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Two budgets A life of unveiled ahead of imagination “Man in a Tree” — the home rule vote current show at the Rockford On Monday, city staff proposed two spending plans: one for if home rule passes and other if the referendum fails.

Plan A: use home rule powers to find new revenue. Plan B: a utility tax.

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University Art Gallery — is a survey of works by printmaker David Driesbach, looking at selected works over the former Northern Illinois University art teacher’s nearly 70-year career.

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State

Rauner vetoes gun store bill

Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have required gun retailers to be licensed by the state of Illinois, calling it “unnecessary, burdensome regulation” that would have hurt small business owners and wouldn’t have made communities safer.

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Two budgets unveiled ahead of March 20 home rule vote

By Jim Hagerty Contributor

CITY HALL — Which taxes and fees will likely increase for Rockford residents will depend on whether voters restore home rule on March 20.

On Monday, city staff proposed two spending plans: one for if home rule passes and other if the referendum fails. If home rule passes, staff recommends aldermen approve Plan A, which would generate revenue for the city’s budget largely from visitors and the local entertainment industry.

Plan A includes a $1,000 annual fee for each video gaming machine and a 1-percent sale tax on all hotel stays, liquor sales and restaurant checks. There would also be a $695 lift-assist fee for nursing homes, charged when the Rockford Fire Department aids a fallen but uninjured resident back into a chair or bed.

Right now, Illinois law prevents the city from charging a lift-assist fee because the city does not have home rule. The state also limits what can be charged per gaming machine. Rockford currently collects $25 per device.

The fire department responds to more than 100 lift-assist calls every year. Each takes an emergency unit out of service for the duration of the call. The new fee would not affect those who are injured and need to be transported to the hospital.

In total, officials say Plan A would generate an estimated $3.9 million this year, leaving the city with a surplus in its

balanced budget, which aldermen must approve by the end of the month.

There are no staff cuts under the plan, something Finance Director Carrie Eklund said echoes concerns aldermen have voiced since the citizen-led financial task force began reviewing city expenses last year.

“We’re able to continue to provide services citizens are getting today and enhance some of those and address some of neighborhood blight issues with an additional $100,000 in demolition funding,” Eklund said.

While all but two aldermen say they support home rule, details of Plan A were met with the mixed reviews among leaders Monday. Aldermen Venita Hervey, Chad Tuneberg and Tuffy Quinonez said they’re concerned that $1,000 per machine might be cost-prohibitive to small establishments.

“Going from $25 to $1,000, that’s pretty steep,” Quinonez said.

He said machine owners in his 11th Ward are willing to compromise and would be comfortable with a $250 to $500 charge.

But, if the council approves the $1,000 fee, Quinonez would like it imposed gradually because he fears some owners would take their machines elsewhere.

“I am talking to at least three who are waiting to see what we are going to do,” he said. “They are looking at Belvidere and surrounding areas to take their businesses.”

If home rule does not go back into effect next Tuesday, Plan B would likely be

adopted, and Rockford citizens could be hit with a 5-percent utility tax, a levy on natural gas and electricity. That tax would generate about $3.5 million in 2018 and about $9 million a year moving forward.

The tax would cost residential ComEd customers an average of about $6.25 per month, based on a scale created by state law. There would also be a 5-percent tax on natural gas.

A utility tax is one Rockford could have been charging all along, but leaders have chosen not to impose it. Aldermen say they’ve backed off because utilities are essential services and taxing them means taxing them could greatly affect the poor and small businesses. Leaders say taxing things like liquor, hotel stays, and gaming makes more sense as much of that revenue comes from disposable income and visitors.

Plan B would leave a more than $350,000 shortfall for the 2018 budget.

City officials continue to stress that the current deficit is in the general fund. That means that while there are other streams of revenue coming into the coffers, they can’t be moved to that fund because state law prohibits it. Money Rockford receives from gaming and entertainment, for example, cannot be used to pay general-fund expenses like police salaries because the city is not a home-rule authority. Those funds must be spent on tourism and entertainment.

Both plans are subject to change. A final vote by the full council is expected on March 26. R.

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City

Spending gap didn’t happen overnight

By Jim Hagerty Contributor

ROCKFORD — Rockford’s budget deficit didn’t happen overnight, despite the clamor of the home rule debate and claim that the current administration is to blame.

According to the staffer who oversees the city’s finance department, things have been slowly piling up, bringing Rockford to what was until recently a more than $10 million hole.

“This historical use of one-time revenue and increased expenses and reductions with the expectation that recurring revenue would recover,” Finance Director Carrie Eklund of the primary reason for a year-over-year shortfall that’s finally reached a breaking point. “Our sales tax revenue we’re budgeting for 2018 is less than we budgeted for in 2006. “It’s situations like that that continue to drive budget deficits.”

In last 15 years, some operating expenses have remained the same while many have increased. But revenue hasn’t kept pace, Eklund added.

Of those expenses are crippling pension costs. In 2018, the city will pay more than$17 million into the police and firefighter pension funds as the amount owed to each continues to grow. As it stands, the two funds carry nearly $300 million in unfunded liability.

Rockford’s pension contributions have grown from $9.5 million in 2013 to $17.3

million in 2018.

“This is an obligation we have to pay,” Eklund said. “And it goes to show how personnel costs are consuming the available resources that we have.”

Illinois’ role in Rockford’s woes is also an elephant in the room. State lawmakers took two years to pass a balanced budget, and when it finally did, it came with income tax hikes. And they were not only at the expense of residents but municipalities across the state.

“They increased the income tax rate and are sharing less of it with local government, adding $2.4 million to (Rockford’s) budget deficit,” Eklund said.

On the plus side, Rockford’s $10.2 million spending hole is now $3.9 million thanks to the work of the citizen-led financial task force that reviewed expenses last year. The group sharpened their pencils wherever they could and recommended the reinstatement of home rule after 35 years.

Because the deficit has been projected to exceed $75 million over the next five years, leaders are looking for long-term solutions, not just to stop the bleeding in 2018. That’s where they say home rule would be beneficial.

Currently, the city cannot use revenues it collects from tourism to pay police and fire salaries and their associated legacy costs. Redevelopment funds must also be used only for that purpose only, according

to state law. If Rockford restores home rule, those income streams could help balance the general fund.

“This has been growing for the last 15 years,”Eklund said. “We never recovered from the 9-11 economic downturn and despite significant operational changes, outsourcing, studies, we are at a place where cuts mean service reductions. We need to align revenue with our citizens

expectations for services or reduce those services.”

Reducing services is something leaders have vowed not to do, especially public safety. And with Rockford considered the most dangerous city in Illinois according to stats, it’s not being mulled. The city has hired more police and doing what it can to preserve and improve the current outlook in the fire department. R.

Crime & Courts

Sheriff seeks help in CherryVale murder probe CHERRY VALLEY — The Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help locating a vehicle investigators say was involved in a fatal shooting that happened in the CherryVale Mall parking lot last month.

The vehicle is a gold or tan GMC Yukon.

It is the SUV from which shots were fired Feb. 23, in what Sheriff Gary Caruana described as a “drive-behind.”

Ricky Smith, 31, of DeKalb, was killed in the shooting while driving his car near a mall entrance. The SUV was following Smith’s vehicle.

Anyone with information about the vehicle is urged to contact the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Department at 815-3196900 or Rockford Area Crime Stoppers at 815-963-7867. R.

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Home rule, governor’s race behind early voting turnout

NIU Board of Trustees signs on to funding bill

By Jenna Dooley

By Chase Cavanaugh

WNIJ News

ROCKFORD — Officials are optimistic about voter turnout in this year’s primary election in Rockford.

Turnout for early voting in Rockford so far has been “above average,” according to Rockford Board of Elections Executive Director Stacey Bixby.

Early voting began Feb. 21 at the election office. A second location at Emmanuel Episcopal Church opened earlier this month. Since then, Bixby says nearly 1,500 people have voted early in the city.

“Some people would say the home rule [question] is going to bring more people out,” Bixby said. “If that’s what it’s going to take, I hope so, because primary elections

and our local elections are as important, if not more, than the general and presidential elections because these people are the ones who govern us.”

A considerable amount of money has been spent on both sides of the home rule issue to entice voters to go to the polls.

Supporters say the measure would give the city of Rockford more independence from Springfield to diversify revenue.

Critics argue it will lead to an increase in property taxes.

She says it’s difficult to pinpoint exactly which ballot issues and races motivate people to show up to the polls, but says the ballot also includes the race for Illinois governor. The spring primary will be held March 20.

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DeKALB — The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees has signed on to a bill that would guarantee stable funding for the school while imposing several performance standards.

The bill is known as Investment, Per formance, and Accountabi lit y Commitment, or IPAC, and would provide NIU a minimum of $93 million per year over the next half-decade. This is higher than the $82 million allocated in fiscal year 2018. But the funding is contingent on NIU following several provisions.

Examples include limiting undergraduate tuition increases, admitting more students from underserved communities,

and setting aside more money for in-state financial aid. NIU Presidential Chief of Staff Matt Streb says it was important to tie the money to performance.

“We just can’t come up to the state legislature and say, ‘You need to give us money.’”

We recognize in return that we need to be accountable to the taxpayers of Illinois, and so I think that’s exactly what IPAC does and why we’re excited to be a part of it.”

The bill originally was proposed by Tim Killeen, President of the University of Illinois System, with similar funding provisions and performance goals. IPAC is pending in the General Assembly. If it’s approved, the goals and funding targets for NIU would be separate from those for the U of I.

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A life of imagination

Students, administrators prepare for walk-outs

By Guy Stephens WNIJ News

ROCKFORD — “Man in a Tree” — the current show at the Rockford University Art Gallery — is a survey of works by printmaker David Driesbach, looking at selected works over the former Northern Illinois University art teacher’s nearly 70-year career.

The title of the exhibit refers to a sepia print that looks like a line drawing of – you guessed it – a man in a tree: Driesbach himself. There also are a banjo, a light bulb and other oddments, along with a Driesbach signature — a top hat.

Other prints are very different. Some are full of color and look more like pastels or oil paintings. There’s “Flaming Meatballs,” which shows a couple at a table, a man with an eye patch in some sort of uniform, and a waiter bringing the aforementioned meatballs that do, indeed, appear to be flaming. So what’s going on here?

Almost all the prints share that odd mix of characters and objects – serious, comic, or just plain puzzling – and questions for the viewer.

Driesbach uses an old technique called intaglio. The design is incised or engraved into a material, like a copper plate. But what he does with it is very contemporary.

Driesbach likes to create a collage of things that, at first glance, don’t seem to go together, said Peter Olson, assistant director of the NIU Art Museum. He said Driesbach presaged a sort of postmodern approach that’s particularly American from his earliest work.

“Where you don’t necessarily have a finalized idea of what all’s going to be included in your composition,” Olson said, “you sort of start with something, and then think about what would look good relating to that. And then, if that starts to build a story, what else you would need.”

Olson said the result is something that can have multiple meanings for the artist – but also for the viewer.

Olson, who helped select materials from NIU’s collection for the Rockford University show, also was the last graduate student to work with Driesbach, finishing just after the older artist retired in 1991. He said Driesbach would try to get students in his printmaking class thinking outside the conventional art box, too – sometimes in novel ways.

“His final exam was not anything about printmaking or image making, even,” Olson said. “It was like a creative writing assignment. So he would start a story, and your job was to finish the story and make your own world.”

Olson said it was a way for students to engage with another part of their brains,

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David Driesbach points to one of his prints in the current show at the Rockford University Art Gallery.

Photo, Guy Stephens/WNIJ News to free up the imagination, and follow the possibilities – something, he said, that was very important to Driesbach.

The work isn’t totally freeform. Olson pointed out recurring motifs. Besides Driesbach himself, a musical instrument usually appears somewhere. And there are stylistic references to other artists hidden in plain sight. Olson said it all adds up to a surreal — and at the same time theatrical — effect that is identifiably Driesbach.

Rockford University Art Gallery director Christina Warzecha, a recent NIU alumna herself, marveled at the layers of textures and lines.

“The number of colors he uses is also something you don’t see in a lot of printmaking,” she said. “It’s definitely a way to see how advanced the printmaker is.”

Born in Wisconsin, Driesbach graduated from Rockford High School in 1940. He spent four years as a Marine fighting in the South Pacific during World War II, then came home and studied art at several schools. Finally, he went to the University of Iowa, where he studied with Mauricio Lasansky, who’s been called one of the “Fathers of 20th Century Printmaking.”

It was an important experience, though it

seems matter-of-fact the way Driesbach described it.

“He sold me on the idea of doing all these things on plates,” Driesbach said. “So far as the subject matter goes, Lasansky liked what I was doing, and I just did more of it.”

Driesbach then embarked on his career, showing at many exhibitions over the decades. He also taught at a number of schools before coming to NIU in 1964.

Olson said looking at the pieces in the show inspires him, both as a former student and as a curator of art. He said he appreciates how Driesbach used old techniques that go back centuries in new ways, maintaining a tradition while adding to it.

At 96, Driesbach needs a walker to help him get around. But he could still enjoy the reception he and his work received at the Rockford University show. And he was not afraid to give advice to anyone seeking to follow in his footsteps.

“Feel free to expand your universe,” he said. “If you’re an artist and you want to try intaglio, go all out for it. Give it a chance.”

It’s advice that Driesbach himself long ago took to heart.

“Man in a Tree” runs at the Rockford University Art Gallery through Friday.

Students from several high schools in northern Illinois were preparing for the national school walk-out on Wednesday.

In Rockford, Jefferson High School senior Roberto Vargas says he is one of several students who are organizing a walk-out at the school to protest gun violence and to call for gun-law reform in the wake of a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., that killed 14 students and three school staff members.

Vargas says he hopes all 1,700 students at Jefferson walk out in solidarity Wednesday.

He and his friends planned this so students can make their voices heard.

“If we don’t use this chance now,” Vargas said, “then we might not get a chance for another two, three or even more years.”

Rockford school officials say they recently met with principals to discuss schools in the district potentially participating in the walkout. They provided the following statement: “Rockford Public Schools building principals continue to measure students’ interest in Wednesday’s walkout. As an educational institution, we want our students to remain in the classroom. That said, we know students’ voices are powerful. We are encouraging our students to voice their concerns in other ways, such as writing letters to legislators, inviting guest speakers or supporting local efforts tied to the March 24 event in Washington D.C., which is outside of regular school hours.

“Administrators have plans in place to ensure students remain safe if they choose to participate. Each school’s administrative team is responsible for any disciplinary issues that may arise from this event. Parents and students are encouraged to contact their building principal with questions or concerns.”

DeKalb Schools Supt. Jamie Craven says students from the high school and two middle schools in the district also plan to walk out Wednesday morning.

“We’re neither encouraging nor discouraging participation,” Craven said. “However, we want to make sure that it’s a safe, orderly and well-organized walk-out for those students who choose to participate.”

Craven says no disciplinary action will be taken for students who protest. He says he wanted to make it a teachable moment for students as well.

Sycamore school officials were not available for comment.

Other area participating high schools include St. Charles North High School, Kaneland High School and Yorkville High School.

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CHICAGO — Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed legislation Tuesday that would have required gun retailers to be licensed by the state of Illinois, calling it “unnecessary, burdensome regulation” that would have hurt small business owners and wouldn’t have made communities safer.

“The core issue is not which guns to legally ban or regulate,” the Republican said. “We have ample proof that such narrowly focused legislative responses make for good political cover, but they do little to stop the illegal flow of guns into Illinois or prevent people from committing thousands of crimes in our state each year with illegal guns.”

The veto comes a week before the state’s primary election in which Rauner faces a challenge from conservative state Rep. Jeanne Ives, who says Rauner has betrayed Republicans with his actions on several issues. Last week, Ives’ campaign criticized the governor for not publicly stating his position on the licensing bill, calling it “the prelude to yet another betrayal.”

The Democratic-controlled General Assembly passed the measure and sent it

to Rauner about two weeks ago, giving him 60 days to take action on it.

The bill had the backing of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson, as well as the three leading Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for governor on March 20. On Tuesday, Emanuel called Rauner’s veto “a slap in the face to crime victims, faith leaders and police” who pleaded with him to sign the legislation.

“With one week left in his campaign, Governor Rauner just put his primary election ahead of his primary responsibility to protect the safety of the people of Chicago and Illinois,” Emanuel said in a statement.

“The governor’s decision was cruel, it was cold and it was calculated to benefit his own politics at the expense of public safety.”

The bill was among several measures passed response to the shooting deaths of 17 people at a Florida school and ongoing gun violence in Chicago, including the fatal shooting of a Chicago police commander. It would have required the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to collect $1,000 from each dealer for a five-year license and for the training of gun shop employees and videotaping of “critical areas” of such

businesses.

The sponsor, Addison Democratic Rep. Kathleen Willis, has said that state oversight would identify and eliminate the practice of straw purchasers buying guns legally and then selling them to criminals.

But opponents noted that the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives already licenses gun dealers and its audits are time-intensive and expensive — a point Rauner also noted Tuesday as a reason for his veto.

“It’s redundant on top of existing federal regulation, it’s crushing to our small business owners and creates bureaucracy that really doesn’t help keep our communities safer,” he told WJPF radio in southern Illinois on Tuesday morning.

The Legislature narrowly passed the bill last month, making it unlikely that Rauner’s veto could be overridden.

Other measures still pending include a measure to ban bump stocks, which increase rifles’ firing rates, and to prohibit anyone younger than 21 from buying assault-style weapons like the one used in the Florida shooting. Rauner has indicated he supports the bump stock ban, but hasn’t publicly stated a position on other gun bills.

Elgin woman shot and killed by police on I-90

By Dana Vollmer WNIJ News

An Elgin police officer shot and killed a woman armed with a knife along an interstate outside Chicago, early Monday morning.

The woman has been identified as 34-year-old Decynthia S. Clements of Elgin, officials announced in a press release.

According to the release, the incident began at approximately 12:34 a.m. Monday, when police spotted a “suspicious vehicle” belonging to Clements. They attempted to stop the car, but she fled.

Soon after, her car was found stopped and damaged on Interstate 90 near Route 25. Officers approached and saw she was armed with a knife.

Elgin Police Chief Jeffrey Swoboda says

the officers negotiated with her for more than an hour. Eventually, they noticed a fire had started inside the vehicle. Officers tried to pull her out, at which point they say she brandished the knife.

What happened next is unclear, according to Swoboda, but an officer fired his weapon. Clements was taken to a Hoffman Estates hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Police identified the officer as Lt. Christian Jensen — a 19-year veteran of the department and a member of the SWAT team.

Illinois State Police will investigate the shooting.

Police did not comment on why they were pursuing Clements. Swoboda says police body-cam footage has not yet been reviewed.

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State Bicentennial

Recipients of the Nobel Prize for Peace, leaders during wartime

By Kerry Lester

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he Gettysburg Address. Hull House. The nation’s first African American president — and first lady. All of these are due to Illinois’ bumper crop of political figures and politicians, who represent a diverse range of viewpoints and contributions throughout history.

Here, in alphabetical order, are some of the leaders who came from our state: Jane Addams: A social worker and a leader in the women’s suffrage movement, Addams was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She ran Hull House, a settlement house for poor immigrants in Chicago, and co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union. She also chaired a women’s conference for peace in the Netherlands in 1919 and worked unsuccessfully to get the United States to serve as a mediator between warring countries in World War I. She died in 1935 in Chicago.

I-90 in Illinois is named after her.

Hillary Rodham Clinton: Clinton’s 2016 Democratic nomination for president culminated a lifetime of public service, including terms as U.S. secretary of state, U.S. senator and first lady, a job where she chaired a task force that devised a plan to provide universal health care for Americans. Raised in Park Ridge, she moved to Arkansas in 1975 and married Bill Clinton, who became the 42nd U.S. president. Her first run for president was in 2008, when she lost the nomination to fellow Illinoisan Barack Obama.

Richard J. Daley: Born into a working-class Irish family in Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood, Daley worked in the Union Stockyards to pay for law school. He was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives, then became Chicago’s 38th mayor with a 21-year tenure that ended with his death in 1976. Daley delivered key Democratic votes from Cook County in the 1960 presidential election of John F. Kennedy. He received national attention, and criticism, for authorizing the use of police force during the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. His son, Richard M. Daley, followed him as Chicago mayor from 1989 to 2011.

Everett Dirksen: A native of Pekin, Dirksen helped steer the U.S. through the turbulent 1960s. As U.S. Senate minority leader, the Republican held a crucial role in passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil Rights Act of 1968. A World War I Army veteran, he was one of the Senate’s strongest supporters of the U.S. role in Vietnam. He died while in office in 1969 and is buried in Pekin. Did Dirksen say, “A million here, a million there, pretty soon, you’re talking real money”? No written or recorded record has been found, reports The Dirksen Center in Pekin. While a few

people emphatically recall him uttering the famous words, at least one remembers the senator denying it.

Stephen Douglas: A rising figure in Illinois’ early years, Douglas served in the Illinois House of Representatives and as Illinois secretary of state and Illinois Supreme Court associate justice, all by age 27. A few years later he was elected to the U.S. House, then the Senate and became one of the Democrats’ leaders. The chief nemesis and sparring partner of Abraham Lincoln during the Lincoln-Douglas debates of 1858, Douglas was nicknamed “the little giant” because of his diminutive stature and political forcefulness. Douglas (along with Lincoln) championed the Illinois Central Railroad, now part of the Canadian National Railway. He designed the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which brought the question of slavery into the national spotlight by allowing slaves in U.S. territories. He died of typhoid fever at age 48 in 1861 and is buried on Chicago’s South Side.

Betty Ford: Born Elizabeth Ann Bloomer in 1918 in Chicago, she moved with her family to Michigan before traveling at 18 to study dance in Vermont and New York. She married and divorced, then married Gerald Ford as he was campaigning for the U.S. House of Representatives. He later became the 38th president of the United States. As first lady, Betty was known for her frank and outspoken nature and irked some conservatives because of her support of socially liberal causes, including the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion access.

Five years after leaving the White House, she founded the Betty Ford Center after recovering from alcohol and painkiller addiction. She died in 2011 at age 93; her husband died 74 days later.

Ulysses S. Grant: Born in Ohio, Grant served in the Mexican-American War and moved at age 38 with his wife to Galena to join the family leather goods business.

The Civil War began a year later and Grant led a regiment south. Eventually promoted to commanding general and reporting directly to President Abraham Lincoln, he helped lead the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy. As the 18th president from 1869 to 1877, he oversaw Reconstruction.

He kept a home in Galena. He died in 1885 and is, with his wife Julia, buried in Grant’s Tomb at the General Grant National Memorial in New York.

Jesse Jackson: Jackson lived under Jim Crow laws during his youth in South Carolina, but later participated in the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches for civil rights and went to work for Martin Luther King Jr., which led Jackson to Chicago to establish an office of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. He attended the Chicago Theological Seminary and was ordained, then later received a master of divinity degree. Jackson was at the

Memphis hotel when King was assassinated. As one of the most influential civil rights leaders in the nation, he founded Operation PUSH and organized the National Rainbow Coalition, now merged as Rainbow/PUSH. Jackson ran for the Democratic nomination for president in 1984 and 1988 and later assumed a role in negotiating internationally for release of U.S. hostages and prisoners abroad. President Bill Clinton awarded Jackson the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2000.

Ethel Kennedy: A human rights activist, widow of late U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and mother of 11, she was born Ethel Skakel in Chicago and later moved to Connecticut.

She married Kennedy in 1950 and founded the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Human Rights after his assassination in 1968.

She was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2014 by President Barack Obama.

Abraham Lincoln: A lawyer and member of the Illinois House of Representatives and U.S. House, Lincoln became the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

Lincoln’s presidency was marked by the Civil War and he is credited with preserving the Union. His Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 declared that all slaves within the Confederate states “are, and henceforward shall be free.” Lincoln is considered a leader in building the new Republican Party. He is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield.

Barack and Michelle Obama: Barack Obama, born in Hawaii, came to Chicago to work as a community organizer after graduating from Columbia University. He taught at the University of Chicago Law School before being elected to the Illinois Senate and U.S. Senate. In 2008, he became the 44th president of the United States.

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. Michelle Obama was born in Chicago, attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School, and returned to Chicago to work at the law firm Sidley and Austin, where she met her husband. As first lady, she made healthy eating and exercise for children a focus.

Ronald Reagan: A former actor and California governor who became the 40th president of the United States, Reagan was born in Tampico and attended Eureka College. The two-term president was dubbed “the great communicator” and was credited with cutting taxes and bringing a quicker end to the Cold War with the Soviet Union. He survived an assassination attempt in 1981 outside the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., and died in 2004 after battling Alzheimer’s disease.

Paul Simon: Born in Oregon, Simon moved to Illinois and borrowed $3,600 to take over the Troy Tribune, becoming the nation’s youngest editor and publisher at

20 and building the newspaper chain to 14 weeklies in the late 1940s. He railed against gambling, prostitution and government corruption and, after Army service during the Korean War, began his political career in the Illinois House of Representatives.

A Democrat, he was lieutenant governor under Republican Gov. Richard Ogilvie, the only time those two offices have been held by people from different parties. He was elected to the U.S. House, then the Senate, where he served for 12 years until 1997. Simon ran for president in 1988, but lost in the primary to Michael Dukakis.

Simon lived in Makanda and founded the Paul Simon Institute at Southern Illinois University before his death in 2003.

Adlai Stevenson II: Born into a family of prominent Illinois politicians, Stevenson was raised in Bloomington, where his family ran The Daily Pantagraph, and spent his adult life calling a farm along the Des Plaines River near Libertyville his home. His grandfather Adlai Stevenson was vice president of the U.S. under Grover Cleveland, his father Lewis Stevenson was Illinois secretary of state, and his son Adlai Stevenson III was a U.S. senator from Illinois from 1970 to 1981. As for Adlai II, he was Illinois governor from 1949 to 1953 and was the Democratic nominee for U.S. president in 1952 and 1956. Unsuccessful in both attempts, he was appointed by President John F. Kennedy to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and served during the Cuban missile crisis. He died in 1965 in London while traveling on U.N. business. He’s buried in Bloomington; the public Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Mettawa is named after him.

The weekly Illinois Bicentennial series is brought to you by the Illinois Associated Press Media Editors and Illinois Press Association.

More than 20 newspapers are creating stories about the state’s history, places and key moments in advance of the Bicentennial on Dec. 3, 2018. Stories published up to this date can be found at 200illinois.com.

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Nation

Tillerson the latest messy breakup for Trump

By Ken Thomas Associated Press

WASHINGTON — The man who famously coined the reality TV mantra “You’re fired!” has notched quite a record of awkward and messy breakups in his 14 months as president.

On Tuesday, President Donald Trump ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson via Twitter. It was hours later before the president picked up the phone to talk directly to his latest casualty.

Despite his signature catchphrase, Trump often lets others in the White House do his dirty work or pushes out subordinates by tweet or through public shaming.

Onetime chief of staff Reince Priebus learned he was being replaced by John Kelly last summer from Twitter. The president tweeted the news from Air Force One following a trip to New York — prompting the outgoing chief of staff to drive off in a black SUV, leaving the rest of the presidential motorcade behind in a driving rainstorm.

Perhaps Trump’s most consequential firing came last May, when he dismissed FBI Director James Comey. Rather than informing Comey in person or by phone, Trump sent his longtime body-

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson speaks at a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Tuesday. President Donald Trump fired Tillerson and said he would nominate CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him. Photo, Andrew Harnik/AP guard-turned-director of Oval Office operations Keith Schiller to the Justice Department to deliver a letter notifying the FBI head he was done.

But Comey was in a Los Angeles meeting with FBI agents at the time and only learned of his dismissal from TV. Comey said last year in testimony before Congress

that his ouster caught him by surprise and criticized Trump for saying the bureau was in disarray.

Onetime communications director Anthony Scaramucci, hired over Priebus’ objections, only lasted 10 days in the White House last summer before being pushed out after giving an expletive-laced interview to

The New Yorker in which he called Priebus a “paranoid schizophrenic.”

Scaramucci’s hiring prompted press secretary Sean Spicer to quit after a six-month run that included a string of public slights by Trump, including the president excluding the devout Roman Catholic from a meeting with the pope during a trip to the Vatican.

More recently, Trump left it to Kelly to force staff secretary Rob Porter to resign after he was accused of emotional and physical abuse by his two ex-wives. Porter has denied harming his former spouses.

Kelly helped push out a number of other top aides, including top strategist Steve Bannon, national security aide Sebastian Gorka and public liaison communications director Omarosa Manigault Newman. She had earlier appeared on Trump’s reality TV show, “The Apprentice.”

Back on TV after her White House gig, Manigault Newman recently warned on “Celebrity Big Brother” that the U.S. would “not be OK” under Trump, prompting White House spokesman Raj Shah to respond: “Omarosa was fired three times on ‘The Apprentice.’ And this was the fourth time we let her go.”

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Sunshine week

Mimicking Trump, officials use ‘fake news’ as a weapon

By Ryan J. Foley Associated Press

An Idaho state lawmaker urges her constituents to submit entries for her “fake news awards.” The Kentucky governor tweets #FAKENEWS to dismiss questions about his purchase of a home from a supporter. An aide to the Texas land commissioner uses the phrase to downplay the significance of his boss receiving donations from employees of a company that landed a multimillion-dollar contract.

President Donald Trump’s campaign to discredit the news media has spread to officials at all levels of government, who are echoing his use of the term “fake news” as a weapon against unflattering stories.

It’s become ubiquitous as a signal to a politician’s supporters to ignore legitimate reporting and hard questions, as a smear of the beleaguered and dwindling local press corps, and as a way for conservatives to push back against what they call biased stories.

“When Trump announced he was going to do his fake news awards, a group of us conservative legislators said, ‘We need to do that, too,’” said Idaho state Rep. Priscilla Giddings, who has urged supporters to send examples of “biased, misleading and fake news” and plans to announce her awards March 18. “We need people to wake up to the fact that just because it’s on the front page of the Boise newspaper doesn’t mean it’s 100 percent true.”

The winners of the contest, it turns out, will be announced at the end of Sunshine

Week, an annual focus by the nation’s news media on government transparency and the importance of a free press.

Rhonda Prast, editor of the Idaho Statesman in Boise, said it was ridiculous for anyone to assert that it would publish a story it knew contained falsehoods.

“The Statesman has a longstanding reputation as a reliable paper of record — going back 154 years — and our standards for accuracy and fairness have never changed,” she said in a statement. “The allegations of ‘fake news’ are unjust attacks on a free press.”

Giddings used the term herself last year to dismiss a report from another newspaper suggesting she may have been unqualified to run for office because she was claiming a homeowner’s exemption outside of her district. She said she is submitting paperwork to prove the break was legitimate.

Experts on the press and democracy say the cries of “fake news” could do long-term damage by sowing confusion and contempt for journalists and by undermining the media’s role as a watchdog on government and politicians. They say it’s already exacerbated the lack of trust in media by conservatives and contributed to hostility that sometimes turns violent.

In the last year, at least three political figures have been implicated in physical assaults on reporters asking questions, while journalists have been attacked in dozens of other incidents by protesters, according to the U.S. Press Freedom

Tracker.

“I worry about the ongoing attack on the legitimacy of the media by President Trump and some of his supporters. The press is hardly perfect, of course, but it is also an important mechanism of accountability for people in power,” said Brendan Nyhan, a professor of government at Dartmouth College. “This kind of rhetoric is potentially corrosive to trust in the media and to people’s willingness to accept information that is critical of politicians they support.”

Nyhan was among the authors of a recent study for the Poynter Institute that found partisan divisions in the public’s attitudes toward the press. More Democrats now have more faith in the press, while Republicans have far more negative views and are “more likely to endorse extreme claims about media fabrication, to describe journalists as an enemy of the people, and to support restrictions on press freedom,” the study found.

The routine labeling of factual reporting as “fake news” comes as actual fake news proliferates on the internet.

Media researcher Craig Silverman helped popularize the term in 2014 as a label for completely fabricated stories written and spread by individuals seeking profit.

Now the news media editor at BuzzFeed, hewrote recently that he cringes when he hears anyone use the term, which he said became a partisan weapon after Trump’s election in 2016.

Silverman wrote that political figures are manipulating social media to “literally

brand real things as fake” and manufacture reality for their followers.

The governor of Maine, the vice chairman of Trump’s now-disbanded voter fraud commission, a New Mexico congressional candidate and the Georgia secretary of state are among the many politicians who have used the term in recent months in response to news reporting. A California school board president repeatedly used the term to attack a journalist investigating the area’s high rate of teenage pregnancy and its sex education policies.

The cries of “fake news” create a quandary for reporters, who want to defend their stories while also not giving credence to the charge.

“Our members, many of whom work for small news outlets, are bearing the brunt of these unwarranted attacks, and it’s completely unfair. These are people who are serving the community,” said Rebecca Baker, president of the Society of Professional Journalists. “Some are just ignoring it, and some are fighting back.”

Baker suggests that journalists respond to the attacks by showing their work as much as possible — by sharing the audio, video and documents that back up their stories. She wonders whether the term is starting to lose its clout from overuse, but also worries that whichever party controls the White House, Congress and state governments in the future will continue to use the tactic.

“This is part and parcel of the polarization of our politics right now,” she said.

Energy & Enivoronment

Is more fossil energy and a sustainable environment possible?

By Drs. Robert & Sonia Vogl Contributors

In the midst of the financial crisis of 2008 peak oil was another crisis being experienced as oil prices shot up to over $100/barrel. Concern focused on the fact that pockets of conventional oil which were relatively low cost and easy to develop were drying up. Sources of conventional oil peaked in 2006 at 70 million barrels a day and have plateaued ever since.

Since conventional supplies had plateaued new sources of energy had to be found to keep the economy going and growing. Our economy has been built around cheap fossil fuels. An extensive infrastructure exists to secure, process and distribute it and turn it into products widely used in our economy. When oil supplies are inadequate, the economy weakens and unemployment rises, increasing social stress throughout the society.

To increase oil supplies the country turned to oil shale, Canadian oil sands and deep-water ocean oil fields. To increase natural gas supplies the country turned to fracking.

Fracking for oil and natural gas had played a relatively minor role in maintaining our energy supplies. But changes in federal policies paved the way for dramatic increases in oil and gas supplies in the United States.

Federal tax dollars supported improvements in fracking technologies, federal laws controlling air and water pollution were bypassed and federal lands and waters were opened for exploration. The process is ongoing and accelerating under the current administration.

An era of abundant, low interest money for the last eight years has underwritten the expansion of both unconventional fossil fuels and renewable energy. Companies

took on debt to expand their quests for energy resources. With rising interest rates we are likely to see more bankruptcies in the energy industry.

Ignored in the quest for more energy, particularly from fossil fuels, are the adverse impacts on the environment. The only costs accounted for in the economists’ ledger are the costs of securing the oil, not any of the environmental costs.

There is some recognition of the environmental costs of our prolific use of energy. The chief executive of Shell Oil acknowledged that climate change is a major issue for the energy industry. His proposed solution is to invest more in cleaner natural gas and renewable energy, including offshore wind farms, capturing and storing carbon, using biofuels and planting trees. He plans to add up to 2¢/ gallon to the price of their gasoline to pay for global tree planting projects. They also

plan to increase their activities in shale oil and deepwater oil projects in the Gulf of Mexico.

It is unlikely Shell’s limited environmental actions will quiet concerns over deteriorating environmental conditions.

Over 15,000 scientists have signed a second warning to the world regarding it. Climate change, deforestation, mass species extinction, ocean dead zones and the lack of access to clean water all increase as human populations and the economy grow.

Science indicates we are failing to take necessary actions to protect the biosphere and are heading down an unsustainable path of increased human misery. While individual actions are necessary, the scope of the challenges calls for a major reordering of the human enterprise.

The full text of the warning can be found at the Alliance of World Scientists website.

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Commentary

Home rule vote can be turning point in Rockford’s comeback We often hear that “this election” is going to be the most important election.

Until the next election.

However, the election on March 20 will truly be one of those elections. An election where Rockford citizens have an important choice to make that will have a tremendous impact on our city’s future. A vote YES to return home rule for Rockford will give us another critical tool to continue the positive momentum we’re seeing in our community.

Since 1983 when we lost home rule authority, Rockford has struggled. The property tax levy in the city has risen 185 percent, putting an unfair obligation on property owners to shoulder the burden of city services. We’ve struggled with crime, declining property values and neighborhood blight and we’ve not had an important tool to face those challenges: home rule.

Our peer communities with home rule that compare to Rockford—Aurora,

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Naperville, Peoria, Elgin, Joliet, Bloomington, to name a few—rely more heavily on non-residents to pay for programs and services, including police, fire and public works, that benefit residents. We must do the same and ease the financial pressure on property owners.

Consider the “home” in home rule.

That tool allows local people to develop local solutions to local challenges.

Without home rule, we are forced to rely on a dysfunctional Springfield to solve our problems. If we disagree with what our mayor and city council are doing, we have the power to hold them accountable on Election Day— we don’t have that power when it comes to the Illinois Legislature. We need more Rockford and less Springfield.

A group of dedicated, and local, community volunteers eager to keep Rockford’s momentum moving forward has been spending countless hours since last fall on the campaign trail. I’ve been fortunate to have spoken at dozens of

community meetings with them where we’ve laid out the benefits of home rule and our plans for using this tool. It’s been gratifying to see the passion in our residents, so many of whom are working hard to do great things for and in our city.

Like so many, I have a positive outlook on Rockford and it’s not often we have an election where we can literally change our future for the better. While Rockford faces challenges, we have opportunities in front of us poised to help provide a better future for all our residents. This is one of those opportunities.

I was not elected in 2017 to maintain the status quo and I don’t go to work each day intent on doing what’s been done before and hoping it all will work out. My vision for Rockford is to build a stronger, safer and more welcoming community.

To build that community, we need the right tools and one of them is home rule. Please join me in moving Rockford forward. Vote YES on Tuesday to return local control to our great city.

–Tom McNamara, Mayor of Rockford

looking for ways to be more cost-effective; · Is self-confident but not cocky or egotistic. · Is respected by all who have worked with him – from governmental leaders to members of the organizations to which he belongs.

I know all this about Paul Arena because I’ve worked with him on various community and civic efforts during the last 10 years. Frankly, I’ve encouraged him to run for public office because I believe he is exactly the kind of person we want – I should say need – in government.

He will be a most welcome addition to the Winnebago County Board.

–Thomas Wartowski, Rockford

Eli is a hard worker and an honest public servant. He is also an independent thinker who puts the concerns of his constituents above all else. He is also not afraid to disagree with other elected officials when he feels that the people of county board district 8 are better served.

I am urging voters to re-elect Eli Nicolosi for County Board District 8 on March 20th.

–Greg Jury, Mayor of Loves Park

You Said It What are we voting for with home rule?

There are many numbers floating around regarding home rule, some in support and others in opposition. This bombardment of numbers has blurred the basic essence of the home rule issue.

The decision really comes down to a straightforward choice. A “Yes” vote is a vote for change and a “No” vote is a vote to maintain the status quo.

For decades I heard and experienced many valid complaints and concerns regarding blight, high property taxes, public safety, a struggling local economy, and other issues that influenced residents to leave Rockford. In response, there were numerous businesses and community members that have worked hard to support our city, which resulted with many positive outcomes. However, the most influential group has been inhibited.

The voices of our residents – through the neighbors, friends, fellow church members, and local leaders they elected – are hindered by limitations of not having local control to make decisions on local issues.

Consider the following when you vote on the home rule referendum. In its history, Rockford was only a home rule community for less than 12 years, from July 1971 to April 1983. Do we want change, or do we want the status quo of the past 35 years? I am emphatically voting yes on March 20.

–Rudy Valdez, Rockford

Ignore the propaganda; vote on facts

Regarding home rule, we should ignore the propaganda and base our votes on facts.

The propaganda: home rule means “runaway property taxes” and “unbri-

dled debt”. The facts: the City Council has passed ordinances capping property taxes and debt that are stricter than other cities.

The propaganda: you don’t know who will be mayor after McNamara. The facts: the mayor doesn’t control who follows him; we do. In the future, you and I will ask questions of candidates and elect those who will maintain these ordinances.

The propaganda: the city wants home rule so it can spend, spend, spend. The facts: unlike Springfield, Rockford has made cuts and balanced its budgets, while reducing or holding the line on its property levy for five years.

The propaganda: you can’t trust “those people” who are elected. The facts: those people are us. They live here, they pay our taxes, they know our concerns. Plus, voting for home rule is the only way to get recall authority for a midterm vote to remove a city official and is the greatest tool available for voter control. We cannot have this without home rule.

The facts: we deserve the most accountable government in the state, and we deserve to have local decisions made by local leaders who pay local taxes and care about us. Vote YES on home rule.

–Roberta Holzwarth, Rockford

Vote Arena for county board

Voters in Winnebago County Board District 7 are very fortunate to have Paul Arena as a candidate.

Paul Arena has the attributes we want in a public servant: · He always thinks in terms of the common good and not himself; · Has lots of common sense and weighs his decisions carefully; · Is committed to whatever he undertakes and is very hard-working; · Is continually cost-conscious and

I made the decision not to run for re-election this time. I have served many years in government and as both an employee and later as an elected official.

It has been my honor to serve the people of Winnebago County and the 7th District as their representative.

I am supporting Paul Arena to succeed me on the county board. Paul is a businessman and a past President of the Rockford Apartment Association. He knows business and he knows government. His background makes him the most qualified candidate in this race for county board.

If you can vote in the Republican Primary in County Board District 7, I would urge you to vote for Paul Arena.

–Gary Jury, County Board Dist. 7

Nicolosi the choice for District 8

I am supporting Eli Nicolosi for re-election to the Winnebago County Board. Eli has been a great representative for his district and has worked well with a number of elected officials when we needed help for our constituents.

Kinzinger block-happy on social media

In the U.S. House District IL-16, constituents are being blocked from viewing this communication from and decision making by their elected official, Rep Adam Kinzinger. These are official social media accounts of the office he holds and are official communication. They are blocked for reasons unexplained.

In one case of an account that was blocked, the account owner provided valuable statistics on the source of campaign funding that Kinzinger receives.

Considering all of the news of the influence of campaign contributions, many would find this fair and valuable information. Apparently Kinzinger didn’t think so and he had that account blocked and reported. For sharing a link to information that was verified and important to the legislative process before Congress.

March 20 marks the beginning of the election season. There are very good candidates on both sides that are very qualified to replace Rep Kinzinger. All of them are accessible and responsive to questions. Get out there and exercise your constitutional right to vote for responsive and accessible representation. It is time to send Kinzinger a message that we will no longer settle for his neglect of his duty to this district any longer.

–Bill Becker, Roscoe

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Born somewhere near present-day Scotland and Wales, Saint Patrick was famed for bringing Christianity to Ireland. At a young age, he was captured by Irish pirates and sold into slavery. During his time as a slave in Ireland, he’s said to have experienced religious visions, which showed him how to escape his captors; however, shortly after his escape, he had a dream in which the Irish people requested his return. The holiday celebrates his return to Ireland and his conversion of the Irish people to Christianity.

CASTING THE SNAKES OUT OF IRELAND While driving the snakes from Ireland is widely considered to be a myth, it is a symbolic representation of ridding the Emerald Isle of its pagan traditions.

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Spring flings

By Paula Hendrickson

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pring. Snow is melting, trees are budding, allergies are kicking in, and yet more new TV series are debuting.

Here are just a couple of new offerings you might want to check out (or avoid, depending on your personal tastes).

Rise’s trailers make the show sound like a rehash of Fame or a more dramatic take on Glee, but producers insist the high school-set musical drama is different. Josh Radnor (How I Met Your Mother) plays a

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teacher trying to turn a school’s ho-hum theater department into an inspirational and transformative space for students. The twist is that the series tracks the students, faculty, and parents throughout the rehearsals for a production of the Broadway musical, Spring Awakening.

Coming from producers of the heart-tugging series Parenthood and the Broadway hit Hamilton, this show as a good pedigree. But it’s probably not a good match for people who don’t like musicals.

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Last but not least, Freeform is expanding its ambitious slate of original series with a mermaid thriller called Siren. I first heard about this show when interviewing a Freeform executive last year. While she chuckled a little when calling it a “mermaid thriller,” her excitement about the series was obvious. A marine biologist and fishermen of a small coastal fishing village discover mermaid folklore is more than mere legend (if you remember your Greek mythology you know sirens were dangerous beings who used their “siren’s song” to lure sailors into their snares). If the series is half as entertaining as its billing, all the TV vampires, zombies, and werewolves better make way for the mermaids. R.

Programming notes

Rise airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m. on NBC. Instinct premieres Sunday, March 18 at 7 p.m. on CBS. Krypton premieres Wednesday, March 21 at 9 p.m. on Syfy.

Siren premieres Thursday, March 29 at 7 p.m. on Freeform.

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novel, centers on the pursuit of a serial killer, but the real reason to watch is to see Alan Cumming (The Good Wife) play the smartest man in the room. (I just wish American TV shows would let him play a Scottish character so we could hear his delightful accent.) Here he plays Dr. Dylan Reinhart, a CIA operative-turned psychology professor and author who gets pulled back into crime fighting after a killer uses one of his books as a primer for murder.

It promises a good balance of drama and humor, and Cumming is brilliant at both.

As you might guess from its title, Syfy’s new series, Krypton, is a prequel of sorts about the Superman franchise. Set on the planet Krypton, the story takes place two generations before the planet’s destruction and follows the life of Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe), whose future grandson will one day be Superman. I’m the first to admit I’m not into DC (or Marvel) comics, but Krypton is produced by David S. Goyer, who produced Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and The Dark Knight, and he should know what he’s doing with the material.

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Rockford playwrights make their way off-Broadway A pair of Rockford playwrights are taking their show, “The Shakespeare Conspiracy,” to Theater Row in Manhattan.

Ted Bacino had earlier written a fictional book about William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe based on his research about Marlowe’s murder at a tavern brawl in 1593. After reading the novel, Rufus Cadigan immediately called up Bacino, a man he’d never met.

C ad ig a n w a s ent h r a l le d by h i s Elizabethan story with its twists of murder, mystery and romance. These two contemporary playwrights then worked out a theater script together about the two famous Renaissance playwrights, Shakespeare and Marlowe, embroiled in crime and deception.

“The Shakespeare Conspiracy” was first produced in Columbus, Ohio; then by Rockford’s Artists’ Ensemble at Rockford University in 2014; later in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Last spring, a New York producer called the playwrights and asked for the rights to produce it. “The Shakespeare Conspiracy” is to be part of a New York City theater event

called “Festival of Christopher Marlowe” along with a second play, “Marlowe’s Fate”

by Peter Hodges.

Cadigan has a Ph.D. in theater from the University of Kansas. Starting in 1979, he worked as a theater professor at Rockford College through 2006. As a playwright he has written a number of plays produced in Rockford and other cities. Rockford productions of his plays include “Might Have Gone Fishing,” “Choices,” “The Pickup,” “A Girl from Cedarville,” “Old River Tales” and most recently “Blunderland.”

Bacino was born and raised in Rockford.

He studied theater at Northern Illinois University. After a stint in the army, Ted came back to Rockford and began directing for New American Theater, Cabaret Dinner Theatre and Starlight Theatre. He taught at Boylan School for a number of years. He now resides in Palm Springs, California.

Both Bacino and Cadigan will be at the New York opening of their play on April 20 along with their friends and families. “It’s been a wonderful whirlwind, sometimes I still pinch myself,” Cadigan said of the new show. R.

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A&E Happenings Music & Arts

Ongoing Open Stage at Mandalay Lounge - Monday-Sunday beginning at 5 p.m. 200 North Church Street.

DJ/Karaoke - Mortimer’s Roadhouse, 105 W. Grove in Poplar Grove. 815-765-0082. DJ/Karaoke w/ RPM every Friday, DJ/Karaoke w/ DJ Double D every Saturday Mary’s Place - 602 N. Madison St. marysplacebar. com. Open Stage, Tues. & Thurs. 9:30 p.m.-close; Karaoke, Wed. 9:30 p.m.-close.

Bruce L. Warden - For listening & dining every Friday and Saturday 5-9 p.m. at Hoffman House, 7550 E. State St. Rockford Christian Fellowship - RCF performs locally, is not affiliated with any church, but rehearses Tuesday evenings from 7-9 p.m. at First Covenant Church, 316 Wood Road. The band welcomes additional participants (high school age through retired). See our website for more info rcfband.com. Contact Director, Brian Waterson, 815/797-2320, rcfband@gmail.com Saturday Prime Time Live Band - Performing at Big Al’s Bar at Giovanni’s, 610 N. Bell School Road. 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m.

Al Buisker - Performing at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St., 5-7:30 p.m. Free admission.

Friday, March 23 OnStage: Coronado Americana Music Series featuring Erik Koskinen - A unique limited ticket series allowing you to be on stage with the artists and enjoy the Coronado from a different perspective.

Takes place at 8 p.m. at Coronado PAC, 314 N. Main St. Tickets are $23 and available at Ticketmaster.

Colonel Gunn’s Wild West Music Show - 9 p.m.-12 a.m. at Dusty Boots Saloon, 3907 Broadway. We will be performing three 50 minute sets beginning at 9 p.m., which means more music than ever before.

Tickets are only $5 at the door, and with each purchased ticket you will receive a matching $5 coupon for a future visit.

Saturday, March 24 Prime Time Live Band - Performing as part of MeltFest at Prairie St. Brewhouse, 200 Prairie St. 2-5 p.m.

Saturday, March 31 Prime Time Live Band - Performing at Louie’s Tap House, 5689 Elevator Rd., in Roscoe. 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Bubble Guppies Live! : Ready to Rock - 2 p.m. at the Coronado PAC, 314 N. Main St. Tickets are $15-35 and available at Ticketmaster. Including a wave of playful characters, energetic song and dance and theatrical magic, Nickelodeon’s Bubble Guppies Live! Ready to Rock will have kids, parents and grandparents singing and dancing along with this rousing interactive show!

Community

Wednesday C.A.R.E. for P.E.T.S Community Forum - C.A.R.E. for P.E.T.S. will be hosting a community forum featuring Best Friends Animal Society who will be presenting statistics and feedback on Winnebago County Animal Services. Per BFAS,

WCAS has the second highest euthanasia rate in the state of Illinois. There will be a time for question and answer. The community forum will take place on 5:30 p.m. at Katie’s Cup, 502 7th St. This event is open to the public at no charge.

Please attend if you are interested in fiscal and social responsibility as well as departmental excellence for our community.

Thursday Wild Ones Meeting - Program held at 7 p.m. at Rock Valley College in the Student Center Atrium, 3301 N. Mulford Rd. This program by Barbara Williams will help the novice begin studying dragonflies, with information on anatomy, life cycle, identification, resources, and photographing these impressive insects. 300 million years ago, dragonflies with 2-1/2-foot wingspans ruled the air. Today, there are over 100 species in Illinois.

These insects are beautiful, fierce, and lively.

Their presence and populations are excellent indicators of water quality. Williams is a life-long student of natural history. She worked at the Burpee Museum cataloguing their collections, creating exhibits, and preparing specimens.

She monitors bumble bees, bats and dragonflies with the Forest Preserves of Winnebago County citizen science program. Williams has lived in Rockford for 30 years with her husband, Dan. They are active in land conservation, restoration, and environmental education in northern Illinois.

This program is free and open to the public. For more information, call (779) 537.8939 or visit www. wildonesrrvc.org Saturday Shamrock Beer Run 5k - 2-4 p.m. at Rockford Speedway, 9572 Forest Hills Road, Loves Park. Join us for beer, running, beer, walking, beer, stumbling, beer & partying at Rockford Speedway! We’re highlighting 5 local breweries: Granite City, Pigminds, Generations, Lena, Prairie Street. At the start of the race, runners will fuel up with 3 ounces of beer, refuel at five different brewery pit stops along the way, and finish with a final lap on the racetrack. At the finish line, all 5 breweries will be set up, so turn in your race bib for a 16 oz pint of beer. Some proceeds from this event go to Nik’s Wish, The Nikolas Ritschel Foundation [501(c)(3) charity], creating moments of joy for young adults fighting cancer. Cost: $30 5k Run; $25 Designated Driver (no beer); $10 Spectator. Register Online at: www.nikolasritschelfoundation.org/2018/02/03/ shamrock-beer-run-march-17-2018-2-4-pm/ Thursday, March 22 Sinnissippi Audubon Society Annual Dinner - We will welcome Mary Hennen, Director - Chicago Peregrine Program, Bird Division, The Field Museum as our guest speaker for our annual dinner. “Once on the Endangered Species List and extirpated in Illinois from 1951 until 1986, the Peregrine Falcon population is now past historic levels. Mary’s presentation will take us through the recovery of the Peregrines in Illinois.

As the majority of the population now lives in an urban habitat, learn what it means to live in close proximity to this remarkable bird. Mary’s presentation will include photos of some of the beautiful watercolors of Field Museum artist-in-residence Peggy Macnamara used as illustrations in Mary’s

MODEL TRAIN SHOW & SALE MARCH 24th 10 am - 5 pm MARCH 25th 10 am - 4 pm Belvidere North High School 9393 Beloit Rd, Belvidere

$5 Admission (12 and under FREE) Scouts in uniform & active military FREE

Vendors Operating Layouts Lunch Stand Door Prizes Kids Korner 40,000 sq. ft. of Model Trains! book The Peregrine Returns (Univ of Chicago Press).” Signed books will be available to purchase. Cost is $35 per person, $25 Students.

(Cash Bar) To register, please contact us at (815) 543-3658 or sinnissippiaudubon@gmail.com.

Checks can also be mailed to:1623 Pleasant View Ct., Rockford, IL 61107.

Saturday, March 24 Brave Beauties - Students in Medicine for the ARTS invites you to the 5th annual Brave Beauties, a free event supporting breast cancer survivors and fighters. Bring a guest and join us for a day of massages, crafts, makeovers, and food. 1-4 p.m. at 1601 Parkview Ave. RSVP by emailing BraveBeautiesinRockford@gmail.com.

Saturday, March 31 Mariner Girl Scout Ship 361 Easter Egg Hunt - One from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and one from 1-3 p.m. Takes place at Cross and Crown Lutheran Church, 7404 Elevator Road, in Roscoe. Tickets are $2 a piece and can be ordered by mailing: EASTER EGG HUNT, P.O. Box 347, Roscoe, IL 61073. Make checks payable to “Girl Scouts”. Specify whether tickets are being purchased for the morning or afternoon hunt. Tickets can be picked up in your name the day of the hunt. Once you receive your number(s) you need to search the grounds for that numbered egg to receive your basket of goodies. Special gold and silver eggs will also be hidden for special prizes. For more information contact Louise Glon at 815-389-9763.

Sunday, April 1 Freedom Church Community Easter Celebration Fun begins at 11:15 a.m. at University of Illinois

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College of Medicine, 1601 Parkview. Children’s activities for all ages: Easter eggs, cotton candy, the chance to meet their favorite Disney and Marvel characters, a balloon art show, the Easter Bunny and more. Also a special message from Pastor Herbert L. Johnson, Jr. Thursday, April 5 WCAL AP Dinner Meeting - The Winnebago County Association of Legal Administrative Professionals’ 17th Annual Game Night will be held at 6 p.m., at The Hoffman House, 7550 East State Street. Guests may begin arriving at 5:15 p.m. to purchase Raffle and 50/50 tickets.

The menu will be Italian Beef Sandwiches with sautéed Onions and Peppers & Giardiniera on an Italian Style Bun with Au Jus; Grilled Chicken Sandwiches with Lettuce & Tomatoes on a Bakery Roll; Fresh Fruit Salad, Pasta Salad, Baked French Fries, Desert and Coffee. $22 per person. There will be a Cash Bar. Your check is your reservation confirmation. Deadline is Thursday March 29, 2018. Please send reservations to: Shawn Artlip c/o Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C., 2215 Perrygreen Way, Rockford, IL 61107.

Saturday, April 7 High School Pharmacy Camp - The UIC College of Pharmacy Rockford is hosting a High School Pharmacy Camp from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the UIC Health Sciences Campus-Rockford, 1601 Parkview Avenue, Rockford, IL 61107. The application deadline is March 1, 2018. Please go to go.uic.edu/hspc to register. For more information please contact Ken Smith at 815-395-5736, or smithke@uic.edu. The cost is $10.00 to attend.

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Shamrock Beer Run 5K WHEN Saturday, March 17 (2 p.m.)

WHERE Rockford Speedway If you like running and local craft beer, this is the event for you!

Runners/walkers will fuel up with 3 oz of beer at the start of the race and will be able to refuel at 5 different beer pit stops along the way and finish with a final lap on the race track! Some of the proceeds of this race will benefit the Nikolas Ritschel Foundation.

2018 St. Patrick’s Day Parade and PaddyFest

Alan Jackson - Honky Tonk Highway Tour

WHEN Saturday, March 17 (3 - 11 p.m.)

WHEN Saturday, March 17 (7:30 p.m.)

WHERE Prairie Street Brewhouse and Downtown Rockford

WHERE BMO Harris Bank Center

The annual parade celebrating Irish culture makes its way downtown and features the City of Rockford Pipe Band and McNulty Irish Dancers. After the parade, come to the PaddyFest party at Prairie Street Brewhouse.

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Kids Fest WHEN Sunday, March 18 (12 - 2 p.m.)

WHERE CherryVale Mall Kids can decorate cookies and make their own flower pot crafts! Plus, the super-fan dance party starts at 1 p.m., with special guests Belle and Moana! Characters will be available for photos after the dance party.

Alan Jackson’s Honky Tonk Highway Tour will find the country icon performing hits that have gained him legions of longtime fans, songs that continue to draw new crowds as a younger generation discovers his music.

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Alabama (19-15) 9

Virginia Tech (21-11) 8

Murray St. (26-5) 12

Florida (20-12) 6

Marshall (24-10) 13

Wichita St. (25-7) 4

Purdue (28-6) 2

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Arkansas (23-11) 7

S.F. Austin (28-6) 14

Texas Tech (24-9) 3

Clemson (23-9) 5

NC St. (21-11) 9

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The NCAA basketball tournament is many wonderful things. But if you want to win your office pool, you must focus on what it is not.

It is not a Cinderella story.

Despite all the highlights of buzzer-beating tears, obscure dancing mascots and little fellas leaping off the ends of benches, this is not a tournament for lower-seeded teams and long shots.

Since the seeding began in 1979, the top four seeded teams have made the Sweet 16 more than all the other seeded teams combined. At least two No. 1-seeded teams have made the Final Four the majority of the time. The worst-ranked team to win a national title was seeded eighth. And, oh yeah, a 16th-seeded team has yet to beat a No. 1 in 132 first-round matchups. Don’t even think about it.

We know you’re dying to pick the 11th-seeded San Diego State or Loyola Chicago to pull a couple of upsets. Don’t.

It is not a star search.

The nation’s greatest players rarely lead their teams to national titles. The college game just isn’t built that way anymore. A team with a one-and-done NBA lottery pick

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By Bill Plaschke can often be neutralized by a team with a handful of good college players who have played together long enough to figure out how to stop him.

Check out the last five Final Four most outstanding players, a list bereft of any future NBA All-Stars: Joel Berry II, Ryan Arcidiacono, Tyus Jones, Shabazz Napier and Luke Hancock.

Only five of the 33 Wooden Award winners played for national champions.

Remember when Kevin Durant played for Texas in the spring of 2007? His team didn’t even make it to the Sweet 16. Despite his 30 points and nine rebounds, Texas lost in the second round to USC. Ignore this spring’s big stars that populate teams such as Duke and Arizona and Kansas; pick the team that acts most like a team.

It is not an NBA Saturday night.

The best dunkers don’t win this. The best shooters don’t win this. The best dribblers often don’t win this. It is quite the opposite of all of that.

The best defense usually wins this. In four of the last seven national title games, one of the teams scored fewer than 60 points. Only two scored more than 70.

The best teams will be the ones that can

make the big stops. The best teams are the most boring teams.

Spoiler alert: This tournament’s dullest team is also its No. 1 team.

It is not for kids.

If you’re stuck on a matchup, let the roster break the tie. Pick the team that has the most junior or senior impact players.

Two upperclassmen in the starting lineup are golden. If they’re guards, even better.

Berry and Kennedy Meeks led North Carolina in scoring and rebounding in last year’s title game. Both were juniors.

Two seasons ago, Villanova MOP Arcidiacono was a senior, rebound leader Josh Hart was a junior and the game-winning shot came from junior Kris Jenkins.

Yes, of course, there have been freshman stars who have led their teams to titles, most recently Duke’s Tyus Jones and Justise Winslow in 2015. But that same Duke team was also grounded in the effort of seniors Quinn Cook and Amile Jefferson.

When in doubt, stick with the programs with the guys who have stuck around.

All these rules are a way of introducing my pick to be the 2018 national champion.

It’s going to be Virginia. It can’t be anybody else. It’s not just that the Cavaliers

are seeded No. 1, as eight of the last 11 champions have been. It’s that their roster and style of play fit all the championship guidelines.

They play the best defense in the country, doing things such as holding North Carolina to 49 points, holding Clemson to 36 and allowing only two of their last 11 opponents to score more than 60.

They have two seniors playing big minutes in guard Devon Hall and forward Isaiah Wilkins. They have three tough guards with at least a year’s experience in Hall and sophomores Kyle Guy and Ty Jerome. They don’t have any stars, yet all of them play together like stars.

They will beat UMBC in the first round because, well, see the rule above.

They will beat Creighton in the second round because the Blue Jays, who average 84 points a game, aren’t used to being slowed down like this.

They will beat Arizona in the Sweet 16 because, no, no, I’ve been suckered by Arizona before, but not this time, even with DeAndre Ayton. He’s the country’s greatest player, but see the rule above. After the Cavaliers focus on stopping him, Arizona will be toothless.

They will face their toughest opponent

in the Elite Eight, a Cincinnati team that mirrors their approach, with one difference.

The Cavaliers’ offensive execution, for the first time in several years, is as crisp as their defensive routine. Virginia can score, Cincinnati cannot.

Virginia will meet surprise Michigan in the national semifinals, the Wolverines entering the tournament after winning nine consecutive games and playing well enough to upset weary North Carolina and vulnerable Xavier. But, like many others, Michigan just doesn’t have enough weapons to handle the defensive battle forced

by Virginia, and the Cavaliers will advance to the final.

Once there, they will play Michigan State, a gifted team that lacks the experience for this test. They have two NBA lottery picks in freshman forward Jaren Jackson Jr. and sophomore guard Miles Bridges, but, again, see the guidelines above. They just haven’t played together enough in crunch time to finish the job.

On April 2 in San Antonio, Virginia will be excessively slow, infuriatingly boring and national champion.

It’s the rules.

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10 Providence (21-13)

7 Texas A&M (20-12)

14 Montana (26-7)

3 Michigan (28-7)

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6 Houston (26-7)

13 UNCG (27-7)

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Week of March 4 to 10, 2018

Fewer high school athletes play football amid head injury fears ARIES

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Participation in high school football has been steadily falling in recent years amid mounting concerns about the potential for traumatic brain injuries to lead to lasting health problems, a U.S. study suggests.

Overall, participation in high school sports has surged from less than 4 million student athletes in 2001 to almost 4.6 million last year, researchers report in JAMA Pediatrics.

But participation in football peaked in 2008 at 1.11 million athletes, and then declined almost 5 percent to 1.06 million players by 2017.

“This decline is associated with media attention focused on concussions or brain injuries among football players,” said study co-author Dr. Chris Feudtner of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

News reports about football and brain injuries - one indication of public awareness about the health risks of head injuries on the field - started becoming more common in 2009 and increased each year through the end of the study.

“We are witnessing a large shift in behavior likely due to media coverage,” Feudtner said by email.

If the 8 percent increase in football participation from 2001 through 2008 had continued through the end of the study period, there would have been about 184,000 additional students playing this sport by 2017, researchers estimated.

The absence of these players may have avoided between 6,700 and 14,000 concussions during the last football season in the study, researchers calculated, based on a season with 10 games and 60 practices.

News reports in recent years have highlighted a number of health problems associated with what’s known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which is linked to the type of head-to-head hits that have long been a part of tackle football at both the amateur and professional level.

Among other things, CTE is thought to cause aggression and dementia.

CTE can only be diagnosed by examining brain tissue during an autopsy. It is suspected in dozens of former high school, college and NFL players including Hall of Fame linebacker Junior Seau and Pro Bowl safety Dave Duerson, who both committed suicide.

The current study wasn’t a controlled experiment designed to prove whether or how increasing awareness about CTE or media coverage of football injuries may have impacted participation at the high school level. It also wasn’t designed to examine the health effects of brain injuries or collisions on the field.

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TAURUS, GEMINI AND CANCER

Horoscope Week of March 11 to 17, 2018 ARIES

This week will be an excellent time for you to apply for a loan or even renegotiate your mortgage. You’ll find a solution to your financial problems that won’t force you to tighten your belt excessively.

After a long period of negotiation, you’ll finally get the green light from your banker to acquire a property or finance a project that’s important to you. Your future will meet, even exceed, your expectations.

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SAGITTARIUS

This week will be full of questions for you. At work, you’re starting to feel like you’ve peaked. Someone might try to sabotage your plans. If you look hard enough, you’ll find answers before the week’s end.

CAPRICORN

You’ll be busy cleaning things up at home and at work. You’ll need your surroundings to be impeccable before you can truly find peace. lovedLoves one will be of precious help.

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You’ll probably plan a last-minute getaway with your better half this week. You definitely need to take a few steps back and relax while you reflect upon certain preoccupying situations.

GEMINI

Rethinking your goals the slightest bit should help you achieve your full potential. No matter the stakes, you’ll pour your heart and soul into getting what you want, with great success.

CANCER

The thought of getting married may cross your mind this week. At work, try to not let your emotions get in the way of your negotiations.

LEO

At work, you’ll receive the green light to attend a short training program that’ll open lots of doors for you in a not-too-distant future.

Romance-wise, you’ll feel the need to shake things up a bit.

VIRGO

You’ll be hailed as a hero for saving someone from a sticky situation, even if it’s just by lending an attentive ear. The person in question will be eternally grateful.

LIBRA

You’ll receive news of a birth in the family. You’ll find yourself facing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to buy a house that’s perfectly suited to your needs and your budget.

SCORPIO

You’re starting to seriously feel the need to buy a new car. You may be invited along on a journey. At work, you may be asked to negotiate with someone who doesn’t speak your language.

SAGITTARIUS

You’ll find a solution to the vast majority of your financial troubles.

At work, a management position will fall within your reach. If you play your cards right, expect a hefty pay raise and an overall improvement to your quality of life.

CAPRICORN

You’ll feel like everything is moving too fast this week. You’ll have the urge to shop around and treat yourself to a little luxury. Now’s the time to renew your wardrobe and give yourself a makeover.

AQUARIUS

You’ll finally succeed in setting aside your fears and diving headfirst into your passions. You’ll display incredible creativity this week, which will have you on the right track to creating a masterpiece.

PISCES

You’ll be in high demand this week.

In your friend circle as well as at work, you’re extremely popular.

At the office, your client base will grow, or, at the very least, people will refuse to deal with anyone but you.

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Government Notices n n n NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on March 28, 2018, Rockford School District No. 205, Winnebago-Boone Counties, Illinois, will begin accepting sealed bids for the public sale of the school property legally described below, commonly known as a portion of P.I.N. 16-18-226-002.

A parcel of land located in part of the Northeast Quarter of Section 18, Township 43 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, Winnebago County, Illinois, described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast corner of Lot 109 as designated upon the Plat of Maywood Manor Plat No. 8, the plat which was recorded May 15, 2009 as Document No. 200900925458 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; thence North 1 degree 44 minutes 45 seconds West along the Northerly extension of the East line of said Lot 109, a distance of 10.00 feet to the South right-of-way line of a public road designated Samuelson Road; thence North 88 degrees 13 minutes 56 seconds East along the South right-of-way line of said Samuelson Road, a distance of 450.00 feet, thence South 1 degree 44 minutes 45 seconds East parallel with the East line of said Lot 109, a distance of 450.00 feet; thence South 88 degrees 13 minutes 56 seconds West parallel with the South line of said Samuelson Road, a distance of 450.00 feet to the East line of said Lot 109, thence North 1 degree 44 minutes 45 seconds West along the East line of said Lot 109, a distance of 440.00 feet to the Point of Beginning, containing 202,500 square feet, 4.649 acres, more or less, all being situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Said sale shall be on the following terms: 1. The minimum price entertained by the Rockford School District is $67,000.00.

2. Sealed bids shall be delivered to: Rockford Public Schools Attention: Todd Schmidt, Chief Operations Officer, 501 7th Street Rockford, IL 61104 no later than 3:00 p.m. on March 30, 2018 and will be opened on March 30, 2018 at 4:00 p.m., in the Third Floor Board Room at the Rockford Public Schools Administration Building. The highest qualified bid shall be presented to the Board for approval at its April 10, 2018 Board meeting. The Board reserves the right to reject any bid at its sole discretion.

3. The successful bidder shall deposit with the Rockford School District 10% of the successful bid not later than 5:00 P.M. on April 2, 2018, to be applied to the purchase price.

4. The balance of the purchase price shall be payable in cash at the time of closing. The closing shall be within thirty (30) days from the date of Board approval of the successful bid.

5. Rockford School District reserves and retains the right to waive any provision or technicality in the procedure of sale.

6. The parcel is available for inspection.

7. The Board of Education shall not be obligated to convey

the property until thirty (30) days after the date of the Board approval of the highest qualified bid.

The Board of Education hereby reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

8. The successful bidder shall complete a statement of intended use on a form provided by the Board of Education, immediately following the completion of the sealed bid process.

9. The Board of Education makes no representations as to zoning matters.

10. The sale is AS IS, WHERE IS, with the property being conveyed pursuant to a warranty deed to be issued by the Board.

There are no warranties other than warranty of title.

8666R TRRT 3/21 n n n City Council Rooms, City of Rockford, Illinois Date: March 5, 2018 RESOLUTION 2018-50-R A Resolution Declaring CityOwned Properties Located at 217 Stewart Avenue (11-21-283011), 1209 Green Street (1122-327-011) and 2325 Blaisdell Street (11-16-456-005), Surplus and Directing the Sale WHEREAS, the City of Rockford, Illinois (“City”) is an Illinois municipal corporation; and WHEREAS, the City is authorized pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/1176-4.1, to convey municipal real property whenever the corporate authorities are of the opinion that the real estate is no longer necessary, appropriate, required for the use of, profitable to, or for the best interests of the City; and WHEREAS, the City owns certain real property, all zoned R-1 (residential), located in Rockford, Illinois, at 217 Stewart Avenue (1121-283-011), 1209 Green Street (11-22-327-011) and 2325 Blaisdell Street (11-16-456-005); and WHEREAS, the properties identified herein are vacant, not in use by the City at this time, and pursuant to the Blight Reduction Grant (“BRP”) awarded to the City by the Illinois Housing Development Authority (“IHDA”) and a partnership agreement with Rockford Corridor Improvement (“RCI”), the City shall transfer title of at least 34 city-owned properties to RCI under the legal authority of 65 ILCS 5/11-76-4.1; and WHEREAS, within 30 days of the City acquiring title to each of the properties, title must be transferred to RCI prior to commencing any demolition work and fulfilling obligations under the BRP; and WHEREAS, the City finds that it is in its best interests to transfer the properties and to satisfy its obligations under the BRP by compliance with the statutory authority of 65 ILCS 5/11-76.4.1 and the procedures contained herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rockford, Illinois as follows: Section 1. The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof.

Section 2. The properties described herein, 217 Stewart Avenue (11-21-283-011), 1209 Green Street (11-22-327-011) and 2325 Blaisdell Street (11-16456-005) are hereby declared “surplus” property owned by the City of Rockford.

Section 3. In accordance with 65 ILCS 5/11-76-.4.1, the City hereby authorizes the sale of the property described herein.

For such purpose, the Mayor and Legal Director are directed and authorized to ascertain the value of the properties through written MAI certified appraisals or through written certified appraisals of a State certified or licensed real estate appraiser, which shall be obtained through the authorization granted herein. The appraisal, upon receipt, shall be available

for public inspection through the City of Rockford, and by any other means the Mayor and Legal Director deems in the best interest of the City.

Section 4. Upon receipt and public inspection of the appraisals required in Section 3 herein, Mayor and Legal Director are authorized and directed herein to conduct the sale of the properties, which shall be done through utilization of City staff.

Section 5. The City will consider acceptance of an offer for the properties, so long as it deems the proposed contract in the best interests of the City by a vote of two-thirds of the corporate authorities then holding office, on the condition that the offer price is not less than eighty percent (80%) of the appraised value of each property.

Section 6. The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish this Resolution, upon passage and adoption, in a newspaper published in the City.

Section 7. This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage and approval as provided by law.

Proposals should be received not later than 1 p.m. on March 21, 2018 at the City of Rockford Finance Department, Attention Purchasing Director, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61104.

8699R TRRT 3/14 n n n LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the Rockford Park District intends to contract for the following items and services; specifications are on file with Demandstar.com or Jacki Minnihan, Purchasing Dept, Rockford Park District, 401 South Main St, Rockford, IL 61101, Phone: (815) 969-4094.

The Rockford Park District invites qualified contractors to bid on Magic Waters Lazy River Heaters.

This project includes the removal of one of the two existing heaters on the Lazy River mechanical system at Magic Waters Waterpark. The second existing heater will be removed and salvaged. Two new heaters, installed in a stacked configuration, will be installed as replacements. The new heaters are to be Lochinvar model CFN2072PM, refer to construction plans sheet ML. Bids will be opened at the Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 South Main St, Rockford, IL 61101 (Purchasing Dept (815) 969-4062).

The Rockford Park District reserves the unrestricted right to reject any or all bids received, to waive or not to waive any informality, or to accept the bid considered to be in the best interest of the Park District.

Contractor shall not pay less than the prevailing rates of wages to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics performing work under this contract, and shall comply with the requirements of the IL Wages of Employees on Public Works Act (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

Bid No. 18-2200 – Magic Waters Lazy River Heaters Pre-Bid Conference: Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., Magic Waters Waterpark, 7820 Cherry Vale North Blvd., Cherry Valley, IL 61016 Bid Opening: Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at 2:00 p.m., Rockford Park District, Webbs Norman Center Board Room, 401 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101 BY: Julianne C. Elliott, Secretary 8700R TRRT 3/14 n n n INVITATION TO BID CONCRETE MATERIALS- 2018 BID NO.: 318-W-019 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Friday, March 23, 2018 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.

Bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, 4th floor, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104, or at https://rockfordil. gov/city-departments/finance/ central-services/purchasing 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.

8701R TRRT 3/14 n n n NOTICE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS that the 2018-2019 Tentative Budget for the Village of Cherry Valley, Illinois, is available for public inspection on or after March 20, 2018.

A copy of the 2018-2019 Tentative Budget may be obtained from the Village of Cherry Valley, Village Hall at 806 East State Street, Cherry Valley, Illinois.

FURTHER, please be advised that on April 3, 2018, at 6:45 PM the Board of Trustees for the Village of Cherry Valley, Illinois, shall conduct a Public Hearing on the 2018-2019 Tentative Budget. Said Tentative Budget Hearing will be conducted at the Cherry Valley Village Hall at 806 East State Street, Cherry Valley, Illinois.

All interested parties are urged to attend.

8702R TRRT 3/14 n n n INVITATION TO BID FIRE STATION GROUNDS MAINTENANCE BID NO.: 318-F-021 Bids will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Thursday, March 29, 2018 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.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held Monday, March 19 at 1:30 p.m. at Fire Department Headquarters, 204 South 1st Street, Rockford IL. 61104. All interested bidders must attend this meeting. Any vendors attempting to submit a bid who do not appear on the pre-bid meeting sign-in sheet will be refused.

Bid documents may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, 4th floor, 425 E. State Street, Rockford, IL, 61104, or at https://rockfordil. gov/city-departments/finance/ central-services/purchasing 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.

8706R TRRT 3/14 n n n REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS WATER MAIN CAPACITY-FIRE HYDRANT FLOW TESTING AND ASSESSMENT PROGRAM RFP NO.: 318-W-023 Proposals will be received until 11:00 a.m., local time, on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 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 proposals received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

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

Proposal forms may be obtained at the office of the Central Services Manager, at City Hall, or at https://rockfordil.gov/city-departments/finance/central-services/ purchasing Proposals must be enclosed in a sealed envelope and marked with the name of the RFP, and the RFP number.

Each vendor shall submit with their proposal 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 proposal which fails to include the compliance items properly completed will not be read and will not be considered.

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 AADDITIONAL STORAGE 7319 N. Alpine Rd. Loves Park, IL 61111 815-282-8400 NOTICE OF SALE The personal properties stored by: Fabian Montanez - All Around Construction (AS25) located at 7319 N. Alpine Road, Loves Park, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold on or after 03/30/2018, to enforce the owner’s lien thereon.

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

8725R TRRT 3/21 n n n NOTICE BY PUBLICATION DUANE SHERMAN and AMY SHERMAN, Petitioners, vs.

MICHELLE RENEE LAUREN WOODS, ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES, a Duly Licensed Child Welfare Agency, Respondents.

CASE NO: 18 AD 42 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Take notice that on the 2nd day of March, 2018, a Petition for Adoption was filed in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 17th Judicial Circuit, and that on the second floor of the Winnebago County Juvenile Justice Center,

on the 26th day of April, 2018 at the hour of 8:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, a hearing will be held upon the Petition for Adoption.

Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the Petition, the Petition may be taken for confessed as against you and an Order, Judgment or Decree entered.

Dated at Rockford, Illinois this 7th day of March, 2018.

Thomas Klein Clerk of the Circuit Court ERIN L. NASH #6304953 Nash Law Office, P.C. 4615 East State Street, Suite 201 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 397-7500 8703R TRRT 3/28 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 4/13/2018 at 9:00 am 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 5112 Linden Rd Rockford IL 61109 9:00am Adriana Bandara Unit #031; Tim Ergle Unit #040; Maria Tapia Unit #045; Danielle Griffin Unit #071; Brenda Kirby Unit #115; Kristopher Kaehler Unit #176; Nicolas Rocha Jr. Unit #226; Steve Raymond Unit #232; Norma Pearson Unit #242; Norma Pearson Unit #243; Mike Ayotte Unit #246; Melvin Rizo Unit #269; Lyndsey Hammer Unit #280; Andre Villegas Unit #315; Jamesha Irwin Unit #329; Luke Boehning Unit #331; Cheyane Orr Unit #345; Egbert Sanchez Unit #351; Adam Dutenhafer Unit #359; Scott Lawley Unit #402; Chit Chak & Monika Lim Unit #407; Dillon Smith Unit #417; Unknown Unit #445; James Cassan Unit #484.

Units Located at: 3722 Baxter Rd Rockford IL 61109 10:30am Luis Aguilera-Ugalde Unit #B029; Nicholas Riederer Unit #B074.

Units Located at: 5315 Sandy Hollow Road Rockford IL 61109 11:00am Stephane Carter Unit # S007; Leon Foster Unit #S017; Elyse Moseberry Unit #S031; Corey Walker Unit #S065.

Units Located at: 1619 N Meridian Rd Rockford IL 61103 12:00pm Michael Schwochert Unit #M073; Michael Mcintosh Unit #M146.

Units Located at: 1821 Chrysler Dr. Belvidere Il 61008 1:00pm Pam Govea Unit #C005; Marcus Jones Unit #C012; Susan Martin Unit #C023; Nick Juric Unit #C134.

If unit is not paid in full by Friday April 6th 2018 at 4pm your unit will be sold to the highest bidder at public auction on Friday April 13th 2018. To register as a buyer please arrive 15 minutes prior to auction with proper identification and payment.

A Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C 8704R TRRT 3/21 n n n NOTICE OF EXAMINATION FOR THE POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER IN THE CITY OF LOVES PARK Pursuant to the Provisions of the IL Revised Statutes, Chapter 24, Section 10-2-11, notice is hereby given that the Loves Park Civil Service Commission

is taking applications for the position of Police Officer for the Police Department in the City of Loves Park, IL. Applications are available online at http://www. applytoserve.com. Applications and requested documentation are due by 4:00 p.m. CST on Monday, April 2, 2018. Applicants must be a citizen of the United States of America, be a minimum of 21 years and the maximum of 34 years, vision corrected 20/20, education-high school diploma or its equivalent, and be of good health and good moral character. There is a $45.00 application fee. The following documents must be submitted with the application: Birth Certificate, Social Security card, valid Driver’s License, High School Diploma/high school equivalency/ GED, and Military DD214 for any applicant with military service. A written examination will take place on Saturday, April 14, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. at Harlem Middle School, 735 Windsor Road, Loves Park, IL 61111. Completion of the written exam will allow participants to take the POWER test on Saturday, April 14, 2018, at 1:00 p.m. at Harlem Middle School, 735 Windsor Road, Loves Park, IL 61111. An oral test will be given at a later date. Successful candidates will be subject to a thorough background investigation. Any questions regarding this examination process should be directed to Deputy Police Chief Mike McCammond at 815-6545015, or at 540 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111. EOE 8705R TRRT 3/21 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 essential, hair, beauty products business in said County and State under the name of Plush

By Jane Ford at the following post office addresses: 2403 Sauber Ave., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jane A. McKay-Dainty SIGNED: Jane A. McKay-Dainty 3/9/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 9th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8710R TRRT 3/28 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 landscaping business in said County and State under the name of Gardening Angels at the following post office addresses: 210 N. London Ave., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jennifer Gilbert SIGNED: Jennifer Gilbert 3/8/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8711R TRRT 3/28 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 Bookkeeping & Accounting business in said County and State under the name of RCK Financial Service at the following post office addresses: 7210 E. State St., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as

follows: Jason Barnett SIGNED: Jason Barnett 3/8/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 8th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8712R TRRT 3/28 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 African American Grocery Store business in said County and State under the name of A.A. Groceries at the following post office addresses: 1018 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Dushon Decker SIGNED: Dushon Decker 3/6/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8713R TRRT 3/28 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 Auto Repair and Sales business in said County and State under the name of Gil’s Auto Repair at the following post office addresses: 1705 E. Riverside Blvd., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Gildardo Garcia SIGNED: Gildardo Garcia 3/6/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 6th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8714R TRRT 3/28 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 non for profit business in said County and State under the name of Fathers Against Violence at the following post office addresses: 728 Bruce St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Dontevios Thrower SIGNED: Dontevios Thrower 3/7/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8715R TRRT 3/28 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 General home repair and remodel business, conducting painting, drywall, carpentry, etc. business in said County and State under the name of Build Pro at the following post office addresses: 4423 Shorewood Dr., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: John Stalions SIGNED: John Stalions 3/7/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 8717R TRRT 3/28

March 14, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE THE ESTATE OF: PETER BARTKUS, Deceased.

NO: 2018 P 65 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of PETER BARTKUS. Letters of Office were issued on February 28, 2018, to BRADLEY BARTKUS as Administrator of the Estate of PETER BARTKUS, deceased, Will Annexed, 2820 Charles Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108. 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 September 15, 2018, 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: February 28, 2018 BRADLEY BARTKUS Administrator of the Estate of PETER BARTKUS, deceased, Will Annexed Attorney Peter A. Savitski ARDC No.: 2463741 838 North Main Street Rockford, Illinois 61103 (815) 963-0370 pas-law@sbcglobal.net 8671R TRRT 3/21 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN RE THE MATTER OF: Audrey Celeste Keegan CHANGE OF NAME TO: Audrey Celeste Bryant NO. 18 MR 290 NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME Notice is given you, the public, that on April 25, 2018 a hearing will be held on a Petition for Change of Name asking the Court to change my present name of Audrey Celeste Keegan to the name of Audrey Celeste Bryant. The hearing will take place at 400 West State Street in Rockford, Illinois, at 10:00 A.M. in Room 426.

DATE: 2-28-2018 /s/ Audrey Keegan, PLAINTIFF 8672R TRRT 3/21 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of MARION FRANCES JOHNSON, Deceased.

Case No. 2018-P-78 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of MARION FRANCES JOHNSON of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on February 15, 2018, to CRAIG JOHNSON of Loves Park, Illinois, whose attorney is Timothy J. Leake, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before September 7,

2018, 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 Clerk of the Circuit Court at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Probate Division, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representatives, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representatives and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

CRAIG JOHNSON, Independent Executor of the Estate of MARION FRANCES JOHNSON, Deceased Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP By: /s/ Timothy J. Leake Timothy J. Leake, one of his attorneys PREPARED BY: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP TIMOTHY J. LEAKE, ARDC #6277868 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, Illinois 61105 Email: tleake@hinshawlaw.com 815-490-4939 Attorneys for Estate 8673R TRRT 3/21 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: James William Wagner-Aschenbrenner Current Name Case Number 18 MR 296 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: James William Wagner-Aschenbrenner to the new name of: James William Wagner III. The court date will be held: on April 26, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, 61101, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ By: James Aschenbrenner James William Wagner-Aschenbrenner Current Name 8675R TRRT 3/21 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of: HILENE V. SPIEZER, Deceased.

Case No. 2018 P 83 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of HILENE V. SPIEZER, who died on September 30, 2017. Letters of Office were issued on FEBRUARY 27, 2018 to ELIZABETH LAWSON, 3130 Lakeland Avenue, Madison, WI 53704, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Douglas R. Henry, of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108.

Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before September 7, 2018, 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 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 her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Dated: March 5, 2018. /s/ Elizabeth Lawson, Executor DOUGLAS R. HENRY - 6229426 BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 dhenry@bslbv.com 8677R TRRT 3/21 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Carlos Anthony Perez Gutierrez Current Name Case Number 18 MR 291 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Carlos Anthony Perez Gutierrez to the new name of: Carlos Anthony Hawley.

The court date will be held: on April 25, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, 61101, in Courtroom # 426. /s/ By: Carlos Perez Carlos Anthony Perez Gutierrez Current Name 8680R TRRT 3/21 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF ROCKFORD, a municipal corporation Plaintiff, vs.

CHARLES MYERS, UNKNOWN OWNERS, and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants.

Case No. 2018-CH-155 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Non-Record Claimants and all Unknown Owners, Defendants in the above-entitled cause that the above-entitled Foreclosure action was filed on March 1, 2018 and is now pending.

1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above.

2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above.

3. The name of the titleholder of record is Charles Myers 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Parcel I ASSESSORS PLAT BLK 71 PT OF GEORGE HASKELLS 2ND ADDN W 70.58 FT LT 11 & N 80 FT LOT 12 BLOCK 71 P.I.N.: 11-23-107-043 A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 630 N. Court Street, Rockford, Illinois An identification of the Liens sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Property Owners: Charles Myers b. Name of Lien Holder: City of Rockford c. Date of Liens: December 11, 2017, December 13, 2017 d. Date of Recording: January 29, 2018, February 21, 2018 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identifications: 20181002767, 20181004809 Parcel II

GEO HASKELLS 2ND ADD ASSRS PLAT BLK 71 W 48 FT OF E 204 FT OF S 80.77 FT LOT 011 BLOCK 071 P.I.N.: 11-23-107-031 A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: VL NEXT TO 630 N COURT, Rockford, Illinois An identification of the Liens sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Property Owners: Charles Myers b. Name of Lien Holder: City of Rockford c. Date of Liens: December 13, 2017 d. Date of Recording: February 21, 2018 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identifications: 20181004808 Parcel III GEO HASKELLS 2ND ADD ASSRS PLAT BLK 71 W 52 FT OF E 256 FT OF S 80.77 FT LOT 011 BLOCK 071 P.I.N.: 11-23-107-030 A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: VL NEXT TO 630 N COURT, Rockford, Illinois An identification of the Liens sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Name of Property Owners: Charles Myers b. Name of Lien Holder: City of Rockford c. Date of Liens: December 13, 2017 d. Date of Recording: February 21, 2018 e. County Where Recorded: Winnebago County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identifications: 20181004807 NOW, THEREFORE, unless you, Non-Record Claimants and Unknown Owners, Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, in the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL on or before the 15th day of April, 2018 default may be entered against you and each of you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint for Foreclosure.

Circuit Clerk Matthew D. Flores – ARDC #6323902 City of Rockford Department of Law 425 E. State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (779) 348-7395 8681R TRRT 3/21 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ALPINE BANK & TRUST COMPANY, as Successor, in interest to ALPINE BANK OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff, vs.

ELIZABETH ANN METZLER, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No. 2018 CH 111 PUBLICATION NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE To: UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, defendants in the above-entitled cause, that the above suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court for the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for fore-

closure of a mortgage and other relief on the following described property in which you have or claim an interest: Part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 13, Township 45 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the point of intersection of a line 646 feet North of and parallel with the South line of said section, with a line 515 West of and parallel with the West line of Park Street as designated upon the Plat of Latham, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 86 of Deeds on page 133 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; thence South, 89 degrees, 58 minutes, 05 seconds West, parallel with the South line of said Section, 359.32 feet to the center line of the River Road running Northeasterly and Southwesterly through said Quarter (1/4) section; thence North, 19 degrees, 28 minutes, 25 seconds, East, along the center line of said road, 132.55 feet to the Southwesterly corner of premises conveyed by Paul D. Fridly and wife to Sven A. Carlson and wife by Warranty Deed dated June 22, 1950 and recorded in Book 707 of Recorder’s Records, page 490 in said Recorder’s Office; thence South, 89 degrees, 25 minutes, 37 seconds East along the South line of said premises so conveyed to said Carlson, 314.86 feet; thence South 0 degrees, 08 minutes, 01 seconds East, parallel with the West line of said Park Street, 121.62 feet to the place of beginning, situated in Winnebago County, State of Illinois. commonly known as: 7635 Old River Road, Rockford, IL 61103 P.I.N. Number: 07-13-452-001 Title Holder of Record: ELIZABETH ANN METZLER Identification of Mortgage: Payment and Release of Mortgage from Elizabeth Ann Metzler, unmarried individual, to Alpine Bank of Illinois dated January 31, 2007 and recorded February 5, 2007 as Document No. 0706818 to secure $108,000.00.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said defendants, “Unknown Owners” and “Non-Record Claimants” file your answer in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, on or before APRIL 9, 2018, default may be entered against you and each of you at any time after that day and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Dated: February 27, 2018 WILLIAMSMcCARTHYLLP /s/ Thomas P. Sandquist Thomas P. Sandquist Its Attorneys Prepared By: Thomas P. Sandquist #06198232 WILLIAMSMcCARTHYLLP 120 West State Street P.O. Box 219 Rockford, Illinois 61105 (815) 987-8900 tsandquist@wilmac.com 8658R TRRT 3/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO JAMIE L. CAINAN, Plaintiff, vs.

BRADFORD L. SIVERLY, Defendant.

Case No.: 17 D 798

NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN YOU, BRADFORD SIVERLY, Defendant in the above-entitled action, that a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage has been commenced in the circuit court of Winnebago County by the Plaintiff therein, against you, praying for a Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage and other relief; that proper procedures according to law have been taken and said suit is still pending.

NOW THEREFORE, unless you, BRADFORD SIVERLY, file your answer to the Petition for Dissolution of Marriage in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois held in the courthouse in the City of Rockford, County of Winnebago, State of Illinois, on or before the 16th day of April, 2018, default may be entered against you after that date and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition for Dissolution of Marriage.

Prepared by: /s/ Rose A. Willette Rose A. Willette, #6208094 Prairie State Legal Services, Inc. 303 N. Main St. #600 Rockford, IL 61101 (815) 965-2902 8648R TRRT 3/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Christina Mariana Olorunfemi Current Name Case Number 18 MR 286 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Christina Mariana Olorunfemi to the new name of: Christina Mariana Axelsson.

The court date will be held: on April 25, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, 61101, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ By: Christina Olorunfemi Christina Olorunfemi Current Name 8679R TRRT 3/21 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 Puerto Rican food, sandwiches & rice (Restaurant) Carry Out Only business in said County and State under the name of La Casa Boriqua at the following post office addresses: 5506 N. 2nd St., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jennifer Laureano SIGNED: Jennifer Laureano 3/5/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8684R TRRT 3/21 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 construction, home finishing business in said County and State under the name of Julio’s Carpenters at the following post office addresses: 3317 Holiday Dr., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Julio Contreras SIGNED: Julio Contreras 3/5/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th

day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8685R TRRT 3/21 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 Credit Repair business in said County and State under the name of Rockford Credit Repair at the following post office addresses: 929 Halsted Rd., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Joshua Beitel SIGNED: Joshua Beitel 2/28/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of February, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8689R TRRT 3/21 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BMO Harris Bank N.A. PLAINTIFF Vs. Anastasia Chavarria; Anastasia Chavarria as Co-Administrator; Alma Chavarria as Co-Administrator; Ronald Chavarria; Adriana Chavarria a/k/a Adrianna Chavarria; Alma Chavarria; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Andres Chavarria; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Andres Lopez Chavarria; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 2018-CH-0000035 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Adriana Chavarria a/k/a Adrianna Chavarria Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Andres Chavarria Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Andres Lopez Chavarria Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1039 South Trainer Rd Rockford, IL 61108 and which said Mortgage was made by: Andres Chavarria executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to BMO Harris Bank N.A., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20111029643; 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 Clerk of the Circuit Court 400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before April 13, 2018, A DEFAULT 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. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300

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DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-18-00131 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I3080520 P8720R TRRT 3/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: VICKI R. LAWRENCE, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2018 P 109 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of VICKI R. LAWRENCE on December 6, 2017. Letters of Office were issued on March 8, 2018 to JEFFREY McCAULEY 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 September 23, 2018, 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: 3/12/18 JEFFREY McCAULEY, EXECUTOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 8721R TRRT 3/28 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 Entertainment Promotions Company business in said County and State under the name of All Star Entertainment at the following post office addresses: 149 Winona Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: John Gunn; Treighton M. Cheney; Matthew S. Cloyd SIGNED: John Gunn 2/20/18 SIGNED: Treighton M. Cheney 2/20/18 SIGNED: Matthew S. Cloyd 2/20/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 20th day of February, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8657R TRRT 3/14

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The Rock River Times. March 14, 2018

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.EVELYN BALLARD, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000784 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 2, 2018, 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 ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FOUR (174) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF SCARSDALE, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SW 1/4 OF SECTION 29, T 44 N, R 2 E, OF THE 3RD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 18 OF PLATS ON PAGES 26 AND 27 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1113 LEXINGTON WAY, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-29-376015 (173C269).

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 14-17-13992.

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. 14-17-13992 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH0000784 TJSC#: 38-1663 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.

I3078726 P8630R TRRT 3/14 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.VICKIANN KALNINS, et al Defendant 2017 -CH- 0000733 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 2, 2018, 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 TWENTY-FIVE (25) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF MEADOWS OF SPRINGBROOK NO. 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN AND PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 35 OF PLATS ON PAGE 292 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OFWINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7422 CURRYTAIL CLOSE, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-11-127004-0000.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments,

or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 14-17-14327.

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. 14-17-14327 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH0000733 TJSC#: 38-1676 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.

I3078598 P8631R TRRT 3/14 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

RICHARD D. FRANCIS AKA RICK D. FRANCIS; BARBARA J. PENTICOFF AKA BARBARA J. FRANCIS; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

KEYSTONE MARKETING, LTD FKA MUTUAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; CHRISTINA F. VARGAS AKA CHRISTINA F. BERGESON JOSE LUIS VARGAS-GONZALEZ; Defendants, 17 CH 274 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, April 5, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Six (6) as designated upon the Plat of Bacevich and Buksaitis Subdivision, the plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 13 of Plats on page 21 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois..

P.I.N. 11-27-330-014.

Commonly known as 724 Linden Avenue, Rockford, IL 61102.

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.

17-006625 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3077995 P8632R TRRT 3/14 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs.

MICHAEL L. ERICKSON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 215 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, April 5, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 43 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF NORTH SHORE ESTATES, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 AND SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND A REPLAT OF LOT 7, RIVER POINT, PLAT NO. 1, THE PLAT OF WHICH FIRST IS NAMED SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK

40 OF PLATS ON PAGE 184B IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 136 NORTHWAY PARK ROAD, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115.

P.I.N. 07-25-252-017.

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. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580.

16-17185 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3077996 P8633R TRRT 3/14 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

SILVIA M. PIKE; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; STATE OF ILLINOIS-ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; Defendants, 17 CH 491 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, April 5, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: THE SOUTH FIFTEEN (15.0) FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT EIGHTEEN (18) AND THE NORTH THIRTY (30.0) FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT SEVENTEEN (17) IN BLOCK FIVE (5) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF CHAS. H. KNAPP`S SECOND 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, THE NORTH AND SOUTH LINES OF SAID PREMISES BEING PARALLEL WITH THE LINE BETWEEN SAID LOTS SEVENTEEN (17) & EIGHTEEN (18); SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 528 Washington Street, Rockford, IL 61104.

P.I.N. 11-25-276-008.

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. Nicole Fox at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 251 Diversion Street, Rochester, Michigan 48307.

(248) 853-4400 ext 1200. 107295 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3077987 P8634R TRRT 3/14 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS COLONIAL SAVINGS, F.A. Plaintiff, -v.ALAN C. FAGERSTROM A/K/A ALAN C. FAGERSOTROM, et al Defendant 12CH 01951 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 5, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 23, 2018, 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 THIRTY-EIGHT (38) IN BLOCK TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO 2 OF RIVER CREST SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 27 OF PLATS ON PAGE 208 IN THE RECORDERS OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 11908 WAIDI DRIVE, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115 Property Index No. 08-07429-030.

The real estate is improved with a red brick one story single family home with a two car attached 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 251789.

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 251789 Case Number: 12 CH 01951 TJSC#: 38-1556 I3078175 P8635R TRRT 3/14 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: RALPH L. KRIST, Deceased.

2018 P 43 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RALPH KRIST. Letters of Office were issued on February 14, 2018 to DEBORAH B. KRIST, who is the legal representative of the estate.

The attorney for the estate is Danielle Burza-Smith, Crosby Law Firm, P.C., 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Illinois 61107. Claims agaist the estate may be filed on or before August 28, 2018 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/ Danielle Burza-Smith Danielle Burza-Smith Attorney for Administrator Crosby Law Firm, P.C. Danielle Burza-Smith 475 Executive Parkway Rockford, Illinois 61107 815/397-2006 815/394-1955 Fax 8641R TRRT 3/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Krystyna Stephen Pysmenna Current Name Case Number 2018 MR 261 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Krystyna Stephen Pysmenna to the new name of: Christina Annette Ruud.

The court date will be held: on April 18, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at 401 West State Street, Rockford, IL, Winnebago County, 61101, in Courtroom # 412. /s/ By: Krystyna Stephen Pysmenna Krystyna Stephen Pysmenna Current Name 8642R TRRT 3/14 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 an agency as a licensed insurance producer, collecting fees business in said County and State under the name of Freevipquote Insurance Agency at the following post office addresses: 2750 Ware Rd., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Oscar G. Castillo SIGNED: Oscar G. Castillo 2/27/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of February, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8655R TRRT 3/14 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 skin care business in said County and State under the name of Simply Skin by Amy Beth at the following post office addresses: 428 N. Cottage St., Rockton, IL 61072; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Amy Stien SIGNED: Amy Stien 2/27/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of February, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8656R TRRT 3/14

March 14, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS ASSOCIATED BANK NA Plaintiff, -v.JEFFREY L. PATTON A/K/A JEFF L. PATTON, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000597 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 14, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 9, 2018, 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 WESTERLY THIRTY-THREE AND THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE THOUSANDTHS (33.335) FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT ELEVEN (11) IN BLOCK THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF CURTIS SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 6 OF PLATS ON PAGE 35 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID PREMISES BEING PARALLEL WITH THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT; EXCEPTING THE NORTH FOUR (4) FEET IN WIDTH THEREOF. ALSO THE EASTERLY SIXTEEN AND SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSANDS (16.665) FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT ELEVEN (11) AND THE WESTERLY SIXTEEN AND SIXTY-SEVEN HUNDREDTHS (16.67) FEET IN WIDTH OF LOT TEN (10) IN BLOCK THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF CURTIS SUBDIVISION; BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 6 OF PLATS ON PAGE 35 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; THE EASTERLY AND WESTERLY LINES OF SAID PREMISES BEING PARALLEL WITH THE LINE DIVIDING SAID LOTS; EXCEPTING THE NORTHERLY FOUR (4) FEET THEREOF; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 610 15TH AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61104 Property Index No. 11-35-128023 (215B014A).

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale

is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 14-17-10484.

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. 14-17-10484 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH0000597 TJSC#: 38-29 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.

I3076413 P8636R TRRT 3/14 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A., CAL RICHERT A/K/A CAL W. RICHERT, THERESA RICHERT A/K/A THERESA C. RICHERT Defendant 14 CH 1081 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 12, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 13, 2018, 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 TEN (10) IN BLOCK FOUR (4) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE REPLAT OF ROLLING GREEN, A RESIDENTIAL PARK, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH REPLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 18 OF PLATS ON PAGE 35 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3439 BROADWAY, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31226-010.

The real estate is improved with a brown, brick, one unit home, two car a detached 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 250864.

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 250864 Case Number: 14 CH 1081 TJSC#: 38-547 I3075630 P8637R TRRT 3/14 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 Intended to conduct video games for children & teens business in said County and State under the name of 815 Gamers at the following post office addresses: 1115 Scottswood Rd., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Marcie Holliman SIGNED: Marcie Holliman 2/26/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 26th day of February, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8649R TRRT 3/14 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, -v.DAVID T. CLOUSER, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000693 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 7, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 13, 2018, 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: PART OF LOT FIFTEEN (15) IN BLOCK THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF S.M. CHURCH’S FOURTH ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 10 OF PLATS ON PAGE 37 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT FIFTEEN (15); THENCE NORTH ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT FIFTEEN (15) TO A POINT 56 FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER AT SAID LOT FIFTEEN (15); THENCE WEST PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT FIFTEEN (15) TO THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT FIFTEEN (15); THENCE SOUTH, ALONG SAID WEST LINE TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE EAST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS.

Commonly known as 1507 GREEN STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-22302-018.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 14-17-11959.

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. 14-17-11959 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH0000693 TJSC#: 37-11092 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.

I3075745 P8638R TRRT 3/14

n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, VS. LINDA L. CLARK, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF STEVEN C. CLARK, DECEASED, CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF STEVEN C. CLARK, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2016 CH 1000 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 20th day of December, 2017 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 22nd day of March, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: The East Half (1/2) of Lot Fourteen (14) as designated upon the Plat of Brown’s Park View Farms, Being a subdivision of part of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 6, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 20 of Plats on Page 112 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

Commonly known as: 922 E. Riverside Blvd. Loves Park, Illinois 61111.

Property Code: 150D 598 P.I.N. Number: 12-06-401-030 The property is commonly known as 922 E. Riverside Blvd.

Loves Park, Illinois 61111 and is improved with a residential property.

Judgment was taken in the amount of $93,577.53 on behalf of Northwest Bank of Rockford.

Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 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.

Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided.

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. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 8643R TRRT 3/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PROBATE DIVISION In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN J. MITCHELL, Deceased.

Case No. 2018-P-70 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of John J. Mitchell of Rockford, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on February 8, 2018, to Rev. Msgr.

Arquimedes Vallejo of Aurora, IL, whose attorney is Timothy J. Leake, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 28, 2018, 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 Clerk of the Circuit Court at the Winnebago County Courthouse, Probate Division, 400 West State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representatives, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representatives and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Rev. Msgr. Arquimedes Vallejo, Independent Executor of the Estate of John J. Mitchell, Deceased By: Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP By: /s/ Timothy J. Leake Timothy J. Leake, his attorney PREPARED BY: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP TIMOTHY J. LEAKE, ARDC #6277868 100 Park Avenue P.O. Box 1389 Rockford, Illinois 61105 Email: tleake@hinshawlaw.com 815-490-4939 Attorneys for Estate 8645R TRRT 3/14 n n n PUBLIC NOTICE Adopt an Assumed Corporate Name Public Notice is hereby given that on February 1, 2018 an application was filed in the office of the Secretary of State, concerning the business known as JESUS GONZALEZ INC. in the State of ILLINOIS. Date Incorporated or Date Authorized to Transact Business in Illinois (if a foreign corporation): JANUARY 15, 2016.

Corporation intends to adopt and to use the assumed corporate name of: MANNY AUTO REPAIR

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SERVICES. The right to use the assumed corporate name shall be effective from the date this application is filed by the Secretary of State until JANUARY 1, 2020, the first day of the corporation’s anniversary month in the next year evenly divisible by five. The undersigned corporation has caused this statement to be signed by a duly authorized office who affirms, under penalties of perjury, that the facts stated herein are true and correct.

Dated: JANUARY 20, 2018 Exact name of the Corporation: JESUS GONZALEZ INC /s/ Jesus Gonzalez JESUS GONZALEZ - PRESIDENT 8646R TRRT 3/14 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 mobile D.J. and social club business in said County and State under the name of Underground Productions Mobile D.J. and Social Club at the following post office addresses: 1132 Broadway, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Trista D. Williams, 779-210-9330 SIGNED: Trista D. Williams 2/26/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 26th day of February, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 8650R TRRT 3/14 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 business in said County and State under the name of Studio K at the following post office addresses: 1393 S. Alpine Rd., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Kayla Syracuse SIGNED: Kayla Syracuse 2/22/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of February, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8651R TRRT 3/14 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 Management business in said County and State under the name of Altamore Properties & Storage at the following post office addresses: 6790 Thomas Parkway, Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Linda A. Altamore SIGNED: Linda A. Altamore 2/22/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 22nd day of February, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 8652R TRRT 3/14

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The Rock River Times. March 14, 2018

n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-2, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, vs.

AURORA MOLINA; ARMANDO ZUNIGA; STILLMAN BANCCORP, NA; Defendants, 17 CH 566 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, April 19, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Thirteen (13) as designated upon the Plat of Kelley Meadows Subdivision, being a part of the North half (1/2) of Section 32, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 44 on Page 150B in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

P.I.N. 11-32-251-009.

Commonly known as 2424 Meadow View Lane, Rockford, IL 61102.

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.

17-021846 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3079629 P8695R TRRT 3/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE CORP., CSFB MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-11 Plaintiff, -v.JOSE A. PEDRAZA, et al Defendant 17CH 0000505 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 22, 2017, an agent for The Judicial

Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 23, 2018, 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 THREE (3) IN BLOCK TWENTY-FIVE (25) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF BUDLONG’S SUBDIVISION, OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 36, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS ON PAGE 2 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1321 15TH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61104 Property Index No. 11-36105-005.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 14-17-09318.

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. 14-17-09318 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 0000505 TJSC#: 37-10708 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.

I3074985 P8696R TRRT 3/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs.

SHANAY P. THOMPSON AKA SHANAYE P. BEARD; SKYLAR THOMPSON; STATE OF ILLINOIS; BLACKHAWK BANK; Defendants, 17 CH 261 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, April 19, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot Five Hundred Ten (510) and the South Half (1/2) of Lot Five Hundred Nine (509)as designated upon the Replat of part of Washington Park Subdivision, the Plat of which Replat is recorded in Book 13 of Plats on page 32 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

P.I.N. 11-20-457-048.

Commonly known as 815 Cambridge Avenue, Rockford, IL 61102.

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.

17-009426 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3079628 P8697R TRRT 3/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.MARCUS A. CASSADY, et al

Defendant 2017-CH-0000704 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 14, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 23, 2018, 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 ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF ATWOOD GOLF ESTATES, PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 39 OF PLATS ON PAGE 30B IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1065 HARBORTOWN GREEN, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 07-12227-001.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 14-17-13908.

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. 14-17-13908 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH0000704 TJSC#: 38-27 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.

I3074986 P8698R TRRT 3/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Nationstar Mortgage LLC D/B/A Champion Mortgage Company PLAINTIFF Vs. Cardell McAllister; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Connie Lou Bryant; United States of America Department of Housing and Urban Development; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for Connie Lou Bryant (Deceased) DEFENDANTS 2017-CH-0000917 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Connie Lou Bryant Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 305 Whittemore Dr South Beloit, IL 61080 and which said Mortgage was made by: Connie Lou Bryant executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 0664352; 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 Clerk of the Circuit Court 400 West State Street, Room 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before April 13, 2018, A DEFAULT 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. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531

Our File No. 14-17-17592 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

I3080186 P8707R TRRT 3/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.FLORA COUSINS A/K/A FLORA COUSINS PRYOR, et al Defendant 16 CH 803 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 17, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 23, 2018, 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 (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF BRIER VIEW PLAT NO. 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 26 OF PLATS ON PAGE 153 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4110 HARMONY CIRCLE, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 12-20326-010.

The real estate is improved with a single family home with an attached two car 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 258287.

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 258287 Case Number: 16 CH 803 TJSC#: 38-2192 I3080423 P8718R TRRT 3/28 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, D/B/A CHRISTIANA TRUST, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE FOR VENTURES TRUST 2013-I-H-R, A DELAWARE TRUST Plaintiff, vs.

SHERRY ZACK, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ANNIE MAE WILLIAMS, JOSEPH WILLIAMS, KENNETH WILLIAMS, KEITH WILLIAMS, TERRANCE WILLIAMS, THELMA HARDY, TASHA WILLIAMS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNIE MAE WILLIAMS, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant(s).

16 CH 814 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: KENNETH WILLIAMS, TASHA WILLIAMS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANNIE MAE WILLIAMS, IF ANY, AND 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 Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT TWENTY-ONE (21) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GARDEN HILLS SUB-DIVISION NO.1, AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GARDEN HILLS SUBDIVISION PLATS 1 AND 2, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 27 OF PLATS ON PAGE 179 IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 2509 FORSYTHIA DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 And which said Mortgage was made by: ANNIE MAE WILLIAMS (Deceased), JAMES WILLIAMS (Deceased), the Mortgagor, to

ASSOCIATES FINANCE, INC., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois as Document No. 9515249; and for other relief, that summons was duly issue 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, WINNEBAGO COUNTY CIRCUIT CLERK 400 West State Street Rockford, IL 61101 On or before April 13, 2018, A DEFAULT 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. Marinosci Law Group, P.C. 134 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 1900 Chicago, IL 60602 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act you are advised that this law firm is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3080137 P8708R TRRT 3/28 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF: TERESA MAE RUCH, f/k/a TERESA MAE OLSON Deceased No. 2017-P-576 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of TERESA MAE RUCH. Letters of Office were issued on February 7, 2018, to Donna Lyman of 2905 Oak Grove Lane, Rockford, Illinois 61108, as Independent Administrator for the Estate. The attorney of record for the Estate is Robert E. Canfield, 1111 South Alpine Road, Suite 704, Rockford, IL 61108.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under paragraph 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk.

Claims may be filed on or before September 16, 2018, 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 any known creditor required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as amended (755 ILCS 5/18-3), whichever date is later.

Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated 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, Illinois, or with the Independent Administrator, or both. Copies of any claim filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office Probate Division must be mailed or delivered to the Executor and to its attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

Dated: March 8, 2018 Donna Lyman Independent Administrator Robert E. Canfield, (3122943) 1111 South Alpine Road Suite 704 Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 968-7200 8709R TRRT 3/28

March 14, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ALPINE BANK & TRUST CO., Plaintiff, v.

SHERRY K. ZACK, in her capacity as Special Representative for the Estate of LINDA K. LIDBOM; DEREK LIDBOM; NICOLE DOMBROWSKI; UNKNOWN OWNERS; UNKNOWN TENANTS; UNKNOWN SPOUSES; UNKNOWN HEIRS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

Case No.: 2017 CH 449 NOTICE OF 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: Yashekia T. Simpkins, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61101, Tel. (815) 490-4942.

B. The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 2424 Dresden Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61103.

C. The legal description of the real estate is: Lot One (1) in Block Two (2) as designated upon the Plat of Subdivision of Lot 1, Block 1, Lot 1, Block 2, Lot 1, Block 3, Sauber’s North View Subdivision of a part of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 11, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 21 of Plats on page 29 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, EXCEPTING THEREFROM that part deeded to the City of Rockford by Warranty Deed recorded as Document No. 0463609 bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Part of Lot One (1) in Block Two (2) as designated upon the Plat of Subdivision of Lot One (1), Block One (1), Lot One (1), Block Two (2) and Lot One (1), Block Three (3), Sauber’s North View Subdivision of part of the Southwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 11, Township 44 North, Range 1 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 21 of Plats on Page 29 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois, bounded and described as follows, to-wit: Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Lot One (1); thence North 00 degrees 03’ 27” West, along the West line of said Lot One (1), 74.27 feet (74.3 feet plat) to the Northwest corner of said Lot One (1); thence North 89 degrees 36’ 03” East, along the North line of said Lot One (1), 16.96 feet; thence South 01 degrees 29’ 43” West, 74.32 feet to a point in the South line of said Lot One (1); thence South 89 degrees 38’ 32” West 14.95 feet to the point of beginning; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois.

D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single-family home with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom containing approximately 1,208 square feet.

E. The time and place of sale will be March 29, 2018 at 11:00 A.M., Winnebago County

Justice Center, Lobby, 650 West State Street, Rockford, County of Winnebago, Illinois.

F. The terms of the sale are: Ten Percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance is due within 24 hours of sale. The property offered for sale is subject to all real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality of the title and without recourse to the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and in “as is” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

G. Title will be conveyed subject to the following liens and interests: all general real estate taxes, special assessments, if any, easements and restrictions of record, and the interests, if any, of any tenant in possession.

H. The property will not be available for inspection.

I. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of subject premises.

J. 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).

ALPINE BANK & TRUST CO., Plaintiff By: HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP By: Yashekia T. Simpkins One of Its Attorneys 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 8683R TRRT 3/21 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.LULA M. MCGEE, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000698 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 18, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 20, 2018, 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 32 FEET OF LOT 4 AND ALL OF LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF MEADOWLEA SUBDIVISION, A RE-SUBDIVISION OF LOT 79 AND PART OF LOT 75 AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF RICE AND BAKER SUBDIVISION, BEING A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SAID MEADOWLEA SUBDIVISION BEING RECORDED IN BOOK 19 OF PLATS ON PAGE 189 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3409 SUMMERDALE AVENUE, ROCK-

FORD, IL 61101 Property Index No. 11-10-353014 (190C-184L).

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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 14-15-18342.

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. 14-15-18342 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH0000698 TJSC#: 38-897 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.

I3079324 P8659R TRRT 3/21 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL B. MILLER, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000700 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 19, 2018, 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 ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE (183) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 8 OF PINE MANOR SUBDIVISION, PART OF THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 36 OF PLATS ON PAGE 20 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS Commonly known as 2815 NORWAY PINE ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-06429-025.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem

does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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 14-17-13604.

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. 14-17-13604 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH0000700 TJSC#: 38-89 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.

I3074992 P8660R TRRT 3/21 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 I sell pocket squares and lapel pins, socks business in said County and State under the name of Pins & Squares at the following post office addresses: 306 N. Oakley Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Efrain Mayorga SIGNED: Efrain Mayorga 3/5/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8686R TRRT 3/21 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 Auto/Muffler shop business in said County and State under the name of Xpert Mufflers & Brakes at the following post office addresses: 1502 S. Alpine Rd., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Juan E. Gomez; Jose R. Rico SIGNED: Juan E. Gomez 3/5/18 SIGNED: Jose R. Rico 3/5/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8687R TRRT 3/21 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 Residential, Commercial Electrical business in said County and State under the name of Degica Electric at the following post office addresses: 2602 17th St., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Daniel Garcia, 815-217-7616 SIGNED: Daniel Garcia 3/2/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 2nd day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8688R TRRT 3/21 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 Landscaping, Snow Removal business in said County and State under the name of Pedro at the following post office addresses: 1010 Central Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Pedro S. Zarinana SIGNED: Pedro S. Zarinana 3/1/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 1st day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 8690R TRRT 3/21 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 real estate, realtor business in said County and State under the name of Richardson Realty Solutions at the following post office addresses: 5169 Crofton Dr., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: James Richardson SIGNED: James Richardson 3/1/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 1st day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8691R TRRT 3/21 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/ Contractor business in said County and State under the name of Freddy P’s Handyman Service at the following post office addresses: 3479 Valley Woods Drive, Cherry Valley, IL 61016; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting

such business are as follows: Frederick G. Pfeiffer II, 508-302-2744 SIGNED: Frederick G. Pfeiffer II 3/2/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 2nd day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8692R TRRT 3/21 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of: RONALD L. KIEWEL, Deceased.

CASE NO. 2018 P 55 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Ronald L. Kiewel. Letters of Office were issued on February 7, 2018 to Rein Kiewel who is the Executor of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Timothy F. Horning, 3400 North Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before September 17, 2018 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 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representatives, or both.

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

Dated: March 5, 2018 Rein Kiewel Executor of the Estate of Ronald L. Kiewel, Deceased Timothy F. Horning (#973) MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 North Rockton Ave. Rockford, IL 61103 (815) 636-9300 8693R TRRT 3/21 n n n Machesney Mini Warehouses, Inc. P.O. Box 10227 Loves Park, Illinois 61131 (815) 654-9606 NOTICE OF SALE Machesney Mini Warehouses, Inc. will sell at public auction on Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. the following storage units: Unit #183 Dalton Loveland, Unit 12, Cordelia Daniels; Unit 88 Dan Gains, Unit #60 Stacy Moore, Unit #243 Kristie Jones. We reserve the right to cancel the sale of any unit prior to the auction date. Registration from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

11330 N. 2nd St., Machesney Park, IL 61115, (815) 654-9606.

8678R TRRT 3/14 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN RE THE ESTATE OF: RICHARD E. GOBLE, SR., Deceased.

No. 2018 P 110 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of RICHARD E. GOBLE, SR. Letters of Office were issued on March 5, 2018 to RICHARD E. GOBLE, II, of 8307 Cadet Road, Machesney Park, Illinois 61115, who is the legal representative of the Estate.

The attorney for the Estate is Robert C. Torbert of HOWARD & HARDYMAN, LLP, 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100, PO Box 1616, Rockford, Illinois 61110-0116.

Any claims against the Estate may be filed on or before Septem-

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ber 14, 2018, 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 must be filed with the Office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 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 or her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

DATED: March 12, 2018 RICHARD E. GOBLE, II Independent Executor Robert C. Torbert HOWARD & HARDYMAN, LLP 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100 PO Box 1616 Rockford, Illinois 61110-0116 (815) 964-8888 rtorbert@howardhardyman.com Attorneys for the Estate of RICHARD E. GOBLE, SR., Deceased 8719R TRRT 3/28 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 Medical Marketing business in said County and State under the name of C C S US at the following post office addresses: 318 N. 1st St., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Stephanie Brown SIGNED: Stephanie Brown 3/7/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 7th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8716R TRRT 3/28 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 hair braiding business.

All is about natural hair braiding business in said County and State under the name of Secret de Femmes at the following post office addresses: 2949 11th St., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Prisca Doutabou, 779-208-2213 SIGNED: Prisca Doutabou 3/12/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of March, A.D. 2018.

Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8722R TRRT 3/28 n n n AADDITIONAL STORAGE NORTHWEST 5070 Spooner Rd. Rockford, IL 61103 815-297-7803 NOTICE OF SALE The personal properties stored

by Mandy Erickson (24) located at 5070 Spooner Rd., Rockford, Illinois, a self-storage facility, shall be sold on or after 03/30/2018, to enforce the owner’s lien thereon.

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

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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-2, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, vs. AURORA MOLINA; ARMANDO ZUNIGA; STILLMAN BANCCORP, NA; Defendants, 17 CH 566 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, April 19, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 11-32-251-009.

Commonly known as 2424 Meadow View Lane, Rockford, IL 61102.

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. 17-021846 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3079629 P8695R TRRT 3/28 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON MORTGAGE ACCEPTANCE CORP., CSFB MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-11 Plaintiff, -v.- JOSE A. PEDRAZA, et al Defendant 17CH 0000505 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 22, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 23, 2018, 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 1321 15TH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61104 Property Index No. 11-36-105-005.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to

confirmation by the court.

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 14-17-09318.

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. 14-17-09318 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 17 CH 0000505 TJSC#: 37-10708 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.

I3074985 P8696R TRRT 3/28 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; Plaintiff, vs. SHANAY P. THOMPSON AKA SHANAYE P. BEARD; SKYLAR THOMPSON; STATE OF ILLINOIS; BLACKHAWK BANK; Defendants, 17 CH 261 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, April 19, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 11-20-457-048.

Commonly known as 815 Cambridge Avenue, Rockford, IL 61102.

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. 17-009426 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3079628 P8697R TRRT 3/28 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.- MARCUS A. CASSADY, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000704 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 14, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 23, 2018, 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 1065 HARBORTOWN GREEN, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 07-12-227-001.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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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 14-17-13908.

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. 14-17-13908 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH- 0000704 TJSC#: 38-27 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.

I3074986 P8698R TRRT 3/28 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC; Plaintiff, vs. SILVIA M. PIKE; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; STATE OF ILLINOIS-ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; Defendants, 17 CH 491 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, April 5, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 528 Washington Street, Rockford, IL 61104.

P.I.N. 11-25-276-008.

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. Nicole Fox at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Potestivo & Associates, P.C., 251 Diversion Street, Rochester, Michigan 48307.

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March 14, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.- EVELYN BALLARD, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000784 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 2, 2018, 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 1113 LEXINGTON WAY, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-29-376-015 (173C269).

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 14-17-13992.

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. 14-17-13992 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH- 0000784 TJSC#: 38-1663 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.

I3078726 P8630R TRRT 3/14 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.- VICKIANN KALNINS, et al Defendant 2017 -CH- 0000733 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 2, 2018, 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 7422 CURRYTAIL CLOSE, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-11-127-004-0000.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 14-17-14327.

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. 14-17-14327 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH- 0000733 TJSC#: 38-1676 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.

I3078598 P8631R TRRT 3/14 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC; Plaintiff, vs. RICHARD D. FRANCIS AKA RICK D. FRANCIS; BARBARA J. PENTICOFF AKA BARBARA J. FRANCIS; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; KEYSTONE MARKETING, LTD FKA MUTUAL MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; CHRISTINA F. VARGAS AKA CHRISTINA F. BERGESON JOSE LUIS VARGAS-GONZALEZ; Defendants, 17 CH 274 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, April 5, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 11-27-330-014.

Commonly known as 724 Linden Avenue, Rockford, IL 61102.

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. 17-006625 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3077995 P8632R TRRT 3/14 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS COLONIAL SAVINGS, F.A. Plaintiff, -v.- ALAN C. FAGERSTROM A/K/A ALAN C. FAGERSOTROM, et al Defendant 12CH 01951 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 5, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on March 23, 2018, 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 11908 WAIDI DRIVE, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115 Property Index No. 08-07-429-030.

The real estate is improved with a red brick one story single family home with a two car attached 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and

subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 251789.

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 251789 Case Number: 12 CH 01951 TJSC#: 38-1556 I3078175 P8635R TRRT 3/14 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. MICHAEL L. ERICKSON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 215 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, April 5, 2018 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 136 NORTHWAY PARK ROAD, MACHESNEY PARK, IL 61115.

P.I.N. 07-25-252-017.

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. Kimberly S. Reid at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580. 16-17185 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3077996 P8633R TRRT 3/14 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS ASSOCIATED BANK NA Plaintiff, -v.- JEFFREY L. PATTON A/K/A JEFF L. PATTON, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000597 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 14, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 9, 2018, 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 610 15TH AVE., ROCKFORD, IL 61104 Property Index No. 11-35-128-023 (215B014A).

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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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 14-17-10484.

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. 14-17-10484 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH- 0000597 TJSC#: 38-29 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.

I3076413 P8636R TRRT 3/14 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, PLAINTIFF, VS. LINDA L. CLARK, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW OR LEGATEES OF STEVEN C. CLARK, DECEASED, CLAIMANTS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF STEVEN C. CLARK, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS and UNKNOWN TENANTS, DEFENDANTS. 2016 CH 1000 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S FORECLOSURE SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure heretofore entered by the said Court on the 20th day of December, 2017 in the above-entitled cause, GARY CARAUNA, Sheriff of Winnebago County, Illinois will on the 22nd day of March, 2018 at the hour of 11:00 A.M., at the Winnebago County Criminal Justice Center, 650 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61102 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash and all singular, the following described premises and real estate in said Judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment to-wit: Commonly known as: 922 E. Riverside Blvd. Loves Park, Illinois 61111.

Property Code: 150D 598 P.I.N. Number: 12-06-401-030 The property is commonly known as 922 E. Riverside Blvd. Loves Park, Illinois 61111 and is improved with a residential property.

Judgment was taken in the amount of $93,577.53 on behalf of Northwest Bank of Rockford. Property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes and is offered for sale without any representations as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid.

Sale terms are cash or certified funds 25% at time of sale and the balance, including the judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser to the person conducting the sale, provided that in no event shall the fee exceed $300 is due within 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.

Upon payment in full on the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a certificate of sale which will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Respective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information, contact Timothy F. Horning attorney for Plaintiff, 3400 N. Rockton Avenue, Rockford, IL 61103. Pursuant to Section 15-1507 (c)(7) of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedure, no information other than the information contained in this Notice will be provided.

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. Attorney Timothy F. Horning Meyer and Horning P.C. Attorney for Plaintiff 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 8643R TRRT 3/14

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The Rock River Times. March 14, 2018

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- ASSOCIATED BANK, N.A., CAL RICHERT A/K/A CAL W. RICHERT, THERESA RICHERT A/K/A THERESA C. RICHERT Defendant 14 CH 1081 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 12, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 13, 2018, 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 3439 BROADWAY, ROCKFORD, IL 61108 Property Index No. 12-31-226-010.

The real estate is improved with a brown, brick, one unit home, two car a detached 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 250864.

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 250864 Case Number: 14 CH 1081 TJSC#: 38-547 I3075630 P8637R TRRT 3/14 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, -v.- DAVID T. CLOUSER, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000693 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 7, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 13, 2018, 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 1507 GREEN STREET, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 Property Index No. 11-22-302-018.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 14-17-11959.

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. 14-17-11959 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH- 0000693 TJSC#: 37-11092 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.

I3075745 P8638R TRRT 3/14 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in Winnebago County Case No. 2017-CH-449, the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder.

1. The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 2424 Dresden Avenue, Rockford, Illinois 61103.

2. The time and place of sale will be March 29, 2018, at 11:00 A.M., Winnebago County Justice Center, Lobby, 650 West State Street, Rockford, County of Winnebago, Illinois, conducted by the Winnebago County Sheriff.

3. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: Single-family home with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom containing approximately 1,208 square feet.

4. The terms of the sale are: Ten Percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance is due within 24 hours of sale. The property offered for sale is subject to all real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality of the title and without recourse to the Winnebago County Sheriff’s Office and in “As Is” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

5. Title will be conveyed subject to the following liens and interests: all general real estate taxes, special assessments, if any, easements and restrictions of record, and the interests, if any, of any tenant in possession.

6. The property will not be available for inspection.

7. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

8. 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).

9. The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Yashekia T. Simpkins, HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, 100 Park Avenue, Rockford, IL 61101, Tel (815) 490-4942.

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. 8683R TRRT 3/21 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.- MICHAEL B. MILLER, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000700 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 19, 2018, 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 2815 NORWAY PINE ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-06-429-025.

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the

date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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 14-17-13604.

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. 14-17-13604 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH- 0000700 TJSC#: 38-89 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.

I3074992 P8660R TRRT 3/21 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.- LULA M. MCGEE, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000698 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 18, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 20, 2018, 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 3409 SUMMERDALE AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101 Property Index No. 11-10-353-014 (190C-184L).

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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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 14-15-18342.

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. 14-15-18342 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH- 0000698 TJSC#: 38-897 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.

I3079324 P8659R TRRT 3/21 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.- FLORA COUSINS A/K/A FLORA COUSINS PRYOR, et al Defendant 16 CH 803 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 17, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on April 23, 2018, 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 4110 HARMONY CIRCLE, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 12-20-326-010.

The real estate is improved with a single family home with an attached two car 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 258287.

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 258287 Case Number: 16 CH 803 TJSC#: 38-2192 I3080423 P8718R TRRT 3/28

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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.

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Crossword

Crawford injury a blessing for backups

By Jim Hagerty Contributor

ROCKFORD — There wasn’t a goaltender in the Chicago Blackhawks organization who wished injury upon another so he could get his chance at the next level.

But with Hawks No. 1 Corey Crawford likely out of the season, Rockford IceHogs netminders have been placed into the spotlight, two as Chicago recalls.

When Jeff Glass was called up earlier this season, and J.F. Berube was sidelined with a knee injury, it allowed Matt Tomkins to come to Rockford from the Indy Fuel and Collin Delia to come into his own as a solid prospect for Rockford.

Delia’s first AHL shutout is now in the books, a 33-save, 3-0 decision at home against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The effort earned him the league’s Player of the Week honor.

“It’s just another stat,” the undrafted rookie out of Merrimack College said.

“You wake up the next morning and it starts all over again. Having that mindset moving forward has really helped my development.”

Delia had Peter Aubry, Chicago’s developmental goaltending coach at this disposal in Rockford. That helped, as he was initially called up as a reserve. Coaches would give him reps in Rockford’s practices and send him down for games. That meant a lot of traveling between Rockford Indianapolis. But when Crawford got hurt, the back-and-forth subsided and Delia was able to settle in.

“Collin’s been fantastic right from the beginning of the year when he was

doing a lot of shuffling between cities,” said Blackhawks GM of Minor League Affiliations Mark Bernard, who’s based in Rockford.

Glass played his first game as a 32-year-old rookie Feb. 3. He finished 3-6-3 in 14 games before Berube was recalled. While the Blackhawks will likely miss the playoffs for the first time in almost a decade, Berbue has been coming into his own as an NHL goaltender, sharing duties with Anton Forsberg.

Berube is currently 2-3 in seven appearances with Chicago. His road to the NHL started to mirror how Glass ended up a late-career rookie. After five years in the minors between the ECHL and AHL, Berube signed with the New York Islanders. And although he played in 21 games, he spent the better part of two seasons on a three-goalie team and nearly begged to get sent down.

“I wanted to play,” he told the Sun-Times in a previous report. “It didn’t matter where. At the end of the day, I’m a hockey player, and I play. I’m not there to observe from the stands. It’s hard to improve your game from that position.”

Berube signed a two-year deal with Chicago last July when Scott Darling’s departure put Crawford’s backup spot up for grabs. Forsberg was named Crawford’s backup out of training camp but has struggled as the Chicago starter.

He’s 9-14-3 on the season.

The IceHogs are knocking on the door to grab the fourth playoff spot in the AHL Central division. R.

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Inaugural Sports Huddle announced

The The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (RACVB) announced a partnership with Sports Illinois to launch the inaugural Sports Illinois Huddle Host Impact Grant. The purpose of this annual grant is to provide the Sports Huddle host community’s nonprofit(s) the opportunity to access grant funding from Sports Illinois that is earmarked for positively impacting sports programs locally. Beginning this year—as part of the 2018 Sports Illinois Huddle that is scheduled for May 20-22 in Rockford— RACVB Charitable Foundation has agreed to a matching grant of $1,000, elevating the available grant funding to a maximum total of $2,000.

“We are excited to partner with Sports Illinois to offer this opportunity to area

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nonprofit organizations. It’s a great way to combine our resources to develop local youth programming, acquire sports equipment upgrades and other related improvements that will continue to gain momentum as we highlight sports tourism in Illinois,” said Lindsay Arellano, RACVB director of sales & servicing and chair of Sports Illinois.

Rockford region applicants are required to be a certified 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and must complete the application in full.

Applicants are encouraged to include additional information to demonstrate sports program affiliation, organizational needs and strengths, and how the funding will be utilized.

This year’s application period runs

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from March 5 through April 27, 2018.

The completed application should be emailed as a PDF file to larellano@ gorockford.com. The 2018 grant recipient(s) will be unveiled during the Sports Illinois Huddle.

About Sports Illinois Huddle

Each year, tournament directors and event rights holders are issued invitations to take part in this two-day conference to connect with Illinois CVBs and Sports Commissions. The Sports Huddle is an appointment-based trade show including exciting guest speakers from the sports industry talking about new trends and ideas, as well as networking opportunities. More information can be found at sportsillinois.com.

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