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Inside: Area students talk school violence • IceHogs shift into playoff mode • Clock Tower demolition gets underway

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Clock Tower demo begins By Jim Hagerty Contributor

ROCKFORD — The piece of property where the Clock Tower Resort sits will become just that—a parcel of land—in about four months, as demolition of the once iconic facility began Monday. It could be at least a year or two before the land redeveloped, however. The 21-acre parcel was being primed for a casino last year, but Rockford was left out of the state’s gambling expansion bill. That meant that the investment group that purchased the shuttered hotel and conference center wouldn’t be breaking ground any time soon. That doesn’t mean that Rockford is at a total loss without the facility and its giant tower standing high alongside Interstate 90. Leaders say the demolition marks another chapter in the city’s history. “I am thrilled that the demolition of the former Clock Tower begins a new era and entrance for our city,” Mayor Tom McNamara said. “It creates optimism that this location can become something very special.” There’s no question that the Clock Tower’s location played an integral part in its longtime success. It was a flagship development that spawned several east-side hotels and restaurants. The once-famous Time Museum made it a worldwide attraction. When Ringland-Johnson Construction

CEO Brent Johnson, along with a group of investors, purchased the Clock Tower in May 2017 for $3.6 million, the building was condemned. But as Rockford’s tourism industry continues to thrive, the possibilities are vast even if a casino isn’t in the cards. A new hotel and convention center is a possibility as well as restaurants and largescale retail aimed at interstate traffic. Built by Rockford industrialist Seth Atwood, the Clock Tower opened in 1968. His family sold it in 1999. A slow, followed by a steady declined followed. The building was sold three times since the Regency Hotel Management bought it from the Atwoods. The last owner to operate the Clock Tower as a hotel was Allied Hospitality. CoCo Key indoor water park and Titled Kilt were part of the package when Allied bought the Clock Tower in 2011 for $4.8 million. But poor building maintenance and a slew of code violations plagued the aging facility during Allied’s ownership. And the biggest black mark on the facility was a 2016 shooting that left a 23-year-old man dead during a large party at the hotel. The new ownership group includes Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen and Dotty’s CEO Dan Fischer. Whatever they settle on for the property won’t be the first time Nielsen and Johnson have mulled an entertainment venue. They were part

The Time Museum At-a-Glance

1971: The Clock Tower’s Time Museum opens and begins the journey to becoming the world’s most complete collection of timekeepers. 1982: The Atwood family adds an additional wing, making the facility a 3,000-item horological museum complete with library and conservation department. 1999: Atwoods sells Clock Tower, including museum space, to Regency Hotel Management for $11 million. Clocks were intended for Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry. When those plans soured, they were sold at auction, scattering them around the world among private collections and other public displays. 2010: Seth Atwood dies at the age of 92. His companies employed more than 2,500 people during his lifetime

of the group that proposed a Cheap Trick and rock-themed facility called Rick’s Place back in 2008. The recession spiked the project. Nielsen, however, remains a partner in the Stockholm Inn. Four of Dotty’s 44 Chicagoland locations are in the Rockford area. If Rockford is approved for a casino, a license would include a $100,000 flat fee and $30,000 per gambling station – per seat at each table and in front of each slot machine. R.

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City

Aldermen approve pay raises, road repairs By Jim Hagerty Contributor

CITY HALL — Rockford Alderman approved a 2-percent pay increase for police officers and all non-union employees during the Monday, April 16, meeting of the Rockford City Council. Both raises were part of the 2018 budget approved March 26. The vote was 11-0 for police raises and 10-1 for non-union workers. First Ward Alderman Tim Durkee cast the only “no” vote. The increase for officers will cost the city $460,000. The city will spend $297,000 on non-union raises. Both come from the general fund, which faced a $10.5 million deficit before the utility tax was added last month. The city said in February that it expected to be able to take a further $2.7 million off the deficit due to a surplus of cash it has on hand for unemployment and worker’s compensation expenses. While the general fund had to be balanced with the additional levy, officials say the pay raises were anticipated. City Administrator Todd Cagnoni said after Monday’s meeting that the raises are justified as the city has cut more than 50 jobs over the last nine years and existing employees have taken on extra responsibilities as a result. In other business, aldermen approved a $2.5 million contract to Janesville, Wisconsin-based Rock Road Companies to resurface Rockford roadways. The company submitted the lowest of two bids, the other coming from William Charles Construction. The contract is part of the $30 million Capital Improvement Plan. The plan includes initial road paving in 12 city wards at a cost of $6.4 million. The remaining

projects will go out for bid later this year. The following are roads in the initial $6.4 million pool. They include $40,270 in resurfacing that will be paid for by Rockford Township.

First Ward

Amphitheater Drive, Argus Drive, Colosseum Drive, Anee Drive, Laurel Cherry Drive, Revere Ridge Road, Chartwell Drive, Spring Brook Road, Trainer Road, Chartwell Court, Chartwell Court Cul-de-sac, Fourwinds Drive, Burberry Drive Barrick Drive, South Trainer Road, Willowick, Lane South Trainer Road, Moonhaven Guilford Road Cul-de-sac, Old Colony Bend Woodcreek Bend Cul-de-sac, Settlement Way Newburg Road Old Colony Bend, Tanglewood Lane, Spring Creek Road Cul-de-sac

Second Ward

Eighth Avenue, 17th Street, 20th Street, Greenwood Avenue, Chicago Avenue, Rome Avenue, Jackson Street Chicago, Avenue, Rockford Avenue

Third Ward

Barrington Road, Gorham Place, Brendenwood Road, Burrmont Road and Buckingham Drive

Fourth Ward

Auto Park Drive, East Riverside Boulevard, Weaver Road, Hermitage Trail, Kildeer Place, Mackinaw Trail, High Point Drive, St. Moritz Trail, Garden Lane, Imperial Oaks Drive, Spring Brook Road, Crofton Drive, Lansdale Drive Haddon Place Pepper Drive, Palo Verde Drive Mulford Road Kaiser Lane, Pepper Drive Alpine Road Pepper Court, Raspberry Trail Sherbrooke Road Cul-de-

sac, Sherbrooke Road, Providence Forge Applewood Lane, Thyme Drive, Charing Drive, Crested Butte Trail

Seventh Ward

Alliance Avenue, Safford Road, Broadview Road, End of Broadview Road

Eighth Ward

Bavarian Lane, Angus Court, Foliage Lane, East Gate Parkway, 25th Street, 19th Avenue, Greendale Avenue, North Moor Drive, Colorado Avenue, North Moor Drive, Wendover Drive

Ninth Ward

Custer Avenue, North Church Street, Huffman Boulevard, Packard Parkway, Duesenberg Drive Cul-de-sac, Ridge Avenue, Pierce Avenue, Halsted Road, Sky Mist Way, Elmwood Road, Sundance Lane, Sundance Lane, Sky Mist Way, End of Sundance Lane

10th Ward

Alder Avenue, Raven Street, Turner Street, Belle Meade Lane, Emerson Drive, Blenheim Drive, Coolidge Place, Rural Street Cul-de-sac, Crosby Street, Fairview Boulevard, Thrush Circle, Dafred Drive, Sandra Lane, Donna Drive, Dempster Avenue, Emerson Drive, Blenheim Drive, Emerson Drive, Wind Point Drive, Larson Avenue, Glendale Avenue, Oak Grove Avenue, Michael Drive, Jackson Street, Hilton Avenue, Fairview Boulevard, Medford Drive, Redbluff Drive, Skyline Drive, Raven Street, North Alpine Road, Alder Avenue, Turner Street, Alder Avenue, Dawn, Avenue, Wind Point Drive, Glendale Avenue, Peter Avenue

11th Ward

Sixth Avenue, 10th Street, 11th Street

12th Ward

Deborah Avenue, North Main Street, End of Deborah Avenue, Oxford Street, Harper Avenue, Brown Avenue, Sunnyside Drive, Pleasant Valley Boulevard

13th Ward

Anderson Street, Day Avenue, Horace Avenue, Filmore Street, Arthur Avenue, Auburn Street, Green Street, Horace Avenue Vista Terrace, Horace Avenue, West State Street, Chestnut Street, Horace Avenue, Green Street, Taylor Street, Bluefield Street, North Avon Street, Waldo Street, Elm Street, Chestnut Street

14th Ward

Azure Court, Highfield Terrace Cul-desac, Berger Place, Highfield Terrace, Cul-de-sac, Carol Court, Starview Drive, Fletcher Place, Cleveland Avenue, Alpine Road, Holmes Street, Highfield Terrace, Villanova Drive, Wichita Drive, Laurel Cherry Drive, Willowick Lane, South Trainer Road, Wagonette Drive, Newburg Road, Sulkey Lane, Wichita Drive, Capetown Avenue Cul-de-sac

Rockford Township

Anderson Street, Day Avenue, Horace Avenue, Green Street, Horace Avenue, Vista Terrace, Horace Avenue, Elm, Street, Chestnut Street, Horace Avenue, Green Street, Preston Street The full City Council meets on the first and third Monday of every month. Committee meetings are the second and fourth Monday. R.

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Schools

Students look to future actions on gun safety By Chase Cavanaugh WNIJ News

Rockford-area students, like many of their compatriots across the country, took part in the series of walkouts last month known as the “March For Our Lives.” Some of the walkouts had support from local residents and became full demonstrations, while other schools limited their discussion to indoor assemblies. But many students didn’t want this to be a one-off event. Pranav Volety, a sophomore in the Auburn High School gifted program, didn’t want to “get used to” a routine of school shootings and gun violence after Parkland. “To break away from repetition, I decided to actually do something now,” Volety said, “and I decided to put my voice out there.” So he joined up with other concerned students from nearby high schools, including East, Guilford, and Lutheran. They decided to plan a community town hall meeting at East High School where students and the audience could ask questions about gun violence. Rachel Alvarado, a senior at East, says it started out low-key. “I know I was personally asked by a friend if I could help out,” Alvarado said, “and then I just kind of spread out and asked everybody else I knew as well.” The students began assembling a diverse panel of local figures to answer questions. They started with the Rockford Police Department. Lieut. Eric Bruno says he was invited to East High School previously for a senior’s capstone project. “What was interesting was, the topic was teen dating violence,” Bruno said, “but, actually, when they started asking us questions, it ran the gamut of subjects.” These included such issues as gun violence and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Seeing a greater chance for community outreach, Bruno and other Rockford police personnel, including the school resource officer, joined the discussion. “I think that, clearly, they are very concerned about the gun violence that’s occurring not only across the country but in our city,” Bruno said, “and they want something done. They want to do something about it. I think it’s great.” City officials were another component of the panel. These ranged from Aldermen Frank Beach and Karen Hoffman to Mayor Tom McNamara. “What’s really wonderful is that they took the initiative to reach out to my office,” the mayor said, “so I was just really proud and honored to be a small piece of it.” Finally, the students reached out to area politicians. One of those was State Sen. Steve Stadelman, D-Rockford. “I was impressed with their motivation and their organization, so I just reached

Student organizers of a gun safety forum at East High School discuss the success of the April 4 event and possibilities for future activities. Photo, Chase Cavanaugh/WNIJ News out and I had them come to the office,” Stadelman said, “and we just talked about the issues and they mentioned this forum was going to be taking place and invited me.” He was joined by State Rep. Litesa Wallace, D-Rockford, as well as Congressional candidate Sara Dady and Illinois statehouse candidate Maurice West. Volety says there could have been more. “It has been a big struggle because not many representatives actually came here,” he said. “But still at the same time, we all found common ground and have had a discussion, and that is always the first step in a democratic proceeding.” The group had invited U.S. Reps. Cheri Bustos and Adam Kinzinger, and gubernatorial candidates Bruce Rauner and JB Pritzker. While they didn’t make a personal appearance, these politicians did forward statements for the students to read aloud. The discussion touched on some ancillary issues like bias in policing and the limits of the second amendment. But Lutheran High School senior Megan Larson said the different voices allowed for a common discussion on how these groups contribute to school safety. “We had a lawyer. We had police officers. We had law enforcement there,” Larson said, “and they pretty much did the same job but they handled it a different way, so of course they’re going to answer each question in a different manner.” Stadelman says it also cleared up misconceptions about what’s contributing to the problem of gun violence. “We hear so much of the narrative at the state level that, especially in the Chicago area, that illegal weapons are coming from out of state,” he said, “so to hear from Rockford police officers that what they’re finding are legal guns from this area was an interesting aspect to what they’re dealing with.”

Bruno also said it was important for all parties — including law enforcement — to maintain an open line of communication. “In some communities, the departments or law enforcement, in general, became separated from their communities for whatever reason, and there’s probably a million reasons,” Bruno acknowledged. “But I think, in order for it to get better, there has to be more community outreach and there has to be more accountability and a there has to be a lot more transparency, and that will build trust.” Though the panel didn’t spur any immediate action, Mayor McNamara was impressed with what the students achieved. “To think that these kids are in high school creating such a town hall, it’s something I never did when I was in high school,” he said. “So I’m in awe of the work that they’re doing, their advocacy, and their yearning to make sure that the community is more and more educated.” Stadelman added that student activism on gun violence already is having an effect.

“In Illinois and other states as well, you’re seeing lawmakers taking votes that they may not have been taking a few weeks ago,” he said, “but because of their advocacy, because of their ability to try to persuade people, they’re having an impact in the political dialogue, and that’s pretty remarkable. “So yeah, you need to vote, but you also need to advocate, you need to tell people how you feel; and I’m very impressed with how they’re doing that,” Stadelman said. To ensure that first step, the League of Women Voters was on hand after the meeting to register students to vote. But the activists aren’t resting on their laurels. East High School senior Alondra Lavariega says one part of their future activism is raising awareness at a local level. “We have a shoe drive coming up where we are planning to spray-paint each shoe and do a little mini-biography of local people that have died due to gun violence,” she said, “and I want to say that’s our next step. So if you’re around Rockford, definitely look for that white pair of shoes around that pole.” Senior Megan Larson says the students also are working to expand their group. “We would like to go statewide and possibly nationally,” she said, “and we would like to create a cohesive group of many, many individuals, no matter the age, no matter the experience, no matter the profession. We need to make our voices heard.” Lieut. Bruno says law enforcement and government can facilitate action on gun violence; but, ultimately, the impetus will come from the students themselves. “I’m encouraged by, number one, the way they articulate the issue, the way they want to see change. And that just, for me, is encouraging,” Bruno said. “That’s where it’s going to come. It’s going to come from them because ultimately, they’re our future leaders.”

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’ve read, watched and heard a whole lot of commentary about the upcoming state budget negotiations during the past few weeks and it pretty much all ignores recent history and focuses instead on one-sided claims of pending controversy. For instance, this is from an April 7 State Journal-Register editorial: “Some Republicans have voiced in recent weeks the thought that Democrats, who control the House and Senate, might not want to have a state budget again, in hopes it will impede GOP Gov. Bruce Rauner’s re-election chances in November.” But that prediction — along with other predictions some Republican legislators are making about stuff like the possibility the Democrats will try to jam through a half-year budget — ignores one of the most significant legislative events of the past several years: The 2017 bipartisan overrides of Gov. Rauner’s vetoes of the income tax hike and the budget bills. That was not some isolated moment in history. Another bipartisan budget-related veto override could very well happen again this year. It would also be easier this time around because there’s no immediate need for another hugely controversial tax hike. All they gotta do this spring is pass a budget with existing revenues. “The retiring Republicans have great leverage and will use it,” predicted a House Republican who voted to override the governor last year and is now serving out the remainder of his final term.

He’s right. We probably can’t count on all 10 of the HGOP members who voted to override Rauner’s vetoes last year. Some are retiring and may want jobs. Some are running for reelection and may want Rauner’s campaign money. The House Democrats have 67 members, a veto override requires 71, so if half of those ten Republicans vote as a bloc, they can drive the discussion throughout the rest of the spring session. House Speaker Michael Madigan’s rank and file members absolutely do not want another budget crisis, so they will be pushing him to find a way to compromise, either with the governor and the Republican leaders or with that rump group of 2017 tax hike Republicans. It’s also highly doubtful that Democratic gubernatorial nominee J.B. Pritzker wants a half-year budget. Who wants to take office and then immediately face a daunting fiscal crisis? Madigan, after all, messes with every governor, Republican and Democrat, over the budget. It’s a situation to avoid at all costs. Besides, those rebel Republicans undoubtedly wouldn’t go along with such a scheme anyway. If you have the votes, then do the responsible thing (like they did last year) and pass a full-year budget. Not to mention that a lot of other Republicans who voted with the governor last year would much rather have a deal than yet another fight that they likely cannot win. From the beginning of Rauner’s term, Speaker Madigan did not want to make a move on a tax hike without the governor’s cooperation and/or without

Republican votes to override him. He simply didn’t want the entire blame and after losing seats in the 2016 election Madigan didn’t have enough votes to override a veto on his own anyway. The same will undoubtedly hold true this year. Why make any unilateral, partisan budgetary moves when Madigan can once again claim to be cooperating in a bipartisan manner? It’s not as if he cares about state budgets beyond whatever political advantages he can squeeze out of them. And another successful bipartisan defeat of Rauner would definitely be a “win.” In fact, that’s likely Madigan’s best-case scenario. So, despite what you may have been reading or seeing or hearing during the spring break, the real heat is on Gov. Rauner and his two legislative leaders. The governor has a horrible job approval rating, just barely won his Republican primary and is now facing a billionaire Democrat in what sure looks like a national wave year for the Democratic Party. Rauner really needs a win. He and his leaders will have to either negotiate in good faith, or they can just punt it to the other side, and the governor can veto the budget yet again and spin the results as best they can. The budget is the final major test of Gov. Rauner’s first term. Whatever happens will set the tone for the rest of the year’s campaign. He can yet again claim impotence (“I’m not in charge”) by ceding control to the other side or he can finally become truly engaged in the task at hand.

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CHICAGO — The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it will not hear an appeal by imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich of his corruption convictions, the second time in two years it has declined to take up his case. The nation’s highest court offered no explanation for its decision, letting stand the Chicago Democrat’s convictions. They included seeking to trade an appointment to the Senate seat Barack Obama vacated to become president for campaign cash. Blagojevich, 61, began serving his 14-year prison sentence in 2012. His scheduled release date is 2024. His wife, Patti Blagojevich, said in a

written statement that she and her two children “could not be more disappointed in the decision.” “From the beginning we’ve had faith in the system and have felt the court would bring Rod back to us,” she said. “Now, with the judiciary no longer an option, we’ll have to put our faith elsewhere and find another way.” She didn’t mention President Donald Trump. But one option could be asking him to commute Blagojevich’s sentence or pardon him. Blagojevich was on Trump’s “Celebrity Apprentice” reality television show in 2010. Blagojevich’s law yers argued the

Supreme Court should take up Blagojevich’s case to clarify what they argued are blurry lines between what constitutes legal and illegal political fundraising. Blagojevich attorney Len Goodman said Monday his client’s punishment was disproportional. “Rod Blagojevich never sought a bribe or a kickback; he never took a penny from his campaign fund; he never promised anything to any donor in exchange for a campaign donation,” he said in a written statement. “Yet he is serving one of the longest prison sentences ever handed down to an elected official.”

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State Bicentennial

Whisky thwarted plan to steal Lincoln’s body By Tara McClellan McAndrew The State Journal-Register

It was July 3, 1876 — the eve of our country’s first centennial. Everyone in Springfield would be celebrating downtown. No one would be near Oak Ridge Cemetery. It was the perfect time to steal Abraham Lincoln’s body. The incredulous plot was hatched by Midwestern counterfeiters who had been shut down when their expert bill engraver was jailed. Benjamin Boyd’s bills were the best in the Midwest, possibly the country. In 1875, he was captured in Fulton, found guilty, and sent to the Joliet penitentiary for 10 years. Without his plates, the criminals who made and passed the counterfeit bills were out of business. They had to spring their money man. “Big Jim” Kennally, a St. Louis Irishman who led Midwestern counterfeiters, according to Thomas J. Craughwell’s book, “Stealing Lincoln’s Body,” brainstormed a solution. They would snatch Lincoln’s body, bury it in the Indiana Dunes, then ransom it for $200,000 and Boyd’s pardon and freedom. His minions in Lincoln moved to Springfield to implement the plan. As a front, they opened a saloon and dance hall — just a block west of the current Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. When the criminals weren’t running the saloon, they posed as tourists to case Lincoln’s tomb. With their preparations finished around the middle of June, the Logan County boys relaxed. They spent the night at a Springfield brothel and toasted their upcoming riches. In his well-oiled state, the gang’s leader boasted to one of the ladies that they were going to steal “old Lincoln’s bones” and ransom them. He even told her when. She told the chief of police, who warned John Carroll Power, the tomb’s custodian. He told the Lincoln Monument Association, local friends and peers of Lincoln’s who were in charge of the tomb. They did nothing. In a book he wrote about the crime (“History of an Attempt … ”), Power explains: “It seemed to them so incredible that no attention was given to it.” When the Logan County leader sobered and realized what he’d done, he and his gang fled. “Whisky alone is entitled to the credit of having thwarted this well laid scheme,” wrote Power. A few months later, Kennally headed for Chicago to find new partners for his plot. He was part-owner of a bar there called “The Hub,” which had little to offer except booze and boodle (counterfeit) carriers. Here, Kennally proposed his idea to co-proprietor, Terrence Mullen and Jack Hughes. They liked what they heard.

Lincoln’s Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. Oak Ridge Cemetery is the nation’s second-most-visited cemetery behind only Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Photo, The State Journal-Register The duo needed more men for the job, so they approached Lewis Swegles, a horse thief who had become a frequent customer. Unbeknownst to them, he also was a spy. The assistant chief of the Secret Service in Chicago, Patrick Tyrrell, hired Swegles to hang around The Hub and inform him of the habitue’s criminal activities. As the would-be kidnappers honed their plan, Swegles told Tyrrell every detail. Tyrrell then told Lincoln’s oldest and only surviving son, Robert, a Chicago attorney. The detective asked Robert to let the plot proceed so he could catch the kidnappers in the act and increase their chance of conviction. Robert agreed. Mullen and his boys selected Nov. 7, election night, as the date. The presidential contest between Democrat Samuel Tilden and Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was heated, and once again, Springfield residents would be downtown celebrating and waiting for the results. No one would be near Oak Ridge Cemetery. On Nov. 6, the counterfeiters caught a train to Springfield. In the back car, Tyrrell, other detectives and a Chicago

Daily Tribune reporter were tailing them. Once in Springfield, some of the gang procured tools, while the others visited the tomb, acting as tourists, to determine how to break in. They only had to break a door’s padlock to reach Lincoln’s white marble sarcophagus. Swegles later said, as reported in the Nov. 20, 1876, Illinois State Journal, that while his cohorts were able counterfeiters, they had few skills for burglary, especially when it came to picking the right tools. That night, Tyrrell and his detectives got to the tomb first. They hid inside and waited. Mullen and his gang snuck up to the monument and began sawing the metal padlock on the door to the catacomb. They’d brought a flimsy metal saw for the job, and it broke. So they used a three-sided metal file, which took half an hour, according to Craughwell. Once inside, the kidnappers opened the sarcophagus lid with a crowbar and sawed through the container’s front to reach Lincoln’s coffin. They pulled it out about a foot, but it was too heavy. Mullen told Swegles to get help. Instead, the informant signaled the detectives that it was time to

raid the operation. The agents dashed from their hide-out toward the catacomb at the other end of the tomb. In the excitement, one accidentally shot his gun. Frightened, the kidnappers fled. When the agents got to the sarcophagus, all that was left were the criminals’ misfit tools. The agents spread out to catch the wouldbe thieves. Tyrrell ran to the tomb’s roof where he spied a couple of men and shot at them. They returned fire. When Tyrell called for backup, one figure called out: “Tyrrell, is that you?!” One of the Secret Service’s best detectives had been shooting at his own men. Stupidly, the kidnappers ran right back to The Hub. Tyrrell arrested Mullen and Hughes there on Nov. 17. They were tried the following May. Since grave robbing wasn’t a crime, the worst the two could be charged with was petty theft, for trying to steal Lincoln’s $75 coffin. They were convicted and sent to Joliet, the same penitentiary from which they had tried to spring their engraver, Benjamin Boyd. After their arrest, Charles Conant, the acting secretary of the U.S. Treasury, asked Robert Lincoln to pay for an attorney to prosecute charges against the counterfeiters, and to pay Swegles and another witness a per diem to make sure they stayed in the capital city until the trial. Lincoln agreed, but it appears he was stiffed. According to an article by Lincoln historian James Hickey in the Feb. 11-17, 1982, Illinois Times, despite Robert’s many attempts to get his money back, there are no records that the feds ever paid it. When initial reports of the attempted kidnapping were printed, many people, even detectives and other newspaper editors, thought it was a hoax. The crime was too sacrilegious to be believed. Once verified, it was blamed on lots of people other than the real culprits. Some thought Democrats did it, others blamed it on vengeful former Confederates. In Illinois, Chicagoans thought it was a ruse planned by one of the detectives to help him win election for chief of police. A few days after the attempted theft, Power and some of Lincoln’s friends moved the president’s coffin to the tomb’s earthen floored basement, for its safety. It was moved several more times until 1901. Then, per Robert’s request, it was buried 10 feet beneath the catacomb in an enclosure of concrete and steel. 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.

April 18, 2018. The Rock River Times.

Energy & Environment

Do a little: plant a tree By Drs. Robert & Sonia Vogl Contributors

Trees ask for so little yet give so much. This spring, for the eighth consecutive year, the Rock River Trail Initiative, co-founded by Frank Schier,The Rock River Times late publisher, will distribute thousands of free oak trees along the entire route of the Rock River in Illinois and Wisconsin. We are grateful that we have more to replace those lost to various causes. When we asked Steve Rypkema, the coordinator for our section of the route, he explained the reasoning and goals of the program. (Check out rockrivertrail.com/5000-free-oak-trees-to-be-

distributed-by-rock-river-trail-initiative to see if they are available in your area.) The oak trees distributed by the RRTI are native. They do well here. They grow near rivers and streams and hold the soil from erosion. They are nut bearing, so benefit native wildlife. He feels good about investing in the future of this area – the trees will be here long after he is gone. Although unfortunately many people want everything now, there is no reason to not invest in the future. Past generations invested in us. Now it’s our turn. Investing in the future by giving is a good feeling. Trees are an investment in

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that future. Some years ago, my parents’ elderly neighbor planted a walnut tree. When they asked if that wasn’t wishful thinking, he replied that the tree will grow. He is gone, but the tree still stands. Martin Luther, not only a religious leader but a deep thinker, was pondering change through faith and hope. He was known to have said that if he knew the world would go to pieces tomorrow, he’d still plant his apple tree. With all of trees’ gifts – wood, food, shelter for wildlife, climate moderation - the most beneficial act we can perform is to plant a tree. People like trees – not a dense forest of trees, but trees scattered about a grassy landscape. In North America, it is called savanna – not forest, not prairie, but a blend of the two. Savanna is where people developed and feel most comfortable. In addition to the obvious values of trees, they have environmental, economic, and energy benefits. The US Department of Agriculture estimates that an acre of forest absorbs six tons of CO2 and releases four tons of oxygen. As we develop our personal surrounding, our yards, we give thought to trees

placed strategically in our lawns and gardens. Trees are often placed in a landscaped yard for ornamental purposes. Visitors have commented that they find the Prairie Preservation Society’s Sand Ridge preserve, high quality prairie with Christmas trees surrounded by towering white pines, as a place of peace, protection and tranquility. But a little thought can reap economic and energy benefits. Properly placed trees can reduce heat in summer and wind chill in winter and cut a family’s utility bills significantly, saving both fuel and electricity. What would the world be without trees? Climate scientists predict the loss of huge tracts of forest across the world if climate change continues unabated. Trees give so much and ask for so little in return, standing steadfastly over the years. As the children’s camp song simply stated: “I’m a tree - - - and I’m growing very tall. I give a voice to the wind - - a home to the birds - - -food to the squirrels - - - shade to the people of the world. (excerpted). Take action – plant a tree! R.

The Rock River Times. April 18, 2018.

Nation

Trump’s growing anxiety By Jonathan Lemire & Catherine Lucey Associated Press

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his allies have hit a new level of anxiety after the raid on his personal attorney’s office, fearful of deeper exposure for Trump, his inner circle and his adult children — and more than concerned that they don’t know exactly what is in those records and electronic devices seized last week. There is also some worry that Michael Cohen, the self-described legal fixer who helped make bad stories go away and took a leading role in Trump Organization projects in foreign outposts, may strike a deal with prosecutors out of concern about his own prospects. “I think it’s a huge minefield for Donald Trump and the Trump Organization,” said trial attorney Joseph Cammarata, who represented Paula Jones in her sexual harassment suit against President Bill Clinton. “I think this is on its own track and this train is coming down the track with brute force.” The wild legal show continued to play out Monday, at a court hearing in New York before a federal judge who is considering what to do with the material that the FBI seized from Cohen. The scene was punctuated by dramatic entrances and revelations. Stormy Daniels — the porn actress who alleged she had a sexual affair with the president — made an appearance, stumbling on her high heels as she was swarmed by press. Cohen was forced to reveal that another one of his clients is Fox News host Sean Hannity, a high-profile confidant of the president. Trump left the White House for Florida, for a two-day summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the president’s Mar-a-Lago estate. Advisers are hoping the meeting will draw attention from the legal tempest in Washington and New York. On the trip south, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders sought to put distance between Trump and Cohen, saying: “I believe they’ve still got some ongoing things, but the president has a large number of attorneys, as you know.” The federal raid, carried out a week ago in New York City, sought bank records, information on Cohen’s dealing in the taxi industry, Cohen’s communications with the Trump campaign and information on payments he made in 2016 to former Playboy model Karen McDougal and to Daniels, both of whom allege relationships with Trump. The court proceedings Monday dealt with who gets to look at Cohen’s seized documents and devices before they are turned over to prosecutors. Though Cohen once said he “would take a bullet” for Trump, he is aware of the possi-

ble outcome — including potential prison time — and has expressed worry about his family, said a person who has spoken to the lawyer in recent days but is not authorized to discuss private conversations. Cohen has not been charged with anything. Trump’s moods have grown darker in recent days, as he lashes out at the “overreach” of the raid. Further angering the president is that the raid was triggered in part by a referral from special counsel Robert Mueller, who is looking into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The raid was authorized by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. On Twitter Sunday, Trump said that all lawyers are now “deflated and concerned” by the FBI raid on Cohen, adding that “Attorney Client privilege is now a thing of the past.” Trump has also taken to downplaying Cohen’s role. The president also inveighed further against former FBI Director James Comey, who said Monday morning that Trump was morally unfit to be president. That was a few hours after Comey said the same and worse in a highly promoted ABC interview. Many in the White House view the aftershocks of the Cohen raid as potentially more threatening than Mueller’s Russia

probe, fearful of what skeletons may be in the lawyer’s closets, according to five officials and outside allies who all spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. “I agree with the consensus forming that it’s very dangerous for the president, probably the most serious thing yet,” said Sol Wisenberg, a defense attorney who was a deputy independent counsel during the Starr special counsel investigation into Clinton. “Even if you shut Mueller down some way, how do you shut down the Southern District (federal court)?” Trump’s anger at the probe has intensified, with him musing publicly about firing Mueller and the man who authorized the probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. Those around Trump have hoped that this week’s visit to Mar-a-Lago, where he is generally happier, along with the tightly scheduled summit with Abe, would somewhat distract him from Cohen and from Comey’s ongoing publicity tour. But White House aides have also expressed worry that they can control Trump less at his palatial Florida estate, where he is known to seek out counsel from club members and get revved up by their at-times provocative advice. One recent presidential dinner guest was Hannity, a

longtime Trump ally whose connection to Cohen shed more light on the attorney who was more than just a lawyer for Trump. Cohen has long been a key power center in the Trump Organization and a fixture along the edges of Trump’s nascent political life. In Cohen’s own estimation, he is Trump’s Ray Donovan, the bruising television character who takes whatever steps are needed to fix problems for the tycoon he serves. He has regularly threatened lawsuits against those who pose a challenge to Trump. He has berated reporters for writing unflattering words about his boss. He has worked with tabloids, including the National Enquirer, to kill unfavorable stories about Trump. He has said he used a home-equity loan to finance a $130,000 payment to Daniels in the final days of the 2016 campaign and did so without Trump’s knowledge. The president has consistently denied a relationship with Daniels, who claims the two had sex not long after first lady Melania Trump gave birth to the couple’s son Barron. He has also pushed back against other claims from women. A recent Trump fundraising email praised Mrs. Trump, with the president calling her “my rock and foundation.”

IRS payment site fails on tax day By Sarah Skidmore Sell AP Personal Finance Writer

Americans who waited until the last day to pay their taxes online got an unwelcome surprise: The IRS website to make payments and access other key services is down. The IRS still expects Americans to pay their taxes but U.S. Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says extensions will be granted to those impacted when the site is up again. The IRS said in a statement that “certain IRS systems are experiencing technical difficulties.” It also said that at this point, the problem appears to be a hardware issue. The agency advised taxpayers to “continue filing their tax returns as they normally would.” The problem is, electronic filing is the most popular way to file. And the IRS offered no immediate solution but said the returns will be processed when feasible. However, Mnuchin who oversees the IRS, said that they expect the direct pay

system to go up shortly. “We’ll make sure taxpayers have extensions once the system comes up to make sure they can use it and it in no way impacts people paying their taxes,” he told reporters in New Hampshire. “It was just a technical issue we’re working through. A high volume technical issue that impacted the system.” Pages on the IRS website (www.irs.gov) used to view account information, make a direct payment or set up a payment plan were all not functioning most of the day Tuesday. It’s unclear when and why the failure occurred. But it appears, based on a message on the site, that the online payment system became unavailable at 2:50 A.M. ET that morning. It’s unclear how many people were impacted Tuesday but, by comparison, about 5 million tax returns were filed on the final day of last year’s tax season. The IRS snafu also caused problems for popular third-party tax preparers such as Turbo Tax and H&R Block. Both said that

they will hold onto customer tax returns and file them as soon as the IRS system reopens. Tax day falls on April 17 this year because April 15 was a Sunday and April 16 was Emancipation Day, a holiday in Washington, D.C. IRS Acting Commissioner David Kautter testified during a House Oversight Hearing Tuesday that a number of systems are down at the moment and that the agency is working to resolve the issue. Trump’s top economic adviser Larry Kudlow offered a deadpan reaction when asked about the failure. “The IRS is crashing? Sounds horrible. Really bad,” he said during a briefing with reporters in West Palm Beach, Florida. “I hope it gets fixed.” The IRS typically recommends that taxpayers use electronic filing to avoid common mistakes. Online filing is quicker than dropping something in the mail — when the site works, of course.

April 18, 2018. The Rock River Times.

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World

First chlorine, then chaos in Syria attack By Sarah El Deeb Associated Press

BEIRUT — Residents of the Syrian town of Douma were packed into underground shelters amid bombardment when the gas began to spread. Suddenly, panic ensued. As shouts of “chlorine, chlorine!” rang out, some ran into the night and fainted in the street. Others climbed to rooftops, hoping they’d be safer rising above the gas. Dozens didn’t make it out at all, some stumbling on stairwells, out of breath, where they were later found dead. The bodies were still there the next morning, strewn around the buildings, including toddlers and young children. Much about the April 7 suspected chemical weapons attack in Douma, just east of Damascus, remains unknown, including the exact death toll, because of the lack of an independent investigation. Experts from the international chemical weapons watchdog entered the town on Tuesday, 10 days after the attack. The Associated Press spoke to rescuers, medics and numerous residents of Douma for their accounts of what took place. Some were reached in rebel-held areas in northern Syria where they were evacuated after the attack, while others were still in Douma. They spoke of at least two buildings with people sheltering in the basements that were overwhelmed with gas so strong that it was hard to breathe hundreds of yards away. More than 40 people were killed, many of them children, according to medics and opposition activists in the town. The World Health Organization said an estimated 500 patients exhibited symptoms consistent with exposure to toxic chemicals, including respiratory failure. The U.N.-mandated Independent International Commission on Syria has documented more than 30 chemical attacks in Syria between 2013 and the end of 2017 — at least 25 of them carried out by the Syrian military, the commission says. For the rest, it had insufficient evidence to determine the perpetrator. Most involved chlorine gas, usually causing only a few injuries. But in this case, it appeared the gas hit dozens of people crammed into confined spaces, huddling away from the bombs outside. The U.S. and France say they have evidence the Syrian government carried out the April 7 strike, while Syria and its ally, Russia, have denied any gas attack even took place. An AP team visited the site on a Syrian government-organized tour Monday, including a two-room underground shelter where one resident said 47 people were killed, including his pregnant wife and two young daughters. A strange smell lingered, nine days after

the attack. The floors of the shelter were covered with carpets and pillows were lined up against a wall. There were no signs of blood stains.

A strange smell, then people running and screaming

There had been bombings going on all day, and in the evening, a heavy volley of rockets hit, dozens within 10 minutes, said Ahmed, a 20-year-old medic. After the rocket fire subsided, he and his team moved in to check for wounded. Nearing the site, they encountered a powerful smell, then saw people running and screaming, “Chlorine! Chlorine!” Ahmed ran into the building, trying to reach the shelter. He didn’t make it far. He saw two bodies, a man and a woman, but he couldn’t go further. His eyes swollen from the fumes, he struggled to breathe. Everywhere was the overpowering smell of chlorine, he said, speaking on condition he be identified only by his first name out of fear for his safety and that of his family. He rushed to a nearby medical center, where hundreds were crowded, many gasping for breath. Some had fainted. After washing his face and recovering, he joined other medics and went back to the attack site, but the gas was still too strong to get close. Instead they went back and forth helping those who had managed to stagger out get to the medical center. “After an hour and a half, I couldn’t do more,” said. “I was in bad shape. I had to rest.” Soon after the attack, Ahmed was among thousands evacuated from Douma as the town surrendered to government forces. He believes the attack was clearly carried out by Syrian government forces. “It was like an earthquake,” he said, speaking to the AP from northern Syria. “The town was facing an earthquake.”

‘It’s chlorine! It’s chlorine!’

Men and women were preparing to perform the sunset Muslim prayers in an underground shelter when an overpowering smell started spreading. “It’s chlorine! It’s chlorine!” they screamed. Khaled Nuseir was in the two-room shelter with 51 other people when the fumes hit. He ran to a nearby clinic, calling for paramedics to help, but fainted in the clinic. The 25-year-old vegetable vendor said he woke up some time later to people putting vinegar and water on his face. He ran back to the shelter where he found his wife and two daughters dead, white foam covering their mouths. His wife, Fatmeh Qarout, was nine months pregnant. His daughters, Qamar — Arabic for moon — and Nour — Arabic for light — were 18 months and 2 ½ years

old. He said only five people in the shelter survived. The next morning, medics came and took the bodies and buried them in a mass grave near the town’s zoo. Nuseir said a cylinder was found leaking gas. He said it didn’t appear that it was dropped from the air because it still looked intact. “There was no sound of explosion,” he said, speaking to the AP in Douma, which is now in government hands. He and two other residents accused the rebel Army of Islam, which controlled Douma until the militants’ surrendered it, of carrying out the attack. As they spoke, government troops were nearby, but out of earshot. “I lost my children,” Nuseir said. “If we are standing here and something falls from an aircraft, doesn’t it explode? The cylinder was intact when we found it and it was leaking.”

‘Nothing saved them. They all lost their lives.’

Abdullah Abu Hamam tried to reach the site of the attack that night but the

bombardment was too strong. He got there the next morning. Even 12 hours later, the gas was too powerful for him to venture into the underground shelters. Still, he found bodies on all the upper floors. It was clear that when the gas hit, some in the shelters ran upstairs, trying to get to the rooftops. “They knew that if they climbed up, they might be saved,” he said. “We found them on the doorstep, killed. They didn’t even make it to the upper floors. ...They fell on the stairs, women and children, and even some men.” Abu Humam took video footage that showed one apartment with at least a dozen bodies, including at least seven toddlers and young children. None had any wounds, and one woman in the footage appeared to have foam around her mouth “Some were in the bathroom and were trying to wash, but nothing saved them. They all lost their lives,” Abu Humam said, speaking from the rebel-held town of al-Bab in northern Syria.

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As anyone with their sea legs will tell you, it’s never too early to get your ship together for the Rock River Anything That Floats Race, and now is a great time to start dreaming up your entry for the 2018 race, August 12. (Rain date August 19.) Will you riff off Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy - or Han Solo’s Millennium Falcon? Should you make a people-powered paddle wheeler or a pedal-powered prop driven marvel of modern engineering? Or, will you make a hydro-happy, sleek vessel to cut through the waves solely on the energy you and your teammates apply through your paddles or oars? Or will you put a premium on appearance and take your time enjoying a lazy float downstream on a spectacularly cool craft that’s not built for speed at all?

2017 Rock River Anything That Floats Race

One thing is for sure: you and your teammates will have fun designing, building and racing your raft, whether you’re building it for speed or beauty or both. On April 5, the Rock River Anything That Floats Race steering committee presented the 2017 race proceed checks to the not-for-profit benefactors: Rockford Fourth of July Committee, Rock River Trail Initiative and Rockford Ski Broncs. Each of the three organizations received a check for $3,000. Thank you to all the sponsors, racers and volunteers who made 2017’s Rock River Anything That Floats Race a success! The committee also announced the creation of a new race category for 2018: Hulled Craft! From canoes to row boats to ski boats to pontoons, teams can use hulls in the creation of a raft, or just decorate a

boat in a creative manner as they wish. Hulled boats will compete against each other for speed in their own division and against DIY made-from-scratch rafts in the Judges Choice and Peoples Choice categories. NO motors will be allowed.

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Those wanting to register a raft for the race or volunteer at the event can visit rratfr.com today! Let’s go, land lubbers and seamen and women alike! It is time to get your ship together for the 2018 Rock River Anything That Floats Race!

Jane the T. rex As the world’s most complete and best preserved juvenile T. rex, Jane certainly is one of Rockford’s crown jewels. Her 21-foot skeleton highlights the Burpee Museum of Natural History’s fantastic collection of fossils. Discovered in Montana in 2001, Jane is one of the most famous T. rex’s in the world! Aldeen Park Dam Want to see an ever-changing canvas of Rockford art? Head to the dam at Aldeen Park and see years of graffiti covering the concrete. It’s been a rite of passage for high school seniors since 1954 and a way for local artists to showcase their skills. Take in the art and enjoy a picnic at the park.

Sock Monkey Rockford and Sock Monkeys go together like peanut butter and jelly. This Rockford icon got its start at the Nelson Knitting Company when the company’s red-heeled socks were turned into monkeys during the depression. Today, Midway Village Museum hosts the annual Sock Monkey Madness Festival and is the unofficial home of the Sock Monkey.

April 18, 2018. The Rock River Times.

The Handmaid’s Tale continues By Paula Hendrickson

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hile the first season of Hulu’s award-winning drama, The Handmaid’s Tale, was based on Margaret Atwood’s acclaimed novel of the same name, season two is flying free. Sort of. Atwood serves as a consultant and a supervising producer for the series, so the fate of Offred/June (Elisabeth Moss)— is in safe hands. Safer than most women in the Republic of Gilead will ever be. But of course, that still doesn’t mean June is safe. Only that the series has Atwood’s stamp of approval. Season two broadens the scope of the show and introduces viewers to the

horrors of The Colonies, where certain types of people—prostitutes, criminals, and educated women—are banished and forced to clean up radioactive waste. Guards and horses wear protective gear, while the slave laborers don’t even get gloves. Even the water they drink is contaminated. Let’s just say that there’s no accident that slaughterhouse imagery is present in much of the first two episodes. But we also get more flashbacks, not only into June’s life. The powerful second episode of the season centers on Offglen/ Emily (Alexis Bledel). We’ll also see June’s best friend, Moria (Samira Wiley)—who managed to escape Gilead and is now living as a refugee in Canada, where June’s husband, Luke (O-T

Fagbenle) also wound up—dealing with survivor’s guilt because she’s free while so many people aren’t. A question floating through the first couple of episodes of the second season seems to be, “How do you define freedom?” June questions it, even Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd) philosophizes about what freedom really means. Naturally, they don’t share the same opinions. The idea of consequences is another big topic this season. In season one, a lot of Offred’s defiant actions went unnoticed, and a few were encouraged by either Commander Waterford (Joseph Fiennes) or Mrs. Waterford (Yvonne Strahovski). But when a handmaid openly defies her master, mistress, or Aunt, it can impact more than the handmaid herself.

Meaning the radioactive fallout in the Colonies is only one type of fallout these characters are facing. I’m only a few episodes in to the new season, but it feels as if all of the pieces are in place for a storyline that may be even more powerful and thought-provoking that that of season one. The Handmaid’s Tale is a dark, disturbing but brilliant study on the dangers of theocratic states, and its flashbacks are especially frightening because they illustrate how perilously close we may be to a similar collapse of democracy. R.

Programming note

Season 2 of The Handmaid’s Tale arrives April 25 on Hulu.

The Rock River Times. April 18, 2018

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 and 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 Friday Malu-O-Dua - Madison’s Mal-O-Dua bring their eclectic sound to JustGoods. They are touring in support of their recently released CD “ Duo de Chok” on Hot String Swing records. The Listening Room at JustGoods is located at 201 7th St. and the show starts at 7 p.m. Trinadora Duo - Performing at Rock-A-Bago Hall, 4303 W. State St. from 8 p.m.-12 a.m. Saturday Trinadora Duo - Performing at Stockholm Inn, 2420 Charles St. 5-7:30 p.m. Sunday Earth Day Benefit Concert - Last Acre, Strum Brothers, Denny Diamond, Mark Dvorak, Emily Hurd, Eric Lambert, Chip Messiner, and Trinadora will donate their time to create a unique charity concert honoring Earth Day and the memory of beloved musician and environmentalist Pete Seeger. There is no admission charge; a freewill offering will be taken, and the proceeds will help pay for performance licenses required for the acclaimed Rockford Listening Room Friday Concert Series at JustGoods. Acoustics in the intimate concert room are excellent, but seating is limited, so please arrive early; doors open at 6 p.m., concert begins at 7. Additional information is available at (815) 965-8903 or rockfordlisteningroom@gmail.com or www. rockfordlisteningroom.com. JustGoods, a not-for-profit fair trade store located at 201 7th Street in Historic Midtown District of Rockford, Illinois hosts the concerts as part of its mission to serve the community. Learn more about JustGoods at www.justgoods.com. Friday, April 27 Trinadora Duo - Performing at Moose Lodge, 575 Beloit Rd., in Belvidere. 7-10 p.m. $8 admission for non-members. Saturday, April 28 Trinadora Duo - Performing at Freedom Through the Word Church, 2115 S. Alpine Rd. 7-9 p.m. Friday, May 11 The Chocolate Soldier - Rockford Operetta Party presents “The Chocolate Soldier” by Oscar Straus. 7:30 p.m. at 406 N. Main Street. Admission

is $10 per person. Handicap accessible. No advance tickets required. www.rockfordoperettaparty.synthasite.com/

Rockford, Beloit – May 5

Community

Saturday Future Nurses Academy - From checking X-Rays to taking blood pressure, kids of all ages can experience what it’s like to be a nurse from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at Discovery Center Museum, 711 N. Main St., for the event Future Nurses Academy. Learn how to check X-Rays, take blood pressure, and make the rounds on this day of medical fun. Talk to students from the OSF Saint Anthony College of Nursing and get your hands on actual equipment as you explore a career in nursing. Kids use a working stethoscope; learn about cold viruses and make their own mucus, and check pupils, reflexes and vital signs. Children will also look for lurking sugars and test their hand washing skills as they look at germs using an ultraviolet dye. Those who finish their nursing schedule will “graduate” and receive a nursing pin from actually faculty from the nursing program. All activities are included with Discovery Center admission. General admission to the Museum is: $8 adults, $8 children (ages 2 to 17) and free to Museum members and children age 1 and younger. Future Nurses Academy is sponsored by the OSF Saint Anthony College of Nursing. Sunday Rock for the Center Family Festival - The Barbara Olson Center of Hope brings back the Rock for the Center Family Festival from noon-4 p.m. at the Tebala Event Center, 7910 Newburg Road. This is an ability-friendly event and is wheelchair accessible. The family-friendly event features kid’s games, family activities, face-painting, raffles, prizes, music, and dancing. Kids are invited to come in super-hero costumes! Musical entertainment will be provided by RIDERS Full Throttle, as well as the song-stylings of Ms. Chloe Alexander. Food and drinks are available for purchase. Cost is $5 per person at the door. Children under 13 will receive four game tickets with their admission. For information visit the Barbara Olson Center of Hope’s Facebook page, or www.b-olsoncenterofhope.org All proceeds go to support the Center of Hope programs for individuals with developmental disabilities. Friday, April 27 Arbor Dash 5K - Do you love trees and love to run? Then lace up your sneakers and come to Klehm on Arbor Day for the 4th running of the ARBOR DASH, a 5K family fun run through the woods and gardens of our 155-acre property. Get your exercise and help support Klehm Arboretum at the same time. This (unofficially) timed events is open to all ages. Participants will receive an Arbor Dash T-shirt and tree seedling, while supplies last. Register early. Free admission for spectators. Your registration fee will help Klehm continue to fulfill our mission to maintain a living museum for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of all people. Fees: $25 /Runner; $20 Klehm Members. Klehm Family Memberships will be awarded to the top male and female finisher. Other prizes will be awarded from a bib number raffle. Rain or Shine! Register at klehm. org/arbor-dash-5k. Takes place at 6:30 p.m. at

Rockford, Freeport – May 10 and May 12 $12 per person Includes Transportation and Lunch Buffet

Belvidere, Rockford FreeportApril 28 and May 26

Pickup in Rockford (E. State K-Mart) & Beloit (Flying J) Pickup in Rockford (E. State K-Mart) & Freeport (Shopko) Pickup in Belvidere (Walmart 2102 Gateway Center Dr.), Rockford (E. State K-Mart) & Freeport (Walmart 2545 Hwy 26) For reservations & pickup times, call: 1-800-582-5956 ext. 4751 or 4752 Klehm Arboretum, 2715 S. Main St. Sunday, April 29 Medical Cannabis Sign Up Event - Subject for the event will be, “Do I need a doctor to sign up for medical cannabis?” 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Courtyard by Marriott, 7676 E. State St. Wednesday, May 2 Take Charge of Your Diabetes, Live Well, Be Well Workshop - Do you suffer from diabetes or care for someone who does? If so, Join us for a FREE Take Charge of Your Diabetes Workshop. First session starts Wednesday, May 2 at 1 p.m. at Court St. Methodist Church, 215 N. Court St. Receive a FREE book, raffles, healthy snacks and completion certificate for attending. Open to the public. Call Ashlee Dearman from the Northwestern IL Area Agency on Aging now to secure your spot! 779-221-3722. Thursday, May 3 WCAL AP Dinner Meeting - The Winnebago County Association of Legal Administrative Professionals’ Member’s Only Election of Officers dinner meeting will be held at 6 p.m., at Nunzio’s, 5800 N. 2nd Street, Loves Park. Dinner will be All You Can Eat Pizza and Nunzio’s Special Salad Fiesta with soft drinks included. $18 per person. Your check is your reservation confirmation. Deadline is April 20, 2018. This is a Member’s Only Meeting for Election of Officers. Please send reservations to: Alice Field c/o Oliver Close, LLC, 124 N. Water Street, Suite 300, Rockford, IL 61107. Saturday, May 5 Cinco de Genoa - “Cinco de Genoa”, will take place on from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Several businesses and organizations along route 23 will be taking part in this festivity throughout the day. The neighborhood “block” party type celebration, will take place in the parking lots from Tobinson’s Ace Hardware to River’s Mexican Cantina. Activities throughout the day will include; multiple performances by Ballet Folklórico Rayitos del Sol, wagon rides, face painting, artisan booths, music, inflatables, outdoor exhibits, food and much more. Every hour we will be breaking a Piñata filled with great prizes for kids and adults! Call the chamber for more information at 815-784-2212. Saturday, May 12 12th Pearl & Diamond High Tea - Celebration of the relationships between mother & daughter, sister & sister, and friend & friend. 11:30 a.m. at

Giovanni’s Restaurant, 510 N. Bell School Rd. Hosted by comedian Deon Freeman, High Tea Speaker Andrea Cossey, and music by DJ Rated AG. The 2018 Mother of the Year Finalists are Jazz Keyes and Takeisha Lambert; 2018 Daughter of the Year Finalists are Hanadie and Nina Kelly. Tickets are 1 for $40, $2 for 75, $30 for children under the age of 10. No tickets will be available at the door. For more information about the Mother/ Daughter High Tea tickets contact: Jeanine Hayes - 815-980-5644 or Brenda Washington - 815-394-9808. Friday, May 18 There’s No Place Like Home Golf Invitational & Dinner Auction - Be a part of the newest fundraiser for CASA! Join us at Forest Hills Country Club to play golf then stay to enjoy an evening full of fun with dinner and a live auction! Don’t golf? Come for dinner! Help support the children in our area receive the specialized attention from their CASA volunteer! Tickets and more information available at winnebagocountycasa. org. Registration and lunch begins at noon with a shotgun start at 1 p.m. Cocktail hour and Silent Auction viewing begins at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:30 Saturday, May 19 Grandmaster Simul Chess Exhibition - Chess at the Church brings you another opportunity to play a Simultaneous Exhibition with former US Champion Grandmaster Yury Shulman.Takes place in the cafeteria of Jefferson High School, 4145 Samuelson Rd. Doors open at 3:30 p.m. Cost is $12 at the door to play, limited to first 50 to arrive. Wednesday, May 23 Values & Vision: A Vision Board Workshop - Clarify and create the vision that will get you to your best life in this workshop. Grab a hold of your dreams and put a plan in place to make it a reality. 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Mary’s Market, 4431 E. State St. Wednesday, May 30 Garden Bros Circus - Takes place at the BMO Harris Bank Center. Breathtaking special effects, concert style lighting and 3 rings bursting with excitement, laughter and memories that families will cherish. We have brought the very best performers from 18 countries making up a cast of over 60 performers. Shows at 4:30 & 7:30 p.m. First one hundred adult tickets sold online are only $12.50 at www.GardenBrosCircus.com.

April 18, 2018. The Rock River Times.

April 18 - 24

Traditional Flower Viewing Tea Ceremony WHEN Saturday, April 21 (11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.) - Sunday, April 22 (10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m.) WHERE Anderson Japanese Gardens Both days will feature a traditional Flower Viewing Tea Ceremony (Hanami Chakai) and provide a hands-on lesson focused on proper tea serving procedures and guest etiquette.

Jersey Boys WHEN Saturday, April 21 (2 p.m. & 8 p.m.) WHERE Coronado Performing Arts Center Jersey Boys is the 2006 Tony, Grammy and Olivier Award-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers The Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi. This is the true story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the greatest successes in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sounds and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before they were 30!

GoRockford.com/Events

International Food Festival WHEN Saturday, April 21 (5 - 8 p.m.) WHERE Rockford University, Regents Hall, Burpee Student Center Members from the Multicultural Club will prepare foods so that visitors can taste home cooked meals from their countries. The event features authentic recipes from countries like Albania, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Iraq, Japan, Mongolia, Romania, Turkey and more.

RSYO Spring Orchestra Concert WHEN Sunday, April 22 (3 p.m.) WHERE Hononegah Performing Arts Center The Rockford Symphony Youth Orchestra is comprised of student musicians from Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Their spring concert features a full symphonic orchestra performing a variety of classical pieces.

Find out more about these events and more at gorockford.com. To sign up for GoRockford’s What’s Happening weekly eblast, email info@gorockford.com with subject line “What’s Happening.”

The Rock River Times. April 18, 2018.

Death Notices Steven Miller 67 Rockford 4/9/2018 Joanne Cavallo 62 Rockford 4/10/2018 Hans Kim 54 Rockford 4/10/2018 Richard Hruby 75 Rockford 4/10/2018 Eugene Miller 79 Rockford 4/10/2018 Shirley Sievers 95 Rockford 4/10/2018 Joanne Zimmer 73 Rockford 4/10/2018 Irene Kaninski 82 Rockford 4/10/2018 Eleanore Hasley 83 Rockford 4/10/2018 John Krueger 71 Rockford 4/10/2018 Beulah Inness 85 Rockford 4/11/2018 Roseann Madison 90 Rockford 4/11/2018 Janice Palmer 74 Rockford 4/11/2018 Barbara Mally 79 Loves Park 4/11/2018 Gary Sutherland 72 Rockford 4/11/2018 Dale Grossen 85 Rockford 4/11/2018 Charles Behmer 79 Durand 4/11/2018 John Clark 78 Rockford 4/11/2018 Troy Garza 24 Rockford 4/11/2018 Dale Nord 87 Rockford 4/11/2018 Dwight Siedschlag 61 Rockford 4/11/2018 Myrta Smith 93 Durand 4/12/2018 Stephanie Martin 26 Rockford 4/12/2018 Gloria Opsahl 59 Rockford 4/12/2018 Donna Stalcup 80 Rockford 4/12/2018 Margaret Spangler 71 Rockford 4/12/2018 Anthony Schnell 24 Rockford 4/12/2018 Frederick Hardt 77 South Beloit 4/13/2018 Thomas Bloemke 72 Rockford 4/13/2018 James Kleck 63 Loves Park 4/13/2018 John Bates 83 Rockford 4/13/2018 Mashkhal Tairova 59 Rockford 4/13/2018 Patricia Peterson 88 Rockford 4/13/2018 Virginia Carlson 102 Rockford 4/14/2018 Julianna Knutson 87 Rockford 4/14/2018 Wiley Taylor 72 Rockford 4/14/2018 John Girardin 95 Rockford 4/14/2018 Beatrice Hinton 97 Rockford 4/15/2018 Aurthur Babneau 50 Rockford 4/15/2018 Margaret Anderson 100 Rockford 4/15/2018 Kenneth Castle 57 Rockford 4/15/2018 Daniel Burke 59 Machesney Park 4/15/2018 Janet Davis 64 Rockford 4/15/2018 Thomas McKnight 60 Rockford 4/15/2018 Alfred Beiter 64 Rockford 4/15/2018 Beverly Franzen 89 Rockford 4/15/2018 Barbara Collas 66 Rockford 4/15/2018 Rhoda Pierz 67 Rockford 4/15/2018 Luisa Moctezuma 53 Rockford 4/15/2018 Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: AQUARIUS, PISCES AND ARIES

Your HealthWeek of April 1 to 7, 2018

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:

TAURUS, GEMINI AND CANCER

Week of April 8 to 14, 2018

Older adults may not need vitamin D to prevent falls and fractures ARIES

If you really want to finance that project, all it’ll take is a trip to the bank to put you at the heart of the action. On the romantic front, expect your relationship to take an affectionate turn.

ARIES

You’ll definitely be surrounded by lots of people this week. Your friends will invite you to all sorts of goingson, each more action-packed than the last. Someone might try to get you to lose your cool.

TAURUS vitamin D and calcium to prevent fracWhether at work or at home, expect To surround yourself with harmony, tures. There isn’t enough evidence yet toend Reuters Health to have a lot of responsibilities you’ll need to make some comproup on your week. determine the advantages or shoulders harms ofthis high Many older adults should taking mises. At avoid work, you may be tasked You’ll needwomen. to rethink your priorifor postmenopausal with supplements organizing an event will vitamin D and calcium tothat doses ties and stop procrastinating if you bring together can reduce the risk prevent falls and fractures, anda large focusgroup ofExercise, however, want to get everything done.of people. instead on exercises to improve balance falls and also lower the likelihood of falls GEMINI said Dr. Janelle and coordination, U.S. doctors GEMINI recommend. causing serious injuries, You may find yourself spontaneously At work, you’ll have a lot Guirguis-Blake, author an evidence The conclusion issued Tuesday byof clients planning aof magnificent voyage. You’ll to serve, and some will be harder review published inget JAMA and a researcher the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in touch with your spiritual side, to satisfy than others. Luckily, you this will put you the path to at the University ofand Washington in on Seattle. (USPSTF) on fall and fracture prevention have a knack for making miracles greater well-being. comes amid growing debate in the mediin seemingly impossible situations.“Our findings suggest that while vitamin D may possibly cal community over the role of vitamin CANCERprevent people CANCER You’ll D go deficiency through the whole gamut with known vitamin from D, which may help some people at lower If you’re single, your popularity is of emotionssaid this week. Your family falling,” Guirguis-Blake by email, doses but is linked to an increased risk about to skyrocket, andofyou may and friends will be there to help “the evidence to-date does not support situaa fractures, falls, kidneyeven stones and certain experience love at first sight. you navigate a complicated Take things slow — you’d be wise tion on the home front.general Things should benefit on fall prevention in the cancers at higher doses. to know personto thoroughly up quickly. population of olderclear adults, and it appears “Vitamin D shouldto get not be the taken before making any grand romanthat mega-high doses prevent falls in olderticadults, gesture. and lower LEO of vitamin D can actually cause harm.” doses of vitamin D and calcium do not It’s always easier to get along with people with you aren’t Increasingly, doctors are whom focusing on inprevent fractures inLEO postmenopausal volved emotionally. You may need You may finally find a buyer for your other approachestoto fall and fracture women,” said Task Force vice chair Dr. go a bit heavier on the discipline house. If you’ve lived there for many that incorporate exercise Alex Krist, of Virginia Commonwealth with your kids, who knowand exactly years, you may feel overcomeprevention by how address to push your buttons.that feelings of nostalgia, or evenbalance of activities and things University in Richmond. contribute to fallsVIRGO like vision loss and “If healthy people regret. are taking vitamin JoAnn D solely for these reasons, You’ll havesaid a lot Dr. of little details to VIRGO they should medication side effects, out. At work, there’s a Manson, author straighten of an accompanying probably stop,” Krist You said bywhat email. have it takes“We to become a significant at promotion waiting for you public effective figure. 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Make affection a priority front,fractures,” a considerable Manson amount of cold in your relationship, even if you’re said by email. Some people take vitamin D because it hard cash will fall out of the sky. feeling somewhat preoccupied by Patients shouldn’t be alarmed by the isn’t in many foods, though it can be found other matters. new guidelines or SCORPIO stop any supplements in beef liver, canned salmon or sardines, Your plans to move out of your currecommended by their doctor first cheese and egg yolks SCORPIO as well as fortified rent area will without start to take shape. startmilk the week off with You’ll physician, put the needsManson of your family discussing it with their milk and orange juice.You’ll Most sold in a desire to conquer the world. Don’t let your before your own, even if your schesaid by email. the U.S., for example,detractors contains 100 IU of make you lose your cool. dule for the next few days is alHowever, the Task Force guidelines vitamin D per cup. ready jam-packed. suggest that the enthusiasm for vitamin Getting vitamin D SAGITTARIUS and calcium from SAGITTARIUS to takerisk a stepofback D andand other supplements for fracture and foods has been linkedYou’ll to a need reduced You’ll feel compelled to treat yourre-evaluate your professional life. fall prevention has outpaced the evidence,” decreased bone density, known as osteself to a new car. Be reasonable: Your health preoccupations will lead Manson said. oporosis, that can contribute to falls you wouldn’t want to put too much you to a lifestyle thatand will greatly of a strain on with your finances. your stress. You’re on the“Adults at high risk (those osteo-Give fractures among olderreduce adults. yourself a few days to think about track for aevidence new beginning.porosis or those known to be at high risk on But there isn’t yetright enough it, and the urge may disappear of fractures or falls)itsmay to determine the benefits and harms of own. still be very good CAPRICORN candidates for supplementation,” Manson taking vitamin D or calcium supplements Your social life will be most active CAPRICORN week. Expect to who be constantly added. “However, the new reports emphato prevent fractures inthis men or women You’ll be feeling unusually emosurrounded by people as you attend size the limited andtional inconsistent research haven’t gone through menopause, the Task this week. To restore harthe many events you’re invited to. mony in your relationship, dedicate to date and the potential for harm with Force concludes. Have fun, but try not to put too much some time to athat heart-to-heart - and we needconAfter menopause,of when a strain ondecreased your pocketbook.mega-dose bolus dosing versation. This will help you get to to go beyond popping vitamin D and/or supplies of the hormone estrogen may know each other better. AQUARIUS calcium pills to prevent fractures and falls.” increase the risk of osteoporosis, the Task You’ll receive divine inspiration for AQUARIUS Force recommends against lower of Make your life’s next doses big project. You’re overflowing with vitality and the right decisions now, and you’ll feel ready to tackle all kinds of probbe roundly rewarded come retirelems. Various situations have had ment time. Remember: the future you considerably worried for a while, is built one day at a time. and you’ll be happy to put them behind you. By Lisa Rapaport

TAURUS

PISCES

might spontaneously pack your PISCES InYou print weekly; online daily. bags and set out on a trip with friends. You’ll be more and more worried If your travels wind up more complicated than expected, especially when it comes to communicating with your group, don’t sweat it. Let go, and enjoy the ride.

about a minor health problem. By taking the situation seriously, you’ll succeed in obtaining all the care you need, and you should be feeling better in no time.

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: LEO, VIRGO AND LIBRA

Horoscope Week of April 15 to 21, 2018 ARIES

Take the time to review recent receipts, because a mistake probably slipped in somewhere. Your vigilance should pay off in the form of a hefty chunk of change.

TAURUS

Patience won’t be your greatest virtue over the next few days. Financial troubles will resolve themselves with time. The solution to your problems lies in letting water run under the bridge.

GEMINI

You need to get some rest. Once you’re feeling more relaxed, you’ll find the inspiration you needed to reach your professional goals.

CANCER

You’ll be in charge of a large group of people, and you’ll experience some wonderful moments together. Stress may tire you out; be sure to get lots of rest before the weekend if you don’t want to wind up stuck in bed.

LEO

You’ll find yourself in the boss’s chair this week, much to your own surprise. Whoever’s in charge will be needed somewhere urgently. Trust yourself and your leadership talent will shine through.

VIRGO

With a business trip looming on the horizon, you’ll find yourself doubting your abilities to communicate in another language. Things should go better than expected.

LIBRA

If you’re aiming for a career change, you’ll need to head back to class. Your patience and efforts will pay off eventually by relieving you of a tough financial situation.

SCORPIO

You aren’t usually the kind of person who hesitates before making a big decision, but this time you’ll take a few moments to weigh the pros and cons. And you’re right to do so: new information will be brought to your attention at the very last minute.

SAGITTARIUS

At work, you’ll find yourself in charge of emergencies and complaints. Luckily, your ability to smile in every circumstance will work wonders to relieve tense situations.

CAPRICORN

You’ll accomplish a brilliant feat in one way or another. You’ll be warmly applauded and placed on a pedestal of sorts. You may even save someone from a disaster.

AQUARIUS

If you have young children, they’ll be rowdier than usual this week. You’ll need to take the time to establish and explain new house rules if you wish to one day enjoy some peace and quiet.

PISCES

You won’t mince your words this week, and you’ll probably end up saying out loud what others dare not speak. You’ll have to get used to your new phone, as it’s a lot more complex than your previous one.

April 18, 2018. The Rock River Times.

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The Rock River Times. April 18, 2018

Government Notices n n n NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION #4 REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019 The FY 18-19 budget will be on file at the ROE#4 for public review at 300 Heart Blvd., Loves Park, IL 61111. The public hearing in regards to the said budget will be held on May 11th at 11:30 AM. This notice is in compliance of the intergovernmental agreement for the counties of Boone and Winnebago and the Regional Office of Education #4. 8822R TRRT 4/18 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. The Rockford Park District is seeking qualified contractors to refurbish the pickleball courts at Sinnissippi Park. The asphalt courts will be rehabilitated by crack filling, and pool leveling. A Titan Trax membrane system will be installed and acrylic coatings will be applied to complete the court construction. Contractors must be certified by NGI Sports to install Titan Trax or must use an NGI Sports certified subcontractor for the installation. An alternate may be selected to extend the length of the asphalt courts. Bids will be opened at the Rockford Park District, Director’s Conference 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. 18-2202 – Sinnissippi Pickleball Court Reconstruction Pre-Bid Conference: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., Sinnissippi Pickleball Court, 1801 Arlington Ave., Rockford, IL 61107 Bid Opening: Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at 2:00 p.m., Rockford Park District, Director’s Conference Room, 401 S. Main St., Rockford, IL 61101 BY: Julianne C. Elliott, Secretary 8840R TRRT 4/18

Public Notices n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, an Illinois municipal corporation, Plaintiff vs. J & C REAL ESTATE, a now dissolved Illinois limited liability company; JACK L. AKERS, a/k/a JACK AKERS; BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C., as Agent of BMO Harris Bank, N.A., as successor in interest of Amcore Bank; BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C., as Agent of BMO Harris, N.A.; BMO HARRIS, N.A.; ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE; ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; BLACKHAWK BANK, f/k/a

BLACKHAWK STATE BANK; ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, INC., d/b/a ALSIDE SUPPLY CENTER; ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, INC.; NCI OF RIVERSIDE, INC.; BRASS RING AMUSEMENTS, INC.; HICKORY PT BK- BEASLEY IRA; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants CASE NO. 17-CH-38 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in said Court in the above-entitled cause on March 21, 2018, I, Gary Caruana, Sheriff of Winnebago County, or such other Deputy as may be sitting in my stead, will sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder, the following described lands and premises in said Judgment mentioned or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said Judgment with the terms and conditions as set forth herein: A. The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Douglas R. Henry BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 B. The common address of said property is: 640-642 Fairview Avenue, South Beloit, Illinois. C. The legal description of the property is: Lot Fifty-four (54) as designated upon the Plat of Clark’s Addition to South Beloit, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 8 of Plats on page 26 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago, State of Illinois. P.I.N.: 04-05-352-022 D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: none. E. The time and place of sale is: Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. in the lobby of the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois. F. The terms of the sale are: to the highest and best bidder with cash or certified check in full at time of sale. Property is conveyed in “AS IS” condition. Sale subject to court approval; buyer will be entitled to possession of property 30 days after confirmation of sale by court. G. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessment, if any, and easements and restrictions of record. Dated at Rockford, Illinois, this 27th day of March, 2018. GARY CARUANA, SHERIFF OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY PREPARED BY: DOUGLAS R. HENRY BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 8825R TRRT 4/25 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 DBA, Sole Proprietorship Doing Business As business in said County and State under the name of Ken Bagley’s Grant Park Plumbing at the following post office addresses: 1230 11th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows:

Kenneth Bagley SIGNED: Kenneth Bagley 4/5/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8839R TRRT 4/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO In the Matter of the Estate of: DANIEL J. BREITBACH, Deceased. Case No.: 2018-P-135 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of Daniel J. Breitbach, who died on December 19, 2017. Letters of Office were issued on March 16, 2018, to Ryan M. Breitbach, 9344 Cheviot Dr., Roscoe, IL 61073, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Franklin J. Eubank, Jr., 126 N. Church Street, Rockford, IL 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 19, 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, IL 61101 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 (10) days after it has been filed. Dated: April 5, 2018 By: /s/ Ryan M. Breitbach Ryan M. Breitbach, Estate representative Franklin J. Eubank, Jr. (#6208840) Attorney at Law 126 N. Church Street Rockford, IL 61101-1002 (815) 961-9668 Attorney for estate representative 8826R TRRT 4/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Stephen Michael Pasin Current Name Case Number: 18 MR 444 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Stephen Michael Pasin to the new name of: Steve Michael Pasin. The court date will be held: on June 13, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at 400 West State St., Rockford, IL 61101 in Courtroom #426. /s/ Stephen Pasin Stephen Pasin 8827R TRRT 4/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.ARTHUR MACK A/K/A ARTHUR L. MACK, A/K/A ART MACK, A/K/A LAWRENCE MACK, et al Defendant

16 CH 10 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 29, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 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 230 AS DESIGNATED UPON BLUFFSIDE HEIGHTS PLAT NUMBER FIVE BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF PART OF BLUFFSIDE HEIGHTS PLAT NUMBER FOUR AND PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 AND PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 44 OF PLATS ON PAGE 112A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4310 SUNBURY DRIVE, Rockford, IL 61109 Property Index No. 15-12253-011. 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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 10208. 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) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 10208 Case Number: 16 CH 10 TJSC#: 38-3065 I3083760 P8829R TRRT 4/25 n n n Bump Shop Restorations 206 N. Springfield Ave. Rockford, IL 61101 815-968-3200 NOTICE OF MECHANIC’S LIEN NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 11, 2018, or thereafter, a sale will be held at Bump Shop Restorations, 206 N. Springfield Ave, Rockford, Il 61101, to sell the following vehicle to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the State of Illinois against such articles for labor, services, skill or material expended upon and storage furnished for such vehicle at the request of the following designated persons, unless such vehicle is redeemed within thirty days of the first publication of this notice. Inquiries should be made at the above stated address or by telephoning 815-968-3200. Names of persons: George Neblock; Russell J. Dulaney of Wonder Lake, Illinois; American General Finance of Crystal Lake, Illinois. Description of Article: 1968 Plymouth GTX Vin # RP23F8G163649 Amount owed: $4,618.67 8830R TRRT 4/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: SHARON D. COLEMAN, Petitioner, V. CHARLES E. COLEMAN, Respondent. Case No. 17 D 861 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Respondent CHARLES E. COLEMAN that Petitioner SHARON D. COLEMAN has caused to be filed a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and other relief in the above-captioned cause of action. You are further notified that if you fail to file an answer or otherwise appear on or before May 11, 2018, a judgment by default may be entered against you at any time thereafter for the relief requested in the petition. /s/ Sharon D. Coleman, Petitioner 8831R TRRT 4/25 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 craft, vintage item sales online and local business in said County and State under the name of WaTurHill Creations at the following post office addresses: 1316 Florist Dr., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Wendy J. Turner

SIGNED: Wendy J. Turner 4/10/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8833R TRRT 4/25 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 Restaurant, Puerto Rican food business in said County and State under the name of La Casa Boricua 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 4/10/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 10th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8834R TRRT 4/25 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 Dog Breeding Services business in said County and State under the name of Tips Midwest Bullys at the following post office addresses: 4543 Apple Orchard Ln., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Thomas Tillman SIGNED: Thomas Tillman 3/30/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8835R TRRT 4/25 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 Remodeling contractor, floor covering contractor business in said County and State under the name of Floor It & More at the following post office addresses: 9958 N. Alpine Rd., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Chad Kariolich SIGNED: Chad Kariolich 4/5/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8836R TRRT 4/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: ILIAN S. SANCHEZ aka ILIAN S. SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ aka ILIAN S. GONZALEZ. Deceased. NO. 2018 P 144 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONWILLS AND CLAIMS NOTICE is given of the death of ILIAN S. SANCHEZ aka ILIAN S. SANCHEZ-RODRIGUEZ aka ILIAN S. GONZALEZ. Letters of Office were issued on April 4, 2018, to Arcadio Sanchez, 2124 Arizona Ave., Rockford, IL 61108, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Patrick M. Moore, DeRango and Cain, LLC., 120 West State Street, Suite 303, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 5,

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 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date 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 St., Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the legal estate 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 attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. Dated: April 4, 2018 Arcadio Sanchez, Administrator BY: /s/ Patrick M. Moore PATRICK M. MOORE, Attorney for the Administrator Patrick M. Moore DeRango and Cain, LLC 120 West State St. Suite 303 Rockford, Illinois 61101 815/962-5490 pmoore@derangocain.com 8828R TRRT 4/25 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 Apparel, Accessories online business in said County and State under the name of Faith Overcoming Obstacles at the following post office addresses: 5258 N. Rockton Ave., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Aaron Sabia; Dana Sabia SIGNED: Aaron Sabia 4/5/18 SIGNED: Dana Sabia 4/5/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 8837R TRRT 4/25 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 art sales business in said County and State under the name of Project Pour at the following post office addresses: 3588 Cavalier Court, Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Teresa Testolin SIGNED: Teresa Testolin 4/5/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 5th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8838R TRRT 4/25 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Business, I’m A Club Promoter, I book Parties and Artist to Perform business in said County and State under the name of Fly boy Empire at the following post office addresses: 2922 White Fox Ct., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Delregan Stevenson SIGNED: Delregan Stevenson 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 8811R TRRT 4/18 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 and remodeling of any kind (homes, kitchens, bathrooms, decks) business in said County and State under the name of Serrano’s Construction & Remodeling at the following post office addresses: 5792 Dover Rd., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Sergio Serrano SIGNED: Sergio Serrano 3/26/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 26th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8867R TRRT 5/2 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 Massage Therapy business in said County and State under the name of Massage Innovations by TLC at the following post office addresses: 5758 Elaine Dr., Rockford, IL 61108; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tiffany L. Czerwin SIGNED: Tiffany L. Czerwin 4/13/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8868R TRRT 5/2 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Lawn care and snow removal, tree care business in said County and State under the name of Champion’s Lawn Care and Snow Removal at the following post office addresses: 5311 Yellowstone Dr., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: DeMario Hobson SIGNED: DeMario Hobson 4/12/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 12th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 8866R TRRT 5/2 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 Christian Church business in said County and State under the name of Iglesia Biblica Cristiana “Dios de Amor” at the following post office addresses: 911 Michigan Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ariel Fernandez SIGNED: Ariel Fernandez 4/17/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 17th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 8869R TRRT 5/2

April 18, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. ANDREA L. LAGRENE AKA ANDREA L. PATRICK; MEMBERALLIANCE CREDIT UNION; Defendants, 16 CH 818 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 10, 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 Four (4) as designated upon the Plat of Coventry Hills North, being a Subdivision of part of the East Half (1/2) of the Northeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 4, Township 43 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 35 of Plats on page 69 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. P.I.N. 16-04-229-009. Commonly known as 5862 Princess Drive, Rockford, IL 61109. 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. 16-027319 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3082189 P8774R TRRT 4/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. LEWIS DAMMANN AKA LEWIS H. DAMMANN; JOYCE DAMMANN AKA JOYCE E. DAMMANN; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 736 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 10, 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: PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF

SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT TWELVE HUNDRED FIVE AND EIGHT TENTHS (1205.8) FEET SOUTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION AND SIXTEEN HUNDRED TWENTY-SEVEN AND ONE TENTH (1627.1) FEET EAST OF THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION; THENCE WEST, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, THREE HUNDRED THIRTY (330) FEET; THENCE NORTH, PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO (132) FEET; THENCE EAST, PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID SECTION, THREE HUNDRED THIRTY (330) FEET; THENCE SOUTH, PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID SECTION, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO (132) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE EAST THIRTY (30) FEET OF SAID PREMISES FOR ROAD PURPOSES; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3134 VINTON AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101-2663. P.I.N. 11-10-104-013. 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. 17-09849 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3082201 P8775R TRRT 4/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2003-5 ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-5; Plaintiff, vs. AFRIM SEFERI; DISCOVER BANK; CAMPION CORPORATION; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-NORTHERN; Defendants, 17 CH 717 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 10, 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 No. 16 of Gregory Heights, part of the Southwest Quarter of Section 28, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which is recorded in Book 36 of Plat on page 38 in the Recorder`s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in Winnebago County in the State of Illinois. Commonly known as 1315 Esmond Drive, Rockford, IL 61108. P.I.N. 12-28-380-007. 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. 108498 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3082202 P8776R TRRT 4/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. Plaintiff, -v.GLENN W. YEAGER, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000935 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 1, 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 FIVE (5) IN BLOCK SEVEN (7) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF EAST END ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 5 OF PLATS ON PAGE 48 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 206 SOUTH ROCKFORD AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61104 Property Index No. 12-30101-006. 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 14-17-17213. 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. 14-17-17213 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH0000935 TJSC#: 38-2659 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. I3082752 P8777R TRRT 4/18 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.2016 CH 738 LUKE DILLAMAN, et al Defendant NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 1, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 10, 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 FIFTEEN (15) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 2 OF MAGNOLIA HEIGHTS, BEING PART OF THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 32 OF PLATS ON PAGE 261 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 4427 BOX ELDER LANE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-07152-005. 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 256467. 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. 256467 Case Number: 2016 CH 738 TJSC#: 38-2711 I3082761 P8778R TRRT 4/18 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF HUNTER ANTHONY VASSALLO Minor’s Current Name LAUREN NICOLE FLORZAK Name of Parent/Guardian filing on behalf of the Minor Case No. 18 MR 393 NOTICE OF FILING PETITION FOR NAME CHANGE Notice is hereby given, that on May 23, 2018, in Room 412 at 10 a.m., I will present a Petition requesting that the Court change his/her present name of Hunter Anthony Vassallo, a minor, to the name of Hunter Anthony Florzak. The hearing will take place at Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 West State St. in Rockford, Illinois. Hunter Anthony, a minor, by, Lauren Nicole Florzak Date: 3/28/18 8784R TRRT 4/18 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (MINOR CHILDREN) REQUEST OF: Carla Magdaline Castillo TO CHANGE NAMES OF MINOR CHILDREN Case Number 18 MR 392 There will be a court date on a Request for Name Change (Minor Children) for these children: Maverick Anthony Teunissen, Current Name of Minor Child, to: Maverick Jose Castillo, Proposed New Name of Minor Child. The court date will be held on May 23, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101 in Courtroom 412. /s/ Carla Castillo Carla Magdaline Castillo 8785R TRRT 4/18 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ESTATE OF BERNADINE M. JAQUET, Deceased No. 2018 P 100 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of BERNADINE M. JAQUET. Letters of office were issued to Thomas Jaquet, as Independent Executor, 3672 Laura Lane, Rockford, Illinois 61114, whose attorney of record is Christopher W. Dodson, 4855 East State Street, Suite 17, Rockford, Illinois 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 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 Section 5/18-3 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. When a claim is filed with the representatives but not with the Court, the representatives may file the claim with the Court but have no duty to do so. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representatives and their attorney within ten (10) days after said claim has been filed. Christopher W. Dodson (815-397-1305) Attorney At Law 4855 East State Street, Suite 17 Rockford, Illinois 61108. 8786R TRRT 4/18 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO BLACKHAWK BANK f/k/a BLACKHAWK STATE BANK, Plaintiff, vs. DAWN McPHETERS and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. Case No. 2018 CH 0000214 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY PUBLICATION 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-entitled Foreclosure action was filed on March 29, 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 is brought is identified above. 3. The names of the titleholders of record is Dawn McPheters. 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Lot Thirteen (13) as designated upon Plat No. 3 of Cherry Crest Subdivision of part of the West Half (1/2) of the Southeast Quarter (1/4) of Section 35, Township 44 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, Winnebago County, Illinois, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 32 of Plats on page 43 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Permanent Index Number: 12-35-405-004 5. The common address or location of the real estate is: 2112 Wessman Parkway, Cherry Valley, IL 61016. 6. The following information pertains to the mortgage sought to be foreclosed in the above-entitled action: a. Name of mortgagors: Dawn McPheters. b. Name of mortgagee: Blackhawk Bank f/k/a Blackhawk State Bank. c. Date of Mortgage: January 31, 2008. d. Date and place of recording: February 13, 2008 in the Winnebago County Recorder Office, Winnebago County, Illinois. e. Identification of Recording: Document No. 200800806739. 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 for the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Winnebago County, Illinois, on or

before May 4, 2018, default may be entered against 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. Prepared by: ZIMMERMAN & WALSH, LLP Erin E. Walsh - #6279993 1707 East State Street Rockford, IL 61104 Ph: (815) 399-1400 Fax: (815) 399-9440 eew@zimwalsh.com 8789R TRRT 4/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Lawn Care business in said County and State under the name of Green Earth Lawncare at the following post office addresses: 9692 Bagly Dr., Unit 4, Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Frank Freeman SIGNED: Frank Freeman 4/2/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 2nd day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 8791R TRRT 4/18 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 Home, Residential and Industrial Roofing business in said County and State under the name of A & C Roofing at the following post office addresses: 414 Lexington Ave., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Crystal Tejeda Sanchez; Angel Ortega Morua SIGNED: Crystal Tejeda Sanchez 3/30/18 SIGNED: Angel Ortega Morua 3/30/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 8805R TRRT 4/18 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 online business selling vintage decor, household goods and furniture business in said County and State under the name of edgebrookhouse at the following post office addresses: 2309 Edgebrook Dr., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tanya Scott; Kenneth Brickman SIGNED: Tanya Scott 3/30/18 SIGNED: Kenneth Brickman 3/30/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8806R TRRT 4/18

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 2016-CTT PLAINTIFF Vs. Wayne E. Morris; Mary Gillis a/k/a Mary A. Morris Gillis; United States of America Department of Housing and Urban Development; State of Illinois- Department of Healthcare and Family Services; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Mildred F. Morris; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Oril E. Morris; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Timothy A. Miller, as Special Representative for Mildred F. Morris (deceased) and Oril E. Morris (deceased) DEFENDANTS 2018CH 000172 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Mildred F. Morris Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Oril E. Morris 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: 2505 Whale Ave Rockford, IL 61109 and which said Mortgage was made by: Mildred F. Morris executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit Oril E. Morris executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to PNC Reverse Mortgage, LLC, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 20101051346; 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 May 18, 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. 14-17-15878 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector. I3083992 P8850R TRRT 5/2 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC, Plaintiff, v. AMY J. DOWNIN; MEADOW RIDGE HOMES ASSOCIATION;

UNKNOWN OWNERS; and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants. 16 CH 523 6163 Fireside Drive Rockford, IL 61118 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to the following: MEADOW RIDGE HOMES ASSOCIATION, Generally. Notice is hereby given to Defendants in the above-entitled suit that the above-named Plaintiff has filed its Complaint in said Court for Foreclosure pursuant to the mortgage foreclosure laws of the State of Illinois, of the lands and premises in the Complaint situated in Winnebago County, State of Illinois: LOT FORTY-EIGHT (48) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 2 OF MEADOW RIDGE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 36 OF PLATS ON PAGE 39 AND 39A IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. PIN: 12-10-304-008 Common address: 6163 Fireside Dr., Rockford, Illinois 61114 that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that said suit is now pending. The said Complaint is for the foreclosure of the mortgage. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the said above-named Defendants, file your appearance in the said suit in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, on or before the day of May 18, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. Stephen G. Daday Klein, Daday, Aretos & O’Donoghue, LLC 2550 West Golf Road, Suite 250 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 847-590-8700 kdaonotices@kdaolaw.com No. 3127015 I3083907 P8851R TRRT 5/2 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST 2005-2; Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DARLA M. SMITH AKA DARLA SMITH; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITIBANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR SACO I TRUST 2005-5, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-5; JAMES BENNETT; JASON BENNETT; JOAN BENNETT; CHARLA EMMERLING; RICK SMITH; UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO AMCORE INVESTMENT GROUP, NA AS TRUSTEE UNDER A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 24, 1989 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 89-10646; CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY AS

SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO AMCORE INVESTMENT GROUP, NA AS TRUSTEE UNDER A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 24, 1989 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 89-10646; TIMOTHY MILLER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DARLA M. SMITH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 464 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 24, 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 68 AS DESIGNATED UPON QUAIL RUN SUBDIVISION PLAT NO. 3, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 38 OF PLATS ON PAGE 140A IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 12-03-404-009. Commonly known as 65586560 Sawgrass Drive, Rockford, IL 61114. The improvement on the property consists of a residencial property. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call sales department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. WA17-0276 I3083790 P8852R TRRT 5/2 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.LEE E. CARLSON, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000735 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 May 29, 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) IN BLOCK TWENTY-FIVE (25) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF E. H. MARSH’S PARK VIEW SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 14, AND OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1, EAST. Commonly known as 2124 HECKER AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14-

228-008. 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 14-17-11167. 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. 14-17-11167 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH0000735 TJSC#: 38-895 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. I3079327 P8853R TRRT 5/2 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: MICHAEL P. PEARSON, Deceased. CASE NO. 18-P-143 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of MICHAEL P. PEARSON. Letters of Office were issued on the 20th day of March, 2018, to JEAN LEUSTEK, 3022 Old Sawmill Road, P.O. Box 45, Willow River, Minnesota 55795, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is GEORGE P. HAMPILOS, of Hampilos & Associates, Ltd., 308 West State Street, Suite 210, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 18, 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, 61101, 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 their attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Dated: April 11, 2018 By: /s/ George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos — ARDC #6210622 HAMPILOS & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 308 West State Street, Suite 210 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-962-0044 Fax: 815-962-6250 georgehamp@aol.com 8841R TRRT 5/2 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: KERRY LOPIN, Deceased. CASE NO. 18-P-142 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of KERRY LOPIN. Letters of Office were issued on the 20th day of March, 2018, to KIMBERLEE LOPIN, 3515 Val Mark Terrace, Rockford, Illinois 61107, who is the legal representative of the Estate. The attorney for the estate is GEORGE P. HAMPILOS, of Hampilos & Associates, Ltd., 308 West State Street, Suite 210, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 18, 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, 61101, 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 their attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Dated: April 11, 2018 By: /s/ George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos, Esq. George P. Hampilos — ARDC #6210622 HAMPILOS & ASSOCIATES, LTD. 308 West State Street, Suite 210 Rockford, Illinois 61101 Telephone: 815-962-0044 Fax: 815-962-6250 georgehamp@aol.com 8842R TRRT 5/2 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: ADOLFINE BUEDENBENDER, Deceased. Case No. 2018 P 175 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of ADOLFINE BUEDENBENDER of 4009 Thames Way. Letters of Office were issued on April 3, 2018, to TERRANCE TANDY and ENOLA TANDY, 4010 Thames Way, Rockford, Illinois 61114, whose attorney is Ronald Fiet, Ronald Fiet, P.C., 4320 Spring Creek Road, Rockford, Illinois, 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 18, 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 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 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 Court at Winnebago County Courthouse, Probate Division, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. TERRANCE TANDY and ENOLA TANDY, Co-Executors This document was prepared by: Ronald Fiet, P.C. Attorney at Law P.O. Box 2863 Loves Park, Illinois 61132 815/519-7897 ron@fietlaw.com 8843R TRRT 5/2 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: LEONARD O. JARL, Deceased. Case No. 2017 P 368 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of LEONARD O. JARL of 111 N. Lawrence St.. Letters of Office were issued on August 17, 2017, to LA RAE LARSON, 4052 River Road, Cherry Valley, Illinois 61016, whose attorney is Ronald Fiet, Ronald Fiet, P.C., 4320 Spring Creek Road, Rockford, Illinois, 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 18, 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 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 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 Court at Winnebago County Courthouse, Probate Division, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. LA RAE LARSON, Executor This document was prepared by: Ronald Fiet, P.C. Attorney at Law P.O. Box 2863 Loves Park, Illinois 61132 815/519-7897 ron@fietlaw.com 8844R TRRT 5/2 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: EVA M. LENOX, Deceased. Case No. 2017 P 541 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of EVA M. LENOX of 10381 Montague Road. Letters of Office were issued on December 8, 2017, to MELINDA L. STADEL and CYNTHIA S. LENOX, 9416 Roanoak Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61107, whose attorney is Ronald Fiet, Ronald Fiet, P.C., 4320 Spring Creek Road, Rockford, Illinois, 61107. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 18, 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 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 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 Court at Winnebago County Courthouse, Probate Division, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. MELINDA L. STADEL and CYNTHIA S. LENOX, Co-Executors This document was prepared by: Ronald Fiet, P.C. Attorney at Law P.O. Box 2863 Loves Park, Illinois 61132 815/519-7897 ron@fietlaw.com 8845R TRRT 5/2 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: FREDERICK J. SCHMIDT, Deceased. Case No. 2018 P 184 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of FREDERICK J. SCHMIDT of 2012 3rd Avenue, Unit 1. Letters of Office were issued on April 5, 2018, to SUSAN THEISEN, 326 Redbird Road, Bloomingdale, Illinois 60108, whose attorney is Ronald Fiet, Ronald Fiet, P.C., 4320 Spring Creek Road, Rockford, Illinois, 61107.

Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 18, 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 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 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 Court at Winnebago County Courthouse, Probate Division, 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. SUSAN THEISEN, Executor This document was prepared by: Ronald Fiet, P.C. Attorney at Law P.O. Box 2863 Loves Park, Illinois 61132 815/519-7897 ron@fietlaw.com 8846R TRRT 5/2 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DAVID W. APPEL Deceased, CASE NO. 18 P 93 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DAVID W. APPEL. Letters of Office were issued on March 23, 2018, to MARALYN K. MCCORD, c/o 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway, Loves Park, IL 61111, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is JEREMY RAMSEY, 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway, Loves Park, IL 61111. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 18, 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 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: April 11, 2018 MARALYN K. MCCORD Name: JEREMY RAMSEY ARDC Number: # 6276765 Attorney for Estate Address: 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway Loves Park, IL 61111 Telephone: (815) 988-4364 8847R TRRT 5/2

April 18, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.RANDALL C MAGNUSON A/K/A RANDALL MAGNUSON, et al Defendant 17 CH 272 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 May 8, 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-FOUR (24) AND TWENTY-SEVEN (27) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF LARCHMONT SUBDIVISION, A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 18, 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 69 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3402 NORTH VIEW ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 12-18226-017. The real estate is improved with a brown wood siding, one story 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 262040. 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. 262040 Case Number: 17 CH 272 TJSC#: 38-548 I3082795 P8790R TRRT 4/18 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 remodeling apartment business in said County and State under the name of J & E Gomez Remodeling at the following post office addresses: 2104 7th St., Apt. C, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jesus Gomez; Elizabeth R. Gomez SIGNED: Jesus Gomez 4/2/18 SIGNED: Elizabeth R. Gomez 4/2/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 2nd day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8792R TRRT 4/18 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 Restaurant & Dairy-Ette

business in said County and State under the name of Zammuto’s Drive In and Carry Out at the following post office addresses: 725 Kent St., Rockford, IL 61102; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Zina R. Horton SIGNED: Zina R. Horton 3/30/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Pamela Johnson, DEPUTY 8793R TRRT 4/18 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 online T-shirt company (Free Expressions815) business in said County and State under the name of Free Expressions815 at the following post office addresses: 5156 Solitude Dr., Rockford, IL 61114; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Tiffany Ingram SIGNED: Tiffany Ingram 3/30/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 30th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8794R TRRT 4/18 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, tree removal and property maintenance business in said County and State under the name of MPM Services at the following post office addresses: 2243 Jonquil Pl., Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Hector Martinez SIGNED: Hector Martinez 3/27/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 27th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 8795R TRRT 4/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a clothing brand designing hats and t-shirts, etc. business in said County and State under the name of Black Reign at the following post office addresses: 2403 Custer Ave., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ashley Williams SIGNED: Ashley Williams 1/18/17 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 18th day of January, A.D. 2017. Margie M. Mullins, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8796R TRRT 4/18 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 Fireworks Warehouse business in said County and State under the name of Cornellier Fireworks at the following post office addresses: 5510 Manchester Rd., South Beloit, IL 61080; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jerilyn L. Cornellier SIGNED: Jerilyn L. Cornellier 3/28/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8797R TRRT 4/18 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: NICHOLAS R. SEGALLA, Deceased. No. 2018 P 119 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of NICHOLAS R. SEGALLA. Letters of Office were issued on March 14, 2018, to CAROL A. SEGALLA, 3803 Packard Parkway, Rockford, IL 61101, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ERIN E. WALSH, 1707 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61104. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 4, 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, 61101, 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: April 4, 2018. CAROL A. SEGALLA, Independent Administrator Attorney Erin E. Walsh Attorney for Estate 1707 East State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (815) 399-1400 8808R TRRT 4/18 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 Freight forwarding business in said County and State under the name of TS Expedited at the following post office addresses: 428 Napoleon St., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning,

conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Steve Cosgrove SIGNED: Steve Cosgrove 3/28/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8798R TRRT 4/18 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 Drag Racing business in said County and State under the name of TDY Motor Sports at the following post office addresses: 7792 La Montee Dr., Rockford, IL 61103; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Terry L. Young SIGNED: Terry L. Young 3/28/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 8799R TRRT 4/18 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Painting business in said County and State under the name of Painting Beauty at the following post office addresses: 5004 Didier Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jaime A. Fregoso SIGNED: Jaime A. Fregoso 3/29/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8800R TRRT 4/18 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 spa service business in said County and State under the name of Serenity Sisters at the following post office addresses: 5535 Peachstone Pl., Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Chandra Daehler; Teresa Wright SIGNED: Chandra Daehler 3/28/18 SIGNED: Teresa Wright 3/28/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 28th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8801R TRRT 4/18 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, Lawn Care business in said County and State under the name of L & Z

Landscaping at the following post office addresses: 4329 Majesty Ct., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Luis TaPolla SIGNED: Luis TaPolla 3/29/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8802R TRRT 4/18 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 home made ice cream and desserts business in said County and State under the name of Kimberly’s at the following post office addresses: 728 7th St., Rockford, IL 61104; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Luis TaPolla SIGNED: Luis TaPolla 3/29/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8803R TRRT 4/18 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 Arts & Crafts business in said County and State under the name of The Read Singer at the following post office addresses: 1643 N. Alpine Rd., Suite 104, Box 115, Rockford, IL 61107; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Lindsay Draper SIGNED: Lindsay Draper 3/29/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 29th day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 8804R TRRT 4/18 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 drone photography and services business in said County and State under the name of Street Smart Drone Services at the following post office addresses: 9763 Petunia Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Jason Street SIGNED: Jason Street 4/3/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8812R TRRT 4/18 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: PRESLEY D. FARR, Deceased. No. 2016 P 528 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Presley D. Farr. Letters of Office were issued on November 30, 2016, to BERTHA J. FARR, 3629 Sunnyside Ave., Rockford, IL 61101, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ERIN E. WALSH, 1707 East State Street, Rockford, IL 61104. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 4, 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, 61101, 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: April 4, 2018. BERTHA J. FARR, Independent Administrator Attorney Erin E. Walsh Attorney for Estate 1707 East State Street Rockford, IL 61104 (815) 399-1400 8809R TRRT 4/18 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 restaurant and catering business in said County and State under the name of Chefdaddy’s at the following post office addresses: 1011 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: Anthony Pugh SIGNED: Anthony Pugh 4/3/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 3rd day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Bowman, DEPUTY 8810R TRRT 4/18 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 Teach How to Make Signs Crafts business in said County and State under the name of AbsaDazzle Creations at the following post office addresses: 5569 Grove St., Roscoe, IL 61073; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Connie Stambaugh SIGNED: Connie Stambaugh

4/16/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 16th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8863R TRRT 5/2 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 catering and dining services business in said County and State under the name of O’Taste and See Catering and Dining Services at the following post office addresses: 4823 Pine Meadow Parkway #1, Loves Park, IL 61111; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Billy D. Hayes SIGNED: Billy D. Hayes 3/23/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 23rd day of March, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8864R TRRT 5/2 n n n ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO This is to certify that the undersigned intend to conduct and transact a Graphic Design business in said County and State under the name of Ashley Jilek Design at the following post office addresses: 1314 Arvidson Dr., Machesney Park, IL 61115; that the true and real full names of all persons owning, conducting or transacting such business are as follows: Ashley Jilek SIGNED: Ashley Jilek 4/13/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Angela Reina, DEPUTY 8865R TRRT 5/2 n n n Family Manufactured Home Communities, L.L.C. 1418 Sandy Hollow Road Rockford, IL 61109 NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 21st, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. an auction will be held at Family Manufactured Home Communities L.L.C. 1418 Sandy Hollow Road, Rockford, IL 61109 to sell the following article to enforce a lien existing under the laws of the state of Illinois against such article for labor, services, skill or material expended upon a storage furnished for such article at the request of fallowing designated persons, unless such article is redeemed within thirty days of the publication of this notice. For further information regarding this matter, please call Suren Soneji at (630)624-4624. Names of the persons: Edwards, Carol; Donovan, Jerry Description of article: 1970 Ritz-Craft Serial # Y0179620 Amount of lien: $1485.00 8832R TRRT 4/18

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n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.SHEENA S MCCLAIN, et al Defendant 16 CH 325 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 23, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 24, 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 SEVENTEEN (17) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF GREGORY AND GIDDING’S SUBDIVISION OF BLOCKS 24 AND 25 AND ADDITION TO THE CITY OF ROCKFORD, WHICH PLAT IS RECORDED IN BOOK 44 OF DEEDS PAGE 388 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, BOUNDED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE NORTH ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT; THE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) FEET; THENCE EAST PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT, FIFTY-FIVE (55) FEET; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL WITH THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT; ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, FIFTY-FIVE (55) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 904 8TH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61104 Property Index No. 11-26407-006. The real estate is improved with a blue wood siding, two story one unit home with a detached one 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 254399. 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. 254399 Case Number: 16 CH 325 TJSC#: 38-1869 I3081367 P8814R TRRT 4/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CSMC MORTGAGEBACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-7 Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT VAZQUEZ, LHR INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 682 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., in Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot One Hundred Forty-four (144) as designated upon Plat No. 5 of Otter Creek Subdivision, being a subdivision of part of the East Half (1/2) of Section 15, Township 28 North, Range 10 East of the Fourth (4th) Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 45 of Plats on Page 6 as document number 0461962 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the Village of Du-

rand, County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as 1702 Northstar Dr, Durand, IL 61024. P.I.N. 05-15-405-001. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. SPSF.3144 I3083029 P8816R TRRT 4/25 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: JIM W. DIXON, Deceased. CASE NO. 2018 P 123 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JIM W. DIXON, Letters of Office were issued on March 29, 2018 to KIM M. DIXON, 4912 Gregwood Place, Rockford, IL 61108, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is Robert C. Pottinger, of Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & Van Evera, 6833 Stalter Drive, Rockford, Illinois 61108. Claims against the Estate may be filed on or before October 11, 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: April 4, 2018 KIM M. DIXON, Administrator Robert C. Pottinger - 6202815 BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 rcpottinger@bslbv.com ekuelling@bslbv.com 8824R TRRT 4/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, vs. MARY ANN GERETTE A/K/A M. GERETTE, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 596 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales

Corporation will on Thursday, May 17, 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 THIRTY-ONE (31) IN BLOCK SIXTEEN (16) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF THIRD CENTRAL PARK SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION LYING IN THE SOUTH HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 10, IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 13 OF PLATS ON PAGE 17 IN THE RECORDER`S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 2811 SUMMERDALE AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101. P.I.N. 11-10-403-034. 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. 17-07812 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3083033 P8815R TRRT 4/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, vs. NICHOLAS ZACHARIAH GRAY; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants, 16 CH 456 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 17, 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 Two Hundred Seven (207) as designated upon Winfield Plat No. 5, being part of the South Half (1/2) of the Northwest Quarter (1/4) of Section 18, Township 46 North, Range 2 East of the Third Principal Meridian, the Plat of which Subdivision is recorded in Book 45 of Plats on Page 169 in the Recorder’s Office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. P.I.N. 04-18-157-012. Commonly known as 813 Dr.

Clark Way, South Beloit, IL 61080. 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. 16-014132 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3083019 P8817R TRRT 4/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT Plaintiff, -v.KEITH A. BURGOS, et al Defendant 2017CH 0000092 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 22, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 24, 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: TRACT A: LOT EIGHTEEN (18) IN BLOCK SIX (6) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HARLEM HILLS, BEING A PART OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH RECORDED IN BOOK 18 OF PLATS, PAGE 28 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. TRACT B: PART OF A R E A D E S I G N AT E D ‘’PARK’’ ADJACENT TO LOT FORTY-FIVE (45) IN BLOCK SEVEN (7) AND LOT EIGHTEEN (18) IN BLOCK SIX (6) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF HARLEM HILLS, BEING A PART OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IS RECORDED IN BOOK 18 OF PLATS ON PAGES 28 AND 29 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS, MORE PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIED AS FOLLOWS, TO-WIT: BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF LASALLE AVENUE AS DESIGNATED UPON SAID PLAT OF HARLEM HILLS, WHICH IS CHORD DISTANT 18.0 FEET NORTHWESTERLY FROM THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 45, THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY PARALLEL WITH THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 45, A

DISTANCE OF 115.45 FEET; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY TO THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 18; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 18 TO THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 18; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID LASALLE AVENUE TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3204 LASALLE AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Property Index No. 12-07-253010 (151A131). 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 14-17-00949. 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. 14-17-00949 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 CH 0000092 TJSC#: 38-1980 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. I3081419 P8818R TRRT 4/25 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY NORTHWEST BANK OF ROCKFORD, Plaintiff, VS. DAVID BROWN, UNKNOWN OTHERS, NONRECORD CLAIMAINTS and CLAIMANTS AND UNKNOWN TENANTS, Defendants. CASE NO. 2018 CH 76 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE THE REQUISITE Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to Unknown others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, Illinois, against you praying for a foreclosure of a mortgage upon the following property: The North Fifty (50) feet in width of Lot Nine (9) in Block Twelve (12) as designated upon the Plat of South Park Subdivision, being a Subdivision of part of the Northeast 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 58 of Plats on Page 281 in the Recorder’s office of Winnebago County, Illinois; situated in the County of Winnebago and State of Illinois. Commonly known as: 1818 8th Street Rockford, Illinois 61104. Property Code: 215 A 477 P.I.N. Number: 11-35-278-005 And for other relief, that the action was filed on or about January 28, 2018. That Summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is still pending. The record titleholder of the real estate is David Brown. An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Mortgagor –David Brown Mortgagee – Northwest Bank of Rockford Date of Mortgage- March 3, 2010. Date of Recording – March 8, 2010. County of Recording – Winnebago Recording Document –20101008540 NOW THEREFORE, unless you Unknown Others, Nonrecord Claimants and Unknown Tenants, the said Defendants, file your Answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein in the said Circuit Court of the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago County, 400 W. State Street in the City of Rockford, State of Illinois on or before May 25, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that date and a judgment may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint. Dated at Rockford, IL on the 6th day of April, 2018. Thomas A. Klein, Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County, Illinois Plaintiff’s Attorney

Timothy F. Horning #973 MEYER & HORNING, P.C. 3400 N. Rockton Avenue Rockford, IL 61103 815/636-9300 8823R TRRT 4/25 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY, PLAINTIFF, VS. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MONTE LEE WEBER, IF ANY; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS. 18 CH 133 1014 TIMOTHY DRIVE ROCKFORD, IL 61108-4545 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Monte Lee Weber, if any defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT EIGHTY-SIX (86) AS DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. 2 OF MELWOOD HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, A PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVISION IS RECORDED IN BOOK 27 OF PLATS, PAGE 104 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 1014 Timothy Drive Rockford, IL 61108-4545 and which said Mortgage was made by, Monte Lee Weber, Nancy Weber Mortgagor(s), to 1st Step Mortgage Group, Inc. Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago County, Illinois, as Document No. 200800852657; and for other relief. UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Thomas A. Klein 400 W State Street Number 108 Rockford, IL 61101 on or before May 11, 2018, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 1 N. Dearborn St. Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 Ph. (312) 346-9088 File No. 265642-149052 I3083485 P8819R TRRT 4/25

April 18, 2018 The Rock River Times. 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 business in said County and State under the name of Aquiles Entertainment at the following post office addresses: 4702 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: Bonifacio Jimenez SIGNED: Bonifacio Jimenez 4/13/18 Subscribed and sworn (or affirmed to) before me, this 13th day of April, A.D. 2018. Tiana J. McCall, COUNTY CLERK Thalia Gallardo, DEPUTY 8862R TRRT 5/2 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.JOEL HEFEL, JR., et al Defendant 16 CH 487 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 29, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 17, 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 THE EAST 1/2 OF LOT ONE (1) IN BLOCK FIVE (5) AS DESIGNATED UPON THE PLAT OF G. W. GILBERT’S SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION LYING IN PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 16, T. 44 N., R. 1 E. OF THE 3RD P.M., BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 1; THENCE SOUTH ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT, 35 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF A CERTAIN GARAGE FOUNDATION 146 FEET MORE OR LESS TO A POINT IN A NORTH AND SOUTH LINE BISECTING SAID LOT 1 AND MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES THEREFROM; THENCE NORTH ALONG SAID BISECTING LINE 36.17 FEET

TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE EAST 146 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 920 NORTH DAY AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101 Property Index No. 11-16330-007. 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. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No.

n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.- JOEL HEFEL, JR., et al Defendant 16 CH 487 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 29, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 17, 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 920 NORTH DAY AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101 Property Index No. 11-16-330-007.

(312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 252393. 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) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 252393 Case Number: 16 CH 487 TJSC#: 38-3253 I3084453 P8854R TRRT 5/2 n n n PUBLIC NOTICE Adopt an Assumed Corporate Name Public Notice is hereby given that on March 30, 2018 an application was filed in the office of the Secretary of State, concerning the business known as Tess, Inc. of Southern Wisconsin in the State of Wisconsin. Date Incorporated or Date Authorized to Transact Business in Illinois (if a foreign corporation): March 30, 2018. Corporation intends to adopt and to use the assumed corporate name of: Studio 815. The right to use the assumed corporate name shall be effective from the date this application is filed by the Secretary of State until March 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: 01-2-2018 Exact name of the Corporation: Tess, Inc. of Southern Wisconsin /s/ Ilir Saipi Ilir Saipi, owner 8860R TRRT 5/2 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JOHN A. TRUNCE Deceased, CASE NO. 18 P 0000068 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of JOHN A. TRUNCE, Letters of Office were issued on March 5, 2018 to ROBERT G. JOHNSON, c/o 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL, 61108, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is BARTON L. HENBEST, 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford,

IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 19, 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 Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: April 12, 2018 BARTON L. HENBEST Name: BARTON L. HENBEST ARDC Number: 6194684 Attorney for Estate Address: 4615 East State Street, Suite 101 Rockford, IL 61108 Telephone: (815) 226-3411 8849R TRRT 5/2 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: JOSEPH N. ADOLPHSON Deceased. NO. 2018 P 150 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONWILLS AND CLAIMS NOTICE is given of the death of JOSEPH N. ADOLPHSON. Letters of Office were issued on April 16, 2018, to Barbara Viederis, 5805 Dusty Lane, South Beloit, Illinois 61080, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is DeRango & Cain, LLC., 120 W. State St. Suite #303, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 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 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the legal estate representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered

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

to the estate legal representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Dated: April 16, 2018 Barbara Viederis, Administrator BY: /s/ Jim Hursh JIM HURSH, Attorney for the Administrator DeRango & Cain, LLC. Attorney Jim Hursh #6230997 120 W. State St. Suite #303 Rockford, Illinois 61101 815/962-5490 jhursh@derangocain.com 8855R TRRT 5/2 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: LENA M. IVY Deceased. NO. 2018 P 137 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATIONWILLS AND CLAIMS NOTICE is given of the death of LENA M. IVY. Letters of Office were issued on April 16, 2018, to John Ivy, 2513 Fairfield Trail, Belvidere, Illinois 61008, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is DeRango & Cain, LLC., 120 W. State St. Suite #303, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before November 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 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with the legal estate 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 attorney within ten days after it has been filed. Dated: April 16, 2018 Barbara Viederis, Administrator BY: /s/ Jim Hursh JIM HURSH, Attorney for the Administrator DeRango & Cain, LLC. Attorney Jim Hursh #6230997 120 W. State St. Suite #303 Rockford, Illinois 61101 815/962-5490 jhursh@derangocain.com 8857R TRRT 5/2 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS CIRCUIT COURT 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF Arlie G. Rice, DECEASED CASE NO. 18 P 152 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given of the death of Arlie G. Rice, also known as Arlie Gerald Rice, and Arlie G. Rice, Sr. Letters of Office were issued on 11 April 2018 to Karen A. Rice as representative of the estate herein. The Representative resides at 1371 Collingswood Drive, Rockford, Ill. 61103. The attorney for the representative and estate is Scott M. Boyd whose address is One Court Place, Suite 302, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before 19 October 2018 that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication of this notice, 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 of 1975, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed on or before the required date stated above is barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in th eoffice of the Clerk of Circuit Court-Probate Division, at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St. Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the representative of the estate, or both. A copy of a claim filed with the Clerk of Circuit Court must be mailed or delivered to the representative of the estate and to the representative’s attorney of record within ten (10) days after a claim has been so filed, and proof of such required mailing or delivery must be filed with the Clerk of Circuit Court. Date: 16 April 2018 Scott M. Boyd Attorney for Representative Scott M. Boyd #74 Attorney for represenative and estate One Court Place #302 Rockford, Ill. 61101 815/963-0645 8856R TRRT 5/2 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: OWEN L. SAVAGE, Deceased. CASE NO. 2018 P 134 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of OWEN L. SAVAGE on January 25, 2018. Letters of Office were issued on April 4, 2018 to ROGER A. SAVAGE who is the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 27, 2018, that date being at least six (6) months from the date of first publication or within three (3)

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. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312)

months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winnebago County Courthouse, 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. DATED: 4/16/18 ROGER A. SAVAGE, EXECUTOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 8858R TRRT 5/2 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT WINNEBAGO COUNTY PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE (ADULT) Request of: Kyle Gene Dickens Current Name Case Number: 18 MR 555 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Kyle Gene Dickens to the new name of: Kayla Violet Gene Dickens. The court date will be held: on June 27, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. at 400 West State St., Rockford, IL 61101 in Courtroom #412. /s/ Kyle Gene Dickens Kyle Gene Dickens 8861R TRRT 5/2 n n n IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: DOROTHY M. HICKEY, Deceased. CASE NO. 2018 P 112 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of DOROTHY M. HICKEY on December 10, 2017. Letters of Office were issued on April 4, 2018 to TIMOTHY HICKEY who is the legal representatives of the estate. The attorney for the estate is ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO, 535 Loves Park Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 27, 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: 4/16/18 TIMOTHY HICKEY, EXECUTOR ANTHONY A. SAVAIANO #87 Attorney for Estate 535 Loves Park Drive Loves Park, IL 61111 815/654-3060 8859R TRRT 5/2 n n n STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: WALLACE D. BAGWELL Deceased, CASE NO. 18 P 0000165 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of WALLACE D. BAGWELL, Letters of Office were issued on April 2, 2018 to LYNN A. GREGERSEN, c/o 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL, 61108, who is the legal representative of the estate. The attorney for the estate is BARTON L. HENBEST, 4615 East State Street, Suite 101, Rockford, IL 61108. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before October 19, 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 Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, must be mailed or delivered to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: April 12, 2018 BARTON L. HENBEST Name: BARTON L. HENBEST ARDC Number: 6194684 Attorney for Estate Address: 4615 East State Street, Suite 101 Rockford, IL 61108 Telephone: (815) 226-3411 8848R TRRT 5/2

346-9088. Please refer to file number 252393. 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) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 252393 Case Number: 16 CH 487 TJSC#: 38-3253 I3084453 P8854R TRRT 5/2

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n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.; Plaintiff, vs. ANDREA L. LAGRENE AKA ANDREA L. PATRICK; MEMBERALLIANCE CREDIT UNION; Defendants, 16 CH 818 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 10, 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. 16-04-229-009. Commonly known as 5862 Princess Drive, Rockford, IL 61109. 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. 16-027319 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3082189 P8774R TRRT 4/18 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. LEWIS DAMMANN AKA LEWIS H. DAMMANN; JOYCE DAMMANN AKA JOYCE E. DAMMANN; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 736 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 10, 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 3134 VINTON AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101-2663. P.I.N. 11-10-104-013. 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. 17-09849 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3082201 P8775R TRRT 4/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2003-5 ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-5; Plaintiff, vs. AFRIM SEFERI; DISCOVER BANK; CAMPION CORPORATION; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-NORTHERN; Defendants, 17 CH 717 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 10, 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 1315 Esmond Drive, Rockford, IL 61108. P.I.N. 12-28-380-007. 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 bid-

ders 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. 108498 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3082202 P8776R TRRT 4/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff, -v.- RANDALL C MAGNUSON A/K/A RANDALL MAGNUSON, et al Defendant 17 CH 272 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 May 8, 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 3402 NORTH VIEW ROAD, ROCKFORD, IL 61107 Property Index No. 12-18-226-017. The real estate is improved with a brown wood siding, one story 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 262040. 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. 262040 Case Number: 17 CH 272 TJSC#: 38-548 I3082795 P8790R TRRT 4/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE FOR THE RMAC TRUST, SERIES 2016-CTT Plaintiff, -v.- KEITH A. BURGOS, et al Defendant 2017CH 0000092 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 22, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 24, 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 3204 LASALLE AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61114

Property Index No. 12-07-253-010 (151A131). 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 14-17-00949. 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. 14-17-00949 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 CH 0000092 TJSC#: 38-1980 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. I3081419 P8818R TRRT 4/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR AMERICAN HOME MORTGAGE INVESTMENT TRUST 2005-2; Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DARLA M. SMITH AKA DARLA SMITH; WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO CITIBANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR SACO I TRUST 2005-5, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-5; JAMES BENNETT; JASON BENNETT; JOAN BENNETT; CHARLA EMMERLING; RICK SMITH; UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF CHICAGO TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO AMCORE INVESTMENT GROUP, NA AS TRUSTEE UNDER A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 24, 1989 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 89-10646; CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO AMCORE INVESTMENT GROUP, NA AS TRUSTEE UNDER A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 24, 1989 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 89-10646; TIMOTHY MILLER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DARLA M. SMITH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 464 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 24, 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. 12-03-404-009. Commonly known as 6558-6560 Sawgrass Drive, Rockford, IL 61114. The improvement on the property consists of a residencial property. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall

pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call sales department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. WA17-0276 I3083790 P8852R TRRT 5/2 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS REVERSE MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS, INC. Plaintiff, -v.- LEE E. CARLSON, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000735 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 May 29, 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 2124 HECKER AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 Property Index No. 11-14-228-008. 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 14-17-11167. 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. 14-17-11167 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH- 0000735 TJSC#: 38-895 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. I3079327 P8853R TRRT 5/2

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April 18, 2018 The Rock River Times. n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.- SHEENA S MCCLAIN, et al Defendant 16 CH 325 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 23, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 24, 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 904 8TH AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61104 Property Index No. 11-26-407-006. The real estate is improved with a blue wood siding, two story one unit home with a detached one 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 254399. 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. 254399 Case Number: 16 CH 325 TJSC#: 38-1869 I3081367 P8814R TRRT 4/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, vs. MARY ANN GERETTE A/K/A M. GERETTE, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 596 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 17, 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 2811 SUMMERDALE AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101. P.I.N. 11-10-403-034. 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. 17-07812 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3083033 P8815R TRRT 4/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE CSMC MORTGAGE-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES,

SERIES 2007-7 Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT VAZQUEZ, LHR INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 682 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 17, 2018, at the hour of 1:00 p.m., in Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Suite 102, Rockford, Illinois 61108, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1702 Northstar Dr, Durand, IL 61024. P.I.N. 05-15-405-001. The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. SPSF.3144 I3083029 P8816R TRRT 4/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY - ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, vs. NICHOLAS ZACHARIAH GRAY; THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants, 16 CH 456 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, May 17, 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. 04-18-157-012. Commonly known as 813 Dr. Clark Way, South Beloit, IL 61080. 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. 16-014132 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3083019 P8817R TRRT 4/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CITY OF SOUTH BELOIT, an Illinois municipal corporation, Plaintiff vs. J & C REAL ESTATE, a now dissolved Illinois limited liability company; JACK L. AKERS, a/k/a JACK AKERS; BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C., as Agent of BMO Harris Bank, N.A., as successor in interest of Amcore Bank; BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C., as Agent of BMO Harris, N.A.; BMO HARRIS, N.A.; ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE; ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; BLACKHAWK BANK, f/k/a BLACKHAWK STATE BANK; ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, INC., d/b/a ALSIDE SUPPLY CENTER; ASSOCIATED MATERIALS, INC.; NCI OF RIVERSIDE, INC.; BRASS RING AMUSEMENTS, INC.; HICKORY PT BK- BEASLEY IRA; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants CASE NO. 17-CH-38 PUBLIC NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in said Court in the above-entitled cause on March 21, 2018, I, Gary Caruana, Sheriff of Winnebago County, or such other Deputy as may be sitting in my stead, will sell at public venue to the highest and best bidder, the following described lands and premises in said Judgment mentioned or so much thereof as may be necessary to realize the amount due to satisfy said Judgment with the terms and conditions as set forth herein: A. The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Douglas R. Henry BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 B. The common address of said property is: 640-642 Fairview Avenue, South Beloit, Illinois. C.The legal description of the property is: P.I.N.: 04-05-352-022 D. A description of the improvements on the real estate is: none. E. The time and place of sale is: Tuesday, May 8, 2018, at 11:00 o’clock A.M. in the lobby of the Winnebago County Justice Center, 650 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois. F. The terms of the sale are: to the highest and best bidder with cash or certified check in full at time of sale. Property is conveyed in “AS IS” condition. Sale subject to court approval; buyer will be entitled to possession of property 30 days after confirmation of sale by court. G. Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessment, if any, and easements and restrictions of record. Dated at Rockford, Illinois, this 27th day of March, 2018. GARY CARUANA,

PREPARED BY: DOUGLAS R. HENRY BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP 6833 Stalter Drive Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611

SHERIFF OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY

8825R TRRT 4/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.- ARTHUR MACK A/K/A ARTHUR L. MACK, A/K/A ART MACK, A/K/A LAWRENCE MACK, et al Defendant 16 CH 10 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 29, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 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 4310 SUNBURY DRIVE, Rockford, IL 61109 Property Index No. 15-12-253-011. 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. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 10208. 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) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 10208 Case Number: 16 CH 10 TJSC#: 38-3065 I3083760 P8829R TRRT 4/25 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.- 2016 CH 738 LUKE DILLAMAN, et al Defendant NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 1, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 10, 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 4427 BOX ELDER LANE, ROCKFORD, IL 61109 Property Index No. 16-07-152-005. 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 256467. 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. 256467 Case Number: 2016 CH 738 TJSC#: 38-2711 I3082761 P8778R TRRT 4/18 n n n REAL ESTATE NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. Plaintiff, -v.- GLENN W. YEAGER, et al Defendant 2017-CH-0000935 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on May 1, 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 206 SOUTH ROCKFORD AVENUE, ROCKFORD, IL 61104 Property Index No. 12-30-101-006. 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 14-17-17213. 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. 14-17-17213 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 2017 -CH- 0000935 TJSC#: 38-2659 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. I3082752 P8777R TRRT 4/18

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Planting potatoes By Grant McCarty Contributor

If you planted your potatoes on Easter, as many typically do in Northern Illinois, you might be concerned about these colder temperatures. In most cases, the weather needs to be considerably colder than what we have experienced this last week. In fact, the soil temperatures provide some much needed protection on your potatoes. Potatoes start forming at soil temperatures of 59-68 F, which we are not near. For the most part, potatoes will hang on as the weather increases. Potatoes are in the nightshade family. This family includes peppers, tomatoes, and eggplant. When you plot out your garden, avoid planting potatoes in an area where a family member was last season. You also want fluffy soil to plant potatoes. Adding compost can help aerate the soil and potentially increase soil temperature. If you dealt with Colorado Potato Beetle last summer, you could rotate the potato crop much further away from where the insect was the previous year. Colorado Potato Beetle is a walking insect and can take some time for it to find the potato plants if not in the same location. Potatoes take between 80-140 days to produce potatoes. To plant potatoes, you purchase what is known as seed pota-

toes. These can be found at many home and garden centers. Avoid using grocery store potatoes in the produce section. These potatoes are sprayed with an anti-sprouting agent. Aim for two good eyes on each potato that you plant. This may mean that your standard size potato will yield you 2-3 different “seeds”. In most cases, this will be the size of an egg. Space your potatoes 10-12 inches apart in the row, 2-3 inches deep, and 2-3 feet between rows. Yield per plant varies from 1-3 lbs. Much of the yield will depend on the variety. Potatoes have very few insect and diseases problems. Colorado Potato Beetles can sometimes be a problem, but the potato plant can withstand up to 40 percent defoliation before it negatively impacts potato yield. As the plant emerges, you must hill up the rows. You will harvest potatoes when the vines have yellowed and died but before they have turned completely brown and dry. A shovel or spading fork is useful for digging. R. Grant McCarty is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension. His tips and tricks for local eating and your at-home garden appear every week in The Rock River Times.

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American cars in Cuba By Allen Penticoff Columnist

This is the fourth column in a series on transportation observations from my February 2018 trip to Cuba. Transportation wise, everything is there; old, new, ancient. More recently there are lots of Chinese sedans and SUVs, but plenty Japanese and European makes as well, with old versions of them a plenty. Then there is the abundant Soviet LADA (a beefed up Fiat 124) that arrived in the 1970s and ‘80s. Also there is the history of motorcycles on the streets. But most alarming is the preponderance of pre-1970 American made cars with most being from the 1950s. We all have seen a photo here or heard a comment there that the Cubans are still driving good old American “Detroit Iron.” But going there and travelling the country is an intense thrill for the classic American auto enthusiast. There are not dozens, or hundreds – there are thousands of classics roaming free in daily use. They maybe bone stock looking ready for a U.S. car show. They may be shining with chrome and bright colored paints – pink being a favorite of the Havana taxis. They may be ridden hard, put away wet, held together with rope and looking like they are ready for the crusher. But they don’t crush them – they fix them… and customize them. Many have modern custom wheels. More than a few have non-stock steering wheels. I saw a few old hacks with Hyundai steering wheels, complete with air bag. One had an attractive steering wheel fashioned from wood. Nearly all are equipped with modern audio equipment and often spruced up with newer custom upholstery and flashy LED tail lights. Approximately 170,000 of these great old cars arrived in Cuba during the boom times of the 1950s. A lot of them were Cadillacs. But the communist revolution of the late 1950s changed that. The cessation of importing American autos did not immediately happen upon the communist take over of the country in January 1959. Our first embargo of most exports to Cuba began in 1960. According to our convertible taxi driver, Gilberto, it was Fidel Castro who stopped the import of American autos in 1969. I don’t know if this is true. But I did see a third generation Chevy Nova, that would have been a 1967-1974 car if imported new. It is entirely possible that post 1960 cars arrived via Canada or some other country with Fidel later rejecting even these American made imports. What I suspect took place more than our embargo, or Fidel’s edict, is that there were few people who could afford to buy a new car. As

Photo, Martha “Marty” Siegworth the communists were executing those citizens of wealth who were resisting the revolution, they fled the country. In order to leave Cuba, these folks had to get their American cars in top shape then turn them over to the government (as they did their homes as well). These cars and homes were then doled out to communist party favorites. As the years rolled on, the old cars were getting decrepit for lack of parts due to our continuing trade embargo. The Cubans patched them as best they could. During the 1990s “special period” after the Soviets abandoned subsidizing the Cuban economy and everything from food to fuel was scarce, the availability of gasoline was very limited while diesel fuel was more readily available. Thus it was not uncommon for an old American car (and others) to be started on a bit of gasoline, then switched over to operate on diesel. Gasoline engine cars barely run on diesel. Today gasoline is readily available at about three dollars per gallon, so you don’t see this old technique in use, but what you do see is that many of the old cars no longer have the original engine since obtaining parts is difficult. I don’t have but a good guess but probably 50 percent of the classic cars have something like a small four cylinder Soviet built LADA diesel or Toyota engine under the hood. I found this to be the case for VW buses and even a 1963 Chevrolet Corvair. Surprisingly, the owners of this bright red Corvair classic had replaced the rear mounted air-cooled

engine with a front mounted diesel – and you wouldn’t know it unless you have a very sharp eye for Corvairs. The worst is seeing a shiny fabulously finned classic convertible go by – with that rattly diesel sound. It is like gazing upon a bikini clad supermodel – who’s farting loudly. It’s just not right. Classic convertibles seem to be in far greater number in Cuba than anywhere in the United States – even at car shows. I never saw one with the top up. I suspect many don’t have working tops – that when it rains or for the night outside the interior is protected by a lashed down tarp. Most are in taxi service in Havana, sometimes all lined up as in a car show, waiting for new fares; take your pick. Often these taxis are not owner operated, but those who own and drive these cars all adore them, and it shows in their great condition. Taxi ownership/driving is one of the best ways to earn a good income in Cuba. “Government” jobs pay as little as $20-30 per month. A good income is $1000 per month. Of the many taxis we rode in (rental cars are expensive and not a good idea) four were American classics. First was a nice red and white 1956 Ford sedan, then a 1953 Chevy Bel Air, followed by another 1950s Chevy sedan of indeterminate age (it was night, the car in poor condition, the ride short) and lastly a sky blue 1951 Chevy convertible (worth $21,000 according to Gilberto) with its original engine. The convertible rides were about $20 to most parts of old Havana versus

the normal $10. The extra expense was worth the thrill of an open-air ride along the famous picturesque ocean-side “Malecon” esplanade on a summer-like day with a driver who speaks very good English giving forth a brief tour of the city. Most will give you a colorful business card and they may let you sit in the driver’s seat for a photo op. A convertible ride in Havana in a great American classic car is essentially mandatory for the American visitor. You certainly would not want to miss out on it. We rode nice buses to the Cuban city of Trinidad and out west to the beautiful Vinales valley. All along the roads, streets and highways new surprise appearances of old classic American cars pop up constantly. It was not uncommon to see one towing a small cargo trailer - as pick up trucks are quite rare. I saw more than a few a broken down along the shoulder of the highway. The feast is almost beyond description. Great ‘50s and ‘60s American cars of every make everywhere. It was worth the trip for that experience alone. You even get the smells that must have pervaded our streets in the 1950s. Between old American cars with no pollution control, diesel cars, trucks and buses, two-stroke motorcycles, plus a coal-fired power plant — you’ve got some seriously foul air. Throw in some raw sewage and cooking smells and you’ll find the air in Havana, when the sea breeze isn’t blowing it away, to be quite an interesting blend of good and bad. R.

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IceHogs shift into playoff mode By Jim Hagerty Contributor

ROCKFORD — Judging by how the Rockford IceHogs and the Chicago Wolves played each other this season, which club will emerge victorious in the first round of the Calder Cup Playoffs is anyone’s guess. There is one thing coach Jeremy Colliton is sure of as his team gets into postseason mode though. That is that the upcoming best-of-five series will come with the same intensity that resulted in a 6-6 series tie. “We’ve had some really good games with them this season,” Colliton said. “They’re an excellent team, so it’s a good measuring stick for us. But I think we have competitive guys who want to win.” Besides guys like MVP Tyler Sikura, Anthony Lewis and Luke Johnson, who’ve made their marks as core skaters, the IceHogs now have a full slate of reinforcements now that the Blackhawks didn’t

qualify for the NHL postseason. That means Colliton will rely on the likes of John Hayden, Matthew Highmore, David Kampf and Carl Dahlstrom going into the Wolves series. They’ll play strong roles alongside Cody Franson, Lance Bouma and Gustav Forsling, a trio started the season with the Hawks but came down with plenty of time to pull Rockford from sixth place to the fourth playoff spot. “It’s going to be a fun battle,” Colliton added. “But we can answer the bell. We have a good team.” Franson had two points in Rockford’s 6-4 loss to the Wolves Friday, and has more than picked up where Eric Gustafsson left off when he was recalled earlier in the season. The veteran defenseman has nine goals and 19 assists in 37 games in an IceHogs sweater and has been a key to reshaping Rockford’s power play. “We’ve tried to keep it simple,” the

11-year pro said of Rockford’s success down the stretch. “We’ve got Plan A, and if Plan A is taken away, we roll with Plan B. But when we execute in terms of moving the puck around and do that cleanly, it backs teams off and gives us space we’re looking for. When things are clicking, we can be good. And there’s a lot of heart in our room. That’s what you need going into the playoffs.” Collin Delia and Jeff Glass are expected to share the goaltending duties for Rockford in the playoffs. Matt Tomkins will be Colliton’s No. 3 man. J.F. Berube is still with the Blackhawks organization and would only be called upon in an emergency. “He spent a good part of the year in Chicago and he was injured,” Colliton said of Berube’s season. “We didn’t think it would be fair to ask him to come here and be the No. 3 when we have Tomkins who can do that.”

This is the third time in four seasons the IceHogs reached the postseason. The did so in part by potting more than three goals in each of the last 10 games. The IceHogs scored three goals in two games, four goals in five games and five goals in three games over that span. Rockford finished 41 during the stretch, good for an average of 4.1 goals per game. Louis posted his fifth multi-point effort of the season with a goal and assist in the season finale at Chicago, good enough to conclude the 2017-18 campaign as the IceHogs’ leading scorer. The Winfield native finished with 44 points (14g, 30a) in 70 games. The IceHogs travel to Rosemont Saturday, April 21, to open the playoffs. They host the Wolves in Game 2 Sunday. Game 4 will also be played in Rockford if necessary. R.