN R. POTTRATZ, KERI A. POTTRATZ, UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN TENANTS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant.

NO. 15-CH-782 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the decree entered in this Court in the above-entitled cause on the 30th day of October, 2015, I, Gary Caruana, Sheriff of Winnebago County, or such other deputy as may be sitting in his stead, shall sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder, the following described lands and premises described in said decree, or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said decree, upon the following terms and conditions: A. The name, address, and telephone of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Jeffrey Sterling, German-American State Bank, 1305 Main Street, Pecatonica, IL 61063, (815) 239-1700.

B. The common address of said property is: 103 W. 1st Street, Pecatonica, IL 61063.

C. The legal description of the property is: Part of Block 8 as designated upon the Map of the Village of Pecatonica, the Plat of which is recorded in Book Y of Deeds on Page 496 in the Recorder’s Office, in Winnebago County, Illinois, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Southeast Corner of said Block, thence West along the South line of said Block 50.00 feet, thence North parallel with the East line of said Block, to the South Bank of the Pecatonica River, thence downstream along the South Bank of said River to the East line of said Block; thence South along the East line of said Block, to the place of beginning; ALSO, the East 11.00 feet of the West 50.00 feet of the East 100.00 feet of Block 8 as designated

upon the Map of the Village of Pecatonick (now Pecatonica) as recorded in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single family residence.

E. The time and place of sale are: May 12, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61101.

F. The terms of the sale are: 100% cash or certifieds funds at time of sale. Plaintiff assumes no responsibility for title expenses or closing costs.

G. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, and subject to special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

H. If the sale is set aside for any purpose, the purchaser at the time of sale shall be entitled only to a return on the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the mortgagor, the mortgagee or the mortgagee’s attorney.

Dated at Rockford, Illinois, this 4th day of April, 2016.

GARY CARUANA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois This Notice prepared by: Stephen S. Schmelzle Attorney for Plaintiff 208 W. Stephenson Street, Suite 201 Freeport, IL 61032 (815) 235-1188 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. 5664R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Sealcoating, landscaping, construction business in said County and State under the name of Blackhawk-Services at the following post office addresses: 7303 Shillington Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Rogelio Martinez SIGNED: Rogelio Martinez 4/25/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Idella Blakely, DEPUTY 5767R TRRT 5/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Appliance Repair & Sales Service business in said County and State under the name of Allen Much Appliance Repair at the following post office addresses: 2615 18th St., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Allen Much SIGNED: Allen Much 4/25/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 25th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ava Turner, DEPUTY 5769R TRRT 5/11

The Rock River Times | RockRiverTimes.com | April 27-May 3, 2016 | n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.MARIA CHARLES, et al Defendant 15 CH 01001 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 27, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 23, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT SEVENTEEN (17) IN BLOCK ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF QUIGLEY’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS ON PAGE 50 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 430 OAKLEY AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101 Property Index No. 11-22-101018 (202B279).

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

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION

15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-17351.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@ il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-17351 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01001 TJSC#: 36-1617 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. I689236 P5662R TRRT 4/27 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.ADAM PETERSON, et al Defendant 15 CH 00645 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 24, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 26, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT SEVENTEEN (17) IN BLOCK TWENTY-ONE (21) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NORTH PARK THIRD SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 22 OF PLAT RECORDS, PAGE 164 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 147 WINONA DRIVE, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115 Property Index No. 07-25-479015 (097D226).

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant

to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-09266.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@ il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-09266 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 00645 TJSC#: 36-2857 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. I689832 P5663R TRRT 4/27 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEFFREY CHESTER SKARADZINSKI, Deceased, CASE NO: 2016 P 27 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of JEFFREY CHESTER SKARADZINSKI. Letters of Office were issued on March 4, 2016. HEATHER Y. DAVIS, is the legal representative of the Estate.

The attorney for the Estate is CHESTER R. CHOSTNER, JR.,

One Court Place, Ste. 202, Rockford, IL 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 15, 2016, that date being at least six (6) months from the first date of publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the Estate legal representative or both.

Copies of claims may be filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DATED: April 1, 2016 Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court CHESTER R. CHOSTNER, Jr., P.C. (#0438855) Attorney for Estate One Court Place, Ste. 202 Rockford, Illinois 61101 815-962-7500 815-962-0815 (facsimile) crcjrpc@aol.com 5667R TRRT 4/27 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO In Re THE ESTATE OF ROBERT ST. CLAIR, Deceased.

CASE NO: 2015 P 136 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of ROBERT ST. CLAIR. Letters of Office were issued on December 2, 2015. KELLY SPERA is the legal representative of the Estate.

The attorney for the Estate is CHESTER R. CHOSTNER, JR., One Court Place, Ste. 202, Rockford, IL 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 15, 2016, that date being at least six (6) months from the first date of publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the Estate legal representative or both.

Copies of claims may be filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DATED: April 1, 2016 Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court CHESTER R. CHOSTNER, Jr., P.C. (#0438855) Attorney for Estate One Court Place, Ste. 202 Rockford, Illinois 61101 815-962-7500 815-962-0815 (facsimile) crcjrpc@aol.com 5668R TRRT 4/27 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF TERRELL DEMOND ROBINSON Current Name Case No. 16 MR 323

NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE Notice is hereby given, that on June 2, 2016, at 10:00 a.m., in room 412, Terrell Demond Robinson, will present a Petition requesting that the Court change his/her present name of Terrell Demond Robinson to the name of Terrell Demond Hanson. The hearing will take place at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St. in Rockford, Illinois. /s/ Terrell Robinson Date: 04/08/16 5669R TRRT 4/27 n n n NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE LAW FIRM OF HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. State of Illinois In the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit County of Winnebago BLACKHAWK BANK f/k/a BLACKHAWK STATE BANK, Plaintiff, v.

JAMES K. McEACHRAN; RUTHANNE MARKUNAS; SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; VILLAGE OF MACHESNEY PARK; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2016 CH 314 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage concerning the premises described as follows, to-wit: Lot Twenty-nine (29) in Block One (1) as designated upon the Plat of Northway Park Subdivision of a part of the North Half (1/2) of Section 25, Township 45 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 23 of Plats on page 169 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

COMMON ADDRESS: 9822 Shore Drive, Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 PROPERTY CODE – 097B 029 P.I.N. NUMBER: 07-25-251007 And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint of said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 23rd day of May, 2016, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit,

Winnebago County, Illinois PREPARED BY: Yashekia T. Simpkins (ARDC #6307014) HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 5703R TRRT 5/4 n n n NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE LAW FIRM OF HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. State of Illinois In the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit County of Winnebago BLACKHAWK BANK f/k/a BLACKHAWK STATE BANK, Plaintiff, v.

JAMES K. McEACHRAN; RUTHANNE MARKUNAS; SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION; VILLAGE OF MACHESNEY PARK; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2016 CH 314 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage concerning the premises described as follows, to-wit: Lot Nine (9) as designated upon the Plat of George E. Stockburger’s Subdivision of Queen Oaks Park recorded in Book 13 of Plats on page 45 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

NOW KNOWN AS: Lots Twenty-nine (29) and Thirty-six (36) as designated upon Plat of Queen Oaks Extension, a Resubdivision of part of Lots 4 and 5, all of Lots 6 and 7 and all of Lots 9 through 21 George E. Stockburger’s Subdivision of Queen Oaks Park, being part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 19, Township 45 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 49 of Plats on Page 95A/95B in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

COMMON ADDRESS: 9838 Queen Oaks Dr., Machesney Park, Illinois 61115 P.I.N. NUMBER: 08-19-152015 PROPERTY CODE: 127B 074 NEW CODES FOR 2015: 0819-152-050 – Lot 36 08-19-152-062 – Lot 29 And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided

by law, and that the suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint of said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 23rd day of May, 2016, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois PREPARED BY: Yashekia T. Simpkins (ARDC #6307014) HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 ysimpkins@hinshawlaw.com 5704R TRRT 5/4 n n n AADDITIONAL STORAGE NORTHWEST 5070 Spooner Rd. Rockford, IL 61103 815-297-7803 NOTICE OF SALE The personal property stored

by Phensri Rouleau (#17) located at 5070 Spooner Rd., Rockford, Illinois, a self-storage facility shall be sold on or after 4/31/2016, to enforce the owner’s lien thereon.

If not sold, the property will be otherwise disposed of. Property includes household goods, tools and many personal items.

5705R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Property/Casualty, Life/Health and Financial Services Office business in said County and State under the name of Country Financial at the following post office addresses: 3910 N. Main St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Gregory J. Hansen SIGNED: Gregory J. Hansen 4/19/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 5726R TRRT 5/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Photography business in said County and State under the name of Just Jess Photography

By Jessie Sliteris at the following post office addresses: 2406 East Lane, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jessie Sliteris SIGNED: Jessie Sliteris 4/19/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 19th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 5724R TRRT 5/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a distributorship of Mexican snack products business in said County and State under the name of Botanas Valdez U.E.K.

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at the following post office addresses: 3408 Jamestown Drive, Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Rosa Maria Valdez SIGNED: Rosa Maria Valdez 4/18/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 5760R TRRT 5/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a lawn care business in said County and State under the name of R Brothers at the following post office addresses: 3319 Broadway, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jose Renteria, Jill Renteria SIGNED: Jose Renteria 4/20/16 SIGNED: Jill Renteria 4/20/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 5761R TRRT 5/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a BBQ Restaurant Both Dine-In and Take Out business in said County and State under the name of Reel Smoke BBQ at the following post office addresses: 1137 Broadway, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Valerie Haugabook, 779-227-2201 SIGNED: Valerie Haugabook 4/20/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 5762R TRRT 5/11 n n n Wayne’s World 1424 11th Ave. Rockford, IL 61104 NOTICE OF MECHANIC’S LIEN A mechanic’s lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 45/1 et seq and 90/1 et seq will be enforced by Wayne Gahl against Dan Salathe on a 1989 Cadillac Seville, VIN # 1G6KS5152KU805930 in the amount of $1,630.00 unless this debt amount is paid in full. A sale of this vehicle will take place at Wayne’s World, 1424 11th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104 on May 20, 2016 if this debt balance is not met.

5766R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Graphics and Design business in said County and State under the name of Rock Copy at the following post office addresses: 202 N. Church St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Michael Solon, 779-423-2256 SIGNED: Michael Solon 4/7/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ava Turner, DEPUTY 5680R TRRT 4/27

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n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-97 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201200050 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; Jim Helsell ; City of South Beloit Tracy Patrick, City Clerk; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-97. The property is Located At: 609 Blackhawk Blvd., South Beloit.

Legal Description or P.I. No.: 04-05-351-003.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5729R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-98 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201200336 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; David Adamik; IL Dept. of Healthcare and Family Services c/o Susan Hinton, Field Consultant; Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan; IL Dept. of Healthcare and Family Services Felicia F. Norwood, Director; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-98. The property is Located At: 206 Wallace Ave., Machesney Park.

Legal Description or P.I. No.: 07-36-229-011.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5730R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-99 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201200761 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; Kevin R. Terviel; Branigan Spielman; Argent Mortgage Company,. LLC c/o National Rgeistered Agents, Inc.; American Home Mtg. Servicing c/o Nationwide Title Clearing, Inc.; Argent Mortgage Company, LLC; Deutsche Bank National Trust Co.; Rock River Water Reclamation District c/o Steve Graceffa, District Director; City of Rockford, Larry Morrissey, Mayor; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-99. The property is Located At: 415 Sherman St., Rockford.

Legal Description or P.I. No.: 11-13-304-010.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5731R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-100 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201200779 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; Nancy Freeman; Heirs and Legatees of Nancy Freeman; MERS ; LaSalle Bank NA Trustee for the MLMI Trust Series 2007-SD1; Aegis Funding Corp.; Opportunity Fund 6-1 LLC; City of Rockford Larry Morrissey, Mayor; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-100. The property is Located At: 2323 Grace St., Rockford.

Legal Description or P.I. No.: 11-14-151-005.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5732R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-101 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201201065 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; James Harris; Ruth Harris; Summatyme Corp.; United Mortgage and Loan Investment Corp. c/o CT Corporation System, Registered Agent; The Pacesetter Corporation; The Pacesetter Corporation c/o Prentice Hall Corp., Registered Agent; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-101. The property is Located At: 2511 Ashland Ave., Rockford.

Legal Description or P.I. No.: 11-16-333-025.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5733R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-102 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201201091 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; Willie Warren; Glendeen Jarrett; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-102. The property is Located At: 2315 Ashland Ave., Rockford.

Legal Description or P.I. No.:

11-16-407-008.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5734R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-103 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201201681 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; Todd Cooper; Doreen A. Hanzel; G.T. Slocum; Daniel M. Day; John T. Weaver; Deborah S. Weaver; Michael Zant; Rock River Water Reclamation District c/o Steve Graceffa, District Director; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-103. The property is Located At: 523 & 521 Fisher Ave., Rockford.

Legal Description or P.I. No.: 11-23-126-040.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5735R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-104 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201202271 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; Paragon Ventures, LLC c/o Mark Whittington, Registered Agent; Marilyn Wischover; Agua Plumbing, Inc. c/o Lori Arroyo, Registered Agent; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-104. The property is Located At: 2210-2212 7th St., Rockford.

Legal Description or P.I. No.: 11-35-431-003.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5736R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-105 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201202337 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; Ruchira Bajaj; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-105. The property is Located At: 6267 Commonwealth Dr., Loves Park.

Legal Description or P.I. No.:

12-03-181-026.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5737R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-106 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201202482 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; Margaret M. Tyler; First Financial Bank n/k/a Associated Bank; Associated Bank, NA; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-106. The property is Located At: 920 Scottswood Rd., Rockford.

Legal Description or P.I. No.: 12-19-231-022.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5738R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-107 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201202585 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; Julio Perez; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-107. The property is Located At: 207 Fairview Ave., Rockford.

Legal Description or P.I. No.: 12-30-210-012.

Said property was sold on 10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5739R TRRT 5/11 n n n Tax Deed No. 16-TX-108 Filed 4/21/2016 TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. # 201203075 TO: COUNTY CLERK OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; Sandra L. Nyenhuis; Members Alliance Credit Union c/o Cheryl Sio, President; Hollow Wood Green Condominium Association c/o Michael F. Johnson, Registered Agent; Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property, Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois as Case No. 16-TX-108. The property is Located At: 2822 Sandy Hollow Rd., Unit 13, Rockford.

Legal Description or P.I. No.: 16-06-452-013.

Said property was sold on

10/28/2013 for delinquent taxes for the year 2012.

The period of redemption will expire on September 29, 2016.

On 10/21/2016 at 9:30 AM the petitioner will make application to such court in said county for an Order for Tax Deed, should the real estate not be redeemed.

Kathleen M. Hollonbeck, Petitioner 5740R TRRT 5/11 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 87 FILED April 14, 2016 HUBBARD L. MITCHELL, 2712 Yonge Street, Rockford, IL 61101; EFFIE MITCHELL, 2712 Yonge Street, Rockford, IL 61101; AMERI/FIRST HOME IMPROVEMENT FINANCE CO; 4406 South 96th Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68127; OCCUPANTS, 2712 Yonge Street, Rockford, IL 61001; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED, GENERALLY TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 28, 2013 Certificate No. 201200920 Sold of General Taxes of (year) 2012 Sold for Special Assessment of (municipality) N/A and Special Assessment Number N/A Warrant No. N/A Inst. No. N/A THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 2712 Yonge Street.

Legal Description or Permanent Index No.: Part of Lots One (1) and Two (2) in Block Five (5) as designated upon the Plat of Glenny and Upson’s Subdivision, being a Subdivision of part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 15, in Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 3 of Plats on page 33 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, bounded as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Lot One (1); thence East, along the North line of said Lot One (1), 50 feet to a point; thence South, on a line parallel with the West line of said Lots One (1) and Two (2), 100 feet to a point in the South line of said Lot Two (2); thence West, along the South line of said Lot Two (2), 50 feet to the Southwest corner of said Lot Two (2); thence North, along the West line of said Lots Two (2) and One (1), 100 feet to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois; Tax Code No. 11-15-278-002.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on August 31, 2016.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This Notice is also to advise you that a Petition has been filed for a Tax Deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before August 31, 2016.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County in Rockford, Illinois, on September 23, 2016 at 9:30 in Room 426.

You may be present at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before August 31, 2016, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

ULTRA MARES LLC, Purchaser By: G. Michael Scheurich, Its Attorney 5741R TRRT 5/11 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 88 FILED April 14, 2016 RANDALL D. SCOTT, 7092 Hawthorne Ridge, Roscoe, IL 61073 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - IRS, 230 S. Dearborn St., Chicago, IL 60604 CREATIVE HOME CONNECTIONS, LLC, c/o Secretary of State’s Office, Michael J. Howlett Bldg, 501 S. Second St., Room 350, Springfield, IL 62756 CREATIVE HOME CONNECTIONS, LLC, c/o Stuart Morgenstern, 1 W. Laurel Street, Pinckneyville, IL 62274 OCCUPANTS, 3522 Montrose Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101 UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED, GENERALLY TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 28, 2013 Certificate No. 201200880 Sold of General Taxes of (year) 2012 Sold for Special Assessment of (municipality) N/A and Special Assessment Number N/A Warrant No. N/A Inst. No. N/A THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 3522 Montrose Avenue.

Legal Description or Permanent Index No.: Lot Eight (8) in Block Six (6) as designated upon the Plat of Beverly Park, being a Subdivision of part of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 15, in Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 16 of Plats on page 26 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois; Tax Code No. 11-15-105-006.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on August 31, 2016.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This Notice is also to advise you that a Petition has been filed for a Tax Deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before August 31, 2016.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County

in Rockford, Illinois, on September 23, 2016 at 9:30 in Room 426.

You may be present at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before August 31, 2016, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

ULTRA MARES LLC, Purchaser By: G. Michael Scheurich, Its Attorney 5742R TRRT 5/11 n n n TAX DEED NO. 2016 TX 1 FILED April 14, 2016 RONALD L. TOMLINSON, 616 S. Prospect Street, Rockford, Illinois 61107; FRAN TOMLINSON, 616 S. Prospect Street, Rockford, Illinois 61107; OCCUPANTS, 616 S. Prospect Street, Rockford, Illinois 61107 UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED, GENERALLY TAKE NOTICE County of Winnebago Date Premises Sold October 28, 2013 Certificate No. 201201737 Sold of General Taxes of (year) 2012 Sold for Special Assessment of (municipality) N/A and Special Assessment Number N/A Warrant No. N/A Inst. No. N/A THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 616 N. Prospect Street.

Legal Description or Permanent Index No.: Lot Eighteen (18) in Block One (1) as designated upon the Plat of Greenwood Subdivision, being a Subdivision of part of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 24, in Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 11 of Plats on page 5 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois; Tax Code No. 11-24-328-012.

This Notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on August 31, 2016.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This Notice is also to advise you that a Petition has been filed for a Tax Deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before August 31, 2016.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of this County in Rockford, Illinois, on September 23, 2016, at 9:30 in Room 426.

You may be present at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before August 31, 2016, by applying to the County Clerk of Winnebago County,

Illinois, at the County Courthouse in Rockford, Illinois.

For further information contact the County Clerk.

THOMAS GIOVINGO, Purchaser By: G. Michael Scheurich, His Attorney 5743R TRRT 5/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: WINNIFRED NEWCOMB, Deceased.

2016 P 137 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of WINNIFRED NEWCOMB. Letters of Office were issued on April 14, 2016 to CAROL LAMBERT, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is James Carlson, American Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 27, 2016 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ James Carlson James Carlson Attorney for Petitioner American Law Firm, P.C. James Carlson 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 5751R TRRT 5/11 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Clothing Store business in said County and State under the name of JP Fashions at the following post office addresses: 342 College Avenue, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Shamika Williams SIGNED: Shamika Williams 4/20/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 5763R TRRT 5/11 n n n Wayne’s World 1424 11th Ave. Rockford, IL 61104 NOTICE OF MECHANIC’S LIEN A mechanic’s lien pursuant to Chapter 770 ILCS 45/1 et seq and 90/1 et seq will be enforced

by Wayne Gahl against Rick and Kyle Caudel on a 1979 Chevrolet Camaro, VIN # 1Q87L9L555489 in the amount of $3,500.00 unless this debt is paid in full. A sale of this vehicle will take place at Wayne’s World, 1424 11th Ave., Rockford, IL 61104 on May 13, 2016 if this debt balance is not met.

5706R TRRT 5/4

The Rock River Times | RockRiverTimes.com | April 27-May 3, 2016 | n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.EDWARD TULLEY, NOELLE TULLEY, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 13 CH 1245 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 21, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 12, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 455, AS DESIGNATED UPON THE FINAL PLAT NO. 14 OF CHICORY RIDGE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 44 OF PLATS ON PAGE 104A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 11264 LINDEN BLOSSOM LANE, Roscoe, IL 61073 Property Index No. 04-31253-015.

The real estate is improved with a single unit dwelling.

The judgment amount was $152,623.20.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a

mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC, 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 605-3500 Please refer to file number IL-001261.

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

WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 605-3500 Attorney File No. IL-001261 Case Number: 13 CH 1245 TJSC#: 36-4483 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.

S5670R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Property Restoration, Repairing a property after damage from storms, fire, water, etc. business in said County and State under the name of Black Hammer Restoration at the following post office addresses: 3841 Dunbury Ln., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jamie Ketchum SIGNED: Jamie Ketchum 4/7/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Idella Blakely, DEPUTY 5676R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Telecom Consulting, Sales & Service business in said County and State under the name of The Phone Guys at the following post office addresses: 1212 Brentwood Road, Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such

business are as follows: Joseph M. Cavallaro, 815-601-2341 SIGNED: Joseph M. Cavallaro 4/12/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 5690R TRRT 4/27 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs.

SEAN FARR AKA SEAN P. FARR; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; Defendants, 15 CH 534 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Eight (8) in Block Four (4) as designated upon the Plat of Rosenquist and Schabacker’s Oak Knolls Subdivision, being a subdivision of part of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 19, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 16 of Plats on Page 36 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; Situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 332 North Vale Avenue, Rockford, IL 61107.

P.I.N. 12-19-377-019.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

15-036153 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I690591 P5671R TRRT 4/27 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.; Plaintiff, vs.

LIDIA DIAZ AKA LIDIA DIAZ CHAVEZ; Defendants, 15 CH 612 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation

will on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: The following described real estate to-wit: Lot 20 as designated upon plat No. 1 of Turnberry Ridge, being a subdivision of part of the Northwest quarter (1/4) of Section 18, Township 43 North, Range 2 east of the third principal meridian, City of Rockford, County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, the plat of which subdivision is recorded in Book 45 of Plats on page 75 as Document Number 0509028 in the recorder’s office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and the State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 3122 Chanters Court, Rockford, IL 61109.

P.I.N. 16-18-103-022.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

15-015413 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I690592 P5672R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Rental business in said County and State under the name of Cherryvale East Apts at the following post office addresses: 7620 N. Cherryvale Blvd., Cherry Valley, IL 61016; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: James Durkee, Diana Nys SIGNED: James Durkee 4/5/16 SIGNED: Diana Nys 4/5/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Idella Blakely, DEPUTY 5673R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a HVAC business in said County and State under the name of Ranger Heating and Air at the following post office addresses: 216 Bayliss Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Roger Collier, 815-200-9345 SIGNED: Roger Collier 3/31/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 31st day of March, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 5674R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Remodel for residential houses & light commercial business in said County and State under the name of Giomos Solutions at the following post office addresses: 1533 Livingston Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Sergio Ramos SIGNED: Sergio Ramos 4/4/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 4th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 5675R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a photographic service business in said County and State under the name of Ben Larson Photography at the following post office addresses: 4987 Rundquist Ct., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ben Larson SIGNED: Ben Larson 4/5/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Idella Blakely, DEPUTY 5677R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Computer repair, IT Services business in said County and State under the name of Lawson Computers at the following post office addresses: 7047 Saladino Drive, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Corey R. Lawson, 815-289-7126 SIGNED: Corey R. Lawson 4/7/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Idella Blakely, DEPUTY 5678R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Graphic Design Services business in said County and State under the name of Jen Egan Design at the following post office addresses: 2356 Silverthorn Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jennifer Lynn Egan, 815-975-1801 SIGNED: Jennifer L. Egan 4/7/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 5679R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Vending Services Snacks and Drinks (Health) business in said County and State under the name of Ade Vending Service at the following post office addresses: 5203 Windrush Drive, Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: AdeRonke R. Bankole SIGNED: AdeRonke R. Bankole 4/7/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Idella Blakely, DEPUTY 5681R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Painting & Handyman Service business in said County and State under the name of MG Services at the following post office addresses: 321 Rockcliff Dr., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Mary Lake, Eugene Saunders SIGNED: Mary Lake 4/1/16 SIGNED: Eugene Saunders 4/1/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 1st day of April, A.D. 2016.

Robin R. Perez, Notary Public My Commission Expires 10/21/18 5682R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a event/party business in said County and State under the name of Hearrt Events at the following post office addresses: 2835 18th St., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Megan Wentz, 815-543-9230 SIGNED: Megan Wentz 4/8/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ava Turner, DEPUTY 5686R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a consulting business in said County and State under the name of Claires Culinary Consultants at the following post office addresses: 1115 Arden Ave., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Claire S. James SIGNED: Claire S. James 3/31/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 31st day of March, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ava Turner, DEPUTY 5691R TRRT 4/27 n n n 12705.5511 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION;

Plaintiff, vs.

ZACHARY OWEN; LAKE SUMMERSET ASSOCIATION, INC UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 139 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 1733 IN SECTION 6 OF THE CORRECTED FINAL PLAT NO. 2 OF LAKE SUMMERSET THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 32 OF PLATS ON PAGES 262 THROUGH 270 INCLUSIVE IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1733 Lake Summerset Road, Davis, IL 61019.

P.I.N. 05-07-203-010.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Ms. Diana A. Carpintero at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (219) 769-1313. 12705.5511 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I691263 P5698R TRRT 5/4 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION IN RE THE ESTATE OF: ELNORA W. NEWTON, Deceased.

2016 P 111 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ELNORA W. NEWTON. Letters of Office were issued on April 14, 2016 to MAE STARKS, who is the legal representative of the estate.

The attorney for the estate is Douglas Miller, American Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 27, 2016 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Rockford, Illinois, or

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with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Douglas Miller Douglas Miller Attorney for Petitioner American Law Firm, P.C. Douglas Miller 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 5752R TRRT 5/11 n n n WINDSOR STORAGE 1915 Windsor Rd. Loves Park, IL 61111 NOTICE OF SALE The personal property stored by the persons listed below, occupants of storage units located at 1915 WINDSOR RD., LOVES PARK, Illinois, a self-storage facility operated by AAA WINDSOR STORAGE INC. (“OWNER”). Shall be sold at public auction at 1915 WINDSOR RD., LOVES PARK, Illinois, on 05/14/16 or after at 10:00 a.m. to enforce the Owner’s lien thereon. If there are no bidders, Owner will otherwise dispose of the property.

Steven Schorer Unit #35; Tamy O’Danial Unit #78; Cindy Whithead Unit #80; Nathan Tompkins Unit #103; Mary Stillman Unit #107.

5753R TRRT 5/4 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: CONSTANCE DIANE FARLEY, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2016-P-171 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of CONSTANCE DIANE FARLEY. Letters of Office were issued on April 15, 2016, to KANDY A. JONES, 5219 Pebble Creek Trail, #2, Loves Park, Illinois 61111, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Peter A. Savitski, 838 North Main Street, Rockford, Illinois 61103.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 1, 2016, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: April 21, 2016 KANDY A. JONES, Executor Attorney Peter A. Savitski ARDC No.: 2463741 838 North Main Street Rockford, Illinois 61103 (815) 963-0370 pas-law@sbcglobal.net 5764R TRRT 5/11

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.KENNETH HAGEMEYER A/K/A KENNETH L HAGEMEYER, et al Defendant 14 CH 415 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 15, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 25, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT ELEVEN (11) IN BLOCK TWENTY-FIVE (25) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF KELLOGG AND SHELDON’S SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 AND 30 OF ROCKFORD WESLEYAN SEMINARY ASSOCIATION’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS ON PAGE 10 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 516 HOWARD AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-21406-004.

The real estate is improved with a two story, single family home; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium

Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1402639. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. PA1402639 Case Number: 14 CH 415 TJSC#: 36-4853 I691716 P5728R TRRT 5/11 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO BMO HARRIS BANK, N.A., FORMERLY KNOWN AS HARRIS N.A., AS THE ASSIGNEE OF THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS THE RECEIVER FOR AMCORE BANK N.A., Plaintiff, v.

PENTECOSTAL CENTER CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 16-CH-354 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage concerning the premises described as follows, to-wit: Lots Seventy-four (74) and Seventy-five (75) inclusive as designated upon the Plat of Normandy Heights Subdivision, being part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 1, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 20 of Plats on Page 18 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of

Winnebago and State of Illinois.

COMMON ADDRESS: 2904 18th Street Rockford, Illinois 61109 PROPERTY CODE: 15-01280-001 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint of said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 27th day of May, 2016, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

THOMAS A. KLEIN Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit Winnebago County, Illinois PREPARED BY: Matthew M. Hevrin (ARDC #6256083) HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 PHONE: 815-490-4900 FAX: 815-490-4901 mhevrin@hinshawlaw.com 5754R TRRT 5/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ARLENE E. SCHICK, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2016 P 169 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ARLENE E. SCHICK on April 2, 2015. Letters of Office were issued on April 13, 2016 to KATHLEEN METZ who is the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 29, 2016, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DATED: 4/20/16 KATHLEEN METZ, EXECUTOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 5755R TRRT 5/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.LYNN K. CRAFT A/K/A LYNN K. RHEINLAENDER, et al Defendant 15 CH 172 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 3, 2016,

an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 6, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT SEVENTY-THREE (73) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 4 OF ALPINE VALLEY SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 32 OF PLATS ON PAGE 50 IN THE ‘RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2212 MAPLE AVENUE, Loves Park, IL 61111 Property Index No. 08-32277-006.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $98,801.74.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government

agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., LPA, 180 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2400, Chicago, IL 60601, (312) 782-9676 FAX 312-782-4201 Please refer to file number WWR#10134312.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid.

The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney.

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

WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., LPA 180 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2400 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 782-9676 Fax #: (312) 782-4201 Attorney File No. WWR#10134312 Case Number: 15 CH 172 TJSC#: 36-2930 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.

S5756R TRRT 5/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association PLAINTIFF VS Sherry K. Zack, solely as special representative for Elizabeth E. Pokrant a/k/a Elizabeth Pokrant (Deceased); State of Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Collections/Technical Recovery; U.S. Bank National Association ND; James Pokrant; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Elizabeth E. Pokrant a/k/a Elizabeth Pokrant (Deceased); Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, DEFENDANT(S) 15CH1082 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Sherry K. Zack, solely as special representative for Elizabeth E. Pokrant a/k/a Elizabeth Pokrant (Deceased); State of Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Collections/Technical Recovery; U.S. Bank National Association ND; James Pokrant; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ELIZABETH E. POKRANT A/K/A ELIZABETH POKRANT (DECEASED); UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: The North Sixty-Five (65) feet of the South One Hundred Fifty (150) feet of lots ten (10) and eleven (11) as designated upon the plat of Rockford Suburban Farms subdivision, being a subdivision of a part of the North half of section 31, township 45 North, range 2 East of the third principal meridian, the plat of which subdivision is recorded in

Book 13 of plats on page 12 in the Recorder`s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, the North and South lines of said premises being parallel with the South lines of said lots.

Commonly known as: 7908 Elm Ave., Machesney Park, IL 61115 and which said mortgage was made by, George Pokrant and Elizabeth E Pokrant, Husband and Wife; Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for U.S. Bank N.A.; Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0525539; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101 on or before MAY 27, 2016 A JUDGMENT OR DECREE

BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 120 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 239-3432 Fax: (312) 284-4820 Attorney No: 6238055 pleadings@rsmalaw.com File No: 14IL00655-1 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that this firm may be deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.

S5757R TRRT 5/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff VS Sherry K. Zack, solely as special representative for James R. Blake (Deceased); Michael Blake; Cheri Francisco; David Blake; Clearwing II Condominium Owners Association; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of James R. Blake (Deceased); Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants 15CH706 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Sherry K. Zack, solely as special representative for James R. Blake (Deceased); Michael Blake; Cheri Francisco; David Blake; Clearwing II Condominium Owners Association; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JAMES R. BLAKE (DECEASED); UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: Unit 136C of Clearwing Condominiums as delineated on a Survey of certain lots or parts thereof in Clearwing Subdivision Plat No. 4, which survey in attached as Exhibit “B” to the Declaration of Condominium recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois as Document No. 0616110, as amended from time to time, together with its undivided percentage interest in said parcel (excepting from said Parcel all the property and space comprising all the units thereof as defined and

set forth in said Declaration and Survey); situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 10123 Metalmark Lane Unit #3, Roscoe, IL 61073 and which said mortgage was made by, James R. Blake, an unmarried individual; Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for U.S. Bank N.A.; Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20101025463; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101 on or before MAY 27, 2016 A JUDGMENT OR DECREE

BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 120 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 239-3432 Fax: (312) 284-4820 Attorney No: 6238055 pleadings@rsmalaw.com File No: 15IL00024-1 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that this firm may be deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained may be used for that purpose.

S5758R TRRT 5/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.MATTHEW B. BIELEFELDT, et al Defendant 15 CH 763 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 3, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 31, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: The East Thirty-Eight and One-Tenth (38.1) feet in width of Lot Twenty-Three (23) and the West Twenty-Four and Two Tenths (24.2) feet in width of Lot Twenty-Two (22) in Block Two (2) as designated upon the plat of addition to Rockton Avenue Subdivision in the N 1/2 of the S 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 11-44-1, the plat of which is recorded in Book 19 of Plats on Page 100 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 2215 MIDWAY DRIVE, Rockford, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-11154-017.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $121,965.07.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate

of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 239-3432 Please refer to file number 15IL00157-1.

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

RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 239-3432 E-Mail: il.pleadings@rsmalaw. com Attorney File No. 15IL00157-1 Case Number: 15 CH 763 TJSC#: 36-4943 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The Rock River Times | RockRiverTimes.com | April 27-May 3, 2016 | n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a grocery store business in said County and State under the name of Main & Morgan Market at the following post office addresses: 1018 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Bouathong Inthabandith SIGNED: Bouathong Inthabandith 4/12/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 5693R TRRT 4/27 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS AUBURN CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v.

URBAN EQUITY PROPERTIES, LLC, et al, Defendants.

16 CH 315 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Notice and Claim for Mechanics Lien concerning the premises described as follows, to-wit: Parcel 1: Part of Lots 6 and 7 in Block 29 as designated upon the map of that part of the town (now city) of Rockford on the East side of Rock River, the plat of which is recorded in Book D of Deeds on Page 340 and 341 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Commencing at the Southeasterly corner of said Lot 6; thence Westerly on the Southerly line of said Lot, 21 feet, more or less, to the Southwesterly comer of the Easterly one-third of the Easterly two-fifths of Lot 6; thence Northerly parallel with the Easterly lines of said Lots 6 and 7, 88 feet to the Southerly line of an alley described in agreement recorded in Book W of Mortgage on Page 248 in the Recorder’s Office; thence Easterly along the Southerly line of said alley and parallel with the Northerly line of State Street, 21 feet, more or less, to the Easterly line of said Lot 7; thence Southerly on the Easterly line of said Lots 6 and 7, 88 feet to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago, and the State of Illinois.

Parcel 2: Part of Lots 6 and 7 in Block 29 as designated upon the map of that part of the town (now city) of Rockford on the East side of Rock River, which plat is recorded in Book D of Deeds on Page 340 and 341 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point on the Southerly line of said Lot 6, 69 1/5 feet Easterly from the Southwesterly comer of said Lot; thence Easterly, along the Southerly line of said Lot to a point 21 feet Westerly from the South-

easterly corner of said Lot; thence Northerly, parallel with the Easterly lines of said Lots 6 and 7, 98 feet; thence Westerly parallel with the line dividing Lots 6 and 7 to a point 69 feet Easterly from the Westerly line of said Lot 7; thence Southerly, parallel with the Westerly line of said Lot 7, 32 feet to the Southerly line of said Lot 7; thence Easterly on the Southerly line of said Lot, one-fifth of a foot; thence Southerly, parallel with the Westerly line of said Lot 6, 66 feet to the place of beginning; excepting therefrom a strip of land 10 feet in width off the Northerly side of said premises for an alley; further excepting therefrom Lots 14 and 15 in Block 29 as designated upon the Plat of Assessor’s Subdivision of part of Blocks 7, 8, 15, 16, 29, 30, 37 and 38 in the Town of Rockford, on the East side of the Rock River, the plat of which subdivision is recorded in Book 58 of Plats on Page 19 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago, and the State of Illinois.

Parcel 3: Lots 14 and 15 in Block 29 as designated upon the Plat of Assessor’s Subdivision of a part of Blocks 7, 8, 15, 16, 29, 30, 37 and 38 in the Town of Rockford, on the East side of the Rock River, the plat of which subdivision is recorded in Book 58 of Plats on Page 19 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago, and the State of Illinois.

Common Address: 408-414 E. State St., Rockford, Illinois 61104-1015 and which said Notice and Claim for Mechanics Lien was recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20161001670 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Thomas A. Klein Winnebago County Clerk of the Court 400 West State St. Rockford, Illinois 61101 on or before May 20, 2016, A DEFAULT JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. Kim M. Casey HolmstromKennedyPC 800 North Church Street P.O. Box 589 Rockford, IL 61105 815-962-7071 815-962-7181 (Fax) kcasey@hkrockford.com I691049 P5694R TRRT 5/4 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS KONDAUR CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS SEPARATE TRUSTEE OF MATAWIN VENTURES TRUST SERIES 2015-2; Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL J. JOHNSON AND JENNIFER A. JOHNSON AKA JENNIFER JOHNSON FKA JENNIFER GROGAN;

STATE OF ILLINOIS AND CHARLES E. ANDERSON AND DONALD STEADMAN ON BEHALF OF THE PAINTERS’ DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 30 HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND; THE PAINTERS DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 30 PENSION FUND THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS PAINTERS & DECORATORS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING FUND, AND THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS PAINTING AND DRYWALL INSTITUTE; Defendants, 14 CH 654 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on April 6, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 16 AND THE SOUTH 20 FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT 17 IN BLOCK 5 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF CHAS H. KNAPP’S 2ND ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 10 OF PLATS ON PAGE 29 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 11-25-276-009.

Commonly known as 532-534 WASHINGTON STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61104.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125.

Ref. No. 15-03060 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I691255 P5695R TRRT 5/4 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.JOSE D. CERRILLO, et al Defendant 15 CH 01135 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 9, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 19, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT SEVEN (7) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SULLIVAN AND DWYER’S SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 7 OF PLATS ON PAGE 18 IN THE

RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 721 LINCOLN AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27330-028.

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

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-16036.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@ il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-16036 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH

01135 TJSC#: 36-4735 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. I691188 P5696R TRRT 5/4 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ALICE ELLEN MEARS, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2016-P-34 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of ALICE ELLEN MEARS. Letters of Office were issued on February 1, 2016, to LOIS MARTINEZ, 1155 North Elma Avenue, Elgin, Illinois 60120 who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Peter A. Savitski, 838 North Main Street, Rockford, Illinois 61103.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 21, 2016, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date as stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: April 12, 2016 LOIS MARTINEZ Executor Attorney Peter A. Savitski ARDC No.: 2463741 838 North Main Street Rockford, Illinois 61103 (815) 963-0370 pas-law@sbcglobal.net 5707R TRRT 5/4 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: LUIS MAYOR, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2016 P 132 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of LUIS MAYOR on September 4, 2015. Letters of Office were issued on April 11, 2016 to TAWNYA MAYOR who is the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 22, 2016, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div.,

must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DATED: 4/14/16 TAWNYA MAYOR, SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 5708R TRRT 5/4 n n n NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6150 , 4548 American Rd, Rockford IL 61109 to satisfy a lien on May 10, 2016 at approx. 11:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #1513, Michael R. Triplett; Cube #4225, Ollie L. Coleman; Cube #5927, Steven E. Menor; Cube #B1, Yolanda Saucedo.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6153 , 4548 American Rd, Rockford IL 61109 to satisfy a lien on May 10, 2016 at approx. 11:00 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #S9, Tiffany M. Bates.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6152 , 3015 N. Main St., Rockford IL 61103 to satisfy a lien on May 10, 2016 at approx. 11:30 AM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube #B229, Lacondra Bass; Cube #B133, Cynthia A. Woodard; Cube #A69, Cary Howard Honor; Cube #A113, Yvette Jones; Cube #B36, Kyle Ryden; Cube #A40, Stacie Arrington.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage Cube contents containing household and other goods will be sold for cash by CubeSmart 6151, 6210 Forest Hills Road, Rockford IL 61111 to satisfy a lien on May 10, 2016 at approx. 12:00 PM at www.storagetreasures.com. All online bids start 14 days prior to the below start date.

Cube # 447, Andrew S. DeWilde; Cube # 202, Johnny RainBolt.

5709R TRRT 4/27 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: BARBARA ANN STEWART, Deceased.

CASE NO. 15 P 0000643 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of BARBARA ANN STEWART, Letters of Office were issued on February 19, 2016 to JAMIE E. CARROLL, c/o 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is BARTON L. HENBEST, 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL 61108.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 20, 2016, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

DATED: April 14, 2016 BARTON L. HENBEST Name: BARTON L. HENBEST ARDC Number: 6194684 Attorney for Estate Address: 4615 East State Street, Suite 101 Rockford, IL 61108 Telephone: (815) 226-3411 5710R TRRT 5/4 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DUDLEY W. SWANSON, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2015 P 421 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DUDLEY W. SWANSON. Letters of Office were issued on August 17, 2015, to Stephen Carter, 3131 Talbot Trail, Rockford, IL 61114, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is GERALD B. SHELTON JR., 321 W. State St., Suite 1204, Rockford, IL 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 21, 2016, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required

by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk - Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, IL, or with the estate legal representative or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: 4/15/16 Stephen Carter, Executor GERALD B. SHELTON JR. 3124476 Attorney at Law 321 W. State St., Suite 1204 Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 968-5761 Email: kalshellaw@aol.com 5711R TRRT 5/4 n n n NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Personal Property stored by the following individuals from A Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C. P.O. Box 8116 Rockford, IL 61126, a self service storage facility, operated

by A Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C. shall be sold at a public auction at the address listed below. The Auction will be held on or after 05/13/2016 at 9:00 a.m. to enforce the Owner’s lien thereon. If there are no bidders, the property will be otherwise disposed of by owner. Any vehicles sold will not have a title provided to the buyer.

Units Located at: 1619 N. Meridian Rd., Rockford, IL 61103 NONE Units Located at: 5112 Linden Rd., Rockford, IL 61109 9:00 am Jandi Wilson Unit #028 Dawanna Tucker Unit #043 Amanda Herebia Unit #094 John Sallis Unit #100 Trevor Curtis Unit #146

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Valorie Coleman Unit #250 Nathan Ward Unit #259 Jordan Williams Unit #275 Takeshia Huey Unit #331 Jasmine Medina Unit #333 O’Shane Dismuke Unit #384 Synthia Lambry Unit #386 Eric Umlauf Unit #449 Bradley Gerber Unit #483 Zachary Carter Unit #341 Units Located at: 3722 Baxter Rd., Rockford, IL 61109 10:30 am Ilene Sterner Unit #B112 Units Located at: 5315 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL 61109 11:00 am James Warmoth Jr. Unit #S070 Thomas Fischbach Unit #S077 Units Located at: 1821 Chrysler Dr., Belvidere, IL 61008 1:00 pm Robert Buckley Unit #C022 Beth Gray Unit #C035 William DeLong Unit #C037 Kevin Johnston Unit #C053 Jack Virgin III Unit #C073 Jacquline Mcgee Unit #C106 Stephen Mcneilly Unit #C120 Stephen Mcneilly Unit #C122 Paul Coil Unit #C092 If unit is not paid in full by Friday, May 6th, 2016 your unit will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction on Friday, May 13th, 2016. To register as a buyer please arrive 15 minutes prior to auction with proper identification and payment. You may also register on Thursday, May 5th from 8 am-4 pm at our office located at 5112 Linden Rd., Rockford, IL 61109.

A Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C. 5712R TRRT 4/27 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TONY TOM CASTREE, Deceased.

Case No. 16-P-75 NOTICE TO CREDITORS THAT THE ESTATE OF TONY TOM CASTREE HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO PROBATE Notice is given to creditors of the death of TONY TOM CASTREE on December 23, 2015. Letters of Office were issued on April 12, 2016 to Dorothea Saladino, 4608 Pembrooke Place, Rockford, IL 61108, as Independent Administrator, whose attorney of record is Mark C. Johnson, 321 W. State Street, Suite 1200, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Winnebago County located at 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the representative, or both, on or before October 20, 2016, that date being at least six months from the date of first publication on April 20, 2016, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of the claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the represenative and the representative’s attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DOROTHEA SALADINO, Executor Prepared by: Mark C. Johnson Attorney for Dorothea Saladino 321 W. State Street, Suite 1200 Rockford, IL 61101 5713R TRRT 5/4

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n n n NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT THE LAW FIRM OF HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. State of Illinois In the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit County of Winnebago BLACKHAWK BANK f/k/a Blackhawk State Bank, Plaintiff, v.

CHARLES K. BROWN; MARY J. BROWN; CITY OF ROCKFORD; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2016 CH 317 NOTICE TO UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS FOR PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed in my office, NOTICE is hereby given you, UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage concerning the premises described as follows, to-wit: PARCEL I: Part of the East Half (1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 2, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at a point in the West line of Eighth Street as laid out on the Plat of Belmont Park Subdivision, being a Subdivision of a part of the East Half (1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 2, Township43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 20 of Plats on Page 77 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, 100 feet North of the South line of said Quarter (1/4) Section; thence North along the West line of said Eighth Street, 250 feet; thence West parallel with the South line of said Quarter (1/4) Section 492.82 feet, more or less, to the East line of the premises conveyed by Calvin R. Mower and wife to Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway Company b Deed dated January 3, 1911 and recorded in Book 214 of Deeds on Page 170 in said Recorder’s office; thence South along the East line of the premises so conveyed to the Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway Company 250 feet; thence East, parallel with the South line of said Quarter (1/4) Section 492.22 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

PARCEL II: Part of the East Half (1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 2, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian bounded and

described as follows, towit: Beginning at the point of intersection of the West line of Eighth Street as laid out on the Plat of Belmont Park Subdivision, being a Subdivision of a part of the East Half (1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 2, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 20 of Plats on Page 77 in the Recorder’s office of Winnebago county, Illinois, with the South line of said Quarter (1/4) Section; thence North along the West line of Eighth Street 100 feet; thence West parallel with the South line of said Quarter (1/4) Section 491.60 feet, more or less, to the East line of the premises conveyed by Calvin R. Mower and wife to Chicago, Milwaukee and Gary Railway Company

by Deed dated January 3, 1911 and recorded in Book 214 of Deeds on Page 170 in said Recorder’s Office; thence South along the East line of the premises so conveyed to the Chicago Milwaukee & Gary Railway Company 100 feet to the South line of said Quarter (1/4) Section; thence East along said South line 492.24 feet, more or less, to the place of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

PARCEL III: Part of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) and part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 2, Township 43 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the intersection of the North line of Brooke Road with a line which is parallel with and 50.0 feet perpendicularly distant East from the centerline of track for Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company, as said track was formerly laid out and used, said point also being the Southwest corner of Lot Three (3) in Block Thirty-nine (39) as designated upon the Plat of Subdivision of Blocks 21 and 22 of Kinsey’s Little Farms, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 14 on Page 175 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; thence South 89 degrees 45’ 06” West along the North line of said Brooke Road 72.0 feet and its intersection with a line which is parallel with and 22.0 feet perpendicularly distant West from said centerline of track of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company; thence North 00 degrees 23’ 14” West along said parallel line 316.0 feet; thence South 89 degrees 45’ 06” West parallel with the North line of said Brooke Road, 114.28 feet to its intersection with a line which is 100.0 feet perpendicularly distant West from and parallel with the West line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section; thence North 00 degrees 11’ 26” East, along said parallel line 1129.12 feet to a point which bears South 00 degrees 11’ 26” West, 777.52 feet from the Southeast corner of Lot Forty-four (44) as designated upon the Plat of Harrison Avenue Subdivision, the

Plat of which is recorded in Book 12 of Plats on Page 16 in said Recorder’s Office; thence South 89 degrees 54’ 01” East, 139.9 feet to its intersection with a line which is 15.0 feet perpendicularly distant East from and parallel with the centerline of the main track of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company as said main track was formerly laid out and used; thence North 00 degrees 23’ 14” West along said parallel line 39.31 feet; thence North 89 degrees 26’ 26” East, parallel with the North line of said Section 60.50 feet to its intersection with a line which is 100 feet perpendicularly distant East from and parallel with the West line of the East Half (1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section; thence South 00 degrees 11’ 26” West along said parallel line 1348.0 feet to the South line of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of said Section, said line also being the North line of Lot Three (3) as designated upon said Subdivision of Blocks 21 and 22, Kinsey’s Little Farms; thence South 89 degrees 41’ 45” West along the North line of said Lot Three (3), a distance of 11.91 feet to the Northwest corner of said Lot Three (3); thence South 00 degrees 23’ 14” East along the West line of said Lot Three (3) a distance of 135.90 feet to the point of beginning; RESERVING a non-exclusive easement for roadway purposes, in, on, over, and across the following described real estate: Beginning at a point on the East line of the hereinbefore described and hereby conveyed parcel bearing 00 degrees 11’ 26” West which is 1337.50 feet distant North from the North line of Lot Three (3) as designated upon said Plat of Subdivision of Blocks 21 and 22, Kinsey’s Little Farms; thence South 89 degrees 29’ 07” West a distance of 60.40 feet; thence North 00 degrees 23’14” West a distance of 10.45 feet; thence North 89 degrees 26’ 26” East a distance of 60.50 feet; thence South 00 degrees 11’ 26” West a distance of 10.50 feet to the point of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

COMMON ADDRESS: 29292935 South 8th Street, Rockford, IL 61109 PINs: 15-02-276-006 15-02-276-007 15-02-276-001 And for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint of said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Winnebago County Courthouse in the City of Rockford, Illinois, on or before the 23rd day of May, 2016, default may be entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

THOMAS A. KLEIN, Clerk of the Circuit Court, 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois PREPARED BY: Thomas J. Lester (ARDC #6189291)

HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, IL 61105-1389 Phone: 815-490-4900 Fax: 815-490-4901 tlester@hinshawlaw.com 5714R TRRT 5/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a roofing business in said County and State under the name of Joe Jones Roofing Co. at the following post office addresses: 1528 Ryan St., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Rickard Jones SIGNED: Rickard Jones 4/18/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 5716R TRRT 5/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Wedding/Freelance Photographer business in said County and State under the name of Erik Anderson - Photography at the following post office addresses: 4332 Kellee Lane, Apt. #8, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Erik Anderson, 815-222-8680 SIGNED: Erik Anderson 4/1/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 1st day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 5718R TRRT 5/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Handyman service doing light construction business in said County and State under the name of Roscoe Construction Service at the following post office addresses: 7783 Ray Ct., Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Brian Von Briesen SIGNED: Brian Von Briesen 4/15/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 15th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 5719R TRRT 5/4 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a business selling hand-made quilted products business in said County and State under the name of Wednesday Morning Quilts at the following post office addresses: 4721 Indigo Place, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Wendy J. Smith SIGNED: Wendy J. Smith 4/13/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 5721R TRRT 5/4

n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Fitness business in said County and State under the name of Get Fit Studio at the following post office addresses: 3424 Normandy Ave., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Sherrie Blankenship SIGNED: Sherrie Blankenship 4/14/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 14th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Ava Turner, DEPUTY 5723R TRRT 5/4 n n n 13-000321 NOS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

JOSHUA J. KLAMAN; JAMIE L. LEMONS; Defendants, 13 CH 249 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Twenty Four as designated upon the plat of High Ridge Plat No. 4 being a Subdivision of a part of the Southeast Quarter of Section 2, Township 44 North, Range 1 East, of the Third Principal Meridian, the plat of which subdivision is recorded in Book 26 of Plats, Page 1 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois.

Commonly known as 3635 Huffman Boulevard, Rockford, IL 61103.

P.I.N. 11-02-405-001.

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

No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

13-000321 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I691837 P5745R TRRT 5/11 n n n 13-009136 NOS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA

THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-RS7 Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; BRUCE EDLUND, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF KATRINA A. NALEVAC, AKA KATRINA SMITH, AKA KATRINA NALEVAC, DECEASED Defendants, 13 CH 645 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Sixty-Six (66) as designated upon Plat No. 3 of Stonehedge, being a Subdivision of part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 30, Township 45 North, Range 2 East of The third Principal Meridian, the plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 38 of plats on Page 87A in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois.

Commonly known as 8239 Tetterhall Lane, Machesney Park, IL 61115.

P.I.N. 08-30-453-003.

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

No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611.

13-009136 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I691838 P5746R TRRT 5/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-OC5, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-OC5; Plaintiff, vs.

WAYNE WENDT; STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES; BUREAU OF COLLECTIONS, JANE DOE, CURRENT SPOUSE OR CIVIL UNION PARTNER IF ANY OF WAYNE WENDT; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS;

Defendants, 14 CH 1140 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Seven (7) In Block Three (3) as designated upon the Plat of Linview Subdivision Plat No. 2 part of the East Half (1/2) of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 7 In Township 43 North, Range 2 East of the 3rd Principal Meridian, Winnebago County, Illinois, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded In Book 32 of Plats on page 9 In the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated In the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 4711 Shropshire Drive, Rockford, IL 61109.

P.I.N. 16-07-377-009.

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

No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Frederic Deraiche at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077.

For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. SPSF.1956 I691839 P5747R TRRT 5/11 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST VI; Plaintiff, vs.

RICKEY LARKS; ESTHER L. LARKS; GLORIA GREGORY NATIONSCREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION SUCCESSORS BY MERGER TO EQUICREDIT CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS, INTERSTATE INTERSTATE IMPROVEMENT, INC.; AMERIFIRST FINANCE FKA AMERIFIRST HOME IMPROVEMENT FINANCE CO.; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 770 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot One Hundred Thirty-five (135) as designated upon the Plat of Towne View Subdivision Plat No. 2, being a Subdivision

of part of the Northeast Quarter of the Northeast Quarter of Section 10, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 26 of Plats on page 81 in the Recorder’s Office in Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 3316 Idlewood, Rockford, IL 61101.

P.I.N. 11-10-228-020.

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

No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Frederic Deraiche at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077.

For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. SPSF.1858 I691840 P5748R TRRT 5/11 n n n SUPPLEMENTARY CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP OF BUSINESS (ADDITION OF NAME) STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ss.

Certificate No. 032006 On the 3rd day of June, A.D. 2014, the original certificate of ownership was filed in the office of County Clerk, in the County of Winnebago, Illinois for 5 Elements Massage & Wellness Center at the following address(es) 5301 E. State St., #315, Rockford, IL 61108.

On the 26th day of April, A.D. 2016, the following person or persons were added to said organization and now have a financial interest in the business carried on under such assumed name: Lisa M. Brewster.

SIGNED: Lisa M. Brewster 4/26/16 STATE OF ILLINOIS, County of Winnebago ss.

The above being duly sworn, upon oath deposes and says that the foregoing is a true and correct supplementary report of the person or persons who have been added to the above-named firm together with their post-office addresses.

Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed) to before me, this 26th day of April A.D. 2016.

Ava Turner, Deputy Clerk 5770R TRRT 4/27 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a salon/spa business in said County and State under the name of Beautiful Ambitions Salon/Spa at the following post office addresses: 129 S. Phelps, Suite 514, Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kayla Speaker SIGNED: Kayla Speaker 4/18/16 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of April, A.D. 2016.

Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Amy Reininger, DEPUTY 5717R TRRT 5/4

The Rock River Times | RockRiverTimes.com | April 27-May 3, 2016 | n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

JESUS J. MEDRANO; LUZI MEDRANO; CITY OF ROCKFORD; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 1041 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale

entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOTS 18 AND 19 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HOLLAND’S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 36 OF DEEDS, ON PAGE

121 IN THE RECORDER’ S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1271 Sanford Street, Rockford, IL 61102.

P.I.N. 11-27-158-032.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of

n n n the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by cer- IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT tified funds, balance, by certified WINNEBAGO COUNTY funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS The property will NOT be open CHAMPION MORTGAGE for inspection. Prospective bidCOMPANY; ders are admonished to check the Plaintiff, court file to verify all information. vs.

For information call Mr. David ANNIE MAE HINTON AKA T. Cohen at Plaintiff’s Attorney, ANNIE HINTON AKA David T. Cohen & Associates, ANNIE M. HINTON; LTD., 10729 West 159th Street, SECRETARY OF HOUSING Orland Park, Illinois 60467-4531.

AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; (708) 460-7711.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL UNKNOWN OWNERS AND SALES CORPORATION NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 Defendants, I691844 15 CH 1060 P5749R TRRT 5/11 NOTICE OF SALE

REALESTATE

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA Plaintiff, -v.- GARRY P. CACCIAPAGLIA, et al Defendant 15 CH 00517 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 23, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 18, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 4717 CABOT LANE, CHERRY VALLEY, IL 61016 Property Index No. 16-10-456-008. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-08133. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-08133 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 00517 TJSC#: 36-4716 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. I691192 P5697R TRRT 5/4 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- MARIA CHARLES, et al Defendant 15 CH 01001 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 27, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 23, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 430 OAKLEY AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101 Property Index No. 11-22-101-018 (202B279).

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-17351. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-17351 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01001 TJSC#: 36-1617 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. I689236 P5662R TRRT 4/27 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- JOSE D. CERRILLO, et al Defendant 15 CH 01135

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOTS THREE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE (343) AND THREE HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR (344) AS D E S I G N AT E D U P O N THE REPLAT OF PART OF WASHINGTON PARK

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 9, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 19, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 721 LINCOLN AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-27-330-028. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-16036. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-16036 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 01135 TJSC#: 36-4735 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. I691188 P5696R TRRT 5/4 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.- EDWARD TULLEY, NOELLE TULLEY, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 13 CH 1245 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 21,

SUBDIVISION, THE PLAT OF WHICH REPLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 13 OF PLATS OF PAGE 32 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS..

Commonly known as 627 South Pierpont Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61102.

P.I.N. 11-20-479-025.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee

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shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 4536960. For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F15100264 I691845 P5750R TRRT 5/11

2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 12, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 11264 LINDEN BLOSSOM LANE, Roscoe, IL 61073 Property Index No. 04-31-253-015.

The real estate is improved with a single unit dwelling.

The judgment amount was $152,623.20.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC, 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850, Chicago, IL 60603, (312) 605-3500 Please refer to file number IL-001261.

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

WEISS MCCLELLAND LLC 105 WEST ADAMS STREET, SUITE 1850 Chicago, IL 60603 (312) 605-3500 Attorney File No. IL-001261 Case Number: 13 CH 1245 TJSC#: 36-4483 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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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE State of Illinois In the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit County of Winnebago Durand State Bank, an Illinois banking corporation, Plaintiff, –vs– Jeffrey C. Schreck; Shelly M. Schreck; C & W Investments, Inc, an Illinois corporation; Unknown owners and Non-Record claimants, Defendants. Case No. 2009–CH–399 Notice of Sheriff’s Sale PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure entered by the court in the above entitled cause, the property hereinafter described, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder.

(A) The name, address, and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Durand State Bank, Ms. Faith Ackerman, 1005 Cameron Dr., Durand, IL 61024; telephone number (815) 248-2101.

(B) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 10851 Cleveland Rd., Durand, IL 61024.

(C) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: 2-Story, 4 BR, 2 BA, LR, Kit., DR, Den, Patio, 4-Car Attached Garage, Partially Unfinished Basement.

(D) The real estate may be inspected prior to the sale at the following times: not available.

(E) The time and place of the sale are: Thursday, May 26, 2016, at 11:00 a.m., in the Main Lobby of the Justice Center, 650 W. State St., Rockford, Illinois.

(F) The terms of the sale are: open, verbal bidding to the highest and best bidder for cash, or cashier’s check. In the event the Plaintiff is the successful bidder at the sale, then the Sheriff will accept Plaintff’s receipt for its distributive share of the sale proceeds in lieu of cash. The sale is subject to court approval. The buyer may not be entitled to possession until 30 days after the court has confirmed the sale. THE PROPERTY IS SOLD “AS IS” WITH NO WARRANTIES. (G) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and a special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

Prepared by: Stephen M. Langley – ARDC # 6280430 Hampilos & Langley, Ltd. Attorneys for Durand State Bank 308 W. State St. – Suite 210 Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 962-0044 [phone] (815) 962-6250 [fax] steve@hampilos-langley.com 5715R TRRT 5/4 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. SEAN FARR AKA SEAN P. FARR; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; Defendants, 15 CH 534 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 332 North Vale Avenue, Rockford, IL 61107.

P.I.N. 12-19-377-019.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(614) 220-5611. 15-036153 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I690591 P5671R TRRT 4/27 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- MATTHEW B. BIELEFELDT, et al Defendant 15 CH 763 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 3, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 31, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2215 MIDWAY DRIVE, Rockford, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-11-154-017.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $121,965.07.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is

offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES, 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140, Chicago, IL 60602, (312) 239-3432 Please refer to file number 15IL00157-1.

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

RANDALL S. MILLER & ASSOCIATES 120 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1140 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 239-3432 E-Mail: il.pleadings@rsmalaw.com Attorney File No. 15IL00157-1 Case Number: 15 CH 763 TJSC#: 36-4943 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.

S5759R TRRT 5/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE (Rev. 11/07/90) IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff vs. JOSE P. BELMONTES A/K/A JOSE PATROSINIO BELMONTES HERNANDEZ A/K/A JOSE BELMONTES; MARTHA LOURDES PADILLA; CITY OF ROCKFORD; PCS RECEIVABLES CORP. F/K/A PRIME ACCEPTANCE CORP.; ROCK RIVER WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS. Defendants, 15 CH 907 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1531 1st Avenue, Rockford, IL 61104.

P.I.N. 11-25-127-006.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Mr. David T. Cohen at Plaintiff’s Attorney, David T. Cohen & Associates, LTD., 10729 West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois 60467-4531. (708) 460-7711.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 S5684R TRRT 4/27 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.- KENNETH HAGEMEYER A/K/A KENNETH L HAGEMEYER, et al Defendant 14 CH 415 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 15, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 25, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 516 HOWARD AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-21-406-004.

The real estate is improved with a two story, single family home; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation.

No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the

residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1402639. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices.com Attorney File No. PA1402639 Case Number: 14 CH 415 TJSC#: 36-4853 I691716 P5728R TRRT 5/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs. JESUS J. MEDRANO; LUZI MEDRANO; CITY OF ROCKFORD; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 1041 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1271 Sanford Street, Rockford, IL 61102.

P.I.N. 11-27-158-032.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Mr. David T. Cohen at Plaintiff’s Attorney, David T. Cohen & Associates, LTD., 10729 West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois 60467-4531. (708) 460-7711.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I691844 P5749R TRRT 5/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE 13-000321 NOS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC; Plaintiff, vs. JOSHUA J. KLAMAN; JAMIE L. LEMONS; Defendants, 13 CH 249 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 3635 Huffman Boulevard, Rockford, IL 61103.

P.I.N. 11-02-405-001.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(614) 220-5611. 13-000321 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I691837 P5745R TRRT 5/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE 13-009136 NOS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIA-

TION FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE FOR RESIDENTIAL ASSET MORTGAGE PRODUCTS, INC., MORTGAGE ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-RS7 Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; BRUCE EDLUND, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF KATRINA A. NALEVAC, AKA KATRINA SMITH, AKA KATRINA NALEVAC, DECEASED Defendants, 13 CH 645 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 8239 Tetterhall Lane, Machesney Park, IL 61115.

P.I.N. 08-30-453-003.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(614) 220-5611. 13-009136 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I691838 P5746R TRRT 5/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF CWALT, INC., ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-OC5, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2006-OC5; Plaintiff, vs.

WAYNE WENDT; STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES; BUREAU OF COLLECTIONS, JANE DOE, CURRENT SPOUSE OR CIVIL UNION PARTNER IF ANY OF WAYNE WENDT; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 1140 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 4711 Shropshire Drive, Rockford, IL 61109.

P.I.N. 16-07-377-009.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Frederic Deraiche at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(312) 236-0077. For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. SPSF.1956 I691839 P5747R TRRT 5/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CITIBANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF THE NRZ PASS-THROUGH TRUST VI; Plaintiff, vs. RICKEY LARKS; ESTHER L. LARKS; GLORIA GREGORY NATIONSCREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION SUCCESSORS BY MERGER TO EQUICREDIT CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS, INTERSTATE INTERSTATE IMPROVEMENT, INC.; AMERIFIRST FINANCE FKA AMERIFIRST HOME IMPROVEMENT FINANCE CO.; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 770 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 3316 Idlewood, Rockford, IL 61101.

P.I.N. 11-10-228-020.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. Frederic Deraiche at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(312) 236-0077. For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. SPSF.1858 I691840 P5748R TRRT 5/11

The Rock River Times | RockRiverTimes.com | April 27-May 3, 2016 | n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.- LYNN K. CRAFT A/K/A LYNN K. RHEINLAENDER, et al Defendant 15 CH 172 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 3, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on June 6, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2212 MAPLE AVENUE, Loves Park, IL 61111 Property Index No. 08-32-277-006.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $98,801.74.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes

no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., LPA, 180 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2400, Chicago, IL 60601, (312) 782-9676 FAX 312-782-4201 Please refer to file number WWR#10134312.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee s attorney.

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

WELTMAN, WEINBERG & REIS CO., LPA 180 N. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 2400 Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 782-9676 Fax #: (312) 782-4201

Attorney File No. WWR#10134312 Case Number: 15 CH 172 TJSC#: 36-2930 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.

S5756R TRRT 5/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS GERMAN-AMERICAN STATE BANK, Plaintiff, vs. JERRY INGRAM, RYAN R. POTTRATZ, KERI A POTTRATZ, UNKNOWN OWNERS, UNKNOWN TENANTS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant. NO. 15-CH-782 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public notice is hereby given that in pursuance of the decree entered in this Court in the above-entitled cause on the 30th day of October, 2015, I, Gary Caruana, Sheriff of Winnebago County, or such other deputy as may be sitting in his stead, shall sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder, the following described lands and premises described in said decree, or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said decree, upon the following terms and conditions: A. The name, address, and telephone of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Jeffrey Sterling, German-American State Bank, 1305 Main Street, Pecatonica, IL 61063, (815) 239-1700.

B. The common address of said property is: 103 W. 1st Street, Pecatonica, IL 61063.

C. The legal description of the property is: Part of Block 8 as designated upon the Map of the Village of Pecatonica, the Plat of which is recorded in Book Y of Deeds on Page 496 in the Recorder’s Office, in Winnebago County, Illinois, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Southeast Corner of said Block, thence West along the South line of said Block 50.00 feet, thence North

parallel with the East line of said Block, to the South Bank of the Pecatonica River, thence downstream along the South Bank of said River to the East line of said Block; thence South along the East line of said Block, to the place of beginning; ALSO, the East 11.00 feet of the West 50.00 feet of the East 100.00 feet of Block 8 as designated upon the Map of the Village of Pecatonick (now Pecatonica) as recorded in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single family residence.

E. The time and place of sale are: May 12, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61101.

F. The terms of the sale are: 100% cash or certifieds funds at time of sale. Plaintiff assumes no responsibility for title expenses or closing costs.

G. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, and subject to special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

H. If the sale is set aside for any purpose, the purchaser at the time of sale shall be entitled only to a return on the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the mortgagor, the mortgagee of the mortgagee’s attorney.

Dated at Rockford, Illinois, this 4th day of April, 2016.

GARY CARUANA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois This Notice prepared by: Stephen S. Schmelzle Attorney for Plaintiff 208 W. Stephenson Street, Suite 201 Freeport, IL 61032 (815) 235-1188 THIS IS A COMMUNICATION FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. 5664R TRRT 4/27

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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.- ADAM PETERSON, et al Defendant 15 CH 00645 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 24, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 26, 2016, at the NLT TITLE, LLC., 6885 Vistagreen Way, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 147 WINONA DRIVE, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115 Property Index No. 07-25-479-015 (097D226).

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in \”AS IS\” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property.

Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-15-09266. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-15-09266 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 15 CH 00645 TJSC#: 36-2857 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. I689832 P5663R TRRT 4/27 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS KONDAUR CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS SEPARATE TRUSTEE OF MATAWIN VENTURES TRUST SERIES 2015-2; Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL J. JOHNSON AND JENNIFER A. JOHNSON AKA JENNIFER JOHNSON FKA JENNIFER GROGAN; STATE OF ILLINOIS AND CHARLES E. ANDERSON AND DONALD STEADMAN ON BEHALF OF THE PAINTERS’ DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 30 HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND; THE PAINTERS DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 30 PENSION FUND THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS PAINTERS & DECORATORS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING FUND, AND THE NORTHERN ILLINOIS PAINTING AND DRYWALL INSTITUTE; Defendants, 14 CH 654 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on April 6, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 11-25-276-009.

Commonly known as 532-534 WASHINGTON STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61104.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Clerk at Law Offices of Ira T. Nevel, 175 North Franklin Street, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 357-1125.

Ref. No. 15-03060 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I691255 P5695R TRRT 5/4 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.; Plaintiff, vs. LIDIA DIAZ AKA LIDIA DIAZ CHAVEZ; Defendants, 15 CH 612 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 19, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 3122 Chanters Court, Rockford, IL 61109.

P.I.N. 16-18-103-022.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(614) 220-5611. 15-015413 NOS INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I690592 P5672R TRRT 4/27 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs. ANNIE MAE HINTON AKA ANNIE HINTON AKA ANNIE M. HINTON; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 1060 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, June 2, 2016, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 627 South Pierpont Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61102.

P.I.N. 11-20-479-025.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.fal-illinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F15100264 I691845 P5750R TRRT 5/11 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE 12705.5511 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. ZACHARY OWEN; LAKE SUMMERSET ASSOCIATION, INC UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 139 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 26, 2016 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s office, 2990 Perryville Road, Third Floor, Suite 2300, Rockford, Illinois 61107, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1733 Lake Summerset Road, Davis, IL 61019.

P.I.N. 05-07-203-010.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Ms. Diana A. Carpintero at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Burke Costanza & Carberry LLP, 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (219) 769-1313. 12705.5511 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I691263 P5698R TRRT 5/4

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The church is located just outside of Davis, on Church Road, off Route 75, between Rock City and Davis, IL. Be sure to watch for signs and for more information or directions, call the church at 815-865-5314 or email us at: office@stpaulchurch-davis.org (UofI)

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APPLIANCES Help and Support our Veterans. Fast MISC. FOR SALE - FREE pick up. 100% tax deductible. W a s h e r s , d r y e r s , s t o v e s , Call 1-8 0 0-24 5-0 398 (N A NI) refrigerators. Appliance servicing, 3 spider plants, $5 for all 3. warranties, deliver y available Call 815-997-8891 anytime. 5/4 any time. 815-721-6 318. 5/11 Mic hael V ic k o f f ic ial NFL Atlanta Falcons Jersey, excellent condition. $5. 779-770-6184. 5/11 ADVERTISING Piano, $50; ‘70s console stereo To p l a c e a n a d S t a t e w i d e $35; HD projection TV $30 or or Nationw ide, co nt a c t th e best offers. 815-962-4496. 4/27 I l l i n o i s P r e s s A d v e r t i s i n g Dog c age, $2 0. 2 1/ 2 ’x 2 ’.

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4/27 FURNITURE Dirt Devil Breeze, $75 or best offer. Call 815-742-7838. 4/27 Black dining room table set, good condition; and black Blue loveseat, $20. Candy red suede futon, good condition. lady’s 5-speed Schwinn bicycle, Make offer. 779-774-4132. 5/4 $35. Nice condition microwave with 2235 Kishwaukee St. Rattan couch and glass top table turntable. Call 224-202-3467 5/4 with 4 chairs. Good condition. W a l l c a b i n e t , l i g h t s u p , Rockford, IL $ 4 5 0 . 8 15 - 3 9 8 - 0 2 3 5 . 5 / 4 glass shelves, $60. DVD/ VCR combo, $40. 779-423-5474. 5/4 CARS/TRUCKSWANTED!!!AllMake/ Physicians scale Medi Xact Models 2000-2015! Any Condition.

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Free Towing! We’re Nationwide! Plan to attend the 14th Annual St. Two complete sets of men’s Call Now: 1-888-416-2330. (NANI) Paul Church Garage Sale, on April T a y l o r m a d e g o l f c l u b s .

DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR 29 & 30, located at 8800 E. Epleyanna C a l l 8 1 5 - 6 3 3 -7 11 9. 5 / 11 BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. Rd., in Davis. Sale will be open on Five old movie posters, $10 Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Friday from 8:30 am to 4 pm and on for all. Call 779-770-6184. 5/11

ALL AUTO PARTS

We Buy Junk Cars $75 and up

Free Pickup We Sell New & Used Auto Parts

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1960’s blue 4 piece Samsonite luggage. Also Franklin treadle sewing machine, working with attachments & instructions. 815-986-8927. 5/11 C h i l d r e n ’s p i c n i c t a b l e , $ 3 5 . A l s o e l e c t r i c d r y e r, $75. Call 815-633-7753. 5/11 Octagon table, star shaped top, $20. 2721 Ellen Ave., Rockford. 5/11 TRAILER SALE: 2017 H&H 7’x16’ V-nose ramp door, side door $4,156.00; 6’x12’ v-nose ramp door side door $2,799.00; NEW 7’x18’ enclosed $4,550.00; NEW Skidloader trailers with 4 ft. dovetail & flip over ramps $4,077.00; 82”x20’+2’ 14,000# skidloader trailers Now $3,699.00. 150 trailers in-stock 515-972-4554 www.

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CHEESECAKE Cheesecakes for sale, over 30 flavors available, plus what ever your imagination can create.

Prices vary. Call or text Lena 815871-5257 or check us out on our Facebook page at The Bookery. 4/20

BURIAL NEEDS Two person crypt in Chapel of Love section at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Valued at $11,000 will sell for $5,000.

Call 417-536-7875.

5/11TFN Two plots at Sunset Memorial G ar den s , L u ther an S e c tion 82-R plots 3 & 4. Current value $ 3,195 each, asking $ 5,5 0 0 for both. 815-977-5506. 4/27 Two crypts at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Priced $7,198 a piece, will sell one for $6,500 or both for $10,500.

Call Frederick at 870-231-9068. 5/4 Two cemetery plots at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Garden of Memories lot 185-HH spaces 4 and 5. Valued at $6,000 for both will sell both for $3,000.

Please call 605-271-3291. 5/11 2 person head-to-head crypt, S un s et G ar den s , $ 4 ,0 0 0 + transfer fees. 815-282-0647. 5/11 Cemetery plot in Sunset Memorial Gardens in the Lutheran Garden. $2 , 8 5 0. 815 -519-718 3. 5 /11 1 plot at Sunset Memor ial Gardens (Luther an section), $1,000 + fees. 941-893-5283 or Janey0403@hotmail.com. 5/11

WANTED Cash paid for diabetic test strips.

LOCAL . 815 -4 0 8 -9 0 8 8. 5 /11 Lady with MS looking for free yarn. Call 779-771-2020. 4/27 Snow blower, 8hp or larger w alk-behind. 815-9623 3 4 4 or 815 -9 8 0 -6 8 8 8. 5 /4 Cash for unexpired DIABETIC TEST STRIPS or STOP SMOKING PRODUCTS! Free Shipping, Best Prices & 24 hr payment! Call 1-855440-4001 www.TestStripSearch. com. Habla Espanol. (NANI) TV, radio, stereo, mono, tube hi-fi, audio equipment. NOT INTERESTED IN TV SETS. 815758-6526/815-757-5999. 5/11

ANNOUNCEMENTS usa dance 4th Saturday of e v e r y m o nt h . B elv i d e r e Community Center. Lesson 7-8 p.m., dancing 8-11 p.m. TFN Recover Me support group. Every Saturday 10 a.m. Katie’s Cup Rockford.

All about healing and recovery! TFN

COME WORSHIP at Kishwaukee Church of Christ. Open daily. TFN free piano tuning to a needy church Ask for Don 779-770-5507 TFN CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED sponsor underprivileged & special needs children & adults.

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For information: 815/967-9061. TFN FREE REIKI ENERGY HEALING at RVC, 3350 N. Bell School Rd. on Wednesdays, 6-9pm TFN Al-Anon, support group for families and friends of alcoholics.

Help-line: (815) 399-0456. TFN MAYWOOD EFC, 3621 Samuelson Rd. Sunday services, 9 & 10:45 a.m.TFN Welcome to St. Sebastian Orthodox Church. Traditional liturgy every Sunday at 10:30 am, 2415 Charles St., Suite 20x1, Rockford, IL . Call 815 / 520-4 374. TFN Spir itualis t Chapel in the Woods 8002 Service Rd., Cherry Valley, IL. Sunday Lyceum at 10 a.m., Service at 11 a.m. TFN Rockford! Check out Geri AKA Countr y Gal on YouTube! 5/4

THRIFT STORES Crusader Thrift Shop - Glass Curio Cabinet. Great bargains on baby, children and adult clothing. New specials ever y day. We take donations. 310 7th Street, Suite 102. Open TuesdaySaturday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. TFN Brooke road united Methodist church thrift shop 1404 Brooke Rd. Lots of clothes-newborn/ kids, men & women’s small to 3 X , sho e s , k nick k nack s and hous ehold item s . Op en Wednesday 9 a.m.-12 p.m. TFN Saint Vincent DePaul 610 4th St., Beloit, WI. Clothing, housewares and more. Mon-Sat TFN FHC Thrift Shop 710 broadway 815-299-3615 Open M o n -S at 9 a m - 5 p m C a l l f o r emergenc y af ter hours. TFN Rockford Memorial Auxiliary Thrift Shop 2830 Glenwood Ave. Open Mon-Fri 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.

Clothing, housewares, antiques & more Call 815-971-4156 TFN 2ND CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH THRIFT SHOP 318 North Church St. Open Tuesday 9am-1pm TFN

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ILESTONE’s mission is to help each Individual reach their fullest potential and live as full a life as possible. Our Interdisciplinary team includes both physical and occupational therapists and a PT/OT program is designed for each Individual to meet their needs.

Many times rehabilitation therapy is needed after an extended hospital stay, and can keep a person ambulatory. Chris’ family gained first hand knowledge about the difference a strong PT/OT department can make after she returned to MILESTONE after an extended hospital stay.

Before she had to go to the hospital Chris was able to walk, but after a month of being mostly bedridden she returned to Milestone non-ambulatory. With guidance, work, time and care from the PT/OT team, she was able to regain the ability to walk with the same level of assistance as before she entered the hospital. Jill Morgan, MILESTONE’s PT/OT coordinator, says, keeping our individuals ambulatory and mobile for as long as possible is entirely essential to their overall health. Weight bearing stimulates bone strength, range of motion exercises, active or passive promotes circulation, stimulates the bowels and keeps their joints fluid and the 1 on 1 attention gives them comfort and stability.

Without PT and OT our individuals health would deteriorate at a more rapid rate, according to Morgan, who adds, osteoporosis, constipation and contracture of muscles and fusion of bones would occur more rapidly and more quickly interfere with our ability to care for them. Their quality of life would seriously decline.

Providing and supporting what limited mobility many of our individuals have is truly as vital and valuable as any treatment or medication. But in order to do this equipment is needed, everything from walkers, to air pressure and orthotic splints, custom molded shoes, versiform cushions and walking belts. There is currently a need for standers, along with gravity, the standers help stimulate bone growth and helps maintain bone strength. The straightening and stretching of the leg mucsles and tendons also help an Individual maintain lower extremity mobility allowing for better personal care and aiding in the potential for ambulation. The change in perspective (going from sitting to standing) stimulates brain activity, and visual motor and proprioceptual skills.

Our current standers are over 20 years old and we need additional ones. Please call the Resource Development Department at (815) 639-2965 if you would like information about making a donation for this program.

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HELP WANTED Looking for 2 Service Techs for auto pool covers. Even have a place for 1 senior. Will train.

Possible management position.

Fax resume to 815-544-5498. 5/4 US Postal Service Now Hiring 1-800-227-5314 $21/hr avg. w/ Federal Benefits included to start.

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The Maintenance Technician - I position is responsible for assisting in performing a variety of semi-skilled mechanical work with line set-up, maintenance and repair of components, equipment, and systems.

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An employee in this designation will possess novice skills in both the mechanical and/or electrical trade and possess some experience in either trade with the ability to develop both skill sets. Employees in this classification will be assigned less complex duties relative to their exercised abilities. A Maintenance Technician I has an understanding of most procedures related to WestRock policies pertaining to troubleshooting, repair, installation, and maintenance. An employee in this classification will generally remain at this level for a minimum of 1 year until he/she can demonstrate the competencies by practical application skills necessary to complete the tasks listed on the Competency Checklist - Maintenance Technician II, and by successfully completing the Fundamentals Learning Plan (if assigned to Assembly, a person in this classification will also need to complete the Packaging Courses). westrock.ongig.com/jobs/maintenance/dekalb-il/maintenancetech-dekalb-il/73242

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Local History

Rockford’s founding years

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very-other week, The Rock River Times will bring you a glimpse back into the earliest days of Rockford, from its founding in 1834 to the Civil War. Taken from a series of advertisements from the old Rockford National Bank, these short tales and original illustrations paint the narrative of Germanicus Kent and the people who followed in laying the foundations of our city.

“The basis for all of these advertisement are authentic historical facts, gleaned from long careful study and research of Government, State, and local records,” says the introduction to this collection of artifcats.

“The illustrations by the author are in a major share of instances pen drawings from old print; if no pictures were available they have been created from data supplied by research.”

If you’re a local historian and would like to add to any part of the story, feel free to email us your insights and input: contact@ rockrivertimes.com.

This week, we take a look at the simple wooden cabin of one of Rockford’s original settlers, Alfred Mather.

Voices from the Grave

The tragic Oregon shooting of 1930

By Kathi Kresol Contributor

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hen the sun came up on that Thursday morning, July 17, 1930 people in the little town of Oregon, Illinois were bracing themselves for another warm day.

No could predict that gunfire would disrupt the normally peaceful downtown square. Henry Schwingle certainly had no idea as he pressed his suit in preparation for the day’s events.

Henry’s thoughts on the drive from his home in Rockford to Oregon were probably on having to attend yet another court appearance. Henry and his wife, Evelyn, separated a few months prior and she kept dragging him into these hearings to try to force money from him. Henry would have gladly paid her the $20 a week to take care of her and their little nine-year-old daughter, Betty Jane, but he just did not have the money. Since he lost his important job at the Paragon Foundry, jobs were few and far between. Henry was glad to finally have secured a job as an insurance salesman for a company in Rockford. It meant leaving his little daughter in the care of his wife but that could not be helped. It was the depression and Henry needed to go wherever he could find work.

Henry was concerned about his daughter because his wife was clearly not well. Evelyn had

become more and more mentally unstable. It wasn’t always like this between them, of course.

Once they had lived a charmed life. They had fallen in love and were married in Michigan in February of 1911. They moved to Oregon, Illinois where Henry found work at the foundry. They became members of the Rock River Golf Club and were active in Oregon society events. Evelyn had once been described as the most beautiful woman in Ogle County.

The hearing on July 17 did not go in Evelyn’s favor. She did not work outside of the home and was completely dependent on her husband’s income.

Evelyn had not received any money for weeks and was furious when the court ruled that Henry would have more time to pay what he owed her.

The judge calmed things down and Evelyn and Henry left the courtroom together. They walked over to the garage and witnesses later testified that everything seemed fine between them. Everyone was shocked when suddenly Evelyn reached into her purse and retrieved a small automatic pistol.

She opened fire at point-blank range in the direction of her husband. Henry felt a bullet graze his right hand and another nick his shoulder. He turned and ran for cover. Everyone who witnessed the shooting would be shocked to discover later that not one of the five shots found their mark.

After Evelyn opened fire, she turned around and headed back to the courthouse. Police were already starting to run toward the location of the shots. No one could suspect the fact that this woman who walked calmly into the courthouse was the shooter. Evelyn entered the office of the circuit court clerk. She pointed her gun at the lone clerk left during the lunch hour and told him that she would not hurt him. She just wanted to use the phone to call her lawyer.

By now the Sheriff and his deputies were at the garage and heard details of what occurred.

They raced back into the courthouse, no doubt frightened for everyone’s safety. Sheriff Good and his deputy entered the clerk’s office and were immediately confronted by Evelyn. She threatened to shoot them if they came any closer.

“Kiss Betty Jane goodbye for me.” As she spoke these words Evelyn Schwingle raised the small gun to her own temple and sent a bullet crashing into her brain. Though a physician was called, there was nothing to be done. She died there on the floor within a few minutes.

Henry was located at a nearby hotel where he had raced for cover. Their daughter, Betty Jane, was also located nearby where her mother had left her while she attended the court hearing. At first, Betty Jane did not want to see her father.

Evelyn Schwingle

She had been influenced by her mother’s hatred for the man and taken her side in the separation.

Sheriff Good spoke to Betty Jane and explained the truth of the situation and told her of the awful death of Evelyn. Only then would the little girl agree to see Henry. Evelyn’s body was still on the floor in the courthouse as the newly reconciled father and daughter left the building.

Evelyn was sent home to be buried in her hometown of Merrill, Michigan. Henry and Betty Jean lived for a while in Rockford before settling in DeKalb. Both of their lives were forever haunted by the events that occurred on that tragic day in July of 1930.

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By Grant McCarty

The toughest for last: asparagus

Local Foods and Small Farms Educator, University of Illinois Extension

Asparagus is our last spring perennial vegetable to be covered. As the soil begins to warm in the spring, the annual stems will begin to emerge.

Last week, I was at an asparagus bed and started to see some emergence of these stout stems. A typical planting of asparagus can last 20-30 years and many of the well-established ones in our area may be even older. The older plantings have both male and female plants although you do not need to have a male and female to produce.

When planting asparagus, you need to keep in mind soil pH as asparagus does not tolerate acidic soils, lower than a pH of 6.5. You’ll be planting 1-year-old crowns so you want to have an area of your garden that is suitable for it to grow.

Asparagus can benefit from a fertilizer application each year of 10-10-10. Try to plant in an area that is weed free as asparagus competes poorly with weeds. If you do need to control weeds, you should not apply salt to the asparagus bed. By applying salt, this may negatively affect the soil nutrients and beneficial soil microbes.

You’ll space asparagus plants 9-18 inches

apart with 4-5 feet between rows. Plant at a depth of 6-8 inches. Harvest will begin in the third year by harvesting large stems that are 5-8 inches of length. You should harvest by hand by snapping the asparagus. This is a better strategy than harvesting with a knife as cutting the stems may open the plant up to diseases and pests than if they were snapped.

A fern will appear during the season. Unlike the rhubarb seed stalk, you should not remove the fern. The feathery fern will help the rhizome grow better and if you remove the fern, it could possibly limit your yield in subsequent years. Leave the fern on until the spring when you can remove it quite easily.

Most of the varieties on the market are males.

The reason being they are bred to be more vigorous. Recommended varieties include Jersey Giant, Jersey Knight, and Jersey Supreme. Mary Washington is another variety that is an heirloom and is quite productive.

As we reach the end of perennial vegetable overview, you are now ready for successful production of rhubarb, horseradish and asparagus.

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Ma Schier & Aunt Millie’s Recipe of the Week

By Frank Schier Editor & Publisher

The Dearly Departed Sisters were known to do some crazy things and laugh while they were doing them. One of their Loveland brothers, there were four of them, would not arise from slumber when requested to

do so. The Dearly Departed Sisters got the family pet squirrel all riled up and tossed him under the covers with the intractable sloth. He had obviously not been eating his spinach, and made several inflammatory remarks; hence, the following recipe (don’t burn yourself).

Ma Schier and Aunt Millie’s Recipe of the Week

Spinach Salad Flambe

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6 12 oz bundles of spinach - washed & dried well, tear into bite-sized pieces.

6 hard cooked eggs - sliced 1/4 t salt 1/2 t pepper Dressing is as follows: 12 bacon strips 3/4 cup bacon drippings 1/2 cup vinegar 1/4 cup lemon juice 4 t sugar 1 t Worcestershire sauce Prep: Mix all ingredients of dressing in a small saucepan, and heat till very hot.

Heat 1 1/2 oz 100 proof brandy very briefly – add to saucepan and ignite.

Pour flaming over salad, and toss gently and well. Serve on warm plates.

Cecile Schier and Mildred McCartney, Bon Appetit, 6-78; printed 4-27-16.

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Farm & Ag

Are large corn and soybean price swings finished?

By Debra Levey Larson U of I News Bureau

URBANA – Corn and soybean prices have traded in a wide range since last summer. July 2016 corn futures traded to near $4.70 in early July 2015, declined into harvest, and then bottomed at $3.51 following the release of the recent USDA Prospective Plantings report. July 2016 soybean futures traded near $10.31 in early July 2015, dropped sharply into harvest, and traded between about $8.60 and $9.30 from harvest through early April 2016.

According to University of Illinois agricultural economist Darrel Good, the price of both crops experienced a sharp rally this month. July 2016 soybean futures moved to a high of $10.43 on April 21 before finishing last week at $9.96. July 2016 corn futures experienced a more modest rally, trading to a high of $4.07 and finishing the week at about $3.75.

“A number of factors contributed to the rally that was led by soybeans,” Good says. “Excessive rainfall in parts of Argentina likely resulted in a measurable, but unknown, reduction in the size of the soybean crop due to flooding. Heat and dryness in Brazil has threatened the size of the corn crop in those areas that produced bumper crops the past two years. A weaker U.S. dollar also raised expectations for increased export demand for U.S. corn and soybeans. Large producer sales of

corn and soybeans contributed to a weaker basis in many areas as futures prices increased. Forecasts for more favorable weather in parts of both Argentina and Brazil helped fuel the sharp reversal in prices on Friday of last week.”

So where do prices go from here?

“In the short term, much will depend on how much corn and soybean production potential has been reduced in Brazil and Argentina,” Good says.

“The magnitude of the reduction will not be known for a while, but some evidence of the market’s expectation about South American crop size will likely be revealed in the pace of U.S. export sales.

For corn, weekly sales have been generally strong since early January and are currently well above the pace needed to reach the USDA’s projection of 1.65 billion bushels of exports for the year.

“Recognizing that some sales for delivery this marketing year may be cancelled or rolled into the next marketing year, sales may need to reach 1.725 billion bushels in order for exports to reach 1.65 billion bushels. New sales of only about 16 million bushels per week are needed during the last 20 weeks of the marketing year to reach that goal. New sales averaged 46 million bushels per week for the two weeks ended on April 14, and 38 million bushels per week since the beginning of the calendar year.”

For soybeans, Good says export sales may need to reach about 1.75 billion bushels if actual exports

by the end of the marketing year are to reach the USDA projection of 1.69 billion bushels. That goal would require weekly sales averaging 2 million bushels over the last 20 weeks of the marketing year.

“Although new sales are typically very small from April forward, sales averaged 14.5 million bushels per week for the two weeks that ended April 14,” Good says. “It appears likely that both corn and soybean exports will exceed the current USDA projection, with the magnitude of new sales over the next few weeks to give an indication of how big the margin might be.

“The pace of domestic consumption of corn and soybeans will also have some influence on prices through the end of the marketing year,” Good adds. “Corn used to produce ethanol and co-products during the last half of the year will have to be about equal to that of last year for use to reach the USDA projection of 5.25 billion bushels.

The pace of ethanol production in March and early April suggests that the projection will be exceeded.

Feed and residual use of corn during the last half of the year needs to be only 97 percent of last year’s use in order for the marketing-year total to reach the USDA projection of 5.25 billion bushels. The current level of livestock and poultry inventories suggests that the projection could be exceeded as well. The soybean crush during the remainder of the marketing year will have to be about equal to that of a year ago to reach the USDA projection of

1.87 billion bushels.”

According to Good, the pace of export sales of soybean meal, along with the monthly USDA soybean crush estimates, will provide some indication of the likelihood of the domestic soybean crush meeting that projection. The year-over-year decline in the crush in March does raise some concern that the projection may be a bit too high.

“Although the magnitude of consumption and prospects for year-ending stocks will have some influence on corn and soybean prices, prospects for the size of the 2016 crops will be the main driver of prices for the next four months,” Good says. “In the near term, those expectations will be influenced by the pace of planting and early-season crop conditions. Expectations will also be influenced by the USDA’s June 30, Acreage report indicating whether planted acreage differed from intentions.”

Crop size will ultimately depend on summer weather.

“We have previously made the case for an elevated risk of yields falling below trend value this year as summer weather is influenced by the fading El Niño episode,” Good says. “Even after the recent rally, new crop prices may still understate that risk. It will not be surprising to see periods of volatile prices, similar to that just experienced, continue through the summer. Now is the time for producers to establish targets for pricing a portion of the 2016 and 2017 crops.”

Bioreactor filters along the Mississippi ready for the big time

By Lauren Quinn U of I News Bureau

URBANA – Last summer, the Gulf of Mexico’s “dead zone” spanned more than 6,400 square miles, more than three times the size it should have been, according to the Gulf Hypoxia Task Force. Nitrogen runoff from farms along the Mississippi River winds up in the Gulf, feeding algae but depriving other marine life of oxygen when the algae decomposes. The 12 states that border the Mississippi have been mandated to develop nutrient reduction strategies, but one especially effective strategy has not been adopted widely: bioreactors.

Bioreactors are passive filtration systems that capitalize on a bacterial process known as denitrification to remove from 25 to 45 percent of the nitrate in water draining from farm fields. Research on and installation of bioreactors has accelerated in the past decade, but University of Illinois assistant professor of water quality Laura Christianson and her colleagues are urging a move past proof-ofconcept toward large-scale deployment.

“Bioreactors are one of the most effective edgeof-field practices, but until now, they haven’t been rolled out on a large scale,” Christianson says.

Designs vary, but the typical arrangement for a 40- to 80-acre field is a large (100 x 20 foot) pit situated just ahead of where drainage pipes

flow into ditches or streams. The pit is filled with carbon-rich organic material: usually wood chips, but sometimes corn cobs, biochar, or other matter.

Denitrifying bacteria make their homes in the organic material and utilize its carbon as an energy source to convert nitrate in the water to the harmless nitrogen gas that makes up 78 percent of our atmosphere.

A benefit of bioreactors as a nitrogen management strategy is their cost-benefit ratio. Bioreactors can cost approximately $10,000 to install, but cost-sharing is available through the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service for approximately half of that. Importantly, bioreactors typically operate for 10 years before wood chips need to be replaced.

“It’s a big up-front cost compared to a cover crop, but then you’re ‘one and done’ for 10 years,” Christianson notes.

Christianson put together a special issue of the Journal of Environmental Quality focusing on bioreactors. Fifteen articles in the issue summarize the state-of-the-art of bioreactor technology, confirming that bioreactors could be an effective part of an integrated approach to nitrate management.

A large component to bioreactor efficiency is design.

According to Christianson and other experts

contributing to the special issue, flow rates can significantly affect the efficiency of bioreactors. During low-flow periods, water can be held in bioreactors for too long, setting up conditions for different bacteria that create noxious hydrogen sulfide gas. Likewise, in high-flow periods, water may move through too quickly for efficient nitrogen removal.

“Tile drainage systems never flow at a consistent rate,” Christianson explains. “Bioreactors have to be designed strategically to optimize retention time and maximize nitrate removal without undesirable byproducts.”

Temperature and seasonal changes also affect how well bioreactors work.

“The critical period for nitrate loss is early spring, before plants are growing and taking up nitrogen,” Christianson says. “Snowmelt puts a significant amount of water through a bioreactor, depending on where you are. And because snowmelt and early spring drainage water is cooler, the bacteria aren’t as efficient.”

Christianson and her colleagues are calling for more field-scale research to optimize design for the set of conditions unique to each field.

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he past few seasons haven’t been kind to the Chicago Bears, who haven’t made the postseason since a fateful loss to the Green Bay Packers in the 2011 NFC Championship Game.

With the ouster of former head Marc Trestman and ex-general manager Phil Emery came the exuberant energy of Ryan Pace, who has Halas Hall pointed north like it hasn’t been in a long time. The hiring of John Fox from the outset spoke volumes: even though the Bears were a 6-10 team last season there proved to be a true culture change. All that was needed was a talent influx in the draft and free agency Pace certainly hasn’t disappointed the orange and blue faithful.

After drafting promising young players Eddie Goldman, Jeremy Langford, and Adrian Amos in last year’s NFL draft to combine with the signing of stalwart Pernell McPhee on the open market, Pace set the tone for a promising future. That isn’t even counting first round pick receiver Kevin White, who missed all of last season due to a calf injury. The brass certainly believe he is a longterm keeper.

One could say that in one season, the 38-yearold did more to make the Bears a lasting contender than Emery did in all of his three seasons.

With the draft this week, Pace made boosting moves again in free agency. Who could argue with the signings of star linebacker Danny Trevathan, picking up Jerrell Freeman, and the added defensive line depth in Akiem Hicks? What was the ultimate downfall for the team last year – a lack of depth down the middle defensively – is now a definitive strength.

And that isn’t even mentioning signing Bobbie Massie to play right tackle. Massie may not inherently play well, but he allows Kyle Long to swing back to right guard, a position where we has been a two-time Pro Bowler.

For a little under a frugal $20 million, Pace significantly improved the Bears while leaving room for flexibility. That’s impressive.

That brings us to this week’s draft as mentioned: what should the Bears do?

There has been talk of drafting a quarterback to groom in the stead of Cutler, but it seems like this team is invested in winning with the 32-yearold so that’s out the window.

Realistically, the Bears are one true franchise piece away on defense from having a great

defense again. They’re missing a pass rushing 3-4 defensive end. Lucky for them, there’s an abundance of prospects available for the job in the 2016 draft.

Former Ohio State star Joey Bosa is certainly going into the top 10 so you can cross him off, even if he is a perfect fit. But with the over eager trades by the Philadelphia Eagles and St. Louis Rams to move into the top two, talent trickles down to the Bears at 11.

Shaq Lawson, arguably the best player from last year’s Clemson team that lost in the national title game could also be considered. A raw junior with 12.5 sacks is the exact mold Chicago needs.

Lawson has one of the highest talent ceilings in this draft according to several scouts and is the kind of player that took over games by himself on a very talented Clemson front.

Lawson is described as “a tank” who is “scheme versatile” with “great instincts.”

This is exactly the kind of special innate young talent the Bears need on their defensive front. Issues such as flexibility or nuance to pass rushing are things Lawson can work on given how raw he is as a young player. This is why his ceiling is so high. He’s already a polished player but the Bears can work his technique. Given his size and athleticism, it also wouldn’t be out of the question for them to use Lawson as a 3-4 outside linebacker instead of an end.

Either way, Lawson is a likely long-term starter in the NFL. It’s just about fully maximizing his potential under the right coaching staff.

That’s where Vic Fangio, noted defensive genius, comes in and saves the day. It all comes full circle for Chicago.

That, of course, is a luxury this franchise should strive for.

Drafting an offensive tackle like Ronnie Stanley from Notre Dame to bolster a youthful offensive line isn’t a bad idea either, but you have to think Pace sees things differently.

If I’m on the clock as the Chicago Bears on Thursday, I choose a versatile defensive end, because a guy like Lawson will be the best player available and will have the Bears make strides moving forward.

With the 11th pick in the 2016 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears select defensive end Shaq Lawson.

Don’t call him the missing link. Just call Lawson the logical step in the detailed plan of a team architect whose inexperience seems like no issue at all.

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Abreu’s early slump continues

By James Fegan Contributor

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hen the White Sox broke camp in Arizona, they did so without a clear replacement for Adam LaRoche, and question marks across the diamond such as struggling youngster Avisail Garcia, 37-yearold shortstop Jimmy Rollins, Austin Jackson’s declining bat, and needing returns to form from Melky Cabrera, Alex Avila and others.

One thing was clear, to transcend some of the dead spots in their lineup the Sox would need a big year from the heart of their offense: Jose Abreu.

Late into April, the White Sox are off to their best start since Obama took office, and stand atop of not just their division but the entire American League, yet Abreu is in the worst stretch of his career. Through Monday night, he was hitting .176/.267/.324 with three home runs and just 13 hits through 20 games. He has never had a month before in his career when he’s batted under .240, or slugged under .400.

He’s earned it too. While his rate of balls in play that have fallen in for hits suggests he’s been unlucky, Abreu’s current strikeout rate (a shade under 25 percent) would be a career-high if it

held up, and when he is making contact, Abreu is fouling off and rolling over pitches he built his reputation on hammering. If you’re looking for an aspect of the red-hot White Sox to worry about – other than that this team cannot give up under three runs per game all year – Abreu is a good target.

But the White Sox won’t join you.

“He know what he’s doing,” Todd Frazier said Saturday, “He’ll be fine.”

“We all know he’s better than that,” Carlos Rodon said.

Only Robin Ventura would give a hint at the depths of the slump Abreu is in, but there is still no other line to give other than some form of ‘he will get out of it.’

“He’s chasing a little bit, swinging out of the zone, he knows that,” Ventura said. “It sounds easier to fix. I think he knows what he’s doing. If we can get him in situations where pitchers feel like they have to throw strikes, it will help him.”

Ventura was not referring to the statistically dubious concept of lineup protection, but getting players on base for him, which reflects where the focus will have to be for improving the Sox offense: not Abreu himself but what can be done around him. As much as there is

seamless trust throughout the organization that Abreu is capable of pulling out of this slump very soon, there really is no choice but to focus on what they can fix.

The White Sox are at least a bat short of where they will need to be if they stay in contention. An Avisail Garcia turnaround is likely not happening, let alone one big enough to make him an acceptable DH. Their catching corps is already decimated by injury and struggling to hit, and Jackson is looking like a defensive specialist only so far in center field. With all those problems needing redress, there’s no time to worry about the possibility of one of their cornerstones not being right.

“I’m very confident that I’m going to produce, hit to my level and my offense,” Abreu said through an interpreter Saturday after a poked walkoff single redeemed a 1-for-6 day at the plate. “I need to work and I know I need to work.”

He sounds convincing enough, and even if he didn’t, the Sox would still need to have faith.

••• James is the Editor-in-Chief of BP South Side, Baseball Prospectus’ blog covering the White Sox. Follow him on Twitter: @JRFegan.

Northside Arrieta untouchable as Cubs return to Wrigley

Jake Arrieta tossed his second no-hitter in his past 11 starts last week, striking out six and walking four at Cincinnati on a night when his best stuff wasn’t exactly working.

“It feels different the second time,” Arrieta said after beating the Reds. “I was a little more relaxed as the game progressed. Based on the way I threw the ball before the game started, I anticipated having to grind through some at-bats and some innings a little more than I did. I was able to get the ball in on left-handed hitters for some called strikes and then go below the strike zone when I needed to for some big swings and misses.”

For his efforts, Arrieta was tipped as the NL Player of the Week. Over his last 16 starts, the reigning Cy Young winner has gone 15-0 with a 0.53 ERA. His last loss came July 25, 2015 at Wrigley Field, the day Cole Hamels pitched his no-hitter.

The Cubs play 16 of their next 19 games at home, starting with last night’s late game against the Brewers. Arrieta will pitch tonight, 7:05 p.m. first pitch on WGN-TV and 670AM.

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Brent Seabrook’s third period shot rang harmlessly off both posts before being cleared from Blues goalie Brian Elliott’s crease. The Hawks lost 3-2 Monday night in St. Louis, bringing a close to their Stanley Cup defense.

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Tired Hawks stopped in first round by division rival Blues

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rarely discussed byproduct of appearing in five Western Conference Finals and winning three Stanley Cups over the course of seven seasons is just how much hockey that means you’re playing. In addition to an 82 game regular season, winning the Stanley Cup means you’ve played 20-25 postseason games.

Prior to the start of the 2015-16 NHL season, the Blackhawks had played 654 NHL games, not counting preseason games, since the start of the 2008-09 season. Add 82 regular season games to that, and Chicago had played 736 games before their first-round series with the St. Louis Blues this postseason.

In short: that’s a whole lot of hockey.

When other teams had offseasons that lasted six months, the Blackhawks have been regularly operating on three or four months of rest, particularly in the last three years. Add in additional contests such as the All-Star Game and Olympics, and you have, again, a whole lot of hockey.

Over the last eight seasons, Brent Seabrook has played more regular season games than all but nine other NHL players. In that same span, the seven players with the most playoff games played are, in order, Marian Hossa, Jonathan Toews, Niklas Hjalmarsson, Patrick Kane, Patrick Sharp, Duncan Keith, and Seabrook. Do those names feel a bit familiar?

Good teams can overcome a lot of things, even

fatigue. But for this year’s Blackhawks, the fatigue was so obvious that Seabrook, who’s played more hockey than any other NHL player in the last several years when including Olympics, looked a step slow all year. His possession numbers suffered, and when he was paired with Trevor van Riemsdyk – which happened often – they were one of the NHL’s worst defensive pairs.

What’s crazy about this Blackhawks team, though, is that they just about overcame it all. It came down to a Game 7 against one of the NHL’s best teams, losing by the slimmest of margins.

It took the Blues a third period goal after a bad turnover and a tremendous stroke of luck in a Seabrook shot hitting both posts to finish the Blackhawks off.

At the end of the day, the Blackhawks were simply not the best team in these Stanley Cup Playoffs. It’s hard to admit because we’ve grown so accustomed to them being the best.

Truthfully, it might be for the best that the Blackhawks are already out of the playoffs. They’ll now get a much longer postseason to recover, Stan Bowman has more time to find solutions to the impending Cap doom, and we don’t have to stress over more playoff hockey.

So enjoy the summer, folks. It won’t be long before we’re back watching the Blackhawks look to bring their Cup back home.

Adam Hess is a staff writer at SB Nation’s SecondCityHockey.com. Follow him on Twitter: @_AdamHess.